What a dick. I used to love his music. Showing my age, but I blasted his 8 track tapes from my Craig Power Play. He used to be about "sticking it to the man". Now, he IS the man, on steroids (& LSD)
Thank you for the link Elder Berry. The headline of calling American Indians "vermin" was blatantly misleading and 100% not true. Thanks again for steering us to a more truthful account of what happened.
We went to see Ted Nugent in concert one night [for $5 a ticket] in Salt Lake City. We were on the floor right up front, packed like sardines. I was trying for the spot against the fence, right up under the "Nuge".
The show was alright... but the best part was when this huge guy in front of me was hogging up about four spots in between me and my coveted spot. The guy must have felt the pressure because he swung around with his arm and the whole audience did a domino effect and hundreds of people fell back, leaving a gaping hole.
Ted Nugent jumped down from the stage on to this guy two feet from me and pounds this guy, which the security guards then removed. I got my spot and the show carried on.
We went because it was $5.
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This is the astounding aspect of the nuge's persona. He is just another chickenshit chickenhawk that wants other "patriots" to fight the wars he is too chickenshit to fight. I think he and blackheart chayknee are in the running for the greatest chickenshit ever.
Maybe there is a frenchie that matches the cowardice of Chayknee and the Nugedouche, but I really doubt it.
I don't think he actually married the 17 year girl he had a relationship with. That's what I remember anyway.
I very much dislike a lot of the things he has been saying lately. I thought he was going to leave the USA after Obama was elected? Why is he still here?
I like his music and used to be a fan but I don't like him anymore. He's always been "out there" but years ago he acted more patriotic rather than political if that makes any sense. Or maybe I was duped and not seeing the real Ted. He seems to have gotten even crazier since he moved to Texas.
Back in the stone age when a lot of people didn't have personal computers, I used to run into some of his kids on Prodigy message boards. I was still TBM at the time. Weird to thing about me being TBM. Scary.
The older I get, the more I realize---it's all schtick, and it's all marketing. "Old Shoe", dag the wog, newspeak from the Ministry of Truth. No biz but show biz...
The problem comes when folks start to believe their own bs. Few see their own mask (or those of others), much less try to set it aside.
Ted probably became quite enamored with adoration and fame during his Wango Tango days, as he became an old fart he found that being a belligerent douchebag has kept that flame alive.
Nugent is an ass. He prides himself on being outspoken and controversial even though he doesn't seem to have two live brain cells. There are a lot of people like that. Glenn Beck comes to mind.
You're probably right. I've always found his antics entertaining. He cracks me up. I guess I never considered it serious commentary. But, I don't enjoy listening to a pretentious, stiff, square espousing the same views. I guess I get a kick out his persona.
I feel the same way about Ian Starglow - full of himself but funny.
I was never particularly a fan of his, but I went to see one of his concerts years ago when he was passing through my area. I saw all of the name acts at the time. All I can say is that I can understand why he is going deaf, and if I ever go deaf, I'll know who to blame. I thought that he was a horse's ass to play music at the volume levels that he did. Other acts I saw were loud (the Rolling Stones, the Who, etc.) but Nugent was over the top painful. Looks like he's getting some instant karma.