| Coordinates | 21°08′28″N149°11′10″N |
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| name | Ted Nugent |
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| background | solo_singer |
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| born | December 13, 1948Redford, Michigan, U.S. |
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| alias | The Nuge, Motor City Madman, Uncle Ted |
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| genre | Rock, hard rock, heavy metal |
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| occupation | Musician, songwriter, entrepreneur, hunter, activist, actor |
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| instrument | Guitar, vocals, bass |
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| associated acts | The Amboy Dukes, Damn Yankees, Damnocracy |
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| years active | 1958–present |
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| website | TedNugent.com |
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| notable instruments | Gibson Byrdland
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Theodore Anthony "
Ted"
Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American
guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer and activist. From
Detroit,
Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of
The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career. He is also noted for his
conservative political views and his ardent defense of
hunting and
gun ownership rights.
Early life
Nugent was born and raised in
Detroit, Michigan, the son of Marion Dorothy (née Johnson) and Warren Henry Nugent. He moved to
Palatine, Illinois as a teenager, and has two brothers: John and Jeffrey. Raised Catholic, Nugent has mentioned his ties with the Christian faith many times during interviews, and has stated that he regularly attends
church. He attended
St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Career
Nugent has released more than 34 albums, and has sold a career total of 30 million records. He was known throughout his early career in the 1970s for using
Fender amps, a large part of his signature sound, and for playing the hollow-body
Gibson Byrdland guitar.
Gibson Guitar Corporation has since developed a model named for him.
Performing professionally since 1958, Nugent has been touring annually since 1967, averaging more than 300 shows per year (1967–73), 200 per year (1974–80), 150 (1981–89), 127 concerts in 1990, 162 concerts in 1991, 150 concerts in 1993, 180 in 1994, 166 in 1995, 81 in 1996, Summer Blitz '97, '98,
Rock Never Stops '99, 133 concerts with KISS 2K. Nugent's 2005 plans involved a tour with country music singer-songwriter
Toby Keith, whom Nugent met in Iraq while they were both performing in USO-sponsored shows for the
coalition troops. Nugent toured with local Detroit musician
Alex Winston during the summers of 2007 and 2008.
On July 4, 2008, at the DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan, Ted Nugent played his 6,000th concert. Derek St. Holmes (original singer for the Ted Nugent band), Johnny Bee Badanjek (drummer for Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels), and Ted's guitar teacher from 1958 Joe Podorsek all jammed on stage with Ted for various tunes.
Amboy Dukes
His first edition of
The Amboy Dukes played at
The Cellar, a teen dance club outside of Chicago in
Arlington Heights, Illinois, starting in late 1965, while Nugent was a student at
St. Viator High School. The Cellar's "house band" at the time had been the
Shadows of Knight, although the Amboy Dukes eventually became a staple until the club's closing.
The Amboy Dukes' second single was "Journey to the Center of the Mind", which featured lyrics written by the Dukes' second guitarist Steve Farmer. Nugent, an ardent anti-drug campaigner, has always claimed that he had no idea that this song was about drug use. ''The Amboy Dukes'' (1967), ''Journey to the Center of the Mind'' (1968) and ''Migration'' (1969) — all recorded on the Mainstream label — sold moderately well. On April 4, 1968, Nugent along with a group of musicians paid tribute to Martin Luther King by having a folk, rock and blues jam session. Joni Mitchell played first, followed by Buddy Guy and Jimi Hendrix. Other musicians who participated were BB King and Al Kooper.
After settling down on a ranch in Michigan in 1973, Nugent signed a record deal with Frank Zappa's DiscReet Records label and recorded ''Call of the Wild''. The following year, ''Tooth Fang & Claw'' (which contained the song "Great White Buffalo") established a fan base for Nugent and the other Amboy Dukes. Personnel changes nearly wrecked the band, which became known as Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes. Nugent reunited with the other members of the Amboy Dukes at the 2009 Detroit Music Awards, which took place April 17, 2009. The psychedelic band received a distinguished achievement honor at the event. The Dukes also played together at the ceremony, marking their first public performance in more than 30 years.
Solo career
Nugent dropped the Amboy Dukes band name for good in 1975, and signed to
Epic Records.
