Kid Rock Shuns IHOP, Gets Arrested in Waffle House Brawl

10/22/07, 10:46 am EST


After a show Saturday night in Atlanta, Kid Rock did what any good southern boy would do: He got involved in a brawl at the local Waffle House. The incident went down at roughly 5 AM Sunday, when Kid and five members of his entourage went to the breakfast chain and a male customer at the restaurant recognized and then “exchanged words with” a female that entered with Kid. The situation escalated until Kid Rock and the brazen-balled customer (he was outnumbered six to one) got into a physical altercation that spilled out into the parking lot. After the fight ended (no victor was announced at press time), Rock and his crew left in their tour bus, only to get stopped by police about a mile down the road. Rock and his entourage were arrested and taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery. Rock was booked with an additional charge of “Wearing a shirt with his own face on it,” which should be a felony. Kid and the crew spent about twelve hours in the slammer until getting bailed out 5 PM yesterday. As for the customer, he was charged with a felony for criminal damage to property for breaking a Waffle House window, allowing that sweet syrupy smell to escape the waffleicious confines of the restaurant. Fighting at the House of Waffles shouldn’t come to a complete surprise to Rock fans, however. Here’s another delicious tidbit for you: In an interview with CNN following his one-year ban from a Nashville strip club, Rock questioned the sentencing judge whether slapping someone at a Waffle House would warrant a similar punishment. Kid’s about to find out.

[Photo courtesy of the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office]

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Comments

ThinkAboutIt | 10/22/2007, 7:22 pm EST

Did you see that picture. First of all, you can tell his IQ is in the negative number range. Aesthetically, you can easily see why it’s a crime to wear that face on at T-shirt. In some states, wearing that face on a shirt is a capital crime. I don’t understand why anyone is questioning that.

neutorn76 | 10/22/2007, 7:15 pm EST

who cares!

hahahaaaa | 10/22/2007, 7:08 pm EST

Kid Rock just had to bitch slap some little Napoleon. We all gotta do it once in a while.

Lawrencian | 10/22/2007, 7:04 pm EST

Eww. Just looking at that nasty picture of him brought back horrible memories of hearing the sounds he calls music.

Old Man Rocker | 10/22/2007, 6:53 pm EST

Kid Rock is a two bit thug. Nothing more, nothing less.

Old Man Rocker | 10/22/2007, 6:53 pm EST

Kid Rock is a two bit thug. Nothing more, nothing less.

Dan | 10/22/2007, 6:52 pm EST

As soon as Pamela Anderson has someone read this article to her, Pam is going to file for a divorce and remarry that King of the trailer parks. I bet the maple syrup stains on Kid`s Tee shirt clashed with the beer and vomit stains. Run back to him,Pam!.

A Typical Georgian Transplant | 10/22/2007, 6:42 pm EST

First, it appears that most of the respondents don’t live in Georgia (I have for 14yrs). Therefore, it does not give you the right to throw at the South the bigotries you have developed from bad hollywood movies and sitcoms. As far as your tasteless jokes, it is nice to know that the majority of Georgians are transplanted New Yorkers,Bostonians,Midwes terne rs, etc. from the North who left the dismal abyssmal nightmare you call winter to be down here. So you are literally insulting your own former neighbors, family etc. However, thats par for the course which is why I enjoy Southern Hospitality so much more over Northern rudeness and ignorance of their fellow Americans.
PS the felony charge was because the gentleman broke the window of the Waffle House which was over $500 damage–in Georgia that is considered criminal damage to a property.

A Typical Georgian Transplant | 10/22/2007, 6:38 pm EST

First, it appears that most of the respondents don’t live in Georgia (I have for 14yrs). Therefore, it does not give you the right to throw at the South the bigotries you have developed from bad hollywood movies and sitcoms. As far as your tasteless jokes, it is nice to know that the majority of Georgians are transplanted New Yorkers,Bostonians,Midwesterne rs, etc. from the North who left the dismal abyssmal nightmare you call winter to be down here. So you are literally insulting your own former neighbors, family etc. However, thats par for the course which is why I enjoy Southern Hospitality so much more over Northern rudeness and ignorance of their fellow Americans.

