Kid Rock Puckers Up, Led Zep Gets 'Physical' & More

Kid Rock: First Kiss (Top Dog) It’s difficult to consider Kid Rock more a musician than he is an actual character: He’s vocal about his political beliefs and his audience—fans of the military, of WWE, of NASCAR,and of those who lean rightward—he’s had run-ins with the law, and he was once married to Pamela Anderson. Here, on his umpteenth album since God knows when, he’s settled on an agreeable path that not only suits him well, but is the course he’ll likely take from now on: Well-meaning heartland rocker, singing about drinking beer on the back porch with his dad, about people “talking about taking my guns away,” and seeming the perfect mathematical average of an overly earnest John Cougar Mellencamp and a dopier-than-usual Ted Nugent. Rocky in that appealing .38 Special-ish way, Kid Rock has created a persona that is seeming more and more real with every album. Which may actually be scarier than the persona itself.  [Related: Kid Rock on His Upcoming $20 Concert Tour: ‘I Feel Like I’ll Be Able to Ride This Into the Sunset’] Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti (Deluxe Edition) (Swan Song) Those watching the skillfully orchestrated reissue campaign of the Led Zeppelin catalog were likely waiting for the arrival of this revamped classic to draw their closing conclusions.