Ted Nugent

With bandmembers coming and going at an alarming rate, Nugent remained the only constant member — eventually officially changing the band’s name to Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes by the ’70s, and issuing 1971’s Survival of the Fittest, 1973’s Call of the Wild, and 1974’s Tooth, Fang & Claw. By the mid-’70s, Nugent decided to finally ditch the Amboy Dukes name and set out on his own, assembling a first-rate backing band. By the release of 1977’s Cat Scratch Fever (which spawned the hit single title track), Nugent and his band was one of the top rock bands in the U.S. — storming the charts and selling out arenas coast to coast. Nugent continued to tour and crank out albums throughout the ’80s.. By the end of the decade, Nugent joined the rock supergroup Damn Yankees (joining former Night Ranger bassist/singer Jack Blades, former Styx guitarist/singer Tommy Shaw, and drummer Michael Cartellone) — resulting in the quartet’s self-titled debut in 1990, which became a surprise hit due to their Top Ten power ballad, ‘High Enough.’ In addition to music, Nugent has gotten involved in politics, hosting a number one morning radio show in Detroit, has run his own hunting camp and issues instructional videotapes (as well as the Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild PBS video series), owns his own hunting supply store, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association.