They wanted real American rock 'n' roll, and the one thing we are is a no-holds-barred, straight-ahead, dyed-in-the-wool American rock 'n' roll band." "They played one video a night for every 16 days of the Olympics, and it was cool that they wanted us to be the rock 'n' roll band. "That was pretty bitchin'!" Blades said in the same American Music Press interview.
team's theme songs during the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. "Don't Tread on Me," meanwhile, was used as one of the U.S. Though the Shaw-Blades vocal harmony blend continued to define the sound, there was no question that Don't Tread kicked a little harder than its predecessor as the band stomped through tracks such as "Fifteen Minutes of Fame," "This Side of Hell," "Double Coyote," "Firefly," the Nugent-sung "Uprising" and the dynamically shifting "Miser Please." Robbie Buchanan once again sweetened the onslaught with his keyboards, while the Tower of Power horn section gave "Dirty Dog" a little bit of brassy funk. Watch Damn Yankees' 'Where You Goin' Now' Video In response, Nugent said: "I raised a big, greasy, toxic red flag and said, 'Hey, goddammit, I played some sexy fuckin' rhythm guitar parts! If they're not on there, I'm gonna gut you with a rusty spoon!' And Jack and Tommy went, 'Y'know, he's right.' And Michael said, 'Yeah, I'm glad somebody fuckin' said something 'cause there's no vibrancy to the blend of the music.' And I think we got it this time. I thought it was done real disrespectful to our R&B pulse." I don't think the guitars had any twang to 'em. "My only real complaint about it is the overall mix. Nugent, meanwhile, had his sights set on sonics. "I think the first album was a fantastic album," he told American Music Press in the spring of 1993. It felt a little different writing songs together this time than it did before we knew what Damn Yankees was." "We knew each other better," Shaw explained to this reporter shortly before Don't Tread's release. Teaming once more with producer Ron Nevison and drummer Michael Cartellone, Damn Yankees recorded 1992's Don't Tread at the Record Plant in Los Angeles - with some discernible goals in mind. After touring to promote their self-titled LP, Damn Yankees hunkered down to make a sophomore effort. By the time Damn Yankees ran its course, fans were ready for the group to "come again," as the song said. Brokered by record company executive John Kalodner, it may have seemed like an odd combination of commercial melodic rockers and the Motor City Madman, but it worked.
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