Ted Nugent

Nugent's 2005 plans include a tour with country music singer-songwriter Toby Keith, whom Nugent met in Iraq while they were both performing in USO-sponsored shows for the coalition troops. Other bands like KoRn, Dream Theater, Velvet Revolver, PROBOT, Kittie, Mushroomhead, Type O Negative, System of a Down, Stone Temple Pilots, David Bowie, Unified Theory, Class of 99 and Wyclef Jean have recorded covers of Pink Floyd. His was the #1 grossing tour act in the world in 1977, 1978, and 1979. Luther Wright and the Wrongs made a country/bluegrass version of The Wall titled Rebuild the Wall (http://www.lutherwright.com/thewall.php). Performing professionally since 1958, Nugent has been touring nonstop yearly since 1967, averaging more than 300 shows per year 67-73, 200 per year 74-80, 150 81-89, 127 concerts in 1990, 162 concerts in 1991, 150 concerts in 1993, 180 in 1994, 166 in 1995, 81 in 1996, Summer Blitz '97, '98, Rock Never Stops 99, 133 concerts on #1 Tour in the World with KISS 2K. Also Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade recorded a complete live performance of the Pink Floyd classic album, Animals on a CD titled Live Frogs Set 2 [2] (http://www.clubbastardo.com/music.html). Army and police agencies nationwide, Nugent has been a sworn Michigan Deputy Sheriff since 1980, and was a guest speaker at International Law Enforcement Convention by invitation from Director of FBI William Webster, Attorney General Edwin Meese and President Ronald Reagan. In addition, Easy Star All-Stars have recorded a reggae/trip hop 'tribute' to Dark Side of the Moon entitled Dub Side of the Moon [1] (http://www.easystar.com/dubsidemain.html).

A recipient of numerous commendations from state police, sheriff departments, FBI, DEA, U.S. They include:. Ted Nugent is an award-winning writer for over 20 publications, and author of New York Times best-seller "God, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll" (July 2000). A multitude of tribute bands for Pink Floyd appeared in the 1990s. He continues to advocate his views on personal freedom on the lecture circuit, and as Editor/Publisher of Adventure Outdoors magazine. In the mid-Nineties, several people (supposedly including Trent Reznor and Jim Cauty of the KLF) released bootleg trance remixes of More, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Obscured By Clouds, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here (which was later reissued), Animals, The Wall, A Collection of Great Dance Songs, The Final Cut, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and The Division Bell. Nugent To date, he has released over 31 recordings, and sold over 35 million albums. In fact, Thorgerson was involved in all the artwork for every album except for The Wall, for which the band employed Gerald Scarfe, and The Final Cut, the cover of which was designed by Waters himself, using photography made by his then brother-in-law, Willie Christie.

Even after moving to Texas, Ted stated in a Detroit Newspaper, he would return to run for Governor of Michigan, in the future. Many of these images have acquired fame in their own right; notably the famous picture of a man shaking the hand of his burning alter-ego for Wish You Were Here and the refracting prism for Dark Side of the Moon. Nugent continues to own his property in Concord. Throughout the band's career, this aspect was mainly provided by the talents of photographer and graphic artist Storm Thorgerson. He and his family had moved to Crawford, Texas in mid-2003. The album covers and sleeve artwork add the emotional impact of the music with vivid and meaningful imagery. However in December 2004, he announced he would officially become a resident of Texas in 2005. Integral to the music is the artwork which comes with it.

Nugent was a longtime resident of Concord, Michigan. The show is estimated to be complete by mid 2005. During filming, Nugent injured himself with a chainsaw, requiring 44 stitches and a leg brace. It is, however, unknown what will be done with the songs co-written by Gilmour (Young Lust, Comfortably Numb, and Run Like Hell). In 2004, Nugent served as host of a VH1 reality television program, Surviving Nugent: The Ted Commandments, in which city dwellers moved to Nugent's Waco, Texas compound in order to survive such "backwoods" activities as building an outhouse and skinning a boar. The broadway version will feature all of the music written by Waters. Nugent created and produced the award-winning Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild PBS video series, raising in excess of $3,000,000 for PBS affiliates nationwide. In 2004, it was announced that contracts had been signed for a Broadway musical version of The Wall, with extra music to be written by Waters.

