Stick It!
My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock 'n' Roll
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4.2 • 48 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Carmine Appice has enjoyed a jaw-dropping rock-and-roll life—and now he is telling his scarcely believable story. Appice ran with teenage gangs in Brooklyn before becoming a global rock star in the Summer of Love, managed by the Mob. He hung with Hendrix, unwittingly paid for an unknown Led Zeppelin to support him on tour, taught John Bonham to play drums (and helped Fred Astaire too), and took part in Zeppelin's infamous deflowering of a groupie with a mud shark. After enrolling in Rod Stewart's infamous Sex Police, he hung out with Kojak, accidentally shared a house with Prince, was blood brothers with Ozzy Osbourne and was fired by Sharon. He formed an all-blond hair-metal band, jammed with John McEnroe and Steven Seagal, got married five times, slept with 4,500 groupies—and, along the way, became a rock legend by single-handedly reinventing hard rock and heavy metal drumming. His memoir, Stick It!, is one of the most extraordinary and outrageous rock-and-roll books of the early twenty-first century.
Customer Reviews
Worth it
If you like sex, drugs, rock n roll and a quick read, then this book is for you. Withhold judgement. Just read.
Great insight by one of the Greatest
I was really looking forward to this book. As a drummer I have followed Carmine Appice throughout his entire career. I have even been to his clinics, met him at various conferences and seen him in concert many, many times. Once I started reading the book I couldn't put it down and read the entire book in a record time for me.
What I enjoyed about the book was his professional insight into the politics and his relationships with his famous musician friends. Carmine's friends are the who's who of the classic rock era. Since those are my favorite bands his insight made a very interesting read for me. Most of us "fans" will only know what our favorite musician is like via their PR agency, which is usually very different than who these people really are.
What I didn't like about the book was the continued recounting of conquests of the groupies. The reoccurring theme of the book was the "easy love" of the groupies. Related to this, I like how Carmine brought his daughter into perspective and realized he wouldn't want his daughter to be treated like this.
God Bless you Carmine! It was great to see that at the end of the book you appreciated your journey and the great experiences you have had that many drummers would love to experience.
Ego
Apparently this guy invented and influenced everyone on drums.