DAMN YANKEES
''DON'T TREAD''
1992
52:43
01 - Don't Tread On Me/5:06
02 - Fifteen Minutes Of Fame/4:46
03 - Where You Goin' Now/4:37
04 - Dirty Dog/4:49
05 - Mister Please/4:16
06 - Silence Is Broken/4:58
07 - Firefly/4:54
08 - Someone To Believe/4:53
09 - This Side Of Hell/3:56
10 - Double Coyote/4:41
11 - Uprising/5:28
All Tracks By Jack Blades, Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw
Greg Adams /Arranger, Conductor
Jack Blades /Bass, Vocals
Robbie Buchanan /Keyboards
Paul Buckmaster /Conductor, String Arrangements
Michael Cartellone /Drums
Neverleave Bros. /Vocals (Background)
Ron Nevison /Producer
Ted Nugent /Guitar, Vocals
Tommy Shaw /Guitar, Vocals
Tower of Power Horn Section
Andy Udoff /Overdubs
REVIEW
By Gary Hill
Sometimes the whole is less than the sum of its parts. Such is the case with Damn Yankees, a group that should have been so much better than it was. When you have a band including such hard rock heroes as Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw (Styx), and Jack Blades (Night Ranger), you really expect something special. This album, Damn Yankees' second, shows the band falling even shorter from those expectations than on its debut. The songwriting just never seems to gel: The majority of the material feels like each member wrote a part and then they just tried to stick the various pieces into one assembly. The result is not really bad, and there are some shining moments. It's just that one would think that this group would be capable of so much more. Interestingly enough, with all this talent, the brightest moments of the album are the ones that are trademark Nugent.
BIOGRAPHY
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
For a brief time in the early '90s, the supergroup Damn Yankees enjoyed a considerable amount of success on the arena rock circuit. Comprised of guitarist Ted Nugent, Styx's Tommy Shaw, Night Ranger's Jack Blades, and drummer Michael Cartellone, Damn Yankees arrived during the final moments of pop-metal's heyday, and their music didn't stray from that radio-friendly format at all. The group's self-titled debut album spawned several hits in 1990, including the Top Ten power ballad "High Enough" and the radio hit "Coming of Age." Although they proved to be a popular concert draw (Nugent even made headlines for his unchained behavior on-stage, which included shooting arrows into an effigy of Saddam Hussein), the band's follow-up effort, Don't Tread, didn't fare nearly as well. The group disbanded soon after, with Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades continuing to work together as Shaw Blades.
''DON'T TREAD''
1992
52:43
01 - Don't Tread On Me/5:06
02 - Fifteen Minutes Of Fame/4:46
03 - Where You Goin' Now/4:37
04 - Dirty Dog/4:49
05 - Mister Please/4:16
06 - Silence Is Broken/4:58
07 - Firefly/4:54
08 - Someone To Believe/4:53
09 - This Side Of Hell/3:56
10 - Double Coyote/4:41
11 - Uprising/5:28
All Tracks By Jack Blades, Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw
Greg Adams /Arranger, Conductor
Jack Blades /Bass, Vocals
Robbie Buchanan /Keyboards
Paul Buckmaster /Conductor, String Arrangements
Michael Cartellone /Drums
Neverleave Bros. /Vocals (Background)
Ron Nevison /Producer
Ted Nugent /Guitar, Vocals
Tommy Shaw /Guitar, Vocals
Tower of Power Horn Section
Andy Udoff /Overdubs
REVIEW
By Gary Hill
Sometimes the whole is less than the sum of its parts. Such is the case with Damn Yankees, a group that should have been so much better than it was. When you have a band including such hard rock heroes as Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw (Styx), and Jack Blades (Night Ranger), you really expect something special. This album, Damn Yankees' second, shows the band falling even shorter from those expectations than on its debut. The songwriting just never seems to gel: The majority of the material feels like each member wrote a part and then they just tried to stick the various pieces into one assembly. The result is not really bad, and there are some shining moments. It's just that one would think that this group would be capable of so much more. Interestingly enough, with all this talent, the brightest moments of the album are the ones that are trademark Nugent.
BIOGRAPHY
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
For a brief time in the early '90s, the supergroup Damn Yankees enjoyed a considerable amount of success on the arena rock circuit. Comprised of guitarist Ted Nugent, Styx's Tommy Shaw, Night Ranger's Jack Blades, and drummer Michael Cartellone, Damn Yankees arrived during the final moments of pop-metal's heyday, and their music didn't stray from that radio-friendly format at all. The group's self-titled debut album spawned several hits in 1990, including the Top Ten power ballad "High Enough" and the radio hit "Coming of Age." Although they proved to be a popular concert draw (Nugent even made headlines for his unchained behavior on-stage, which included shooting arrows into an effigy of Saddam Hussein), the band's follow-up effort, Don't Tread, didn't fare nearly as well. The group disbanded soon after, with Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades continuing to work together as Shaw Blades.
