Vivian Campbell, and recorded the debut
DIO album, the now-classic
"Holy Diver". Asked in a new interview with Metal Express Radio if he and his bandmates felt any pressure making their first LP after he and
Ronnie exited
SABBATH,
Appice said (see video below): "No. As a matter of fact, it was all fun. We were nuts. We did all this work at
Sound City [studios], and they let us destroy the building. They had games — like pinball games — and we used to open 'em up and put things in there so you never lose the ball, and wrecked the soda machines and the candy machines. They let us do everything we wanted to do in there. It was kind of like every night at seven o'clock — that's when we started — it was boys' night at the boys' club. We'd go over there and smoke pot, and they'd make drinks and we would write and create. There were never any songs written; we did everything in the studio. And it was just a great, great happy time. And we didn't think twice about, 'This has gotta be as good as