Damn Yankees 35th- Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Ted Nugent, Michael Cartellone

The Nineties’ first supergroup Damn Yankees actually lived up to the hype and promise in their pedigrees: containing Styx singer/songwriter/guitarist Tommy Shaw, Night Ranger’s singer/songwriter Jack Blades, drummer Michael Cartellone, and whackmaster Ted Nugent, the Damn Yankees  debut in February 1990 sold a whopping two million copies of melodic rockers “Coming of Age”,”Runaway”,”Come Again”, and the soaring #3 hit single “High Enough”.

But as you’ll hear in my rowdy classic rock interview, these guys had way too much fun that is legally allowed making those, and the 1992 Damn Yankees follow up Don’t Tread.

“I’m from the Motor City,” Ted Nugent reminded us, “and we’re the ‘Murder Capital’ not because we are more violent. It’s because we are better shots!”-Redbeard