Fight85 | 10/22/2007, 6:38 pm EST

I beat up his cousin in Rockford Michigan. Just like rock he too was a white trash wigger.

brad | 10/22/2007, 6:12 pm EST

Kid Rock is a total tool bag, just because someone puts out a record and radio stations play it doesn’t mean its good. Examples: Plain White Ts, Nickelback, Matchbox 20, etc. “artists” like those listed and “Kid” “Rock” should not be acknowledged no matter how ignorant they act in public or how bad their “music” is.

After reading this it’s really hard to believe that rolling stone at one point was considered a respected music news source.

Like many other previously respected publications Rolling Stone has just become a mouthpiece for Corporate America. It has lost all credibility, quite some time ago, in my opinion.

Jake | 10/22/2007, 5:58 pm EST

Well whaddya know. Maybe we can call him the pancake Kid. 6 to one? And the other guy gets charged with a felony? WTF?

Nerf / Vail, Colorado | 10/22/2007, 5:51 pm EST

Hey, his name is Kid Rock…you get what you pay for. You never met a MFR like him. Kid we’ll treat you better here in Colorado. Roll On. See you Nov. 6th.

Midwest reporter | 10/22/2007, 5:35 pm EST

This is one of the most entertaining articles I’ve read today! Kudos Daniel Kreps!

Hank III | 10/22/2007, 5:33 pm EST

Kid Rock’s about as southern as Ted Kennedy.

Kelly Angel | 10/22/2007, 5:28 pm EST

You all need to leave Kid Rock alone!!! I know some of you been in fights and got put in jail for whatever you did and Kid Rock was defending his girl. And as for the shirt, its not yours is it so deal with it. Morons You dont know what happened really you dont.

Kelly Angel | 10/22/2007, 5:27 pm EST

You all need to leave Kid Rock alone!!! I know some of you been in fights and got put in jail for whatever you did and Kid Rock was defending his girl. And as for the shirt, its not yours is it so deal with it. Morons

iHOP | 10/22/2007, 5:15 pm EST

Lego My Eggo! ! !

BOLDER_COLORADO | 10/22/2007, 5:06 pm EST

LET’S EVALUATE:
KID ROCK - HAS DONE NOTHING FOR TODAYS MUSIC SCENE OTHER THAN MAKING OTHER MUSICIANS SHINE.( NO Crime in that). I dont care for his music.. but someone out there does. Guy with Girl Friend, defended her honor-OK - used violence.. not OK. - Kid Rock wearing own pic. - ugly. Kid Rock and gang beating up on guyl in Waffle House – fitting. 5Am Waffle House = exactly what we have come to expect.
If I owned that Waffle House I would sue Kid Rock for bad publicity and being shown in a bad light.
I should also state for the record – I have never sued anyone for anything.. ever… and dont plan on it ..
– Lucky Dube -TRAGIC.
– Kid Rock – Publisist.
-RS mag… an example of a Independent Rag that Sold Out. - Check out HighTimes.
__________________ ________________
Hollywood Music Scene = Boredom.

Western Boy | 10/22/2007, 4:51 pm EST

Defending the woman you are with is an honerable thing to do. Sicking your entourage of six on them is not. I am so tired of hearing about celeberity entourages attacking people. One of these days, an entourage is going to attack someone with a conceiled weapons permit by mistake.