Derek St. Holmes (guitar, vocals), Rob Grange (bass) and
Clifford Davies (drums) were the primary additional band members for his classic 1970s multi-platinum albums: ''
Ted Nugent'' (1975), ''
Free-for-All'' (1976) and ''
Cat Scratch Fever'' (1977). These albums produced the popular radio anthems "Hey Baby", "
Stranglehold", "Dog Eat Dog", and "
Cat Scratch Fever". It was during these three years that Nugent truly emerged as a guitar hero to thousands of young hard rock fans, many of whom were unaware of his lengthy apprenticeship with the Amboy Dukes. This band lineup toured extensively, also releasing the multi-platinum live album ''
Double Live Gonzo!'', until its breakup in 1978 when St. Holmes and Grange departed. St. Holmes was replaced by Charlie Huhn and Grange by Dave Kiswiney. Davies finally left around 1982 after staying on to record ''
Weekend Warriors'' (1978), ''
State of Shock'' (1979), ''
Scream Dream'' (1980) and ''
Intensities in 10 Cities'' (1981).
On July 8, 1979, Ted was on the rock radio program ''King Biscuit Flower Hour''. This was the original broadcast of Ted's performance of ''Live at Hammersmith '79'' which had been recorded during the second set of a sold-out night at London's Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. An album of this program was released in 1997.
During this era, Nugent was notable for his frequent declarations that he did not drink alcoholic beverages or smoke tobacco or marijuana. In an interview for VH1's ''Behind The Music'', Nugent said this was due to his father having sternly reprimanded him when he came home smelling of alcohol after a night of drinking. This was an unusual stance for a major rock performer of the 1970s, and Nugent has been cited as an important early influence on the straight edge movement, which disavows drinking and recreational drug use.
Influences
Nugent has been praised for his playing style, and is cited as an influence by many other
hard rock and
heavy metal musicians. Nugent has cited his own musical influences as
Vanilla Fudge,
Jeff Beck,
Chuck Berry,
The Kinks,
Jimmy Page,
The Rolling Stones,
The Who,
The Yardbirds,
Bo Diddley,
Eric Clapton,
Jimi Hendrix,
Steppenwolf,
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels,
The Animals,
Little Richard,
MC5,
Frank Zappa, and
Muddy Waters.
Damn Yankees
During the period of 1982-89, Nugent released a series of moderately successful solo albums. In 1989, he formed the
supergroup Damn Yankees, with
Jack Blades (bass/vocals, formerly of
Night Ranger),
Tommy Shaw (guitar/vocals, formerly of
Styx) and
Michael Cartellone (drums/vocals). ''
Damn Yankees'' (1990) was a hit, selling 5 million albums, thanks in no small part to the smash hit power ballad "
High Enough". The video for this song featured Nugent in a priest's collar, and later in a zebra-striped cape during the guitar solo. It also saw the first appearance of his famous 'WhackMaster' hat.
Back to solo
Returning to a solo career, Nugent released ''
Spirit of the Wild'' in 1995, his best-reviewed album in quite some time. This album also marked the return of Derek St. Holmes to Nugent's studio band. A series of archival releases also came out in the 1990s, keeping Nugent's name in the national consciousness. He also began hosting a radio show in Detroit on WWBR-FM ("102.7 The Bear, Detroit's Rock Animal") and took ownership in several hunting-related businesses. He created TV shows for several networks; ''
Wanted: Ted or Alive'' on
Versus, ''Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild'' on PBS and The Outdoor Channel, as well as ''Surviving Nugent'' and ''
Supergroup-Damnocracy'' on VH1. In 2006, Nugent was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
Ted Nugent appears on David Crowder Band's 2007 release, ''Remedy'', playing guitar on the song "We Won't Be Quiet". He announced his "Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead" tour on April 21, 2010.
On March 14, 2011, Nugent released a new song, "I Still Believe", as a free download via his website to subscribers to his news letter. Nugent says of the song: "America is a target-rich environment for an independent man addicted to logic, truth and The American Way. 'I Still Believe' throttles the animal spirit of rugged individualism in pure MotorCity ultra high-energy rhythm and blues and rock and roll." In April 2011 Nugent announced that former frontman Derek St. Holmes would be joining his band for Nugent's I Still Believe Tour.
