Cactus Album

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Cactus Artist Overview Albums. Top Albums (See all 25 albums) Cactus / One Way or An CACTUS. Restrictions / Ot N Sw CACTUS. Vinyl: $26.98 MP3: $0.99. Black Dawn CACTUS. The New Cactus Band. The New Cactus Band, formed by Duane Hitchings, released one album, Son of Cactus (1973), which featured none of the original Cactus members. Mike Pinera, formerly of Blues Image and Iron Butterfly, came in on guitar, along with Roland Robinson on. The Cactus Al/Bum (also known as The Cactus Cee/D and The Cactus Cas/Ette depending on release format) is the debut album by hip hop trio 3rd Bass, released on Def Jam Recordings on November 14, 1989. The album received positive reviews from the hip hop press. The Cactus Album by 3rd Bass. Publication date 1989 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics #hip-hop #rap #urban Language English. 3rd Bass - The Cactus Album.

With a mixture of members from Vanilla Fudge, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, and the Amboy Dukes, it's hard to believe that Cactus didn't really succeed in their time. Often derided for being second-rate boogie rock, the band simply did what it did, and part of the allure of the style is its sloppy, second-rate nature. This 1971 release may not see the band at their peak, but it surely showcases the occasionally thundering rhythm section of Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice. Why a song like 'Token Chokin' was never a hit and why it has yet to be embraced by the classic rock-loving public is a complete mystery. The song is some of the most heels-up, thundering, so-brainless-it's-genius rock that has ever been to tape. It's complete with big guitars, big sing-alongs, and a bass-and-drum combo that could knock out windows. Somebody needs to revive this track. Songs like 'Evil' and 'Sweet Little Sixteen' are all scorching guitars and long-haired riffing. It's a testament to the blues-inspired power they could surely muster up onstage. Other tracks seem to fall apart like the opener, 'Restrictions,' and 'Guiltless Glider,' which starts off thick and heavy á la Blue Oyster Cult's 'Godzilla,' but goes on for about six minutes too long.

To buffer some of the more blustery elements of the record, there are competent acoustic blues numbers like 'Mean Night in Cleveland' and 'Alaska,' the latter an ode to said state featuring lyrics about penguins, Santa Claus, and the aurora borealis. Nobody has ever said that boogie rock is grad school material, and Cactus are certainly no exception -- they did manage to make a big, bearded racket that is both groan-inducing and a lot of fun.

Cactus were an American supergroup of sorts in the late '60s and very early '70s, although the band never had the level of commercial success its pedigree might suggest. With one of the best rhythm sections in rock, drummer Carmine Appice and bassist Tim Bogert, both having recently exited Vanilla Fudge, a fine lead singer in Rusty Day, formerly of the Amboy Dukes, and a solid lead guitar player in Jim McCarty, formerly with Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, Cactus were the ultimate boogie party band on steroids -- if they had ever actually taken the time to write some top-notch songs, they may well have been huge. The group recorded three albums before splintering, and this newly discovered nine-track set (nine tracks only if you count the band introduction as a track and split the 12-minute 'Big Mama Boogie' into two parts, which is the case here) sort of fills in the space where a live album might have been back in the day. Ultra Sonic Boogie was recorded live in front of a small audience at Ultra Sonic Studios in Long Island for broadcast by local station WUR, and it does show this powerful band in a relaxed and playful mood. With Appice and Bogert behind him, Day could have sung a random handbill and it probably would have worked. Songs like 'Big Mama Boogie' are hardly literary statements, but this set shows what a powerhouse the band was live, and Cactus weren't about statements anyway -- they were about making you boogie your brains out.

Cleopatra

Atlantic

1. Cleopatra
2. Atlantic
3. Cactus Albums Ranked

Cactus Artist Overview Albums. Top Albums (See all 25 albums) Cactus / One Way or An CACTUS. Restrictions / Ot N Sw CACTUS. Vinyl: $26.98 MP3: $0.99. Black Dawn CACTUS. The New Cactus Band. The New Cactus Band, formed by Duane Hitchings, released one album, Son of Cactus (1973), which featured none of the original Cactus members. Mike Pinera, formerly of Blues Image and Iron Butterfly, came in on guitar, along with Roland Robinson on. The Cactus Al/Bum (also known as The Cactus Cee/D and The Cactus Cas/Ette depending on release format) is the debut album by hip hop trio 3rd Bass, released on Def Jam Recordings on November 14, 1989. The album received positive reviews from the hip hop press. The Cactus Album by 3rd Bass. Publication date 1989 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics #hip-hop #rap #urban Language English. 3rd Bass - The Cactus Album.

With a mixture of members from Vanilla Fudge, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, and the Amboy Dukes, it's hard to believe that Cactus didn't really succeed in their time. Often derided for being second-rate boogie rock, the band simply did what it did, and part of the allure of the style is its sloppy, second-rate nature. This 1971 release may not see the band at their peak, but it surely showcases the occasionally thundering rhythm section of Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice. Why a song like 'Token Chokin' was never a hit and why it has yet to be embraced by the classic rock-loving public is a complete mystery. The song is some of the most heels-up, thundering, so-brainless-it's-genius rock that has ever been to tape. It's complete with big guitars, big sing-alongs, and a bass-and-drum combo that could knock out windows. Somebody needs to revive this track. Songs like 'Evil' and 'Sweet Little Sixteen' are all scorching guitars and long-haired riffing. It's a testament to the blues-inspired power they could surely muster up onstage. Other tracks seem to fall apart like the opener, 'Restrictions,' and 'Guiltless Glider,' which starts off thick and heavy á la Blue Oyster Cult's 'Godzilla,' but goes on for about six minutes too long.

To buffer some of the more blustery elements of the record, there are competent acoustic blues numbers like 'Mean Night in Cleveland' and 'Alaska,' the latter an ode to said state featuring lyrics about penguins, Santa Claus, and the aurora borealis. Nobody has ever said that boogie rock is grad school material, and Cactus are certainly no exception -- they did manage to make a big, bearded racket that is both groan-inducing and a lot of fun.

Cactus were an American supergroup of sorts in the late '60s and very early '70s, although the band never had the level of commercial success its pedigree might suggest. With one of the best rhythm sections in rock, drummer Carmine Appice and bassist Tim Bogert, both having recently exited Vanilla Fudge, a fine lead singer in Rusty Day, formerly of the Amboy Dukes, and a solid lead guitar player in Jim McCarty, formerly with Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, Cactus were the ultimate boogie party band on steroids -- if they had ever actually taken the time to write some top-notch songs, they may well have been huge. The group recorded three albums before splintering, and this newly discovered nine-track set (nine tracks only if you count the band introduction as a track and split the 12-minute 'Big Mama Boogie' into two parts, which is the case here) sort of fills in the space where a live album might have been back in the day. Ultra Sonic Boogie was recorded live in front of a small audience at Ultra Sonic Studios in Long Island for broadcast by local station WUR, and it does show this powerful band in a relaxed and playful mood. With Appice and Bogert behind him, Day could have sung a random handbill and it probably would have worked. Songs like 'Big Mama Boogie' are hardly literary statements, but this set shows what a powerhouse the band was live, and Cactus weren't about statements anyway -- they were about making you boogie your brains out.

Cleopatra

Atlantic

Cactus Albums Ranked