Theodore "Ted" Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (a.k.a. The Nuge and The Motor City Madman) is an American
hard rock guitarist and vocalist from Detroit, Michigan. He originally gained fame as the lead guitarist
of the Amboy Dukes. He is noted for his conservative political views and his vocal pro-hunting and Second
Amendment activism.

Both as a solo artist and with the Amboy Dukes, Nugent has amassed a sizable list of well-known songs,
including "Journey To The Center Of The Mind", "Stranglehold", "Free For All", "Dog Eat Dog", "Wang Dang
Sweet Poontang", "Cat Scratch Fever", "Motor City Madhouse", "Paralyzed", "Great White Buffalo", and
"Wango Tango".

Nugent was born and raised in Detroit. His first wife was Sandra Jezowski, whom he married in 1970 and
divorced in 1976. They had three children, Starr, Sasha, and Toby. Sandra died in a car crash in 1982. His
second marriage was to Shemane Deziel, whom he met during one of his guest morning personality gigs on
Detroit's WLLZ-FM, where she was a member of the news staff. They married on January 21, 1989, and have
one child, Rocco.

In the late 1990s, Nugent began writing for various magazines. He has written for more than 20
publications and is the author of New York Times Best Seller God, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll (July 2000), Kill
It and Grill It (2002) (co-authored with his wife, Shemane) and BloodTrails II: The Truth About Bowhunting
(2004).

In May 2005, Nugent said he was "getting real close to deciding to run" for governor of Michigan. On
August 4, 2005, CNN reported that Nugent had withdrawn from the race for 2006 but was keeping his options
open for 2010. Nugent also was rumored to be under consideration by the Illinois Republican Party as its
candidate in that state's 2004 Senate race. Ted and his family now live in Crawford, Texas, a small town
west of Waco, Texas, where he is a weekly contributor to the local newspaper, the Waco Tribune-Herald.

Nugent also suffers from hearing loss. A November 2005 Rolling Stone article noted Nugent, among others,
has publicly acknowledged hearing problems.

In 2004, Nugent was a guest on the VH1 program Forever Wild, hosted by Sebastian Bach (former lead
vocalist for the band Skid Row). They shot some firearms and walked around Nugent's cabin in the woods. In
2005, Nugent was the host of a reality-type show entitled Wanted: Ted or Alive on OLN (now the sports
channel Versus) where contestants competed for money as well as for opportunities to go hunting with
'Uncle Ted'. The contestants had to kill and clean their own food to survive. n 2006, he appeared on VH1's
reality show SuperGroup, with Scott Ian (Anthrax, guitar), Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard, bass), Sebastian Bach
(ex-Skid Row, vocals) and Jason Bonham (Bonham, UFO, Foreigner, drums). The name of the supergroup was
originally FIST but later was changed to Damnocracy. Captured on film by VH1 was a rare Nugent duo with
guitar phenom Joe Bonamassa at the Sand Dollar Blues Room for a 45 minute blues jam. In 2007, Ted Nugent
appeared alongside other celebrities and regular people in the music video for Nickelback's Rockstar.

In 2007, Ted debated The Simpsons producer Sam Simon on the Howard Stern Show about the ethics of hunting
animals. Coincidentally, he would later appear in the season 19 episode of The Simpsons, "I Don't Wanna
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". Nugent was featured in MTV's "Cribs: Gods of Rock" episode.

Nugent made a guest appearance in a 2001 episode of That '70s Show called "Backstage Pass", where Fez and
Stephen Hyde make t-shirts to sell at a Ted Nugent concert. The shirts were spelled "Tad Nugent". In the
hit TV show Supernatural (TV series) the eldest of the two brothers, Dean Winchester uses Ted Nugent as
one of his many false identities, him being a big fan of the singer and his music.

In addition to music, Nugent has gotten involved in politics, hosted a number one morning radio show in
Detroit, has issued his own hunting camp and issues instructional videotapes (as well as the Ted Nugent
Spirit of the Wild PBS video series), owns his own hunting supply store, has been appointed to the Board
of Directors of the National Rifle Association, writes columns regularly for a number of different
magazines, and even sells his very own beef jerky (called Gonzo Meat Biltong) In 2001, the Nuge penned his
own autobiography, the perfectly titled -God, Guns, Rock N' Roll. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide