12/5/2023 0 Comments Carmine appice new cactus albumThe band did an East Coast and West Coast showcase, which were incredible. Collaborating with Carmine has been so much fun and this song is pure joy. Now, we want the world to discover it.”Īdds Fernando Perdomo: “I couldn’t be more excited about the ‘Drum City’ music video. Many critics and radio professionals have told us this record is very different and very special, and we feel the same. “Fernando and I would just bounce ideas back and forth amongst each other, and before we knew it, we had this album filled with some of the best material either of us have ever been involved with. ![]() “Like our first album, Energy Overload, much of this album was conceived, written and recorded on opposite sides of the USA, while everyone was still dealing with the impact of the Covid 19 epidemic,” says Carmine Appice, about the record. The two musicians played nearly all the instruments on the entire album with the exception of a few tracks which also featured an all star cast of guest musicians, among them: bassist Billy Sheehan, keyboardist Derek Sherinian, guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, bassist Tony Franklin and multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Haslip. The two musicians worked on opposite coasts of the US via a remote online recording process to complete the album. Now, with Jimmy Caputo and Paul Warren onboard, Cactus embarks on a new and exciting musical journey – just as powerful as before – and bound to be just as successful.one way or another.The duo’s sophomore album again focuses on the art of instrumental rock gems, performed mostly just by Fernando Perdomo and Carmine Appice. ![]() When Tim Bogert was forced into retirement due to complications after a serious motorcycle accident, Pete Bremy joined on bass in both in Cactus and Vanilla Fudge. It would not be until 2006, three decades after the tragic death of Rusty Day that the group reformed with Pratt and Kunes to record CACTUS V and play Sweden Rock. While Cactus saw success from the start and soon built a loyal fan base, by early 1973 the band had collapsed mainly due to lack of real support from its label and the fact that Beck was now ready play with Carmine and Tim. Together, the four musicians formed Cactus, named after the peyote cactus, which provided a key ingredient in mind-altering drugs. Tim and Carmine also found vocalist Day in The Amboy Dukes with Ted Nugent. Jim McCarty had come from Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and was playing with The Buddy Miles Express. (Appice and Bogert had originally planned a new band with Jeff Beck which was put off until 1973 because of Beck’s near fatal car crash in 1969). the initial line up also featured McCarty and vocalist Rusty Day. Formed in 1970 from the ashes of The Vanilla Fudge by Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert. The band has had a long and turbulent history. The new line up of Cactus and the release of the Black Dawn CD will land just days ahead of the band’s first string of European dates in four years upcoming in May 2017. Featuring the blistering riff-rock that the band built its reputation upon, Black Dawn is a classic Cactus album with a fresh new energy that the band has not had since its heyday in the early 1970s. I plan to honor and pay homage to his work with Cactus while still bringing some of my own ‘Detroit attitude’ to the legendary music of this band.”īassist Jimmy Caputo has worked in a myriad of national touring acts including The Appice Brothers Drum Wars show, which also includes both Carmine and his brother Vinny.Ĭactus returned in 2016 with Black Dawn, a new studio album, its first in almost ten years. Not only is he a founding member of the band, he is a brilliant guitarist and one of the best to ever come out of Detroit. ![]() “"Filling in for Jim McCarty will be a challenge. I am excited, and honored, to play with such an historic band!” Warren, who has his own successful solo band, is a native of Detroit and who considers Jim McCarty as one of his biggest musical influences. “That was one of the great bands of the era, and they are still a great band, today. "I saw the original Cactus live a few times, and they absolutely killed it,” says guitarist Paul Warren. The level, quality and consistence of the band’s musicianship is as strong as ever.” Adds Appice: “The music remains the same and Cactus is still a ‘hot and sweaty’ band. The Appice Brothers, and The Platinum Rock All Stars. “Nearly five decades after I formed this band, the time has come to re-invent Cactus once again,” says Appice, who also still drums for Vanilla Fudge,
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