Vinny Appice

Singer had been going through chemo and was unsure if he'd be up to the task.

"Within an hour and a half," Jimmy Bain's longtime bandmate says, "it was all over the internet and confirmed by people that have no business confirming anything."

In addition to having two of the most fabulously Italian names in rock 'n' roll, legendary drummers Carmine and Vinny Appice have also amassed a pair of majorly impressive discographies -- and they're taking all that experience on the road for a series of European dates.