Featured Musicians
Vinny Appice, has anchored the rhythm and power live and in the studio for the music of DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL, WWIII, AXIS, RICK DERRINGER, JOHN LENNON, and more. He has recorded and co-written songs on over 25 albums and CDs including many multi-platinum records. Touring the world for over 2 decades resulted in selling millions of records!
Vinny's drumming can also be heard on numerous movie soundtracks including "Wayne's World 2", Heavy Metal, Iron Eagle, and Bedazzled." Vinny, the author of drum instruction book "Rock Steady" and DVD "Hard Rock Drumming Techniques" has performed incredible powerhouse drum clinics around the globe also. Numerous books have been written about Black Sabbath and Dio with the authors always mentioning Vinny's unique powerful drumming style!
"I would like to mention some of the boys that got my drumming blood flowing....John Bonham, Buddy Rich, Billy Cobham, Mitch Mitchell....Thanks!" --Vinny Appice
Official Vinny Appice Website Drum Wars.com Last In Line
Also Featured:
Mark Boals - Vocals on Live To Serve, Snow White, and Iron To Iron
Michael Manring - Bass on Harmonic Waves
Dion Colucci began playing bass guitar for Christian rock bands in 1983. In 1985 he formed the White Metal band Full Armor. Colucci wrote the song White Knights, which appeared on the bands self titled and self produced EP in 1988. The song was picked up by E & E Records and White Throne Magazine in 1988. It was released on an album called White Metal Invasion which was a compilation project endeavor. Full Armor played HIS Festivals 1 & 2 along side the bands Guardian and Bride from 1988-90. Colucci was in the band CRI RED from 1990-1995. Colucci has also performed in church related events more than 1000 times over the years.
“I would like to thank Michael Bloodgood (Bloodgood) and Timothy Gaines (Stryper) who have been a huge influence in my ongoing development.” --Dion Colucci
Phil Soussan is a bass guitarist, songwriter, and producer who has gained notoriety as a member of a host of famed rock and roll bands, including those fronted by Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Vince Neil, Johnny Hallyday and John Waite. Soussan has also played in his own band Beggars & Thieves and bands featuring Jimmy Page, Steve Lukather, Edgar Winter and Richie Kotzen .
Career Highlights:
With Ozzy Osbourne, he played on the 1986 album The Ultimate Sin and co-wrote the mega hit "Shot in the Dark". Soussan initially played with Vince Neil in the band Black Plague, the band formed for the Movie The Adventures of Ford Fairlane with Andrew Dice Clay and a few years later wrote and recorded songs on the Vince Neil Band's first official album Exposed released in 1993.
As a songwriter he has contributed to all of the bands that he has been with, most notably Exposed, the first solo album for Vince Neil, the Luke album for Steve Lukather and "After You're Gone" the opening track to Toto's Mindfields album. This track was nominated for a Grammy Award. He has also been a producer and mixer and has worked on projects by Dokken, Jani Lane, Toto and Blues Traveler. In 2006, he released his highly acclaimed debut solo album entitled Vibrate featuring him singing and playing guitar and bass on original material. He is a member of the celebrity supergroup "Big Noize" alongside such artists as Sebastian Bach, Joe Lynn Turner, George Lynch, Carlos Cavazo, and Vinny Appice. He also released his second solo album entitled "No Protection" and is signed to Favored Nations Records. Soussan also served as Vice President of the Grammy's (NARAS). While organizing and performing at the "Giving 2010" benefit event in 2010, Soussan formed the band "Carnival of Dogs" with Matt Sorum formerly of Guns N' Roses, Franky Perez and Tracii Guns. To date, Phil can be seen as a regular performer at the award winning "Raiding the Rock Vault" show in Las Vegas. This year, 2016, Phil has been invited to join the band Last in Line after the passing of original bass player Jimmy Bain. They have started touring in support of the successful "Heavy Crown" album.
Official Website www.philsoussan.com
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