I ka makahiki 1989, ua hui ka honua i ka hui mele ʻo Damn Yankees. ʻO ka hui kaulana loa i komo pū me:
- ʻO Tommy Shaw - kīkā kani, nā leo
- ʻO Jake Blades - kīkā bass, nā leo
- ʻO Ted Nugent - ke kīkā alakaʻi, nā leo
- ʻO Michael Cartellon - percussion, backing vocals
Moolelo o na lala bana
ʻO Ted Nugent
ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻokumu o ka hui i hānau ʻia ʻo Dekemaba 13, 1948 ma Detroit. Mai ka papa 1, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Ted e hoʻokani i ke kīkā, ma muli o kona aloha i ka rock and roll. Ma waena o 1960 a me 1964 Ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i kekahi mau pūʻulu kamaʻāina, he mau hana hale kaʻa kēia.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, neʻe ka ʻohana i Chicago, kahi i hoʻokumu ai ʻo Ted Nugent i ka The Amboy Dukes i ka makahiki 1966. Mai ka makahiki 1967 a i ka makahiki 1973 ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i ʻehā mau moʻolelo lōʻihi, i kaulana loa.
Ua hoʻololi ka hui i ko lākou inoa iā Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes. Ua pūlima ka hui i ʻaelike me Franck Zapp a hoʻopaʻa i ʻelua mau mele kaulana ʻole. Mai ka makahiki 1975, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Ted Nugent i kāna ʻoihana solo.
Ua loaʻa i kāna mau longplays ke kūlana o "gula" a me "platinum". Akā, ua hoʻohauʻoli nui ʻo ia i ka poʻe i kāna mau ʻaha mele. Ua puka mai ʻo Ted i nā ʻaʻahu o ka poʻe kahiko, nā Inikini, nā mea kaua.
Ua hele ʻo Nugent i ka huakaʻi ma 1981 a hoʻopaʻa i ʻekolu album, akā ʻaʻole lākou i kūleʻa. Ua kaulana wale ʻo ia ma nā hōʻike televise a me nā hui hui like ʻole. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Ted i kekahi mau manawa no ka moe kolohe me nā keiki liʻiliʻi.
ʻOiai ʻo Courtney Love i puka mai me kahi ʻōlelo ua moe ʻo ia me ka mea hoʻokani pila. ʻO ka mea hoʻokani pila pono'ī i ka hōʻike hōʻikeʻike "On the Other Side of Music" i hōʻoia i kēia, akā ma hope ua hōʻole i kāna mau ʻōlelo.
ʻO Jake Blades
Hānau ʻia ʻApelila 24, 1954. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ia no ka hui ʻo Night Ranger, kahi ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokani bass a me kekahi o nā leo leo. Ua haki ka hui.
Tommy Shaw
Ua hānau ʻia kēia lālā hui ma ka lā 11 o Kepakemapa, 1953 ma Montgomery. I ka makahiki 10, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia i kahi hui pā a mai ia manawa ua hoʻopili ʻo ia i kona ola me ke mele.
Ua loaʻa iā ia ka kaulana ma ka hui ʻo Styx, kahi i hoʻokani ai ʻo ia i ke kīkā, akā kākau pū kekahi i nā mele. I ka makahiki 1984, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka pūʻali i ka neʻe ʻana o ka pūʻali i kahi alakaʻi keaka. Ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi ʻoihana solo, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēlā me kēia album hou.
Michael Cartellon
Ua hānau ʻia ka mea hoʻokani pahu o ka hui ma Iune 7, 1962 ma Cleveland. Ua male ʻo ia.
Ka hana ʻana o ka Damn Yankees
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā mea hoʻokani pila kaulana ʻo Ted Nugent, Jake Blades, Tommy Shaw a me Michael Cartellon i ka Damn Yankees i ka makahiki 1989. ʻO ka mea hana o ka hui ʻo ia ʻo Ron Nevison kaulana.
ʻO ke ala hana o ka Damn Yankees
I ka makahiki 1990, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou album mua ʻo The Damn Yankees, i hele pālua i ka platinum. Ua kākau ʻia ke mele alakaʻi o ka album e Jake Blades. Ua piʻi ka mele "Coming of Age" i ka helu 60 ma ka US Top 100 a me ka helu 1 ma nā palapala lekiō AOR. A kaulana loa ke mele ʻo Tommy Shaw Come Again a loaʻa i ka hoʻololi ākea ma AOR.
ʻO ka puʻupuʻu kaulana loa o ka hui, ʻo High Enough, ua hiki i ka #3 ma ka US Top 100, ua loaʻa i ka hoʻololi koʻikoʻi, a me #2 ma nā palapala lekiō AOR.
ʻOiai ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kiʻi holoʻokoʻa o Ted Nugent ma ke ʻano o "unbridled savage", ua loaʻa i ke mele High Enough kahi leo pop-rock ʻoi aʻe a lilo ʻo ia ke mele kumu mua mai ka ʻumi kiʻekiʻe.
Ua ʻike ʻia nā mele o ka album mua i ka nui o Hollywood blockbusters o ka manawa - Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Nothing But Trouble and The Take of Beverly Hills.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kā lākou "hanau mua", hele nā kāne e lanakila i nā piko o ka honua, a hoʻokahi makahiki a me ka hapa. I ka manawa like, ua kokoke e hoʻomaka ke kaua ʻo Persian Gulf, no laila, ma kā lākou hana ʻana, ua wehe a hāpai ka hui i nā hae ʻAmelika, ua hoʻopuka nā mea mele i nā ʻōlelo aloha ʻāina.
I ka makahiki 1992, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou album ʻelua, ʻo Don't Tread, i lilo i gula wale nō. ʻO ka moʻolelo hoʻokahi, i hana ʻia e Jack Blades, i hoʻokani ʻia ma ka ʻOlumepika o Barcelona a kaulana loa.
Mai kēia moʻolelo, ua lilo ʻo Mister Please and The You Goin' Now i mea kaulana i ka honua, a ua lilo ka hit The Silence is Broken i poʻo inoa no ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Nowhere to Run (1993). Ua hoʻokani ʻo Jean-Claude Van Damme i ke poʻo inoa. Ma hope o ka huakaʻi pōkole, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kāna mau hana.
Hana ma hope o ka hoʻomaha
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Tommy Shaw lāua ʻo Jake Blades i ka hana ma ka album Hallucination. Ua hoʻi hou ʻo Ted Nugent me kāna papahana hoʻokahi. A ma hope iki mai, hui hou ka poʻe mele me kā lākou mau pūʻulu kahiko.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Damn Yankees ma 1998 e hana me Portrait Records a hoʻāʻo e hoʻopaʻa i kahi moʻolelo hou. Akā, ua makemake nui ʻo Shaw lāua ʻo Blades i kā lāua hana ma nā hui ʻo Styx a me Night Ranger a pono ke pani ʻia no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. He hopena maikaʻi ʻole ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka laina i nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana, a ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke album. I ka makahiki 2002, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā hits, Esentials. I ka makahiki 2007, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Ted Nugent ua loaʻa ʻo ia i ka nalo lohe.
Damn Yankees i kēia lā
Ua pau ka noho ana o ka hui. ʻO Michael Cartellon me Lynyrd Skynyrd mai 1999.
ʻAʻole hōʻole ka poʻe hui ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke pāʻani hou. I kēia manawa, hauʻoli nā mea pā mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua i nā mele kahiko i "huhū" i nā palapala o nā lekiō.
