Ted Nugent

The gun-toting, drug-free, big game hunter released his second record in 1976. A then-unknown Meat Loaf provides vocals for several tracks and, as always, the Nuge plays the guitar like it's been fused to his nervous system. Even though best song ever, "Great White Buffalo," is not here, the James Gang-ing title cut is one of his all-time greats.

His hair is well past shoulder length and uncombed, let alone styled. He wears a headband,
an animal-tooth necklace and suspenders beneath his open shirt, which is adorned with
leather fringe. Ted Nugent dresses the same way he did in 1968. He also plays guitar the
same way -- with a vengeance. Roughly a decade ago, Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes
emerged from the Midwest playing thunderous rock which knew no discipline a... More >

Side one is well-wrought heavy metal--tensile and clever, reminiscent of Deke Leonard only clearer. Side two is the usual frantic melodrama. (Grade - B-)