Kid Rock | 10/22/2007, 4:33 pm EST

Y’all back off…the shirt was a gift from one of my moms.

cosmic hitchhiker | 10/22/2007, 4:31 pm EST

Kid Rock is a trust fund baby from Michigan. He couldn’t cut it in real life so he found an angle (that he is not very good at!) that got him lucky. I doubt he knows the difference between north, south, east, or west. I’m certain he doesn’t know that our great country was once involved in a terrible civil war.
The article we are responding to was written tongue in cheek.
Tommy Lee would say, “Kid who? That country bumpkin from somewhere out in the Midwest? You can’t take the bump out of a country bumpkin, and you can’t take the bumpkin out of a Waffle House!”
When are those two going to throw hooks in Las Vegas? One on one!

Bonnie | 10/22/2007, 4:21 pm EST

There are rednecks outside the South :)

Anonymous | 10/22/2007, 4:20 pm EST

If you come to the south and talk trash about someones old lady you will get smacked. I would think that even a yankee that has a pair would understand that.

Sad | 10/22/2007, 4:14 pm EST

The pathetic loser Kid Rock proves that he has and will never change. Why is he considered “good”?

In his defense, at least he provides news in between the continuous drivel about Bruce Springstein and Bob Dylan

Chris | 10/22/2007, 4:13 pm EST

Wearing a t-shirt with your own face on it is a fashion crime.

Dr. Detroit | 10/22/2007, 4:08 pm EST

Hey, let’s be careful. Take away Bush and people from the south and RS will no longer have anyone to crack on. It’s a pity too. I am a long time RS reader and I can remember when the magazine had balls.

P.S. I am from Detroit and I used to vacation in M & M and Kid Rock’s neighborhood.

Anonymous | 10/22/2007, 4:07 pm EST

He is no “Kid”
Kid Rock — Age: 36 years (born 17 January 1971)

yaright | 10/22/2007, 4:05 pm EST

Problem is that the guy recognized Kid Rock, figured he’d start some crap, get beat up and then file a lawsuit and make some quick money. Doesn’t matter where you are from, scum like that live everywhere.

Gary | 10/22/2007, 4:02 pm EST

Jeb, sixteen non-southern states voted for bush the second time. Again, why single out the south?

South | 10/22/2007, 2:52 pm EST

Oy vey, Kreps, did your big manly magazine owner tell you to take a break from covering your hero’s of bling (Fitty still not asked you out…?) and dredge up some anti-Southern stereotypes?

Typical backstabbing behavior from your kind.

Kevin | 10/22/2007, 2:47 pm EST

How old is “Kid” Rock.

valerie rowley | 10/22/2007, 2:46 pm EST

doesn’t matter north, south east or west, actions were disrespectful on all parties invloved. Kids eat at those places. but i don’t understand how wearing a pic of you own face on a tshirt can be a felony.how rediculous.

CAT | 10/22/2007, 2:40 pm EST

HI FIVE Budge!!!

Johnny Kickass | 10/22/2007, 2:39 pm EST

Being Southern isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at.

It’s a state of mind.

Jeb Bush | 10/22/2007, 2:36 pm EST

Well Gary, when the South voted for Bush the second time we yankees started thinking y’all aint so bright.

Anonymous | 10/22/2007, 2:35 pm EST

Idiots, it doesn’t say he’s from the south, the author is simply making a comparison….When in Rome, do as the Romans do:)

anonymous | 10/22/2007, 2:32 pm EST

Ego fights? i didnt understand the part wearing a shirt with his face.
anyways who won this fight?
so he beats him up and gets on a tour bus and runs away like a 12 year old.

reread the first sentence | 10/22/2007, 2:28 pm EST

“Kid Rock” (when visiting Atlanta) “did what any good southern boy would do”

Nowhere in the article did it say that Kid Rock is from the south

It is a stupid thing to imply that southerners get in fights at Waffle houses, but the author didn’t call Kid Rock a southerner

Omlette Eater | 10/22/2007, 2:27 pm EST

You know, if IHOP only did omlettes, they would be called IHOO!

ticked | 10/22/2007, 2:26 pm EST

No Yankee I know of would ever act that way!

jojo | 10/22/2007, 2:24 pm EST

That explains why 50% of the country’s prison population is in the south?

budge | 10/22/2007, 2:23 pm EST

give lucky dube his due.

budge | 10/22/2007, 2:23 pm EST

give lucky dube his due.

