TED NUGENT - "I Think Guys Who Made Music In The '70s And '80s Spoiled People Because It Was So Good"
May 5, 2008, 16 years ago
Classic Rock Revisited founder Jeb Wright recently caught up with Ted Nugent. Following is an excerpt from the interview:
Jeb: I love hearing your take on this kind of stuff (politics, guns) but the people at Eagle Rock Entertainment are going to kill me if we don’t talk about Love Grenade.
Ted: "I am so proud of that. You listen to that opening guitar lick and there is no question who the fuck that is. The 'Girl Scout Cookies' lick is a masterpiece. If there was a music industry like back when there was a music industry. It used to be the people in the music stores loved the music. The people who promoted the concerts loved the music and the disc jockeys loved the music. The bands loved the music and the people loved the music. People celebrated the music like 'Walk This Way' and 'Cat Scratch Fever' and 'You’ve Got Another Thing Coming' – they liked that spirit. You can’t find a disc jockey, a promoter and a record store in a town that have any idea what the other guy is thinking. Music doesn’t bond like it did then. I think guys who made music in the '70s and '80s spoiled people because the music was so good. I think we burned everybody out. I don’t know what the fuck to think anymore."
Go to this location to check out the in-depth interview, which features extensive discussion on American politics and Nugent's views on gun control.
