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So, Carmine, one of the, I'd say highlights, correct me if I'm wrong, of your career was
playing with Rod Stewart.
Yep.
Definitely.
And you, yeah, not only were his drummer, you were, became really a partner in music with him.
When I played with Rod, it was Rod Stewart Group.
We did everything together.
We partied together, we went on the road together, in the pubs all the time, wrecking hotel rooms,
whatever it was.
We all did it as a group.
At the time, he was the best rock singer that was out there.
His stage persona was just amazing.
His look was amazing.
You know, he was the best at the time.
Talk about joining up with him.
I ran into a friend of mine, Sandy Genaro, who was a drummer who played with Cyndi Lauper
and Joan Jett and a bunch of people.
He used to live in LA and I saw him on the street.
I said, hey, what's up?
He goes, I just auditioned for Rod Stewart.
I said, oh, good.
Wow.
I didn't know Rod was auditioning people.
He goes, yeah, I didn't get it.
He said, you should audition for him.
Who are you talking to?
So he gave me the number, Pete Buckland, and the number.
Now Pete Buckland was Rod's tour manager, who I knew really well.
So I called Pete.
I said, Pete, it's Carmine.
He goes, hey, what's up, mate?
I said, I heard Rod's looking for a drummer.
He says, yeah.
I said, you don't call me?
He says, well, you're always busy.
I said, oh, I'm not.
I'm not busy.
I would love to play with Rod.
So he said, OK, I'll tell Rod.
So he calls me back and said, hey, Rod's in England, but the whole band is here.
They're auditioning drummers.
Why don't you go over to the house and see if you like it?
So I took the Pantera over there and I went to Beverly Hills to Rod's house.
The band's down on the paddle [Eb] tennis court.
So I go down there.
They're down there.
They're playing paddle tennis.
They're in the pool.
Right.
In the guest house.
It's like a pool house.
I'm thinking to myself, I want to play in this band.
This is good.
And then we went into the six-car garage, which you had four of the cars out.
And there was some gear set up in there.
So we went in and we played.
And it was awesome.
It was kick-ass rock and roll.
[N] And then Rod said, look, you sound great with the band.
If you want to play with the band, you got it.
It's up to you.
If you want to do it, I'll hook you up with Billy Gaff, the manager.
I said, OK.
And then we went out and we toured.
And it was awesome.
I had the name on the drums.
He's the one that made me change the name to Apeace.
So you were going, karma, apathy.
I was apathy.
Everybody would say Apeace.
And I would go, no, no, it's not Apeace.
It's apathy.
So he said, you know, we got to get one way to say your name.
You're Apeace.
You're Apeachy.
You're Apacy.
You're Apice.
You're all these different names.
What do most people call you?
I said, well, most people call me Apeace.
And I correct them.
He said, so why don't we go with Apeace?
Every night, Rob would come out and say, come on, Apeace on drums.
How did your family react to that?
Because you're kind of changing the pronunciation of your name.
They didn't mind?
No, they didn't mind.
My father didn't mind.
And I was good for four years of that.
And then Vinny came out with Sabbath, Vinny Apacy.
Right.
It's been messed up ever since.
Yeah.
A lot of confusion.
So you're out, you're touring with Rod.
At what point does Rod decide, or you guys decide, we're going to do an album?
Well, it was like we toured, as soon as we came out, it was 76, October, November, December,
we toured in Europe.
And then we did the first album right after that.
It must have been the beginning of 77.
Which is that record?
The Foo Loose and Fancy Foo.
Right, okay.
So then we went out and toured with that record.
That was, you know, we were playing Hot Legs and You're In My Heart on that tour, which
was the end of 77, going into 78.
And then we recorded Blondes and More Fun.
It was a sad time when you were let go from the Rod Stewart band.
Yeah, it was.
For you.
And Cregan was in Rod's ear about, because Jim was always jealous, because it was Rod
Stewart and me.
People knew Rod, and then they knew me.
And Jim was jealous of that.
And the last album I did with Rod, which I co-wrote Young Turks, I was supposed to be co-producer.
Little did I know that Cregan was planning to oust me out.
