That is the best thing I’ve heard on how good this song is EVER lmao!!! Seriously, there is no other way to play this song but loud...then louder again. This is a speeding ticket song.
I have been influenced by Ted in those early years and later in Damn Yankees ! Love Ted's playing style and enthusiasm . Not a big fan of his views and opinions however.
I'm driving. Stranglehold comes on. The volume goes up until I damage my hearing. When the song is over I turn the radio off until I can regather my thoughts. Ahhh.
We have a Bluetooth speaker in the cab on the fire engine... was playing some rock. Got turned out to a fire 🔥 Stanglehold comes on. It was the most heroic i have ever felt in my entire life haha!!! God damn that riff 🤤
I saw him open for REO Speedwagon and Aerosmith when I was 15, in 1977, at the Greensboro Coliseum in NC. No one there had even heard of him, and he blew everybody away. Especially Aerosmith. They were so drunk and sloppy that they sucked really bad. I’ve seen him 9 times since then, including once w/ Damn Yankees. That 1st show actually made me want to learn how to play guitar. Since then I have done just that, and continue to do so. Long live Ted Nugent
A couple of years after that I saw him at the Baltimore Civic Center. Opening act: Van Halen. I was deaf for a week. Van Halen blew things out, but, you know no one outrocks (or volumes) uncle Ted.
I saw him the first time at the same age and in the same year at the RKO in Davenport, IA. Where Uncle Ted was already a legend. Cheap Trick was the warm up band. It took two days to regain my hearing.
My Aerosmith experience from the 70s was about the same. They headlined with Derringer opening and Derringer blew them away; they even played longer than Aerosmith did. Saw Ted headlining with AC/DC opening back then at the same venue, the old Civic Arena in Pittsburgh
1977 - my mother dropped me and two friends off at the Metrochurch for a cookout. We waved goodbye and when she vanished from sight we ran across the street, got into my friend's brother's car and went off to see Uncle Ted live for the first time. He's never failed to deliver. "Just What the Doctor Ordered" is my favorite.
Saw Ted at the Catacombs in Houston in 1970, I was 20? The cover was only 2 bucks, he blew me away and during the breaK i went and got two friends in Angleton and drove back to Houston and paid the cover for their birthdays, we had a blast and he was awesome, I'm 67 now and still remember that show vividly and am lucky to have experienced the Ted of the younger days!
Gotta admit, the man has, and has always had his shit together. I saw him around 1980 for the first time, and I wasnt even a fan, my buddy got me a ticket to "show me what I was missing". My bud was right, Nugent put on a full throttle show, and I left the arena with a newfound respect for the man.
Ted's songs kept me working long hours sitting at a bench. The songs energy gave me a boost to keep working. Any Nuge song comes over the airwaves and the volume knob goes to 11!!!!
I am from Europe, the Netherlands. In 2000 I was 2 weeks in Denver for a training. One evening I was driving from Boulder back to my hotel in Denver. It was a beautiful night with a a red sunset sky. The car radio was on a local rock station. Then they played a song with kind of a haunting sound. Some magic was going on. But I didn't know the song and neither the artist. Back in my hotel room I took the phonebook and called up the radio station, asking them what song they played at that moment. I talked to the DJ himself, who told me it was Stranglehold by Ted Nugent. Next day I bought the record.
That bass line, to play it like that over and over while Nugent solos. Wow. As a former cover bass player myself, its hard to just play that without making a mistake for that long. I love Derek too. He has a great voice and plays perfectly live. Nugent should not have gotten rid of him back then.
Growing up in the 70s and 80s the Nuge was the top of the heap of rock guitar players in my opinion. His sound was unmistakable and it was mandatory that it be played at full volume. He is in my top five with Eddie Van Halen, Hendrix and SRV. The Motor City Mad Man cranked out some of the best riffs of all time.
Grew up in San Antone and when I heard that first Epic album I couldn't get enough. I listened to it over and over and I knew what it meant immediately. That raw power and gusto affected me in a way I could never explain. Thank you Ted!!
In that time the grunts chose your song to go into battle with and i can see why. Being a grunt was way harder than any civilian could imagine. I was in the Nam in 70. If we could have had that hammer down song back then, i'm sure we could have brought the WRATH down on the VC.
Great musician, and one the best minds out there. Met Mr. Nugent once when I was 16 at Mr. Rissmiller’s house in Encino. One of the highlights of my life.
