1. Robert Jens Rock was born on April 19,1954 and is a Canadian record producer, recording engineer and musician.
27 Facts About Bob Rock
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In 1976, Bob Rock joined Little Mountain Sound Studios, starting out as a recording engineer and sound mixer.
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Bob Rock has received twenty-seven Juno Award nominations across various categories.
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Bob Rock 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 Buble's album To Be Loved at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards held in 2014.
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Bob Rock was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and moved with his family to Victoria, British Columbia at 12 years of age.
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Bob Rock attended Colquitz Junior High School and played in various bands.
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Bob Rock regularly attended all-ages performances at such nightclubs as Club Tango, the Purple Onion, and Ninth in the Fifth.
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Bob Rock went to Belmont High School located in Langford, a Victoria suburb, and it was there that he met future Payolas bandmate Paul Hyde.
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In 1976, Bob Rock landed a job as an apprentice recording engineer at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver and became acquainted with Vancouver's punk scene while working on tracks for punk acts, such as the Young Canadians, The Dils and the Pointed Sticks.
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The Cult's Billy Duffy asked Bob Rock to produce their 1989 album Sonic Temple, having admired Bob Rock's work with Bon Jovi and Kingdom Come.
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Bob Rock believes in us probably more than we believe in ourselves.
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In 1995, Bob Rock relocated to Maui and converted part of his home into his own private music production facility, known as Plantation Studios, three years later.
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Bob Rock and recording engineer Randy Staub convinced the band to record the lead single "Enter Sandman" while all four performed in the same room.
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Bob Rock's son provided the voice of the child reciting the "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" bedtime prayer in the song.
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Bob Rock went on to produce the band's albums Load, ReLoad, as well as the new material for the band's cover album, Garage Inc, and their album St Anger.
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Bob Rock wrote and played all of the bass guitar parts on St Anger, replacing Jason Newsted who left Metallica in 2001.
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Bob Rock was the bassist for the band's few live performances until Robert Trujillo joined the band in February 2003.
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Bob Rock was featured prominently in the 2004 documentary film Metallica: Some Kind of Monster that dealt with Metallica's internal strife and their struggles with the creative process during the recording of St Anger.
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At Metallica's 30th Anniversary Concert on December 10,2011, Bob Rock joined the band on stage, and performed bass alongside Trujillo on the songs "Dirty Window" and "Frantic".
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The album was produced by Bob Rock, and was a critical success, but didn't do well commercially.
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Bob Rock produced the five finalist songs of CBC Sports's Hockey Night in Canada Anthem Challenge in late 2008.
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Bob Rock wrote the music, played guitar and produced the tracks, in addition to providing backing vocals, keyboards and percussion on some tracks.
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Bob Rock was profoundly impacted by Downie's death in 2017 and took a break from the project for several years.
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Hyde was one of over 50 musicians featured on the song and Bob Rock served as one of the engineers.
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Bob Rock has won nine Junos for both his work with Payola$ and Rock and Hyde, as well as his recording and production work with other artists.
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In 2014, Bob Rock won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for his work on Michael Buble's album To Be Loved.
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For much of his music career, Bob Rock lived in White Bob Rock, British Columbia.