I always thought about that, as well. Where usually when someone is replacing a core member of a band, there's all that pressure to be just like them, or better than them, as though the band is better off without that person. Yet Vinnie did just kind of do Vinnie.
They should've done a reunion show with the four current members playing the songs as per usual but Vinnie just standing there playing Speedball Jam along with them uninterrupted. Like even between songs, he keeps going. In Ankh makeup and the pantsuit. What a wasted opportunity for some kind of bizarre performance art.
I truly enjoy hearing Carmine tell his stories. This guy has been around for so long, he knows everyone and they all know him. From the first second I put the turntable needle in to the first groove of "You keep me hanging on" to "Some Velvet morning" and "Breaksong" I have always enjoyed Carmine as a Drummer. Thanks for posting.
His drumming is great. Him telling gossip from decades ago, not so much. I've listened to a couple of these lately and that seems to be all he does anymore. Obviously lots of people eat it up though; channels like this seem to do pretty well.
Holy Tamoly!!!! I paid $5000 for an autographed guitar from Vinnie!!!! Now I find out that he buys used guitars for$150 and shines them up and sells them for a fortune!!!! Vinnie sure was smiling alot that day!!!!
What's funny is that Vinny actually didn't live too far from me after he disappeared. I always expected to run into him but never did. This is when he lived in East TN.
What about asking Mark Free about some of Carmine's attitudes? Everybody had their own "douchebag" moment in the industry...but I agree that VV doesn't look like a "down on earth" guy from day 1.
Vinnie is his own worst enemy. Every time he has an opportunity to take things to the next level and/or make a success of himself, he self-destructs and fucks things up royally instead.
A feel a lot of it has to do with VV protecting himself and what he created musically within the bands he was in. He wrote or co wrote KISS's biggest songs when he was with them and they didnt show him respect financially. The guy stood by his convictions thats for sure....but he stood up for himself in one of the biggest bands in the world and that went over like a lead ballon. KISS did screw him over from a financial aspect.
@@markherring3513 it's funny how Carmine openly says here, "I demanded to be paid royalties for the songs Vinnie wrote." And thinks Vinnie is the asshole for saying, "Uhhhh no I wrote 'em, I get the credit and the royalties, that's how publishing works." Carmine had been in the biz a long time by then, he knew that. He apparently got VV to agree on a handshake deal saying otherwise and then got disappointed by him finally sticking up for himself.. but really, that story says more about him than it does about VV. VV still sounds like a total weirdo of course. And by many accounts, a real ripoff artist in recent years.
It was an embarrasment when he came back a few yrs ago it was like he didn't pick a guitar up or 20 years and just decided to come back and pick one up and it showed.
The thing that is creepy is how neurotic V.V. is on stage . On the KISS CRUISE VIDEO , you see the rhythm/ lead guitarist say to Vinny," take a solo" And Vinny pathetically says," i can't'" Kiss, Kould reunite with Vinny, But Ohnk Man Kan't.
Its just a testament of how atrocious he was to begin with.....he played mediocre leads and horrible solos that had no thought put into them at all....just running scales and not even doing that right!
Wait a minute! So not only Vinnie was responsabile of the great relaunch from Kiss with those 2 huge albums... But he did also cowrite songs on their Revenge album, the best one after 2 ok but a bit average Crazy Nights and Hot in the shade??? Now he may be weird, but hugely talented as well
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I saw Yngwie on his very first tour with Billy Shahans band “Tallis” no one knew who he was, at the Newport in Columbus Ohio, I don’t think there was even a full 25 people there…and what a show! I guess since there was no one there the band didn’t care and put on the craziest wildest concert I ever saw! When one had a solo, one of the other musicians would try to toss a beer at them, one time Yngwie snuck up behind the keyboardist and dumped a pitcher of beer on him! 😂
Vinnie Vincent is proof positive that all the talent in the world is meaningless if you're a shitty human being. Yes, he could undeniably shred, but if you can get past being awestruck by his speed, his playing further exemplifies his total self indulgence. I can't stand listening to his live solos, because they're an uncontrolled mess of "Look at me!" Now, when a producer or contract was restraining him, you'd get some real magical moments. Vinnie is a fine example of someone who COULD HAVE been something much larger. I can honestly say, too, that he's one guitarist that someone could say, "Oh you're just jealous because you can't play like him," and I could be totally confident and genuine in replying hell no.
Watching him live when he opened for Alice Cooper was 30 minutes of tapping while he ran around like a chicken without a head on stage. A large group of my friend's and I were on front row ( for Alice....not this goob) and every time he came to our side of the stage we all flipped him off. He quit coming to our side of the stage. If we caught his guitar picks we threw them back. He spent 29 of his 30 onstage minutes with a " WTF????" look on his face 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm an Ace guy. That said, I likes Back in the Streets from the first album, and most if All Systems Go. ASG felt and sounded more like a team effort, and it was really sad that those guys didn't last in that lineup. Vinnie uses people up and spits them out; that's why nobody wants to work with him anymore.
I witnessed the Vinnie Vincent Invasion open for Iron Maiden. It sucked ass. Just a bunch of distortion . Sounded like ass. The crowd was so quiet after every song. No applause at all. They walked off the stage like they were pissed off at the crowd. It was just plain bad . Then Maiden came out and kicked ass. All is well !!!
that reminds me of Spinal Tap bitching about that pretty boy talent. “Remembered when he opened for us? the audience was still booing him when we took the stage. WE HAD TO APOLOGIZE to the crowd for HIM”. I’ve ALWAYS wanted to do that. apologize for the opening act not realizing those boos are for me.
I was at the VV Invasion/Maiden show. I just remember VV was so fucking loud to the point of distortion, I had to go home and listen to the tape just to actually hear what songs I'd just seen live.
It takes somebody special to make Gene Simmons look like somebody humble. Vinnie Vincent is one of those rare breed, who accomplishes just that, he'd make a fortune at pest control, since he's able to make the cockroaches feel insulted.