@@jameswhite9025 Very familiar with Dubois; used to be there on business a lot, from Punxsy to Bradford. From Johnstown myself and dove to Pittsburgh for many shows back then. They actually had decent concerts in Johnstown on a regular basis back then; saw a lot of shows at the War Memorial arena.
I was 17 when I saw him open for Aerosmith in Giants Stadium (New Jersey) in 1978. Aerosmith was drugged up and sloppy, Nugent was right on the money with his playing. My 15 year old girlfriend and her friends said that Nugent was much better and blew Aerosmith out of the water. Stranglehold was the best song too. He played it note for note and the bass player played it perfectly too. Nugent made sure to give it his all during the entire time that he was up there on the stage. Nugent is a first class act in my book.
I was heartbroken. Because I was learning how to play their songs. While I loved Nugent, and any other hard rocker of that time period, it was Aerosmith that got me motivated to play the guitar. I tell you this, if I had found out that they had studio musicians play on Train Kept a Rolling (to which they got caught for years later), I might have need to talk to a shrink or something.
Ted is the epitome of hard rock...so many great songs delivered in a vessel so confident and in your face...a perfect picture of the alpha dog in full domination mode. Had there been an internet in those days, the Motor City Madman wouldn't have broken it...he would have obliterated it. Ted is the man.
@@stuartalexander2657 I agree. It is terrible. But he's also kind of a terrible guy. His music was good, but he is an awful person. Saw him live after 9/11 in NY and total asshole. Don't play New York if you're going to say basically we had it coming. Not cool, dude.
You inspire me, it's my theme song because I burnt down my house when I was going through a divorce. However it still my motivational songs. And I painted it on my living room wall, so you are above the rest. Love you Ted. Richard Noe Starseed 😇
When I was a Youngster back in the 70s. My best friend got to visit. Ted Nugent's house. He had the best time And Ted was the most gracious host. Ted is Detroit gold!!
I saw him in Big Bear CA, 2 months ago 2018. I video recorded Stranglehold for 8:02 long. The guitar solo was right on. Ted Nugent is one of the best guitar players ever. See Metal Bones on RU-vid “ Ted Nugent “Stranglehold” , at “The Cave” in Big Bear, CA July 2,2018
peecmkr45 charted his own path??? Filthy one at that... bwahahahaha...leaving two orphans to Catholic Charities before he hit 21.Abandoning and divorcing his first wife for the road. Emancipates a 17 yr old at 30 ..abandons her too.Marries again and back stabs his current wife having a kid with another woman. Guys a degenerate,soulless shell of a human being. I shouldn't have laughed.The human wreckage he left behind isn't funny.
Ted is incredible, pure rock n roll energy. Never been another like him. I love how his music kicks your teeth in! Love DSH singing, but when the Nuge steps to the mic it takes on an entirely new level of intensity!
These are some of the greatest rock' n' roll songs ever written!! Nothing can top Stranglehold!!! Love ya, Crazy Ted! What a long strange trip it's been! You are still and always will be the coolest dude in America!
I was getting into this & he went onto Cat scratch then skipped right on up to Current stuff. What about Double Live Gonza. One of THE greatest live Guitar drivin albums of all time. If you take how clean Teds tone was & how intensely he played & compared it to any other guitarists of that era. As far as straight out lead guutar playing goes, Ted was clearly one of the best, if not The best in those days.
Always stand with uncle Ted your music and knowledge is unmatched. I'm thankful for you standing up for our rights and making music that melts our minds. God bless the back strap.
Ted I'm retired SEAL and in first landing state park in Virginia Beach I would use Stranglehold as an anthem. I would go the last 1.5 miles with Stranglehold. I did that 20 plus years then one day took a wrong turn while running to SH and tore my ACL. it kept me young and Yes Spec ops, Marines all those types live for it. Ted Thankyou.
The first show I was supposed to see with Ted was him opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd . But Artimus Pyle broke his arm in a bar fight and they canceled the show . A year or so later and they had their horrific plane crash ...... and I'm still sick about missing that show . I went on to see Ted 5 times . The first after Free - For - All came out . Then after Weekend Warriors came out ( Nearly blew the roof off that place ) . I also saw his NUGENT tour with the return of Derrick St. Holmes , an INCREDIBLE SHOW ! We saw him at the Texxas Jam and also for his Intensities in Ten Cities album . I still have the shirts for the NUGENT tour ( camo sleeves ) , The Texxas Jam and the Intencitiea in Ten Cities tour ... GREAT FUN ! ..... Thanks Ted ! PK Also ..... the commenters who are throwing the usual loser barbs at Ted are hit and run ghost accounts , ignore . PK
The 1st time I went to see Ted Nugent a small airplane crashed in the venue the day before he was set to play! ~ I got to see him play a few years later with Lynyrd Skynyrd at Anaheim Stadium just a month before they perished in an airplane crash. Ted came out on stage atop a giant speaker and did a forward flip off it while playing his Gibson!