By going out to the pub with Rod, drinking, and being in his ear, next thing I know, my
production's gone.
Wow.
You know, I didn't know why, but my co-production credit was gone.
And then Rod said, he's joining Led Zeppelin.
That was the excuse for me being let go.
And I said, I'm not joining Led Zeppelin.
I didn't deserve that.
You know?
I didn't do anything bad, but I don't hold any grudges.
And the rumors.
Was there anything there?
Was it just rumbling in the press?
It was me.
It was me.
Page never reached out to you?
Being a cozy pal.
The thing that's amazing about you is, over and over again through your career, there
are people that, in my eyes, wronged you, but you never hold major grudges.
And you tend to forgive.
Whether it's, you know, I mean, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, you could even say Ozzy Osbourne.
You tend to make up with people and carry on, where some people would never be able
to do that.
No.
And I know some people like that.
Yeah.
And what about you gives you that ability, do you think, to forgive?
I just realized what business I'm in.
You know?
If you make enemies, you're done.
So before we get off the Rod Stewart stuff, Carmine, let's talk about the sex police.
I'm fascinated by what this is all about.
And there's pictures of you guys with the sex police t-shirts.
Apparently there was a theme song.
For anyone who doesn't know, what was the sex police?
Sex police were like anybody on the tour that picked up a woman and take her to the room.
Which [E] I'm imagining happened frequently.
Frequently.
A few times a day.
And if they noticed that you're missing and that you were talking to some chick, they
would come up to the hotel and you'd hear this thing coming down the hallway.
Sex police, we have the sex police with them walking.
Sex police.
And if they stopped in your room, they would bust the door down.
And whatever you were doing, that was the end of it.
If you're in there with a woman [N] that you're getting down on, she's not wearing any clothes,
they bust in on her, she freaks out and grabs her clothes, she runs out in the hallway half naked.
Right.
And Rod was obviously kind of the boss guy.
Would he get busted by the sex police?
His relationships were so public, like with Britt Eklund, he couldn't really be picking up groupies.
Really?
Oh, you
playing with Rod Stewart.
Yep.
Definitely.
And you, yeah, not only were his drummer, you were, became really a partner in music with him.
When I played with Rod, it was Rod Stewart Group.
We did everything together.
We partied together, we went on the road together, in the pubs all the time, wrecking hotel rooms,
whatever it was.
We all did it as a group.
At the time, he was the best rock singer that was out there.
His stage persona was just amazing.
His look was amazing.
You know, he was the best at the time.
Talk about joining up with him.
I ran into a friend of mine, Sandy Genaro, who was a drummer who played with Cyndi Lauper
and Joan Jett and a bunch of people.
He used to live in LA and I saw him on the street.
I said, hey, what's up?
He goes, I just auditioned for Rod Stewart.
I said, oh, good.
Wow.
I didn't know Rod was auditioning people.
He goes, yeah, I didn't get it.
He said, you should audition for him.
Who are you talking to?
So he gave me the number, Pete Buckland, and the number.
Now Pete Buckland was Rod's tour manager, who I knew really well.
So I called Pete.
I said, Pete, it's Carmine.
He goes, hey, what's up, mate?
I said, I heard Rod's looking for a drummer.
He says, yeah.
I said, you don't call me?
He says, well, you're always busy.
I said, oh, I'm not.
I'm not busy.
I would love to play with Rod.
So he said, OK, I'll tell Rod.
So he calls me back and said, hey, Rod's in England, but the whole band is here.
They're auditioning drummers.
Why don't you go over to the house and see if you like it?
So I took the Pantera over there and I went to Beverly Hills to Rod's house.
The band's down on the paddle [Eb] tennis court.
So I go down there.
They're down there.
They're playing paddle tennis.
They're in the pool.
Right.
In the guest house.
It's like a pool house.
I'm thinking to myself, I want to play in this band.
This is good.
And then we went into the six-car garage, which you had four of the cars out.
And there was some gear set up in there.
So we went in and we played.
And it was awesome.
It was kick-ass rock and roll.
[N] And then Rod said, look, you sound great with the band.
If you want to play with the band, you got it.
It's up to you.
