TED NUGENT - "I Was Honored To Meet And Jam With HENDRIX, MOON, SCOTT, ENTWISTLE And So Many Other Amazing People Who Were Like Mindless Zombies Due To Their Substance Abuse"
July 18, 2010, 13 years ago
Outspoken US hard rock legend TED NUGENT spoke with David Yonke from Californiachronicle.com recently about a number of topics. Here is an excerpt:
Despite his wildman image, one thing Nugent has never tolerated or indulged in is substance abuse - even in the 1960s when drugs and alcohol were almost synonymous with rock and roll.
"I was raised in a hardcore disciplinary and loving family where anything less than being the best that you can be was not tolerated," he said.
He said he advised many celebrity colleagues to stay away from drugs. Some listened, others didn't.
"I was honored to meet and jam with JIMI [HENDRIX], KEITH MOON, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, JOHN BELUSHI, BON SCOTT, JOHN ENTWISTLE, and so many other amazing people who were like mindless zombies due to their substance abuse. All nice, gifted people, but obviously too stupid to take care of themselves. I begged them all to stop, but sadly the dead ones didn't," Nugent said.
Read the entire interview here.
