Bob Rock

Bob Rock is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer.

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Canadian - Musician - Sound engineer - Record producer

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Rock began as a guitarist and co-founder of the Payola$. He wanted to be a rock star, but that dream took him into a new realm of possibility: beginning as an assistant at Little Mountain studios in Vancouver, he eventually became Canada's most sought after engineer and producer.

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Guitarist - Payola$ - Vancouver

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Bob Rock redefined the sounds for many bands, making many outrageous fringe bands become more "mainstream"; this included bands like Metallica and Mötley Crüe. For this reason he is occasionally criticised. He has also worked with Bon Jovi, Cher, The Cult, David Lee Roth, Skid Row, Veruca Salt, Our Lady Peace, and Simple Plan. His trademark is a big, forceful sound that still retains commercial appeal.

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Mainstream - Metallica - Mötley Crüe - Bon Jovi - Cher - The Cult - David Lee Roth - Skid Row - Veruca Salt - Our Lady Peace - Simple Plan

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Rock briefly returned to performing music in 1993, forming the band Rockhead with ex-Payola$ drummer Chris Taylor. The band recorded and released one self-titled album and two singles, but split up shortly afterwards, and Rock went back to producing other bands. For Metallica's 2003 album St. Anger, which he produced, Rock played bass guitar, as Metallica was between bassists at the time.

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Rockhead - Chris Taylor - St. Anger - Bass guitar

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In 2005, after several albums with Metallica establishing himself as "The Metallica Producer" many Metallica fans had heard enough of Bob Rock producing their beloved band. The fans then decided to start a petition asking for Bob Rock and Metallica to go their seperate ways. Several thousand people have signed it with new signatures each day throughout the world. The petition can be found online. The outcome is still pending.

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