“The Motor City Madman” Ted Nugent blasted the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a recent interview with KNAC.com. Nugent has been eligible to join the Hall since 2000, but the 72-year-old rocker said, “You wanna know how to get into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? You get ‘high’ with the board. I don’t get high with anybody because I have campfires and I have the healing power of nature. I get high on high without poisoning my sacred temple. I call on God. I call on the good earth to help cleanse my soul and to help stimulate my very spirit.”
Nugent called the Hall “dishonest.” “Why am I not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?, That has a lot to do with the fact that you can’t always explain why people are rotten,” Nugent said. “Why do some people violate other people and commit vicious crimes and lie? I would like to think about what is going on with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame … I don’t take it personal,” he continued. “I think I’m in the ultimate Hall Of Fame. I went on stage a couple days in Abilene (Texas) with a great man Tim Montana. The Tim Montana band opened up for ZZ Top to a packed house in Abilene. Tim Montana says, ‘We learned ‘Cat Scratch Fever’. Come up and play it with us.’ I asked Billy Gibbons if that was okay to do, and he said, ‘Oh yeah. I’d love to hear that.’ They introduced me and the audience went berserk. So don’t tell me what my Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is. I’m in the ultimate Hall of Fame with real and true lovers of my music! There’s nothing more important than that.”
” … don’t tell me what my Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is. I’m in the ultimate Hall of Fame with real and true lovers of my music! There’s nothing more important than that.”
Ted Nugent
Nugent questioned why Grandmaster Flash, Patti Smith, ABBA and Madonna are in the Rock Hall but Styx and Triumph are not. “Yeah, Grandmaster Flash is rock and roll. And I’m a gay pirate,” he said. Nugent’s forthcoming album, “Detroit Muscle,” will be released on April 29. The album’s debut single was recently released as a lyric video, “Come And Take It.”
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