If you want to do it, I'll hook you up with Billy Gaff, the manager.
I said, OK.
And then we went out and we toured.
And it was awesome.
I had the name on the drums.
He's the one that made me change the name to Apeace.
So you were going, karma, apathy.
I was apathy.
Everybody would say Apeace.
And I would go, no, no, it's not Apeace.
It's apathy.
So he said, you know, we got to get one way to say your name.
You're Apeace.
You're Apeachy.
You're Apacy.
You're Apice.
You're all these different names.
What do most people call you?
I said, well, most people call me Apeace.
And I correct them.
He said, so why don't we go with Apeace?
Every night, Rob would come out and say, come on, Apeace on drums.
How did your family react to that?
Because you're kind of changing the pronunciation of your name.
They didn't mind?
No, they didn't mind.
My father didn't mind.
And I was good for four years of that.
And then Vinny came out with Sabbath, Vinny Apacy.
Right.
It's been messed up ever since.
Yeah.
A lot of confusion.
So you're out, you're touring with Rod.
At what point does Rod decide, or you guys decide, we're going to do an album?
Well, it was like we toured, as soon as we came out, it was 76, October, November, December,
we toured in Europe.
And then we did the first album right after that.
It must have been the beginning of 77.
Which is that record?
The Foo Loose and Fancy Foo.
Right, okay.
So then we went out and toured with that record.
That was, you know, we were playing Hot Legs and You're In My Heart on that tour, which
was the end of 77, going into 78.
And then we recorded Blondes and More Fun.
It was a sad time when you were let go from the Rod Stewart band.
Yeah, it was.
For you.
And Cregan was in Rod's ear about, because Jim was always jealous, because it was Rod
Stewart and me.
People knew Rod, and then they knew me.
And Jim was jealous of that.
And the last album I did with Rod, which I co-wrote Young Turks, I was supposed to be co-producer.
Little did I know that Cregan was planning to oust me out.
By going out to the pub with Rod, drinking, and being in his ear, next thing I know, my
production's gone.
Wow.
You know, I didn't know why, but my co-production credit was gone.
And then Rod said, he's joining Led Zeppelin.
That was the excuse for me being let go.
And I said, I'm not joining Led Zeppelin.
I didn't deserve that.
You know?
I didn't do anything bad, but I don't hold any grudges.
And the rumors.
Was there anything there?
Was it just rumbling in the press?
It was me.
It was me.
Page never reached out to you?
Being a cozy pal.
The thing that's amazing about you is, over and over again through your career, there
are people that, in my eyes, wronged you, but you never hold major grudges.
And you tend to forgive.
Whether it's, you know, I mean, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, you could even say Ozzy Osbourne.
You tend to make up with people and carry on, where some people would never be able
to do that.
No.
And I know some people like that.
Yeah.
And what about you gives you that ability, do you think, to forgive?
I just realized what business I'm in.
You know?
If you make enemies, you're done.
So before we get off the Rod Stewart stuff, Carmine, let's talk about the sex police.
I'm fascinated by what this is all about.
And there's pictures of you guys with the sex police t-shirts.
Apparently there was a theme song.
For anyone who doesn't know, what was the sex police?
Sex police were like anybody on the tour that picked up a woman and take her to the room.
Which [E] I'm imagining happened frequently.
Frequently.
A few times a day.
And if they noticed that you're missing and that you were talking to some chick, they
would come up to the hotel and you'd hear this thing coming down the hallway.
Sex police, we have the sex police with them walking.
Sex police.
And if they stopped in your room, they would bust the door down.
And whatever you were doing, that was the end of it.
If you're in there with a woman [N] that you're getting down on, she's not wearing any clothes,
they bust in on her, she freaks out and grabs her clothes, she runs out in the hallway half naked.
Right.
And Rod was obviously kind of the boss guy.
Would he get busted by the sex police?
His relationships were so public, like with Britt Eklund, he couldn't really be picking up groupies.
Really?
Oh, you
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_ _ _ So, Carmine, one of the, I'd say highlights, correct me if I'm wrong, of your career was
playing with Rod Stewart.
Yep.
_ Definitely.
