In the clip below courtesy of Full In Bloom, drum legend Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Ozzy Osbourne) talks about Blue Murder and their rehearsal reunion, explaining why the band did not officially reunite. Blue Murder featured Appice, guitarist John Sykes (Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Tygers Of Pan Tang) and Tony Franklin (The Firm, Jimmy Page).

Appice: "We actually rehearsed for a few days. It sounded amazing and then we go outside, we're talking: 'How are we going to do this?' and John came up with: 'I think I want to call it John Sykes & Blue Murder.' I said, 'No, dude, why do you want to do that? People are waiting to hear Blue Murder, we got two albums that people love of material that we can go out, we don't need to do your history.' 

"I said, 'If you want to do your history, would you do my history? I got songs probably bigger than your songs.' He said, 'No, I want to call it that and I want to do my Thin Lizzy...' He was in Thin Lizzy at the end (1983's Thunder and Lightning album) (but) nobody really knows Thin Lizzy songs he was on, I think. Maybe in England they do, but not over here. I don't need to go out and play under John Sykes as John Sykes & Blue Murder. That's not Blue Murder, that's just John Sykes doing his history.'"

Hudson Music recently unearthed a clip from the Modern Drummer Festival 2008, featuring Carmine Appice's Slamm!! Watch below.

The festival features performances and interviews by Todd Sucherman, Simon Phillips, Thomas Pridgen, Bill Stewart, Dafnis Prieto, Ndugu Chancler, Will Calhoun, Billy Ward and Derek Roddy. Included are inspiring conversations with each drummer as well as unprecedented drummer-to-drummer interviews, such as Simon Phillips with Gavin Harrison, Ndugu Chancler with Will Calhoun, and Todd Sucherman with Derek Roddy.

The full Festival is available on DVD and Digital Download and includes a 28-page printable eBook. Get it here.