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Ted Nugent

January 21, 2023

For his self-titled album, see Ted Nugent (album).
"Motor City Madman" redirects here. For the WCW wrestler, see Mike Moore (wrestler).

Theodore Anthony Nugent (/ˈnuːdʒɪnt/; born December 13, 1948) is an American rock musician and activist. He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock[1][2] and hard rock.[3][4] After dissolving the band, he embarked on a successful solo career. His first three solo albums, Ted Nugent (1975), Free-for-All (1976) and Cat Scratch Fever (1977), were certified multi-platinum in the United States. His latest album, Detroit Muscle, was released in 2022.

Ted Nugent
Nugent performing in 2017
Background information
Birth nameTheodore Anthony Nugent
Also known asThe Nuge
Motor City Madman
Uncle Ted
Born (1948-12-13) December 13, 1948 (age 74)
Redford, Michigan, U.S.
GenresHard rock
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • political activist
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1964–present
Formerly of
Websitetednugent.com

Nugent is known for his Gibson Byrdland, his bluesy and frenzied guitar playing, and his energetic live shows.[5] Despite possessing a distinctive, wide-ranging singing voice, Nugent recorded and toured with other lead singers during much of his early solo career, including Derek St. Holmes, Charlie Huhn, Brian Howe and Meat Loaf, only taking on full lead vocal duties later on.[6] His biggest hit was 1977's "Cat Scratch Fever", on which he sang the lead vocals. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was part of the supergroup Damn Yankees.

In later years, Nugent has drawn attention for his outspoken conservative political views, as well as his vociferous advocacy of hunting and gun ownership rights.[7][8] He is a board member of the National Rifle Association and a strong supporter of the Republican Party. He has made a number of controversial and threatening statements against advocates of gun control; in one case, the Secret Service investigated him based on comments about President Barack Obama.[9][10][11][12]

Early life

Nugent was born the third of four siblings in Redford, Michigan,[13][14] and raised in Detroit, the son of Marion Dorothy (née Johnson) and Warren Henry Nugent.[15][16][17] He attended William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois, as a freshman in 1963–1964,[18] then transferred to St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois.[19] His maternal grandparents were Swedish.[20]

Draft status

Nugent grew up in a military family; his father was a career army sergeant. Nugent himself never served in the military, although he came of age during the height of the Vietnam War. In two 1977 and 1990 interviews with High Times magazine and the Detroit Free Press, Nugent claimed he deliberately failed his draft physical by eating nothing but junk food for days beforehand and defecating and urinating in his pants.[21][22][23]

Nugent denied his defecation story in a 2018 appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience; he asserted that he invented the story for his and his band's amusement, as he claimed news sources at the time often published inaccurate information on his band. He also claimed that he was in fact eligible for military service and passed a draft physical in 1969 while he was attending Oakland Community College. Nugent affirmed that his 4-F rating on Wikipedia was "made up".[24][21][25] On The Joe Rogan Experience, Nugent further claimed that he told the excrement story to the High Times just to have fun with its "dirtbag" and "hippie" writers in 1977 because he was "hardcore anti-drug"; however, in 1990 he again detailed his experiences "living inside pants caked with his own excrement" for one week to avoid the draft in an extensive 1990 interview with the Detroit Free Press after the formation of Damn Yankees.[22][23][24] He further stated on The Joe Rogan Experience that in 1969 he passed his draft physical "with flying colors".[24]

Nugent's Selective Service classification record (Selective Service No. 11-101-48-1792[25]) shows he initially qualified for and took student deferments.[21][25] When he was no longer enrolled in community college, he received a draft rating of I-A, until he failed his draft physical on August 28, 1969.[21][25] After that physical, he was rated 1-Y ("registrant qualified for service only in time of war or national emergency") until that classification was abolished in 1971.[21][25] He was subsequently reclassified 4-F, indicating ineligibility for military service under established physical, mental, or moral standards.[21][25] The 1-Y and 4-F classifications were usually reserved for those with significant medical or mental issues.[25]

Nugent told the Detroit Free Press in 1990 that if he had gone to South Vietnam, he would probably have either been killed or would have killed "everybody" including "all the hippies in the foxholes" with friendly fire.[23]

Musical career

 
Nugent in concert with his signature Gibson Byrdland guitar

The Amboy Dukes

The first lineup 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.[26]

The Amboy Dukes' second single was "Journey to the Center of the Mind", which featured lyrics written by the Dukes' second guitarist Steve Farmer from the album of the same title whose cover features a diverse array of drug paraphernalia. Nugent, an ardent anti-drug campaigner, has always claimed that he had no idea that this song was about drug use.[27] Early albums 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 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Nugent joined other musicians in a tribute to King by having a folk, rock and blues jam session. Joni Mitchell played first, followed by Buddy Guy, Cactus and Jimi Hendrix. Other musicians who participated were BB King and Al Kooper.[28]

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 under the revised band name Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes. 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 at this time nearly wrecked the band. 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.[27]

Solo career

See also: Ted Nugent discography

Nugent dropped the Amboy Dukes band name for good in 1975 and signed to Epic Records. Retaining only bassist Rob Grange from the previous Amboy Dukes lineup, Nugent added Derek St. Holmes (guitar, vocals) and Clifford Davies (drums). This quartet remained the primary band members for Nugent's 1970s multi-platinum[29] 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". Despite most of the songwriting credits being listed as solely Nugent, St. Holmes claims that many were co-written by the whole band and that Nugent took sole credit as a way to avoid paying them royalties.[30]

It was during these three years that Nugent emerged as a guitar hero to hard rock fans, many of whom were unaware of his lengthy apprenticeship with the Amboy Dukes.[31] This band lineup toured extensively, also releasing the multi-platinum live album Double Live Gonzo! (1978), until its breakup in 1978 when St. Holmes and Grange departed. St. Holmes was replaced by Charlie Huhn and Grange by multiple bassists, with Nugent eventually settling on Dave Kiswiney for a three-album stretch in the 1980s. Davies left around 1982 after staying on to record Weekend Warriors (1978), State of Shock (1979) and Scream Dream (1980), all three of which charted in the US Top 25, plus the live album Intensities in 10 Cities (1981). The Intensities in 10 Cities album includes the controversial song "Jailbait".[32]

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 night at London's Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. An album of this program was released in 1997.[33]

1980s solo career and Damn Yankees

During the period of 1982–1988, Nugent released four more solo albums (to declining critical favor and commercial performance) and also began assuming a more prominent role as lead vocalist. In 1989, he joined the supergroup Damn Yankees, with Jack Blades (bass/vocals, of Night Ranger), Tommy Shaw (guitar/vocals, of Styx) and Michael Cartellone (drums). Damn Yankees (1990) was a hit album, going double platinum in the U.S.,[34] thanks to the hit power ballad "High Enough".[35] The second and final Damn Yankees album, Don't Tread (1992), reached gold status in the U.S., but was not as well-received as the band's debut and the group dissolved soon after.