Media appearances
Reality programming
Nugent starred in his own outdoors television show named after his popular song "
Spirit of the Wild". The song was the theme music to the TV series in which Nugent took viewers on a variety of wild game hunts using his bow. In the series he teaches and advises hunters and "hands-on" conservationists around the world on the different aspects of hunting and politics, and informs the public on the importance of getting children away from the TV and video games and getting them out beyond the pavement in order to better their lives.
In 2003, he was host of the VH1 reality television program ''Surviving Nugent'' in which city dwellers such as model Tila Tequila moved to Nugent's Michigan ranch in order to survive such "backwoods" activities as building an outhouse and skinning a boar. The success of the two-hour show spawned a four-part miniseries in 2004 entitled ''Surviving Nugent: The Ted Commandments''. This time it was filmed on Nugent's ranch in China Spring, Texas. During filming, Nugent injured himself with a chainsaw, requiring 44 stitches and a leg brace.
In 2003, Nugent also guested on the VH1 program ''Forever Wild'', hosted by Sebastian Bach (former lead vocalist for the band Skid Row). They shot some firearms and walked around Nugent's cabin in the woods. Two years later he hosted a reality-type show, ''Wanted: Ted or Alive'' on OLN (now the sports channel 'Versus') where contestants competed for money as well as for opportunities to go hunting with "Uncle Ted." The contestants had to kill and clean their own food to survive.
In 2006, he appeared on VH1's reality show ''SuperGroup'', with Scott Ian (Anthrax, guitar), Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard, bass), Sebastian Bach (ex-Skid Row, vocals) and Jason Bonham (Bonham, UFO, Foreigner, drums). The name of the supergroup was originally FIST but later was changed to Damnocracy. Bach had lobbied for the name Savage Animal. Captured on film by VH1 was a rare Nugent duet with guitarist Joe Bonamassa at the Sand Dollar Blues Room for a 45-minute blues jam. He starred in another reality show for CMT in August 2009. The show, entitled ''Runnin' Wild ... From Ted Nugent'', featured Nugent instructing competitors in the art of survival; the competitors had to use those skills in challenges in which they were hunted down by Nugent.
In 2008, Ted Nugent was on the episode ''Southwest Road Trip Special'' of ''Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations'', where he spoke against obesity and public health care.
Also in 2009, he played guitar at The Alamo for a Tax Day Tea Party hosted by Glenn Beck and Fox News. Most notable in his set was a version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in which he used alternate picking and whammy bar effects. The clip and sound bite of this is played extensively on Fox News as well as on ''The Glenn Beck Program''.
Acting
In 1986, he guest starred in an episode of the hit television show ''
Miami Vice'' entitled "Definitely Miami". Nugent played a villain. His song "Angry Young Man" was featured in the episode. His song "Little Miss Dangerous" was also featured on a ''Miami Vice'' episode of the same name, although he did not appear in the episode.
In 2001, Nugent appeared as himself in a third season episode of ''That '70s Show'' entitled "Backstage Pass." Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon), who works for radio station WFPP, obtains tickets to the upcoming Ted Nugent concert for the entire gang. Following the concert, her boss Max (Howard Hesseman) gives Donna a backstage pass to meet Nugent, where he volunteers to sit for an interview. Meanwhile, Steven Hyde (Danny Masterson) and Fez (Wilmer Valderama) try to sell unauthorized concert t-shirts accidentally spelled ''Tad Nugent''.
Also in 2001, Nugent appeared as himself in the second episode of the short-lived university campus FOX comedy series, "Undeclared". In the episode "Full Bluntal Nugety", Nugent is a guest at the university, there to speak on his favorite topics, mainly hunting and gun control. This is where new student Steven Karp (Jay Baruchel) takes his love interest Lizzie (Carla Gallo) on their first date. Karp tries to heckle Nugent during his speech in an attempt to impress Lizzie, with disastrous results. FOX didn't like the idea of Nugent and his political views appearing on this show, so the episode was re-shot and re-edited as "Oh, So You Have a Boyfriend?" which aired without any Ted Nugent content whatsoever. The complete "Full Bluntal Nugety (Director's Cut)" episode is available in its entirety, in the "Undeclared" DVD box set (released by SHOUT! Factory), including some extra Ted Nugent scenes that had been deleted.
He made a guest appearance on the cult television series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force,'' in the episode "Gee Whiz," on Adult Swim. Locals believe to have seen the face of Jesus in a billboard, and they mention how it looks like Ted Nugent. Throughout the episode they think it's Jesus' face, but at the end they discover it was in fact Nugent's. He proceeds to shoot a flaming explosive arrow at Carl (mistaking him for a "varmint").
