Ted Nugent : Ted Nugent

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GOTTA START LOW...

 Ted Nugent

 is the 

debut 

studio album

 by American

 Rock musician

 Ted Nugent 

The album was 

released in 

September 1975

 by Epic Records. 

It was Nugent's 

first release 

after the disbanding 

of his former group, 

The Amboy Dukes.

BACKGROUND

Tired of 

The Amboy Dukes' 

lack of 

effort and discipline, 

Nugent decided he

 had enough 

and left

 the group. 

He took a 

three-month vacation 

(his first ever) 

clearing his head 

in the 

Colorado wilderness, 

spending his time 

deer hunting 

and enjoying 

the outdoors. 

Renewed, 

Nugent returned to

 civilization in search 

of a new direction 

and a new band.

 Joining him 

in the 

Ted Nugent Band 

were former

 Amboy Duke

 Rob Grange

 on bass, 

along with 

Cliff Davies 

(ex-If) 

on drums 

and finally, 

from a local 

Michigan band

 called 

Scott 

which had opened

 for the Dukes 

previously, 

a singer/guitarist

 named 

Derek St. Holmes.

The new group

 hit the road 

and then the studio, 

forming the songs 

which would send

 their first album 

into the Billboard

 Top 30 

and into 

the multi-platinum range. 

The first track,

 "Stranglehold", 

would set the stage

 for Nugent's career:

 an eight-minute

 plus guitar attack 

with vocals by 

St. Holmes

 and Nugent, 

a long solo

 played on

 Nugent's 

Gibson Byrdland 

guitar 

recorded in 

one take

 and a unique

 phase bass 

guitar effect 

by Grange. 

St. Holmes' 

sang tracks such as

 "Queen of the Forest",

 "Hey Baby", 

"Just What the Doctor Ordered" 

and

 "Snakeskin Cowboys", 

the latter featuring an 

8-string Hagström 

bass 

played by Grange, 

which would prove 

to be staples of

 the band's 

concert tours 

for years to come.

 "Motor City Madhouse" 

is an ode to 

Ted's hometown 

of Detroit.

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