Vanilla Fudge

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Image:Vanilla Fudge Logo.gif <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:Vanilla Fudge.jpg Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Mark Stein, and Vince Martell </td></tr>
Background information <tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Long Island, New York</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Rock Heavy Metal Psychedelic</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">1967– Present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Atco Records Rhino Records WorldSound Records Escapi Music</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">http://www.vanillafudge.com/</td></tr><tr><th style="background: #b0c4de;" colspan="3">Members</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3">Carmine Appice Tim Bogert Vince Martell Mark Stein</td></tr>

Vanilla Fudge was an American heavy metal/psychedelic band that recorded albums from 1967 to 1970. Members included organist Mark Stein, bassist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist Vince Martell, and drummer Carmine Appice.

They had a number of hit singles, their biggest hit being "You Keep Me Hangin' On," a slowed-down, trippy, hard rock cover of a song originally recorded by The Supremes, which particularly featured Appice's energetic drumming. One follow-up to this hit, "Take Me For a Little While," had a quite different lyric message than the former.

The members of Vanilla Fudge were great admirers of The Beatles, and covered several of their songs including "Ticket To Ride", as well as "Eleanor Rigby", of which The Beatles were quite fond.

They were inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (www.limusichalloffame.org)on Oct 15, 2006, along with Billy Joel, Joan Jett, et al.Fellow Long Islander Felix Cavaliere inducted them into the hall.

1 Personnel
- 1.1 Current Members
- 1.2 Former Members
2 Discography
- 2.1 Studio Albums
- 2.2 Collections and Live Albums
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current Members

Carmine Appice - drums, vocals
Tim Bogert - bass, vocals
Vince Martell - guitar, vocals
Mark Stein - lead vocals, keyboards

[edit] Former Members

Lanny Cordola - guitar, vocals
Paul Hanson - guitar, vocals
Bill Pascali - lead vocals, keyboards
Teddy Rondinelli - guitar, vocals
Derek St. Holmes - guitar, vocals
T.M. Stevens - bass

[edit] Discography

Main article: Vanilla Fudge discography

[edit] Studio Albums

1. Vanilla Fudge (1967) USA #6, UK #31	2. The Beat Goes On (1968) USA #17	3. Renaissance (1968) USA #20	4. Near the Beginning (1969) USA #16
5. Rock & Roll (1970) USA #34	6. Mystery (1984)	7. The Return / Then And Now (2002)	8. Out Through The In Door (2007)

[edit] Collections and Live Albums

1. Best of Vanilla Fudge
(1982)

2. The Best of Vanilla Fudge - Live
(1991)

3. Psychedelic Sundae - The Best of Vanilla Fudge
(1993)

4. The Real Deal - Vanilla Fudge Live
(2003)

[edit] References

Perry, Shawn. The Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Bash. Retrieved on September 30, 2006.
Rees, Dafydd; Chamption, Luke (1989). Rock Movers & Shakers (1st. ed). Billboard Publishing. ISBN 0-8230-7608.
RockDetector. RockDetector - The World's Biggest Rock Resource On The Web. Retrieved on September 30, 2006.
Official Homepage. Official Homepage. Retrieved on September 30, 2006.de:Vanilla Fudge