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...musicians include Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Foghat, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Ramone, Ted Nugent and Kid Rock. It was, admittedly, going to be a slightly creepy concert, in terms of makeup and facial hair. My first call as tour manager was to Nuge, the guitarist who penned Cat Scratch Fever and is now a right-wing hunter. I contacted Tedquarters in Jackson, Miss.--which is in charge of all things Nuge, such as the hunting magazine (Ted Nugent Adventure Outdoors), hunting TV show (Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Television), hunting crossbow (NugeBow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Those About to Rock: We Cut Your Taxes | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

...When Nuge called, he immediately launched into a diatribe on why there are so few Republican rockers, talking for eight uninterrupted minutes, several times working himself into a screaming frenzy, once about colonial British taxes. Nuge also burped twice. Amid this rant, Nuge mentioned--three times--that unlike the Kerry-loving, dope-smoking hippie rockers on tour, he believes in living by the Ten Commandments. Asked to name them, he said, "I couldn't rip them off right now. I'm sure I live them on a daily basis." When pressed, he named five before paraphrasing the rest: "THOU SHALT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Those About to Rock: We Cut Your Taxes | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

...With Nuge on board, I was well on my way to becoming the Reuben Kincaid of the right. My next calls, however, were more disappointing. Alice Cooper announced last week that rockers shouldn't get involved in politics. And ZZ Top's manager informed me that although the group is being paid to play an event in New York City this week that a lot of G.O.P. delegates will attend, the band members have different political opinions, although they all are pro-leg. Charlie Daniels, while backing Bush, told me, "I don't go with either party," and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Those About to Rock: We Cut Your Taxes | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

...Republicans, I realized, don't build coalitions. So I told Nuge it would be a good idea to go to small clubs on the same nights as the Vote for Change tour and outrock them, G.O.P.-style. "I do too," he says. "BUT HUNTING SEASON IS COMING SOON, SO YOU CAN ALL KISS MY ASS!" It's a big tent after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Those About to Rock: We Cut Your Taxes | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

...Republicans, I realized, don't build coalitions. So I told Nuge it would be a good idea to go to small clubs on the same nights as the Vote for Change tour and outrock them, G.O.P.-style. "I do too," he says. "BUT HUNTING SEASON IS COMING SOON, SO YOU CAN ALL KISS MY ASS!" It's a big tent after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Those About to Rock: We Cut Your Taxes | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

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