CB AND THE GB’S

Cancer Bats

CANCER BATS

With 17 years under their belt, including 7 acclaimed studio albums, five JUNO Award nominations and countless tours around the globe, Cancer Bats have become an undeniable force within the world of heavy music. One of the hardest working bands in the industry, Cancer Bats have graced the covers and pages of countless taste-making publications including Kerrang!, Exclaim!, Revolver and Rock Sound. This year sees the band at the top of their musical game releasing PSYCHIC JAILBREAK to rave reviews from die hard fans critics alike. With Cancer Bats playing some of the biggest stages they have to date, they’re proving time and time again that these party metal anthems are here to stay!

CANDY DINNER RECORDS

CAP GUN COWBOYS

Originally formed in Cleveland, Ohio, The Cap Gun Cowboys are an unlikely group of country misfits stamping their brand on beer-soaked ditties that range from traditional honky tonk to rockin’ rockabilly, creating a chunky, stick-to-the-ribs stew of alt.country gritty rock ‘n’ roll. The band has released two full-length albums on Rust Belt Recordings (available through CD Baby), with records sold throughout the US, Europe, and Asia, and has played throughout the Midwest, New York, Baltimore, and a few dates in California.

“The individual songwriting talents of Yanito and Verhoef are only half the strength of the compositions; the carefully woven and layered harmonies of nasal twang and bottomless baritone makes for an unusual, but effective combination, as each story seems to be simultaneously told from a different perspective. On their latest release, the analog-recorded Atomic Horsepower, released in May 2005, the lead track provides a continuous dual harmony, something that is prevalent throughout much of the album, as well as on their debut record Girls, Cars, and Smoke-filled Bars, released in June 2003. These harmonies lead a dizzying array of horns, guitars, fiddles, and drums to create a cotton candy honkytonk carnival, “a throwback that would be right at home on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.”

-Jason Bracelin, Scene Magazine, June 2003.

 

CAPITALIST CASUALTIES

CARDIAC ARREST

Formed in 1997, Cardiac Arrest continues to assault the death metal underground with their horror inspired death metal. Never catering to the trends, Cardiac Arrest has remained a force to be reckoned with and show no signs of compromise. With numerous releases, festival appearances, tours in the US, Canada, and Europe, and respect of peers and fans alike, Cardiac Arrest proudly carries the flag of true Death Metal. Cardiac Arrest is currently signed to Hellʼs Headbangers and their 8th full length album is expected to be released in 2022.

CAREFUL

CARLEY WOLF

Carlos Johnson

CARLOS JOHNSON

Carlos Johnson is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is left-handed, but plays a right-handed instrument upside-down like players such as Otis Rush, Albert King, and Jimi Hendrix. Johnson is known for his aggressive playing which has attracted audiences in Chicago blue scene since the 1970s. He has played on recordings of notable musicians including Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues and Son Seals.

CARS FOR MILES

CASPER & THE COOKIES

BURY YOUR DEAD

BUSH ON COKE

BUTTZ TO NUTTZ

BUZZOV-EN

C.T.F. CHI-TOWNZ FINEST

CACTUS

Coming off a very successful US tour and the release of its first studio album in 10 years, Black Dawn, the time has come for founding member and world renown drummer Carmine Appice to re-energize and rebuild Cactus. The band was once heralded by critics as America’s answer to Led Zeppelin.

Appice announced today two new members to the legendary band’s line-up: bassist Jimmy Caputo and guitarist Paul Warren. Caputo replaces bassist Pete Bremy, who has left Cactus to pursue other projects. Warren, best known as lead guitarist for Rod Stewart, Tina Turner and Joe Cocker, will be the band’s new guitarist for touring, taking over for founding member Jim McCarty. McCarty remains a writing and recording member of Cactus but unfortunately i s unable to tour with the band due to health reasons.

Lead vocalist extraordinare Jimmy Kunes and harmonica wizard Randy Pratt, both of whom joined when the band re-grouped in 2006 remain in the line-up. “Nearly five decades after I formed this band, the time has come to re-invent Cactus once again,” says Appice, who also still drums for Vanilla Fudge, The Appice Brothers, and The Platinum Rock All Stars. Adds Appice: “The music remains the same and Cactus is still a ‘hot and sweaty’ band. The level, quality and consistence of the band’s musicianship is as strong as ever.”

“I saw the original Cactus live a few times, and they absolutely killed it,” says guitarist Paul Warren. “That was one of the great bands of the era, and they are still a great band, today. I am excited, and honored, to play with such an historic band!” Warren, who has his own successful solo band, is a native of Detroit and who considers Jim McCarty as one of his biggest musical influences. “”Filling in for Jim McCarty will be a challenge. Not only is he a founding member of the band, he is a brilliant guitarist and one of the best to ever come out of Detroit. Jimmy could never be replaced. I plan to honor and pay homage to his work with Cactus while still bringing some of my own ‘Detroit attitude’ to the legendary music of this band.”

Bassist Jimmy Caputo has worked in a myriad of national touring acts including The Appice Brothers Drum Wars show, which also includes both Carmine and his brother Vinny.

Cactus returned in 2016 with Black Dawn, a new studio album, its first in almost 10 years. Featuring the blistering riff-rock that the band built its reputation upon, Black Dawn is a classic Cactus album with a fresh new energy that the band has not had since its heyday in the early 1970s. The new line up of Cactus and the release of the Black Dawn CD will land just days ahead of the band’s first string of European dates in 4 years upcoming in May 2017.

The band has had a long and turbulent history. Formed in 1970 from the ashes of The Vanilla Fudge by Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert. the initial line up also featured McCarty and vocalist Rusty Day. (Appice and Bogert had originally planned a new band with Jeff Beck which was put off until 1973 because of Beck’s near fatal car crash in 1969). Jim McCarty had come from Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and was playing with The Buddy Miles Express. Tim and Carmine also found vocalist Day in The Amboy Dukes with Ted Nugent. Together, the four musicians formed Cactus, named after the peyote cactus, which provided a key ingredient in mind-altering drugs.

While Cactus saw success from the start and soon built a loyal fan base, by early 1973 the band had collapsed mainly due to lack of real support from its label and the fact that Beck was now ready play with Carmine and Tim.
It would not be until 2006, three decades after the tragic death of Rusty Day that the group reformed with Pratt and Kunes to record CACTUS V and play Sweden Rock. When Tim Bogert was forced into retirement due to complications after a serious motorcycle accident, Pete Bremy joined on bass in both in Cactus and Vanilla Fudge.

Now, with Jimmy Caputo and Paul Warren onboard, Cactus embarks on a new and exciting musical journey – just as powerful as before – and bound to be just as successful…one way or another.

CADILLAC CASKET

CAGE

What follows below is a detailed life-long history of Chris Palko, aka Cage. While there is a whole lot of information here, none of it is filler; everything detailed below was instrumental in making Cage who he is at this point, and the story below is one of the most insane, crazy, tortured and triumphant stories you could imagine. Cage’s life has gone from watching his father shoot heroin, to addiction and violence and mental institutions to cutting an album for Columbia Records and being a rising star in the heyday of the NYC independent rap scene, to the final culmination and personal triumph that this album has become. It’s a brand new record from someone who has been through more extreme circumstances than most people could ever imagine, and has come out triumphant and a better person because of it, and whose artistic vision now reflects this.

CAINS & ABELS