’70s rockers Cactus have returned with “The Little Crimson Rooster,” their latest single, that includes lead vocals from Twisted Sister legend Dee Snider in addition to guitars by Tracii Weapons of L.A. Weapons.
The track seems on the band’s upcoming album, Temple of Blues II, which will likely be launched April 3. UCR is happy to current an unique premiere of the video for the observe, which you’ll watch under.
“Cactus! The title conjures such wonderful reminiscences for me,” Snider enthused in a press launch. “An inspiration for the rock I might play within the years to come back. Are you able to think about what it was wish to ‘get the decision’ that your heroes need you to rock with them? Thoughts-blowing! And now to be requested for second time!? What a deal with to dig right into a blues traditional like ‘The Little Crimson Rooster’ with Cactus!!! Hell yeah!!”
“I knew Dee from the previous days, when Twisted Sister have been simply hanging round Lengthy Island, and so they have been nothing,” drum legend and Cactus mastermind Carmine Appice tells UCR in a brand new interview. “I had a drum studio on the time and completely different drummers that I taught, I performed with them. When Twisted Sister began making it massive within the ’80s, I knew them. I knew the drummer, A.J. Pero, I knew the entire band. They have been all followers of mine, as a result of Vanilla Fudge got here out of Lengthy Island as nicely. There was a mutual respect.”
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“It was such an honor to have Dee on the track and to have him within the video,” he provides. “Particularly since he is retired now.”
What to Count on From the New Cactus Album
Temple of Blues II options an all-star solid, together with returning company like Snider, plus Ted Nugent, Billy Sheehan, Bumblefoot and Pat Travers.
New to the fold for this second quantity, Cactus welcomed in Weapons, who company on “The Little Crimson Rooster” alongside Snider, plus former Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse, legendary bassist Rudy Sarzo, vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, Testomony guitarist Alex Skolnick and lots of extra.
Along with Appice, the present lineup of Cactus options singer Ed Terry, guitarist Artie Dillon and bassist James Caputo.
Musically, they’d an agenda. “We’re doing seven of the good Howlin’ Wolf and Willie Dixon songs,” Appice explains. “The primary Temple of Blues album, we did just about all of the cool Cactus songs. We solely had three extra left. So I mentioned, ‘Let’s simply do all of the songs that I might have liked to completed years in the past, on this album.’ So that is what we did. ‘The Little Crimson Rooster’ was one had a very cool groove.”
Watch Cactus’ ‘The LIttle Crimson Rooster’ Video That includes Dee Snider and Traci Weapons
The Western-themed video was created by Dominic Esposito and Deville Movies. The filmmaker labored in collaboration with Appice, who had some particular concepts for the clip. After all, there could be a rooster working round. Esposito advised perhaps they need to ultimately flip the rooster into an attractive redhead. That triggered a further thought from the drummer. “I mentioned, ‘Let’s make it like a Frankenstein factor the place the rooster goes into the field and sparks and smoke come out like a Frankenstein [movie]. You open the door after which it is an attractive redhead.”
The Legacy of Cactus
Appice sees each Temple of Blues albums as a superb instance of the impression that Cactus has made on musicians and bands from throughout a number of generations. “There have been many various teams influenced by Cactus,” he says now. “, we did nicely within the ’70s. However we by no means had any hit data. We had albums as a substitute of singles. And we left a legacy of the musicians that we influenced.”
Temple of Blues II will likely be launched April 3 by Cleopatra Information. You may preorder the album in a wide range of configurations from the label’s official web site
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