Damn Yankees - Don't Tread
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Artist: Damn YankeesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-06-10
Music Label: Collectables
Soundtracks:
- Dont Tread On Me
- Fifteen Minutes Of Fame
- Where You Goin Now
- Dirty Dog
- Mister Please
- Silence Is Broken
- Firefly
- Someone To Believe
- This Side Of Hell
- Double Coyote
- Uprising
Music reviews of Don't Tread
Music Review: Better songs than debut but not necessarily the best songs recorded by the band.
Rating: 5 Stars
Most supergroups are destined to fail due to the intractable egos of the various stars that never fully align within the universe of the group. DAMN YANKEES is not one of those failed supergroups.
DAMN YANKEES debut was a creation of a band still defining itself with three very successful front men having joined forces after decades of playing. However, after more than 2 years of immensely successful touring and a multi-platinum hit album under their rock and roll belts, the band found its identity and went into the studio to record their superior follow up album.
For those who like more cheese in their pop rock, the eponymous debut is more to their liking. Fans who appreciate more intelligence, more blues, more originality within their rock and roll are more appreciative of the sophomore release DON'T TREAD.
The lead track DON'T TREAD ON ME starts the album on a free for all fun ride of machismo (relational and nationalism) with a very powerful guitar bite that carries the song throughout.
DOUBLE COYOTE is a rolicking blues twanged (much more than tinged) rocker with a humorous bent from Tommy, while MISTER PLEASE is a pleasurable psychological nightmare from Jack Blades. SOMEONE TO BELEIVE and SILENCE IS BROKEN are laments from Tommy written from the perspective of a man struggling with the break up (and subsequent divorce) of a long relationship. THIS SIDE OF HELL is an anthemic hard rocker (maybe even a head banger) with lines as hillarious and self-effacing as can be found from a rock supergroup - "I'm in over my head/ why can't I be like Ted?/ I'm living this side of hell." UPRISING is one of those heart wrenching hard rockers that makes one grab hold and hang on for a roller coaster of a ride in which Ted Nugent writes and sings about the plight of the independent Native American/ American.
FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME and WHERE YOU GOIN' NOW (a feeble attempt to follow HIGH ENOUGH into the stratosphere of pop hits) are the weakest tracks on the album.
Many reviewers remark about Ted being the lead guitarist and about the lack of lyrical credibility. But neither could be farther from the truth. Tommy and Ted trade off lead work nearly by halves (with Tommy playing lead parts on the left channel and Ted playing lead parts on the right channel.) Ted performs most of the center channel/ multi-channel leads while Tommy plays the acoustic, dobro and slide guitars as lead and rhythm instruments. Long-time followers of Ted Nugent and long time fans of Tommy Shaw equally mis-identify the lead guitarists as the band intended, as the two interplay and often simply mimic one another in styles and tones.
While I beleive the two best DAMN YANKEES songs ever recorded are found on their debut (COME AGAIN and MYSTIFIED), I thoroughly appreciate the vast superiority of DON'T TREAD over DAMN YANKEES. The songs are more sophisticated, better played (maybe not as flawlessly mixed and mastered) and the band is truly enjoying the music much more than on the first (and they had a lot of fun on the first one.)
This foursome truly created a band, that while non-musical personalities may clash, that when the music starts everyone has a rollicking good time and enjoys sharing the numerous spotlights with the other band mates. Ted Nugent is not one who has been known for relinquishing center stage, but he thoroughly enjoys recording with and performing with, Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades. And Mike Carteollone is simply too easy going to not fit in with the others like the younger brother of every family.
As much as I am a fan of Tommy's solo work (and prefer the music of STYX more than DAMN YANKEES), I cannot stand this seemingly eternal wait for another DAMN YANKEES album and tour. Tommy is long overdue in displaying his penchant for blues, hard rock and simple carefree fun.
As for those who discredit this album... "Don't you dare, don't you tread on me..."
Description of Don't Tread
Fans of powerful rock riffs, melodic fist-pumping ballads and heavy harmonies got yanked to the max in 1990 when Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw (vocalist/guitarist of Styx), Jack Blades (vocalist/bassist/songwriter of Night Ranger) and drummer Michael Carellone joined forces to form the super group Damn Yankees. This CD is a reissue of their second (and final) album, originally released on the Warner Bros. record label in 1992. When released, the album peaked as high as #22 on the Billboard 200 chart, and spawned a number of charting singles, including the title track and "Where You Goin' Now," "Silence Is Broken" and "Mister Please."Classic Rock CDs
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