Biography for
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Date of Birth

17 January 1971, Romeo, Michigan, USA

Birth Name

Robert James Ritchie

Nickname

Bob or Bobby

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Spouse

Pamela Anderson

(3 August 2006 - 1 February 2007) (divorced)

Trade Mark

Goatee and long hair

Fedora hat

Trivia

6/14/93: Son, Robert James Ritchie, Jr., born.

Older brother of Jill Ritchie.

Ex-girlfriend Kelley Russell is the subject of his biographical song, "Black Chick, White Guy".

Close friend of NHL superstars Chris Chelios and Sergei Fedorov, and "Reverend Run" of Run-D.M.C..

Years before he gained fame, as a listener of the Howard Stern show, he sent in a song to Howard (a sort of song parody) that Howard ended up loving and playing over and over. When became famous years later Howard still remembered the song.

Ex-stepfather of Pamela Anderson's sons Brandon and Dylan.

Ranked #97 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.

The cover art of his live album "Live Trucker" is an homage to the cover art of Bob Seger's "Live Bullet" album.

Is good friends with rapper Eminem. Both battle-rapped against each other while coming up in Detroit.

Is featured on Robert Bradley (aka Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise)'s album, entitled "Time To Discover", back in 2000 in several songs.

Ex-brother-in-law of Gerry Anderson.

Personal Quotes

If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If its marketed right, you'll buy it. But...If its real...you'll feel it.

I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy. I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do. Who would you trust to make your decisions, Donald Rumsfeld or the Dixie Chicks?

[on giving advice to his son Junior] He wants to get into music but I always tell him 'Don't, because you'll never be better than me'. But if he's going to do it, I want to be sure he's serious about it. He has to be ready to put in those 10,000 hours of hard work, sleep on floors, and carry amplifiers up the stairs in dirty clubs for years. One thing you don't want to be is 'just the son of Kid Rock'.

I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends. Sheryl Crow is one of them. It's just fun to sing with her. She's like a cool, gentle breeze and I'm this big snowstorm.