Ted Nugent Venom Soup

[jimwg2112]

This is a GREAT song!!! last time I searched for weekend warriors tracks nothing came up, so "thanks for posting"...notice on this song you can hear "syn-drums" (or simmons?) early synth/percussion pads, mostly shunned by hard rock bands of the time and usually only showed up once new wave bands started using them.

[PinBot1961]

If Teds music have come out ten or fifteen years earlier he would be the supreme ruler of the planet and any territory disputes would be settled by a "ultimate guitar rock-off " against him,.....which he would NEVER EVER NEVER LOOSE!!!!........yeah i could live in that world.

[jethrodassam]

@PinBot1961 LMFAO!

[r2blank2]

The intro had an influence on me. I wrote something on guitar that was nearly identical to it. I thought it sounded too cool. Same with "Paralyzed" from SOS - I copied that one too.

[jasso65]

He is a pig fron the right and a conservador shit, but he plays well!!!

[Zappstitute]

Yes, I love this one!!!!!

[ydnarnosfatsug]

i went to buy this album at Kmart the very day Elvis died. WIERDD!

[01ichibawm]

@ydnarnosfatsug FYI- Elvis died August 16, 1977 and this album came out in 1979

[corriethomas]

i am there

[KayakMike1963]

Almost as trippy as Journey To The Center Of The MInd....!

[Micahrulezes]

Nuge is a total jerk! Great in concert, tho! Such a redneck!

[Marshallsatten]

@Micahrulezes He's like a wolverine. Nice to watch, but don't touch.

[jeanvanvaljean]

totalmente de acuerdo, una de mis predilectas.

[jeanvanvaljean]

totalmente de acuerdo

[mrendgame970]

Classic Ted Nugent Long live Rock and Rolll!!!!!!!

[THEMETALBABE]

KILLER SONG

[busternsady]

stranglehold?

[BBINGHAM032352]

I have THIS album onCD!!!!!!

[BBINGHAM032352]

I have This album on CD!!!!! FANTASTIC RECORD. I used to have alot of his albums.

[BBINGHAM032352]

I have this original album on vinyl that I bought back in 1978. Although it still plays pretty good it is quite badly scratched. I also have it on 8-track. I transfered the 8 track onto audio cassette and it sounds terrific. Someday soon when I get my Ion USB turntable I'll transfer the cassette onto CD. Unfortunately the manufactured CD is out of print. I also have two his best Amboy Dukes tunes on the Rhino box set called Nuggets.

[kaqthy1963]

i wish ted would play more of these b side songs live sharpegang1

[holidayshen]

Why has no one posted "Cruisin'" from the Weekend warriors LP? There is some phenomenal guitar work in that song.

[steelfistIII]

@holidayshen yeah!, that is the one I was lookin for when I found this little gem!

[rhgrafix]

Love the Nuge!

[8trackworld]

No it sounds alright what was I thinkin?

[MaelMikhar]

i like his music i jut think his political views suck dick

[METALkid614]

I can't find smokescreen ANYWHERE on youtube! Someone should post it because so many people on here say it's an awsome song, and I would like to hear it!

[cckeach7]

Power gonzo!!!

[cckeach7]

Turn it up, turn it up, make it LOUDER THAN HELL!!

[smithdsmit]

yeah I got this cassette back in dec 78 for xmas. this was my fave track on it. smoke screen is very good too

[Mandrakegray]

I personally don't hear any slowing up and down in this recording. I owned this on 8-Track back in the day too. This remains a personal fave.

Underrated record IMO.

[cckeach7]

@Mandrakegray  I think the guy was kidding....

[8trackworld]

@Mandrakegray It just sounds like it's been remastered or something

Is York Radio Corporation a good 8-track Player brand?

[1wildnfree]

biased, lol

[8trackworld]

@1wildnfree I guess it doesn't sound any different than usual my 8-track tape plays good!

[obsessedwiththrash]

just went to a Nuge concert in vegas and let me tell you, he is still amazing at 61 years old. ted will deffenently go down in history as one of the best EVER. not to mention his political views are AWSOME =)

[OnTheRunSinceBirth]

This and Smoke Screen BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tkojams]

coolest cover artwork ever. Nuge's best studio album. Love this tune!!!

