VINNY APPICE Joins REX BROWN's ARMS OF THE SUN

October 13, 2010

Drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL) has joined ARMS OF THE SUN — the project featuring Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) on bass, Lance Harvill on vocals and guitar, and Ben Bunker (GRYN) on guitar.

In a recent interview with original TROUBLE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson for Olson's new Internet radio show, "Heady Metal with Jeff Olson" (listen to audio below),Brown said of the departure of ARMS OF THE SUN's previous drummer, John Luke Hébert, and the addition of Appice, "[John] played on a couple of KING DIAMOND records in the '90s. Great drummer, just very hard to get to rehearsals. So we've been through three drummers now. And finally I convinced Vinny... I said, 'Dude, you've gotta come down and help me out on this.' Vinny and I joined another little side project. And I said, 'Look, I'll help you on with your deal if you'll come down and help me on mine.' So it's kind of a 'scratch-each-other's-backs' kind of deal. And we have time for both bands, which is cool."

ARMS OF THE SUN recently completed work on thirteen tracks that were produced and mixed by Terry Date (DEFTONES, PANTERA, SOUNDGARDEN). The material is set for release through Extreme Music, which provides class-A production music to all major networks and studios, ad agencies and production companies, including FOX, HBO, NBC, BBC, MTV, SKY, ABC, Discovery, Nickelodeon, Turner Entertainment Networks, Universal, Lions Gate, Miramax, Sony Pictures, Touchstone and Disney, to name a few.

ARMS OF THE SUN recorded the music, written by Lance Harvill, late last year at Willie Nelson's Pedernales Recording Studio in Austin. The project is executive-produced by Sir George Martin (THE BEATLES) and Mark Ross for the Grandmaster Series, which celebrates four of the world's top producers spanning from the '60s through the '90s, including Sir George himself, Terry Date, Jack Douglas (AEROSMITH),and Hugh Padgham (THE POLICE).

ARMS OF THE SUN made its live debut on April 17 at Lakewood Theater in Dallas, Texas.

"Heady Metal With Jeff Olson" interview with Rex Brown (audio):

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).