Had it not been for a car crash, Cactus might not have existed. In late 1969, Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert – drummer and bassist with US psych-metal pioneers Vanilla Fudge – began talking to Rod ...

Cactus was formed in 1969 by bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice from Vanilla Fudge, with guitarist Jim McCarty from the Detroit Wheels, and Rusty Day, the vocalist from the Amboy Dukes.

Ozzy Osbourne and Cactus’ Rusty Day almost came to blows after a Cactus roadie was beaten up for his weed, and Carmine and Ozzy still reminisce about the tale to this day. The brothers also ...

After an unsuccessful dalliance with singer Robert Riskin Jr. they recruited former Amboy Dukes frontman Rusty Day, adding Jim McCarty ... But it was onstage that Cactus came alive.