Ted Nugent Sounds Off on Jann Wenner, Potential Rock Hall Nod
Ted Nugent sounded off on the Jann Wenner controversy via his livestream show The Nightly Nuge. As expected, Uncle Ted had a lot to say.
As transcribed by Blabbermouth, Nugent said, in part, in the September 18 episode of his show, ” … The music that touches our soul came from black heroes who had more soul because they had to get out of the curse of slavery and celebrate freedom musically. [But he was removed from the Rock Hall board] because of racist and misogynistic attacks that said that black and female artists are not articulate enough to reference in his book about rock and roll history, which is so clearly biased and so clearly racist and so clearly misogynistic.”
Wenner, of course, was a powerful figure within the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Many artists, including Nugent, have accused Wenner of preventing them from being inducted. With Wenner removed from the Rock Hall Board, does The Nuge think he’ll be inducted?
He said on the September 19 episode of The Nightly Nuge (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), “So, whether I am ever in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame now that the lying, misogynistic, racist Jann Wenner has been thrown off the board, and my good friend, quite honestly, an ultra-leftist, Tom Morello from the band Rage Against the Machine is on the board, some people have mentioned to me that they’re considering putting me in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.”
Nugent continued, “I don’t care. I don’t care that I’m not in it. I just wish Triumph, Grand Funk Railroad, so many killer rock and roll bands that somebody is giving the finger.”
Lingering Thoughts About Jann Wenner's Insane 'New York Times' Interview
He let artists edit their interviews?
Marchese asks Wenner during his interview, “In the introduction to the Bono interview in ‘The Masters,’ you mentioned that he edited and reviewed the transcript. What does editing mean in that context?”
Wenner says, “Looking for grammatical stuff, usage stuff; changing a word here and there, if he’d want to use a different word that’s more precise; maybe something was too intimate and he decides he doesn’t want to put it on the public record.”
Wenner then notes that he let John Lennon do the same in his infamous 1970 Rolling Stone interview, which is featured in The Masters.
This tidbit is not nearly getting enough attention. It all just really tarnishes much of the legacy of Rolling Stone. Did Wenner ever really care about journalistic integrity, or was this all really just one seemingly insecure man’s way of making friends with rock stars?
Jann S. Wenner, Mick Jagger and Ahmet Ertegun at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 19th Annual Induction Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel March 15, 2004 in New York City.
What are the subjects of 'The Masters' thinking right now?
All of the living subjects of The Masters — Bono, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and Pete Townshend — should be asked to weigh in on Wenner’s comments and whether they now regret signing off on being involved in his book. Better yet, some journalists should be able to interview all of them and not allow any of them to edit their own interviews. This doesn’t really solve anything, but it certainly would be fun.
Jann Wenner and Pete Townshend attend a book signing at Barnes & Noble Union Square on October 9, 2012 in New York City.
Guess we have an idea of why the Rock Hall lacks women artists?
Many, myself included, have written at length about the lack of women inductees in the Rock Hall. We all just assumed the whole thing was a “boys’ club,” but it’s nice to feel this much vindication on such a grand scale.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum at night.
