- Epic Riff: "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Stranglehold", most famously. Other examples from his catalogue include "Great White Buffalo", "Stormtroopin'", "Dog Eat Dog", and "Gonzo", among others.
- Fan Nickname: The Nuge, the Motor City Madman, Uncle Ted and/or the Ten Thousand Fingers of Doom.
- Overshadowed by Controversy: He's probably one of the best-known classic rock artists, notable for songs such as "Cat Scratch Fever", often ranked among the greatest classic rock tracks, and "Stranglehold", which Guitar World has ranked as having one of the greatest guitar solos of all time. However, you'll be hard-pressed to find a discussion about his music on the internet that doesn't eventually turn into an argument about his far-right political views (especially his rabid advocacy of gun rights, his virulent racism and more recently his vehement denialism of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the latter of which has backfired on him when he himself caught the disease) and his sexual pursuits of underage girls.
- Sampled Up: Non-fans are more likely to recognize the beginning of "Homeward Bound" from the Beastie Boys track "The Biz Vs. The Nuge".
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