Dixon Smith | 10/22/2007, 2:17 pm EST

Stereotypical people like Daniel Kreps continue to portray southern people as knuckle dragging idiots……

What STATE is about to run out of WATER??????!!!!!

Cowboy Bob | 10/22/2007, 2:16 pm EST

Heeeeee hawwwww!! That there Kid Rock ain’t no god-fearing southern boy I tells ya. That varmint is a damn Yankee and wouldn’t know a horse’s ass if he had one staring in his face! Us southerners have southern hospitality and wouldn’t start up no fight in some god forsaken breakfast joint. That Kid Rock oughtta be in jail for using fistacuffs to settle some business and breaking that darn windows. Praise the Lord! Heeee Hawwww parders!

Cockroach | 10/22/2007, 2:09 pm EST

This just goes to show that eating waffles and pancakes at the Waffle House can make one go bonkers and raise the testosterone level!

Samuel Reb | 10/22/2007, 2:06 pm EST

Kid Rock is no southern boy. He is a damn Yankee.

So much for Fact Checking | 10/22/2007, 2:06 pm EST

Kid Rock is not from the south. He’s from Michigan. He just acts like a hick to make money.

Samuel Reb | 10/22/2007, 2:06 pm EST

Kid Rock is no southern boy. He is a damn Yankee.

Anonymous | 10/22/2007, 2:02 pm EST

Kid was’nt man enough to fight the guy by himself. He is such a pussy, along with the rest of his crew.

rain | 10/22/2007, 1:58 pm EST

what does one expect at a waffle house.

David | 10/22/2007, 1:48 pm EST

“Scum shoves another scum at scum joint”!!! Perfect.

chasethischance | 10/22/2007, 1:48 pm EST

Gotta love the way he rolls

chasethischance | 10/22/2007, 1:46 pm EST

Way to go Kid.

Gary | 10/22/2007, 1:44 pm EST

Stereotypical people like Daniel Kreps continue to portray southern people as knuckle dragging idiots. There are people of low intelligence in the north, south, east, and west. Why must the south be singled out? If Daniel Kreps believes that ALL people from the south are simpletons, then he has obviously bought into the same garbage that many other journalists before him have written about. The myth about southerners having low intelligence must be eradicated.

ShortBusPosse | 10/22/2007, 1:42 pm EST

Tardsq

realitay | 10/22/2007, 1:42 pm EST

Rolling Stone has been aweful for years so who really cares?

yawn | 10/22/2007, 1:38 pm EST

yawn

Mrbigtoughguychris | 10/22/2007, 1:38 pm EST

he may look dirty, but Mr. rock is a trustfunder from Detroit (previously Mentioned)

Loser

don | 10/22/2007, 1:34 pm EST

thats just how he rolls

PCL | 10/22/2007, 1:34 pm EST

and this bafoon is the cover of your “hot issue”??!! can I end my subscription via the web-site? can anyone tell me why this donkey is even on the hot list, let alone the cover? oh he has another album coming out that is going to suck. I see. hey rs how much payola did you get from his lable to put this has been, close to never was on the cover? I feel ill.

JoeC | 10/22/2007, 1:32 pm EST

If Joe C was still here he would have kicked that guys ass…

motownbabe | 10/22/2007, 1:30 pm EST

Kid Rock’s from some hicktown way outside of Detroit. But anyway, having a fight anywhere’s rock and roll, isn’t it? Still, 6 to 1. I hope no one was in this altercation but TWO people. It would put a bad light on Kid if he didn’t handle this himself.

