
Long Island has a Music Hall Of Fame Vanilla Fudge are in there for the same reason. “I’m in there because of my influence and what I’ve done for drumming. Like I’m in the Modern Drummer Hall Of Fame. “They should it the Music Hall Of Fame and just have it for… not influence and not what the Hall was originally made for. Touching on Deep Purple‘s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2016, the 75-year-old drummer had blasted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s injustice, while not sending any disrespectful words to Purple.Īt first, the drummer criticized The Go-Go’s inducted into the Rock Hall and said “Vanilla Fudge should be in. I thought it was about inspiration and all that stuff, influences on people. Even though it’s named Rock Hall, the organization, which includes pop artists or rappers instead of world-famous rock and metal bands or musicians, has once again received harsh criticism. Over the past few years, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been exposed to harsh criticism by rock and metal musicians and their fans. Influencing drummers such as Nicko McBrain, Roger Taylor, Neil Peart, Tommy Lee, Eric Singer, and John Bonham, Appice is widely regarded as one of the legendary drummers of the rock community. In a new interview with North Coast Music Beat, the world-known drummer Carmine Appice has slammed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and said that “ Vanilla Fudge should have been in there before Deep Purple.”Ĭarmine Appice is known for his contributions to his band King Kobra, the rock band Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, and Beck, Bogert & Appice.