In 2007, Nugent appeared in the music video for Nickelback's "Rockstar", and in 2008 he played a key role in the Toby Keith movie ''Beer For My Horses'' as the quiet deputy named Skunk.
In 2007, Nugent debated ''The Simpsons'' producer Sam Simon on the ''Howard Stern Show'' about the ethics of hunting animals. Coincidentally, he would later lend his voice to an over-the-phone appearance in the season 19 episode of ''The Simpsons'', "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", where, in a humorous jab at his political stance, inmate Dwight picks up his call for voting no to the fictional Proposition 87, which bans crossbows in public schools. As part of his pre-recorded message, Nugent asks "If we outlaw crossbows in our public schools, who's going to protect our children from charging elk?".
Other media appearances
Attracting attention for his outspoken statements on issues ranging from guns to biodiversity, Nugent has been a regular guest on such programs as ''
Larry King Live'', ''
The Howard Stern Show'', and ''
Politically Incorrect''.
In 1991. he guest-starred on the PBS science show ''Newton's Apple'' in a short comedic feature called ''Science of the Rich and Famous'' in which he demonstrates and explains the phenomenon of electric guitar feedback. On March 13, 2007, Nugent was interviewed on ABC's ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' and performed the songs "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Rawdogs and Warhogs".
Also in 2008, Nugent appeared on the Memphis-based ''The Political Cesspool'', a radio talk show known for its "pro-white" views.
On April 15, 2009, Nugent appeared onstage with his guitar in San Antonio as part of Glenn Beck's coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests on the Fox News Channel. He hosted the show with Glenn Beck, and played music for the protestors at the Alamo. He made an appearance in ''Guitar Hero: World Tour'' As part of the solo guitar career, the player engages in a guitar duel with Nugent, after which the song "Stranglehold" is unlocked and Dirty Nuge becomes available as a playable character.
Nugent was interviewed on the ''The Alex Jones Show'' July 30, 2008 about his new book "Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto" (2008). On July 9, 2010 Ted was again interviewed by Alex Jones and he criticized the latest policies issued by the Obama Administration and the Supreme Court concerning gun policy. He claimed that rejecting the idea of the right to self-defense being expressed in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which Nugent called "gun control" policies, are most likely to destroy the American society. Nugent also claimed similar policies were the cause of the downfall of every society in human history.
Nugent appeared on penn and teller's BS episode on P.E.T.A
Personal life
He has had two wives and has eight children, including three out of wedlock in two liaisons almost 30 years apart. In the late 1960s, prior to his first marriage, Nugent fathered a boy, Ted (Mann) and a girl, whom he gave up for adoption in infancy. This did not become public knowledge until 2010. The siblings were adopted separately and had no contact with one another. The son learned the identity of his birth father in 2010 through the daughter's quest to make contact with him and their birth parents. According to a news report, Nugent over the years had discussed the existence of these children with his other children.
In 2005 Nugent was involved in a legal battle for not paying enough child support for a child he had out of wedlock in 1995. It was finally resolved when Nugent was ordered to pay $3,500 in child support.
He was married to his first wife, Sandra Jezowski, from 1970 to 1979. They had three children, son Theodore Tobias "Toby" Nugent, and daughters Sasha and Starr Nugent. Sandra died in a car crash in 1982. His second marriage was to Shemane Deziel, whom he met while a guest on Detroit's WLLZ-FM, where she was a member of the news staff. They married on January 21, 1989. Together they have two children, son Rocco Winchester Nugent, and daughter Chantal Nugent.
In 1978, Nugent began a relationship with seventeen-year-old Hawaii native Pele Massa. Due to the age difference they could not marry so Nugent joined Massa's parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian, an arrangement that ''Spin'' magazine ranked in October 2000 as #63 on their list of the "100 Sleaziest Moments in Rock".
In the late 1990s, Nugent began writing for various magazines. He has written for more than 20 publications and is the author of ''New York Times'' Best Seller ''God, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll'' (July 2000), ''Kill It and Grill It'' (2002) (co-authored with his wife, Shemane), ''BloodTrails II: The Truth About Bowhunting'' (2004), and "Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto" (2008).
