GUITARIST TED NUGENT SAYS HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HATE HIM
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.
Seen Uncle Teds show a couple years back insanely great. I say his band was great with awesome musicans backing him up. Teds been known to be outspoken and talking like crazy how is that anything new. He speaks bad of the current administration so of course the followers will Ted cause they don’t opposing views. That seems to be the country we live in now.
If you really wanted to curb immigration, the best way would be to set up some mobile homes, and have plenty of food lining our borders….they would come, we would feed them,, put them up for a day or two, give them food and supplies to take home, and then just send them back…We have plenty of money to do this…line our borders with picnic tables and feed them, but this just makes too much sense.
As much as I hate liberals, ted is just a neocon nutjob. He should really focus on his music instead of being a jerk constantly. His message isn’t bad it’s the way he delivers it and the words he uses to describe his positions. I agree with ted on a lot of his positions, but his delivery is god awful!
When people start a post with, “as much as I hate liberals,” you know there’s an “N” word just waiting to roll off their tongues at any moment.
You really love making a fool of yourself Cogent don’t you? Santa & the Easter bunny are not real but God is real and I pray for people like you.
I can show you a picture of Santa and the Easter Bunny. Show me a picture of God (and not that Jesus character)
You want to see a picture of God? Look inside your heart, if you have one.
Wow! Didn’t expect less from a low life race baiting liberal. I actually don’t mind moderate liberals but radicals like you that go around calling people racist for not liking liberals, are the scum of the earth. Nice job stoking racial division!
Eh….I remember when Ted was about the music. It is boring listening to Ted opine about his political beliefs. It is boring listening to Eddie Vedder talk about his during a show. Shut yer yaps and let the actual politicians sort things out.
Let’s be honest here. Whiel I wish that Ted would think about how to state his ideas before he actually lets them fly out of his mouth, and that he’d be more selective about the ideas he actually shares, most entertainers are not of Ted’s political persuasion. So anything he says that disagrees with the liberal perspective results in some pretty nasty backlash. When Eddie Vedder, Green Day, Barbara Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, etc. espouse their political views in front of an audience or camera, usually this results in accolades from the media. Let’s not pretend that those views are always presented in a kind manner. Many times they are personal attacks on individuals on the right; not just debating thier view on issues. While I don’t necessarily agree with their views on many things, this is America and they have the right to express them. So should Ted without the name calling. I do hopef he reads some of these postings to pick up on the comments providing CONSTRUCTIVE criticism on how to better communicate his viewpoints and at more appropriate times. But mostly I wish he would “Shut Up and Jam.” New album is pretty good. Sounds like he’s having fun again. Wish St. Holmes had a few more vocals as Ted’s is better suited for only certain song types. While the lyrics are not overtly political either, I think he could’ve included more about appreciating the fairer sex, the weekend, etc., as in his glory days. And whille it’s missing the 3 minute guitar solos (in spite of “jam” in the title), he still knows his way around the fretboard. Would like some more good old fashioned riffage like Hey Baby, Stormtroopin’, Cat Scratch Fever, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, and Weekend Warriors. Still a good summertime cruising CD!
I Love Teds views more than his music. He has become a protector of the u.s. constitution. That’s a great thing!!
No No NO NO he hasn’t become a protector of the U.S. Constitution. What Ted has done is select certain amendments to espouse knowledge of. He like many others believes the ‘right to bear arms’ should be relevant even today with semi automatic weaponry at the ready – when in reality the right to bear arms was designed at a time when it took 5 mins to load a musket. I don’t give a shit what the nutjob wants to talk about. If he wants to make a gigantic ass of himself that’s his right. What I’m more concerned with, is that Ted has actually put out some pretty good music over the last 15 years (present new release excluded). And all the music has been predominantly overshadowed by his rants and threats. If he wants to be known more for his political views than his music, that is his right. But what Ted has to realize is that he won’t have it both ways. We need a left side, and a right side, and a middle. Without all that, this country would’ve have gone to hell one way or another years ago. I just wish the ‘political-ness’ of government would get out of the way of doing what we pay them to do. Politics today is not about helping Americans. Its about getting elected or re-elected. I have rarely agreed with Ted Nugent and he has lost me as a fan because of that. But he has his right to say what we wants, and we have the right to think or react how we all want. But please stop making him into some American hero or protector of the flag. That argument is so childish and uninformed, I’ll feel dirty even weighing into it.
Great post, DR.