Composer
Bob Rock
Canadian record producer
b. 1954
11 works in the index
- Born
- 1954
- Birthplace
- Vancouver
- Citizenship / historical state
- Canada
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954) is a Canadian record producer, recording engineer, and musician.
In 1976, Rock joined Little Mountain Sound Studios, starting out as a recording engineer and sound mixer. During his time there, he collaborated with producer Bruce Fairbairn, engineering and mixing several influential rock albums, including Loverboy's Get Lucky (1981), Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet (1986), and Aerosmith's Permanent Vacation (1987).
Rock and singer-songwriter Paul Hyde formed the band Payola$ in 1978. Payola$ were best known for the single "Eyes of a Stranger", from their 1982 album No Stranger to Danger, an album that won the band four Juno Awards. The pair also recorded together in 1987 under the name Rock and Hyde. In 1991, Rock released an album with the band Rockhead.
Some of Rock's most notable works as a producer include the rock albums Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe (1989), the Cult's Sonic Temple (1989), and Metallica's 1991 self-titled album, often referred to as the Black Album. Each of these albums is the top-selling record for its respective band, and Metallica and the Cult each went on to collaborate with Rock on four subsequent albums.
Rock has received twenty-seven Juno Award nominations across various categories. In addition to the four Juno Awards he won for his work with Payola$, he won the Recording Engineer of the Year in 1982, and won the Producer of the Year award in 2000, 2005, and 2010. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2007 and won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for his work on Michael Bublé's album To Be Loved at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards held in 2014.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- bassist; engineer; audio engineer; musician; record producer; composer; songwriter; audio technician
- Education
- Belmont Secondary School
- Recorded memberships
- Payolas; Rock and Hyde
- Instruments played
- guitar; bass guitar
- Genres
- new wave; punk rock; hard rock; rock music; heavy metal music; pop music
- Awards
- Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year; Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year; Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award; Canadian Music Hall of Fame
- Birth name
- Robert Jens Rock
- Languages used
- English
- ISNI
- 0000000109133318
- GND ID
- 1382749775
- Library of Congress ID
- n91079401
- MusicBrainz ID
- 4f0730d0-fd52-4818-8a5d-f3f69ce8f378
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 11
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frantic | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| St. Anger | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Some Kind Of Monster | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Dirty Window | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Invisible Kid | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| My World | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Shoot Me Again | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Sweet Amber | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| The Unnamed Feeling | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Purify | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| All Within My Hands | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Portrait: Shayne Kaye, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.