Although they were blessed from the start with stronger business connections and longer musical pedigree than most new hard rock acts of the early '70s, New York's promising Boomerang never lived up to commercial expectations, and their failed bid for stardom was both disappointing and fleeting. When the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice quit to form hard rockers Cactus in 1970, vocalist and keyboard player Mark Stein briefly considered carrying on with replacement musicians before realizing he'd do better moving on to newer pastures himself. Turnin...