Never heard of it. As far as I know, he’s a one-hit wonder.
A pre-Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf sang lead on a few songs on one of his early albums. I used to like that one.
The only thing Nuge-related I can still enjoy these days is Motorhead’s cover of Cat Scratch Fever, because it’s a better performance all over and Lemmy (RIP) changed the lyrics to make it even filthier.
“Cat Scratch Fever” was his only single, as a solo artist, to crack the top 40 (#30 in 1977). However:
- He was guitarist for the Amboy Dukes, whose “Journey to the Center of the Mind” reached #16 in 1968
- He was a member of the early ‘90s supergroup Damn Yankees, which had two top-40 songs: “High Enough” (#3) and "Where You Goin’ Now" (#20)
In 1968, Nugent was with a band called the Amboy Dukes. They had one hit single, “Journey to the Center of The Mind,” which made it to #16 on the Billboard chart. I actually have the album. I’m sorry to say that “Journey” was a damn good rockin’ single, a great example of what I would call a “psychedelic relic” when I played it on the radio.
I haven’t listened to the album in more than 50 years, so I don’t recall what the rest of it sounded like.
There was “Wango Tango” in 1980, but it only got as far as #86 on the Billboard Hot 100.
His discography on Wikipedia lists seven singles which reached the Hot 100, between 1976 and 1980, but “Cat Scratch Fever” was the only one that made it into the top 40.
The Ramones’ cover is solid.
I did not know that. 
When I was in Michigan a song by Nugent was played locally by Nugent. I think the title was something like “Fred Bear” Not sure if the surname is correctly spelled. I’d never heard of the guy but I guess he was well known in the hunting community forbeing an expert bow maker. Nugent was, at the time, an avid hunter, saying there was no reason a hunter couldn’t have a pony tail.
Oh, I’m sorry. I was looking for the Trump supporters thread. I musta clicked on one about Ted Nugent instead.
LOL! All I remember is the dumb-ass videos with him swinging on a rope live. CSF was a great riff… when I was 13.
Stars and celebs who support the Cheeto-boy don’t faze me. They are more intolerant anyway.
The Irony is that the Bass line is the best thing about this great song.
Bear was/is? one of the largest archery equipment companies in the world.
I used to think about this song everytime I got constipated.
I am being serious.
So Nugent must have written the song when the guy died. I was up in Michigan 1985-1989.
Yeah, the Bowhunters Hall of Fame. Something to aspire to.
What? Creepy “Stranglehold” lyrics? Oh come off it now. Live a little!
/obvious dang snark in case anyone unsure
Road I cruise is a bitch now
You know you can’t turn me 'round
and if a house gets in my way
You know I’ll burn it down
You ran that night that you left me
You put me in my place
I got you in a stranglehold, baby
And then I crushed your face
I live near a VA outpatient health facility. Today I was walking through it’s parking lot - It’s a shortcut from the park to the beer store - and I saw a Jeep that was festooned with Trump stickers pulling out of the employee parking section. I wondered just how he was feeling about the consequences of his vote.
Trump-supporting Republican gets shouted down by Trump-supporting voters.
It’s possible, just possible, that once Trump supporters “find out” after Trump “fucks around” for a while, even they might not be happy with him.
I’d love to attend a town meeting and have some harsh words for my congressman, but this will never happen in the district in which I live. Our congressman, who was up to his eyeballs in the insurrection, never has town meetings, never responds to phone calls or emails, and has a lackey respond to questions from the press. After six terms of doing nothing for his constituents, he was re-elected anyway, by about 1.5%, and doesn’t give a sh-t about anyone who voted for his opponent.