Bob Rock

"Robert Jens Rock"

Career

"Payola$"
Rock began as a guitarist and co-founder of the Payola$. 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."


"Producer"
Bob Rock helped to give "underground" 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-Payola$ drummer Chris Taylor. The band released one self-titled album and two singles, but split up shortly afterwards.

"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

"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 - Metallica - St. Anger
2004 - Tea Party - Seven Circles
2004 - Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any...
2005 - Mötley Crüe - Red White & Crue (new material)
2005 - Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times
2006 - Nina Gordon - Bleeding Heart Graffiti
2006 - Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
2006 - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Sinner
2006 - The Tragically Hip - World Container
2007 - Payola$ - Langford Part 1
2007 - Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
2008 - Gavin Rossdale - Wanderlust
2008 - The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
2008 - The Sessions - The Sessions Is Listed As In A Relationship
2008 - D.O.A - Northern Avenger
2009 - The Tragically Hip - We Are The Same
2009 - Michael Bublé - Crazy Love
2009 - 311 - Uplifter
2010 - Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (Hollywood Edition)
2011 - Bush - Everything Always Now
2011 - Ron Sexsmith - Long player, late bloomer
2011 - The Offspring - Untitled Ninth Studio Album
2011 - Motley Crue - Untitled Tenth Studio Album
2011 - 311 - Untitled Tenth Studio Album

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