Admiral Television?

I said it was a TV thinking maybe Todd Rundgren was doing some sampling with it. The name in the credits is in quotes.

I second Tom Verlaine, mainly because he is the "lead" of Television (the band). I couldn't find anything to back this up on the internet, but it makes some sense.

Admiral was definitely an early USA TV manufacturer. They also made radios in the 1970's.

OK, here's another not-at-all confident guess: Rick Derringer.
Huh? Rick Derringer? Why on Earth would someone bring him up here?
Well, here's my thinking: The most obvious reason for someone to choose a nom de guitar would be because he was under contract with another label and was unable to get permission from the lawyers or the finance folk to appear "courtesy of." At the time that "War Babies" was recorded, Derringer had been working with Todd Rundgren -- on "Something/Anything" and "A Wizard, a True Star" -- and was also recording his own work on another label.
So, it just maybe could have been him. I have no good reason to believe this, but I thought I'd thrown his name into the mix just for the heck of it.

Lowrider - that didn't occur to me. It's possible that all the flashy stuff is Rundgren and Cerniglia (unfamiliar to me) and that the Admiral Television was a reference to guitar effects.

It's also possible that Verlaine (or possibly Richard Lloyd) of Television is the answer. Rick Derringer's another one that never occurred to me.

Sounds like we got a puzzle here with some interesting logic supporting possible solutions.

Thanks for the ideas.

Marty