A longtime advocate of gun ownership rights, Nugent has served since 1995 on the board of directors of The National Rifle Association (NRA), of which he is a Life Member. In 2002 Q magazine named Pink Floyd as one of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die". An outspoken pro-hunting media crusader, Nugent conducts 5 -10 prime media interviews every week. Rick Wright and Bob Geldof (Pink in The Wall film) make guest appearances. Upset that he could not participate in the hunt, Nugent vowed to never set foot again in what he described as "an idiotic country". David Gilmour released a solo concert DVD, called David Gilmour in Concert, released in November 2002 and compiled from shows from June 22, 2001, and January 17, 2002, at The Royal Festival Hall in London. An avid hunter, Ted Nugent was a frequent visitor to Canada until the government of Ontario cancelled the spring black bear hunt in 1999. The album Echoes caused some controversy because, on the album, songs segue into each other continuously in a different order than on their original albums and have sometimes had substantial parts removed from them; parts of the songs "Echoes", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Marooned" have been removed.

Attracting attention for his commentary on issues ranging from gun control to biodiversity, Nugent is a regular guest on popular programs like Larry King, Howard Stern, Politically Incorrect and Rush Limbaugh. Because the band members have gone on to work on various projects (drummer Nick Mason has written a book on his days with the band named "Inside Out" A Personal History of Pink Floyd), and because of the death of longtime manager Steve O' Rourke on October 30, 2003, the future of the band is uncertain. He also created and hosted an outdoors television show, also called Spirit of the Wild, that currently airs on The Outdoor Channel. Although rumours are spreading that the threesome Floyd have returned to the studio to make new material, there is no official news to back up any claims to date. A series of archival releases came out in the 1990s, keeping Nugent's name in the national consciousness; he also began hosting a radio show in Detroit and owns several hunting-related businesses. The only band activity since The Division Bell have been the 1995 live album P-U-L-S-E; a live version of The Wall, compiled from their 1980 and 1981 concerts, titled Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 2000; a two-disc set of their greatest hits called Echoes, in 2001; the 30th Anniversary Hybrid SACD reissue of "The Dark Side of the Moon" (2003); and a re-release of The Final Cut with the single "When the Tigers Broke Free" added (2004). Returning to his solo career, Nugent released Spirit of the Wild, his best-reviewed album in quite some time. Pink Floyd have not released any new studio material since 1994's The Division Bell, and while they have not officially broken up, neither is there any sign of a new album.

Damn Yankees (1990) was a hit, but the group which sold 5 million albums from 1990-1993 was unable to sustain any momentum. Douglas Adams was a personal friend of David Gilmour and made a one-off guest appearance, on guitar, on The Division Bell tour (October 28, 1994). Near the end of the decade, however, Nugent formed a supergroup, Damn Yankees, with Jack Blades (bass, vocals, formerly of Night Ranger), Tommy Shaw (guitar, vocals, formerly of Styx) and Michael Cartellone (drums). The lavish stage shows were also the basis for Douglas Adams' fictional rock group "Disaster Area" (creators of the loudest noise in the universe, and making use of solar-flares in their stage show) in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. During the 1980s, Nugent released a series of generally ignored albums. This show was re-created (by Waters) and a number of guest artists (including Bryan Adams, The Scorpions, and Van Morrison) assembled around Roger Waters in 1990 amid the ruins of the Berlin Wall. Double Live Gonzo (1978) furthered his fame, though personality and financial problems continued to drive band members away. Later in the show, a huge wall was built between the audience and the band, being demolished, explosively, as the finale.

