But most of the people already know him from CACTUS days passed. Pete Bremy is the name of the “new” man on bass. Moreover, VAILLA FUDGE do still rock in the original line-up from 1967 except for bassist Tim Bogert who is no longer able to stand on a stage since a motorcycle accident). “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” as well as “Shotgun” are still (or again) on the band’s set list and high up in the popularity of the still abundant community of fans. In 2016, this concept still largely defined the program of VANILLA FUDGE. ATOMIC ROOSTER, URIAH HEEP and also BLACK WIDOW were other bands who had chosen Mark Stein, Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert and Vince Martell as their musical examples. With their debut album “Shades Of” DEEP PURPLE covered the whole concept of their colleagues from America. Their versions of the Tamla Motown classic “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (Supremes) or Junior Walker’s “Shotgun” as well as the FUDGE’s version of McCartney’s “Eleanor Rigby” electrified a whole generation of musicians and fans alike. With temporal and musically excessive cover versions which the band left their distinctive mark on (a heavy blues soaked steady rhythm) VANILLA FUDGE not only entered the international charts at that time. What began in April 1967 in the Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead/ N.Y, does still possess the same charisma a good 50 years later in the rather quiet Swedish town of Norje near Sölvesborg in front of more than 35,000 enthusiastic fans: heavy psychedelic slightly progressive rock blended with classic citations and elements. Hopefully, the song will continue to resonate well into the future.1967 – 2017: VANILLA FUDGE celebrate their 50th anniversary with another musical rock monument – „Live At Sweden Rock 2016“! Indeed, Stein sounds as inspired as ever, and the message he shares is underscored by the clarity of both his passion and purpose. The blazing vocal and the sturdy instrumental accompaniment it’s provided with gives an emphasis to the anguish and intensity that resides at the song’s core. The song’s chorus clearly coincides with recent events. Unrest, I decided to release it, and in some circles is being touted as the “So, because there was so much resistance, I put it on theīack burner. Time most of my peers advised against its release because of its controversial “Even though I was excited with the results, at the Still, Stein says he did have some initial concerns when it came to Together a band of great players and recorded and produced the track.”
“That was the moment when I sat down at my piano and the “I’m thinking, why will all that more than likely change as they grow The image had a profound affect on him, and inspired him to pen the including around the joints 7 CDs Vanilla Fudge Iron Butterfly Turtles. Innocence while walking to school together.” is a song recorded by Iron Butterfly and written by bandmember Doug Ingle. One black, the other white, holding hands, smiling, and expressing pure joy and Morning I was watching the news, and there was a spotlight on two young kids, “I have always been sensitive to the fact that racismĮxists and, in my view, has been a systemic problem in our society. One song in particular, a number called “Racism” was actually written a few years ago but has now been released for the first time to express concern about the racial divide that’s sweeping the nation.Ībout early 2017, I had written a song called “Racism,” Stein explains as he describes the He’s also continued to write and compose. Aside from assembling his own eponymous outfit in recent years, he’s collaborated with a diverse array of musicians -Dave Mason, Tommy Bolin, Alice Cooper, John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, and Jan Hammer, among them. To his credit, Stein himself has never felt constrained by the band’s fabled legacy. Them reviving their original formula and reimagining several songs borne from aįormative era that defined the late sixties and early seventies. The band’s most recent studio album, Spirit of ’67, found Guitarist Vince Martell, as well as Pete Bremy who replaced the retired bassist With three of its four original members - Stein, drummer Carmine Appice and On” as well as various Beatles songs - asĭramatic and demonstrative epochs, set them apart and made fans of many of theĮxperimental outfits that were emerging at the time.
Group’s proficiency in redefining classics - the Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ Styx, Uriah Heep, The Nice, and Led Zeppelin, among them. That heavily influenced the more adventurous bands of the day - Deep Purple, The heavy keyboard cadence of Stein’s predominant organ work made for a sound The combination of Stein’s sturdy vocals and Vanilla Fudge, he helped create a sound that had a decided impact in the thenĮmerging era of progressive psychedelic music that helped define the new soundįostered by FM underground radio. Traced back to the mid ‘60s, when, at the helm of the innovative hard rock band