Kids Can Rock and Roll

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Kids Can Rock and Roll was a children's television program that aired from 1993-1996 on Canada's Global Television Network. It was produced by Children's Hour Productions in association with Global. Following its run on Global, the series ran for a further two years on the YTV children's cable channel.

The show featured the rock band Kideo, which consisted of Buddy Goodfellow on bass/vocals, Ace Manners on guitar/vocals, and P.J. Styles on drums/vocals. The band members wore KISS-like make-up, and each member dressed in a different colour: Buddy was green, Ace was blue, and P.J. was red. They also wore matching coloured hair and masks.

In each episode, the band members performed various activities with the intent of teaching the young viewers a certain moral, often regarding proper manners. Additional segments in the show included "Air-Robic Rock", Kideo Eye-View Movies, and Fan Mail. Each episode featured four original rock songs for kids, including a live concert video.

What set Kideo apart from many other children's groups was that they wrote all their own songs, and played their own instruments.

[edit] Trail Blazing

Kideo may have been the inspiration for The Doodlebops, another fictional rock group from 2004.

[edit] Broadcast outside of Canada

Kids Can Rock and Roll has also been broadcast in the Middle East, having been purchased from Global Television by Israel Educational Television and the Orbit Satellite Network. The show was broadcast in 23 different Middle East and North African territories.