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Bob Rock
Rock presenting at the 2009 Juno Awards
Rock presenting at the 2009 Juno Awards
Background information
Birth nameRobert Jens Rock
Born (1954-04-19) April 19, 1954 (age 70)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
OriginVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres
Occupations
Instruments
  • Bass
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • vocals
Years active1976–present

Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954)[1] 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.

Early life

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Rock was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and moved with his family to Victoria, British Columbia at 12 years of age.[1][2] He attended Colquitz Junior High School and played in various bands.[2] He regularly attended all-ages performances at such nightclubs as Club Tango, the Purple Onion, and Ninth in the Fifth.[2] In his early days he was fan of British blues-rock bands such as The Yardbirds, Cream and Led Zeppelin.[2]

Rock went to Belmont High School located in Langford, a Victoria suburb, and it was there that he met future Payolas bandmate Paul Hyde.[2] Influenced by musical artists such as David Bowie, Slade, T. Rex, Alex Harvey and Be-Bop Deluxe, the pair formed the Paul Kane Blues Band and toured Vancouver Island in the mid-1970s.[2][3]

Production career

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In 1976, 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.[2][4] In the years that followed, Rock worked with producer Bruce Fairbairn, providing engineering and mixing work on the seminal rock albums Get Lucky (1981) by Loverboy, Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet (1986), and Aerosmith's Permanent Vacation (1987).[5]

After his work on Permanent Vacation, Rock decided he wanted to move away from audio engineering to focus mainly on music production.[6] Rock told Billboard magazine in 1992, "If I didn't take the next step, I realized I'd be engineering the rest of my life. It's a tough gig, engineering, a lot of hours. I had to move on."[6]

The Cult's Billy Duffy asked Rock to produce their 1989 album Sonic Temple, having admired Rock's work with Bon Jovi and Kingdom Come.[6]. The album reached the Cult's highest chart position in both the US and the UK.[7] It also marked a longtime relationship with the band, as Rock went on to produce their albums The Cult (1994), Beyond Good and Evil (2001), Choice of Weapon (2012) and Hidden City (2016). The band's frontman, Ian Astbury, told Billboard in 2000, "[Bob Rock is] pretty much the only person qualified to [produce us]. We're extremely strong-minded people, strong-spirited people. And we both have a very strong vision. And to get between [Billy and me] demands a lot of patience and demands a certain amount of strength. The Cult is a very muscular band; there's a lot of power and determination and spirit and a lot of spark. So, from that fire, somebody that can get a hold of that energy and harness it-and put it in the right direction-is the person that's really qualified to be our producer ... He believes in us probably more than we believe in ourselves."[8]

Mötley Crüe's manager, Doc McGhee, who also managed Bon Jovi, recommended Rock to Mötley Crüe for their first album since getting sober, Dr. Feelgood (1989).[9] The band stayed in Vancouver for close to a year in order to work with Rock.[10] Dr. Feelgood went on to become Mötley Crüe's best-selling album and is the only one to reach the #1 spot on the Billboard 200.[10] The album was nominated for two Grammys for Best Hard Rock Performance and won the American Music Award for best heavy metal/hard rock album in 1991.[10]

Having been impressed by his work on Metallica's self-titled album, Bon Jovi employed Rock to produce their fifth studio album, Keep the Faith (1992).[9] In 1999 plans were made to have Rock and Fairbairn produce their album Crush, but Fairbairn died later that year and the banded opted to work with Luke Ebbin.[11]

In 1995, Rock relocated to Maui and converted part of his home into his own private music production facility, known as Plantation Studios, three years later.[12] In the 2000s, Rock's production work began to center around his home studio, although he travels to work on larger projects, such as Metallica's St. Anger.[12] Rock told The Honolulu Advertiser in 2003, "Actually, over the next few years I'm probably going to be weaning myself off of what I do a little bit... And I would really love to be able to get involved more with local music."[12]

While Rock is best known for his work with rock and metal artists, Rock has produced such pop artists as Cher, Nelly Furtado, Jann Arden, Sarah McLachlan, and Michael Bublé. His work with Bublé on the album To Be Loved (2013) earned him a Grammy Award.[13]

Work with Metallica

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Metallica were fans of Rock's work on Dr. Feelgood and asked him to produce their fifth studio album, Metallica, commonly referred to as The Black Album.[14][15]