In 1996 Nugent joined the WWBR-FM air staff. The Ted Nugent Morning Show on 102.7 FM in Detroit was a success. He and co-host Steve Black (now host of the syndicated radio show Chop Shop and Chop Shop Classic) often shocked Detroit with their opinions and Nugent's unique method of delivering his ideas.
Nugent is a fan of the Detroit Pistons. He wore a Pistons shirt in the Damn Yankees music video for "Come Again". He is also a fan of the Dallas Cowboys and attends many games with his children and grandchildren.
Hearing loss
Nugent also suffers from
hearing loss. A November 2005 ''
Rolling Stone'' article noted Nugent, among others, has publicly acknowledged hearing problems. "The ear's not too good, especially with background noise", he said in a 2007 interview. "[But] that's a small price to pay. Believe me the journey was worth it."
Activism
Drugs and alcohol stances
Since the early 1990s Nugent has become both popular and criticized for his conservative beliefs and his anti-
drug and anti-
alcohol stances. He is a national spokesman for the
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, advocating the "natural highs" to be found in an outdoor lifestyle.
Concealed carry weapon (CCW) law
Nugent is a strong advocate of the
right to bear arms. When interviewed by Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith in season 5 of TexasMonthlyTalks he said, "I would rather that [a victim of violent crime] in Massachusetts last month who was taking her daughter to soccer when they were carjacked by a recidivist maggot, who had been in the prison system all his life but was let out again because we feel sorry for him, maybe he had a bad childhood. Instead of her being hijacked and murdered, I'd rather she just shot the bastard dead... But in Massachusetts, somebody decided she can't do that. So she's dead. I would rather she was alive and the carjacker was dead... I'm weird."
Nugent currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Conflicts with animal rights groups
Nugent once said in an interview, “I'm stymied to come up with anything funnier than people who think animals have rights. Just stick an arrow through their lungs.” In 2000, Bhaskar Sinha was jailed briefly following an incident outside a department store in
San Francisco in which he threatened and physically assaulted Nugent, who in turn took Sinha into custody until San Francisco Police arrived and arrested the protester. However, protesters claim that Nugent started the altercation by spitting in one of the protester's faces when he was offered an anti-fur flyer, although police on the scene did not witness such an action.
Nugent has reported receiving death threats against him and his family from animal rights activists. On the ''Penn & Teller's Bullshit!'' episode about People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Nugent claimed, "We've got reports and files with law enforcement across America where left-wing animal rights extremists are on record threatening to kill my children on the way to school because we eat pheasant." In 2006 he stated in an interview that "anyone who thinks hunting is terrible can kiss my ass."
In a 1992 radio interview, Nugent referred to Heidi Prescott of the Fund for Animals as a "worthless whore" and a "shallow slut," asking "who needs to club a seal, when you can club Heidi?" He was ordered by a court to pay Prescott $75,000.
Nugent owns a hunting ranch near Jackson, Michigan, called Sunrize Acres. Anti-hunters claim this fenced facility offers "canned" hunts. Nugent has said, "I understand the criticism from those who say canned hunting violates the ethic of fair chase," though he still operates the facility, and refers to it as "high fence hunting". Nugent was recently interviewed by ''Field & Stream'' magazine regarding "canned" hunts. At Sunrize Acres he personally guides customers on a hunt for trophy bull bison ($5,000), Russian boar, or white-tailed deer ($1,000 each).
In September 2009, Nugent embarked on a hunt near Somerset, El Dorado County, California. He was accompanied by a guide and a cameraman, filming for his Outdoor Channel show "Spirit of the Wild." The video taken appeared in an episode of the show first broadcast on February 9, 2010. California Fish and Game wardens who watched the broadcast noticed that it showed Nugent killing a very young buck which had been attracted by commercial bait. Both the killing of such a young deer and the use of bait are crimes under California state law. On August 13, 2010, he pled no contest in Yuba County to two misdemeanors: illegally baiting a deer, and failing to have a deer tag signed by a government official after a kill. He was fined USD $1,750 by the court.
The band Goldfinger released a song called "FTN", which is critical of Ted Nugent.
