Carmine Appice Appice joined Rod Stewart's backing band in 1977, co-writing songs such as "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Young Turks". He also played drums on a track on Paul Stanley's eponymous solo album (1978). He was a member of "KGB" which featured Ray Kennedy, Ric Grech, Mike Bloomfield and Barry Goldberg. Appice has recorded with artists such as Stanley Clarke, Ted Nugent and Pink Floyd. He has also played with King Kobra and Blue Murder with John Sykes. On May 23, 1981, Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles proclaimed that day as Carmine Appice Day in LA in recognition of
Joel Hoekstra a counselor at the 20th anniversary of the Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp along with Nancy Wilson, Vinnie Appice, Steven Adler, and Gregg Bissonette among others. Hoekstra also performed with Brandon Gibbs ( Devil City Angels) on several dates and served as guitarist for Cher during her Las Vegas residency at the Monte Carlo. Hoekstra also performed with Paul Shortino on the song "War Cry" on the album "Sinister" (released on October 27, 2017) by Appice (Carmine Appice and Vinny Appice). Hoekstra appeared as guest guitarist on two episodes of "That Metal Show" on VH1 Classic (January 25, 2014 and