Return to solo career

 
Nugent performing in 2005

Returning to a solo career, Nugent released Spirit of the Wild in 1995, his best-reviewed album in quite some time. The album contained the bowhunting anthem "Fred Bear", and 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, Ted Nugent was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.[36]

Ted Nugent appears on David Crowder Band's 2007 release, Remedy, playing guitar on the song "We Won't Be Quiet".[37] He announced his "Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead" tour on April 21, 2010.[38]

Nugent toured with local Detroit musician Alex Winston during the summers of 2007 and 2008.[39]

On July 4, 2008, at the DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan, Ted Nugent played his 6,000th concert.[40] Derek St. Holmes (original singer for the Ted Nugent band), Johnny Bee Badanjek (drummer for Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels) and Nugent's guitar teacher from 1958, Joe Podorsek, all jammed on stage with Nugent for various songs.[citation needed]

On March 14, 2011, Nugent released a new song, "I Still Believe", as a free download via his website to subscribers to his newsletter. 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."[41][42] In April 2011 Nugent announced that former frontman Derek St. Holmes would be joining his band for Nugent's I Still Believe Tour.[43]

Media appearances

Reality TV

Nugent has starred in his own outdoors television show on the Outdoor Channel, named after his popular song "Spirit of the Wild", since 2001. 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 taught and advised hunters and "hands-on" conservationists around the world on the different aspects of hunting and politics.[44] In one episode of Spirit of the Wild, Nugent hits a young deer with a bow. Two game wardens saw the episode, later charging Nugent with 11 misdemeanor violations of California hunting law. Nugent plead guilty to two violations.[45]

In 2003, he was host of the VH1 reality television program Surviving Nugent, in which city dwellers moved in to Nugent's Michigan ranch.[46] During filming, Nugent injured himself with a chainsaw, requiring 40 stitches and a leg brace.[47]

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, in 2005, Nugent hosted a reality-type show, Wanted: Ted or Alive, on what was then called the OLN, or Outdoor Life Network, before it became the NBC Sports Network of the present day.[citation needed] In Wanted: Ted or Alive, 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.[citation needed]

In 2006, he appeared on VH1's reality show SuperGroup, with Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, Biohazard bassist Evan Seinfeld, ex-Skid Row lead singer Sebastian Bach and John Bonham's son Jason Bonham, who had been the drummer for Bonham, UFO and Foreigner. 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, titled 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 Nugent himself hunted them down.[48]

In 2008, Nugent was a guest on the episode Southwest Road Trip Special of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, where he spoke against obesity and public health care.[49]

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.[50]

In 2001, Nugent appeared as himself in a third-season episode of That '70s Show entitled "Backstage Pass".[51]

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, including some extra Ted Nugent scenes that had been deleted.[citation needed]

He made a guest appearance on the 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").[citation needed]

In 2007, Nugent appeared in the music video for Nickelback's song "Rockstar" and in 2008 he played a key role in the Toby Keith film Beer for My Horses as the quiet deputy named Skunk.[citation needed]

In 2007, Nugent debated The Simpsons producer Sam Simon on The Howard Stern Show about the ethics of hunting animals. Coincidentally, Nugent 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?".[52]

In 2012, Nugent again appeared as himself on The Simpsons, on the episode "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson", in which he is nominated as a presidential candidate for the Republican Party.[53]

Other media appearances

On July 30, 2008, Nugent was interviewed on The Alex Jones Show about his book Ted, White and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto (2008).[54][55]

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 Beck and played music for the protestors at the Alamo.[citation needed]

He made an appearance in Guitar Hero World Tour. As part of the "solo guitar career" section, the player engages in a guitar duel with Nugent, after which the song "Stranglehold" is unlocked and Nugent becomes available as a playable character.[citation needed]

He was a weekly contributor to the Waco Tribune-Herald until 2009.[56]

On July 9, 2010, Nugent was again interviewed by Jones and criticized the latest policies issued by the Obama administration and the U.S. 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, is most likely to destroy American society. Nugent also claimed similar policies were the cause of the downfall of every society in human history.[57]

Personal life

Nugent is a fan of the Detroit Red Wings in ice hockey, Detroit Pistons in basketball, Detroit Lions in football and Detroit Tigers in baseball.[58] He wore a Detroit Pistons shirt in the Damn Yankees music video for "Come Again".[citation needed]

Family and relationships

Nugent has been married twice and has six children with four women. In the late 1960s, prior to his first marriage, Nugent fathered a boy (Ted Mann) and a girl, both of whom he gave up for adoption in infancy. This did not become well known to the public 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, over the years Nugent had discussed the existence of these children with his other children.[59]

He was married to his first wife, Sandra Jezowski, from 1970 to 1979. They had two children, son Toby and daughter Sasha.[60] Jezowski died in a single-car crash in 1982.[61]

His second marriage is 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 one child, son Rocco Winchester Nugent.

In 2005, Nugent agreed to pay $3,500 in monthly child support for a son fathered with a woman named Karen Gutowski while he was married to Deziel.[62]

Relationships with teenage girls

Nugent's song "Jailbait" has sparked backlash in recent years as the lyrics discuss wanting to have sex with a 13-year-old which would constitute statutory rape.[63][64] Nugent admitted to several affairs with underage girls in a Behind the Music episode.[65][66] He later denied this statement on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, saying he had never been in romantic relationships with underage girls, other than when he was underage himself.[24] Musician Courtney Love claims that she performed oral sex on Nugent when she was 12.[67][68] On a later occasion she said she was 14.[69]

In 1978, Nugent began a relationship with 17-year-old Hawaii native Pele Massa. The age of sexual consent in Hawaii at the time was 14;[70] however, they could not marry due to the age difference. To get around this, Nugent joined Massa's parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian.[71][72][73][74]

Drug and alcohol stances

Since the 1970s, Nugent has promoted anti-drug and anti-alcohol stances. He has been cited as a key influence in the straight edge movement, a punk rock-associated lifestyle that developed in the early 1980s and discourages drug and alcohol use. Henry Rollins, former vocalist for Black Flag, said that he and friend Ian MacKaye (vocalist for Minor Threat and writer of the song "Straight Edge" that gave the movement its name) were inspired by Nugent during their high school years in the 1970s when he was the only major rock star to publicly eschew drug use: "[We] would read about the Nuge and the thing that really rubbed off on us was the fact that he didn't drink or smoke or do drugs ... [Nugent's performance] was the craziest thing we'd ever seen onstage and here's this guy saying, 'I don't get high.' We thought that was so impressive."[75]

