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【[Bad News] Fired Despite Writing a Mega-Hit?! The Brutal Rock Tale of the "Too Popular Guy" Revealed by Legendary Drummer Carmine Appice】 Hey, hey, hey, headbangers across the nation! Still ringing your ears in front of a Marshall amp today?! It’s me, your writer Johnny Thunderstone! Having your tinnitus ring in B minor is just a standard feature, so don’t worry about it! Now, being a drummer is a perpetually unappreciated gig. You show up to the rehearsal studio before anyone else, set up the drum kit, sweat buckets as you snap drumsticks like firewood, and after rehearsal, you’re the last one cleaning up. Yet, at the post-gig wrap party, all the squealing adoration goes to the vocalist who’s constantly fussing over his bangs, or the guitarist who lines up 30 effector pedals on the floor and whines, "My distortion isn't cutting through today because of the weather..." I still remember the night back in the day when I picked up a drummer's dropped stick, only for a fan to ask, "Are you a roadie?" and chugged a beer in tears. But! There was a man who shattered the hierarchy of the drumming world. He is a super-legend who carved his name into hard rock and heavy metal history: Carmine Appice! …