Vinny Appice as well as Aquarian drumheads and at one point used Zildjian and then Sabian cymbals. Drums: Sawtooth Command series: Appice frequently alters his drum and cymbal setup depending on the artist he's playing with, but usually favors a setup consisting of a 24"x16" bass drum, 10"x8" and 13"x10" rack toms, and 16"x16" and 18"x16" floor toms with a 14"x6.5" snare. Drumheads: Evans: Cymbals: Istanbul Mehmet: Appice usually favors a simple cymbal setup consisting of hi-hats, a ride, two, three, or four crashes, and a china. Drumsticks: Chromacast 5B Vinny Appice Vincent Samson Appice (born September 13, 1957) is an American
Vanilla Fudge moved on to The Younger Brothers Band and Bogert became very impressed with a young drummer named Carmine Appice he'd heard playing at the Headliner Club on 43rd Street in a cover band called Thursday's Children. Appice was asked to join The Pigeons and in his 2016 autobiography, "Stick It!", Carmine explained the name change to "Vanilla Fudge": "In April 1967 the Pigeons got signed to Atlantic Records. But there was one drawback, however: Atlantic didn't want to sign a band called "The Pigeons". "Ahmet Ertegun, the label's founder and president, didn't like that name and told us we had