The album marked a departure from the band's earlier thrash metal sound and expanded the band's range, at times featuring a slower, softer and more introspective sound, such as on the ballad "The Unforgiven", or on "Nothing Else Matters", which featured acoustic guitar. These two songs also offered new vocal territory for James Hetfield, whose previous albums mainly showcased harder, more aggressive vocals. Rock told MusicRadar in 2013 "The thing was, James had songs that he actually had to sing... He didn’t know how to sing – all he did before was yell. This was the basis of our friendship. I taught him what I knew. We took the time to get the record to what they wanted and what I wanted."[16]

Up until Metallica, the band members were used to recording their parts separately, which were later mixed together.[15] Rock and recording engineer Randy Staub convinced the band to record the lead single "Enter Sandman" while all four performed in the same room.[15] Rock's son provided the voice of the child reciting the "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" bedtime prayer in the song.[15]

Metallica debuted in the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards.[5][17] In December of 2019, it became the fourth album in American history to enter the 550-week milestone on the Billboard 200.[18] In 1999, SPIN magazine ranked it at #52 on their list of "The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s";[19] it was ranked at #25 on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" in 2017, as well as #235 on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time."[16][20]

Rock went on to produce the band's albums Load (1996), ReLoad (1997), as well as the new material for the band's cover album, Garage Inc. (1998), and their album St. Anger (2003).[9][21] Rock wrote and played all of the bass guitar parts on St. Anger, replacing Jason Newsted who left Metallica in 2001.[22] Rock was also the bassist for the band's few live performances until Robert Trujillo joined the band in February 2003.[22][23] 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.[22]

In 2006, Metallica chose producer Rick Rubin to produce their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, ending the band's long-time relationship with Rock.[5] Their decision to part ways with Rock was due in part to requests by their fan base, who had posted an online petition with over 1,500 signatories who felt that Rock had too much influence over the band's sound.[5]

At Metallica's 30th Anniversary Concert on December 10, 2011, Rock joined the band on stage, and performed bass alongside Trujillo on the songs "Dirty Window" and "Frantic".[24]

Payolas and Rock and Hyde

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Main article: Payolas

After being hired by Little Mountain Sound Studios in 1976, Paul Hyde followed Rock to Vancouver and in 1978 they formed the Payola$.[25] Hyde was the band's vocalist, Rock played guitar. Rock and Hyde were the only mainstays over the band's history, having changed bassists and drummers several times.[26]

The band released their first single, "China Boys", in 1979, and attracted the attention of A&M Records.[25] A year later their The four track EP Introducing Payola$ was released by A&M.[27] The band released the album In a Place Like This in 1981.[28] The album was produced by Rock, and was a critical success, but didn't do well commercially.[29][30]

The band attracted the attention of famed British songwriter and producer Mick Ronson, who produced Payolas' 1982 album No Stranger to Danger.[29] The album included the hit single "Eyes of a Stranger", which won the Juno Award for best single.[31] Junos were also given to Rock and Hyde for their songwriting, Rock was awarded Recording Engineer of the Year, and the band as a whole won Most Promising Group.[31]

In 1987, the band (who had by then changed their name to Paul Hyde and the Payolas) again changed their name to Rock and Hyde and had two hit singles in Canada with the song "Dirty Water", which made it to #20 on the RPM Hot 100 chart, and "I Will", which peaked at #40.[32][33] In 2007, the Payolas became briefly active once more as a touring and recording act, releasing the EP Langford Part One.[26][34]

Other musical projects

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In 1991, Rock formed the band Rockhead with ex-Payolas drummer Chris Taylor.[6] The band released one self-titled album in 1992 and two singles before splitting up.

Rock produced the five finalist songs of CBC Sports's Hockey Night in Canada Anthem Challenge in late 2008.[35][36]

Lustre Parfait, a studio album by Rock and The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, was released in 2023, five years after Downie's death.[37] The album features songs that the pair created together between 2009 and 2016.[37] Downie sang and wrote the lyrics for all songs on the album. Rock wrote the music, played guitar and produced the tracks, in addition to providing backing vocals, keyboards and percussion on some tracks.[37][38] Rock was profoundly impacted by Downie's death in 2017 and took a break from the project for several years.[37]

Benefit and charity work

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In 1985, producer and songwriter David Foster helped assemble the supergroup, Northern Lights, to record the song "Tears Are Not Enough" to raise funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia.[39][40] Hyde was one of over 50 musicians featured on the song and Rock served as one of the engineers.[39] Rock and Hyde came up with the song's title and contributed to the French lyrics along with Rachel Paiement.[39][40]

