Carmine Appice, the iconic rock drummer who has been a member of several prominent rock supergroups, is giving major praise to one of the industry’s most underrated musicians.
The 79-year-old music veteran spoke about his thoughts on a fellow drummer who he believes deserved more time in the spotlight.
During his interview with Classic Rock, the former member of Beck, Bogert & Appice named another drummer from his era whom he believes earned more recognition than he has received.
When asked to rank Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham, The Who’s Keith Moon and himself by greatness, he added one musician to the conversation.
Carmine Appice during a performance on stageDavid Warner Ellis/Redferns
While he spoke about how they are “all so different” and have unique styles, he paid special mention to The Rascals’ Dino Danelli.
“Bonzo was great cos the band was great – they [Led Zeppelin] kept him up there,” he shared as mentioned by Louder. “If he was in another band, I don’t know if he’d have stayed up there. Ginger Baker was there at the beginning of rock with that double bass drum. Keith Moon was just so unusual. I took what I did and made it really powerful. And I’d add Dino Danelli from The Rascals.”
Appice strongly praised Danelli as a “monster player” and emphasized that he was an overlooked figure in rock drumming.
“He started everything in rock drumming – the playing, the showmanship, the twirling,” he added. “He was a monster player and never got credit.”
The late drummer was a well-known figure in music, especially for his work as a founding member and drummer of The Rascals and was celebrated for his high-energy drumming style.
Although the two never had the chance to perform together on stage, Appice, who knew Danelli before he joined The Rascals, considered him a mentor in the industry.
Drummer Dino Danelli of The RascalsDon Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
“He taught me a few things about the drums,” he mentioned in an interview via notsomoderndrummer.com, “like how to put a shredded-up newspaper in your bass drum instead of a muffler so it didn’t make the drum sound like a couch. It’s a punchier sound. I got that from him. Then I saw him playing with his band, opening for Gene Krupa at the Metropole, and he was twirling his sticks, even then. He was a monster. I loved him. When he made it in the Rascals, he was amazing.”
In 2022, the founding member of The Rascals passed away in New York City at the age of 78 due to coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure.
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