The Rock House in West Greenwich, Rhode Island will kick off the first northeastern USA Drum Wars shows featuring legendary drummers CARMINE and VINNY APPICE Appice on Saturday, July 30th. Brothers and "rivals" Carmine and Vinny Appice are set to battle it out by performing classic hard rock, pop and metal hits that were popular during their long drumming careers. Drum Wars is an ultimate showdown featuring legendary rock drumming brothers Carmine and Vinny Appice. The show will include hits from Carmine and Vinny’s storied past, tributes to late drummers, audience participation and even a bit of magic. And of course the phenomenal Drum Wars climax as the brothers compete against each other for drumming dominance.

Saturday July 30th at The Rock House in West Greenwich, RI

Phone: 401-385-3036

Website: Therockhouseri.com

Doors: 7:30pm

Showtime: 9:30pm

Tickets $15

Advance tickets available at the club or charge by phone.

Sunday, July 31st at The Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY

Phone: 631-753-1975

Website: Thecrazydonkey.com

Doors: 4pm

Drum Wars: 8pm

Tickets $20 for the entire day

Advance tickets available at Clubloaded.com

Monday, August 1st at B.B. King's in New York, NY

Phone: 212-997-4144

Website: Bbkingblues.com - hosts the final battle for this three-day run.

Doors: 6pm

Showtime: 8pm

$16 advance / $20 day of show

Legendary rock drummer Carmine Appice (OZZY OSBOURNE, ROD STEWART, VANILLA FUDGE, JEFF BECK, GUITAR ZEUS, 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, AXIS, 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 2 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 details visit Drumwars.com.