A Detroit-based rock band, best remembered for their hit single "Journey to the Center of the Mind," the Amboy Dukes also launched the career of the "Motorcity Madman," Ted Nugent. Nugent, who had heard of a Detroit band called "Amboy Dukes" that had just broken up, took the name for a new band he was forming. Originally the name was the title of a novel about gang members.
The Amboy Dukes' first album, "Journey to the Center of the Mind," was released in 1968 on "Mainstream" records, and the single of the same name rose to number 16 on the US charts. Despite the apparent drug references of the song, Nugent fervently denies any drug use.
Their three following albums, "Migrations," "Marriage on the Rocks," and "Survival of the Fittest," were not well received, and the band dissolved when Nugent, who claims to have been the "babysitter" for the rest of the band, took a few months off.
Detroit's AmboyDukes are best remembered for their 1968acid-rock classic "Journey to the Center of the Mind," as well as introducing the world to "the Motor City Madman", guitarist Ted Nugent.
"The AmboyDukes" was actually the name of a novel about gang members and their lifestyle.
On a sad note, Nugent's old friend from his AmboyDuke days, bassist Greg Arama was killed in a motorcycle accident on September 18th, 1979, at the age of 29.
Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948) aka the Nuge, "the Motor City Madman'", and most recently "Uncle Ted" is a guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, originally gaining fame as a member of the AmboyDukes, and recently gaining fame (and notoriety) for his support for hunting and conservative political views.
The AmboyDukes' second single was "Journey to the Center of the Mind", which Nugent, an ardent anti-drug campaigner, claimed he didn't know was about drug use.
The AmboyDukes (1967), Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968) and Migration (1969) sold moderately well, establishing a fan base for Nugent and the other AmboyDukes.
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