Nugent had begun dressing as a caveman for live shows, which were growing more and more extravagant. Pink Floyd mounted their most elaborate stage show in conjunction with the tour of The Wall, in which a band of session musicians played the first song, wearing rubber face masks (proving successfully that the members of the band were not known for their individual personalities). Holmes returned for Cat Scratch Fever (1977); the album was another hit, as was the titular single. Later, additional special effects were added to the show, including lasers, pyrotechnics, and oversized balloons, notably a giant pig balloon which floated over the audience during performances of "Pigs" from the Animals album. Holmes' departure from the band before the recording of Free For All (1976), with Meat Loaf, then unknown, replacing him. St. Screen"). Personnel problems led to St. In their early days, Pink Floyd were among the first bands to use a dedicated traveling light show in conjunction with their performances, projecting slides, film clips, and psychedelic patterns onto a large circular screen (dubbed "Mr.

Ted Nugent was his first solo release; the album was a success among the heavy metal community. Pink Floyd are renowned for their lavish stage shows, combining over-the-top visual experiences with their music to create a show in which the artists themselves are almost secondary. Holmes (guitar, vocals), Rob Grange (bass) and Cliff Davies (drums) as his back-up. Waters' Amused To Death was the most praised of these albums, though it was met with mixed reviews. Ted Nugent dropped the band name and signed to Epic Records in 1975, with Derek St. All of the members of Pink Floyd have released solo albums which have met with varying degrees of commercial and critical success. His quote: “ but if I would have gone over there, I’d have been killed, or I’d have killed, , or I’d have killed all the Hippies in the foxholes… I would have killed everybody.”. Richard Wright re-joined during the recording sessions of A Momentary Lapse of Reason first as a session musician, paid a weekly salary, and later reinstated as a full-fledged member of the band for the 1994 release of The Division Bell and its subsequent tour, which was promoted by legendary Canadian concert impressario Michael Cohl and became the highest-grossing tour in rock history to that date.

That spectacle won Nugent a deferment, he says. The band under Gilmour returned to the studio with producer Bob Ezrin. The last ten days he ingested nothing but junk food and Pepsi, and a week before his physical he stopped using the bathroom altogether, virtually living inside pants caked with excrement and stained by his urine. A bitter legal dispute with Roger Waters (who left the band in 1985) ensued, but Gilmour and Mason were upheld in their contention that they had the legal right to continue as Pink Floyd (Waters, however, gained the rights to some traditional Pink Floyd imagery, including almost all of the Wall props and characters and all of the rights to "The Final Cut"). In an interview for the Detroit Free Press July 15, 1990, Nugent described How he avoided the Draft: He claims that 30 days before his Draft Board Physical, he stopped all forms of personal hygiene. After The Final Cut, the band members went their separate ways, each releasing solo albums, until 1987, when Gilmour and Mason began to revive the band. Nugent avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. There was no tour, and the band unofficially disbanded in 1983.

Though the group's studio recordings rarely sold well, the band managed to keep a large following. The arguing between Waters and Gilmour by this stage was rumoured to be so bad that they were never seen in the recording studio simultaneously. The Amboy Dukes (1967), Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968) and Migration (1969) sold moderately well, establishing a fan base for Nugent and the other Amboy Dukes. Personnel changes nearly wrecked the band, which became known as Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes. Only moderately successful by Floyd standards, the album yielded only one rock radio hit, "Not Now John". The Amboy Dukes' second single was "Journey to the Center of the Mind", which Nugent claimed he didn't know was about drug use. Though released as a Pink Floyd album, the project was clearly dominated by Waters and became a prototype in sound and form for later Waters solo projects. He is also a spokesman for National Field Archers Association, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Big Brothers & Big Sisters. Wright's absence meant this album lacked the keyboard effects seen in previous Floyd works, although guests Michael Kamen and Andy Bown both contributed keyboard work.

