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| '''Theodore "Ted" Nugent''' (born ], ]) (a.k.a. '''The Nuge''', '''Uncle Ted''', '''Terrible Ted''', '''Sweaty Teddy''', '''Deadly Tedly''', '''Great Gonzos''', '''Theodocious Atrocious''' and '''The Motor City Madman'''<ref name=thecelebritycafe>>http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/ted_nugent_2003_08_07.html</ref>) is a ] ] from ], ]. He originally gained fame as a member of ]. He is noted for his support of ] political views and his vocal pro-] stance. | |||
| Nugent has amassed a sizable list of well known songs which include "Stranglehold", | |||
| "Free For All", "Dog Eat Dog", "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang", "]", "Cat Scratch Fever", "Motor City Madhouse", "Paralyzed", "Great White Buffalo", and "Wango Tango". | |||
| Nugent gained acclaim for his raucous, intense live music, and still performs live. | |||
| ==Personal life== | |||
| Nugent was born in Detroit. His first wife was Sandra Jezowski, whom he married in 1970 and divorced in 1976. They had two children.<ref name="IMDB">{{cite news | url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637823/bio | title=IMDB: Biography | publisher=] | date=2006 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2006-08-18}}</ref> Jezowski died in a car crash in 1982.<ref name="IMDB" /> | |||
| His second marriage was to Shemane Deziel. They married on ] ] and have one child. | |||
| In the late 1990s Nugent began writing for various magazines. He has written for over 20 publications and is the author of ] books ''God, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll'' (July 2000), ''Kill It and Grill It'' (2002) (co-authored with his wife, Shemane) and ''BloodTrails II: The Truth About ]'' (2004). | |||
| In May 2005 Nugent said he was "getting real close to deciding to run" for governor of Michigan. On ], ] CNN reported that Nugent had withdrawn from the race for 2006, but was keeping his options open for 2010. Nugent also was rumored to be under consideration by the Illinois Republican Party as its candidate in that state's 2004 Senate race.<ref>Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, July 15, 2004</ref><ref name="Rocker">{{cite news|title= Ted Nugent: Off his rocker?|author=|date=28 May 2006|page=|publisher=]|url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article571538.ece}} </ref> | |||
| Nugent also suffers from ]. A November 2005 '']'' article noted Nugent, among others, has publicly acknowledged hearing problems.<ref name="hearingloss">{{cite news | url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/8841090/music_making_fans_deaf | title=Music Making Fans Deaf? | publisher=] | date=November 18, 2005 | first=Jonathon | last=Ringen | accessdate = 2006-08-18}}</ref> According to Nugent, the hearing loss in his left ear is so complete that "It's just there for the looks. It doesn't work. I can't even talk on the phone with it."{{Fact|date=April 2007}} | |||
| ==Music career== | |||
| To date, he has released over 31 recordings and sold over 35 million albums. Ted Nugent is famous for playing the semi-hollow ]. ] has developed a model named for him. He is also known throughout his early career in the 70's for using Fender amps, a large part of his signature sound. | |||
| Performing professionally since 1958, Nugent has been touring yearly since 1967, averaging more than 300 shows per year (1967–73), 200 per year (1974–80), 150 (1981–89), 127 concerts in 1990, 162 concerts in 1991, 150 concerts in 1993, 180 in 1994, 166 in 1995, 81 in 1996, Summer Blitz '97, '98, ] '99, 133 concerts on #1 Tour in the World with KISS 2K.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} His was the #1 grossing tour act in the world in 1977, 1978, and 1979. Nugent's 2005 plans include a tour with country music singer-songwriter Toby Keith, whom Nugent met in Iraq while they were both performing in USO-sponsored shows for the coalition troops.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} | |||
| ===Amboy Dukes=== | |||
| The Amboy Dukes' second single was ''Journey to the Center of the Mind'', which Nugent, an ardent anti-drug campaigner, claims to this day he did not realize was about ]. '']'' (]), '']'' (]) and '']'' (])—all recorded on the Mainstream label—sold moderately well. | |||
