SERCH: When a girl would diss us, Doom started saying, “She just gave me the gas face.” Which meant that we just spent our gas money to get to the mall, only to get dissed. “The Gas Face” (featuring Zev Love X of KMD) Bill Stephney, Russell and Lyor would tell us all kinds of stuff, and we thought they were just blowing smoke up our asses. That was an actual meeting we had with him. I did that with all of our meetings, just to hear all the bullshit they would say. PETE: I used to secretly record the guys at Def Jam. I didn’t know any of them before I met Mike that day. So that’s where all the Beasties’ disses on “Sons of 3rd Bass” came from. Two months later there was a piece in Spin and the writer asked them what they thought of 3rd Bass, and Mike D said how he threw shit at me and shooed me out. I was leaving his apartment and all of a sudden he started throwing shit at me, like foam balls and stuff lying around his apartment. They had gotten out of their Def Jam deal, and he gave me really good insight about Russell. One day I saw Mike D on the street and I ended up talking to him in his apartment, because I needed some advice. SERCH: The Beastie Boys were huge at the time. In this excerpt from the forthcoming book Check the Technique: Volume 2, Serch and Pete share the unexpectededly sensational stories behind a half-dozen classic Cactus tracks. The Cactus Album, produced by Sever, Prince Paul and the Bomb Squad, and featuring DJ Daddy Rich (born Richard Lawson), came out in October 1989 and went gold within six months. We’re still $150,000 away from being recouped.” “We used three or four samples per song, so those clearances ate up all our royalties. “Our advance was $5,000 each,” Serch says. That’s how it all began.”ĭespite signing to one of the hottest labels in hip-hop, the group’s deal wasn’t exactly a dream payday. Says Pete, “The old story that Russell and Lyor put me and Serch together is the furthest thing from what actually happened.” In fact, “I was at Chung King Studios and had laid down the original version of ‘Wordz of Wizdom.’ Sam liked the track and played it for Serch. That white kid from Queens was Pete Nice. I think you guys should work together.’ “ Serch recalls, “One day Sam called me and said, ‘Def Jam signed another white kid from Queens. A booklet will be packed in.Įvil Is Going On: The Atco Albums 1970-1971 – CactusĬD5 (Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs )ĬD6 (Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs )Ġ2 Medley: Heeby Jeebies/ Money/ Hound Dog/ What’d I SayĬD7 (Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs Vol 2 )ĬD8 (Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs Vol 2 )Simmons’ right-hand man, Lyor Cohen, set up Serch with a producer named Sam Sever (real name Sam Citrin). The box will be called Evil Is Going On – The Atco Albums 1970-1972, and will include not only remastered versions of their 4 Atco Records releases and a small collection of recorded bonus tracks, but also the two volumes of Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs over 4 CDs. On October 28, Cherry Red via HNE Recordings, will revisit Cactus with an exhaustive 8CD Box. Regardless, over a two year period, the popular band produced four studio albums before dissolution. The band was intended to include Jeff Beck but it was nixed due to Beck’s auto accident. 1 & 2 + bonus tracks.Ĭactus was a short-lived band that gained popularity in their internally conflicted super group assembly that included Tim Bogart, and Carmine Appice, both from Vanilla Fudge. This set will contain their 4 Atco albums + Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs Vol. Cactus Is Boxed With 8CD Set – Evil Is Going On
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