Kid Rock : Cocky

Kid Rock : Cocky

Self-esteem has never really been an issue for Kid Rock , the other cartoon white trash rapper from Detroit. Even by the exacting standards of hip-hop, where grandstanding about talent, wealth and sexual prowess is breakfast, lunch and dinner,...

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Kid Rock : London Brixton Academy

Kid Rock : London Brixton Academy

Thirteen million Americans say licking pussy and smoking crack is good. Can you argue? Not tonight because we're in the presence of Pamela Anderson-datin', titty bar-lovin', whisky-guzzlin', coke-puffin', 'trailer trash' imitator Bob Ritchie and...

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Kid Rock : Bawitdaba

Kid Rock : Bawitdaba

Its chorus alone could level a police precinct, so perhaps one shouldn't ask too many questions. But... what does it all mean ? A bit like "Awopbopaloobop" or "Sha-na-na" , "Bawitdaba" is one of those musical nonsense words that can...

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Kid Rock: Virginia Roanoke Civic Center

Kid Rock: Virginia Roanoke Civic Center

Kid Rock wishes he were president of the United States. As George W. Bush delivers a flaccid, ultra-conservative inaugural address in Washington D.C., Kid Rock simultaneously schemes his own reception party. The Roanoke Civic Center - located in...

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American Bad Ass

American Bad Ass

Kid Rock American Bad Ass (WEA) Anything this gloriously simple usually comes with a catch - the witless hate bulletins of Eminem , the mercenary coldness of Limp Bizkit , the aloof artfulness of Beck . But Kid Rock does...

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The History Of Rock

The History Of Rock

Rap may be built on hyperbole, but when flaxen-tressed, Freddy Krueger-hat-wearing hick-hop pin-up Bob Ritchie describes himself as a "ten-year overnight sensation", he's not exaggerating. Nearly 13 years flashed past between the time he earned...

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Kid Rock : Cowboy

Kid Rock : Cowboy

He really has got the Devil's haircut, bless him. Yet for all his dwarf-rocking, Eminem -challenging quest to be The Vilest Man In Showbusiness , the man known as Bob Ritchie has - yes! - a moral centre. The deep-fried harmonica twang of...

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