Wow! It’s hard to believe that Devil Without A Cause is 25 years old! Yes, it dropped August 18th, 1998.
I remember hearing the first single off of it, “I Am The Bullgod”. I thought it was decent, but it sounded a lot like a Rage Against The Machine song to me. That was in late 1998 or early 1999. I met Rock for the first time in January of that year when he came by the station one night to do the coast to coast radio show, “Rockline”. That show emanated out of Los Angeles, but every so often bands would use our studios if they were in the area to do the 90 minutes interview show. I’ll never forget what he said to me that night about the album. He said “Listen to the rest of it….you might like it” The second I heard “Bawatdaba” I was hooked!
That year would change Rock’s life. From playing local shows, to selling out the Palace of Auburn Hills that October, to ending the year with Metallica, Ted Nugent and Sevendust at the Pontiac Silverdome. It was crazy! Rock and the Twisted Brown Trucker band were off and running!
I listened to the CD for about 6 months before realizing I had the edited version that was missing two songs. Of course I had to snag that copy too!
Let’s go through the album, Track by Track….with thoughts about DWAC from from Kid Rock, guitarist Jason Krause and keyboardist Jimmie “Bones” at the end.