Revered Dio and Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice is celebrating what would have been his friend and bandmate Ronnie James Dio's 80th birthday this year with a 4-CD remixed and remastered version of ...

Veteran rock drummer Vinny Appice — he performed with the heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio in the bands Dio, Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell — has lashed out at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for ...

Drummer Vinny Appice has enjoyed a historic career, pounding the skins alongside Ronnie James Dio in and out of Black Sabbath. Before linking up with Sabbath as Bill Ward's replacement for the Mob ...

According to drummer Vinnie Appice. Ronnie James Dio fronted Black Sabbath between 1979 and 1982, and then again between 1991 and 1992. Though his tenure with the band was short, his legacy was ...

Appice would play with the Dio-era Sabbath, the spin-off band Heaven and Hell, and on the albums Mob Rules and Live Evil. He would also follow Ronnie James when he started his solo band, Dio.