  Kid Rock was born January 17,
1971, as Robert James Ritchie and was raised
in Romeo, Michigan (40 miles north of
Detroit). Kid Rock's journey to musical fame
started off with break dancing - eventually
leading to interests in rap music more than
rock music. His record company sums it up
best: "Bolstered by the hard rhythms and
guitar slam of his Twisted Brown Trucker
band, Kid Rock kicks his lascivious and
loquacious lyrical jams over an innovative
blend of classic-styled breakbeats and
liquored-up Lynyrd Skynyrd
rock 'n' roll."
Kid Rock signed with Jive
Records after recording some demos and
working with Boogie Down Productions.
 Kid Rock released his first LP, Grits
Sandwiches For Breakfast and opened
for Ice Cube and Too
Short on tour. His track
"Yodeling In The Valley" resulted
in college radio station receiving the
largest FCC fine for playing the song. Jive
Records later dropped Kid Rock.
Kid Rock signed with Continuum
Records and released The Polyfuze Method.
 Kid Rock released the EP, Fire It Up!.
Kid Rock released Early
Mornin' Stoned Pimp. He began to get a
permanent backing band together - 'Twisted
Brown Trucker.'
 Kid Rock released Devil
Without A Cause - an LP that would finally
bring Kid Rock to the forefront of music
success.
 # 92
Singles Artist of the Year
Kid Rock kicked
off a U.S. tour in Detroit.
Devil
Without A Cause was certified gold.
Devil
Without A Cause was certified platinum.
Kid Rock could
be heard on the soundtrack for South
Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut with
"Kyle's Mom's A Big Fat Bitch."
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 2x platinum.
Kid Rock
performed at Woodstock '99.
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 3x platinum.
Kid Rock was
nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best New Artist and Best Rock Video
("Bawitdaba").
 Kid Rock hit
the Top 40 with "Cowboy."
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 4x platinum.
Kid Rock
continued to tour the U.S. into December.
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 5x platinum.
 # 22
Singles Artist of the Year
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 6x platinum.
Kid Rock was
nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock New
Artist and Favorite Alternative Artist.
 Kid Rock hit
the Top 40 with "Only God Knows Why."
Kid Rock was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best
New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance
("Bawitdaba").
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 7x platinum.
Kid Rock hit
the Top 10 with "Only God Knows Why."
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 8x platinum.
 Kid Rock
released History
Of Rock. The LP consisted of reworked
tracks from earlier LPs and 2 new tracks
including "American Badass."
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 9x platinum and History
Of Rock was certified 2x platinum.
Kid Rock toured
with Korn and Metallica and he helped out Metallica with vocals while
Hetfield was unable to perform concerts for a
few days due to a back injury.
Kid Rock's
former manager filed a $4 million lawsuit
against him for breach of contract.
Kid Rock began
his own headlining tour.
Kid Rock hit
the Top 40 with "Wasting Time."
Kid Rock was
nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Male Video and Best Rock Video ("Cowboy").
Sad news hit
the Kid Rock camp when Kid's sidekick Joe C
(Joseph Calleja) died at the age of 26. Joe C
had celiac disease which is a digestive
disorder. Kid Rock said of Joe C: "In a
world full of confusion, Joey made all of us
laugh. No matter what color, religion, race
or beliefs we have, he made us all smile. He
gave us the gift of joy. Joey, thank you. We
will never forget you. We love you."
Kid Rock won an
American Music
Award for Favorite Male Artist.
Kid Rock
donated proceeds from his concert in Norfolk,
Virginia to a fund for families of military
members killed in a terrorist attack on the
USS Cole in Yemen.
Kid Rock was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("American Bad
Ass").
A lawsuit filed
by Kid Rock's former manager was settled.
Kid Rock could
be heard helping out Run-DMC on their LP, Crown
Royal.
Kid Rock was
nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment
Award for Favorite Male Artist and Favorite
Artist - Rock.
Kid Rock could
also be seen in the film Joe Dirt.
Kid Rock helped
salute Aretha Franklin during VH1 Divas
Live.
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 10x platinum.
Kid Rock
released Cocky - which included a
track ("WCSR") with Snoop
Dogg, a track with Sheryl
Crow, and the first single
"Forever."
Cocky was certified
platinum.
Kid Rock topped the Billboard
Country Singles Sales chart helped out by Allison
Moorer with "Picture."
 # 130
Singles Artist of the Year
 Kid Rock could be heard on the
compilation LP WWF
Forceable Entry with the track
"Legs."
Kid Rock ranked #
97 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
Kid Rock performed at Farm Aid
15.
 Cocky was certified 2x
platinum.
Kid Rock hit the Top 40 with Sheryl
Crow with "Picture." The CD
single
of "Picture" has Kid dueting
with Allison Moorer.
Kid Rock topped the Billboard
Country Singles Sales chart for 52 weeks with
"Picture."
 # 61
Singles Artist of the Year
Kid Rock hit the Top 10 with "Picture."
Kid Rock topped the Billboard
Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 12 weeks with
"Picture."