@Grg Dps Which was more than they should have because... Kiss went on tour to support "Creatures" and "Lick it up" albums they quickly found that they made a mistake having Vinnie in their fold. Because, look at the logistics which come with doing a tour: - You have to hire truckers to move the entire thing from city to city during the tour - You have to hire a crew to build the stage - You have to hire sound crew to make sure the shows sound good every night - You have to hire special effects people to make sure the pyrotechnics of a show will work as they should every single night. (Certainly for a band like Kiss, that's their bread and butter right there.) - You have to hire promoters to make sure the venues can be booked. AND - You have to make sure that every single one of those people hired is insured, because should a calamity happen to that said person, medical bills would be taken care off by the insurance company. So every single member of the tour crew (Which includes the band members themselves) has to sign a contract which in return means: - That they will be insured during that said tour. - Will receive proper payment for their services for the full duration of that tour. - Will be properly taken care of, have a bed to sleep in and enough to eat during the tour. Vinnie let his contract expire which meant that the band was basically touring with an uninsured employee and basically had to pay for hotel stays out of their own pockets. As I pointed out earlier, a Kiss show is a well planned out event, it HAS to be. But Vinnie's solos became longer and longer, screwing up the tightly rehearsed timeline of the show and after coming near blows with Paul Stanley one night, Vinnie was shown the door. He sued the band a couple of times for unpaid royalties but every single time he tried, the band's lawyers presented the judge with the paperwork which showed that Vinnie was paid the amount of money his contract said he was getting when the contract was still viable. And by letting his contract expire, there was no reason for the band to continue playing him.
I was never impressed with his playing back in the day, unless you wanted a headache or your ears destroyed. I remember when he left KISS to go solo and thinking wow what a moron he's going to bomb out and he did.
Years ago, I first came to know of Carmine Appice when he was drumming for Rod Stewarts Band (era of "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"). Years after that, I saw Carmine at a Sam Ash (Cerritos, Ca.) while he was setting up/prepping for a drum workshop (maybe 2000'ish?). I just wanted to shake Carmines hand and thank him for the years of music. As I stood there, there were about 4 little kids talking to Carmine, who had no ideo who he was. I believe the kids were in there for the(school) band section, but you know how it is, kids have the run of the store. These kids were asking Carmine tons of questions about drums and music. I was absolutely amazed at the time Carmine took to answer questions and talk to these kids. Very professional. I hope today, these kids are still playing music and now know who Carmine is. They can tell everyone about the time they chatted it up with Carmine! Carmine Appice, you command the highest respect, Sir. I never did get to shake your hand, but on that day, it was for the better! Till we meet again........
Unique talent ended abruptly by his own demons. You can tell just by the way Carmine talks that he's one of the guys, and Vinnie always wanted to hog the spotlight. Mark Slaughter echoed the same sentiments as Carmine towards Vinnie...
when i talk to other musicians who worked with more famous people. i always cut them off when they start telling me how super nice stars are.. STOP. i don’t care about them. tell me whose the jerks and assholes.
Bruce is a talented guitar player in a technical sense. There's only one Ace. Ace Frehley and Vinnie Vincent are the only musicians from Kiss that have done anything outside of Kiss I even care to listen to. I have all of Ace's records since his 2009 comeback. I like them all. Appice recently said something about Vincent that is very true. He said when he "plays like Vinnie, good blues rock stuff, he's great". He is. I enjoy listening to the Warrior demos album where he writes all the tunes, sings, and plays guitar. Just good hard rock guitar with cool solos. He should do more of that. But the Vinnie Invasion, apart from "Animal" and "Back On the Streets" gives me a headache. There are some songs that have leaked out from his unfinished 90's album, like "Invincible" that have potential, I'd like to hear them fleshed out as finished recordings. But I wish he'd sing them instead of hiring people on helium to wail out the lyrics, and just play some good hard rock guitar. The speed shredding thing isn't his thing. It isn't really anybody's thing. Back in the day it was supposed to be cool, and nobody wanted to admit it sucked and just gave them a headache.
I feel Vinnie carries more baggage than most in the rock scene, so that might explain some of his behavior. The overtly loud, uncharacteristic guitars on the Invasion project might have been a manifestation he was struggling to find his identity even back then. Now he's (they've?) been appearing more feminine in public than in the past. I really don't care, I just hope he's (they're?) happy. Everyone deserves that.
Both parties egos overshadow their talents .It happens so many times and there are many players who cannot be worked with . Lindsey Buckingham , Ritchie Blackmore and Neal Schon just to name a few . When it gets to a point where egos make it no longer fun to play , you lose the whole meaning of why you started playing to begin with .
They're all so utterly un-self-aware, it's actually pretty funny. Appice is one of those who always blames everyone else on the planet for all his projects and bands falling apart.... hmmmm, mayyyyyyyybe there's a common thread there...
I have never seen Vinnie as a good guitar player, It was just noise and I never seen him as a musician. I hated to see him do solo's as they were just meaningless or untalented and long and boring.
How exactly are they criminally underated? Both records went gold, everybody knows vinnies involvement and most of those songs are regular staples in kiss shows
@@toma.4808 mainly due to the fact that their 70s era gets all the love. Also, the band’s musicianship has always been questioned but they raised the bar in the 80s and stifled the critics.
@UCTreOluMtS2f3uGk4rBlWtQ I’d say that’s not true. Being a bit of a narcissist like some actors are guilty of is a whole different thing from narcissistic personality disorder which, like Klaatu said, Vinnie shows a lot of the signs of.
Let's not get too over-hyped about that. VV is plenty weird but he's sure as hell not as weird as Michael Jackson. Or Elton John. Or a hundred others. The difference is that millions of people will still love Jackson's and John's songs in fifty years, and already now the only people who give any thought at all to Vinnie Vincent are KISS nerds and people who just enjoy rock'n'roll gossip.
It's really really weird that VV now looks like Hillary Clinton's sister He got really weird before he disappeared, when he appeared again, it was like a complete cringe-fest.
Haha! I remember teaching a guitar student who at the time was into Kiss. I vividly remember him saying he liked the original guitarist and ”Vinnie Vincent was a toot!" Haha!
Honestly did carmine get along with anyone he complains about everyone he's ever played with. Honestly he not a great drummer or hasn't been in a long time i mean a long time. Honestly he's got to be a big a..hole him and his brother also
Its amazing how much hate there is for Vinny. I'm not saying the guy didnt have some issues, but the most common theme I hear about him is that he wasnt willing to sign conteacts or give away royalties. I like Carmine Appice, but who the hell is he to expect a song writer to spilt royalties with others who didnt write the song. I heard Gene and Paul complaining about Vinnie wouldnt sign a contract to be in KISS. I wouldnt have signed it either. Gene and Paul has everytning geared in their favor. Most of the money goes to them. There is a reason why they are the only two original members and don't get along with past memebers. Not to mention how they control everything. It sounds to me like Vinny was smart and protected his own intrest and money. He wasn't bullied into the things other musicians complaimed about. I have the upmost respect for Vinny. He's an amazing talent.
saw them in Chicago 30+ years ago with LA Guns... Instantly became an LA Guns fan and vowed I'd never waste anothsr dime on VVA... They were absolutely terrible - and they didnt realize it. They thought they were great and the problem was the crowd... total divas, even back then
Even in my teenage days there was a pecking order and every area had a "best" guitarist. In my case During the early 80s we started a band and I went from lead to rhythm and found out WHY he was so good. They guy was a ass, no friends so he had all the time in the world to practice. I watched him throw a guitar on to concrete and 2 songs into a paying gig he snapped over the mix and proceeded to start yanking cables. AFAIK he never was in a band again.
