Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948) aka the Nuge and "the Motor City Madman" is a guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, originally gaining fame as a member of the Amboy Dukes. Some of his best known songs include "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang," "Cat Scratch Fever," "Motor City Madhouse," "Great White Buffalo," "Stranglehold," and "Wango Tango."

Controversies

An avid hunter, Ted Nugent was a frequent visitor to Canada until the government of Ontario cancelled the spring black bear hunt in 1999. Upset that he could not participate in the hunt, Nugent vowed to never set foot again in what he described as "an idiotic country". An outspoken pro-hunting media crusader, Nugent conducts 5 -10 prime media interviews every week. A longtime advocate of gun ownership rights, Nugent has served since 1995 on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association (NRA), of which he is a Life Member.

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Hunter - Canada - Ontario - Black bear - 1999 - National Rifle Association

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Nugent was a speaker at the NRA's 2005 National Convention in Houston. He received an enthusiastic reception from the delegates, telling them: "Remember the Alamo! Shoot 'em! To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers 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." (Source: "Ted Nugent to Fellow NRAers: Get Hardcore," Associated Press article, April 17, 2005)

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Nugent and the animal rights movement have long had an adversarial relationship. In 2000, Nugent was jailed briefly following an incident outside a department store in San Francisco in which he allegedly spat on, threatened and physically assaulted several anti-fur demonstrators.

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Nugent created and produced the award-winning Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild PBS video series, raising in excess of $3,000,000 for PBS affiliates nationwide.

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According to a July 15, 1990 interview for the Detroit Free Press, Nugent described how he avoided the draft during the Vietnam War: He claims that 30 days before his Draft Board Physical, he stopped all forms of personal hygiene. The last ten days he ingested nothing but junk food and Pepsi, and a week before his physical he stopped using the bathroom altogether, virtually living inside pants caked with excrement and stained by his urine. That spectacle won Nugent a deferment, he says. His quote: ? but if I would have gone over there, I?d have been killed, or I?d have killed, , or I?d have killed all the Hippies in the foxholes? I would have killed everybody.?

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July 15 - 1990 - Detroit Free Press - Vietnam War - Pepsi

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