Remarks put Nugent in stranglehold, baby
DJs, listeners want to wring his neck over racial ranting

By Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News
May 6, 2003

Denver radio listeners and disc jockeys were shell-shocked Monday after rocker Ted Nugent used derogatory racial terms for Asians and blacks on live radio.

The highly rated Lewis & Floorwax morning show on 103.5-FM The Fox quickly turned into a discussion of race relations after the '70s rocker made his statements.
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The conversation was innocuous talk about guitars until Nugent referred to \"Japs\" in reference to Japanese-made guitars. Lewis and Floorwax immediately called him on that, which only encouraged Nugent to go further, using the word \"g----.\"

The DJs protested further, and Nugent went further, noting Richard Pryor's use of the word \"n-----\" as a comic device and said that, long ago, one of the Funk Brothers used that term as a compliment to describe Nugent's guitar playing.
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The phone lines lit up with outraged listeners.
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Nugent, a board member of the National Rifle Association and known for his outspokenness, was traveling and could not be reached.
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Nugent sues over canceled concert

Friday, August 22, 2003

By Jennifer Meese
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER

Ted Nugent filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against Muskegon Summer Celebration and some Muskegon city officials, claiming organizers who canceled a June Summer Celebration concert wrongly accused him of making racist comments.
   
Nugent claims that accusations made by city officials and Summer Celebration organizers, and the cancellation of the June 30 concert, damaged his reputation and career, according to a statement issued by his attorney.

Officials for the Muskegon Summer Celebration canceled Nugent's appearance after the Motor City Madman did an interview with two Denver disc jockeys in which he reportedly used racial slurs to refer to blacks and Asians.
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In a written statement, Nugent's Detroit-based attorney, Mike Novak, called the concert cancellation the most blatant form of censorship.
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Rock band makes impromptu visit

The Associated Press
8/22/2003, 12:17 p.m. ET

WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Rock group Aerosmith delighted teenage fans during an unexpected visit to an ice cream shop.

Band members riding motorcycles stopped Wednesday to ask directions and get custard ice cream at Mr. C's Custom Cone in this community 45 miles northwest of Detroit.
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The band has been in the Detroit area since its concert was canceled by last week's blackout. The rescheduled Comerica Park concert with KISS and Ted Nugent is set for Sept. 7.

Dover woman sues Ted Nugent for child support, custody

By BRIAN DEKONING
Democrat Staff Writer

DOVER — A local woman says Ted Nugent fathered her 8-year-old son and she’s suing the 1970s rock star for child support and legal custody.

Karen Gutowski, 42, of 74 Pollyann Trailer Park, has filed petitions in Strafford County Superior Court against Theodore Nugent of 8000 Eckert St. in Concord, Mich., according to court documents.
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Runge said sheriff’s deputies served Nugent with court documents informing him of the suit Sept. 5 when the guitarist played the Meadowbrook Amphitheater in Gilford with ZZ Top.
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