And you, yeah, not only were his drummer, you were, became really a partner in music with him.
When I played with Rod, it was Rod Stewart Group.
We did everything together.
We partied together, we went on the road together, in the pubs all the time, wrecking hotel rooms,
whatever it was.
We all did it as a group.
At the time, he was the best _ rock singer that was out there.
His stage persona was just amazing.
His look was amazing.
You know, he was the best at the time.
Talk about joining up with him.
I ran into a friend of mine, Sandy Genaro, who was a drummer who played with Cyndi Lauper
and Joan Jett and a bunch of people.
He used to live in LA and I saw him on the street.
I said, hey, what's up?
He goes, I just auditioned for Rod Stewart.
I said, oh, good.
Wow.
I didn't know Rod was auditioning people.
He goes, yeah, I didn't get it.
He said, you should audition for him.
_ _ Who are you talking to?
So he gave me the number, Pete Buckland, and the number.
Now Pete Buckland was Rod's tour manager, who I knew really well.
So I called Pete.
I said, Pete, it's Carmine.
He goes, hey, what's up, mate?
I said, I heard Rod's looking for a drummer.
He says, yeah.
I said, you don't call me?
_ He says, well, you're always busy.
I said, oh, I'm not.
I'm not busy.
I would love to play with Rod.
So he said, OK, I'll tell Rod.
So he calls me back and said, hey, Rod's in England, but the whole band is here.
They're auditioning drummers.
Why don't you go over to the house and see if you like it?
So I took the Pantera over there and I went to Beverly Hills to Rod's house.
The band's down on the paddle [Eb] tennis court.
So I go down there.
They're down there.
They're playing paddle tennis.
They're in the pool.
Right.
In the guest house.
It's like a pool house.
I'm thinking to myself, I want to play in this band.
This is good.
And then we went into the six-car garage, which you had four of the cars out.
And there was some gear set up in there.
So we went in and we played.
And it was awesome.
It was kick-ass rock and roll.
[N] And then Rod said, look, you sound great with the band.
If you want to play with the band, you got it.
It's up to you.
If you want to do it, I'll hook you up with Billy Gaff, the manager.
_ I said, OK.
_ And then we went out and we toured.
And it was awesome.
I had the name on the drums.
He's the one that made me change the name to Apeace.
So you were going, karma, apathy.
I was apathy.
Everybody would say Apeace.
And I would go, no, no, it's not Apeace.
It's apathy.
So he said, you know, we got to get one way to say your name.
You're Apeace.
You're Apeachy.
You're Apacy.
You're Apice.
You're all these different names.
What do most people call you?
I said, well, most people call me Apeace.
And I correct them.
He said, so why don't we go with Apeace?
Every night, Rob would come out and say, come on, Apeace on drums.
How did your family react to that?
Because you're kind of changing the pronunciation of your name.
They didn't mind?
No, they didn't mind.
My father didn't mind. _
And I was good for four years of that.
And then Vinny came out with Sabbath, Vinny Apacy.
Right.
_ It's been messed up ever since.
Yeah.
A lot of confusion.
So you're out, you're touring with Rod.
At what point does Rod decide, or you guys decide, we're going to do an album?
_ Well, it was like we toured, _ as soon as we came out, it was 76, October, November, December,
we toured in Europe.
And then we did the first album right after that.
It must have been the beginning of _ 77.
Which is that record?
The Foo Loose and Fancy Foo.
Right, okay.
So then we went out and toured with that record.
That was, you know, we were playing Hot Legs and You're In My Heart on that tour, which
was the end of 77, going into 78.
And then we recorded Blondes and More Fun.
It was a sad time when you were let go from the Rod Stewart band.
Yeah, it was.
For you.
And Cregan was in Rod's ear about, because Jim was always jealous, because it was Rod
Stewart and me.
People knew Rod, and then they knew me.
And Jim was jealous of that.
And the last album I did with Rod, which I co-wrote Young Turks, I was supposed to be co-producer.
Little did I know that Cregan was planning to oust me out.
By _ going out to the pub with Rod, drinking, and being in his ear, next thing I know, my
production's gone.
