The Amboy Dukes



























The Amboy Dukes
Origin
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres


  • Psychedelic rock

  • acid rock

  • hard rock

  • garage rock

  • proto-punk
Years active 1964–1975
Labels


  • Mainstream

  • Polydor

  • DiscReet
Past members
Ted Nugent
Dave Palmer
Steve Farmer
John Drake
Rick Lober
Bill White
Greg Arama
Andy Solomon
Rusty Day
K.J. Knight
Rob Ruzga
Rob Grange
Andy Jezowski
Vic Mastrianni
Gabriel Magno
Butch Giese

The Amboy Dukes were an American rock band formed in 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, and later based in Detroit, Michigan.[1] They are known for their one hit single "Journey to the Center of the Mind". The band's name comes from the title of a novel by Irving Shulman. In the UK the group's records were released under the name of The American Amboy Dukes because of the existence of a British group with the same name.[citation needed]


The band went through a number of personnel changes during its active years, the only constant being lead guitarist and composer Ted Nugent. The band transitioned to being Nugent's backing band before he discontinued the name in 1975. The group contributed to the foundations of heavy metal and progressive rock. The group's primary genres were psychedelic rock,[2][3]acid rock[4][5] and hard rock.[6][7]




Contents






  • 1 Origins


  • 2 Band line-ups


    • 2.1 1967


    • 2.2 1968


    • 2.3 1969


    • 2.4 1970


    • 2.5 1971


    • 2.6 1972


    • 2.7 1973


    • 2.8 1974


    • 2.9 Timeline




  • 3 Later happenings


  • 4 2009 Reunion


  • 5 Discography


    • 5.1 Albums


    • 5.2 Singles


    • 5.3 Other releases




  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Origins


Ted Nugent, the nucleus of The Amboy Dukes, was born and raised in Detroit and started performing in 1958 at age 10. He played in a group called The Royal High Boys from 1960 to 1962 and later in group named The Lourds, where he first met future Amboy Dukes lead vocalist John Drake. Nugent played with The Lourds until his family moved to Illinois, where he founded The Amboy Dukes[8] in the Chicago area in 1964,[9] playing at The Cellar, in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, among other venues.[10] They later relocated to Nugent's hometown of Detroit. The members included the following:




  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar)

  • Bob Lehnert (vocalist) - who released a single "Better Than Today" with the band Acrobat in 1972.

  • Gary Hicks (guitar, vocals)

  • Dick Treat (bass, vocals)

  • Gail Uptadale (drums)


The above lineup did not release any recordings. Nugent's early guitar playing style with his signature Gibson Byrdland positioned high on his chest became an iconic playing style that visually differentiated him from other players. He combined this with his natural virtuosity and frenzied playing style on lead, adding a sonic differentiation to his unusual visual approach. This gave him an edge as a performance artist. Nugent's appreciation for his guitar inspired him to compose the song "Flight of the Byrd," which was released as a single and as part of their most popular album, Journey to the Center of the Mind.



Band line-ups


The following are lists of band member line-ups that received credits on officially released studio albums. Members who may have played with the band at live dates between albums are not included, with the exception of the 1972 band members:



1967


After a band shuffle for signing a deal with Mainstream Records of New York City, the band members who released their debut album, The Amboy Dukes, were:



  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar, vocals)

  • John Drake (vocals) ex-The Lourds


  • Steve Farmer (guitar, vocals) ex-The Gang

  • Dave Palmer (drums) ex-The Galaxy Five, ex-The Citations


  • Rick Lober (keyboards)

  • Bill White (bass, vocals)



1968


Journey to the Center of the Mind saw another member line-up:



  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar, vocals)

  • John Drake (vocals)

  • Steve Farmer (guitar, vocals)

  • Dave Palmer (drums)

  • Andy Solomon (organ, piano, vocals) ex-The Apostles

  • Greg Arama (bass) ex-The Gang



1969


Migration saw another line-up:



  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar, vocals)

  • Steve Farmer (guitar, vocals)

  • Dave Palmer (drums)

  • Andy Solomon (keyboards, sax, vocals)

  • Greg Arama (bass)


