DAMN YANKEES: Don’t Tread CD. Original 1st press 1992. Check videos “Where You Goin’ Now” + “Silence Is Broken” + 3 presentation videos

Description

The band was formed in 1989, consisting of Tommy Shaw of Styx, Jack Blades of Night Ranger, Ted Nugent of The Amboy Dukes and a successful solo career, and Michael Cartellone.
Presumably inspired by the musical of the same name, Nugent once also explained that he coined the name because whenever someone asked him how he and Tommy Shaw would sound playing together, he would always reply by saying they would sound like a bunch of damn Yankees.

In 1992, Damn Yankees went gold with their follow-up album Dont Tread. The title song, sung by Blades, enjoyed extensive coverage at the Barcelona Olympic Games. It contained a few minor hits, such as “Mister Please,” “Where You Goin Now,” and “The Silence Is Broken,” a power ballad featured in the 1993 Jean-Claude Van Damme film Nowhere to Run. The brightest moments of the album are the ones that are trademark Nugent.

Don’t Tread = Studio album by Damn Yankees
Released 1992
Genre Hard rock
Length 53:02
Label Warner Brothers
Producer Ron Nevison

Don’t Tread is the second and last studio album released by Rock supergroup Damn Yankees. It features their second highest charting single, the power ballad “Where You Goin’ Now” (peaked at number 20). The album itself reached number 22.

All songs written by Jack Blades/Ted Nugent/Tommy Shaw.
“Don’t Tread On Me” 5:08
“Fifteen Minutes of Fame” 4:50
“Where You Goin’ Now” 4:40
“Dirty Dog” 4:53
“Mister Please” 4:19
“Silence Is Broken” 5:03
“Firefly” 4:57
“Someone to Believe” 4:57
“This Side of Hell” 4:00
“Double Coyote” 4:44
“Uprising” 5:31

Tommy Shaw guitars and vocals
Ted Nugent guitars and vocals
Jack Blades bass guitar and vocals
Michael Cartellone drums
Robbie Buchanan keyboards
Tower Of Power – Horn section
Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements

Billboard Singles:
Year Single Chart Position
1992 “Don’t Tread on Me” Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
“Mister Please” Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
“Where You Goin Now” Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
“Where You Goin’ Now” Billboard Hot 100 20
Top 40 Mainstream 10
1993 “Silence Is Broken” Mainstream Rock Tracks 20
Billboard Hot 100 62
Top 40 Mainstream 38

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Follow Up CD,
Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Ted Nugent, and Michael Cartelone are back with a vengeance on this hard-driving follow-up to their highly successful debut CD. Shaw and Nugent both play lead guitar on this disc, which gives every song a definitive sound. Blades’ bass and Cartelones drums combine to make the sound that much better.

From the opening title song, along with such others as “Where You Goin Now” and “The Silence is Broken”, the listener is treated to a brand of high energy rock and roll. Shaw sings lead on both “Where You Goin Now” and “The Silence is Broken”. He proves his versatility by being able to sing ballads as well as the great rock songs he was famous for while with Styx.

Its too bad that Damn Yankees only produced two cds. I’m a fan of great rock and roll, and they were definitely one of the best bands of the early 90s. I highly recommend this disc, as well as their self-titled one. The songs are first-rate, and the vocals and instrumentals will keep you coming back for more. Buy this great cd and hear some really great rock and roll at its absolute best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
All of these guys are killer players. Together, they rocked and sang their nuts off. Great songs, great guitars, great drums, great hooks = Great sales.

So WHY did the IDIOTS AT WARNER BROS. MISMANAGE THIS BAND SO BAD, CAUSING THE BAND TO SPLIT AND LEAVE A THIRD ALBUM IN THE CAN???? Seriously stupid move on their part. Yeah, the same company that gives us music virtuosos like “Snoop frickin Dog” and “Ashlee Simpson” chose to let one of the great R O C K acts slip out of their fingers. STUPID F**KING IDIOTS! Wake the he** up Warner!

This album and their debut sold a buttload of CDs and both of these still stand up to ANYTHING out today. Grunge may have scared the crap out of every record company suckup during the time of the Damn Yankees, but where is grunge now??? Also VH1 pans this band as ‘lightweight’. Give me a break! You think its light weight? Put on ‘Uprising’, ‘This Side of Hell’, ‘Don’t Tread, or ’15 Minutes of Fame’. Hardly light weight. Stupid public just thinks “Oh Tommy Shaws in there so it must be “Babe” ” Niggah Please!!!

While I’m a huge Styx fan and Night Ranger was a great band too, THIS BAND was the SH*T. These records blow away their former bands. And Micheal Cartelone- nobody ever mentions him. ONE KICK A$$ drummer!

BUY THIS AND THE DEBUT. If you like to rock, you’ll love these cds.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Don’t Neglect
Don’t Tread released in 1992 is the great sophomore effort by Damn Yankees who are made up of tough-guy superstars such as Jack Blades of Night Ranger, Tommy Shaw of Styx and Ted Nugent rock-n-roll beast icon.

It is as damn as their debut album in 1990 and one of my all time bests as well. Damn Yankees as a whole is predominantly
Night Ranger minus keyboard,partly Survivor partly Styx with extra damnness.

