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January 25, 2002 - Lisa Verrico of The Times reviewed Kid Rock's 'Cocky' from a British perspective, as the singer is looking to crack the international market on the back of Pamela Anderson's noteriety. Verrico said, "While Rock comes across as a beer-swilling, sex-obsessed hip-hop hick, the real Bob Richie is far smarter. On Cocky, not only does he mix influences from artists as diverse as Black Sabbath, Willie Nelson, Run DMC and Lynyrd Skynyrd, he proves that he’s an accomplished musician by playing bass, banjo, pedal steel, rhythm and slide guitar, doing all the DJ scratching and producing the entire album himself." Read more.

January 21, 2002 - In an abstracts.net poll asking Kid Rock fans if you think Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson make a good couple, 43% said yes while 57% said no, with 646 total votes.

January 20, 2002 - US Weekly spoke with Kid Rock about his son Robert James Ritchie Jr., Pamela, and what food he refuses to eat, prompting Rock to say, "That fu**in' tofu sh**! Anything healthy." When trying to get a touching moment from the rocker asking when the last time he cried, he blasted, "Jesus! None of your damn business!" Kid Rock does say also he'd love to have "tons" more kids.

January 20, 2002 - David Fricke of Rolling Stone spoke with Kid Rock about how there is nowhere to go but down from ten-times platinum and the singer admitted, "I think about it every day. And I'm prepared to walk away. The only thing I want to do is make sure my band and the people close to me are taken care of financially. That's my goal. Then I can walk away. I promise I won't put the band together in twenty years and do a reunion tour. I'll go away and let some other kids come up. I'll only be here as long as people want me." Read more.

January 20, 2002 - Kid Rock spoke with CDNow's Gary Graff about the new album, Joe C, and girlfriend Pamela Anderson. On Pam, Kid gushed, "I'm in love with the greatest girl in the world, what can I tell you? We're both very into our kids; we want to be good parents and have a good family. But we also understand we've got this side to us where we like to have fun, as much as we can, and that it's a balance. It is funny, though; I used to be Kid Rock who sold 10 million records. Now I'm Pam Anderson's boyfriend who sold 10 million records. But that's all right; I'm not complaining." Read more.

January 19, 2002 - Andrew Gadomski of the Villanovan reviewed 'Cocky', the latest CD from Kid Rock saying the disc "exceeds the title of a great CD." Gadomski adds that his move to mix country and southern rock into his rap/rock style "shows that he isn’t afraid to try new styles and that he wants to do his own thing, even if it means that he loses fans in the process." Read more.

January 19, 2002 - John Becerra, Jr. of the Daily Evergreen described the latest offering from Kid Rock, 'Cocky', suggesting to readers, "if you give his record a chance you may be pleasantly surprised. He doesn’t leave much for interpretation, but he puts his heart and soul on these tracks, and they show." Read more.

January 17, 2002 - The first leg of Kid Rock's North American tour is set to begin in late February in Saginaw, Michigan, with dates continuing through May. Current plans call for ticket prices to be in the $20 range. Further details - including Kid Rock’s Summer 2002 itinerary - will be announced shortly.

January 17, 2002 - MSNBC's Jeannette Walls reports the snobbish Ritz Carlton has an interest in Kid Rock perform at the opening party/fundraising bash at a new hotel it’s opening in lower Manhattan next month. A source revealed, "They’re trying to shake things up a bit at the Ritz. This is not your father’s hotel chain, baby."

January 15, 2002 - Kid Rock spoke with MTV.com in part two of their interview, where he was asked about his thoughts on the love Detroit has for him and he feels likewise. Rock said, "I found out in life that if you give a little love, you get a lot back. And that's the way it is around here. I love living out here. The best thing about Detroit is it's obviously one of the best rock and roll cities in the world. But the people here are just down-to-earth. If they see me out with my son, they'll say, 'Hi Rock,' you know, 'How you doing?' Then if I'm out at a bar, everybody is really cool, down-to-earth. Maybe it's because I was born and raised here, I don't know, but the people are what keep me here." Read more.

