Kid Rock Archive

Kid Rock’s political leanings aren’t really a secret at this point. The Michigan native and rap-rock superstar has always been on the Republican side, but unlike many celebrities on both sides he has never been argumentative about it. In fact, he routinely goes out of his way to make sure others don’t let political disagreements

In many ways, Kid Rock’s 2002 hit single “Picture” was a trend-setting moment for popular music, when many successful veteran musicians saw an opportunity to integrate their sound with country flair. The marketing prowess of country music is clear, with fervent followings in the South and Midwest helping make country music one of the biggest

Five Finger Death Punch, Kid Rock, Staind, Twisted Sister, Deftones and Motorhead are set to lead the three-day music weekend lineup for this year’s Rocklahoma. The hardest (and punniest) rock festival, which is due to take place at the Catch the Fever” festival grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma (obviously), will also feature Seether, Jackyl, Filter, Black

Any notion that the chart-topping success of 2007’s Rock N Roll Jesus may have finally transformed Kid Rock into a model of respectability were quashed four years later when the rock-rap redneck found himself in the midst of a civil rights controversy. Handed the National Association for Advancement of Colored People’s Great Expectation Award due

The 2014 lineup for the three day hard rock festival Rock on the Range has just been released, and plenty of important music journalists are calling this year’s lineup the festival’s strongest yet. With Guns ‘N Roses, Avenged Sevenfold and Kid Rock occupying the three headlining slots, they may well be right. Rock on the

With their mouths frequently in close proximity to a microphone, musicians often use their star power to voice a wide array of beliefs – from religious to political. The latter category is often seen safer from a PR perspective, at least insofar as one is critiquing a topic that is to the ire of most,

Kid Rock had a strangely structured rise in rock music, starting off somewhere between genres and making the most of it with enormous sales to match his ego and image. In recent years though it feels like he has come to a plateau, and while the sales are still there his music hasn’t seemed as