Kid Rock pours scorn on Steven Tyler's American Idol move

Kid Rock wants to send Steven Tyler for counselling. The pugnacious rock-rapper has lost it over Tyler's decision to become a judge on corporate pop flagship American Idol, slamming the Aerosmith frontman in a new interview. "It's the stupidest thing he's ever done in his life," Kid Rock insisted. The man who calls himself Rock'n'Roll Jesus claims that by taking a seat at American Idol's judges desk, Tyler has sacrificed every stitch of his leather and denim rock'n'roll cred. "[Steven] is a sacred American institution of rock'n'roll, and he just threw it all out the window," Kid Rock told Entertainment Weekly. "[He] just stomped on it and set it on fire." "We should bring back the guillotine, or whatever they call that thing," he continued, proposing a French revolutionary death sentence for whoever recommended the TV job. "And if [Steven made the decision] himself, he needs some serious counselling. I love him to death, but I gotta speak the truth." Together with pop star Jennifer Lopez, Tyler joined the American Idol panel in September , replacing Simon Cowell and Kara DioGuardi. The show's 10th season will begin on 12 January. Despite the two-day-a-week time commitment for the series, Tyler has insisted that he will continue playing with Aerosmith. "We're gonna work on [a new album] while I'm doing Idol," he told CBS last week. "This [experience] did nothing but bring the band together and make it stronger ... I can juggle a lot of balls, so it's all looking good."