  • Rusty Day (vocals, harmonica) pre-Cactus



1970


Marriage on the Rocks/Rock Bottom saw another line-up:



  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar, vocals)

  • Dave Palmer (drums)

  • Andy Solomon (keyboards, vocals)

  • Greg Arama (bass)



1971


Survival of the Fittest Live was recorded using the following lineup. With only original member Nugent remaining, the band name changed to Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes:



  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar, vocals)

  • Andy Solomon (keyboards, vocals)

  • K.J. Knight (drums, vocals) ex-The Day & Night Dealers Blues Band

  • Rob Ruzga (bass) ex-The Day & Night Dealers Blues Band



1972


In 1972, the band was in between record contracts and had two lineups that year:


Early summer lineup:



  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar, vocals)

  • Dave Gilbert (lead vocals)

  • Bill White (bass)

  • Keith Johnstone (drums)


Late summer lineup:



  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar, vocals)

  • John Angelos (lead vocals, harmonica)

  • Rob Grange (bass)

  • Joe Vitale (drums, piano, flute)


This version of the band recorded some demos at Criteria studios in Florida, but they were never released.



1973


Call of the Wild saw another line-up:



  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar, percussion, vocals)


  • Rob Grange (bass, vocals, arrangements, composer)

  • Vic Mastrianni (drums, vocals)

  • Andy Jezowski (vocals)

  • Gabriel Magno (flute, keyboards)



1974


Tooth Fang & Claw saw the group's final lineup, carrying over most of the members from the previous album:



  • Ted Nugent (lead guitar, percussion, vocals)

  • Rob Grange (bass, vocals, arrangements, composer)

  • Vic Mastrianni (drums, percussion, vocals)

  • Andy Jezowski (vocals)


Liner notes also credit a “Rev. Atrocious Theodocius,” who was not a real person, on guitar and vocals.



Timeline






Later happenings


Nugent went on to have a successful solo career in the 1970s and joined the Damn Yankees supergroup in the late 1980s. Since the 2000s, Nugent (although continuing his rock career) has been a prominent activist, both for hunting and for conservative politics.


Vocalist Rusty Day joined The Detroit Wheels, replacing Mitch Ryder as lead vocalist. Under Day, that band was renamed "Detroit;" it disbanded in 1974. He then returned to his previous band, Cactus, in 1976, playing with them until 1979. After turning down offers to front AC/DC and Lynyrd Skynyrd after the deaths of those bands' respective lead singers, Day was shot dead in 1982.


Bassist Rob Grange gelled with Nugent on the last two Dukes albums and went forward with him to help create the first four platinum albums of Nugent's solo career.


Bassist Greg Arama died in 1979.[citation needed]


Steve Farmer currently teaches in Redford Township, Michigan. He also performs with backing bands at various venues in and around the Detroit area.


Rick Lober is a classically trained composer best known in the greater Detroit metro area for his frenetic style of keyboard playing. Since the early 1990s, he has been in and out of the studio, appearing as performer/songwriter on the Steve Farmer CD Journey to the Darkside of the Mind (Saint Thomas Records, STP0069) completed in 2000. He is currently working in the studio and performing live with local Detroit rock legend Jeffrey Faust and his band "The Woodsman", which performs throughout Michigan and Canada.


In 2008, the Amboy Dukes were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. [11]



2009 Reunion


The original Amboy Dukes (featuring Nugent, Drake, Farmer, Lober, Salomon and White) performed April 17, 2009 at the Detroit Music Awards at The Fillmore Detroit. Their performance began with the song "Baby Please Don't Go", from their 1967 debut single. Followed by "Journey to the Center of the Mind", and ending with Mitch Ryder's "Jenny Take A Ride" (featuring original Ryder drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek). In recognition of the band's contribution to rock music history, they received a Distinguished Achievement award. As the band left the stage, Nugent thanked all his fellow band members and told the crowd "And everyone knows that The Amboy Dukes are the ultimate garage band on planet earth".[12]



