A Nostalgic Scrapbook of 70's and 80's Kodak Moments for a Trip Down Memory Lane (January 8, 2025)

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Jan 8, 2025 10:00 AM EST

I recently just learned that Ted Nugent, the legendary guitar soloist who played songs like "Stranglehold" and "Cat Scratch Fever," once rode onstage on the back of a bison… A BISON! To debut his song, "Great White Buffalo," Uncle Ted rode up on the back of a buffalo, nearly 6ft tall at the shoulder, in the midst of an enormous, cheering crowd. And with the chieftan's headdress on, he dismounted his steed, epically grabbed his guitar, and started shredding.

Only in 1978… Am I right?

Nowadays, no musician–no matter how big and famous–could get away with that sort of stunt. Unimaginable liability, the threat of a lawsuit, and general animal activism would nip that right in the bud. But despite its radical nature and the sketchy danger of the stunt, Ted Nugent riding a bison on stage at a concert is pretty dynamite.

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Ted Nugent
Feral, unhinged, and undeniably cool, the ‘70s and ’80s were an era of lawlessness that makes us nostalgic just at the thought of it.
With our memories recalled in pixelated 38mm film and the fringe of our leather jackets fraying at the edges, the groovy days exist only in our souls, passed on through the funky tunes and wild escapades of our musical heroes. They're forevermore immortalized on the vinyl records in the attic and on the band t-shirts in our closet, going down in history as the coolest dudes ever to live, right there alongside Ted Nugent and his valiant, great white buffalo.
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Ted Nugent
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Carrie Fisher
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Van Halen
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Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford
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Cher
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Elton John
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Farrah Faucet
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Shelley Duvall
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Stevie Nicks
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Michael Jackson and Princess Dianna
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Diana Ross
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Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis
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