The Jimmy Castor Bunch had developed a relentlessly funky groove, with full-bodied churning bass, ultradistorted fuzz-tone guitar, and layered percussion. "Troglodyte (Cave Man)," which exemplifies this, was one of the monster records of '72, rising to #6 on the pop charts by May of that year, as well as being one of the discs that refined that coining funk explosion of the mid -70s. Opening with a spoken word introduction (which would become a favorite sample of old school rap DJ Afrika Bambataa at New York's Boxy disco)-"There was a time when men lived in caves.... Now we're gonna go back, way back . . cave men, cave women, Neanderthal, Troglodyte!"-the groove fades in. and Castor begins the wild and woolly tale of primitive love. It's funny, menacing, and funkier than anything that had come before it.-{seventies dance music page}