Most producers of Bob Rock's caliber can, though somewhat sheepishly, trace their musical roots back to a time, some years ago, when they played in some band or in some bar. While Bob Rock is no exception to that rule, his first foray in music in the late seventies with the punk band The Payola$, is nothing to be embarrassed about. Evolving into one of Canada's most innovative and coveted acts during the eighties, The Payola$ recorded 4 successful albums: "In A Place Like This", "No Stranger To Danger" (featuring the single Eyes of A Stranger), "Hammer On A Drum" and "Here's The World For Ya". In 1987 the band changed their name to Rock & Hyde and recorded one final album called "Under The Volcano".

Rock's innate skill for production was obvious from the very beginning. During any time off from writing, recording or touring with The Payola$, Bob could be found in the studio engineering projects alongside producer Bruce Fairbairn. The pair are responsible for numerous hit albums including Loverboy's "Loverboy" and "Wildside", Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" and "New Jersey" and Aerosmith's "Permanent Vacation".  

In 1988, Rock produced the debut album from Germany's Kingdom Come. The record put Bob into the production spotlight and by 1990, Rock had secured production gigs with Blue Murder, Loverboy, The Cult, Motley Crue, David Lee Roth and Cher. The collaboration between Motley Crue and Rock, titled "Dr. Feelgood", resulted in a #1 Album - the first for both Rock and the band. "Dr. Feelgood" has sold well over 7 million copies worldwide, and remained on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart for more than 2 years.  

In 1991 Rock teamed up with Metallica. This union, the first of several, resulted in one of the most successful rock discs ever. Untitled, but known worldwide as "The Black Album", this record debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Albums chart in September 1991. "The Black Album" was on Billboard's Top 100 for more than 5 years and has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and continues to be one of the top albums on Billboard's catalogue chart.  

The Cult, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi and Metallica have all requisitioned the talented producer for subsequent discs. The second time round with Bon Jovi resulted in "Keep The Faith" which debuted at #5 on the Billboard charts in the fall of 1992. Successive Metallica albums "Load", "Reload" and "Garage Inc." have gone on to be three of the most successful rock albums of the century. "Load" debuted at #1 in 22 countries and has sold 9 million copies worldwide while "Reload" which debuted in the #1 position on Soundscan and has sold over 7 million copies since its release in December 1997, while "Garage Inc." has been certified 5 X's platinum (5 million) for sales in the United States.

Wanting to mix things up a bit, in 1996 Bob imparted his musical expertise on to Veruca Salt, producing the critically acclaimed "Eight Arms to Hold You" featuring the hit single "Volcano Girls". In recent years, Rock has spent more time away from his home studio than he's accustomed to; after producing the debut effort by Sony recording artist Tal Bachman in Maui, Rock went to work in Jamaica on the 11th release by A&M recording artist Bryan Adams, "On A Day Like Today". Next up was a return to California with Metallica for their project with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra entitled "S. & M.". Then he managed to get back home to Maui with Nina Gordon, putting together her first solo effort, the critically acclaimed "Tonight and the Rest of Your Life" which was followed up by Bob producing the self titled release for American Hi Fi which included the hit single "Flavor Of The Weak".  

More recently, Bob was behind the console with the Universal Records artists' TONIC, working on their current release entitled "Head On Straight" which recently garnered the band two Grammy nominations including "Best Rock Album". During a recent hiatus while recording with Metallica, Bob went back home to his Plantation Studios in Maui to work with fellow Canadians Our Lady Peace on their sixth release "Gravity".  

Bob is presently in San Rafael with Metallica completing work on their upcoming release, which is their sixth project together.  

For more information or availability, please contact Sandee Bathgate at (604) 688-7274

BOB ROCK - discography

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (engineer)
American HiFi - American HiFi
Blue Murder - Blue Murder
Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith
Bon Jovi  - New Jersey (engineer)
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (engineer)
Bryan Adams - On A Day Like Today
Cher - Love Hurts (Track 2)
David Lee Roth - S Little Ain't Enough
Electric Boys - Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride
Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
Metallica - Garage
Metallica - Load
Metallica - Metallica - The Black Album
Metallica - Reload
Metallica/SanFrancisco Symphony - S & M 
Motley Crue - Decadence - Greatest Hits
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Motley Crue - Motley Crue
Nina Gordon - Tonight & the Rest of My Life
Our Lady Peace - Gravity
Paul Hyde - Living Off the Radar 
Quireboys - Bitter, Sweet and Twisted
Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any
Skid Row - Subhuman Race
Tal Bachman - Tal Bachman
The Cult - Beyond Good and Evil 
The Cult - Sonic Temple
The Cult - The Cult
The Moffatts - Submodalities
Tonic - Head On Straight
Veruca Salt - Eight Arms to Hold You