Their saviour, of course, was Carmine Appice, who was brought in to help on the track ‘The Dogs of War’. There were many reasons for this, including Mason’s brief distraction with racing cars, but ...

In Carmine Appice’s 2016 autobiography, Stick It! My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, Appice gleefully describes the drug-fuelled night that has become a famous part of rock history.