Politics
In 2007 and 2008, during a period of years when he publicly speculated about running for governor of Michigan, Nugent singled out prominent Democratic politicians for violent or vulgar rhetoric or gestures. At a concert on August 21, 2007, Nugent made controversial comments about Democratic Party presidential aspirants
Barack Obama and
Hillary Clinton and California's senators
Barbara Boxer and
Dianne Feinstein. He complained, "Obama's a piece of shit, and I told him to suck on my machine gun." Referring to Michigan governor
Jennifer Granholm (in office 2003-11), during performances he would frequently interject "Jennifer Granholm, kiss my ass" into his songs, and shoot an arrow at her likeness. In a 2007 interview, in discussing running for governor of Michigan, he stated that Granholm "is not doing an ugly job, but as the perfect woman, she is scrotumless".
Although Nugent has never run for government office, in the decade of the 2000s he publicly speculated about doing so on several occasions. In May 2005, he announced he was "getting real close to deciding to run" for governor of Michigan in 2006, while in 2007, he talked about running for that office in 2010. During the latter period, he stated, "Michigan was once a great state. Michigan was a state that rewarded the entrepreneur and the most productive, work-ethic families of the state. Now the pimps and the whores and the welfare brats are basically the state's babies." In July 2008, Nugent declared "I was serious when I threatened to run for office in the past if I cannot find a candidate who respects the U.S. Constitution and our sacred Bill of Rights." When asked by ''Imagineer'' magazine in a 2010 interview about what he would do if elected to political office, he responded: "Slash the living hell out of the waste and corruption and the outrageous army of do-nothing bureaucrats. I would fire every government worker whose job I would deem to be redundant and wasteful. No able-bodied human being would ever get a handout again."
Nugent is a veteran supporter of Republican Party politicians. On July 17, 2008, during the presidential election season, shortly before the Republican presidential nominating convention, however, he stated that front-runner John McCain was "catering to a growing segment of soulless Americans who care less what they can do for their country, but whine louder and louder about what their country must do for them. That is both un-American and pathetic". As a longtime resident of Texas, he was a weekly contributor to the newspaper, the ''Waco Tribune-Herald'' until 2009. He has been a special deputy sheriff in Lake County, Michigan since 1982 and he also has been a reserve deputy constable in McLennan County, Texas.
According to an interview in ''The Independent'' he "considers homosexuality morally wrong" and is an outspoken supporter of the United States military. As a reward for entertaining US troops in Iraq in 2004, he visited Saddam Hussein's war room. "It was a glorious moment. It looked like something out of ''Star Wars''. I saw his gold toilet. I shat in his bidet." Nugent also said: "Our failure has been not to Nagasaki them."
Nugent was initially scheduled to speak at Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally on August 28, 2010, but subsequently cancelled due to a scheduling conflict.
Military
In 2006, an interviewer from the British newspaper ''
The Independent'' questioned Nugent about a 1977 interview in ''
High Times'' magazine in which Nugent allegedly detailed elaborate steps taken to avoid the
Vietnam draft. In the interview Nugent explains that, contrary to the story in ''
High Times'', he was awarded a 2-S (student) deferment because he was enrolled as a student at
Oakland Community College.
Tours
Summer Blitz Tour 1997
1998 Tour
Rock Never Stops Tour 1999
Remember The Alamo Tour 2005
Unleash The Beast Tour 2006
Unleash The Nuge Beast Killer Rock Tour 2007
Rolling Thunder Tour 2008
Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead Tour 2010
I Still Believe Tour 2011
Discography
Published books
Nugent, Ted. ''Blood Trails: The Truth About Bowhunting'' Ted Nugent (1991) ISBN B0006ORP2G (146 pages)
Nugent, Ted. ''God, Guns & Rock and Roll''. Regnery Publishing, Inc. (August 21, 2000) ISBN 0-89526-173-1 (316 pages)
Nugent, Ted. ''Blood Trails II: The Truth About Bowhunting''. Woods N' Water Inc. (November 12, 2004) ISBN 0-9722804-7-2 (256 pages)
Nugent, Ted and Nugent, Shemane. ''Kill It & Grill It: A Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish''. Regnery Publishing, Inc. (June 25, 2005) ISBN 0-89526-164-2 (250 pages)
Nugent, Ted. ''Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto ''. Regnery Publishing Inc. (November 12, 2008) ISBN 978-1-59698-555-1 (256 pages)
Articles
References
External links
Official Ted Nugent Website
Damnocracy
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