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 ...

Cactus first recorded "Evil," which was written by blues guitar legend Howlin' Wolf, for 1971's Restrictions, their third studio album. How Carmine First Heard 'Evil' ...