Rock grabbed dubious headlines over the Thanksgiving holiday after security cut short his profanity-laced onstage rant against, among others, Oprah Winfrey.
Roots rock group the Band were the first country act to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone, in 1968; most recently, Eric Church earned the cover spot in August of 2018.
The grand marshal of this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is facing another lawsuit stemming from a 2016 incident in which a motorcycle stunt went wrong.