[lacika67]

totally agree, couldn't stop listening to this album in 79-80, and of course Judas P.

[shakey64]

One of the best Nugent albums...the best without Derke for sure. Had LOT of great songs. Charlie Huhn took over on vocals for this record. I bought it when it came out....we used to party to this album...especially this cool track.

[sctndeb]

ted at his best

[LONELION17]

MASTERPIECE!! Derek,s voice kicks ass...

[MartinDastardlyAston]

Agree.

Venom Soup is an oft overlooked classic. It is truly awesome, the most frightening intro Ted ever crafted. Superlative guitar playing; rarely has any rock guitar player attained such heights of subtle melodic aggression. In my humble Limey opinion.

The rest of Weekend Warriors album also, stands as a benchmark to which all rock guitar players should aspire

[LONELION17]

Absolutely right.

[holidayshen]

@MartinDastardlyAston I play the intro to Venom Soup over and over on Halloween as the little kiddies come to the door beggin' for candy. LOL

[kaqthy1963]

@MartinDastardlyAston you know ur right some of the greatest songs go unoticed

[GreenBayLA]

Great album track, spooky.

Best Triple bill I ever saw was in 1980:

opener Def Leppard - On Through The Night

2nd Scorpions - Animal Magnetism

Headliner Ted Nugent - Weekend Warriors

I had all 3 albums and loved it!

[ambientgreg]

I saw this tour as well....8th grade I was in. Derek st. holmes on vocals I think. Great voice.

[pistolpaul21]

Man, I bet that was a legendary show...I love all those band and the releases that you mentioned....A dream rock show... I bet it was beyond awesome!!!

[holidayshen]

@GreenBayLA How about this for a line up -- Scorpions, AC/DC (with Bon Scott), Thin Lizzy (with Phil Lynott) , Journey, Aerosmith, and headlining, Ted Nugent? Sound impossible? It happened -- 1979 World Series of Rock in old Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio. Scorpions was a last minute addition that apparently agreed to play for free. (No one knew them.) It started at 9:30am and lasted until 7:15pm. Sheer insanity ... and this 16 yr old kid at the time loved every minute of it!

[rnrhighschool]

Sounds dated and silly

[DomenicSinatra]

Great underrated LP, I still own the Ted Nugent pinball machine with the same cover and back glass.

[sctndeb]

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent

[ydnarnosfatsug]

Teds My guitar hero but his singing isnt as appealing to me as Derek St Holmes vocal input. Uncle Ted and St. Holmes were a grusome 2sum. Ted Shreads and Derek Has a great voice. This stuff is the reason I play guitar. Thanks for posting!! Brings back memorys. I bought this album for $7 coinsidentally the very same day Elvis Died. It just came out and I couldnt wait to steal enough returnable pop bottles to buy it! haha

[Schon2112]

One HELL of a Concert!! Wow I am getting old.lol..

[Ontario925]

Does anybody on You Tube have Call Of The Wild by Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes 1973? My favorite of his. But the Communist Fags on You Tube have no fuckin variety video's Anymore. They have shut them all down and removed all the only Good stuff.

[dan2stories]

lol...not redneck and not metal..

[44Alberto]

Good song.

[merhabene]

great stuff.a lot of people hated this album and State Of Shock but they are classics!"my sabre never cuts you,you have this magic charm!"

[skynyrdrebel994]

Those two are some of my favorites, though every Nuge album is my favorite!!!

[fourty5mag]

The Nuge. "I ainn't even warmed up yet" Good Post!

[Insignia1980]

Awesome song, I have this CD, Scream Dream, and Intensities In Ten Cities coming in the mail. Oh, and it is Nugent's birthday today. Keep on rockin.

[1wildnfree]

Right on bloodbrother! I've got the remastered Scream Dream CD coming in the mail lol! I have all 70's n 80's Nuge on LPs but I'm getting em all back on CDs now. Happy birthday Nuge, the fittest 60 years young rock n roller alive!

[8trackworld]

@1wildnfree Scream Dream was never remastered I have the CD