When was kid rock born

Marshall was on that underground hip-hop, kind of edgy, street level. Bobby was also on the street level — just a different street with nicer lights.

Laughs When you saw Kid Rock onstage, it was such a show that it was more of an alternative-rock thing. In , a festive Sunday music scene was emerging at the Bear's Den in Berkley, led by the funky, eclectic Howling Diablos. Rock became a weekly regular, and many have cited the Diablos' rapping, fedora-topped front man Tino Gross as a big influence on Rock's onstage style.

His shows to that point had been a standard rap setup — Rock rapping, Uncle Kracker or DJ Blackman on turntables — but now he was assembling a revolving group of stage musicians to join him. He adopted a band name that endures today: Twisted Brown Trucker. He told me later, "I figured if she liked you, it had to be wack, because she's my older sister. Man, was I wrong. There was some magical energy going on in the Bear's Den.

It was this real organic underground thing, all about the music. A lot of things came together there, and Bob was a big part of it. He'd come in right behind us with his turntables and record crate. He'd scratch with us, and after a while, I was giving him the mic. He'd be our toaster, rap some stuff, sing the choruses together. The Diablos' mentality was like jazz musicians — anything can fit in. He had been doing these all-ages shows around town, where parents dropped off their kids in the middle of the afternoon.

Now he was trying to grow his brand and reach older people more into rock and blues, beyond the limited young hip-hop crowd around Detroit. Tino is such a great showman, and the whole band are such great players. Bob was down there every Sunday night. I'm sure he got a lot of this and that from them, there's no doubt. He put that in the back of his head.

He was always about the funk and rock 'n' roll anyway. He knew his hometown stuff. He was aware of everything, from Seger to Alice Cooper. It would start with the Diablos, then just a big jam after that, where all these players are coming up. That played a big role in making Bob known. He could get up there and freestyle and put that into a jam situation. It helped him cross over to maybe some folks that wouldn't have taken that rap genre very seriously, or weren't all that knowledgeable about it.

The fact that they could put on a live show and captivate an audience — that was inspirational. For me to say it, it sounds weird. But we were older, and he was a young guy soaking it in. Ideas were flowing on that scene.

Our thing was probably the closest to what he ultimately ended up doing. There were many times Bob said, "You guys are going to be the next big wave out of here. So it wasn't like, "I'm taking their thing and running away with it. My first gig DJing for him, I had just gotten my license.

He figured out he could start playing bars in other cities if he had an actual backup band too. Nobody was going to book him with just the track thing behind him. So he started putting together a group. He could see it and feel it. Sometime around the Bear's Den period, he decided to put his own thing together, similar to what we were doing, and he created a band.

Andrew's, sometime in the late fall of ' That was the first incarnation of Twisted Brown Trucker, though it wasn't called that just yet. Chuck D had started running live bands. The Beasties too. Those guys had a huge influence on him. We were just blasting through all the material. He was very involved in how to manipulate the energy of the crowd — lay back for a while then bring it up. He had the whole thing orchestrated, orchestrating the band and the background sequence.

There was this circle of people around Detroit. It wasn't the Jack White circle. It was this unsung, not-quite-so-hip movement that was going on. We went out and did these half-assed gigs in front of 20 people, sometimes five.

If it was closer to home like Toledo, it would be pretty packed, a couple hundred kids. And every time we were back around Detroit, it would be a full house.

It's nearly impossible to track all the early variations of Twisted Brown Trucker. There was massive turnover. That's because band members were saying, "OK, I'm not really getting paid from this, and he is.

I was mostly a rap fan, but I still loved hanging out with the drunk uncles listening to classic rock. My friends were more excited about ICP playing in town that same night. I could tell he had a voice like Rage Against the Machine — that harsh rocker voice — along with his rapping skills. Just this crazy dude. He had that cocky walk to him, the real pimp thing.

I worked as a stripper. I used to tell my girlfriends, "Let's go see that rapper dude Kid Rock. Stripper music, I called it. That boom-boom bass, where you could feel it. It was dirty, dingy, nasty, just some kind of fun stuff.

We'd go to the show and dance, then go back to work. John on my blues radio show, and he went on and on about the midgets who were a big part of the New Orleans rhythm-and-blues scene, the whole carnival thing down there. I gave Bob a tape of that show to listen to on a road trip. Joe C had already been showing up at Bob's shows as a fan. Being the guy he is, Bob doesn't miss a trick. After that, he looked out at Joe C one night and a light bulb went off. Joseph Joe C Calleja was a year-old Taylor resident who stood 3 feet, 9 inches, his growth stunted by the coeliac disease that later took his life.

Joe C became an onstage staple of Rock's concerts, a dynamic, popular, dirty-mouthed presence. I wanted to book Bob there, and there was some worry that it was too big. I really put my ass on the line.

It was the first State show he did with Joe C and Uncle Kracker, and we ended up with well over 2, people. Joe C made the band more exciting. Bob was trying something new onstage, different people coming and going. But Joe C just stuck. Onstage, it was a beautiful thing. At the Detroit Music Awards in , we played with Bob. Ted Nugent was on the radio the next day ranting: "This Kid Rock character had a 6-year-old boy up there. It's just not right!

LEE: There was a family atmosphere around Bob. When Junior became the same size as Joe C, he could never understand why Joe C got to do stuff like run into the street, drink beer, leave with the adults. It was always hysterical. And that comes with money and connections," Rock told the Free Press at the time. That's the last fill-in-the-blank of "how to be a rock star.

You'll wake up that fourth day and feel like dying. He snaps out of bed ready for the party to keep going. And it's not that he's cheating — he's as drunk and stoned as anybody else. He's got something in his genes. One morning, we both woke up at the apartment after a couple hours of sleep.

For the first time, instead of shouting, Rock was actually singing, and singing well. In a review for Kid Rock, Entertainment Weekly 's David Browne praised Rock for taking the chance, "He's a natural next-generation classic rocker with an appealing, humble singing voice. I enjoy being out in the country, being at peace with myself and my family. But Rock couldn't stay quiet for long. In February , after dodging the spotlight for a while, Rock was arrested at a Nashville strip club for an alleged assault.

After smiling for the camera crews, Rock was let out on bail. Early Mornin' Stoned Top Dog, Kid Rock Atlantic, Sources Periodicals Alternative Press, August , pp.

Detroit Free Press, November 7, Entertainment Weekly, November 28, , p. Rolling Stone, July , , p. Cancel or. Kid Rock you are one of the Greatest singers of all time!

Plus you are so sexy! Do you think you will ever come back to minnesota and sing? I would give any thing to see you in person! I also love the song you sing with uncle Kracker Dam it feels good to be me! Love from Litchfield Minnesota. HEY you are my singer of all time you are so cool and i wish i could meet you i hope you come to my town. Why no mention of little sister Jiil?

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How Much Have You Seen? How much of Kid Rock's work have you seen? See more awards ». Known For. Joe Dirt Robby. Matchstick Men Soundtrack. Osmosis Jones Kidney Rock. Biker Boyz Dogg. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Actor 51 credits. Narrator voice. Hank Williams Jr. He began to breakdance, taught himself how to rap and DJ and started performing at local talent shows. Subsequently he started working as a DJ in and around Detroit, and started making his first money from his music.

The self-taught musician quickly started gaining attention for his energetic and well-received performances. His debut album made Rock one of the biggest rap stars in Detroit in the s, and led to him meeting and befriending fellow local rapper Eminem.