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
Amen (rock musician) Amen (rock musician) Jussi Antero Sydänmaa (born 26 June 1972, Espoo) is a Finnish guitarist, better known by his stage name Amen or Finnish nickname Eiska. He is one of the founding members of the Finnish metal band Lordi and is still playing in the band. He graduated as an Information Technology engineer in 2001 and has been making the website of Lordi. Amen plays Gibson Les Paul Standard guitars. The municipality of Mäntsälä granted Amen with statue named "Hard Rock Stone" on 26 June 2006. Amen has been featured as a special guest on Markus Striegls concert in 2011