Cocky was certified 3x
platinum.
Kid Rock hit #1 with Sheryl
Crow with "Picture."
Devil
Without A Cause was certified 11x platinum and Cocky was certified 4x
platinum.
 The single "Picture" was certified
gold.
Kid Rock and Nickelback contributed the track
("Saturday Night's Alright (For
Fighting)") to the soundtrack for Charlie's
Angels: Full Throttle.
Kid Rock was nominted for a
Country Music Association Award for Vocal
Event of the Year ("Picture" with Sheryl
Crow).
 Kid Rock released Kid
Rock with his cover of
"Feel Like Makin' Love."
Kid Rock won an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male
Artist and was also nominated for Favorite
Pop/Rock Album. Kid Rock also performed at
the ceremony.
Kid
Rock was certified platinum.
Kid Rock topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Country
Single Sales ("Picture" with Allison
Moore).
 # 155
Singles Artist of the Year
Kid Rock hit the Top 40 with
"Cold And Empty."
Kid Rock
performed at the Half-time Show for Super
Bowl XXXVIII.
Kid Rock was back on the
Billboard Country Singles & Tracks chart
with "Single Father."
# 316 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Kid Rock was
arrested in Nashville for reportedly
assaulting a DJ in a strip club.
 Kid Rock performed on ReAct
Now: Music & Relief - a benefit
program shown on music video channels to
raise money for those affected by Hurricane
Katrina.
Kid Rock released the live LP Live
Trucker.
Kid Rock married Pamela Anderson
- by November, Anderson had filed for
divorce.
 Kid Rock could be heard on the R. Kelly LP Double
Up
on the track "Rock Star."
Kid Rock released Rock
And Roll Jesus.
Kid Rock topped the Billboard
200 LP chart and Top Rock Albums chart with Rock
And Roll Jesus. The set sold over 170,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
Kid Rock appeared on the cover
of Rolling
Stone.
Rock
And Roll Jesus was certified gold.
 Kid Rock hit the Top 40 with
"All Summer Long."
Kid Rock topped the UK singles
chart with "All Summer Long."
Kid Rock hit the Top 10 with "All Summer Long."
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Grits Sandwiches For
Breakfast
Released: November, 1990
Tracks: "Yo-Do-Lin
In The Valley" - "Genuine
Article" - "Cramp Ya
Style" - "New York's Not My
Home" - "Super Rhyme
Maker" - "With A One Two"
- "Wax The Booty" - "Pimp
Of The Nation" - "Abdul Jahar
Cut" - "Step In Stride" -
"Upside" - "Style Of X
Pression" - "Trippin' Over A
Rock" |
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The Polyfuze Method
Released: 1992
Tracks: "Fred"
- "Killin' Brain Cells" -
"Prodigal Son" - "The
Cramper" - "3 Sheets To The
Wind" - "I Am The Bullgod"
- "F*** U Blind" -
"Desperate Radio" - "Back
From The Dead" - "My Oedipus
Complex" - "Balls In Your
Mouth" - "Rollin' On The
Island" - "Rain Check" -
"Trippin' With Dick Vitale" -
"T.V. Dinner" - "Pancake
Breakfast" - "Blow Me" -
"In So Deep" - "U Don't
Know Me" |
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Fire It Up! (EP)
Released: 1994
Tracks: "I Am The
Bullgod" - "My Oedipus
Complex" - "Country Boy Can
Survive" - "Balls In Your
Mouth" - "Cramper" -
"Rollin' On The Island" |
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Early Mornin' Stoned
Pimp
Released: 1996
Tracks: "Early
Mornin' Stoned Pimp" -
"Paid"- "I Wanna Go
Back" - "Live" -
"Detroit Thing" - "Ya Keep
On" - "Shotgun Blast" -
"Freestyle Rhyme" -
"Classic Rock" - "My Name
Is Rock" - "Where U At
Rock" - "Krack Rocks" -
"The Prodigal Son Returns" -
"Black Chick, White Guy" |
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Devil Without A Cause
Released: August, 1998
US: 11x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Tracks:
"Bawitdaba" - "Cowboy" -
"Devil Without A Cause" -
"I Am The Bullgod" -
"Roving Gangster (Rollin')" -
"Wasting Time" -
"Welcome 2 The Party (Ode 2 The Old
School)" - "I Got One For
Ya" - "Somebody's Gotta Feel
This" - "Fist Of Rage" -
"Only God Knows Why" - "F***
Off" - "Where U At Rock" -
"Black Chick, White Guy" |
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History Of Rock
Released: May, 2000
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "American
Bad Ass" - "Prodigal Son"
- "Paid" - "Early Mornin'
Pimp" - "Dark & Grey"
- "3 Sheets To The Wind (What's My
Name)" - "Abortion" -
"I Wanna Go Back" - "Ya
Keep On" - "F*** That" -
"F*** You Blind" - "Born 2
Be A Hick" - "My Oedipus
Complex" |
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Cocky
Released: November, 2001
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
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