I don’t think that I can put my finger on exactly when
it happened, but at some point in the not too distant past, the term rock star
has become an over-used business cliché; as in “he is a real rock star marketer”
or some other lame business-y claim. The dictionary definition makes no such
reference to business, when it defines Rock Star as; “a famous and successful singer or performer of rock music.”
Well I am here today to bring
Rock Star back to its rightful place, to remove all doubt and all lameness and
hang the once mighty appellation where it truly belongs, on a man who truly
embodies not only the spirit, but also the hyper-sexual and well earned ego of
being dubbed a ROCK STAR! That all conquering hero comes in the form of one of
the true monsters of rock drumming, Carmine Appice.
What leads me to making this
daring declaration you ask…it’s as easy as thumbing through the pages of
legendary tales that make Appice’s new bio, Stick
It!: My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. This
guy found his way up when the rock world was populated with real men; you know
guys who had their choice of groupies and didn’t care what you thought about
them wearing chick’s clothes!
The list reads like a who’s who of legendary rock
figures that this guys has either rubbed elbows with or played drums for. That
list includes: Rod Stewart (who penned the books forward), Jeff Beck, Vanilla
Fudge, Ted Nugent, and many, many more. Hell it was this guys Seattle hotel
room that was the scene of one of the most infamous, talked and written about
incidents in all of groupie-dom…you know the one that involved members of Led
Zeppelin’s road crew, fishing poles and a mud shark. Not familiar with that
tale? Appice serves up his eye witness perspective that only adds to the
legend!
As I worked my way through the book I found myself
wondering why the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame hadn’t seen fit to induct this guy
into its ranks?! Then I remembered just how lame that place really is, and
figured a real rock star probably wouldn’t want anything to do with the place.
Stick
It!
Features all the must haves, that every great rock bio needs; sex, stories from
the road, sex, stories from the studio, sex, stories of rubbing shoulders with
other rock stars, sex, insider insights about band fellow members, sex, and gossip
about what a douche bag some rocker really is…oh and sex. This one is a truly
entertaining and fun read.
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