Vinny Appice

Vinny Appice is an American rock and metal drummer, born in Brooklyn in 1957, who began playing drums at nine and studied with the same teacher who taught his older brother, Carmine. He recorded with Rick Derringer and led his own band, Axis, before joining Black Sabbath in 1980 during the tour for Heaven and Hell; he stayed on as the group's permanent drummer and played on Mob Rules (1981) and Live Evil (1982). With Ronnie James Dio he then formed Dio, recording Holy Diver (1983), The Last in Line (1984) and Sacred Heart (1985). He later returned to Black Sabbath for Dehumanizer (1992) and rejoined Dio for Strange Highways (1994) and Angry Machines (1996). In Heaven & Hell he played again with Dio, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi, and his later work includes Kill Devil Hill and Last in Line. In 2017 he received a place in the Hall of Heavy Metal History.