Motor City Madman Ted Nugent got his start shredding guitar for Detroit garage rockers the Amboy Dukes.
He has sold 30 million records since he first started making music under his own name in the mid '70s.
These days, Nugent is best known for his political views,
In April of 1968, the Amboy Dukes released of one of the era's most definitive singles, 'Journey To The Center Of The Mind.' The song perfectly captured that bridge between psychedelia and the emerging harder-edged sounds.
The train just keeps a ‘rollin on ‘The Midwest Rock ‘N Roll Express’ tour, featuring the triple bill of Styx, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent. The classic rock collective that earned a prominent spot on our ‘Must-See Rock Concerts of 2013’ list recently made a pit stop in Springfield, Mass. on April 23. Check out our photos from the show below.
Ted Nugent, Styx and REO Speedwagon retold the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears Sunday night (April 21) in Toledo, Ohio -- each striking a different balance between well-rehearsed craft and spontaneity.
Classic rockers Styx and REO Speedwagon -- along with tour mate Ted Nugent -- have come to the rescue once again. The heartland rockers will donate a portion of the proceeds from their current Midwest Rock 'N' Roll Express tour to victims of the recent Boston Marathon bombings.
The best Ted Nugent songs will be with us long after any controversy over his political views or latest inflammatory quotes have faded away. In a recording career that has lasted nearly 50 years now,
On April 14, 2012, while speaking at an NRA Convention in St. Louis, Mo., Ted Nugent declared that he would be "either dead or in jail by this time next year" If President Obama was re-elected.
"Every hateful statement ever made about me is a dirty lie."
Even as Ted Nugent gears up for the next tour, he's getting started on a long-awaited new studio effort -- the Motor City Madman's first since 2007's 'Love Grenade.'
Rocker Ted Nugent, who by his own proclamation has less than two months to live (at least as a free man), has named his upcoming summer tour Black Power 2013 to honor the African-American musical heroes that inspired him. In a column at World Net Daily, Nugent explains how he is standing up for blacks, and how Democrats and President Obama are "a clear and present engineer of the destruction of black America."