You gotta love and respect Ted Nugent! Not only is he a phenomenal guitarist and musician, but he lives and represents real American values. Seen him several times in concert and he NEVER disappoints!!
Glad I got to meet Ted once in an Abilene, Texas music store. You and Chris Duarte. I was browsing some guitars with my son when this guy, later I found out, Chris came in, sat down near my son and I, picked up a Strat and we were both in awe watching that cat cut loose. Then Uncle Ted walked into the store. I went from watching a blues master at play to thinking I was transported to rock Meca. Ted was gracious and signed my T-shirt. I was broke back then, in the military, otherwise, I would have purchased a guitar on the spot and asked him to sign that instead.
Saw him in the 70’s do Stranglehold I was more blown away by Derek St Holmes on vocals then I was by Ted Nugents guitar playing. Ted ego would never let the man who actually sang the songs get any of the attention and very little credit
I've seen and heard 1000s of bands and music in my 60 yrs,but Ted,Ted,Ted not one wrong song your passion was felt in every one of them...went to your cat scratch fever concert Cleveland Coliseum 78 it was amazing..thank you Sir Ted.
I had to watch this because I have a DVD where he plays Stranglehold and it's amazing. I was thinking first time I watched it, man, this guy is not afraid to really show what he has inside. I know exactly what he means when he says, "I am the licks."
Ted i have been a fan every sense amboy dukes. been to 8 concerts in the 80's and 90's! i have everyone your albums , and casset's , and CD's. you have ever made! the king off rock for me baddest guitar player that ever lived in my book. keep up the great work. you a madman! and i love it!
Derek St Holmes an unbelievable singer. Ted never liked Derek getting the accolades and the spotlight. EGO brought about the end of the Ted Nugent Band.
LOL - According to Derek in an interview about 5 years ago, it was his (Derek) use of drugs and booze that caused Nugent to fire him. I really love how people make Derek out to have been the real star of that band and yet he did nothing in the music industry to speak of unless he was with Nugent. Derek was very open and honest in that interview and said flat out that Ted did not use drugs and made it clear to all members that if they did use and it began to show up onstage or in the studio and be a problem, they would be fired. The drugs and booze did start becoming a problem and true to his word Nugent fired them all.
Ted Nugent should be in the Rock Hall of Fame! And he should be considered one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time. Ted holding that guitar is a possessed beast! He's an assassin with that instrument. Separate the political from the musical.
Skipped my Senior Prom to see Ted for the 2nd time in '78 after seeing him in '76 with AC/DC and Cheap Trick, my first concert. Got his autograph in '79 at Tower Records in Seattle! Stranglehold is the greatest rock song of ALL TIME! There's your acknowledgment Ted! ps. Ur Crazy
Double Gonzo live on vinyl will always be one of the greatest live albums of all time. A local bar I used to play pool in had Stranglehold on the jukebox. I would always play it, long ass killer song that gave you your money’s worth. If I ever won the lottery a vintage Gibson Byrdland like Ted’s would be on my wish list. Years ago I saw one of his on the wall at the Hard Rock Cafe in Detroit...I was seriously thinking about "borrowing” it lol
Thank You Uncle Ted,for being the person you are, and for living the life many of us aspire to but fall short of. Hunting from a wheelchair is difficult at best,so why bother? I do miss fresh backstrap and the smells of the hunt that I shared with MY Father so many years ago now. We hate being stuck by finances in California now. Getting old sucks when you're poor, man !!!
Dan Pagan , ha ha ha , gut to love what you just said !! The sad part of that is that it's true and nothing was done about it. Now listen to what he says about kids . That's a god Dame sick son of a bitch there.
Sorry to hear that. Yeah, California taxes suck. Don't give up, sometimes life is like that, you get stuck in a really bad place. Just hold on, keep on pushing yourself and things should get better. That's the great thing about America, there are more opportunities here than anywhere else. Don't listen to the naysayers, their just mad about Ted's politics, take care of yourself.
July 10 1977 - Soldier Field with all the water jugs flying in the air and Nugent kicking them back off the stage screaming back at the crowd to give him more was about as awesome and incredible for a first concert ever man!!! This dude could get a crowd feeling good like no other
