POLL: Should Ted Nugent Be in the Rock Hall?
Ted Nugent aired his grievances toward the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a recent interview in the most Ted Nugent way.
In speaking with MyGlobalMind.com, The Nuge said the following about the Rock Hall and its lack of Uncle Ted:
“I have some really clear thoughts. It’s sacrilege, it’s ultimately disrespectful and cruel to Chuck [Berry], Bo [Diddley], and Little Richard and all the founding fathers in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Because the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame means something and I don’t have to explain to you because you know, and you don’t have to explain it to me. Abandon egos, bragging, and Ted Nugent speaking on behalf of Ted Nugent; is it or is it not vulgar, dishonest, and obscene that Grandmaster Flash, Patti Smith, and ABBA are in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but Ted “F*cking” Nugent isn’t? Is that the most outrageous and disgusting lie you have ever seen? Joe Walsh nailed it; he said, ‘It’s not music lover driven.’ He used the word fan, and it’s not fan driven. It’s ultra leftist liberal CEO driven gang who couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the music. I’m not taking away from the 90% of the people in it. I genuflect at the altar of all those great musicians like my friends in Cheap Trick, Journey, ZZ Top, and Kiss. They all deserve to be in there. I would like you to find a human being and walk up to, look at them eye to eye and believe them when they say Ted Nugent should not be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I would love to witness that exchange, you would see a person almost melt with guilt because you know they are lying. At the end of the day it’s not about me it’s about the music. James Hetfield said it best when Metallica was inducted, ‘Ted Nugent not being in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a joke; Ted Nugent is Rock & Roll!’”
As previously mentioned, this is perhaps the most-Nugent answer to whether or not the Motor City Mad Man should be in the Rock Hall, but we want to hear from you. Should Ted Nugent be in the Rock Hall? Vote in the poll below! (At the very least, we all know where David Crosby lands regarding this question.)
Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.