Nugent is a national spokesman for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program,[76] In 2015, however, he declared his support for the legalization of marijuana for medical use.[77] In 2018, he admitted that he drinks "a little wine".[78]

Health

Nugent suffers from hearing loss.[79] He said in a 2007 interview: "The ear's not too good, especially with background noise, but that's a small price to pay. Believe me the journey was worth it."[80]

On April 19, 2021, Nugent announced on Facebook that he had tested positive for COVID-19, which he referred to as the "Chinese shit".[81] He said, "I thought I was dying ... I literally could hardly crawl out of bed the last few days."[82] Nugent had refused to get the vaccine because "nobody knows what's in it" and had denied that the COVID-19 pandemic was real.[83]

Politics

Nugent is a vocal supporter of the Republican Party and various associated conservative causes, particularly gun rights and hunter's rights.[84] He is a supporter of former President Donald Trump and has made a number of statements critical of former President Barack Obama, one of which was perceived as potentially threatening and led to Nugent being investigated by the Secret Service.[12] His views have been considered racist by some.[85][86][87][88]

In an interview in 1990, a few months after the release of Nelson Mandela during the negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa, Nugent stated, "apartheid isn't that cut-and-dry. All men are not created equal." He described black South Africans as "a different breed of man" who "still put bones in their noses, they still walk around naked, they wipe their butts with their hands".[89][90]

As a reward for entertaining U.S. troops in Iraq in 2004, Nugent visited Saddam Hussein's war room. He commented on Iraq, "Our failure has been not to Nagasaki them."[91]

On July 17, 2008, during the presidential election season and shortly before the Republican presidential nominating convention, Nugent expressed his skepticism about presumptive GOP Presidential nominee John McCain, stating that 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."[92]

At a 2009 West Virginia rally sponsored in part by Massey Energy, Nugent "defended mountaintop removal mining", according to reporters on the scene. "On behalf of the Nugent family, I say, start up the bulldozers and get me some more coal, Massey", Nugent was recorded as saying.[93]

Nugent is an outspoken critic of Islam, which he describes as a "voodoo religion" that "believes in world domination".[94]

During an interview with Piers Morgan, Nugent was asked if he would mind if one of his children came out as gay, saying "Not at all ... I'm repulsed at the concept of man-on-man sex, I think it's against nature. I think it's strange as hell, but if that's what you are, I love you. I'm not going to judge another's morals. I say live and let live. I have friends that are gay."[95][96]

Nugent clashed in 2014 with Jay Dean, then the mayor of Longview, Texas and an incoming Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives after Dean moved to cancel Nugent's scheduled appearance at the Longview Independence Day concert. Dean said that he finds Nugent's music unsuitable for family-oriented audiences on July 4. Longview hence paid Nugent $16,000, half of the amount he had been promised, to drop him from the concert. Nugent in turn called Dean "racist" and "clueless, dishonest and one of the bad guys."[97]

In 2014, Nugent worked as the treasurer and co-chairman for Sid Miller's campaign for Texas Agriculture Commissioner.[98]

 
Nugent speaking at a campaign event for Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Scottsdale, Arizona

Nugent's conservative views have prompted criticism from fellow musicians such as Paul McCartney,[99] David Crosby,[99] and the band Goldfinger, who have a song titled "Fuck Ted Nugent" on their album Open Your Eyes.[100]

Gun rights

Nugent is an advocate of the right to bear arms, but while performing he instructs venues to not allow firearms.[101] When interviewed by Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith in season 5 of TexasMonthlyTalks, he said, "I would rather that the [victim of a 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."[102]

Nugent currently serves on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association (NRA).[103][104] In 2016, Nugent posted an image on his Facebook page implying that Jews are behind the push for gun control.[105] Nugent's rant sparked outrage and some called for his NRA resignation.[106]

In March 2018, Nugent criticized the survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting who became gun control activists, calling them "mushy brained children" and stating that "the evidence is irrefutable: They have no soul."[107]

In June 2018, Nugent said that "evil, dishonesty and scam artists have always been around and that right now they're liberal, they're Democrat, they're RINOs, they're Hollywood, they're fake news, they're media, they're academia and they're half of our government, at least ... There are rabid coyotes running around, you don't wait till you see one to go get your gun, keep your gun handy. And every time you see one, shoot one."[9][11]

Animal rights

Nugent, an opponent of animal rights, said in a long interview, "I'm stymied to come up with anything funnier than people who think animals have rights. Just stick an arrow through their lungs."[108] 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 the face of one of the protesters when offered an anti-fur flyer. A San Francisco police officer, who stated that he was on the scene, said that he didn't believe Nugent spat on anyone.[109]

Nugent has reportedly received 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 said, "We've got reports and files with law enforcement across America where the animal rights extremists are on record threatening to kill my children on the way to school because we eat pheasant."[110]

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.[111]

Nugent defended Kid Rock, a fellow musician and hunter, when he killed a mountain lion in January 2015, calling the people who targeted Rock "braindead squawkers" and that Rock did good by keeping predator numbers low and helping the deer population, which is vital for hunting.[112] In July 2015, Nugent referred to people outraged over the killing of Cecil the lion as "stupid".[113]

Nugent owns a 340-acre hunting ranch near Jackson, Michigan, called Sunrize Acres.[114] 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".[115]

In April 2012, Nugent agreed to a plea deal to plead guilty to transporting an illegally killed American black bear in Alaska.[116] His sentence included two years of probation, a prohibition on hunting and fishing in Alaska and on any U.S. Forest Service lands for one year and a fine of $10,000 and he was required to produce and broadcast at his own expense a 30–60 second Public Service Announcement (PSA) on the responsibilities of hunters.[117][118] The judge in the case, Michael A. Thompson (Alaska), admitted in court that he himself had never heard of the law in which Nugent was charged.[119] Nugent explained his side of the situation in an interview with Deer & Deer Hunting.[120]

Nugent was a vocal opponent of a proposition to reintroduce gray wolves into Colorado passed in 2020. He urged Colorado citizens to vote against the proposition which had widespread support from environmental groups.[121]

Obama administration

Nugent was particularly critical of former President Barack Obama and his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying they "should be tried for treason & hung",[122] among other comments[123][124] directed towards them. On Facebook, he shared a video depiction of Clinton being shot by her 2016 Democratic presidential primary opponent, Bernie Sanders, commenting "I got your gun control right here bitch."[122]

