j'en profite pour alimenter ce topic
CACTUS ("le topic qui pique"), car j'ai trouvé un site trés interréssant (et manifestement trés documenté) qui à référencé l'historigraphie du groupe (
les différentes Line-up, les origines des musiciens, les arrivées, les départs, les enregistrements et touticouanti....) Bref une véritable petite mine !
Pour ceux/celles que ça intéresse... (c'est en anglais...mais franchement ça n'a pas d'importance).
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Cactus I (1970 - 1971)
* Tim Bogert - bass/vocals - b. August 1944, New York City, New York - formerly with
The Pigeons and
The Vanilla Fudge.
* Carmine Appice - drums/percussion/vocals - b. December 15, 1946 - formerly with
The Pigeons and
The Vanilla Fudge.
* Jim McCarty - guitar - b. 1947 - formerly with
Mitch Ryder and
The Detroit Wheels and Buddy Miles.
* Rusty Day - vocals/harmonica - b. Russell Edward Davidson; d. June 3, 1982, Orlando, Florida - formerly with
Rusty Day and The Midnighters and
Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes.
Albums:
1. "Cactus" (1970) - Singles: "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover", "Bro. Bill"
2. "One Way...Or Another" (1971) - Singles: "Long Tall Sally", "Rock n' Roll Children"
3. "Restrictions" (1971) - Singles: "Evil", "Alaska"
4. "Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs" (live) (2-CDs) (2004)
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Cactus II (1971)
* Tim Bogert - bass/vocals
* Carmine Appice - drums/percussion/vocals
* Jim McCarty - guitar
* Rusty Day - vocals/harmonica
* Ron Leejack - guitar
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Cactus III (1971 - 1972)
* Tim Bogert - bass/vocals
* Carmine Appice - drums/percussion/vocals
* Jim McCarty - guitar
* Rusty Day - vocals/harmonica
Jim McCarty forms
Rockets and, later,
The Detroit Blues Band. Rusty Day joins
Mitch Ryder's Detroit.
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Cactus IV (1972)
* Tim Bogert - bass/vocals
* Carmine Appice - drums/percussion/vocals
* Werner Fritzschings - guitar
* Duane Hitchings - keyboards
* Peter French - vocals - formerly with
Atomic Rooster.
Album:
1. "'Ot 'N' Sweaty" (1972)
Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice form
Beck, Bogert and Appice (with Jeff Beck). Tim Bogert later joins
Boxer.
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Cactus V / The New Cactus Band (1972 - 1973)
* Duane Hitchings - keyboards/flute/vocals
* Mike Pinera - guitar/vocals - b. September 29, 1948, Tampa, Florida - formerly with
Blues Image,
Iron Butterfly, and
Ramatam.
* Manuel Bertematti - drums/vocals - formerly with Blues Image.
* Jerry Norris - drums/vocals
* Roland Robinson - bass/vocals
Album:
1. "Son of Cactus" (1973) (PROJET)
Group disbands. Mike Pinera later forms Thee Image, plays with Alice Cooper's band, and joined The Classic Rock All-Stars [with Pete Hoorelbeke (aka, Pete Rivera) (formerly with
Rare Earth), Jerry Corbetta (formerly with Sugarloaf), and Dennis Noda (formerly with Cannibal and the Headhunters)].
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Cactus VI (1976 - 1979?) (reformed)
* Rusty Day - vocals
* Various musicians, including guitarists Steve Dansby and Ron Sanders, bassists John Sauter (formerly with
Ted Nugent) and Mondo Thomas, and drummers Gary Moffatt (formerly with
Pat Travers) and Frankie Robbins.
Rusty Day forms
Uncle Acid & The Permanent Damage Band.
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ouf....
à noter quand même que le "
Son of Cactus" est resté dans les cartons (projet "mort né")
pour la période 1976...le groupe, enfin la "bande de copains", à de temps en temps tourné je crois...mais c'était trop le bordel...
une petite suite avec les carriére solos:
Tim Bogert solo:
1. "Progressions" (1981)
2. "Master's Brew"
Carmine Appice solo:
1. "Guitar Zeus" (1996)
2. "Channel Mind Radio (Guitar Zeus II)" (1997)
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a noter que les "
Rockets" groupe formé par
Jim McCarty ont fait à ce qu'il parait d'éxcélents albums, un son relativement proche du CACTUS meilleur cru (
"Love Transfusion" - "Turn Up the Radio" - "No Ballads" - "Back Talk" et un "live") - je n'ais pas encore réussis à mettre la main dessus (doit exister en import nippon)....mais ça va pas trainer cette histoire...
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