Luis Cardenas, owner of what was, at the time, the largest drum kit in the world, had released a solo CD while on a break from his band, Renegade, in 1986. The first single, a cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway", failed to crack the top 40, peaking at #83. Why that was, I don't know. Shannon appears in the video, along with Donny Osmond and some CGI dinosaurs, the latter of which explains why we're posting it here.
I think what Cardenas & Renegade had hoped to do was cut into some of Menudo's popularity, albeit with a harder rocking sound. Unfortunately, despite the cool video, which was nominated for a Grammy and had some decent airplay on MTV, it didn't happen.
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