| After settling down on a ranch in Michigan, in 1973 he signed a record deal with ]'s new record label DiscReet and recorded '']''. The following year, '']'' (which contained the song "Great White Buffalo"), established a fanbase for Nugent and the other Amboy Dukes. Personnel changes nearly wrecked the band, which became known as Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes. | |||
| ===Solo career=== | |||
| Ted Nugent dropped the band name and signed to ] in ], with ] (guitar, vocals), ] (bass), and Cliff Davies (drums). This personnel was the backing band for many of his classic 70s albums. Nugent's solo career was most successful when he released hits such as "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Stranglehold". This band toured extensively until its break up in 1978 when St. Holmes and Grange departed. St. Holmes was replaced by Charlie Huhn and Grange by Dave Kiswiney. Davies finally left around 1982. | |||
| ===Damn Yankees=== | |||
| During the ] Nugent released a series of albums. Near the end of the decade, Nugent formed the ] ], with ] (bass, vocals, formerly of ]), ] (guitar, vocals, formerly of ]) and ] (drums). '']'' (]) was a hit, selling 5 million albums, thanks in no small part to the smash hit power ballad "High Enough." The "High Enough" video featured Nugent in a priest's collar and later in a zebra-striped cape during the guitar solo. | |||
| ===Back to solo=== | |||
| Returning to a solo career, Nugent released '']'', his best-reviewed album in quite some time. A series of archival releases came out in the ], keeping Nugent's name in the national consciousness. He also began hosting a radio show in Detroit and owns several hunting-related businesses. He also created and currently hosts an outdoors television show called ''Wanted: Ted or Alive'' on ]. | |||
| ==Organization memberships== | |||
| Since the early 1990s Nugent has become both popular and criticized for his conservative beliefs and his anti-] and anti-] stances. He is a national spokesman for the ], advocating the "natural highs" to be found in an outdoor lifestyle. He has also hosted the Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids, which combines a curriculum of hands-on hunting, conservation, archery and a strong anti-drug message aimed mainly at underprivileged ] children. He is also a spokesman for the ], ], and ]. | |||
| An advocate of hunting and ] ownership rights, Nugent has served on the board of directors of the ] (NRA).<ref>See, e.g.: http://www.nraam.org/pastmeetings/</ref> He appeared on CNN in April 2007, which mentions his NRA board membership.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/19/commentary.nugent/index.html</ref> | |||
| ==Outspokenness== | |||
| As ] has said of Ted Nugent, "He is not one to be shy about sharing his take on things with the media, and interviews with him make for highly entertaining reading."<ref name="Snopes">{{cite web |url= http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/nugent.asp |title= Weekly World Nuge |author= Barbara Mikkelson |format= html |work= ] }}</ref> | |||
| ===Regarding NRA=== | |||
| When Nugent was a speaker at the NRA's 2005 National Convention in ], he received an enthusiastic reception from the delegates, telling them: "Remember ]! Shoot 'em! To show you how radical I am, I want ] dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em."<ref>"Ted Nugent to Fellow NRAers: Get Hardcore," '']'' article, ], ]</ref> | |||
| ===Regarding animal rights=== | |||
| Nugent and the ] movement have long had an adversarial relationship. In ], ] was ]ed briefly following an incident with Nugent outside a ] in ] in which he allegedly threatened and physically assaulted Nugent, who in turn took Sinha into custody until San Francisco Police arrived and arrested the protester. Nugent has reported receiving death threats against him and his family from animal rights activists. On the '']'' episode about ], Nugent claimed, "We've got reports and files with law enforcement across America where animal rights extremists are on record threatening to kill my children on the way to school because we eat pheasant". In 2006 he stated in an interview that "anyone who thinks hunting is terrible can kiss my ass." <ref>http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=56303</ref> | |||
| ===Regarding politics=== | |||
| Nugent's views translate to his ], and according to an interview in '']'' he "considers homosexuality morally wrong" and is an outspoken supporter of the ] and the ] military. As a reward for entertaining U.S. troops in ] in ], he visited ]'s war room. "It was a glorious moment. It looked like something out of '']''. I saw his gold toilet."<ref name="Rocker" /> | |||
