Controversial king Ted Nugent is back in the news, this time getting blasted by rock queen Joan Jett.
The Rolling Stone magazine had listed Joan Jett on its list of “100 Greatest Guitarists”. This instantly triggered Ted Nugent.
In a new interview with NME, Joan responded to his statement saying she doesn’t deserve to be in the list.
Joan said:
“Neither should he. Is that his implication, that he should be on the list instead of me? Well, that’s just typical — it’s what I’ve dealt with my whole life, being written off. Ted Nugent has to live with being Ted Nugent. He has to be in that body, so that’s punishment enough.”
She continued:
“He’s not a tough guy. He plays tough guy, but this is the guy who sh*t his pants — literally — so he didn’t have to go in the Army.”
“So this,” Jett concluded, “is the tough guy who’s running around America, stirring things up against each other.”
Earlier, here’s what he said (via BLABBERMOUTH.NET):
“So I just mentioned some killer, monster guitar players, huh? Some of the best that ever lived. But when you see the Rolling Stone magazine list of greatest guitar players, they list Joan Jett but not Tommy Shaw.
“How do you list the top 100 guitar players and not list Derek St. Holmes?”
“How do you do that? You do that by lying. The same way you get Grandmaster Flash in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. You do that by lying. You have to be a liar. You have to have sh*t for brains and you have to be a soulless, soulless prick to put Joan Jett… [I] love Joan. Some of my greatest memories include l*sbians. I love the l*sbians; it’s a cocktail of wonderment. [I] love Joan Jett — ‘put another diamond in the jukebox, baby’; great rock and roller — but as a top 100 guitar player, but you don’t list Rickey Medlocke or Dave Amato [REO SPEEDWAGON]. Really? Or Dick Wagner? Dick Wagner and THE FROST from Detroit. Or Mark Farner? Mark Farner from GRAND FUNK RAILROAD. Joan Jett is on the list but not Mark Farner? Grandmaster Flash is in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame but not GRAND FUNK RAILROAD? [Laughs]
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I love ted and agree 100% half of those people don’t belong on the list such an embarrassment lollll im going to be sharing teds amazing comments and so true they are all over my Australian radio station ?
joan jett sucks, what has she done? same songs for past 50 years
Ted Talked about being a draft dodger nhis whole life and what he did to avoid going to viet nam like so many of my family members.. So big tough patriot right now and Joan Jett can be on the list for guitar she made the Runaways and her group which is guitar driven .. Derek St Holmes great singer , guitar player, and Ted is a coward who pretends. Tommy Shaw is a nice guy, good singer. Decent player.. Guitar playing is really subjective but who cares who is on rolling stones list AceFrehly is a great original guitar player but he is never on it, Brad Paisley’ is the country Eddie Van Halen but I bet he’s not on it, Jake E Lee , Brad Gillis, Kurt Cobain, Wolf Hoffman, of Accept, Chris Degarmo of queensryche, Nita Strauss, Warren dimartini
Well said! 🤘🏼
Brad Paisley, Brad Gillis, Jeff Watson, Reb Beach, George Lynch, Keith Urban, Chris DeGarmo, Nuno Bettencourt, Steve Lukather, Neal Schon, … so many more names that surpass Joan Jett.
So you would call him brave if he’d gone to Nam and murdered innocent people?
Yes I would have to, why, because his country called and he answered the call of duty. Vietnam was a mistake if you study its history. Do young American study history when answering the call for duty?
I agree 100 percent! He’s a big brave man when he’s the only one with a gun!
YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR MIBD TO THINK EDDIE VAN HALEN THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME IS NOT ON THAT LIST. I WOULD BET YOU $100000 THAT HE IS
Ask Derak about Ted. All you need to know. S rewed him over good.
I never cared much for any of her music. I wouldn’t include her !!!
Then don’t include her on your list, It is subjective, while I personally don’t think she rates top 100 i doubt seriously if Turd Nugent does either. He was a mediocre guitar player and a coward.
Ted sucks worse to there’s that.
I agree wholeheartedly with Ted. Thr Rock and Roll hall of fame is a nice place to visit but some of their Inductees make no sense . And Joan Jett has had some big hits but a great guitarist she Is not .
Gee , lets see. The Runaways? The OG female rock band?
What have YOU done?
yea ,joans always been and angry woman,,she does her thing very good,,singing and playing guitar,,,,but as far as being one of the top 100 guitar players in the world,,i dont think so,,so teds right ,,anyone who plays guitar weather a great player or a so so guitar player knows that,,not to insult joan ,,she probley knows that as well,,but she hates men ,lol,,so teds gonna get it for ever from her,,,,lol
Nugent is a POS
AMEN! He’s a throwback from prehistoric times when gene pools were limited.
