VINNY APPICE (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN AND HELL) will hold a drum clinic at Long and McQuade Musical Instruments, 925 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Friday, March 23 between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. www.long-mcquade.com FREE!! Sponsored by Sabian. VINNY APPICE, one of the world's most respected heavy metal drummers, is taking time out of his HEAVEN AND HELL Tour (Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Ronnie James Dio) to join Long & McQuade Bloor Street Store for an intimate, not-to-be-missed drum clinic. Topics being covered include drum solos, hand and foot techniques, rock drum fills and tuning. VINNY APPICE, has anchored the rhythm and power live and in the studio for the music of DIO, BLACK SABBATH, OZZY OSBOURNE, WWIII, AXIS, RICK DERRINGER, JOHN LENNON, and more. He has recorded and co-written songs on over 25 albums and CDs including 8 multi-platinum records. Touring the world for 2 decades resulted in selling millions of records! His drumming can also be heard on numerous movie soundtracks including Waynes World 2, Heavy Metal, Iron Eagle and Bedazzled. Numerous books have been written about Black Sabbath and Dio with the authors always focusing on Vinnys unique powerful drumming style. The author of drum instruction book “Rock Steady” and DVD “Hard Rock Drumming Techniques” Vinny has performed incredible powerhouse drum clinics from NY to Japan demonstrating his solid rock techniques. With his new band 3 Legged Dogg, their debut CD title “Frozen Summer” has just been released on Perris records. www.perrisrecords.com The mega monster tour of 2007 is now here with the reunion of Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio and VINNY APPICE as HEAVEN AND HELL. VINNY APPICE Short Bio: ● Brooklyn, NYs VINNY and brother Carmine Appice began playing drums at very early ages. VINNY at 9 years of age ● joins Black Sabbath in 1980---recording "Mob Rules" and "Live Evil" ● joins DIO in 1983---recording 7 albums. 3 went Platinum and 2 went Gold ● produced by John Lennon; see the "The John Lennon Video Collection" (1994) ● joins Rick Derringer---recorded 3 albums ● 1992, records and tours BLACK SABBATH’s "Dehumanizer" ● 1993, records and tours DIO's "Strange Highways" ● 1996, tours DIO's "Angry Machine"; see DIO's "Live CD" (1998) ● 1998, tours Ozfest with BLACK SABBATH ● 1999, tours Black Sabbath “Reunion Tour” ● 2000-2007 Various movie, artist & song credits, touring with the Hollywood Allstarz band, book writing, drummer extraordinaire! View www.vinnyappice.com for more information Long Bio: http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/vinnyappice.html Don't miss your chance to collaborate with heavy metal drum Legend VINNY APPICE on March 23, 2007! Picture links: Black Sabbath, then: http://images20.fotki.com/v385/photos/3/367052/1915739/vinnyappice1-vi.jpg Heaven and Hell, now: http://images14.fotki.com/v387/photos/3/367052/1915739/HeaenandHell2-vi.jpg Vinny's Drums 1: http://images14.fotki.com/v388/photos/3/367052/1915739/Vinnyappice2-vi.jpg Vinny's Drums 2: http://images14.fotki.com/v386/photos/3/367052/1915739/vinnyappice4-vi.jpg Media Photos: http://public.fotki.com/MQM/events/vinny-appice-drum-clinic/ Vinny Appice Websites: http://www.vinnyappice.com http://www.myspace.com/vinnieappice Metal Queen Management www.metalqueenmgmt.ca betty@metalqueenmgmt.ca