"They hired him, and what happened?" Uhhh... he wrote or helped write the hit songs that saved their careers and made them relevant again and made them a helluva lot of money. Then they fucked him out of his money. VV is a weird person but remember, there's always two sides to the story.
@Your Average Golfer I get the distinct impression that if you ever do any sort of business with Gene or Paul, you better have at least two different attorneys look it all over before you sign anything. But the entire music biz and showbiz in general seems to be like that.
@UCdc08sehJ-OvT8rol4upIIA yep. That's why I've never felt one bit bad about tape-trading or using Napster or any other kind of "music pirating." Fuck 'em. They're getting plenty rich without my twenty bucks for a CD. Earn your money on the road, you'll scrape by OK on all those 100-dollar tickets people buy.
Vinnie was never an official member of the band. He never signed a contract with Kiss on either of the albums he did. That’s why he didn’t make shit with them. He thought he was a dude who was gonna take the world by the balls himself and it just didn’t pan out.
I met Carmine when he was playing drums for Nugent. It was funny because I pissed him off. I was asking him drum questions when he told me that he just put on a workshop in Detroit (where we were). I told him I could not get in because he did the workshop at a 21+ venue. So then he tells me he has books out with records in them to play along with. He got really pissed when I said that his stuff is too expensive. I was better off buying the album and just figuring the drums out. He actually told me to give him his autograph back. I told him F you - I am selling this thing.
I met Vinnie Cusano one time in one of the guitar stores on W.46th St. in Manhattan when he was in Treasure.His head was in the clouds even back then and they only lasted a few months.
I don't dispute Vinnie being what he was, but anyone who had to have his name plastered on his drums, pronounces his name different from his brother and never seemed to land that "dream gig" couldn't be all that easy to work with either. I am sure there are people who like Carmine but I guarantee he loves himself more than all the people who love him put together. Him and Yngwie need to get together with some douche bass player and another douche singer, they could form a super group called Souless Douche.
Having your name on your drums was pretty common in the 60's and 70's. Carmine is a very well respected musician in the industry, Vinnie is not, never has been and never will be. Maybe you could be the singer in "Souless Douche." You definitely seem qualified in one area. Do your homework before you write stupid shit.
@@JokersWild70 I am not favoring Vinnie over Carmine and I don't really care what people in the industry say about Carmine. The result is blaring. Carmine has landed no big time lasting jobs and it's not because he's a bad drummer, he's a great drummer. It's quite obvious though that nobody wanted to work with him for very long. I don't know about the '60s but I grew up in the '70s and '80s. Very very seldom did I see a drummer's name on the kick drum. Overwhelmingly the vast majority of kicks displayed the name of the band. Carmine was never really interested in being a team player. He was in it for himself which he was certainly free to do. But he's def not going to get the kind of respect that drummers like Vinnie Appice or Tommy Aldridge enjoys. I don't fault you for calling me a douche or supposing that I have not done my homework because you don't know me and I am a nobody compared to guys like Carmine. I have been a fan of Rock and Metal for 44 years, we all have opinions about the many turn of events within this world. I have done extensive homework in these areas but I guess we can just agree to disagree. I respect that you shared your opinion.
@@themechaniacal1558 lmao. He was in Vanilla Fudge and had this new band called Led Zeppelin open for them. He even got John Bonham his endorsement deal with Ludwig. He was in Cactus, as well as Beck, Bogart, and Appice, as well as a number of other top tier bands. Tommy Aldridge has played with many bands as well, so does that mean he must be a dick too? How about Simon Phillips? Some people get musically stagnant very quickly. I'm a musician, so I understand that. No everyone has aspirations to be with the same band forever. Carmine is a nice guy. He didn't have to go out of his way to call Ludwig and tell them about this great new drummer. He's done several drum clinics as well. The name thing only really worked if a drummer played double kick drums. A single kick usually either had nothing on it, or the band name, like you said.
@@JokersWild70 You left out that he formed King Kobra after his stint with Ozzy. King Kobra had a huge hit associated with the movie Iron Eagle. It didn't last long though. I don't dispute any of those things and they don't negate the fact that he was hard to work with and was not much of a team player. That is miles away from the attitude of Tommy Aldridge and it's a bit odd of you to compare it that way or assume that I do or whatever you meant by that. Dude, it's subjective. Have fun with your view but that's not how I see it. As far as Simon Philips, I don't know much about him. He's def talented and is a choice session worker but I am not a fan of the bands he has done studio work with. Carmine's brother Vinnie Appice is not as talented as he is but I favor Vinnie for his work with Black Sabbath and Dio and respect him for being a decent foundation for the bands with which he has played.
@@themechaniacal1558 Listen to "Live Evil" and those fast rolls Vinny did on there. He's still very, very good. All musicians who have had big success will almost always have an ego. Dio, as nice of a guy as he was, especially to his fans, had an ego. Sammy Hagar, as well liked as he is, has an ego. Ozzy has an ego. Cozy Powell had an ego. Same with John Bonham. It just happens. Vinnie Vincent though: total scumbag. He sells a box set to his fans (and why his fans would want a box set from a guy whose band did two records is beyond me) and never delivers. He sold a bunch of stuff on eBay and although he was paid, pretty much didn't send the items, he's a total liar, he stored dead dogs in his garage which was just plain weird and disgusting. I never cared for Vinnie's playing. Yea, he could puke out a million notes a minute, but they did nothing for me. He never played for the song. It was always "look how fast I am!!! I'm great!" Watch his instructional video from the 80's on here. All of the bullshit he plays sounds the same. I don't think Carmine is as difficult to work with as you think. That rep gets around in the industry pretty quickly.