At a concert on August 22, 2007, while wielding what appeared to be assault-like rifles, Nugent said in reference of Obama, "suck on my machine gun". In the same gun-wielding rant, Nugent said of Dianne Feinstein, "ride one of these you worthless whore".[125]

In January 2014, Nugent called Obama a "communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel".[126] That February, Nugent endorsed Greg Abbott in the Republican primary election for Texas Governor. Abbott, however, distanced himself from Nugent due to the "subhuman mongrel" comment, saying, "This is not the kind of language I would use or endorse in any way."[127] After being further chastised about it by Senator Rand Paul, Nugent apologized for the comment.[128] However, when asked in April 2017 if he regretted his comments about Obama, he replied "No! I will never apologize for calling out evil people."[129]

On April 17, 2012, while stumping for Obama's opponent Mitt Romney at the 2012 NRA Convention, Nugent said, "If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year."[130] Nugent received a visit from the Secret Service for these remarks.[12] Following these comments, commanders at Fort Knox opted not to allow him to perform at a previously scheduled event.[131]

On February 12, 2013, Nugent attended the State of the Union address given by President Obama. He was the guest of U.S. Representative Steve Stockman of Texas's 36th congressional district.[132]

Donald Trump

 
Nugent at the White House in April 2017

In February 2016, Ted Nugent praised Trump's 2016 Republican Presidential Primary opponent Ted Cruz, stating "My dream would be if Ted Cruz became president tonight. I really admire Ted Cruz, on many levels."[133] Nugent later endorsed Donald Trump and during the last week of the U.S. presidential election campaign performed at a number of Trump rallies in Michigan, including Trump's final campaign rally in Grand Rapids.

On April 19, 2017, Nugent in the company of Kid Rock and Sarah Palin, had a "long-planned" visit at the White House. According to Nugent, the visit lasted four hours and was like "a family reunion." Nugent described it as "a wonderful personal tour of every room" followed by photo sessions and dinner with Trump.[134]

Potential runs for office

Referring to Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm (in office 2003–2011), 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".[135]

Although Nugent has never run for government office, in 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."[80] Earlier, Nugent had been rumored to be under consideration by the Illinois Republican Party as its candidate in that state's 2004 Senate race, given his roots in Illinois.[19]

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."[92] 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."[136]

In a July 2013 interview with The Washington Post, Nugent expressed interest in possibly running for President of the United States as a Republican in the 2016 election.[137] He never sought the office.

Band members

Current members

  • Ted Nugent – lead and rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals, bass, percussion (1974–present)
  • Greg Smith – bass, backing and occasional lead vocals (2007–present)
  • Jason Hartless – drums (2016–present)

Former members

Timeline of members

Discography

Main article: Ted Nugent discography

Solo

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)

