Polarizing musician Ted Nugent says he doesn’t understand why people hate him and that believes that his “”beliefs are so positive and so uplifting that they would work for everybody.”
According to blabbermout.net, Nugent, who is a supporter of gun rights and anti President Barack Obama, was critized this past weekend by former Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum for his love of hunting, after he found a photo of Nugent with a small game kill.
Nugent, who is a board member of the National Rifle Association and the owner of a large hunting ranch in Jackson, Michigan, tells Metal Assault, “People that hate me, I don’t understand them. I mean, I understand that hate comes from ignorance and a negative life, but you know what I do, I pray for my haters.”
He continues, “What a terrible thing. Why would you hate someone who has done benefits for children’s and military charity? I do this every day. You’ve really got to have a dark, dark heart and sad, dilapidated soul to live to hate like that. So I wish them well and godspeed, and I hope they come out of that terrible dark place they’re living in, because I’m a happy, fulfilled man and do everything for my fellow man. I’ve done more for clean air, soil and water than all my haters combined. I’ve made mistakes in life but I don’t make them twice in a row, I promise you that.
I feel honored and humbled. I don’t have all the answers but I got most of them, and the manifestation of my policies and beliefs are so positive and so uplifting that they would work for everybody.”
Nugent apologized in February for referring to President Barack Obama as a “subhuman mongrel,” calling that word grouping “street-fighter terminology” and saying he wished he used “more understandable language,” such as “violator of his oath to the Constitution.”
Ted Nugent’s new album SHUTUP&JAM! was released on July 8th on Frontiers Records. Nugent has streamed two songs from the album online. One featuring singer Sammy Hagar called She’s Gone and the other, about his love of grilling, called I Love My BBQ.
Nugent began his North American tour on July 3rd in Wichita Falls, Texas where it will wind down on August 16th in Fort Worth, Texas. See tour dates below.
Ted Nugent’s SHUTUP&JAM! tour dates:
17 Council Bluffs, IA Mid-America Center*
18 Merrillville, IN Star Plaza Theatre
19 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
21 Huntington, NY The Paramount
22 Montclair, NJ The Wellmont Theater
23 Jim Thorpe, PA Penn’s Peak
24 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
25 Morgantown, WV MountainFest at Mylan Park
26 Oshkosh, WI Leach Amphitheater at Riverside Park
27 Medina, MN Medina Entertainment Center
29 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
30 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
31 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
August:
1 Sheridan, WY Trails End Concert Park
2 Tacoma, WA Emerald Queen Casino
3 Tacoma, WA Emerald Queen Casino
6 Sturgis, SD Full Throttle Saloon
8 Maumee, OH NW Ohio Rib-Off at Lucas County Fairgrounds
9 Oxford, OH Indian Creek Amphitheatre
11 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
12 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
14 Houston, TX House of Blues
15 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Live
16 Fort Worth, TX Billy Bob’s Texas
*denotes opening for Hank Williams Jr.
126 Responses
I don’t hate Ted, he just has a problem with talking before thinking. He’s one of those people who is head over heels in love with himself and anyone who’s ever known someone like that knows they can be a pain in the ass from time to time. There’s nothing wrong with self confidence and Ted actually does do tons of charity work and deep down does have a big heart. But sometimes (most of the time) his big heart gets overshadowed by his big mouth. He says he doesn’t understand why people hate him but I don’t understand why HE can’t get it that when he says radical and frequently outrageous things that he’s going to piss a lot of people off. Maybe he’s so self centered that he’s blinded to that fact or maybe he knows EXACTLY what he’s doing. I mean, most of the press coverage Ted gets rarely involves his music, which to be honest has not been that good in quite a while. The Phillip Seymour Hoffman crack on TMS was a great example of him talking without thinking first. It’s a shame Phillip died of a drug overdose because it’s a waste of a talented life that could have kept going but the way Ted said it was very insensitive. Maybe he’ll finally get it one day that by spewing all the political, social, outrageous and sometimes hurtful comments he’s made over the years has only lost him the support of a lot of the people who got to him where he is: The old school, longtime fans of his music!
Most people who disparage Ted for hunting animals are not vegetarians. I give Ted credit, he faces the reality of what he’s doing and kills his meal. It’s a phenomena of human nature, we tolerate violence unless it’s put in our face and then we recoil. This is true of torture, abortion…it’s fine as long as it’s tucked away, hidden from our nice, and neat conscience. Liberal Elimination…that is semantically ambiguous, it could easily be read as you being a liberal who is on the elimination mission. But , no, you are just another xenophobe who is anti-American. This Country is based on the principle of competition, I am not worried one bit about anyone taking my job. We have to adapt, it’s not American to be fat and lazy. But Damn Yankees?….oh my, I need another quiet lie down.
Hey Shannon,
If it makes you feel a little better, I never cared for High Enough 😉
D 🙂
He’s a great performer, but very insensitive. What does he expect when he alienates people?
I’m down with Uncle Ted!! Nugent for POTUS!! Get this country back on track!! All the haters have my blessing to apply for VISA’s to other locales.
Ahhhh yes. Always love the intellects that say things like “if you don’t like this country, then leave”. Can you imagine if people (like MLK and all the other civil rights activists) throughout history actually took that advice…..this country would be a cesspool of injustice and hate,
Cogent point always made: A lot of your posts are juvenile and appear to be made to muster a response by poking fun at people and not taking things seriously. Basically, you seem to be having a good time being an asshole. But I have to say your comments here are right on the money my friend. And, as I’m sure you’re very aware of, sometimes it’s necessary and our duty as human beings to be assholes to people who more or less ask for it.
Who cares what Matt Sorum has to say??
LOL! Actually, I would listen to what Matt Sorum has to say just for the fact he is on Use Your Illusion 1 and 2, and because I would rather hear an alternative to Ted Nugent’s point of view–we already know what he believes.