Their bluesy, gritty rock became an influence on future generations of rock and heavy metal bands, including Montrose, AC/DC, Van Halen and Monster Magnet.Although originally planned to feature Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck, Cactus’s line-up was eventually completed by Jim McCarty (Mitch Ryder’s Detroit Wheels & The Buddy Miles Express) on guitar and Rusty Day (The Amboy Dukes) on vocals and harmonica. Cactus were formed in 1969 by members of Vanilla Fudge Tim Bogert on bass and Carmine Appice on drums.Cactus are currently touring with a line-up of Jim McCarty, Carmine Appice, Jimmy Kunes, Pete Bremy and Randy Pratt.ĬACTUS “Restrictions/’Ot ‘N’ Sweaty” (1971/1972) With remastered audio and four bonus tracks, this set features liner notes from Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome based on recent interviews with founder member Carmine Appice.Releasing their second LP in 1971 (disc 2 of this set), “One Way…Or Another” was recorded at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios in New York, and also includes two classic covers in Little Richard’s ‘Long Tall Sally’ and Chuck Willis’ ‘Feel So Bad’.Among the originals on the first disc of this 2 CD set, are covers of Mose Allison’s blues standard ‘Parchman Farm’ (also covered by proto-metal band Blue Cheer), plus Willie Dixon’s ‘You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover’.Although originally slated to feature Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck, the line-up would be cemented by Jim McCarty (from Mitch Ryder’s Detroit Wheels and The Buddy Miles Express) on guitar and Rusty Day (from Ted Nugent’s original band, The Amboy Dukes) on vocals and harmonica the line-up that would record the band’s first three LPs. Formed in 1969 by former members of Vanilla Fudge - Tim Bogert on bass and Carmine Appice on drums - Cactus released their self-titled debut on the Atco label in 1970.Stuns all enemy and player crew and drones in affected room for 15 seconds.CACTUS “Cactus / One Way… Or Another” (1970/1971).Causes 1 ion damage to targeted system or subsystem.Requires 1 power and takes 17 seconds to cool down."Self-teleporting explosive that does 1 ion damage and stuns all crew inside the room. Does not put out fires or seal hull breaches.Requires 1 power and takes 14 seconds to cool down."Self-teleporting unit that floods a room with nano-bots capable of completely repairing all system damage." Resets door health, just like the Lockdown power of Crystal crew. ![]() Requires 1 power and takes 15 seconds to cool down."Self-teleporting explosive that does no damage but creates a dense wall preventing movement in or out of the room. Requires 2 power and takes 17 seconds to cool down.Damages systems for 3 with a guaranteed breach. "Slower than Mark 1 but breaches and does more damage to systems. Requires 1 power and takes 9 seconds to cool down.Damages systems for 1 with a guaranteed breach. "Self-teleporting explosive designed to damage systems and causes a breach. Requires 1 power and takes 22 seconds to cool down.Has a low chance to stun crew (Advanced Edition). ![]()
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