@@xavierortiz2690 That's the problem with a lot of guys/bands. Super talented but their music doesn't move you. Gotta have some feel in music, it just has to be there
Nonsense, Vinnie had a difrent style and used a difrent scales basically, phrasing etc then Malmsteen so how on earth He tried to outplay him? Carmine obviously like to talk trash and V. V. is usuall bashing out topic. Come on , He was an amazing player and honestly i learned more from his style then the other player Carmine is glorifying so much. Viiinies hybrid picking was ahead it's time, today all 1st class fusion rock and HM players use it but Vinnie did it in 1980 and before. I don't know what is wrong with a people to have such sick need to trashtalk about Him non stop and to lie is such terrible ways. Album badly mixed and guitar is to loud? WTF are you he's talking about then all albums from 80's are with to loud guitars.
Vinny made permanent enemies with every band or organization he was involved with. The last time Gene Simmons was with Vinny it was a disaster. Gene invited Vinny to meet with him during one of his music vault gatherings. Vinny showed up wear a ladies pant suit with his wig. Vinny was hoping to form a collaboration with Gene as he was broke. He had already sued Gene and Kiss over 30 time’s as he felt he was ripped off of royalties etc.
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Fun Farce:
Carmine Appice is Tom Savini's stunt double, and Tom Savini is Carmine Appice's drum tech. ☺
Nice to know that I'm not the only one who noticed!
I never knew that. Yeah, they look alike and are prob about the same age. Nice!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Funny, I'm from Pittsburgh where Tom lives this is true.
Fun Fact: Appices mustache was recently inducted into the porn hall of fame cuz he's worn it for 6 decades .
Weather you love Vinnie or hate Vinnie he never tried bieng ACE he was himself I respect that
I always thought about that, as well. Where usually when someone is replacing a core member of a band, there's all that pressure to be just like them, or better than them, as though the band is better off without that person. Yet Vinnie did just kind of do Vinnie.
Bruce Kulick never tried to be Ace.
He probably should have at least personality wise🤣
@@robert.m4676 I agree, even knowing how bad it has to be to say 'you should be more like Ace'.
@@jamescarter3196 yeah he’s really kinda strange. I wish no I’ll will towards him but he is a bit of an odd ball.
They should've done a reunion show with the four current members playing the songs as per usual but Vinnie just standing there playing Speedball Jam along with them uninterrupted. Like even between songs, he keeps going. In Ankh makeup and the pantsuit. What a wasted opportunity for some kind of bizarre performance art.
Carmine Appice is one of the best drummers of all-time. 🇮🇹🇺🇲💪
Agreed I just wish he’d stfu and drum. Have some class in your old age C.A.
If all these Rock stars are saying the same about Vinnie V, it must be Very true.
Except for Vinnie's fans that are willing to give him money still in order to see him.
You mean Vikki Vincent?
@Jakob you know it Kid!!!
Absolutely
Probably, but why would I care, I think it's funny. I love that first album!
I cant deny carmines review of VVI debut. The guitar was high, and the only thing i could hear other than VV was the vocals.
I truly enjoy hearing Carmine tell his stories. This guy has been around for so long, he knows everyone and they all know him. From the first second I put the turntable needle in to the first groove of "You keep me hanging on" to "Some Velvet morning" and "Breaksong" I have always enjoyed Carmine as a Drummer. Thanks for posting.
His drumming is great. Him telling gossip from decades ago, not so much. I've listened to a couple of these lately and that seems to be all he does anymore.
Obviously lots of people eat it up though; channels like this seem to do pretty well.
He'll even tell you he invented the drumset.
Holy Tamoly!!!! I paid $5000 for an autographed guitar from Vinnie!!!! Now I find out that he buys used guitars for$150 and shines them up and sells them for a fortune!!!! Vinnie sure was smiling alot that day!!!!
I'll sell you mine for half that,I'll sign it,take a pic with you and even drink a beer with you if you buy it
Is it a carvin?
I can’t help but think what ‘Animalize’ would have sounded like if Vinnie had remained in KISS in ‘84..
Vinnie is a weirdo.
Thats putting it MIDLY
He’s a fruity nut job.
@@friedrudibega6384 Are you trying to fry him, too? 😆
What's funny is that Vinny actually didn't live too far from me after he disappeared. I always expected to run into him but never did. This is when he lived in East TN.
Where in East TN?
@@gunnarjordan6980 Rutledge, TN. I think he actually lives in Nashville now.
@@TheMeJustMe75 Thank you. I once lived in Greenville, TN. That’s Eastern TN.
Representing Knoxville here!!
@@gopherb3985 not far from Knoxville
Even 30 years ago Vinnie Vincent looked like a middle-aged woman.
All the guys in kiss did. Vinnie was no different.
FTM for sure
No, he looked kinda cute
Exactly. First time I saw him I really thought they had brought on a woman. He's always been strange and kind of creepy imo.😳🤘🏼
When he formed vvi ,he looked like Roxy petrucci the drummer from vixen
What about asking Mark Free about some of Carmine's attitudes? Everybody had their own "douchebag" moment in the industry...but I agree that VV doesn't look like a "down on earth" guy from day 1.
Really ? Mark Free the original Bruce Jenner 🙄
Vinnie actually believes he could have been part of the last Kiss tour??
He has crossed over from delusion to insanity.
He crossed over many things...
@@hugolafhugolaf You got that right...
Vinnie is his own worst enemy. Every time he has an opportunity to take things to the next level and/or make a success of himself, he self-destructs and fucks things up royally instead.
Agreed
@@blindmelonstubbly All I know is that Vinnie needs alot of work...up in his head.
This is the most true statement every made, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS GOSPEL
A feel a lot of it has to do with VV protecting himself and what he created musically within the bands he was in. He wrote or co wrote KISS's biggest songs when he was with them and they didnt show him respect financially. The guy stood by his convictions thats for sure....but he stood up for himself in one of the biggest bands in the world and that went over like a lead ballon. KISS did screw him over from a financial aspect.
@@markherring3513 it's funny how Carmine openly says here, "I demanded to be paid royalties for the songs Vinnie wrote." And thinks Vinnie is the asshole for saying, "Uhhhh no I wrote 'em, I get the credit and the royalties, that's how publishing works."
Carmine had been in the biz a long time by then, he knew that. He apparently got VV to agree on a handshake deal saying otherwise and then got disappointed by him finally sticking up for himself.. but really, that story says more about him than it does about VV.
VV still sounds like a total weirdo of course. And by many accounts, a real ripoff artist in recent years.
It was an embarrasment when he came back a few yrs ago it was like he didn't pick a guitar up or 20 years and just decided to come back and pick one up and it showed.
The thing that is creepy is how neurotic V.V. is on stage .
