He was one of the pioneers of using distortion with his bass to help it cut through the mix with the low-powered amps of his time which also imparted a very sharp-edged sound to it.

[5] Vanilla Fudge was formed by Tim Bogert along with Mark Stein, Vince Martell, and Carmine Appice.

[citation needed] In 1970, Bogert formed the hard rock band Cactus[6] with drummer Carmine Appice, guitarist Jim McCarty and lead vocalist Rusty Day.

In late 1975, he played bass guitar on Bo Diddley's The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll all-star album.

Bogert then joined up with Bobby and the Midnites,[7] a musical side project assembled by guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead.

In 2000 Bogert and Carmine Appice formed the power trio DBA with Rick Derringer and toured with Vanilla Fudge.

[9][10][11][12][13] In early 2014, Bogert joined hard rock band Hollywood Monsters, where he played on the album Big Trouble (on three tracks) which was released in 2014 on Mausoleum Records.