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LaMarcus Nurae Aldridge (born July 19, 1985,
in Dallas, Texas) is an American professional
basketball player with the NBA's Portland
Trail Blazers. He is a 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
power forward/center.
Aldridge was drafted 2nd overall in the 2006
NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls, only to have
his draft rights traded to the Portland Trail
Blazers for their pick, Tyrus Thomas and
Viktor Khryapa, shortly after. The Bulls
acquired the pick from the New York Knicks in
the 2005 Eddy Curry trade.
Aldridge missed the first seven games of the
2006-07 NBA season due to off-season shoulder
surgery, but returned ahead of schedule due
in part to an injury to fellow rookie
teammate Brandon Roy. Aldridge made an
immediate impact on offense, averaging 8.4
points on 54% shooting from the field through
his first 14 games. After the loss of
starting center Joel Przybilla in February of
2007 to season-ending knee surgery, Aldridge
was awarded the starting center position and
improved his scoring to 14.7 points alongside
8.0 rebounds per game in the month of March.
This placed him second in the voting for the
Western Conference Rookie of the Month to
Roy. On March 31, 2007, in the first quarter
against the Los Angeles Clippers, Aldridge
was taken to Providence Hospital in Portland
for shortness of breath and irregular
heartbeat. He was diagnosed with
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome on April 9,
2007, and missed the remaining eight games of
the 2006-07 season. He is expected to make a
full recovery. Aldridge was one of six
players named to the 2007 NBA All-Rookie
first team; he tied for fifth place along
with Toronto Raptors player Jorge Garbajosa.
Aldridge increased his play in his sophomore
year, with career highs in points, rebounds,
assists, blocks and steals, and finishing
third in voting for the Most Improved Player
award.
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| LaMarcus Aldridge - GameTime |
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| Vinny Appice vs. Tommy Aldridge |
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Vincent "Vinny" Appice (born September 13,
1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a rock
drummer, best known for his work with the
bands Dio and Black Sabbath. He is the
younger brother, by 11 years, of rock drummer
Carmine Appice, who was in Vanilla Fudge and
Cactus. He is currently involved in Heaven
and Hell and 3 Legged Dogg.
Early years
Vinny took up the drums aged 9, taking
lessons from the same teacher as Carmine had
had. At the age of 16, Vinny and his band
BOMF met John Lennon at The Record Plant in
NYC, which led to Vinny appearing on several
Lennon projects. He then recorded and toured
with Rick Derringer on Derringer (1976),
Sweet Evil (1977) and Derringer Live (1977),
before forming his own band Axis, releasing
one album, It's A Circus World (1978).
[edit] The Black Sabbath and Dio years
Appice joined Black Sabbath in 1980 during
the Heaven and Hell tour, and later appeared
on the albums Mob Rules (1981) and the album
recorded on that tour, Live Evil (1982). In
late 1982, before Live Evil had even hit the
shelves, he had left Sabbath with vocalist
Ronnie James Dio, and formed the band Dio. He
appeared on the Dio albums Holy Diver (1983),
The Last in Line (1984), Sacred Heart (1985),
Intermission (1986), and Dream Evil (1987).
In December 1989 Appice left Dio for reasons
somewhat unclear.
In 1990 Appice joined World War III and the
band released an album. In 1992 Appice
returned to Black Sabbath, with Ronnie James
Dio, for the Dehumanizer album and tour. When
Black Sabbath, with Rob Halford singing
instead of Ronnie James Dio, opened as
special guest on Ozzy's (supposed) final two
solo shows in Costa Mesa, CA in November
1992, Appice still sat in the drum-stool.
Thereafter, he rejoined Dio and is present on
Strange Highways (1994), Angry Machines
(1996) and Inferno - Last in Live (1998).
On the 1998 Black Sabbath tour he replaced
original drummer Bill Ward, who was absent
while he recovered from a heart-attack. Ward
returned to the band in 1999. As of 2007, he
is taking part in a reunion with Black
Sabbath members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and
Ronnie James Dio to tour under the name
"Heaven and Hell" during 2007. Initially Bill
Ward was going to be the drummer for this
project but once again Appice will be taking
over from Ward, as Ward had stated he did not
want to tour with the band.
Tommy Aldridge (born on August 15, 1950, in
Jackson, Mississippi), is a veteran heavy
metal and hard rock drummer who has pioneered
double bass drumming. Tommy is noted for his
work with numorous bands and vocalists, most
notable being Ozzy Osbourne, Thin Lizzy and
Whitesnake.
Aldridge taught himself how to play drums and
was inspired by rock legends Cream, the
Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin and
drummers Joe Morello and John Bonham.
Throughout his career Tommy has been regarded
as a double bass drumming pioneer.
Career
In the 1970s, Aldridge joined up and coming
rockers Black Oak Arkansas and recorded nine
albums with them between 1972 and 1976. He
also undertook long tours around the US with
the band.
He spent 1978 to 1981 signed with Canadian
blues-rock guitarist Pat Travers, and
recorded five albums with him. Aldridge was
then offered a place in Ozzy Osbourne's band,
which he accepted. Playing alongside Ozzy and
guitarist Randy Rhoads, the line up is
preserved on 1987's Tribute. After Rhoads'
death the band continued to record, producing
a live album in 1982 called Speak of the
Devil and a studio album, Bark at the Moon in
1983, after which Aldridge left the group.
Aldridge joined Gary Moore to record Dirty
Fingers in 1984 before accepting an offer
from David Coverdale of Whitesnake. However,
before joining Whitesnake for the "Whitesnake
1987" tour he joined forces with longtime
friend and bass player Rudy Sarzo to form
"Project Driver" a Shrapnel Records band
which not only failed commercially but was a
project he personally financed and cost him
his marriage. He was too late to appear on
the successful Whitesnake 1987 album, but has
toured with the band extensively to this day.
He appears on Slip of the Tongue, released in
1989 which was less successful and resulted
in the group breaking up a year later.
After Whitesnake, he played in the band Manic
Eden, with his former Whitesnake bandmates,
Adrian Vandenberg and Rudy Sarzo. The line-up
also included former Little Caesar vocalist
Ron Young.
During the 1990s Tommy worked with numourous
acts ranging from Motörhead to Ted Nugent
whilst continuing to tour and record live
albums.
Since 2002 Aldridge has toured with
Whitesnake alongside David Coverdale
(vocals), Doug Aldrich (guitar), Reb Beach
(guitar), Marco Mendoza/Uriah Duffy (bass)
and Timothy Drury (keyboards).
As of 2007, Tommy is touring with Thin Lizzy
alongside John Sykes, Scott Gorham and Marco
Mendoza.
Aldridge plays Yamaha drums, a company he has
been with for more than 20 years and uses
Paiste cymbals.[1]
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