On the KISS CRUISE VIDEO , you see the rhythm/ lead guitarist say to Vinny," take a solo"
And Vinny pathetically says," i can't'"
Kiss, Kould reunite with Vinny,
But Ohnk Man Kan't.
Vinny Vincent forgot how to KISS!
Its just a testament of how atrocious he was to begin with.....he played mediocre leads and horrible solos that had no thought put into them at all....just running scales and not even doing that right!
But according to him, he'd been playing guitar for 8 hours a day, every day, for those 20 years. 🤣😂. He's a fucking pathological lying weirdo.
Wait a minute! So not only Vinnie was responsabile of the great relaunch from Kiss with those 2 huge albums... But he did also cowrite songs on their Revenge album, the best one after 2 ok but a bit average Crazy Nights and Hot in the shade??? Now he may be weird, but hugely talented as well
What’s interesting about (you people) & your alcoholism is that just a few years before the potato famine, Ireland was the site of a massively successful temperance campaign led by the noted Catholic priest, Theobald Mathew. So successful was this campaign that between 1838 and 1841, national alcohol consumption was cut in half.
Oops, there are others and better. I seen Yngwie in concert on 11/24/21. He was as amazing as expected. Nobody out Yngwies, Yngwie!
Well,he to is suppose to be a real dick
I saw him years back in a small bar in st louis. He was literally a giant. My brother named one of our dogs after him.
I saw Yngwie on his very first tour with Billy Shahans band “Tallis” no one knew who he was, at the Newport in Columbus Ohio, I don’t think there was even a full 25 people there…and what a show! I guess since there was no one there the band didn’t care and put on the craziest wildest concert I ever saw! When one had a solo, one of the other musicians would try to toss a beer at them, one time Yngwie snuck up behind the keyboardist and dumped a pitcher of beer on him! 😂
I saw Yngwie live open for Dio, it was boring. 🥱 😴
I saw YJM run across stage ripping he threw the guitar 10 feet above himself spun around caught it and kept ripping right along
I saw a recent pic of VV and my first thought was that Kate Bush really had not aged well.
Bottom line to me...
Carmine was keeping beat for giants before Vinnie even learned to string a guitar.
Vinnie Vincent is proof positive that all the talent in the world is meaningless if you're a shitty human being. Yes, he could undeniably shred, but if you can get past being awestruck by his speed, his playing further exemplifies his total self indulgence. I can't stand listening to his live solos, because they're an uncontrolled mess of "Look at me!" Now, when a producer or contract was restraining him, you'd get some real magical moments.
Vinnie is a fine example of someone who COULD HAVE been something much larger. I can honestly say, too, that he's one guitarist that someone could say, "Oh you're just jealous because you can't play like him," and I could be totally confident and genuine in replying hell no.
Now Vivian Vincent
"he could undeniably shred" Thats highly debatable!
@@omniken66 perhaps. I suppose if you peel back all the layers of preamp gain and delay, it probably reveals something lacking.
@@freepressright he lacks everything not just something......
Watching him live when he opened for Alice Cooper was 30 minutes of tapping while he ran around like a chicken without a head on stage.
A large group of my friend's and I were on front row ( for Alice....not this goob) and every time he came to our side of the stage we all flipped him off. He quit coming to our side of the stage. If we caught his guitar picks we threw them back. He spent 29 of his 30 onstage minutes with a " WTF????" look on his face 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s funny because Mr Appice was very nice to me as a stage hand at a Blue Murder concert. They opened for Bon Jovi .
I remember seeing an excerpt from his hot licks instructional video. OMG! Utter garbage. Speed for speeds sake. Can't stand it!
I had I minor brush with fame then got fired , you have dealt with much more and prevailed.
I'm an Ace guy. That said, I likes Back in the Streets from the first album, and most if All Systems Go. ASG felt and sounded more like a team effort, and it was really sad that those guys didn't last in that lineup.
Vinnie uses people up and spits them out; that's why nobody wants to work with him anymore.
I witnessed the Vinnie Vincent Invasion open for Iron Maiden. It sucked ass. Just a bunch of distortion . Sounded like ass. The crowd was so quiet after every song. No applause at all. They walked off the stage like they were pissed off at the crowd. It was just plain bad . Then Maiden came out and kicked ass. All is well !!!
that reminds me of Spinal Tap bitching about that pretty boy talent. “Remembered when he opened for us? the audience was still booing him when we took the stage. WE HAD TO APOLOGIZE to the crowd for HIM”. I’ve ALWAYS wanted to do that. apologize for the opening act not realizing those boos are for me.
It's notoriously difficult to open for someone like Maiden though. Some phenomenal bands and the fans are like "fuck off we're here to see maiden" 😂
@Grg Dps The stories are similar across the board about Vinny. I doubt they are all making this up.
I was at the VV Invasion/Maiden show. I just remember VV was so fucking loud to the point of distortion, I had to go home and listen to the tape just to actually hear what songs I'd just seen live.
Carmine and Vinnie used to rent their kits to studios? Awesome
By the way ... Thanks for all the Videos :)
It takes somebody special to make Gene Simmons look like somebody humble. Vinnie Vincent is one of those rare breed, who accomplishes just that, he'd make a fortune at pest control, since he's able to make the cockroaches feel insulted.
Gene said that Vinnie "would hang himself as someone is offering him the keys to the Kingdom."
Comment of the millennium 🤜🤛🍺
I thought you were talking about Carmine.
@Grg Dps Which was more than they should have because...
Kiss went on tour to support "Creatures" and "Lick it up" albums they quickly found that they made a mistake having Vinnie in their fold. Because, look at the logistics which come with doing a tour:
- You have to hire truckers to move the entire thing from city to city during the tour
- You have to hire a crew to build the stage
- You have to hire sound crew to make sure the shows sound good every night
- You have to hire special effects people to make sure the pyrotechnics of a show will work as they should every single night. (Certainly for a band like Kiss, that's their bread and butter right there.)
- You have to hire promoters to make sure the venues can be booked.
AND
- You have to make sure that every single one of those people hired is insured, because should a calamity happen to that said person, medical bills would be taken care off by the insurance company.
So every single member of the tour crew (Which includes the band members themselves) has to sign a contract which in return means:
- That they will be insured during that said tour.
- Will receive proper payment for their services for the full duration of that tour.
- Will be properly taken care of, have a bed to sleep in and enough to eat during the tour.
Vinnie let his contract expire which meant that the band was basically touring with an uninsured employee and basically had to pay for hotel stays out of their own pockets.
