Bob Rock
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Robert Jens Rock (born 19 April, 1954 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Payolas
Rock began as a guitarist and co-founder of the Payolas. The Payolas became well known for their 80's hit, "Eyes of a Stranger" which was played in the movie Valley Girl starring Nicolas Cage. In 1983, the Payolas won the Juno Award for Single of the year. He also worked as an assistant at Little Mountain studios in Vancouver. In the mid-1980s, he had a side project with Payolas lead singer Paul Hyde, called Rock & Hyde, which had a hit single in Canada with the song "Dirty Water."
[edit] Producer
Bob Rock is best known for helping give bands such as Metallica and Mötley Crüe a more mainstream sound. He has also worked with Bon Jovi, Cher, The Cult, David Lee Roth, Skid Row, Veruca Salt, Nina Gordon, Our Lady Peace, The Tragically Hip, lostprophets, American Hi-Fi and Simple Plan. His trademark sound is a "loud" mix with reverb that has commercial appeal.
Rock briefly returned to performing music in 1993, forming the band Rockhead with ex-Payolas drummer Chris Taylor. The band released one self-titled album and two singles, but split up shortly afterwards. He is producing and working with The Offspring on their next album.
[edit] Metallica
Bob Rock produced Metallica's multiplatinum self-titled album (known as The Black Album) in 1991 and subsequent followups Load (1996), ReLoad (1997), Garage Inc. (1998) and S&M (1999). Metallica once again tapped Rock to produce their 2003 album St. Anger. Because the band had no bassist due to the departure of Jason Newsted, Rock played bass guitar on the album. Fans criticized the production, resulting in thousands signing an online petition. On February, 2006, Metallica chose producer Rick Rubin to produce their next album, ending the group's long-time relationship with Rock.
[edit] Discography - Engineer/Mixer
- 1979 - Prism - Armageddon
- 1979 - Survivor
- 1980 - Prism - Young and Restless
- 1980 - Loverboy
- 1981 - Loverboy - Get Lucky
- 1982 - Strange Advance - Worlds Away
- 1982 - Payolas - No Stranger to Danger
- 1983 - Loverboy - Keep it Up
- 1983 - Payolas - Hammer on a Drum
- 1984 - Krokus - The Blitz
- 1984 - Chilliwack - Look in, Look Out
- 1985 - Honeymoon Suite - The Big Prize
- 1985 - Paul Hyde and the Payolas - Here's the World for Ya
- 1985 - Northern Lights - Tears are Not Enough
- 1985 - Black 'N Blue - Without Love
- 1986 - Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
- 1987 - Rock and Hyde - Under the Volcano
- 1987 - Loverboy - Wildside
- 1987 - Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
- 1988 - Bon Jovi - New Jersey
- 1989 - Paul Dean - Hard Core
[edit] Discography - Producer
- 1979 - Young Canadians - Hawaii (EP)
- 1979 - The Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind (EP)
- 1981 - Payolas - In a Place Like This
- 1987 - Rock and Hyde - Under the Volcano
- 1988 - Kingdom Come
- 1988 - Colin James
- 1989 - The Cult - Sonic Temple
- 1989 - Blue Murder
- 1989 - Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
- 1990 - Little Caesar
- 1990 - Electric Boys - Funk 'o Metal Carpet Ride
- 1991 - David Lee Roth - A Little Ain't Enough
- 1991 - Cher - Love Hurts
- 1991 - Metallica
- 1991 - Motley Crue - Decade of Decadence
- 1992 - Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith
- 1992 - Rockhead
- 1993 - Quireboys - Bitter Sweet and Twisted
- 1994 - Motley Crue
- 1994 - The Cult
- 1995 - Skid Row - Subhuman Race
- 1996 - Metallica - Load
- 1997 - Metallica - Re-load
- 1997 - Veruca Salt - Eight Arms to Hold You
- 1998 - Metallica - Garage, Inc.
- 1998 - Bryan Adams - On a Day Like Today
- 1999 - Tal Bachman
- 1999 - Metallica - S&M
- 2000 - Moffatts - Submodalities
- 2000 - Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life
- 2000 - Paul Hyde - Living Off the Radar
- 2001 - American Hi-Fi
- 2001 - The Cult - Beyond Good and Evil
- 2002 - Our Lady Peace - Gravity
- 2003 - Tonic - Head on Straight
- 2003 - Metallica - St. Anger
- 2004 - Tea Party - Seven Circles
- 2004 - Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any
- 2005 - Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times
- 2006 - Nina Gordon - Bleeding Heart Graffiti
- 2006 - Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
- 2006 - The Tragically Hip - World Container
- 2007 - The Offspring - Currently Untitled
- 2007 - Motley Crue - Currently Untitled
[edit] References
- Bob Rock Petition - The Metallica / Bob Rock petition mentioned above.de:Bob Rock
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