Discography



Albums




















































Date of Official Release
Title
Label
US Chart
1967
The Amboy Dukes
 Mainstream S/6104
 183
1968
Journey to the Center of the Mind
 Mainstream S/6112
 74
1969
Migration
 Mainstream S/6118
 no chart
1970
Marriage on the Rocks/Rock Bottom
 Polydor 24-4012
 191
1971
Survival of the Fittest Live
 Polydor 24-4035
 129
1974
Call of the Wild
 DiscReet DS 2181
 no chart
1974
Tooth Fang & Claw
 DiscReet DS 2203
 no chart


Singles




























































Date of Official Release
Title
Label
US Chart
Can Chart
1967
Baby Please Don't Go/Psalms of Aftermath
 Mainstream 676
 106
 no chart
1968
Journey to the Center of the Mind/Mississippi Murderer
 Mainstream 684
 16
 19
1968
You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire/Scottish Tea
 Mainstream 693
 114
 no chart
1969
Prodigal Man/Good Natured Emma
 Mainstream 700
 no chart
 no chart
1969
For His Namesake/Loaded For Bear
 Mainstream 704
 no chart
 no chart
1969
Flight of the Byrd/Ivory Castles
 Mainstream 711
 no chart
 no chart
1974
Sweet Revenge/Ain't It the Truth
 DiscReet 1199
 no chart
 no chart


Other releases




  • The Best of the Original Amboy Dukes - released after The Amboy Dukes left Mainstream Records (Mainstream S/6125) in 1969, failed to chart.


  • Journeys and Migrations - Mainstream compilation double lp with songs of first 3 Amboy Dukes albums on Mainstream Records (Mainstream 801 - 2 Record Set) in 1973. (no doubles with the Dr. Slingshot compilation)


  • Dr. Slingshot - Mainstream compilation with songs of the 1st and 3rd Amboy Dukes albums on Mainstream Records (Mainstream 414) in 1974. (no doubles with the Journeys and Migration compilation)


  • Journey To The Darkside of The Mind, released in 2000, saw a rebirth of The Amboy Dukes by Steve Farmer and original keyboardist Rick Lober, sans Ted Nugent (Saint Thomas Records STP 0069) - didn't chart.

  • Two early songs featuring Drake on lead vocals and composition by Farmer/Nugent have been released as bonus tracks on various compact disc releases. They are titled J.B. Special and Sobbin' In My Mug of Beer and show the high energy of the first group that recorded as The Amboy Dukes. There are two different versions of J.B. Special, a shorter version clocking around 2:21 is quicker tempo with additional lyrics and is titled "alternate version". A more polished and slower tempo version clocks in around 2:33. It was recorded as a follow up single to their first album but not released at the time. Sobbin' In My Mug of Beer is a record label audition predating the first album sessions.



References





  1. ^ https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268961/ted-nugent-reuniting-amboy-dukes-for-detroit-music-awards


  2. ^ Phillips, William (2008). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 23. ISBN 978-0313348006..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Chapman, Roger (2009). Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints and Voices. M. E. Sharpe. p. 482. ISBN 978-0765617613.


  4. ^ Nagelberg, Kenneth M. (2001). "Acid Rock". In Browne, Ray Broadus; Browne, Pat. The Guide to United States Popular Culture. Popular Press. p. 8.


  5. ^ Hoffmann, Frank, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. pp. 1497, 1725. ISBN 0-415-93835-X.


  6. ^ Talevski, Nick (2006). Rock Obituaries - Knocking On Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-1846090912.


  7. ^ Greene, Doyle. The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics. McFarland & Company. p. 62. ISBN 978-0786478095.


  8. ^ Bruno Ceriotti (2010-08-26). "Rock Prosopography 102: The Amboy Dukes Family Tree – Shows List". Rockprosopography102.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.


  9. ^ "Ted Nugent Discusses Amboy Dukes Reunion On WBSX-97.9X". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2009.


  10. ^ [1][dead link]


  11. ^ https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/96-amboy-dukes


  12. ^ "Nugent's Amboy Dukes Reunite After 30 Years". Retrieved 18 July 2009.




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External links







  • classicbands.com

  • Motorcitymusicarchives.com

  • The recording of Survival of the fittest


  • The Amboy Dukes at Chrome Oxide










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