Rock executive-produced the album the 2005 War Child benefit album Help!: A Day in the Life.[5] The album included the Payolas track "At Angels Feet" and the band performed at the One X One child poverty benefit gala in Toronto the following year.[5]

Awards

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Rock has been nominated for 27 Juno Awards in various categories over his career, including "Recording Engineer of the Year", "Composer of the Year" and "Producer of the Year".[31] He 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.[31]

At 2007 Juno Awards ceremony, he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) for his lifetime contribution to popular music.[31]

In 2014, Rock won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for his work on Michael Bublé's album To Be Loved.[13]

Juno Awards

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The Juno Awards are awarded annually to Canadian musicians by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1982 "When It's Over", "It's Your Life" by Loverboy Recording Engineer of the Year Won
1983 No Stranger to Danger by Payola$ Recording Engineer of the Year Won
Worlds Away by Strange Advance Recording Engineer of the Year Nominated
Payola$ Most Promising Group of the Year Won
Eyes of a Stranger by Payola$ Composer of the Year Won
Single of the Year Won
1984 Payola$ Group of the Year Nominated
Hammer on a Drum by Payola$ Album of the Year Nominated
1987 "Wanted Dead or Alive" & "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi Recording Engineer of the Year Nominated
Bob Rock and Paul Hyde Composer of the Year Nominated
Rock and Hyde Group of the Year Nominated
Bob Rock and Paul Hyde Canadian Entertainer of the Year Nominated
1989 "Bad Medicine" by Bon Jovi Recording Engineer of the Year Nominated
1990 Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe & Blue Murder by Blue Murder Producer of the Year Nominated
1992 "Enter Sandman" by Metallica & "Primal Scream" by Mötley Crüe Producer of the Year Nominated
1993 "Bed of Roses" & "Keep the Faith" by Bon Jovi Producer of the Year Nominated
2000 "She's So High" & "If You Sleep" by Tal Bachman Producer of the Year Won
2001 "Spy" & "Just Another Phase" by The Moffatts Producer of the Year Nominated
2002 "Flavor of the Weak" by American Hi-Fi & "Make It Right" by Econoline Crush Producer of the Year Nominated
2003 "Somewhere Out There" by Our Lady Peace & "Take Me As I Am" by Tonic Producer of the Year Nominated
2005 "Welcome to My Life" & "Me Against The World" by Simple Plan Recording Engineer of the Year Nominated
"Welcome to My Life" by Simple Plan & "Some Kind Of Monster" by Metallica Producer of the Year Won
2007 "In View" & "World Container" by The Tragically Hip Producer of the Year Nominated
Bob Rock Canadian Music Hall of Fame Won
2008 "Everything" by Michael Bublé & "Bomb" by Payola$ Producer of the Year Nominated
2010 "Haven't Met You Yet" & "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" by Michael Bublé Producer of the Year Won
2012 "Only the Lonely" on Uncover Me 2 by Jann Arden Producer of the Year Nominated

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Grammy Award

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The Grammy Awards were established in 1958 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States awarding the best in the music industry.

Year Nominated work Award Result
2013 To Be Loved by Michael Bublé Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (a joint award with Michael Bublé) Won

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Personal life

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For much of his music career, Rock lived in White Rock, British Columbia.[6] In 1995, he moved with his wife and children to Maui, Hawaii, where he established his own recording studio, Plantation Studios.[12] Rock has six children, two boys and four girls.[41]

