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Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954) is a Canadian record producer, sound engineer and musician, best known for producing rock bands and music artists such as Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, the Tragically Hip, the Cult, 311, Our Lady Peace, Bryan Adams, the Offspring, Michael Bublé, Black Veil Brides, David Lee Roth, and Ron ...
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Payolas (stylized as Payola$) was a Canadian rock band that...
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Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954) is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer. He is best known for producing rock bands and music artists such as Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, the Tragically Hip, the Cult, 311, Our Lady Peace, Bryan Adams, the Offspring, Michael Bublé, Black Veil Brides, David Lee Roth ...
Jan 11, 2022 · The Canadian-born Rock is undoubtedly one of the nicest, most genuine people I have met in my decades around the music world. He is also a supremely talented producer, engineer if he wants to be, and musician.
- Early Years and Career
- Engineering Career and Payola$, 1979–87
- Producing Career
- Awards
Rock was born in Winnipeg but grew up playing guitar in Langford, BC, a suburb of Victoria, where he met English-born musician Paul Hyde. The two high school friends shared a love of British rock ‘n’ roll and a dream of becoming rock stars. In 1973 they travelled to London, England, where they tried, unsuccessfully, to break into the music scene. T...
After working his way up to becoming a recording engineer and mixer, Rock produced records by the Vancouver punk bands Young Canadians, The Subhumans and Pointed Sticks. He became a protégé of producer Bruce Fairbairn and worked with him on hit albums by Prism and Loverboy. In 1979, Rock and Hyde formed their own band, the Payola$. Their second alb...
Rock’s work with Fairbairn attracted international attention. After producing Colin James’ self-titled 1988 debut album, Rock produced The Cult’s Sonic Temple (1988) and Mötley Crüe’s Dr. Feelgood (1989), both of which were huge successes for the respective bands. On the success of Dr. Feelgood, Rock was chosen to produce the fifth album by thrash ...
Recording Engineer of the Year (“When It’s Over”/“It’s Your Life” – Loverboy), Juno Awards(1982)Single of the Year (“Eyes of a Stranger” – Payola$), Juno Awards (1983)Recording Engineer of the Year (No Stranger to Danger– Payola$), Juno Awards (1983)Most Promising Group of the Year (Payola$), Juno Awards (1983)Jan 14, 2020 · Forty years ago, Bob Rock was one-half of The Payolas, a Vancouver post-punk/New Wave band who had hits like this. It turns out, though, his real passion was working the studio as an engineer...
Sep 20, 2022 · Ambitious, driven, uncompromising and supremely self-confident, in the first decade of their career, Metallica weren’t used to hearing the word ‘no’. So when Bob Rock turned down an offer to mix the band’s fifth album, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich were initially affronted, then intrigued.
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