Ted Nugent "Cat Scratch Fever" [1977]

Wondering when the Detroit rock scene came to a crashing end? You just found it. Ted Nugent was more poisonous to that movement than Iggy Pop moving to Germany, John Sinclair getting arrested, the onset of Kiss and Lester Bangs leaving for New York all in one. Basically a stupid roadie with a guitar, Ted Nugent was a completely offensive human being even before he turned himself -- Dennis Miller-like -- into a screaming hyena of right-wing extremism. We all should have seen this coming; only a dickbag with a few guitar riffs would be headstrong enough to try to parlay that into actual rock music relevance. And sure he comes on like a cut-rate Rick Derringer (who was already cut-rate to begin with), but his endless lust for pussy in song is clearly more about his existence as an impersonated hard-on than anything to do with his manly prowess. In fact, I'd argue just the opposite: this man is clearly overcompensating for possible gay tendencies. So when you hear him stomping out tired Bo Diddley riffs with Manson-eyes, consider that he might actually be a tormented individual ultimately craving a big dick straight up the pooper.