As I pointed out earlier, a Kiss show is a well planned out event, it HAS to be. But Vinnie's solos became longer and longer, screwing up the tightly rehearsed timeline of the show and after coming near blows with Paul Stanley one night, Vinnie was shown the door.
He sued the band a couple of times for unpaid royalties but every single time he tried, the band's lawyers presented the judge with the paperwork which showed that Vinnie was paid the amount of money his contract said he was getting when the contract was still viable.
And by letting his contract expire, there was no reason for the band to continue playing him.
😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
I was never impressed with his playing back in the day, unless you wanted a headache or your ears destroyed. I remember when he left KISS to go solo and thinking wow what a moron he's going to bomb out and he did.
Ouch!
Vinnie also played drums in Vixen under the name Roxy Pertrucci.
Lol
lol awesome dude!!!
Blackie Lawless is slowly morphing into Vinnie Vincent's twin sister.
Carmines a genuine soul a great drummer an a cool dude
Years ago, I first came to know of Carmine Appice when he was drumming for Rod Stewarts Band (era of "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"). Years after that, I saw Carmine at a Sam Ash (Cerritos, Ca.) while he was setting up/prepping for a drum workshop (maybe 2000'ish?). I just wanted to shake Carmines hand and thank him for the years of music. As I stood there, there were about 4 little kids talking to Carmine, who had no ideo who he was. I believe the kids were in there for the(school) band section, but you know how it is, kids have the run of the store. These kids were asking Carmine tons of questions about drums and music. I was absolutely amazed at the time Carmine took to answer questions and talk to these kids. Very professional. I hope today, these kids are still playing music and now know who Carmine is. They can tell everyone about the time they chatted it up with Carmine! Carmine Appice, you command the highest respect, Sir. I never did get to shake your hand, but on that day, it was for the better! Till we meet again........
Dang...Carmine is one frick'n guy I'd love to have a beer with.
Amazing how all the old rockers have all kept their hair even into their 60s.
For a good amount of them, it's called hair transplants or a wig. Don't kid yourself.
Ask Joe Lynn Turner about gettin' your wig on. He did it for years before finally admitting it.
Vv was a brilliant songwriter, a VG guitar player, and a pretty good singer ... he wanted to be paid like the main man...
Unique talent ended abruptly by his own demons. You can tell just by the way Carmine talks that he's one of the guys, and Vinnie always wanted to hog the spotlight. Mark Slaughter echoed the same sentiments as Carmine towards Vinnie...
I’ve literally never heard a good word about “Vinnie Vincent.”
I love some good tasteful shredding but Vincent had none of that. HE was pure vomit.
when i talk to other musicians who worked with more famous people. i always cut them off when they start telling me how super nice stars are.. STOP. i don’t care about them. tell me whose the jerks and assholes.
Vinnie Vincent had KISS fans worldwide REALLY missing Ace Frehley. Til Bruce Kulick stepped up, and KISS fans were like...."I think we'll be alright".
Bruce is a talented guitar player in a technical sense.
There's only one Ace.
Ace Frehley and Vinnie Vincent are the only musicians from Kiss that have done anything outside of Kiss I even care to listen to. I have all of Ace's records since his 2009 comeback. I like them all.
Appice recently said something about Vincent that is very true. He said when he "plays like Vinnie, good blues rock stuff, he's great".
He is.
I enjoy listening to the Warrior demos album where he writes all the tunes, sings, and plays guitar. Just good hard rock guitar with cool solos. He should do more of that. But the Vinnie Invasion, apart from "Animal" and "Back On the Streets" gives me a headache. There are some songs that have leaked out from his unfinished 90's album, like "Invincible" that have potential, I'd like to hear them fleshed out as finished recordings. But I wish he'd sing them instead of hiring people on helium to wail out the lyrics, and just play some good hard rock guitar. The speed shredding thing isn't his thing. It isn't really anybody's thing. Back in the day it was supposed to be cool, and nobody wanted to admit it sucked and just gave them a headache.
I feel Vinnie carries more baggage than most in the rock scene, so that might explain some of his behavior. The overtly loud, uncharacteristic guitars on the Invasion project might have been a manifestation he was struggling to find his identity even back then. Now he's (they've?) been appearing more feminine in public than in the past. I really don't care, I just hope he's (they're?) happy. Everyone deserves that.
He refers to himself as a male. He's just always looked feminine.
@@dominikaksiazek7177 Whatever the case, I just hope he's happy with who he is.
Both parties egos overshadow their talents .It happens so many times and there are many players who cannot be worked with . Lindsey Buckingham , Ritchie Blackmore and Neal Schon just to name a few . When it gets to a point where egos make it no longer fun to play , you lose the whole meaning of why you started playing to begin with .
They're all so utterly un-self-aware, it's actually pretty funny. Appice is one of those who always blames everyone else on the planet for all his projects and bands falling apart.... hmmmm, mayyyyyyyybe there's a common thread there...
Thank you for pointing this out...Carmine is the proverbial pot calling the kettle black.
I have never seen Vinnie as a good guitar player, It was just noise and I never seen him as a musician. I hated to see him do solo's as they were just meaningless or untalented and long and boring.
Vinnie Vincent is a perfect example of wasted talent!!!
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent
Creatures and Lick are two of Kiss’ strongest records, IMO. Their 80s output is criminally underrated.
True
How exactly are they criminally underated? Both records went gold, everybody knows vinnies involvement and most of those songs are regular staples in kiss shows
@@toma.4808 mainly due to the fact that their 70s era gets all the love. Also, the band’s musicianship has always been questioned but they raised the bar in the 80s and stifled the critics.
Their 80s output is criminal.
@@toma.4808 lick it up is platinum
Vinnie has strong traits of having NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER. And that can't be fixed.
@UCTreOluMtS2f3uGk4rBlWtQ I’d say that’s not true. Being a bit of a narcissist like some actors are guilty of is a whole different thing from narcissistic personality disorder which, like Klaatu said, Vinnie shows a lot of the signs of.
Make up can fix anything
He can fly all over the fretboard all He wants but He's never had any feeling.
Not For the Innocent from Lick it Up had awesome rhythm guitar. The solo did not fit at all.
"His playing reminded me of puking: It all came splattering out."
- Paul Stanley
@@aaronfrick4143 Paul played rhythm not Vinnie
Great interview,, really liked this.. :)
Jeezus...at 5:28 Vinnie looks like some kind of grandma..."Lets Bake some cookies". Someone dress this dude like a rocker.
Good God he does!
