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 — clearly — 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 skirts… 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 still…’ 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.
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Dana,
If you think that you can’t print my last comments, just remember everything that wrote is public knowledge, Ask eddie. I’m a life long fan.
Not sure what comments you are talking about, Mark.
Cheers,
Dana from ET.com 🙂
Yeah, Ted is pretty smart unless your an American Indian.
Come on Dana, my comments were that bad? they are the truth everytime i puta comment that you know is the truth( even wishin you a happy birthday and comment on eddie’s fanbase)you have a problem .What”s your problem the truth hurts? Everyone else can bash each other but, I state facts and it”s wrong?????? So much for free speech, right?
Mark,
If I didn’t already thank you for my birthday wishes, thank you (again).
Again, I have no idea what comments you are referring to, but I don’t think we should tie up the comments section with this, please e-mail me off site. Click my name where it says “by Dana” below the headline. Thank you.
D from ET.com 🙂
Sorry, about this last rant, my comment wasn’t printed on line when I wrote this my apologies, Dana.
Okay, no worries.
D 🙂
after watching teds video clip i dont know how to respond to what i just heard, i am not hard left or right, i am somewhere in the middle, but i am not wishy washy, i will say i agree with ted on his belief about the commander in chief being the enemy – i am for non violence, i am anti war , unless… i am protecting my family, or defending my country from legitimate threat – we send kids into battle and they come back mentally and emotionally shattered, broken, do we really expect anything less, when they have to kill other human beings, or see their buddys arms or legs blown off by a roadside bomb or some other war related horror show- we need to really rethink what and why we are doing what we are doing over there – and we as americans have every right to question what the hell is going on-
and we have to take great care of our soldiers when they come home ! too many of these kids have broken minds and bodies – jesus,,, i have to go play some music right now…….
Obama’s the enemy? And yet he was one of a small minority of elected officials to publically oppose the tragic, criminal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan well before any boots hit the ground. Get your story straight. But not before your facts.
when a post is of real interest on this site , social or political, the comments are really amazing and thought provoking, this is so not the case when the post is about kiss lol! i normally woud not clarify a comment i made here but sar 305 really made me think about my thoughts on obama { who i genuinely thought could really change this country for the better } he is the enemy, because this war is still about greed as much as it is about stabilizing the the middle east and trying to stop terror and extremism-he is sending our kids over and over again into hell and then he is asleep at the switch when they come home broken- or worse…. he is not asleep… he fully knows what is going on – that is the real horror – again i love honest debate and love hearing the great opinions on posts that actually mean something –
Obuma is as anti-American as they come. I’m currently reading a book entitled Obama’s America – Unmaking The American Dream. This is the book that liberal based & biased Costco removed from its shelves once they realized the book presents factual evidence of Obuma’s hate for America. It is gut wrenching knowing what our so called potus stands for and operates.
bobbyd, there is a huge difference between what Obama has created and what Obama has inherited. I believe you and many others confuse the two.
He’s been in 6 years. He owns the damn thing.
He owns the damn thing after 6 years? How fast do you think world issues get fixed? Based on that logic, why don’t you ask why we don’t have peace in the middle east yet? Was Al Quaida formed the day after Obama got elected? Holy crap Man, you give respectable Republicans a bad name with that sort of tripe. I honestly can’t believe how ignorant those 9 words you typed are. It must be incredibly nice to just throw blame at someone for something just because they are now in the drivers seat. 911 happened 13 years ago yesterday. Think about that. Think about how long terrorists conspired to kill us in our homeland…long before Obama and long before W. Think about the war in Iraq that someone not named Obama started but he had to deal with. Gonna blame him for that too? Wanna blame him for Libya too decades ago? Shall we blame in for the Cuba embargo? Should we blame him for Russian troops occupying parts of Ukraine right now? Brilliant.