The Main Street Armory (900 Main Street, Rochester, NY) will host the first Drum Wars Battle featuring legendary drummers CARMINE APPICE and VINNY APPICE on Friday, April 22nd. Brothers and "rivals", Carmine and Vinny are set to battle it out by performing classic hard rock, pop and metal hits that were popular during their long drumming careers.

Tickets are available through Ticketfly.com for $15 advance and $20 the day of the show. For more info, visit www.rochestermainstreetarmory.com.

Rock My Monkey has posted an audio interview in which Carmine Appice discusses Drum Wars. Listen below:

Carmine Appice

To highlight the event, The House Of Guitars is sponsoring a Drum Wars competition to give fledgeling cream of the crop musicians the opportunity to perform with the famous brothers. The House Of Guitars (645 Titus Ave., Rochester, NY) is accepting DVDs and video links from vocalists, bassists and guitarists until April 15th. For more information, please visit the event Facebook page.

As a precursor to the Main Street Armory show, Drome Sound will sponsor a Drum Wars drum clinic featuring the Appice brothers on Thursday, April 21st at Waters Edge Lighthouse (2 Freeman's Bridge Road, Glenville, NY) at 7:00pm. Tickets are $12 advance and $15 the day of the show. For more info, please visit Dromesound.com.

Legendary rock drummer Carmine Appice (OZZY OSBOURNE, ROD STEWART, JEFF BECK, KING KOBRA) has enjoyed an amazing 30 year career as a rock star, music educator, and rock pioneer. He is widely considered to be one of the most accomplished showmen in rock and is the recipient of numerous awards including dozens of gold and platinum selling records. Carmine co-wrote such monster selling hits as 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy' and 'Young Turks'. He has broken new ground in very aspect of his career as a performer, as a teacher, and as a writer, and he continues to inspire drummers and listeners throughout the world with his originality and his unwavering dedication to the art of drumming.

Vinny Appice has anchored the rhythm and power live and in the studio for the music of DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL, WWIII, RICK DERRINGER, JOHN LENNON, and more. He has recorded and co-written songs on over 25 albums and CDs including many multi-platinum records. Touring the world for over two decades resulted in selling millions of records! Vinny's drumming can also be heard on numerous movie soundtracks including Wayne's World 2, Heavy Metal, Iron Eagle and Bedazzled. Vinny, the author of drum instruction book Rock Steady and DVD Hard Rock Drumming Techniques has performed incredible powerhouse drum clinics around the globe. Numerous books have been written about Black Sabbath and Dio with the authors always mentioned Vinny's unique powerful drumming style!

For more event information go to DrumWars.com