| Nugent lives near President ]'s ] in ] and said he caught Bush's attention at his private inauguration party in ]. "When he noticed me, he was surrounded by these huge bankrollers from his campaign. He literally swept past all of them and said, ']! Look who's here! It's Ted!' Then he hugged me and took me by the shoulders. He said, 'Just keep doing what you're doing. Don't think that we don't know what you're up to out here. Stay on course.'"<ref name="Rocker" /> | |||
| Yet Nugent does not find Bush conservative enough, thinking the president should take more forceful action on Iraq. "Our failure has been not to ] them".<ref name="Rocker" /> | |||
| ===Criticism of Pantera=== | |||
| Nugent also caused a small degree of outrage in May 2006 from the heavy metal community after he blasted ]'s ] of his song, "Cat Scratch Fever", claiming it had "No soul, no balls, no feel" and was "Caucasian all the way" <ref>http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=52243</ref> | |||
| In October 2006, ] commented on this, criticizing Nugent.<ref>http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=60702</ref> | |||
| When ] was asked about Nugent's comments, he stated he was shocked and totally surprised by the comments, stating he and Dimebag Darrell had told him they had planned on covering the song and that originally excited Nugent. He also stated Nugent's comments "really bummed him out".<ref>http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55011</ref> | |||
| ===Performance at Texas Governor's inaugural=== | |||
| Texas governor ], who is friends with Nugent, invited him to perform at a ] hours after Perry's second inauguration ceremony. Using ]s as props, Nugent appeared onstage as the final act of the inaugural ball wearing a cutoff T-shirt emblazoned with the ] and shouting offensive remarks about non-English speakers, according to press reports.<ref name=YahooInaug>Yahoo! Music News. . January 18, 2007.</ref> The ] condemned Nugent's flying of the Confederate flag as a symbol of "the enslavement of ] and more recently the symbol of ]s and ]s."<ref name=YahooInaug /> Nugent himself has vociferously denied the accusations of racism in the event, describing said accusations as "vicious lies and hateful allegations".<ref>http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2007/01/25/01252007wacnugent.html "Ted Nugent, guest column: Surprise, more lies aimed at a lover of America, liberty"], ''Waco Tribune-Herald'', January 25, 2007.</ref> | |||
| ==Television and video== | |||
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| Attracting attention for his outspoken statements on issues ranging from gun politics to biodiversity, Nugent has been a regular guest on such programs as '''', '']'', and '']''. | |||
| In 1986 he guest starred in an episode entitled "Definitely Miami" on the smash hit television show '']''. Nugent played a villain. His song "Angry Young Man" was featured in the episode. His song "Little Miss Dangerous" was also featured on a ''Miami Vice'' episode of the same name, although he did not appear in the episode. | |||
| In 2003 he was host of the ] ] program called ''Surviving Nugent'' in which city dwellers such as model ], moved to Nugent's Michigan ranch in order to survive such "backwoods" activities as building an ] and ] a ]. The success of the two hour show spawned a four part mini series in ] entitled ''Surviving Nugent: The Ted Commandments''. This time it was filmed on Nugent's ranch in ], ]. During filming Nugent injured himself with a ], requiring 44 stitches and a leg brace. | |||
| In 2004 Nugent was a guest on the VH1 program '']'', hosted by Sebastian Bach (former lead vocalist for the band ]). They shot some firearms and walked around Nugent's cabin in the woods. | |||
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| In 2004 Ted Nugent made a guest appearance on the ] series on ], '']'' in the episode "]", locals believe to see the face of ] in a billboard, and mention how Jesus looks like Ted Nugent. Throughout the episode they think it's Jesus's face, but at the end they discover it was in fact Ted Nugent's face in the billboard, and he proceeds to shoot a flaming explosive arrow at Carl (mistaking him for a "varmint"). | |||