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For his self titled album see Ted Nugent album Motor City Madman redirects here For the WCW wrestler see Mike Moore wrestler Theodore Anthony Nugent ˈ n uː dʒ ɪ n t born December 13 1948 is an American rock musician and activist He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Amboy Dukes a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock 1 2 and hard rock 3 4 After dissolving the band he embarked on a successful solo career His first three solo albums Ted Nugent 1975 Free for All 1976 and Cat Scratch Fever 1977 were certified multi platinum in the United States His latest album Detroit Muscle was released in 2022 Ted NugentNugent performing in 2017Background informationBirth nameTheodore Anthony NugentAlso known asThe NugeMotor City MadmanUncle TedBorn 1948 12 13 December 13 1948 age 74 Redford Michigan U S GenresHard rockOccupation s Musician songwriter political activistInstrument s Guitar vocalsYears active1964 presentFormerly ofThe Amboy Dukes Damn Yankees DamnocracyWebsitetednugent com Nugent is known for his Gibson Byrdland his bluesy and frenzied guitar playing and his energetic live shows 5 Despite possessing a distinctive wide ranging singing voice Nugent recorded and toured with other lead singers during much of his early solo career including Derek St Holmes Charlie Huhn Brian Howe and Meat Loaf only taking on full lead vocal duties later on 6 His biggest hit was 1977 s Cat Scratch Fever on which he sang the lead vocals In the late 1980s and early 1990s he was part of the supergroup Damn Yankees In later years Nugent has drawn attention for his outspoken conservative political views as well as his vociferous advocacy of hunting and gun ownership rights 7 8 He is a board member of the National Rifle Association and a strong supporter of the Republican Party He has made a number of controversial and threatening statements against advocates of gun control in one case the Secret Service investigated him based on comments about President Barack Obama 9 10 11 12 Contents 1 Early life 1 1 Draft status 2 Musical career 2 1 The Amboy Dukes 2 2 Solo career 2 3 1980s solo career and Damn Yankees 2 4 Return to solo career 3 Media appearances 3 1 Reality TV 3 2 Acting 3 3 Other media appearances 4 Personal life 4 1 Family and relationships 4 1 1 Relationships with teenage girls 4 2 Drug and alcohol stances 4 3 Health 5 Politics 5 1 Gun rights 5 2 Animal rights 5 3 Obama administration 5 4 Donald Trump 5 5 Potential runs for office 6 Band members 6 1 Timeline of members 7 Discography 7 1 Solo 7 2 The Amboy Dukes 7 3 Damn Yankees 8 Published books 9 References 10 External linksEarly life EditNugent was born the third of four siblings in Redford Michigan 13 14 and raised in Detroit the son of Marion Dorothy nee Johnson and Warren Henry Nugent 15 16 17 He attended William Fremd High School in Palatine Illinois as a freshman in 1963 1964 18 then transferred to St Viator High School in Arlington Heights Illinois 19 His maternal grandparents were Swedish 20 Draft status Edit Nugent grew up in a military family his father was a career army sergeant Nugent himself never served in the military although he came of age during the height of the Vietnam War In two 1977 and 1990 interviews with High Times magazine and the Detroit Free Press Nugent claimed he deliberately failed his draft physical by eating nothing but junk food for days beforehand and defecating and urinating in his pants 21 22 23 Nugent denied his defecation story in a 2018 appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience he asserted that he invented the story for his and his band s amusement as he claimed news sources at the time often published inaccurate information on his band He also claimed that he was in fact eligible for military service and passed a draft physical in 1969 while he was attending Oakland Community College Nugent affirmed that his 4 F rating on Wikipedia was made up 24 21 25 On The Joe Rogan Experience Nugent further claimed that he told the excrement story to the High Times just to have fun with its dirtbag and hippie writers in 1977 because he was hardcore anti drug however in 1990 he again detailed his experiences living inside pants caked with his own excrement for one week to avoid the draft in an extensive 1990 interview with the Detroit Free Press after the formation of Damn Yankees 22 23 24 He further stated on The Joe Rogan Experience that in 1969 he passed his draft physical with flying colors 24 Nugent s Selective Service classification record Selective Service No 11 101 48 1792 25 shows he initially qualified for and took student deferments 21 25 When he was no longer enrolled in community college he received a draft rating of I A until he failed his draft physical on August 28 1969 21 25 After that physical he was rated 1 Y registrant qualified for service only in time of war or national emergency until that classification was abolished in 1971 21 25 He was subsequently reclassified 4 F indicating ineligibility for military service under established physical mental or moral standards 21 25 The 1 Y and 4 F classifications were usually reserved for those with significant medical or mental issues 25 Nugent told the Detroit Free Press in 1990 that if he had gone to South Vietnam he would probably have either been killed or would have killed everybody including all the hippies in the foxholes with friendly fire 23 Musical career Edit Nugent in concert with his signature Gibson Byrdland guitar The Amboy Dukes Edit The first lineup 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 26 The Amboy Dukes second single was Journey to the Center of the Mind which featured lyrics written by the Dukes second guitarist Steve Farmer from the album of the same title whose cover features a diverse array of drug paraphernalia Nugent an ardent anti drug campaigner has always claimed that he had no idea that this song was about drug use 27 Early albums 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 5 1968 the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr Nugent joined other musicians in a tribute to King by having a folk rock and blues jam session Joni Mitchell played first followed by Buddy Guy Cactus and Jimi Hendrix Other musicians who participated were BB King and Al Kooper 28 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 under the revised band name Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes The following year Tooth Fang amp Claw which contained the song Great White Buffalo established a fan base for Nugent and the other Amboy Dukes Personnel changes at this time nearly wrecked the band 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 27 Solo career Edit See also Ted Nugent discography Nugent dropped the Amboy Dukes band name for good in 1975 and signed to Epic Records Retaining only bassist Rob Grange from the previous Amboy Dukes lineup Nugent added Derek St Holmes guitar vocals and Clifford Davies drums This quartet remained the primary band members for Nugent s 1970s multi platinum 29 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 Despite most of the songwriting credits being listed as solely Nugent St Holmes claims that many were co written by the whole band and that Nugent took sole credit as a way to avoid paying them royalties 30 It was during these three years that Nugent emerged as a guitar hero to hard rock fans many of whom were unaware of his lengthy apprenticeship with the Amboy Dukes 31 This band lineup toured extensively also releasing the multi platinum live album Double Live Gonzo 1978 until its breakup in 1978 when St Holmes and Grange departed St Holmes was replaced by Charlie Huhn and Grange by multiple bassists with Nugent eventually settling on Dave Kiswiney for a three album stretch in the 1980s Davies left around 1982 after staying on to record Weekend Warriors 1978 State of Shock 1979 and Scream Dream 1980 all three of which charted in the US Top 25 plus the live album Intensities in 10 Cities 1981 The Intensities in 10 Cities album includes the controversial song Jailbait 32 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 night at London s Hammersmith Odeon in 1979 An album of this program was released in 1997 33 1980s solo career and Damn Yankees Edit During the period of 1982 1988 Nugent released four more solo albums to declining critical favor and commercial performance and also began assuming a more prominent role as lead vocalist In 1989 he joined the supergroup Damn Yankees with Jack Blades bass vocals of Night Ranger Tommy Shaw guitar vocals of Styx and Michael Cartellone drums Damn Yankees 1990 was a hit album going double platinum in the U S 34 thanks to the hit power ballad High Enough 35 The second and final Damn Yankees album Don t Tread 1992 reached gold status in the U S but was not as well received as the band s debut and the group dissolved soon after Return to solo