Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes - Hibernation - Tooth, Fang, & Claw

[chrisput1024]

My buddy's 1972 Nova SS, the 8 Track blasing, Brain cells burning, and Tooth Fang and Claw.

[chrisput1024]

Call of the Wild, Tooth Fang and Claw, and Ted Nugent, were three outstanding albums in a row. The 1973-75 period was Ted's most productive as far as great music. This song is a shining example of that.

[ManOfEden1]

@chrisput1024 I would have to say that Free for All and Cat Scratch Fever should be added to that list. He was a dominant musician in the 70s, hands down...

[ARVINABATT]

Back to the amps question, I saw Ted in early '71 still just the guitar player for the Amboy Dukes doing Papa's Will. He climbed up the back side of his twin marshall, stood up on top, jumpped off wearing nothing but a loin cloth and laid on his back balls to the crowd still playing guitar. I was front and center so I can vouch for that..haha

[mottvilles2cool]

@ARVINABATT I remember that too! panhandled 2.50 to get in to see the show and got to party with them ... Woot! I'll never forget the jump over the amps in the loincloth....

[waykoolrecords]

Saw the "NUG" play live when this lp came out. A great show !

[nickyoung012]

i'd throw this in front of Stranglehold anyday

[mgwilliams1000]

And "they" want to take Les Paul Gibson guitars away now. Listen to this and tell me that is NOT right.

[fatguyaaron]

@mgwilliams1000 Ted Nugent played a Gibson Birdland back then not a Les Paul.

[27wingnut]

If he ran I would vote for him!

[fanograss]

@27wingnut u r a wingnut

[BLAM1ONE]

woodersons shirt

[astromario1055]

re amps the only time i saw him with amboy dukes he was using some REALLY old fenders...the only readon i know is cuz i was 2 feet away from them. after that i never paid much attention.

[astromario1055]

WHY isnt this song on the catalogues of the classic rock stations? it should be in the pantheon of epic rock instrumentals..in my book it's number 1

[ultraroadmap]

My favorite album-- period by Ted....pre-fame days.

[maxbigdog33]

Favorite song,first heard it 1976...no other song is even close..he was so ahead of his time.TED FOR PRESIDENT 2012!

[guitronics7]

Ted played a Marshall amp as well as fenders as far as I know only on this album.The photo on the back of this album shows clearly a Marshall on top of the fenders,and he's plugged into the Marshall and playing in the studio.

[DAVIDON50]

The reverend attrocious theodocious built his own guitars. With his guitars and marshall amps HE  could blow the balls off a bull at one hundred paces. DAVID53NOW

[Goof995]

@DAVIDON50 Ted never played Marshall amps.

[GONECRUISING72]

i have never heard this song before but i am glad i just listened to it as a matter of fact i will listen to it again

[walleyesam]

This is a GREAT road trip tune!!!!!!!!

[youzgottabkiddinme]

10 minutes of album rock that kisses the sky.

Radio misses the likes of this grand anthem!

One of the best tributes to the electric guitar; that was rock.

[redfishradical]

Grew up in the 70s & dug the hell out of the Gonzo King, Motor City Madman, The Ten Fingers of Doom, Terrible Ted! While Stranglehold, Hey Baby, Stormtroopers et al were the more popular tunes, from first listen this sucker was my hands down fave and still is. In fact, it's one of my favorite guitar songs and ranks up with all of the other greats to have slung a guitar in rock & roll!

Ahhh, the 70s, eclectic music, no mtv dictated corporate cool, no Orwelling PC sensorship. Peace rockers! 

[littlequeen64]

@redfishradical Bong hit? Ha,ha, I know what you mean,i was at that party too!!!! Fucking awesome!!! Yup,indeed.This tune rocks like a fucking great white buffalo man.Now THAT was MY tune.I would get up and dance in middle of the street or on top of a car,whatever.My friends knew they needed to just leave me alone and let me roll !!! Ha,Ha.Cheers to" BACK IN THE DAY" ! Kids these days missed it....,oh well.....peace.

