The Amboy Dukes aka: The American Amboy Dukes*, Amboy Dukes** Detroit, Michigan, United States Psychedelic rock, acid rock, hard rock
The Amboy Dukes (1967)
Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968)
Migration * (1969)
Marriage on the Rocks / Rock Bottom ** (1970)
Survival of the Fittest Live (1971) Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes
Call of the Wild (1974) Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes
Tooth, Fang & Claw (1974) Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes
The band was co-founded by keyboardist Tony Kaye after he left Yes, with David Foster. Foster had been in The Warriors with Jon Anderson before Anderson co-founded Yes. Foster later worked with the band on Time and a Word. Kaye had worked on a solo project by Foster that was never released. The pair found drummer Roy Dyke, formerly of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, and Dyke suggested Brian Parrish formerly of Parrish & Gurvitz which later became Frampton's Camel (after Parrish left P&G) on guitar. The new band began rehearsing in September 1972 and signed to Atlantic Records. Badger's first release was the live album, One Live Badger, co-produced by Jon Anderson and Geoffrey Haslam, and was taken from a show opening for Yes at London's Rainbow Theatre. In the progressive rock genre, five of the songs were co-written by the whole band, with a sixth by Parrish (initially written for Parrish & Gurvitz). The cover art was done by Roger Dean, the artist responsible for many of Yes's album covers, although Kaye left Yes before their partnership with Roger Dean.