He is a national spokesman for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program (D.A.R.E.), advocating the natural highs to be found in an outdoor lifestyle, and for the past 15 years has hosted the Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids which combines a curriculum of hands-on hunting, conservation, archery, American history and a strong anti-drug message. Even darker in tone than The Wall, this album re-examined many of the themes of that album while also addressing then-current events, including Waters' anger at Britain's participation in the Falklands War ("The Fletcher Memorial Home") and his cynicism toward, and fear of, nuclear war ("Two Suns in the Sunset"). Later, he became quite popular for his right-wing beliefs and his anti-drug and anti-alcohol stances. 1983 saw the release of The Final Cut. Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948 aka the Nuge and "the Motor City Madman") is an American guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, originally gaining fame as a member of the Amboy Dukes. The creation of the film saw a further deterioration of the Waters/Gilmour relationship, as Waters came to completely dominate the band. A film entitled Pink Floyd The Wall starring Boomtown Rats founder Bob Geldof was adapted from it in 1982, written by Waters and directed by Alan Parker, and featuring striking animation by noted British cartoonist Gerald Scarfe.

The Wall remained on best-selling-album lists for 14 years. The album was co-produced by Bob Ezrin, a friend of Waters who shared songwriting credits on "The Trial" and whom Waters then kicked out of the Floyd camp after Ezrin inadvertently talked about the album to a journalist relative. Ironically, he was the only member of Pink Floyd to make any money from the "Wall" shows, the rest having to cover the excessive costs. Wright returned, on a fixed wage, for the album's few live concerts.

During this time, Waters increased his artistic influence and leadership over the band, prompting frequent conflicts with the other members and even leading to the firing of Wright from the band. The album also became a vastly expensive and money-losing tour/stage show, although the album's sales got the band out of the financial hole they were in. It is also one of a very small number of songs on Pink Floyd's first four concept albums not to segue at either the beginning or end. 1979's epic rock opera, The Wall, conceived mainly by Waters, gave Pink Floyd renewed acclaim and another hit single with their foray into critical pedagogy - "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II." It also included "Comfortably Numb," which, though never released as a single, became a cornerstone of AOR and classic-rock radio playlists and is today one of the group's best-known songs.

Animals was a lot more guitar-driven than the previous albums and marked the start of tensions between Waters and Wright. Animals contained more lengthy songs tied to a theme, taken in part from George Orwell's Animal Farm, using pigs, dogs and sheep as metaphors for members of contemporary society. By 1977, and the release of Animals, the band's music came under increasing criticism from some quarters in the new punk rock sphere as being too flabby and pretentious, having lost its way from the simplicity of early rock and roll. The album also includes the epics "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have a Cigar.".

In addition to the classic title track, "Wish You Were Here" includes the critically acclaimed, mostly instrumental nine-part "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to Barrett in which the lyrics deal explicitly with the aftermath of his breakdown. The first of those, Wish You Were Here, released in 1975, is a theme album about absence. Dark Side of the Moon and the three following albums (Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall) are held up by some fans as the peak of Pink Floyd's career. Thanks to the use of new 16-track recording equipment at Abbey Road Studios and the investment of an enormous amount of time by engineer Alan Parsons, the album set new standards for sound fidelity.

Dark Side of the Moon was a concept album dealing with themes of insanity, neurosis and fame. Despite their never having been a hit-single-driven group, their massively successful 1973 album, Dark Side of the Moon, featured a US number Top 20 track ("Money"), and more importantly remained in the top 100 for over a decade, breaking many records on the way, and making it one of the top selling albums of all time. A less-well-known album, Obscured By Clouds, was released in 1972, as the soundtrack for the film "La Vallee" and was the band's first US Top 50 album. Their taste for experimentation was expressed on "Seamus" (earlier, "Mademoiselle Nobs"), a pure-blues number featuring lead vocals by a Russian wolfhound.

This album also included the atmospheric "One of These Days" (a concert classic, with a distorted, disembodied one-line vocal, "One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces"-courtesy of drummer Nick Mason, his only released vocal performance) and the pop-jazz stylings of "San Tropez". The band's sound was considerably more focused on Meddle (1971), with the 23-minute epic "Echoes" (in this track the band used the Zinovieff's VCS3 synth for the first time) . The title piece owes much to orchestration by Ron Geesin. 1970's Atom Heart Mother, a UK number one album, is somewhat dated and has been described by Gilmour as the sound of a band "blundering about in the dark".