Discography

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Musician

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Producer

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Engineer/mixer

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (October 15, 2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Rich, Young and Pretty. Vol. 7. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Devlin, Mike (January 9, 2007). "Bob Rock". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. p. D4. ProQuest 348106069. Retrieved November 9, 2024. [Rock's] passion for music dates back to when he was a youngster agog over the British blues-rock sounds of the Yardbirds, Cream and Led Zeppelin. Rock's family moved to Victoria from Winnipeg when he was 12, and he immediately immersed himself in the local music scene, attending Club Tango, the Purple Onion, Nine in the Fifth and other teen live-music spots. He was in various bands as a student at Colquitz Junior High, but his approach to music changed forever when he met Paul Hyde at a Langford bus stop while both were students at Belmont High School. . . Soon, Rock and Hyde were listening to David Bowie and Slade, and then moved on to various punk acts. In the mid-'70s they toured Vancouver Island under the Paul Kane Blues Band moniker -- a precursor to The Payola$. . . Rock was also producing at the time, mostly punk acts like the Young Canadians, the Dils and the Pointed Sticks. And his reputation as a studio wizard was beginning to spread.
  3. ^ Harrison, Tom (November 30, 2003). "The Payola$ have a story to tell". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. C18. Retrieved November 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Rock and Hyde came from Victoria with a love of the flamboyant rock of David Bowie, T. Rex, Alex Harvey and Be Bop Deluxe, but they got caught up in the new wave without ever embracing that scene.
  4. ^ Barclay, Michael; Jack, Ian A.D.; Schneider, Jason (June 2011). Have Not Been The Same; The CanRock Renaissance 1985-1995. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: ECW Press. ISBN 9781554909681. Rock had landed a job as an apprentice engineer at Vancouver's premier studio and, along with Ron Obvious, began getting calls from punk bands looking to make quality recordings. "Where I was from, Victoria, there was nothing happening, so I went over to Vancouver and got a job at the studio," Rock says. "Basically, I resigned myself to the fact that nothing was going to happen for me musically. But when I started at Little Mountain in 1976, everything was beginning to bust open because of punk in England."
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  7. ^ "Classic album: The Cult - Sonic Temple". Shropshire Star. March 13, 2021. p. 51. ProQuest 2500807895. Retrieved November 9, 2024. The one-time punk/goth band mutated into one of Britain's best classic rock groups after a stuttering start way back in the early 1980s. . . Sonic Temple, however, was the record that made them bona fide rock Gods. Released in 1989, it was a beast that earned them their top chart placing on both sides of the Atlantic.
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  9. ^ a b c Bosso, Joe (March 1, 2013). "Production legend Bob Rock on 16 career-defining records". MusicRadar. Future plc. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c Reesman, Bryan (September 14, 2019). "Inside Mötley Crüe's 'Insane!' Journey To Feelgood". Billboard. Vol. 131, no. 21. p. 57. ProQuest 2296547611. Retrieved November 9, 2024. On the 30th anniversary of the glam-metal band's biggest album - 1989's Dr. Feelgood - members Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars look back at the making of the landmark record. . . While the band lost out on a Grammy - despite two nominations for best hard rock performance - it took home an American Music Award for best heavy metal/ hard rock album in 1991. . . At the start of recording Feelgood, Motley Crue opted to swap out longtime producer Tom Werman (Twisted Sister, Poison) for Canadian Bob Rock. . . They relocated to Vancouver for nearly a year to work with Rock at his Little Mountain Sound Studios.
  11. ^ LeBlanc, Larry (May 29, 1999). "Veteran Producer Bruce Fairbairn Dead at 49". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 22. p. 8. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved November 9, 2024 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ a b c d Paiva, Derek (July 24, 2003). "Musicians rock out, marvel at Maui". The Honolulu Advertiser. p. E1. ProQuest 414635129. Retrieved November 9, 2024. Rock, ... has lived on Maui for the last eight years. For the past five years, his Plantation Studios - a comfortable spread of home, ranch lands and a $1.5 million state-of-the-art recording studio on the slopes of Haleakala - has served as home to almost all of his output. . . After enough Maui vacations to qualify them for kama`aina rates at local hotels, Canadian natives Rock and his wife, Angie, moved with their four children permanently in 1995. Rock's original plan for his Maui lifestyle was to travel for projects and then return home. But that changed quickly enough when Rock brought alt-rock quartet Veruca Salt to Maui in 1996 to steer its "Eight Arms To Hold You" CD. "We ended up throwing my equipment into a house here," recalled Rock. "And they had such a great time and loved it so much that I just converted a part of my house. ... It's as full-on a studio as anywhere in the world. All the best stuff is here. I don't rent it out because, you know, it's my home. But the artists that I work with come."
