Ted Nugent is a rock god and rock god's rock god. In this episode, he talks about the importance of being a Christian conservative in the rock and roll world, and why he believes drugs should be legalized in America.
00:00:17.000There are people like you and the Alice Coopers of the world, and even Rob Zombie.
00:00:21.000Like the Hard Rockers, or even as you go toward the Shock Rockers, tend to be more working class conservative as opposed to kind of the elitists.
00:00:29.000I don't even know if you'd put it in a rock, but the people like the Coldplay, U2. There seems to be a divide, and I think people are often surprised that Ted Nugent is Ted Nugent, or Alice Cooper is Alice Cooper.
00:00:39.000Because, I mean, it's Alice Cooper, right?
00:00:40.000Who would have thought he'd become a Christian conservative?
00:00:42.000There's a trend with that Do you think there's a specific reason for that trend in hard rock?
00:00:48.000Because it's always fascinated me Well, it should fascinate you because the media would indicate otherwise, 180 degrees otherwise.
00:00:56.000I'll tell you, and again, I'm 68 and a half years old, getting ready for the greatest tour of my life at the most outrageous, flamethrowing musicians a guitar player could ever do.
00:01:05.000Playing the greatest love songs in the history of the world.
00:01:08.000What would your life be like without Wango Tango, for example?
00:01:22.000Anyhow, my point being is that it doesn't come to a surprise to me whatsoever.
00:01:28.000Going back with my band, the Lourdes, we won the Battle of the Bands in Detroit in 1963.
00:01:34.000We opened up for the Gods of Thunder, the Motown Funk Brothers and Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Supremes.
00:01:44.000And I opened up for Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels and Gene Pitney and Martha and the Vandellas.
00:01:49.000That's why I'm like this, Stephen, because I am so appreciative of the blessings that I have been exposed to and I've been able to cultivate with my fellow working hard, playing hard musicians.
00:02:00.000And let me tell you, The term working hard, playing hard really, really describes successful musicians.
00:02:42.000Let me in, let you in for a little secret that probably won't surprise you, but it is a shocker the way I look at it.
00:02:50.000I'm not going to name names, but I could name the top artists on the planet.
00:02:57.000Who I've worked with, I've communicated with, I've had a little red wine and Verner's ginger ale backstage.
00:03:03.000We've talked about every possible issue that references quality of life, the musical heritage of the black heroes that inspired all of our great music, Hollow Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Freddie King, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, et cetera, et cetera.
00:03:46.000That's why the media and government and certainly academia has gone so far left because nobody had the balls to stand up and know that if you smoke dope, you're a liability.
00:05:02.000There is definitely a chasm between, like you said, the hard rockers seem to be distinctly conservative as opposed to mainstream rock, modern alternative rock.
00:05:14.000And I do, because it's still a hard work.
00:05:16.000Listen, let's be honest, even if we don't like their music, they still have an incredible work ethic.
00:05:19.000As Greg Gutfeld says, a lot of these Hollywood liberals, they don't act liberal in their own life.
00:05:25.000They only get by by an incredible work ethic and they believe that they get what they take, but they don't espouse that.
00:05:30.000Why do you think it is specifically people like hard rockers?
00:07:27.000I've been trying to, but they kind of laughed at me because I... We're good to go.
00:07:53.000Will so insulate you, you have your road manager, you have your assistant.
00:07:58.000I have road managers and I have assistants, but I tell them what to do and I listen to them because Bob Quant, Linda Peterson, Doug Banker, my team, are my blood brothers.
00:08:07.000They will tell me when I'm doing something stupid, at least I'm waiting for them to, because I've never done anything stupid, so what the hell?
00:08:15.000The point is that the insulation factor can all of a sudden make you think That, well, we need to feed the hungry, when in fact most of the hungry are buying dope and whiskey.
00:08:26.000Maybe they should spend it on nutrition.
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