Exactly. Right now I’m sure that he’s grabbing his ankles and being Cautlyn Jenner’s “boy toy”….
I agree
teds a tool and so are his supporters, another great american traitor sucking trumps knob.
You are 💯 on all statements !
Any list of top 100 anything can be argued and debated. My question is why single out Joan? Why not name some guys that you think have no business on this list. He sounds like a bully who thought Joan wouldn’t punch back.
FTN draft dodging POS
Ted Nugent is an old wannabe that is so jealous when other musicians get accolades. He can’t keep his big, untalented mouth shut!
Ted Nugent is a knob. He supports the criminal traitor trump!
Ted Nugent is a diseased PRICK!
I like Joan Jett…but anyone that has listened to her stuff vs Terrible TED and the 8 fingers of doom? It just isn’t even close. Besides, didn’t it take them FOREVER to put Rush in to the RRHF? Who is writing these lists?
Ted’s a ĥas been. And he’s too rude.
Other than Eddie Van Halen and Nuno Bettencourt, didn’t really see anyone among the comments worth being on the list. I would add Satriani, Vai, Malmstein, Petrucci, Howe, Kotzen, Moore, and a bunch more. Jett nor Nugent should be on this list
Ted’s not wrong. Joan is mediocre at best as a guitar player. Many of the names Ted mentioned like Tommy Shaw, Derek St. Holmes and even Ted himself are all top echelon guitarists who are far Superior to Joan Jett! I’ve never heard in any other circles of rock music that Joan Jett was a great guitarist. Even her wx- bandmate Lita Ford blows Joan away.
He’s not wrong ? He’s a coward and a draft dodger. That’s illegal sparky.
Ted was a one hit wonder and he Ben that song sucked. His band wasn’t good enough to make the 99 cent tack
Ted Nugent is far from being a top guitarist. Very far!!!
Jeff, you obviously have not listened to The Nug enough.
you know nothing of guitar when you make that staement. his progression of chords and fnger style are quite hard to imatate
Nonsense. Nugent is a decent guitarist, but hardly anything to write home about. Chord progressions are chord progressions. That’s a song writer thing, more than a git player thing (yeah, I play the git too and neither me or Nugent is anything special). Nugent is just a washed up bitter right-wing nutjob, angry because nobody pays attention to him because he hasn’t done anything interesting in decades.
forget debating how good he is all that matters is do you think he is better than Joan Jett. I think anyone that knows anything about music and has heard them both play would say yes he is definitely better than she is, If she somehow makes a list of great guitar players he should be on it (but the more logical conclusion is they both probably dont belong although I can make a better argument for him that I can for her (And I am a bigger Joan Jett fan than I am a Ted Nugent fan, but unless i lie i can’t say she is a better guitar player)
What exactly is the git please…
Bingo! We have a winner!
And you need to learn how to spell.
lol whatever.
So much better than Joan.
He’s actually right up there with the best.
He didn’t suggest that he should be on the list but that many others should be instead of Joan Jett. Had you read the article, you would know that.
Joan Jett has always sucked! Couldn’t hold a candle to Ted nugent! Her guitar playing isn’t even in the same league
That’s nonsense, if you don’t like him as a person fine but be honest at least.
Since 2012 I thought Ted was either in prison or dead? Didn’t he say if Obama won that’s what was going to happen? TED lied!
I like Ted and his music but clearly he got his feelings hurt ,he didn’t have to say all the hurtful things about Joan Jet
Truth hurts?
That’s what’s wrong with this world. Too many snowflakes. He was dead on. It’s time we stop filling the world full of BS and passing it off as authentic.
Snowflakes? Like your “Bro-Flakes” that are all up in arms over a little girl named Taylor? Like that?
And Ted is right now at the top of the list of snowflakes. Butthurt because someone he doesn’t like got on a list he wasn’t good enough for.
Poor nuge.
YOU ARE NOT A GUITARIST,SO OBVIOUSLY YOUR OPINION OF THE SUBJECT IS NULL.
I didn’t feel he said anything bad about her,he was actually complimentary in his statement. He just feels there are other better guitarists than her that should have made the list.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT
What hurtful thing did he say other than she doesnt belong in the list (which is true, no one actually ranking musicians honestly would put Joan Jett in the top 100 guitar players, even suggesting that is ridiculous. I mean if we went more general and said “who is the better artist” I would likely pick Joan because i like her music better, but as a guitar player Ted is light years ahead of her.
