The Amboy Dukes

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The Amboy Dukes were an American rock band from Detroit , Michigan that enjoyed some success in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her biggest hit was Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968).

Band history

The name of the band was borrowed from the fictional street gang (see Amboy Dukes (gang) ), which was named after a street in Brooklyn , New York , in the novel of the same name by Irving Shulman . The original core of the band consisted of John Drake ( vocals ), Steve Farmer ( rhythm guitar ) and Ted Nugent ( lead guitar ); the rest of the cast changed often. In 1969 Rusty Day became the new singer.

The debut album was released in 1967 on Bob Shadow's label "Mainstream"; the album Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968) was the band's most successful. The single of the same name reached number 16 on the US charts . The album and single were typical examples of acid rock ; the album cover showed 50 different devices for smoking marijuana .

The following long players could not repeat the success. After a few albums under the name "Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes", the group finally broke up in the mid-1970s and Ted Nugent began a solo career.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Amboy Dukes
  US 183 02/10/1968 (4 weeks)
Journey to the Center of the Mind
  US 74 06/15/1968 (23 weeks)
Marriage on the Rocks / Rock Bottom
  US 191 03/21/1970 (2 weeks)
Survival of the Fittest Live
  US 129 03/06/1971 (5 weeks)
Singles
Journey to the Center of the Mind
  US 16 06/29/1968 (12 weeks)

Albums

  • 1967: The Amboy Dukes
  • 1968: Journey to the Center of the Mind
  • 1969: migration
  • 1970: Marriage on the Rocks - Rock Bottom ( feat.Ted Nugent )
  • 1971: Survival of the Fittest - Live (feat. Ted Nugent)
  • 1973: Call of the Wild (feat.Ted Nugent)
  • 1974: Tooth, Fang & Claw (as Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes)

Compilations

  • 1969: The Best of the Original Amboy Dukes
  • 1973: Journeys and Migrations
  • 1974: Dr. Slingshot
  • 1976: Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes (with Ted Nugent)
  • 1983: Journeys (with Ted Nugent)
  • 1987: The Ultimate Collection (with Ted Nugent)
  • 1999: Loaded for Bear: The Best of Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes (with Ted Nugent)
  • 2001: Amboy Dukes

Singles

  • 1968: Baby Please Don't Go
  • 1968: Journey to the Center of the Mind
  • 1968: You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire
  • 1969: Good Natured Emma
  • 1969: For His Namesake
  • 1974: Sweet Revenge (with Ted Nugent)
  • 1974: Free Flight (with Ted Nugent)

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: US

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