Black Sabbath & Dio Drummer Vinny Appice Remembers Ronnie James Dio

Legendary Drummer Vinny Appice takes us thru his journey in rock history. Playing drums for some of the most influential bands of our time. With his soft spoken voice Vinnie leads us into his world of the Ronnie James Dio version of Sabbath and then how he became Ronnie's long time drummer and friend. This is a fun interview for us. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Stay tuned in and subscribe.

[scotkaeff]

Vinny Appice is one of the best drummers out there, period, then and now.

[patrickgarrett]

Classy guy...
I can't believe it's been 12 yrs since the greatest hard rock vocalist left this earth...🥺

[charlespittsjr]

What a humble guy ." I just like to play but DIO deserved so much better " like he's a nobody . Real dude .

[jorgegonzalez]

Met Vinnie on a flight from San Diego to Florida along with Ronnie Dio both nice guys very outgoing. We had a great conversation in Dallas on a layover. Ronnie even got me seats on the floor for his show in Hollywood, Florida just a great memory. I was in the Marines back then 1982 or 1983.

[paulgunovich]

Listen to Vinnie's signature sound on Turn up the Night. Fantastic drummer and a very nice man. People like Vinnie deserve all the success they get

[kamaboko]

I saw Dio at a commercial low point. He played a theater that seated about 1K people. It was a f'ng awesome show though. He still put 100% into it.

[dwade]

Vinny is a UNDER APPRECIATED legend! I'd love to read a tell all book by this guy!

[antoniocc]

Vinnie is one of the greatest drummers, with an intense good taste, is nice to see he also a humble person

[chrispeterson]

As a young drummer, I played the crap out of my Dio Sacred Heart cassette. Vinny was my drum teacher. Thanks Vinny!

[christhorntonjr]

Not only is Vinnie such a nice and down to Earth Bloke, but he´s my fav. HardRock/Metal Drummer. Just watch him play. There´s so much Passion there when he hits the

[michaelorleans]

Mob Rules..possibly best produced Sabbath album..ever

[benatkinson]

I am sincerely happy that he was clear on how to pronounce his last name. I have often wondered about it.

[BoxTruckVagabond]

Doubt Vinny remembers, but I taught him Networking Essentials at a Computer School in the late 90's. Drove him home one night and talked about the BS reunion tour. He is an awesome drummer and an awesome person.

[swh]

I Love Vinny Appice! Not only is he a Great drummer and a Legend, but he is always so nice and humble.

[robertmirabilio]

I had the pleasure of playing at the troubadour in the 80s with his brother one night with a jam band for some buddy that was retiring and moving on. Definitely one of the highlights of my career

[jimtaylor]

One of my favorite drummers. Period. Saw Dio on the Last in Line Tour in Hawai'i. It was like Rainbow and Sabbath had a lovechild. Such an incredible show. I will never, ever forget RJD's voice and Vinny's drums that night...

[tfs]

Vinny, you guys KICKED ASS, and you ALWAYS WILL!!! Thanks for all the great music you guys gave us, and never stop! RIP Ronnie.

[ozzymd]

The Appice Bros 2 of the greatest drummers ! 👍

[stevenhartley]

Went to a gig where Vinny got burnt when the dry ice machine blew up, stafford hall in Bingley UK in the early 80s, 40 mins break and at the end of the show it took 4 hours to drive 60 miles home when the snow set in .Would do it all again tomorrow.

[OneCraZyWhoDat]

Vinny is a very humble dude. Gotta love it.