My first pick is Where Are You Going Now, first single from this album. It is as if popped out from Survivors Vital Signs (boy it is also produced by Ron Nevison). And Silence Is Broken, Zep & Purple styled Mister Please. Rockers such as Fifteen Minutes of Fame, mid-tempo tracks such as Dirty Dog, Someone to Believe
are fine as well.

Why such great album has been treated so damn bad by classic rock market?

Note: Michael Cartellone who looked obscure and fresh guy among the gang of four found his place as an ACCEPT drummer just before the band broke up. Also known as a drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd tours

Verdict: Well-done second effort
Rating: 92 out of 100
Recommended for: Night Ranger, Tommy Shaw and Survivor fans and wide range of 80s and 90s hard/pop rock fans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Most supergroups are destined to fail due to the intractable egos of the various stars that never fully align within the universe of the group. DAMN YANKEES is not one of those failed supergroups.

DAMN YANKEES debut was a creation of a band still defining itself with three very successful front men having joined forces after decades of playing. However, after more than 2 years of immensely successful touring and a multi-platinum hit album under their rock and roll belts, the band found its identity and went into the studio to record their superior follow up album.

For those who like more cheese in their pop rock, the eponymous debut is more to their liking. Fans who appreciate more intelligence, more blues, more originality within their rock and roll are more appreciative of the sophomore release DON’T TREAD.

The lead track DON’T TREAD ON ME starts the album on a free for all fun ride of machismo (relational and nationalism) with a very powerful guitar bite that carries the song throughout.

DOUBLE COYOTE is a rolicking blues twanged (much more than tinged) rocker with a humorous bent from Tommy, while MISTER PLEASE is a pleasurable psychological nightmare from Jack Blades. SOMEONE TO BELEIVE and SILENCE IS BROKEN are laments from Tommy written from the perspective of a man struggling with the break up (and subsequent divorce) of a long relationship. THIS SIDE OF HELL is an anthemic hard rocker (maybe even a head banger) with lines as hillarious and self-effacing as can be found from a rock supergroup – “I’m in over my head/ why can’t I be like Ted?/ I’m living this side of hell.” UPRISING is one of those heart wrenching hard rockers that makes one grab hold and hang on for a roller coaster of a ride in which Ted Nugent writes and sings about the plight of the independent Native American/ American.

FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME and WHERE YOU GOIN’ NOW (a feeble attempt to follow HIGH ENOUGH into the stratosphere of pop hits) are the weakest tracks on the album.

Many reviewers remark about Ted being the lead guitarist and about the lack of lyrical credibility. But neither could be farther from the truth. Tommy and Ted trade off lead work nearly by halves (with Tommy playing lead parts on the left channel and Ted playing lead parts on the right channel.) Ted performs most of the center channel/ multi-channel leads while Tommy plays the acoustic, dobro and slide guitars as lead and rhythm instruments. Long-time followers of Ted Nugent and long time fans of Tommy Shaw equally mis-identify the lead guitarists as the band intended, as the two interplay and often simply mimic one another in styles and tones.

While I believe the two best DAMN YANKEES songs ever recorded are found on their debut (COME AGAIN and MYSTIFIED), I thoroughly appreciate the vast superiority of DON’T TREAD over DAMN YANKEES. The songs are more sophisticated, better played (maybe not as flawlessly mixed and mastered) and the band is truly enjoying the music much more than on the first (and they had a lot of fun on the first one.)

This foursome truly created a band, that while non-musical personalities may clash, that when the music starts everyone has a rollicking good time and enjoys sharing the numerous spotlights with the other band mates. Ted Nugent is not one who has been known for relinquishing center stage, but he thoroughly enjoys recording with and performing with, Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades. And Mike Carteollone is simply too easy going to not fit in with the others like the younger brother of every family.

As much as I am a fan of Tommys solo work (and prefer the music of STYX more than DAMN YANKEES), I cannot stand this seemingly eternal wait for another DAMN YANKEES album and tour. Tommy is long overdue in displaying his penchant for blues, hard rock and simple carefree fun.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely underrated… As a whole, better than the first…,
This is one of the few albums that I can just let play all the way through… No skipping around required (although I tend to skip “Fifteen Minutes of Fame” sometimes). Kind of along the lines of a Def Leppard album. This one is more balanced all the way through. Its energetic, it rocks, the sound is very balanced (both the instruments and the harmony of the singers) and the lyrics have meaning. Good for a gym workout or a long drive.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Damn Yankees Hit A Second Grand Slam,
With DON’T TREAD, Damn Yankees step up to the plate again. And yes! Another grand slam. The vocal-songwriting team of guitarist-singer Tommy Shaw and bassist-singer Jack Blades, along with guitarist Ted Nugent and drummer Michael Cartellone, create another slab of fire-breathing rock & roll, once again blending the metal of Night Ranger and solo Nugent, the Southern rock of the Allman Brothers Band, the Outlaws, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, the straight-ahead Detroit blues-rock of Grand Funk, and a touch of Styxs progressive pop-rock into a unique hard rock & roll sound that holds up better than anything by Ratt, Poison, or Motley Crue.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
wow wow wow what a album this album has everything a couple of hard rock rock and it has the ballads where you goin now is the best song on the album if you like the damn yankees buy this CD