Truth is ALWAYS more important than someone’s FEELINGS. Truth should NEVER be restrained because it offends somebody. Truth is far more important than the person telling it and/or the person hurt or offended by the telling of it.
Failing to share the TRUTH, because it offends someone is VERY DANGEROUS in a FREE SOCIETY.
I am a 69 year-old, bald headed, buck toothed fat guy… if someone telling me that hurts my feelings, that is my psychosis to deal with. They are merely telling the TRUTH about what is OBVIOUSLY A FACT.
Hey Ted, learn a fourth chord….
Ted knows talent when he sees it. Even though Jett made some descent music she is not one of the 100 best guitar players. Shouldn’t even be in the same category with Eddie Vanhalen, Jimmy page , or Linsey Buckingham.
Especially when they are underaged girls.
Let’s not forget Dolly Parton and Eminem 😂
Dude, I love Eminem’s, especially the blue ones..
I like Joan Jett. She’s a good singer but as a 100 top guitarist not a chance. I think Alice Cooper could out play her any day of the week and he doesn’t play guitar.
Irrevellant Joan has made a career for herself covering other people’s songs. She should just stay silent on this one an appreciate what she has been given. The people whos songs that helped her get in he RR HOF should be considered as well.
Totally agree Uncle Ted! Joan Jett? Loved growing up listening to all she put out. However don’t pay no never mind to the nonsense she she says. Besides, it’s only a typical response of a female. It’s isn’t her fault as a person.
Oh look, a virgin.
Ted Nugent’s always been a screaming idiot, I thought so the first time I heard him. He thinks he’s some kind of mighty white hunter and has said that everyone should have his hands in warm guts. Maybe if he wants his hands in something warm and wet he should shove them down the back of his pants.
Ted tries to sound like a tough guy, but take away his gun rights advocacy and he’s just another fake bone spur suffering nobody. Maybe Joan isn’t top 100, but neither is he. Nor does he speak for anyone who actually served in the military. Just another POS
Joan Jett is a fabulous rhythm guitarist who is talented at singing, playing guitar and writing some of her own riffs and music. Is she deserving of being a top 100 guitarist…….he’ll no, is Ted, yes, poop pants and all. Ted has some very masterful guitar parts.
Joan went woke and she doesn’t want to hear the truth the Ted is speaking. The truth hurts the left after all!
Joan can suck it! Ted is 100 percent correct
Ted is 100% right.
I’ll say this, Nugent can’t get Caitlyn Jenner off his mind. He brings her up A LOT. It’s cliche but I think Ted doth protest too much, methinks.
I love Joan Jett , my favorite female rock artist ~ and she can rock that guitar ! Sry that Ted called her out like that ~ As she’s more than payed her dues to be on that list ! Now some of the others ? I’m with Ted on that ! Both Joan and Teds reps will outlive them ~ and one other thing I’d add , “The rolling stone” isn’t even close to what it used to be , in truth or honesty
Yeah, Ted, like many other celebrities musicians, and regular folks did everything they could to get out of the draft.. Many Liberal minded folks renounced their citizenship and moved out of the country. Joe Biden claimed he had asthma.. Trump claimed some sort of bone spurs.. Greg Allman shot himself in the foot.. etc…etc…etc… why..? Not because they weren’t trying to get out of going to “The Army”… They were trying to get out of going to Vietnam..! A war started by Democrats… like you!
I agree that Joan Jett does not deserve to be in the top 100 guitar players, however Ted’s argument should be with the people that made the list, not Joan Jett. He could very easily say “I dont agree with everyone on the list” and leave it at that. I M O
Uncle Teddy is just a one hit wonder (Cat Caught Covid, I think) that just has to mouth off to try and stay relevant, his 15 minutes is way past over!
He’s right as usual
Ted Nugent another scared to defend his country but willing to spread hate and all the other ugly qualities he spews. Where is he a great talent!?
Ted doesn’t belong on that list either. Neither does Tommy Shaw or the guy from oreo speedcookie. They are mediocre at best. That list should be reserved for the likes of Jimmy Page, Hendrix, Randy Rhoads, Zak Wylde, Joe Satriani, Gary Moore etc etc.
Ted was sober met Hendrix way back when. Is he Jimmy Page. No. But neither is Joan Jett. This Dyke does not like his Conservative views that’s why she is so angry at him. Also, if Joan Jett is so upset that Ted Nugent did not join the military while a young man during Vietnam. How come she has never said anything publicly about Bill Clinton and other liberal leaders that dodge the draft as well as other conservative and Republicans leaders that did the same f****** thing. Joan Jett. You’re just a bitter old dyke that’s all there is to it.
