Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees

Musical Group

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The Profile

Damn Yankees are an American hard rock supergroup formed in 1989 by Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Ted Nugent, and Michael Cartellone. They released two studio albums and scored major hits in the early 1990s before disbanding in the mid‑decade.

Formed in the United States in 1989 by members of Styx, Night Ranger, and Ted Nugent’s band; best known for the self-titled debut (1990), the follow‑up Don’t Tread (1992), and the hit single High Enough.

The lone review celebrates Damn Yankees’ 1990 debut as a late peak of melodic, technical hard rock by a supergroup of Shaw, Nugent, Blades, and Cartellone. It praises tight riffs, vocal harmonies, and singles like High Enough and Come Again, noting the album’s double‑platinum success. The band sold out a 1990 US tour with Bad Company. Follow‑up Don’t Tread (1992) is lauded as very good but commercially eclipsed by the grunge wave, after which the group dissolved.

Notable Quotes

❝ Just when the era of the so-called 'Hair Bands' was drawing to a close, three rock heavyweights (Tommy Shaw, Ted Nugent, and Jack Blades) and a young talent (Michael Cartellone on drums) joined forces in this supergroup, delivering one of the last waves of melodic and technical Hard Rock before Cobain and his strumming friends arrived and set new rules on how to 'rock'.