( look like a gma)
is that really him? I assumed it was a grandma
Vinnie Vincent is the weirdest man in music hands down....what a freak
Man? Lol
Let's not get too over-hyped about that. VV is plenty weird but he's sure as hell not as weird as Michael Jackson. Or Elton John. Or a hundred others.
The difference is that millions of people will still love Jackson's and John's songs in fifty years, and already now the only people who give any thought at all to Vinnie Vincent are KISS nerds and people who just enjoy rock'n'roll gossip.
Even calling him a man is stretching it!
He looks like my aunt Connie.....
When did Roseanne Barr start playing guitar?
It's really really weird that VV now looks like Hillary Clinton's sister
He got really weird before he disappeared, when he appeared again, it was like a complete cringe-fest.
Please tell us the Anthony Gabriel story...the record must be set straight dude
Haha! I remember teaching a guitar student who at the time was into Kiss. I vividly remember him saying he liked the original guitarist and ”Vinnie Vincent was a toot!"
Haha!
I loved Carmines performance in King Cobra when I watched them open for Kiss
Vinnie's performance at Creatures Fest this past weekend is ultimate proof that 1. He's overrated. 2. He needs to retire. 3. His ego is huge.
I wouldn't call that a performance. It was a sham.
The sub-titles on this are a riot.
Honestly did carmine get along with anyone he complains about everyone he's ever played with. Honestly he not a great drummer or hasn't been in a long time i mean a long time. Honestly he's got to be a big a..hole him and his brother also
And now Vinnie looks like an old lady.
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So judgmental...
Its amazing how much hate there is for Vinny. I'm not saying the guy didnt have some issues, but the most common theme I hear about him is that he wasnt willing to sign conteacts or give away royalties. I like Carmine Appice, but who the hell is he to expect a song writer to spilt royalties with others who didnt write the song. I heard Gene and Paul complaining about Vinnie wouldnt sign a contract to be in KISS. I wouldnt have signed it either. Gene and Paul has everytning geared in their favor. Most of the money goes to them. There is a reason why they are the only two original members and don't get along with past memebers. Not to mention how they control everything. It sounds to me like Vinny was smart and protected his own intrest and money. He wasn't bullied into the things other musicians complaimed about. I have the upmost respect for Vinny. He's an amazing talent.
If one Paesano is calling another ITALIANO a DOUCHEBAG, then as a Paeaano myself I believe Carmine 😁👍🏻
Saw a recent pic of VV. Realized my old aunt was a rock hero!
saw them in Chicago 30+ years ago with LA Guns... Instantly became an LA Guns fan and vowed I'd never waste anothsr dime on VVA...
They were absolutely terrible - and they didnt realize it. They thought they were great and the problem was the crowd... total divas, even back then
Even in my teenage days there was a pecking order and every area had a "best" guitarist. In my case During the early 80s we started a band and I went from lead to rhythm and found out WHY he was so good. They guy was a ass, no friends so he had all the time in the world to practice. I watched him throw a guitar on to concrete and 2 songs into a paying gig he snapped over the mix and proceeded to start yanking cables. AFAIK he never was in a band again.
What?!?
The knew Exodus album kicks ass. Metal Rules
Indeed
who knew
Exodus rulzs
Yeah if you can get passed Zetros shitty vocals.
@@samhain6953 what's you're best samhain album
Overrated guitar player and if he didn't play with kiss nobody would know who he is.
Everybody seems crazy about Vinnie!😂
I learned drums in 1984 using Carmine Appice's Realistic Rock drum book.
My condolences...
"They hired him, and what happened?" Uhhh... he wrote or helped write the hit songs that saved their careers and made them relevant again and made them a helluva lot of money. Then they fucked him out of his money.
VV is a weird person but remember, there's always two sides to the story.
@Your Average Golfer I get the distinct impression that if you ever do any sort of business with Gene or Paul, you better have at least two different attorneys look it all over before you sign anything.
But the entire music biz and showbiz in general seems to be like that.
@UCdc08sehJ-OvT8rol4upIIA yep. That's why I've never felt one bit bad about tape-trading or using Napster or any other kind of "music pirating." Fuck 'em. They're getting plenty rich without my twenty bucks for a CD. Earn your money on the road, you'll scrape by OK on all those 100-dollar tickets people buy.
Vinnie, is that YOU??
Vinnie was never an official member of the band. He never signed a contract with Kiss on either of the albums he did. That’s why he didn’t make shit with them. He thought he was a dude who was gonna take the world by the balls himself and it just didn’t pan out.
I met Carmine when he was playing drums for Nugent. It was funny because I pissed him off. I was asking him drum questions when he told me that he just put on a workshop in Detroit (where we were). I told him I could not get in because he did the workshop at a 21+ venue. So then he tells me he has books out with records in them to play along with. He got really pissed when I said that his stuff is too expensive. I was better off buying the album and just figuring the drums out.
He actually told me to give him his autograph back. I told him F you - I am selling this thing.
I met Vinnie Cusano one time in one of the guitar stores on W.46th St. in Manhattan when he was in Treasure.His head was in the clouds even back then and they only lasted a few months.
Carmine is as self centered as it gets. Loves to hear his own voice and let others know how great he is. Like Portnoy
Just like like Eddie Trunk
And you know this because....???
Do you know him?
@@jamesrudd8705 watch any interview with him. He’s never been very humble at all.
@@ledflaplin2001
Meet him. You'll discover he's a really cool, laid back guy.
@@jamesrudd8705 His bass player Tim Bogert was my bass teacher and Timmy would've laid down and died for Carmine.
Mr. Vincent wore great rocker dudes,threads rags, kits, stage garmets and what. His make up ,hair and nails alway looked professional.🎸🤘😇🙏😎
Vinnie disappeared and came back a grandma..Anyway I had to Google to find out who Carmine Appice is.
Carmines a badass
I didn't know who either of them were
Vinnie reminds me of the short run doc u series Small Town Security. If you know the show you will see it !
Carmine's name is pronounced Ah-pi-SEE
He doesn't care how you pronounce it. The way he says it, any pronunciation is right.
@@jamesrudd8705 his brother though, hates A-piece.
I don't dispute Vinnie being what he was, but anyone who had to have his name plastered on his drums, pronounces his name different from his brother and never seemed to land that "dream gig" couldn't be all that easy to work with either. I am sure there are people who like Carmine but I guarantee he loves himself more than all the people who love him put together. Him and Yngwie need to get together with some douche bass player and another douche singer, they could form a super group called Souless Douche.
Having your name on your drums was pretty common in the 60's and 70's. Carmine is a very well respected musician in the industry, Vinnie is not, never has been and never will be. Maybe you could be the singer in "Souless Douche." You definitely seem qualified in one area. Do your homework before you write stupid shit.
