BW&BK; has received the following press release:

SLAMM USA is a band/theatrical experience that only Carmine Appice could have put together. Why? It features five drummers and one guitarist, and combines elements of the Blue Man Group, Home Depot, NASCAR, and melodic hard rock.

The troupe will be performing its over-the-edge music at a variety of events—a fundraiser for the Hartford Children’s Medical Center at Foxwoods next week, in June with Paul Green’s School of Rock, and with a drum line at Washington State College this fall.

Described as "Stomp on steroids" the lineup includes Carmine Appice (OZZY OSBOURNE, ROD STEWART, VANILLA FUDGE, JEFF BECK) and also Z Man, Mad Matty, Veronica and Marcus VooDoo, all playing drums and props. The guitarist is Artie D.

This dynamic, explosive physical drum show presents Appice and 4 young drummers ruling the stage and making rock music playing buckets, sticks, oil cans, drain pipes, even Dixie cups, as well as drums. The cast of four vibrant, young guys and girls have been relentlessly coached and rehearsed by the cool, rock star veteran, creating a flawless, electrifying theatrical show. SLAMM performed 7 packed shows to delighted audiences in NYC, as special preview performances before they expanded the show nationally, to include such venues at the Dunkin Donuts Arena, and the Providence Performing Arts Center.

SLAMM currently stars in a big budget promotional video for ESPN, in which the SLAMM cast plays the NASCAR garage, beating the hood of a multi-million dollar NASCAR car to a custom SLAMM-composed NASCAR theme song. Notes Appice, "I'm glad NASCAR didn't make us pay for playing the garage!" This video is played every week on ESPN’s Nascar television broadcasts and is seen by over three million people per week.

SLAMM shows:

May

23 - Hard Rock Cafe - Foxwoods Resort Casino - Ledyard, CT (benefit for Hartford Childrens Medical Center

with Bill Leverty and Gary Hoey)

June

28 - Festival Pier - Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA (with Paul Green’s School Of Rock and DEVO)

September

6 - University of Washington with the Drum line
19 - Sellersville 1894 Theatre - Sellersville, PA
20 - Boulton Center for the Arts - Bay Shore, NY

For more info visit www.slammusa.com.