I would rather have Joan Jett in a foxhole than Ted.
I’ve seen them both live, uncle Ted is the far superior guitar player, he soloed the last time I saw him ( in the 80’s) and it was amazing
Bottom line… Ted is a HATER! Always has been, always will be! He hates on everything. Don’t hate the playa Ted hate the game! Hater hater hater! He never has anything nice to say about anyone just hates! I’m so sick of hater Ted! But guess what?… I don’t hate him.
Your the Hater,not Ted he’s just telling it like it is.
I’m not a Joan Jett hater I really think she should maybe be on list of Top 100 women guitarist but not men. Ted’s for sure right on this.
Sorry Joan. But Teddy wears you out on guitar. You are nowhere near a Top 100 guitar player. In fact, you only have 3 or 4 good songs. I couldn’t wait for you to be done on The Stadium Tour and you completely list the crowd. Ted is an awesome guitarist. But needs toshut his mouth about politics during shows and just play music!
Ted wishes he had as many good songs as Jett.
Ted, Joan and Tommy should not be included on that list. real guitar GOATS would be. jeff beck ,Rory Gallagher, Joe Satriani Roy Clark and a long list of ones I left out but these people are clearly head and shoulders above those 3 said guitar players. and Ted is a huge disappointment .throwing the first stones at every one. If he felt secure about his own abilities he wouldn’t be trying to constantly defend them against people like Taylor swift. I FEEL IMBAREST FOR HIM. in his old age wisdom he should realize when its time to shut his mouth.
Ted is a washed up joke! He did sh#t in his pants to in front of Army officer to stay out of Vietnam! He was to good to go and fight with the one’s who had the guts to go and the one’s who gave the ultimate sacrifice, those are the one’s who should be in the HOF! He had 1 or 2 songs that made the top 40, his down fall is when he talked Sh*t about the Native American’s who owned Casinos who were going to book him for shows! The dude is a Dumb A**!
Tommy shaw really should be on the list
This is a simple answer! This list of Best Guitar Players now.means as much as…
Every kid on The T Ball Team gets a trophy!! “We are all the best” Damn I can’t play guitar, however now I can make the list!! Now Joan back in the day was the sexiest guitar player…Let’s give her a trophy for that!
Who cares about what Turd Nugget thinks. Not a big fan.
You’re absolutely correct. His “backup” (Derek St Holmes), is a better player. I do agree with Joan Jett not belonging on the list though.
Ted Nugent is a loser who should do the world a favor and put a bullet in his head.
Last I remember Joan wasn’t in Viet Nam either. I mean why should you give your life fighting for other countries? Our military is supposed to protect it’s only country, not police the world. And secondly Ted is one of the best guitar players of all time, along with Randy Rhoads and Tom Shultz. And I like some Joan Jett songs bot as far as a guitar playing goes she can’t even match Lita Ford, let alone some of the masters out there.
It’s A Dime for the jukebox which is how much a song used to cost at the bar…
Rolling stone and rock and roll hall of fame aren’t to be taken seriously…….I just heard a classic rock station in Florida call Joan Jett the queen of rock , I wanted to call them up and ask, if they ever heard of stevie Nicks..lol
We’re talking Joan Jett vs. Ted Nugent on Guitar ?? C’mon People personalities aside, we ALL would have a Much Better Time at a Ted Nugent Concert. Anyone bashing Nugent these days is only doing so out of Spite because of his political views. Anyone bashing Joan Jett is simply because she’s Joan Jett.
Seen Joan Jett in early eighty’s She opened for Alice cooper at the Cape cod Colosseum Her whole show was awful Alice cooper was amazing As for Ted Nugent unbelievable One of the best shows
Ask Derak about Ted. All you need to know. Screwed him over good.
Never thought Joan was a great guitar player. I mean she’s an ok rhythm guitarist but Lita Ford was the lead guitar player in the Runaways.
Joan Jett rocks!
Ted Negent is disgusting.
So there is that.
Ted’s an idiot. He’s washed up, and he’s a loudmouth with a gun. His mentality is very limited primarliy through his small world view of guns and money. So…Ted, if you’re reading this…I believe and agree with 1/3rd of what you said. But I must insist that you try and increase your vocabulary a little or your brain with continue to rot. Grow a little.
Joan’s wasn’t even the best guitarist in the Runsways.