career Edit Nugent performing in 2005 This section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information October 2022 Returning to a solo career Nugent released Spirit of the Wild in 1995 his best reviewed album in quite some time The album contained the bowhunting anthem Fred Bear and 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 Ted Nugent was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame 36 Ted Nugent appears on David Crowder Band s 2007 release Remedy playing guitar on the song We Won t Be Quiet 37 He announced his Trample the Weak Hurdle the Dead tour on April 21 2010 38 Nugent toured with local Detroit musician Alex Winston during the summers of 2007 and 2008 39 On July 4 2008 at the DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkston Michigan Ted Nugent played his 6 000th concert 40 Derek St Holmes original singer for the Ted Nugent band Johnny Bee Badanjek drummer for Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels and Nugent s guitar teacher from 1958 Joe Podorsek all jammed on stage with Nugent for various songs citation needed On March 14 2011 Nugent released a new song I Still Believe as a free download via his website to subscribers to his newsletter 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 41 42 In April 2011 Nugent announced that former frontman Derek St Holmes would be joining his band for Nugent s I Still Believe Tour 43 Media appearances EditReality TV Edit Nugent has starred in his own outdoors television show on the Outdoor Channel named after his popular song Spirit of the Wild since 2001 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 taught and advised hunters and hands on conservationists around the world on the different aspects of hunting and politics 44 In one episode of Spirit of the Wild Nugent hits a young deer with a bow Two game wardens saw the episode later charging Nugent with 11 misdemeanor violations of California hunting law Nugent plead guilty to two violations 45 In 2003 he was host of the VH1 reality television program Surviving Nugent in which city dwellers moved in to Nugent s Michigan ranch 46 During filming Nugent injured himself with a chainsaw requiring 40 stitches and a leg brace 47 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 in 2005 Nugent hosted a reality type show Wanted Ted or Alive on what was then called the OLN or Outdoor Life Network before it became the NBC Sports Network of the present day citation needed In Wanted Ted or Alive 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 citation needed In 2006 he appeared on VH1 s reality show SuperGroup with Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian Biohazard bassist Evan Seinfeld ex Skid Row lead singer Sebastian Bach and John Bonham s son Jason Bonham who had been the drummer for Bonham UFO and Foreigner 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 titled 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 Nugent himself hunted them down 48 In 2008 Nugent was a guest on the episode Southwest Road Trip Special of Anthony Bourdain No Reservations where he spoke against obesity and public health care 49 Acting Edit 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 50 In 2001 Nugent appeared as himself in a third season episode of That 70s Show entitled Backstage Pass 51 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 including some extra Ted Nugent scenes that had been deleted citation needed He made a guest appearance on the 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 citation needed In 2007 Nugent appeared in the music video for Nickelback s song Rockstar and in 2008 he played a key role in the Toby Keith film Beer for My Horses as the quiet deputy named Skunk citation needed In 2007 Nugent debated The Simpsons producer Sam Simon on The Howard Stern Show about the ethics of hunting animals Coincidentally Nugent 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 52 In 2012 Nugent again appeared as himself on The Simpsons on the episode Politically Inept with Homer Simpson in which he is nominated as a presidential candidate for the Republican Party 53 Other media appearances Edit On July 30 2008 Nugent was interviewed on The Alex Jones Show about his book Ted White and Blue The Nugent Manifesto 2008 54 55 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 Beck and played music for the protestors at the Alamo citation needed He made an appearance in Guitar Hero World Tour As part of the solo guitar career section the player engages in a guitar duel with Nugent after which the song Stranglehold is unlocked and Nugent becomes available as a playable character citation needed He was a weekly contributor to the Waco Tribune Herald until 2009 56 On July 9 2010 Nugent was again interviewed by Jones and criticized the latest policies issued by the Obama administration and the U S 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 is most likely to destroy American society Nugent also claimed similar policies were the cause of the downfall of every society in human history 57 Personal life EditNugent is a fan of the Detroit Red Wings in ice hockey Detroit Pistons in basketball Detroit Lions in football and Detroit Tigers in baseball 58 He wore a Detroit Pistons shirt in the Damn Yankees music video for Come Again citation needed Family and relationships Edit Nugent has been married twice and has six children with four women In the late 1960s prior to his first marriage Nugent fathered a boy Ted Mann and a girl both of whom he gave up for adoption in infancy This did not become well known to the public 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 over the years Nugent had discussed the existence of these children with his other children 59 He was married to his first wife Sandra Jezowski from 1970 to 1979 They had two children son Toby and daughter Sasha 60 Jezowski died in a single car crash in 1982 61 His second marriage is 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 one child son Rocco Winchester Nugent In 2005 Nugent agreed to pay 3 500 in monthly child support for a son fathered with a woman named Karen Gutowski while he was married to Deziel 62 Relationships with teenage girls Edit Nugent s song Jailbait has sparked backlash in recent years as the lyrics discuss wanting to have sex with a 13 year old which would constitute statutory rape 63 64 Nugent admitted to several affairs with underage girls in a Behind the Music episode 65 66 He later denied this statement on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience saying he had never been in romantic relationships with underage girls other than when he was underage himself 24 Musician Courtney Love claims that she performed oral sex on Nugent when she was 12 67 68 On a later occasion she said she was 14 69 In 1978 Nugent began a relationship with 17 year old Hawaii native Pele Massa The age of sexual consent in Hawaii at the time was 14 70 however they could not marry due to the age difference To get around this Nugent joined Massa s parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian 71 72 73 74 Drug and alcohol stances Edit Since the 1970s Nugent has promoted anti drug and anti alcohol stances He has been cited as a key influence in the straight edge movement a punk rock associated lifestyle that developed in the early 1980s and discourages drug and alcohol use Henry Rollins former vocalist for Black Flag said that he and friend Ian MacKaye vocalist for Minor Threat and writer of the song Straight Edge that gave the movement its name were inspired by Nugent during their high school years in the 1970s when he was the only major rock star to publicly eschew drug use We would read about the Nuge and the thing that really rubbed off on us was the fact that he didn t drink or smoke or do drugs Nugent s performance was the craziest thing we d ever seen onstage and here s this guy saying I don t get high We thought that was so impressive 75 Nugent is a national spokesman for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education DARE program 76 In 2015 however he declared his support for the legalization of marijuana for medical use 77 In 2018 he admitted that he drinks a little wine 78 Health Edit Nugent suffers from hearing loss 79 He said in a 2007 interview The ear s not too good especially with background noise but that s a small price to pay Believe me the journey was worth it 80 On April 19 2021 Nugent announced on Facebook that he had tested positive for COVID 19 which he referred to as the Chinese shit 81 He said I thought I was dying I literally could hardly crawl out of bed the last few days 82 Nugent had refused to get the vaccine because nobody knows what s in it and had denied that the COVID 19 pandemic was real 83 Politics EditNugent is a vocal supporter of the Republican Party and various associated conservative causes particularly gun rights and hunter s rights 84 He is a supporter of