[blakeh141]

@redfishradical this is jim in KC saw the wild man 28 orgasmic times gotta get close 2 me when u speak seen him in front row 2 many times TWAT TWAT I CUNT HEAR U!!!

[27wingnut]

Awesome.....simply awesome.

[celticsarebest]

I like the double live gonzo vertion better

[philserious]

begging Ted to bring this out every time I see him live. dont see it very often anymore. ab-so-lute mas-ter-piece of all time. Ted should get royalties on Waynes World income..the stole his lick...

[ytqpwoeiru]

Saw Ted in Potsdam NY in '75 or '76 right after TF&C came out. Great concert, he was in total control of the feedback and played most of the album including Hibernation. Encore was a rocked-out version of Journey to the Center of your mind. A great performance!

[RushmoreGerleve]

! ! ! THANK YOU TED ! ! !

[CountCane1994]

im so high lol

[halesjas]

special song. the double live gonzo version is awesome, it must live in the memory of the audience that were there to witness it. I heard Ted perform this in London back in.........79/80, it was simply stunning, Ted was at one with his byrdland, it was as if it was part of his body/being. Do we remember that vibe, of how it felt then? it's gone now, but every so often i get it ;-)

[mgwilliams1000]

My mom heard this (on my crappy stereo of the day) just after I bought it and thought I was crazy and going straight to hell. We (here in California) had to scrounge all the little underground record stores to find his music.

[bud19601978]

THEE.............best song of all time by anybody in the history of music period !

[hellodonttalk]

@bud19601978 are you high? lol its good though

[RockCleric420]

Just guitar and amps Ted rules!

[walleyesam]

This, and 'Great White Buffalo' are Terrible Ted's best.

[sp5878c]

An all time great rock classic!

[Kartwizard7]

4763

5X5

[pgo301]

In my opinion, this is really the best 'ROCK' song I've ever heard. There is no words to the music, it's just pure Blitzkrieg!!! If you are currently 1 of the 4,745 viewers and listeners to this song then you have witnessed something phenomenal. I've only heard this song once on the radio back in 1977. That's just another reason why it's SO SPECIAL!!!! 

[TheWhite1961]

I agree to scott cleaves. It is really Teds best song, especially the version on the double live gonzo album.

[mitch222ful]

Other than the late Jimi Hendrix ted was & still is the best sustain artist ever

[GregERobertson]

@mitch222ful Yeah, I wanna see Ted and Santana do a sustain battle . . it'd last all day!!

[scottcleaves]

Ted's best song.

[harry17652]

Dit eecht een geweldig nummer!

[Robotgangsta]

Wow, I found this song on accident and I'm glad I found it. This is amazing. My mouth was literally drooling from the sound of it.

[sparks377]

same as good workers ect thay useuly get more resentment then noteariedy

[buddy31tide]

I think uncle ted's music is good but I love his hunting shows and logical thinking more than anything. NUGE 4 PREZ

[doulos737]

Thanks for the post. This song just popped in my head after not hearing it for many, many years. I think it's Ted's best song. Reflects great controlled feedback. I saw him do it live opening up for Aerosmith (Toys in the Attic tour) in Chicago in the 70's. He played the entire side 2 of Tooth Fang and Claw. Excellent Concert all the way around! :)

[Elcerritogooze]

where is all the comments? Only 335 views @ time of this post. Que Pendejos. This is some great classic obviously overlooked Shit.

[koniaram]

i totally agree. i was listening to this song while fishing, loved it, now it's still in my head, 5 days later.

[NeoAndersonn]

Unfortunatelly Ted is an artist without the fame he desearves.

[i3u7n5]

He's a great musician but I think a lot of his lack of recognition stems from his overbearing personality; Nugent had tons of issue with band members over the years which has probably alienated him from part of the music community. There's also the issue of the pretty controversial crap he comes up with. His politics are extreme even to the point of many self described right wing conservatives distancing themselves from him for some pretty harsh, bigoted points of view.