TED NUGENT DISCUSSES SEBASTIAN BACH, MICK BROWN AND TOM MORELLO

Ted-Nugent400 Ted Nugent recently spoke to Radio.com. Blabbermouth.net transcribed highlights from the interview, read the excerpts below.

On Sebastian Bach:

“I love the guy, he’s incredibly gifted, a gentleman for the most part, but he’s weak. He’s weak. And he doesn’t understand the concept of the [body as a] Sacred Temple. He doesn’t understand accountability. He doesn’t understand โ€” clearly โ€” how his indulgences and his poisons ruin his life. And his relationships, and his marriage. And his musical capabilities. I love the guy and if he’s watching this, I love you, but when you’re the drunk Sebastian Bach, you’re nowhere near the Sebastian Bach that you are when you’re clean and sober. Case closed. That isn’t a Ted Nugent opinion, that’s scientific truism.”

On his drummer Mick Brown, who got a DUI a few years ago backstage at one of Ted’s shows:

“Well, he had a couple of beers and went on a golf cart ride! Whoa! Let’s crucify him! That’s no big deal! Even I can look the other way for that! I have zero tolerance for dangerous criminal behavior that compromises the music. It was the last date of the tour. He watched me get up on stage with Tommy Shaw and the STYX guys and we played a Damn Yankees masterpiece, Coming Of Age. I can understand how anybody could lose control of themselves under that musical jihad. It was a very powerful musical moment. It was very magical and I think he did a couple of extras, saw some good-looking chicks with short skirtsโ€ฆ I don’t bemoan his decision. A golf cart and two pretty girls? It was harmless.”

On Tom Morello:

“Tom Morello claims to be an ultra-liberal. But let’s examine Tom Morello’s life, shall we? He works really hard. He gets up early. He puts his heart and soul into being the best craftsman he can be. Provides for and protects his family. He’s true to his family. So far, he sounds an awful lot like Ted Nugent. [My new album] SHUTUP&JAM, if it’s a shout-out to anybody, is probably a shout out to my good friend Tom Morello. Because we talk politics, and we should do it on film sometime, it’s quite telling. Because the typical liberal, when they attempt to debate me, always ends up with a very predictable statement: ‘Yeah, but stillโ€ฆ’ If you give people stuff, dependence will be the result. If you give a beggar money, you’re helping to kill him! Because he will spend that money while you lie to yourself and feel good, you’ve actually expedited the death of that individual, because he will buy dangerous deadly things with that money! You gotta be kidding me! If he wants a sandwich, give him a sandwich! That’s not what he wants! My point being: Tom Morello, I love him dearly, I respect his musical genius, and I respect him as a man. And when it gets time to have a legitimate political debate, we remain civil and gentlemanly, and eventually we can both shut up and jam because we both come from the Chuck Berry school of uppity, spirited, freedom-drenched American rhythm and blues.”

Listen to Nugent’s interview with Radio.com below.

73 Responses

  1. Hey Clown, I’m down here, trying to stay away from the political B.S! I wish Uncle Ted would take his own advice and just Shut Up & Jam! Because no matter what he says or how he says it, it never comes out right and always goes wrong. Nuge is at his best on stage, that’s where he belongs. If ever the phrase “Let The Music Do The Talking” was invented for someone, it would be the Motor City Madman! ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. ….And you can analyze this situation
      To me it’s all just mental masturbation ๐Ÿ˜‰
      But there’s only one way
      There’s only one way to rock ๐Ÿ™‚

    2. Well said, maybe not completely true, but you are right, you listen to “Stranglehold” and everything he says just melts away. Doug R., I won’t be on here for awhile, heavy workload, this time I mean it, but take care brother in rock and roll..

  2. Morello wears Che swag…a Marxist who marched into Havana with Fidel raising the communist flag. Hey Tom, Mr. 60 million net worth in a 4 million dollar crib in L.A.: wake up. Ever hear the story of a teenage Courtney Love meeting Ted?

    1. In regards to the alleged Courtney Love encounter, consider the source. And I can’t fault Ted for dodging the draft, if in fact it’s true, for a war that we had absolutely positively no business being in. God bless those who served in Nam! They were incredibly brave!

  3. One last thing: I know it will be posted on this site…Jimi Jamison, what a huge loss, I’m pretty devastated. His music, voice….it’s one of those intangibles, he just had it all, I feel like I lost a great friend and I’ve never met him.

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