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18 апр 2024
VINNY APPICE Reflects On His Brief Stint As VERIZON Employee: 'I'm Definitely A Computer Nerd'
Appice went on to describe himself as "definitely a computer nerd. I've got — well, two computers," he explained. "One's a studio [computer]. I build them all. I built [my brother] Carmine his studio computer and I remote in, I fix it. He's always got a problem. And I've got my niece's laptop sitting in the kitchen. That's ready to go. [I put in] a new hard drive and I upgraded the memory. Yeah, I'm a total nerd. I like the way these things work."
Later in the chat, Vinny talked about his personal relationship with singer Ronnie James Dio, with whom he played in BLACK SABBATH, DIO and HEAVEN & HELL. He said: "He was like a brother. He would come over my house. We played cards [with] a couple of friends. When his parents were in town, they'd come over with Ron and we'd make Italian food and play cards with them. We did a lot of stuff together. And Ronnie was into home repair. He liked to fix things like I do. And I built him a computer back then. And we used to go to Home Depot. We'd go, 'Okay, we need to fix this, whatever it was, and we need to go look for parts.' And that's what we did. We'd go walk in Home Depot and he'd get stopped. 'Oh, Ronnie James Dio, yeah.' And we'd buy stuff and go back and fix it. One time we went over [former DOKKEN and DIO bassist] Jeff Pilson's house, and we get there and we look, and Jeff's sprinklers in the front are all fucked up, pipes are cracked, and we go, 'Look at that. He doesn't know how to do…' Jeff doesn't know how to repair anything. I mean, he's lost. So, we go in and talk to Jeff, we go, 'Hey, Jeff, we're gonna go to Home Depot and fix your sprinklers for you.' 'Oh, man, you guys.] So me and Ronnie went to Home Depot and we bought some sprinkler stuff and we replaced that section of the pipe and put new heads on and the whole bit. And so we fixed Jeff's sprinklers. And Ronnie loved it, 'cause he was always doing stuff in his house. I'd go over and help him."
Appice added: "You've gotta do something when you're off. You can't be a rock star. Some people can be a rock star 25 hours a day. When I come home, I'm, like… I used to work on my cars. I don't do that anymore, but I work on the house and put in all new faucets and shut-off valves and water pressure regulator. I do all that stuff. I'm the maintenance guy."
Vinny has recorded and co-written songs on several dozen albums and CDs, including many multi-platinum records. Vinny's drumming can also be heard on numerous movie soundtracks, including "Wayne's World 2", "Heavy Metal", "Iron Eagle" and "Bedazzled". Vinny, the author of drum instruction book "Rock Steady" and DVD "Hard Rock Drumming Techniques", has performed incredible powerhouse drum clinics around the globe. Numerous books have been written about BLACK SABBATH and DIO with the authors always mentioned Vinny's drumming style.
Vinny's unique drumming approach has influenced many artists over the last few decades. Never one to rest on his laurels, he is constantly putting out new music and is currently recording and touring with LAST IN LINE.
Vinny currently endorses Sawtooth drums, Evans drumheads, Istanbul Mehmet cymbals and Chromacast drumsticks.
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