| In 2005 Nugent was the host of a reality-type show entitled ''Wanted: Ted or Alive'' on OLN (now the sports channel Versus) where contestants competed for money as well as for opportunities to go hunting with 'Uncle Ted'. The contestants had to kill and clean their own food to survive. | |||
| In 2006 he appeared on VH1's ] '']'', with ] (], guitar), ] (], bass), ] (ex-], vocals) and ] (], ], ], drums). The name of the supergroup was originally FIST but later it was changed to ]. Captured on film by VH1 was a rare Nugent duo with guitar phenom ] at the ] for a 45 minute blues jam. | |||
| On ], ], Nugent was interviewed on ]'s '']'' and performed the songs "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Rawdogs and Warhogs". | |||
| ==Trivia== | |||
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| *A recipient of numerous commendations from ], ] departments, ], ], U.S. Army and police agencies nationwide, Nugent has been a sworn Michigan Deputy Sheriff since 1980, and was a guest speaker at International Law Enforcement Convention by invitation from Director of FBI William Webster, ] ] and ] ]. | |||
| *] has cited Nugent in the track "It's Kiss! pt2" from the ''Talk Is Cheap Vol. 2'' ] album. Despite being a long-time fan of Nugent's music, Rollins is highly critical of Nugent's political stance.<ref>http://live.video.rainbow-media-online.com/video.jsp?video_id=5410&subcategory_id=1943&template_id=1943&backtochannels=1</ref> | |||
| *Nugent is also known for his unabashed opinions on many subjects: | |||
| ** ]: "What's a feminist anyways? A fat pig who doesn't get it often enough?" | |||
| **]: "Only a coward supports gun control. You know how to stop carjacking? Shoot the carjacker. If someone is going to kill me for my Buick, I'm gonna shoot until I'm out of ammo — and then I'll call ]".{{Fact|date=February 2007}} | |||
| **]: "Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians — except for the occasional ] steaks".<ref>http://oregonmag.com/NugentBook.htm</ref> | |||
| **He has also stated that ] should have their ] revoked.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} | |||
| *] band ] has recorded a song called "FTN" (abbreviating Fuck Ted Nugent) based on his treatment of animals. The song is a bonus track on the band's 2002 album, '']''. | |||
| *Nugent made a guest appearance in a 2001 episode of '']'' called "Backstage Pass", where Fez makes t-shirts to sell at a Ted Nugent concert. The shirts were spelled "Tad Nugent". | |||
| *In the film '']'', Danny Ocean, played by George Clooney, makes a crack at Rusty's outrageously colored shirt (played by Brad Pitt), remarking: "Ted Nugent called; he wants his shirt back." In Italy, since Ted Nugent is not well known there, this line is dubbed with Elton John instead of Nugent. | |||
| *Satirical newspaper '']'' featured a story that . The publication featured another story about . | |||
| *Nugent once autographed a fan's arm with a ] after the fan had requested it.<ref>http://collegian.ksu.edu/Collegian/article.php?a=182</ref> | |||
| *In the ] game '']'', a Multiplayer Achievement unlocked by obtaining 100 kills with the ] is called "The Nuge". | |||
| *In 1978, ] released a Ted Nugent themed ] called . | |||
| *In 2006, Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold" was heard during the introductions of the ] baseball team during the MLB Playoffs. The song also was used as ring entrance music for the ] in ]. | |||
| *In late 2007, Ted Nugent is slated to appear on ] latest album, playing guitar on the song "We Won't Be Quiet".{{fact|date=May 2007}} | |||
| *Nugent was featured in MTV's "Cribs: Gods of Rock" episode. | |||
| ==Works== | |||
| ===Books=== | |||
| * Nugent, Ted. '']''. ], Inc. (September 25, 2001) ISBN 0-89526-173-1 (316 pages) | |||
| * Nugent, Ted and Nugent, Shemane. ''Kill It & Grill It: A Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish''. ], Inc. (May 2002) ISBN 0-89526-164-2 (250 pages) | |||
| * Nugent, Ted. ''Blood Trails II: The Truth About Bowhunting''. ] Inc. (November 12, 2004) ISBN 0-9722804-7-2 (256 pages) | |||
| ===Articles=== | |||
| * {{cite news | url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=85000700 | title=Cat Scratch Thiever: Hey Napster, get your greasy paws off my intellectual property. | publisher=] | date=March 13, 2001 | first=Ted | last=Nugent | accessdate = 2006-08-18}} | |||
| ===Solo discography=== | |||
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