Danko Jones Blasts Monster Truck for Featuring on Kid Rock Song
The Canadian rock band appear on "piece of shit" Rock's latest single "Don't Tell Me How to Live"

For a quick recap, the Rock video in question finds our Honky Tonk Steakhouse owner/COVID denier wearing a T-shirt that says "Social Media Sucks," while he compares himself to Bruce Springsteen and Brad Pitt, declaring that "a nation of pussies is our next generation." Kid also rips into — you guessed it — offended millennials, and manages to fill in just about every box on his Fox-News-talking-points bingo card.
That's all to say, it's unsurprising that Jones would take issue with the Hamilton, ON, band jumping in to collaborate on this mess, a move that Monster Truck seem to relish in on "Don't Tell Me How to Live," which arrived alongside a video of them donning fur coats, flipping off the camera and generally acting like major douchebags.
"Disappointed to hear of a certain band on a song with a certain musician who has been so public with his MAGA politics, including uttering the phrase 'Fuck Colin Kaepernick' during a live performance," wrote Jones. "It's tantamount to standing in solidarity with him. Gross."
He added: "And the video of them posing as rednecks in fur coats is FUCKING EMBARRASSING. Disappointed and embarrassed FOR that band."
The Kid Rock stans have apparently come out in full force against Jones following his callout, with the Toronto-area musician having to defend himself against a mob of "cluelessness" online. "It's astounding the amount of people who are salivating at the opportunity to cosplay as my overseer," he responded to one commenter.
Monster Truck have yet to respond to the callout publicly, but wrote on their own channels last Friday (November 19): "Thanks for all the opinions everyone, we're just gonna keep going and making our own decisions about our art and lives. Love you all."
Check out the tweets below.
Disappointed to hear of a certain band on a song with a certain musician who has been so public with his MAGA politics, including uttering the phrase "Fuck Colin Kaepernick" during a live performance.
— Danko Jones (@dankojones) November 20, 2021
It's tantamount to standing in solidarity with him.
Gross.
And the video of them posing as rednecks in fur coats is FUCKING EMBARRASSING
— Danko Jones (@dankojones) November 20, 2021
Disappointed and embarrassed FOR that band. https://t.co/KZEHIX8evz
I think it's fitting that Kid Rock's piece of shit song, "Don't Tell Me How To Live", is released on the day of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict.
— Danko Jones (@dankojones) November 20, 2021
Just so you know, I DON'T FUCK WITH bands that buddy up next to a racist POS.
— Danko Jones (@dankojones) November 20, 2021
Wearing fur coats, sporting guns and smoking cigars in the music video gets that band a lifetime membership in the douchebag hall of fame.
Embarrassing.
Kid Rock said "Fuck Colin Kaepernick" during a concert.
— Danko Jones (@dankojones) November 21, 2021
Colin Kaepernick sacrificed his career to draw attention to racial inequality.
If you stand alongside Kid Rock in a music vid calling out "snowflakes", sporting fur coats & guns, you're as big a piece of shit as Kid Rock.
Aside from the absolute cluelessness of this tweet, having biracial kids doesn't exempt one from being a racist.
— Danko Jones (@dankojones) November 21, 2021
As a mixed kid myself, I should know, as I've witnessed it firsthand. https://t.co/2kgdy1IxhK
As a POC speaking out against associating with racists, I should stay in my place, @JamesVerner2???
— Danko Jones (@dankojones) November 21, 2021
It's astounding the amount of people who are salivating at the opportunity to cosplay as my overseer. https://t.co/TGjCBd5FhZ
This tweet is the perfect example of a Kid Rock fan. https://t.co/uwf1PXSniE
— Danko Jones (@dankojones) November 21, 2021
True racists like Kid Rock have learned using racist terms will work against them.
— Danko Jones (@dankojones) November 22, 2021
Instead, they employ dog whistles & gaslighting. Look to his endorsement of Morgan Whalen, usage of the Confederate flag, & targeting of prominent POCs.
ALL DOG WHISTLES. https://t.co/P0OVYvt7Yo