Luis Cardenas
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Luis Cardenas is an American drummer who achieved a degree of popularity in the 1980s with both solo work and as a member of rock band Renegade. Renegade were formed by a group of high school friends in Santa Fe, California,[citation needed] and were unusual in being ethnic Hispanics playing rock music. Building a local following and subsequently winning a record contract, the band released the albums "Rock n' Roll Crazy", "Renegade II - On The Run", "Nuns On Wheels" and "Renegade Live". The band sold well in Mexico, Canada, Japan and locally in California, but failed to break into the USA as a whole or Europe, where they remained unknown. Cardenas did achieve some fame in the UK where he participated in a TV show to break the world record for having the world's largest drumkit.
Cardenas however released a solo album called "Animal Instinct", and the first single "Runaway", a cover of a Del Shannon original, became a worldwide hit. This was mainly due to an excellent video that included cameos by Del Shannon and Donny Osmond, which got regular rotation on MTV. Further singles followed, but nothing else capitalised on the initial success, and Cardenas sank rapidly back into obscurity. In 2005 Cardenas was once again with Renegade and the band was hopeful of regaining past glories.