former President Donald Trump and has made a number of statements critical of former President Barack Obama one of which was perceived as potentially threatening and led to Nugent being investigated by the Secret Service 12 His views have been considered racist by some 85 86 87 88 In an interview in 1990 a few months after the release of Nelson Mandela during the negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa Nugent stated apartheid isn t that cut and dry All men are not created equal He described black South Africans as a different breed of man who still put bones in their noses they still walk around naked they wipe their butts with their hands 89 90 As a reward for entertaining U S troops in Iraq in 2004 Nugent visited Saddam Hussein s war room He commented on Iraq Our failure has been not to Nagasaki them 91 On July 17 2008 during the presidential election season and shortly before the Republican presidential nominating convention Nugent expressed his skepticism about presumptive GOP Presidential nominee John McCain stating that 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 92 At a 2009 West Virginia rally sponsored in part by Massey Energy Nugent defended mountaintop removal mining according to reporters on the scene On behalf of the Nugent family I say start up the bulldozers and get me some more coal Massey Nugent was recorded as saying 93 Nugent is an outspoken critic of Islam which he describes as a voodoo religion that believes in world domination 94 During an interview with Piers Morgan Nugent was asked if he would mind if one of his children came out as gay saying Not at all I m repulsed at the concept of man on man sex I think it s against nature I think it s strange as hell but if that s what you are I love you I m not going to judge another s morals I say live and let live I have friends that are gay 95 96 Nugent clashed in 2014 with Jay Dean then the mayor of Longview Texas and an incoming Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives after Dean moved to cancel Nugent s scheduled appearance at the Longview Independence Day concert Dean said that he finds Nugent s music unsuitable for family oriented audiences on July 4 Longview hence paid Nugent 16 000 half of the amount he had been promised to drop him from the concert Nugent in turn called Dean racist and clueless dishonest and one of the bad guys 97 In 2014 Nugent worked as the treasurer and co chairman for Sid Miller s campaign for Texas Agriculture Commissioner 98 Nugent speaking at a campaign event for Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Scottsdale Arizona Nugent s conservative views have prompted criticism from fellow musicians such as Paul McCartney 99 David Crosby 99 and the band Goldfinger who have a song titled Fuck Ted Nugent on their album Open Your Eyes 100 Gun rights Edit Nugent is an advocate of the right to bear arms but while performing he instructs venues to not allow firearms 101 When interviewed by Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith in season 5 of TexasMonthlyTalks he said I would rather that the victim of a 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 102 Nugent currently serves on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association NRA 103 104 In 2016 Nugent posted an image on his Facebook page implying that Jews are behind the push for gun control 105 Nugent s rant sparked outrage and some called for his NRA resignation 106 In March 2018 Nugent criticized the survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting who became gun control activists calling them mushy brained children and stating that the evidence is irrefutable They have no soul 107 In June 2018 Nugent said that evil dishonesty and scam artists have always been around and that right now they re liberal they re Democrat they re RINOs they re Hollywood they re fake news they re media they re academia and they re half of our government at least There are rabid coyotes running around you don t wait till you see one to go get your gun keep your gun handy And every time you see one shoot one 9 11 Animal rights Edit Nugent an opponent of animal rights said in a long interview I m stymied to come up with anything funnier than people who think animals have rights Just stick an arrow through their lungs 108 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 the face of one of the protesters when offered an anti fur flyer A San Francisco police officer who stated that he was on the scene said that he didn t believe Nugent spat on anyone 109 Nugent has reportedly received death threats against him and his family from animal rights activists On the Penn amp Teller s Bullshit episode about People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA Nugent said We ve got reports and files with law enforcement across America where the animal rights extremists are on record threatening to kill my children on the way to school because we eat pheasant 110 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 75 000 111 Nugent defended Kid Rock a fellow musician and hunter when he killed a mountain lion in January 2015 calling the people who targeted Rock braindead squawkers and that Rock did good by keeping predator numbers low and helping the deer population which is vital for hunting 112 In July 2015 Nugent referred to people outraged over the killing of Cecil the lion as stupid 113 Nugent owns a 340 acre hunting ranch near Jackson Michigan called Sunrize Acres 114 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 115 In April 2012 Nugent agreed to a plea deal to plead guilty to transporting an illegally killed American black bear in Alaska 116 His sentence included two years of probation a prohibition on hunting and fishing in Alaska and on any U S Forest Service lands for one year and a fine of 10 000 and he was required to produce and broadcast at his own expense a 30 60 second Public Service Announcement PSA on the responsibilities of hunters 117 118 The judge in the case Michael A Thompson Alaska admitted in court that he himself had never heard of the law in which Nugent was charged 119 Nugent explained his side of the situation in an interview with Deer amp Deer Hunting 120 Nugent was a vocal opponent of a proposition to reintroduce gray wolves into Colorado passed in 2020 He urged Colorado citizens to vote against the proposition which had widespread support from environmental groups 121 Obama administration Edit Nugent was particularly critical of former President Barack Obama and his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying they should be tried for treason amp hung 122 among other comments 123 124 directed towards them On Facebook he shared a video depiction of Clinton being shot by her 2016 Democratic presidential primary opponent Bernie Sanders commenting I got your gun control right here bitch 122 At a concert on August 22 2007 while wielding what appeared to be assault like rifles Nugent said in reference of Obama suck on my machine gun In the same gun wielding rant Nugent said of Dianne Feinstein ride one of these you worthless whore 125 In January 2014 Nugent called Obama a communist educated communist nurtured subhuman mongrel 126 That February Nugent endorsed Greg Abbott in the Republican primary election for Texas Governor Abbott however distanced himself from Nugent due to the subhuman mongrel comment saying This is not the kind of language I would use or endorse in any way 127 After being further chastised about it by Senator Rand Paul Nugent apologized for the comment 128 However when asked in April 2017 if he regretted his comments about Obama he replied No I will never apologize for calling out evil people 129 On April 17 2012 while stumping for Obama s opponent Mitt Romney at the 2012 NRA Convention Nugent said If Barack Obama becomes the president in November again I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year 130 Nugent received a visit from the Secret Service for these remarks 12 Following these comments commanders at Fort Knox opted not to allow him to perform at a previously scheduled event 131 On February 12 2013 Nugent attended the State of the Union address given by President Obama He was the guest of U S Representative Steve Stockman of Texas s 36th congressional district 132 Donald Trump Edit Nugent at the White House in April 2017 In February 2016 Ted Nugent praised Trump s 2016 Republican Presidential Primary opponent Ted Cruz stating My dream would be if Ted Cruz became president tonight I really admire Ted Cruz on many levels 133 Nugent later endorsed Donald Trump and during the last week of the U S presidential election campaign performed at a number of Trump rallies in Michigan including Trump s final campaign rally in Grand Rapids On April 19 2017 Nugent in the company of Kid Rock and Sarah Palin had a long planned visit at the White House According to Nugent the visit lasted four hours and was like a family