John Davis | 10/22/2007, 1:26 pm EST

Honorable move by the Kid ?? It was 6 on one, pussy move

Guitartist1 | 10/22/2007, 1:24 pm EST

Which “biggest name in music” died yesterday? Surely you aren’t referring to Lucky Dube?? Who the hell is that?

freeloader | 10/22/2007, 1:21 pm EST

who is kidrock?

wrecksracer | 10/22/2007, 1:19 pm EST

Yeah….enough about the Waffle Fight….How about some Lucky Dube coverage….

Tim Ryther | 10/22/2007, 1:19 pm EST

I just spotted this article on Google news. Funny stuff.

Crazy Kid Rock. Can’t handle some kind of fan that likes his current chick of the day. Not many details here though. Gotta search Google news for what really happened. Somebody probably has surveillance shots of it already.

Actually I’m not that interested in Kid Rock, just thought it was funny.

Oh yeah charged with wearing a shirt with your own face on it. That has to be a bad joke. Better if delivered by Jay Leno. Jay is going to have fun with this one.

WIS | 10/22/2007, 1:17 pm EST

Southern boy? Maybe if you’re from Canada. He’s a Michigan boy.

jimbolini | 10/22/2007, 1:12 pm EST

Kid Rock should be slapped into next week!

BWAHAHHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAA!

Saul | 10/22/2007, 1:08 pm EST

Southern Boy? Kid Rock is from Michigan

Well........... | 10/22/2007, 1:05 pm EST

According to RS, there were words between the stranger and a woman in the entourage. Perhaps the stranger made a hugely inappropriate comment and was being called to task; in that case an honorable move by the Kid.

Lemuel | 10/22/2007, 12:59 pm EST

I like how region-ist this sounds. Yes, all “good southern boys” get in brawls, just like all blacks love watermelon etc. Good job Mr. Kreps.

Your Biggest Fan | 10/22/2007, 12:58 pm EST

Paul who?

Diggy Zazz | 10/22/2007, 12:57 pm EST

Seeing his face would make me lose my appetite for waffles.

Drew | 10/22/2007, 12:57 pm EST

He looks like a scum, his music is for scum, and he got into a shoving match with another scummo at a scummy chain restaurant. Stop the presses!! Scum shoves another scum at scum joint!!

the ron | 10/22/2007, 12:57 pm EST

i guess it doesnt matter what side of the mason/dixon line white trash comes from, they all seem to fall right in line with each other!kid rock, indeed!

lbrandon | 10/22/2007, 12:51 pm EST

Yawn

John D | 10/22/2007, 12:44 pm EST

Why is it illegal to wear a shirt with your face on it?

eaglemac | 10/22/2007, 12:40 pm EST

Yes we could have heard more about Skynyrd and less of kid rock’s drama.

RomeoGirl | 10/22/2007, 12:32 pm EST

Southern boy? I went to school with this dude in Romeo, Michigan (northern “burb” of Detroit).

Sanchez | 10/22/2007, 12:27 pm EST

R.I.P - Lucky Dube.

Kidkel69 | 10/22/2007, 11:23 am EST

I have spent 4 months on promoting Kid Rock, Rock&Roll Jesus! I joined the video correspondent contest on YouTube. I discovered the Kid Rock contest was set up for a prepared winner. Atlantic Records blocked me after I made a video about the scam. I was also blocked from Kid Rock site. I have over 12,000 video hits on my
Kid Rock correspondant video, triple of the other entries!
Go to YouTube and see for yourself!
http://www.youtube. com/rockingfunmusic
Watch the Kid Rock playlist to see all the controversy.

As for RollingStone, I still want to work for you , and yes I am still campaigning for the Cover!
Kidkel69
“YouTube’s one and Only Rock Chic!”

SiNDADDY | 10/22/2007, 10:55 am EST

one of the biggest names in music died yesterday and all ROLLING STONE has is kid rock acting up in a fucking waffle house.

Losers.

PAUL RAVEN (killing joke, ministry, pigafce, prong etc)

R.I.P.

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