January 11, 2002 -  ABC.com has a transcript of Kid Rock, Gene Simmons, Master P, and Jo Dee Messina on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher on January 7. Kid Rock explained the advantages to musicians over athletes or actors saying, "You have the most freedom in music. I've had discussions with this with my sports friends. And you have more freedom in music than you do being an actor, where there's 10 million people involved in writing, directing, producing and being on a sports team, where you got a coach. 'Where were you guys last night? Oh, you're off the team. You came in too late. You're hanging out with Kid Rock again.' You know, anything like that. But music -- you can kinda, you know." Check out the full transcript here.

January 11, 2002 - Kid Rock was on with Craig Kilborn Thursday where he talked about the new album, Pamela Anderson, his recording studio, and the stolen guitar. On the guitar, Kid Rock said, "Gibson Guitars have been so nice to us. They made two American flag guitars for me and Joe Perry. It was those things I could play for the troops and be monumental and you can auction them off and give to charity or give it to a museum. Now some kid is showing it off to his friends wait to go get his ass kicked." Craig asked, "You want to make a plea to the young punk?" Kid replied, "No, he can keep the guitar. I want the young punk."

January 10, 2002 - Pamela Anderson said before presenting fiancee Kid Rock at the American Music Awards last night, "Gee, i wonder who i'm here to present? Our next performer is the only man with an all access pass to this arena. His new cd is called Cocky. Here for his second performance op this evening, the best 4 1/2 minutes of your life, your american bad ass, my detroit daddy, Mr. Kid rock. I love you, baby."

January 10, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock at the 29th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Check them out here.

January 8, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Kid Rock at the 2002 American Music Awards Rehearsals day two in Los Angeles, California on Monday. Check them out here.

January 8, 2002 - Kid Rock will be all over the airwaves this week with an appearance on Politically Incorrect Monday night, a performance on into the 29th Annual American Music Awards Wednesday night, and he'll be on with Craig Kilborn the following night to talk about his new album.

January 8, 2002 - Brian McCollum of Knight Ridder - Tribune engineer Al Sutton at Rock's new studio in Ortonville, Michigan to break down his new album 'Cocky' track by track. Rock didn't sound too excited about the first single, 'Forever', saying, "It's almost too typical. Hopefully it's a hit, and everybody's like, 'All right, we've still got Kid Rock.' And then I can move on. I wanted to release 'Midnight Train to Memphis' first. But the label said, 'It's too far out, it's too crazy. You might lose a whole audience.'" Sutton added almost apologetically, "It was very last-minute. We'd already mixed most of the record in L.A. but thought we needed another couple of songs. We weren't happy with the flow. So we recorded five more." Check out all their comments here.

January 8, 2002 - MSNBC's Jeannette Walls reports Kid Rock is terrified of Methods of Mayhem's Tommy Lee and has been the major force behind girlfriend Pamela Anderson's latest legal battles with her ex. A source said, "At one point, Kid tried to smooth things over with Tommy Lee and he called up Lee and said we're bros, but Lee cursed him out. Since then, Kid has asked for increased security at several events because he's afraid Lee's going to show up." Read more.

January 5, 2002 - Carson Daly was on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Friday where he talked quite a bit about his USO adventures with Kid Rock, including getting drunk and seeing the chemical warfare area as well as their trip to the shooting range, where 20 minutes turned into 5 hours of shoot-em-up.

January 3, 2002 - The New York Post reports Pamela Anderson is keeping out of the media spotlight while she battles for custody of their two sons with many times ex-Tommy Lee. Pamela does make an appearance in Maxim where she refers to Kid Rock as 'Big Bob' and says the "other men" in her life have been big disappointments in bed.

January 2, 2002 - MTV debuted the USO tour special with Kid Rock, Ja Rule, and Jennifer Lopez Tuesday and Kid Rock being the ultimate patriot seemed to interact much more with the troops than the other two performers. Rock checked ID's at the gate, visited a fan's barrack, played a surprise show, judged a talent contest, and took troops to Burger King. Rock did draw some boos when he told a talent competition group, "You guys suck."

January 1, 2002 - Yahoo! has a photo of Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock at the Detroit Pistons game against the Miami Heat Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001, in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The Pistons won 86-80. Check it out here.

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