Wow.
You know, I didn't know why, but my co-production credit was gone.
And then Rod said, _ he's joining Led Zeppelin.
That was the excuse for me being let go.
And I said, I'm not joining Led Zeppelin.
I didn't deserve that.
You know?
I didn't do anything bad, but I don't hold any grudges.
And the rumors.
Was there anything there?
Was it just rumbling in the press?
It was me.
It was me.
Page never reached out to you?
Being a cozy pal.
The thing that's amazing about you is, over and over again through your career, there
are people that, in my eyes, _ wronged you, but you never _ hold major grudges.
And you tend to forgive.
Whether it's, you know, I mean, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, you could even say Ozzy Osbourne.
You tend to make up with people and carry on, where some people would never be able
to do that.
No.
And I know some people like that.
Yeah.
And what about you gives you that ability, do you think, to forgive?
I just realized what business I'm in.
You know?
If you make enemies, _ _ you're done.
So before we get off the Rod Stewart stuff, Carmine, let's talk about the sex police.
I'm fascinated by what this is all about.
And there's pictures of you guys with the sex police t-shirts.
Apparently there was a theme song. _
For anyone who doesn't know, what was the sex police?
Sex police were like anybody on the tour that _ picked up a woman and take her to the room.
Which [E] I'm imagining happened frequently.
Frequently.
A few times a day.
And if they noticed that you're missing and that you were talking to some chick, they
would come up to the hotel and you'd hear this thing coming down the hallway.
Sex police, we have the sex police with them walking.
Sex police.
And if they stopped in your room, they would bust the door down.
And whatever you were doing, _ _ that was the end of it.
If you're in there with a woman [N] that you're getting down on, she's not wearing any clothes,
they bust in on her, she freaks out and grabs her clothes, she runs out in the hallway half naked.
Right.
And Rod was obviously kind of the boss guy.
Would he get busted by the sex police?
His relationships were so public, like with Britt Eklund, he couldn't really be picking up groupies.
Really?
Oh, you
_ _ _ So, Carmine, one of the, I'd say highlights, correct me if I'm wrong, of your career was
playing with Rod Stewart.
Yep.
_ Definitely.
And you, yeah, not only were his drummer, you were, became really a partner in music with him.
When I played with Rod, it was Rod Stewart Group.
We did everything together.
We partied together, we went on the road together, in the pubs all the time, wrecking hotel rooms,
whatever it was.
We all did it as a group.
At the time, he was the best _ rock singer that was out there.
His stage persona was just amazing.
His look was amazing.
You know, he was the best at the time.
Talk about joining up with him.
I ran into a friend of mine, Sandy Genaro, who was a drummer who played with Cyndi Lauper
and Joan Jett and a bunch of people.
He used to live in LA and I saw him on the street.
I said, hey, what's up?
He goes, I just auditioned for Rod Stewart.
I said, oh, good.
Wow.
I didn't know Rod was auditioning people.
He goes, yeah, I didn't get it.
He said, you should audition for him.
_ _ Who are you talking to?
So he gave me the number, Pete Buckland, and the number.
Now Pete Buckland was Rod's tour manager, who I knew really well.
So I called Pete.
I said, Pete, it's Carmine.
He goes, hey, what's up, mate?
I said, I heard Rod's looking for a drummer.
He says, yeah.
I said, you don't call me?
_ He says, well, you're always busy.
I said, oh, I'm not.
I'm not busy.
I would love to play with Rod.
So he said, OK, I'll tell Rod.
So he calls me back and said, hey, Rod's in England, but the whole band is here.
They're auditioning drummers.
Why don't you go over to the house and see if you like it?
So I took the Pantera over there and I went to Beverly Hills to Rod's house.
The band's down on the paddle [Eb] tennis court.
So I go down there.
They're down there.
They're playing paddle tennis.
They're in the pool.
Right.
In the guest house.
It's like a pool house.
I'm thinking to myself, I want to play in this band.
This is good.
And then we went into the six-car garage, which you had four of the cars out.
And there was some gear set up in there.
So we went in and we played.
And it was awesome.
It was kick-ass rock and roll.