reunion Nugent described it as a wonderful personal tour of every room followed by photo sessions and dinner with Trump 134 Potential runs for office Edit Referring to Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm in office 2003 2011 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 135 Although Nugent has never run for government office in 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 80 Earlier Nugent had been rumored to be under consideration by the Illinois Republican Party as its candidate in that state s 2004 Senate race given his roots in Illinois 19 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 92 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 136 In a July 2013 interview with The Washington Post Nugent expressed interest in possibly running for President of the United States as a Republican in the 2016 election 137 He never sought the office Band members EditCurrent members Ted Nugent lead and rhythm guitar lead and backing vocals bass percussion 1974 present Greg Smith bass backing and occasional lead vocals 2007 present Jason Hartless drums 2016 present Former members Rob Grange bass 1971 1978 Derek St Holmes lead and backing vocals rhythm guitar 1974 1976 1976 1978 1982 1993 1995 2011 2016 Cliff Davies drums 1974 1981 died 2008 Meat Loaf vocals 1976 died 2022 Charlie Huhn lead vocals rhythm guitar 1978 1982 Carmine Appice drums 1982 1983 Brian Howe vocals 1984 1985 died 2020 Dave Amato lead and backing vocals rhythm guitar 1985 1988 Chuck Wright bass 1987 1988 Ricky Phillips bass Alan St John keyboards Marco Mendoza bass Tommy Aldridge drums Tommy Clufetos drums 2002 2005 2007 Barry Sparks bass 2003 2007 Mick Brown drums backing vocals 2005 2016 Jack Blades bass backing vocals 2007 Jonathan Kutz drums 2014 Johnny Bee Badanjek drums 2014 Timeline of members EditDiscography EditMain article Ted Nugent discography Solo Edit Ted Nugent 1975 Free for All 1976 Cat Scratch Fever 1977 Double Live Gonzo 1978 Weekend Warriors 1978 State of Shock 1979 Scream Dream 1980 Intensities in 10 Cities 1981 Nugent 1982 Penetrator 1984 Little Miss Dangerous 1986 If You Can t Lick Em Lick Em 1988 Spirit of the Wild 1995 Craveman 2002 Love Grenade 2007 Shutup amp Jam 2014 The Music Made Me Do It 2018 Detroit Muscle 2022 The Amboy Dukes Edit The Amboy Dukes 1967 Journey to the Center of the Mind 1968 Migration 1969 Marriage on the Rocks Rock Bottom 1970 Survival of the Fittest Live 1971 Call of the WIld 1974 Tooth Fang amp Claw 1974 Damn Yankees Edit Damn Yankees 1990 Don t Tread 1992 Published books EditNugent Ted Blood Trails The Truth About Bowhunting Ted Nugent 1991 ISBN B0006ORP2G 146 pages Nugent Ted God Guns amp 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 amp 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 References Edit Phillips William 2008 Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music Greenwood Publishing Group p 23 ISBN 978 0313348006 Chapman Roger 2009 Culture Wars An Encyclopedia of Issues Viewpoints and Voices M E Sharpe p 482 ISBN 978 0765617613 Talevski Nick 2006 Rock Obituaries Knocking On Heaven s Door Omnibus Press p 124 ISBN 978 1846090912 Greene Doyle March 10 2014 The Rock Cover Song Culture History Politics McFarland amp Company p 62 ISBN 978 0786478095 Moseley Willie G Ted Nugent s 1962 Gibson Byrdland Vintage Guitar magazine Vintageguitar com Retrieved April 14 2020 Ted Nugent Paid Meatloaf 1 000 To Sing On Free For All Album 104 1 Jack FM March 17 2010 Archived from the original on November 25 2015 Retrieved October 9 2018 Root Jay May 4 2012 Bearing Arms and Cranking Up the Controversy New York Times p 21A Ted Nugent Romney Camp Expressed Support After Controversial Comments on Obama ABC News May 4 2012 Retrieved February 14 2013 a b Alessia Grunberger April 7 2018 CNN Ted Nugent likens Democrats media academics to rabid coyotes Retrieved April 8 2018 So come to that realization he continued There are rabid coyotes running around you don t wait till you see one to go get your gun keep your gun handy And every time you see one shoot one Rolling Stone August 24 2007 Elizabeth Goodman Ted Nugent Threatens to Kill Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton During Vicious Onstage Rant Retrieved April 8 2018 Renegade right winger Ted Nugent recently went on a vicious onstage rant in which he threatened the lives of Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton a b Greg Price Ted Nugent says Democrats should be shot like coyotes Newsweek April 7 2018 Retrieved April 8 2018 Musician and NRA board member Ted Nugent likened Democrats members of the media and others to rabid coyotes on Friday and suggested people should not wait to get their guns and shoot them on sight a b c Root Jay May 3 2012 Bearing Arms and Cranking Up the Controversy New York 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percent in his left ear and now wears earplugs during his concerts a b Tanner Adam Ted Nugent might run for Governor of Michigan Article at MaconDaily com via Reuters on August 19 2007 Richards Will April 20 2021 Ted Nugent has caught COVID 19 after calling it not a real pandemic NME Retrieved April 21 2021 Ted Nugent who once dismissed COVID 19 sickened by virus Yahoo News Associated Press April 20 2021 Retrieved April 21 2021 Nugent said I thought I was dying I literally could hardly crawl out of bed the last few days Berlatsky Noah April 20 2021 Ted Nugent admitted he was wrong about Covid and that counts for something The Independent New York Archived from the original on May 26 2022 Retrieved April 21 2021 Involvement Ted Nugent Archived from the original on November 30 2012 Colangelo BJ October 23 2018 Ted Nugent totally triggered by not being inducted to the Rock amp Roll Hall of Fame Detroit Metro Times Retrieved November 30 2018 Everyone s favorite racist uncle Ted Nugent Smyth Frank February 10 2016 Cat Scratch Fever Is Ted Nugent s Racism Too Much for Republicans Progressive Times Retrieved November 30 2018 Yesterday longtime NRA board member Ted Nugent went further into racist territory Nugent posted a graphic on his Facebook page featuring photos of Jewish American leaders who have spoken out in support of gun violence prevention The accompanying text states that Jews really hate freedom Casey Dan May 15 2018 Perils amp pitfalls of an anti Ted Nugent billboard campaign Andy Parker thought it would be simple to buy billboard space attacking gun rights zealot and hard rocker Ted Nugent before his July concert here He s finding out it s not The Roanoke Times Retrieved November 30 2018 The latest iteration focuses solely on Nugent and calls the has been rocker a racist draft dodger Davidson Sorkin Amy February 22 2014 Ted Nugent s Subhuman Mongrel Slur in Translation The New Yorker Retrieved December 21 2018 subhuman mongrel a direct racist slur calling the President and the nine million or so Americans who identify themselves as multiracial animals Sugarmann Josh May 25 2011 So NRA Board Member Ted Nugent Spews a Little Hate at Texas Inaugural Festivities What Next Dog Bites Man Huffington Post Retrieved September 28 2016 Smith Nathan August 14 2014 The Five Most Repellent Things Ted Nugent Has Ever Done Houston Press Retrieved September 28 2016 Ted Nugent Off his rocker The Independent London May 28 2006 Archived from the original on November 15 2009 Retrieved May 25 2010 a b Des Moines Register Des Moines Register Lilly Jessica Finn Scott November 25 2011 Friends of America crowd smaller than anticipated West Virginia Public Broadcasting Archived from the original on November 25 2011 Nugent Ted August 19 2010 Nugent Muslim mosque teers The Washington Times Retrieved December 30 2016 CNN May 18 2011 Ted Nugent on whether being gay is wrong YouTube Archived from the original on December 15 2021 a href Template Cite news html title 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October 1 2011 Nugent Gun free zones are recipe for disaster CNN April 20 2007 Retrieved May 25 2010 Begley Sarah February 8 2016 Ted Nugent Posts Anti Semitic Facebook Message About Gun Control Time Retrieved April 21 2021 In the post Nugent shares a grid of photos of Jewish legislators and leaders who support gun control labeling each photo with Israeli flags and descriptions like Jew York City mayor Mikey Bloomberg and under a photo of the late New Jersey Sen Frank Lautenberg Gave Russian Jew immigrants your tax money Axelson Ben February 11 2016 Ted Nugent s anti Semitic rant sparks outrage gun owners call for NRA ouster Syracuse Associated Press March 31 2018 Ted Nugent Parkland teens attacking the NRA have no soul St Louis Post Dispatch Retrieved March 31 2018 Inside the mind of Ted Nugent RF6 Exclusive Royal Flush Magazine Royalflushmagazine com December 29 2009 Retrieved October 1 2011 Martin Mark Shallwani Pervaiz July 31 2000 San Francisco altercation between Nugent and anti 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