After the film soundtrack More, the next record, the double album Ummagumma (part recorded at Mothers Rock Club, Birmingham, and in Manchester in 1969), was a mix of live recordings and unchecked studio experimentation by the band members, with each recording half a side of vinyl as a solo project (Mason's wife makes an uncredited contribution as a flautist). Whilst Barrett had written the bulk of the first record, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), he contributed just one song 'Jugband Blues' to the second A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). Once Barrett's departure was formalised, Jenner and King decided to remain with him, and the six-way Blackhill partnership was dissolved. The band's live shows became increasingly ramshackle until, eventually, the other band members simply stopped taking him to the concerts.

With Barrett's behaviour becoming less and less predictable, and use of LSD almost constant, he became very unstable, often staring into space while the rest of the band performed. In 1968, guitarist David Gilmour joined the band to carry out the playing and singing duties of Barrett, whose mental health was deteriorating, but nevertheless was intended to remain as the band's figurehead and songwriter. The album's tracks showcase an eclectic mixture of music, from the avant garde free form piece 'Interstellar Overdrive' to whimsical songs, such as 'Scarecrow', a melancholic song inspired by the Fenlands, the rural region surrounding Barrett's home town of Cambridge. Released in 1967, the band's debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is considered to be a prime example of English psychedelic music.

The band formed Blackhill Enterprises, a six-way business partnership with their managers, Peter Jenner and Andrew King. They covered rhythm and blues staples such as "Louie, Louie". As Barrett started writing tunes more influenced by American surf music, psychedelic rock, and British whimsy, humour and literature, the heavily jazz-oriented Klose departed and left a rather stable foursome. Pink Floyd originally consisted of Bob Klose (lead guitar), Syd Barrett (vocals, rhythm guitar), Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals), Roger Waters (bass, vocals) and Nick Mason (drums). The definite article was dropped by the time their debut album was released.

The band was again renamed The Pink Floyd Sound and then simply The Pink Floyd (after two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council). Pink Floyd formed in 1964 from earlier bands whose names included Sigma 6, T-Set, Meggadeaths, The Screaming Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, and The Abdabs. Pink Floyd is one of rock's most successful acts, ranking seventh in number of albums sold worldwide. Pink Floyd is a British progressive band famous for its songwriting, harmonic classical rock compositions, bombastic style, striking album art and elaborate live shows.

Floydian Slip. Final Cut (German Band). Pink Froyd. Off The Wall (http://offthewall.info/).

Pink Void. Think Floyd. The Pink Floyd Experience. The Great Gig in the Sky.

The Machine. The Australian Pink Floyd Show. Which One's Pink? (http://whichonespink.com/). Pig Floyd http://pigfloyd.com.

For about ten years from 1982, a fanzine, "The Amazing Pudding" documented the band's activities. Live at Pompeii: Directors Cut (2003) (DVD with live performance pre-DSOTM; previously available on video cassette, laserdisc, and video CD). Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000) (live). P-U-L-S-E (1995) (2CD, live, also on VHS).

London '66-'67 (1995, not sanctioned by the band). Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988) (live, also on VHS). Tonite Let's all make Love in London (1967). Echoes (2001) (2CD best-of compilation).

Shine On (1992) (compilation, CD box set). Works (1983) (compilation). A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981) (compilation). A Nice Pair (1973) (compilation).

Masters of Rock (1973 or 1974) (compilation). Obscured By Clouds (1972). Zabriskie Point (1970) (soundtrack; various artists)]. Music From the Film More (1969).

The Final Cut - Reissue (2004). Dark Side of the Moon (30th anniversary edition) (2003). The Division Bell (1994). A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987).

The Final Cut (1983). The Wall (1979) (2LP). Animals (1977). Wish You Were Here (1975).

Dark Side of the Moon (1973). Relics (1971) (out-takes and b-sides). Meddle (1971). Atom Heart Mother (1970).

Ummagumma (1969) (2LP, live and studio). A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967).