Old school drummer Vinny Appice is taking a five-month hiatus to undergo surgery on his right shoulder. The percussionist, who plays for such acts as Dio, Heaven And Hell, and 3 Legged Dogg, is scheduled to go under the knife to correct an injury today.
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Vinny Appice hurt himself during Heaven & Hell\'s 2009 summer tour but he\'s expected to make a return to the stage in five months\' time.
The news comes just days after his bandmate and singer Ronnie James Dio was just diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer while the band\'s guitarist, Tony Iommi, recently received stem-cell treatment on an injured hand.