@@JokersWild70 I am not favoring Vinnie over Carmine and I don't really care what people in the industry say about Carmine. The result is blaring. Carmine has landed no big time lasting jobs and it's not because he's a bad drummer, he's a great drummer. It's quite obvious though that nobody wanted to work with him for very long. I don't know about the '60s but I grew up in the '70s and '80s. Very very seldom did I see a drummer's name on the kick drum. Overwhelmingly the vast majority of kicks displayed the name of the band. Carmine was never really interested in being a team player. He was in it for himself which he was certainly free to do. But he's def not going to get the kind of respect that drummers like Vinnie Appice or Tommy Aldridge enjoys. I don't fault you for calling me a douche or supposing that I have not done my homework because you don't know me and I am a nobody compared to guys like Carmine. I have been a fan of Rock and Metal for 44 years, we all have opinions about the many turn of events within this world. I have done extensive homework in these areas but I guess we can just agree to disagree. I respect that you shared your opinion.
@@themechaniacal1558 lmao. He was in Vanilla Fudge and had this new band called Led Zeppelin open for them. He even got John Bonham his endorsement deal with Ludwig. He was in Cactus, as well as Beck, Bogart, and Appice, as well as a number of other top tier bands. Tommy Aldridge has played with many bands as well, so does that mean he must be a dick too? How about Simon Phillips? Some people get musically stagnant very quickly. I'm a musician, so I understand that. No everyone has aspirations to be with the same band forever. Carmine is a nice guy. He didn't have to go out of his way to call Ludwig and tell them about this great new drummer. He's done several drum clinics as well. The name thing only really worked if a drummer played double kick drums. A single kick usually either had nothing on it, or the band name, like you said.
@@JokersWild70 You left out that he formed King Kobra after his stint with Ozzy. King Kobra had a huge hit associated with the movie Iron Eagle. It didn't last long though. I don't dispute any of those things and they don't negate the fact that he was hard to work with and was not much of a team player. That is miles away from the attitude of Tommy Aldridge and it's a bit odd of you to compare it that way or assume that I do or whatever you meant by that. Dude, it's subjective. Have fun with your view but that's not how I see it. As far as Simon Philips, I don't know much about him. He's def talented and is a choice session worker but I am not a fan of the bands he has done studio work with. Carmine's brother Vinnie Appice is not as talented as he is but I favor Vinnie for his work with Black Sabbath and Dio and respect him for being a decent foundation for the bands with which he has played.
@@themechaniacal1558 Listen to "Live Evil" and those fast rolls Vinny did on there. He's still very, very good. All musicians who have had big success will almost always have an ego. Dio, as nice of a guy as he was, especially to his fans, had an ego. Sammy Hagar, as well liked as he is, has an ego. Ozzy has an ego. Cozy Powell had an ego. Same with John Bonham. It just happens. Vinnie Vincent though: total scumbag. He sells a box set to his fans (and why his fans would want a box set from a guy whose band did two records is beyond me) and never delivers. He sold a bunch of stuff on eBay and although he was paid, pretty much didn't send the items, he's a total liar, he stored dead dogs in his garage which was just plain weird and disgusting. I never cared for Vinnie's playing. Yea, he could puke out a million notes a minute, but they did nothing for me. He never played for the song. It was always "look how fast I am!!! I'm great!" Watch his instructional video from the 80's on here. All of the bullshit he plays sounds the same. I don't think Carmine is as difficult to work with as you think. That rep gets around in the industry pretty quickly.
Vinnie's double V guitar reminds me of a Chernobyl deer with extra legs
Those things make great pets. They're also very fast.
Lick it up was a great comeback album for kiss, who ever knows the behind the scenes issues. Apparently not good.
say what you want about Vinnie, but that first invasion album is a fucking masterpiece.
I enjoyed that album, but I favored "All Systems Go".
I could listen to VV over and over, l couldn't do that with Y Malsteam
@@xavierortiz2690 That's the problem with a lot of guys/bands. Super talented but their music doesn't move you. Gotta have some feel in music, it just has to be there
garbage solos carry on
So was the second one
Nonsense, Vinnie had a difrent style and used a difrent scales basically, phrasing etc then Malmsteen so how on earth He tried to outplay him? Carmine obviously like to talk trash and V. V. is usuall bashing out topic. Come on , He was an amazing player and honestly i learned more from his style then the other player Carmine is glorifying so much. Viiinies hybrid picking was ahead it's time, today all 1st class fusion rock and HM players use it but Vinnie did it in 1980 and before. I don't know what is wrong with a people to have such sick need to trashtalk about Him non stop and to lie is such terrible ways. Album badly mixed and guitar is to loud? WTF are you he's talking about then all albums from 80's are with to loud guitars.
Carmine just auditioned for Sixx AM .
When Vinnie isn’t playing out I imagine he’s eating Pecan Sandies by the space heater in July.
Vinnie Vincent looks like he puts together the newsletter for the local public library.
If you were born looking like the lyrics to "Dude Looks Like a Lady.......
Carmine is a Badass dude and Drummer! LOVED KING KOBRA
Carmine never needed anybody. A humble legend.
Vincent is a British cigarette anyway
That’s funny’s
Unfortunately most won't understand that lol he's a bundle of small peices of wood used to start a fire
Has anyone ever said anything good about Vinnie Vincent(as a person, not as a guitarist)
I think his old drummer Bobby rock is most likely the only person in this solar system that says anything good about vinnie/ vivian Vincent!!
The picture with Gene Simmons you show, Vinnie looks like he could be his mother.
Vinnie looks like Hillary Clinton with face paint lol
Just curious not judging, did VV changed genders?
Vinnie looks like janet
The transgender movement should hire Ms. Vincent Cusano as it's spokesperson
Why? He has nothing to do with those movements.
Lol!
Carmine Appice can do nothing but insult others. He is overrated to a fault. Who is underrated? Vinnie Vincent!
Damn, thanks for keeping the make-up!
Vinnie Vincent looks like Susan Surandon lol.
Scary !
Vinny made permanent enemies with every band or organization he was involved with.
The last time Gene Simmons was with Vinny it was a disaster.
Gene invited Vinny to meet with him during one of his music vault gatherings.
Vinny showed up wear a ladies pant suit with his wig.
Vinny was hoping to form a collaboration with Gene as he was broke.
He had already sued Gene and Kiss over 30 time’s as he felt he was ripped off of royalties etc.