[N] And then Rod said, look, you sound great with the band.
If you want to play with the band, you got it.
It's up to you.
If you want to do it, I'll hook you up with Billy Gaff, the manager.
_ I said, OK.
_ And then we went out and we toured.
And it was awesome.
I had the name on the drums.
He's the one that made me change the name to Apeace.
So you were going, karma, apathy.
I was apathy.
Everybody would say Apeace.
And I would go, no, no, it's not Apeace.
It's apathy.
So he said, you know, we got to get one way to say your name.
You're Apeace.
You're Apeachy.
You're Apacy.
You're Apice.
You're all these different names.
What do most people call you?
I said, well, most people call me Apeace.
And I correct them.
He said, so why don't we go with Apeace?
Every night, Rob would come out and say, come on, Apeace on drums.
How did your family react to that?
Because you're kind of changing the pronunciation of your name.
They didn't mind?
No, they didn't mind.
My father didn't mind. _
And I was good for four years of that.
And then Vinny came out with Sabbath, Vinny Apacy.
Right.
_ It's been messed up ever since.
Yeah.
A lot of confusion.
So you're out, you're touring with Rod.
At what point does Rod decide, or you guys decide, we're going to do an album?
_ Well, it was like we toured, _ as soon as we came out, it was 76, October, November, December,
we toured in Europe.
And then we did the first album right after that.
It must have been the beginning of _ 77.
Which is that record?
The Foo Loose and Fancy Foo.
Right, okay.
So then we went out and toured with that record.
That was, you know, we were playing Hot Legs and You're In My Heart on that tour, which
was the end of 77, going into 78.
And then we recorded Blondes and More Fun.
It was a sad time when you were let go from the Rod Stewart band.
Yeah, it was.
For you.
And Cregan was in Rod's ear about, because Jim was always jealous, because it was Rod
Stewart and me.
People knew Rod, and then they knew me.
And Jim was jealous of that.
And the last album I did with Rod, which I co-wrote Young Turks, I was supposed to be co-producer.
Little did I know that Cregan was planning to oust me out.
By _ going out to the pub with Rod, drinking, and being in his ear, next thing I know, my
production's gone.
Wow.
You know, I didn't know why, but my co-production credit was gone.
And then Rod said, _ he's joining Led Zeppelin.
That was the excuse for me being let go.
And I said, I'm not joining Led Zeppelin.
I didn't deserve that.
You know?
I didn't do anything bad, but I don't hold any grudges.
And the rumors.
Was there anything there?
Was it just rumbling in the press?
It was me.
It was me.
Page never reached out to you?
Being a cozy pal.
The thing that's amazing about you is, over and over again through your career, there
are people that, in my eyes, _ wronged you, but you never _ hold major grudges.
And you tend to forgive.
Whether it's, you know, I mean, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, you could even say Ozzy Osbourne.
You tend to make up with people and carry on, where some people would never be able
to do that.
No.
And I know some people like that.
Yeah.
And what about you gives you that ability, do you think, to forgive?
I just realized what business I'm in.
You know?
If you make enemies, _ _ you're done.
So before we get off the Rod Stewart stuff, Carmine, let's talk about the sex police.
I'm fascinated by what this is all about.
And there's pictures of you guys with the sex police t-shirts.
Apparently there was a theme song. _
For anyone who doesn't know, what was the sex police?
Sex police were like anybody on the tour that _ picked up a woman and take her to the room.
Which [E] I'm imagining happened frequently.
Frequently.
A few times a day.
And if they noticed that you're missing and that you were talking to some chick, they
would come up to the hotel and you'd hear this thing coming down the hallway.
Sex police, we have the sex police with them walking.
Sex police.
And if they stopped in your room, they would bust the door down.
And whatever you were doing, _ _ that was the end of it.
If you're in there with a woman [N] that you're getting down on, she's not wearing any clothes,
they bust in on her, she freaks out and grabs her clothes, she runs out in the hallway half naked.
Right.
And Rod was obviously kind of the boss guy.
Would he get busted by the sex police?
His relationships were so public, like with Britt Eklund, he couldn't really be picking up groupies.
Really?
Oh, you