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  22. ^ a b c Petrusich, Amanda (December 5, 2022). "Nothing Else Matters". The New Yorker. Vol. 98, no. 40. ProQuest 2748290666. Retrieved October 30, 2024. In 2001, Newsted left the band. . . Bob Rock agreed to temporarily fill in on bass as Metallica began work on "St. Anger," its eighth album. . . Metallica also still needed to find a permanent bassist. Robert Trujillo, a former member of the thrash-punk band Suicidal Tendencies, was invited to audition. . . That evening, Metallica offered Trujillo a place in the band. . . In what might be the most fortuitous timing in the history of documentary film, the directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky had been in place to shoot the making of "St. Anger" for a goofy promotional gimmick—a series of late-night infomercials advertising the new record. Instead, they created a full-length film, "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster," which was released in 2004.
  23. ^ Rayner, Ben (July 20, 2007). "Payolas cashing in again; Revival of the '80s Can-rock duo 'really is about the music' says Bob Rock". Toronto Star. p. E8. ProQuest 439260480. Retrieved November 9, 2024. Rock's relationship with Metallica endured through four more albums, including a stint nursemaiding the group through the fractious making of 2003's St. Anger. A replacement for ousted bassist Jason Newsted had yet to be found, so Rock sat in for the album and some early shows.
  24. ^ Welch, Andy (December 11, 2011). "Metallica's original line-up reunite at 30th anniversary show". NME. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  25. ^ a b McLaughlin, John P. (April 11, 2002). "For every song there's a story". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. B4. ProQuest 269325791. Retrieved November 9, 2024. By 1978 Rock was working at various Vancouver recording studios while Hyde was bartending when the two recorded "China Boys," winning themselves a deal with A&M Records. The Payola$ were born.
  26. ^ a b Wilton, Lisa (June 30, 2006). "Cha-Ching! Paul Hyde and Bob Rock Restart The Payola$". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. p. SW07. ProQuest 245401377. Retrieved November 9, 2024. While the band officially called it quits in 1987, core members Hyde and guitarist Bob Rock continued as Rock & Hyde until 1990. . . Rock and Hyde have recently been writing and recording songs for a new Payola$ CD, slated for a year-end release.
  27. ^ Williams, Isaac (June 28, 1980). "The Brains ... Nothing Upstairs". Victoria Times. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. p. 31. Retrieved November 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. About a year ago Vancouver band The Payolas put out an energetic homemade single called China Boys, dealing with China's westernization. Sales were impressive enough to cause A & M records to sign the band and then launch them with another gimmick. Introducing The Payolas is a low priced 12-in EP with four good songs including China Boys.
  28. ^ Harrison, Tom (July 30, 1981). "Payola hurting more at home". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. D2. Retrieved November 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. In a Place Like This was begun at Little Mountain but completed at Le Studio, Andre Perry's state of the hart facility outside Montreal and a neutral setting for The Payolas to develop their material.
  29. ^ a b McIlroy, Randal (May 19, 1982). "Payolas travel in good company". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. p. 30. Retrieved November 9, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.com. Former David Bowie collaborator Mick Ronson produced the band's new LP, played keyboards and sang backup on it, and is serving as the Payolas' extra member on tour. . . Ronson first heard about the Payolas when they were looking for a producer for their first album, In a Place Like This. He heard the tapes and offered to produce, but the Payolas were pressed for time. It was left to Rock, who produced records by the Young Canadians and Pointed Sticks, to twist the dials.
  30. ^ Hall, Neal (February 11, 1982). "Mick Ronson rocks Payola$ into shape". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. C3. Retrieved November 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Landing a major producer like Ronson has given the Payola$ a much-needed boost. Their first album was well received critically, but didn't sell well.
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  34. ^ Lee, Jenny (July 28, 2007). "'Payola' isn't a dirty word to Bob Rock". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. F2. Retrieved November 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. The new Payola$ CD, Langford (Part 1). . . "We kinda put this out just to get out there and play these dates and not leave it too long," Rock says.
  35. ^ "Future hockey anthem down to the final five". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. October 3, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  36. ^ "Finalists named in Hockey Anthem Challenge". CBC News. October 9, 2008. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  37. ^ a b c d Wheeler, Brad (May 9, 2023). "Inside Bob Rock's album with Gord Downie". The Globe and Mail. p. A12. ProQuest 2811135880. Retrieved November 9, 2024. Lustre Parfait, recorded intermittently between 2009 and 2016 . . . Downie sang and wrote the lyrics. Rock...wrote the music, played the guitars and put it all together . . . After Downie's brain cancer diagnosis, Rock raced to finish the record but failed to complete the work by the time the singer died in 2017. At that point, he stepped away, the emotions too much. "I couldn't deal with it, to be quite honest."
  38. ^ Lustre Parfait at Discogs
  39. ^ a b c Boyd, Denny (February 13, 1985). "Canadian voices cry out to help the starving". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. A3. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. The most unique moment in Canadian entertainment history ended at 2:20 a.m. Monday when the final sustained line -- "Heaven knows that tears are no enough -- of a song call Tears Are Not Enough, crashed out of 50 Canadians like a mass plea. . . Vancouver's Jim Vallance put together the initial music track in his home studio and later recorded it at Little Mountain Sound with musicians Paul Dean, David Sinclair, Steve Denroche, Doug Johnson and sound engineers Bob Rock and Mike Fraser. Rock and Paul Hyde came up with a title for the unwritten song, Tears Are Not Enough.
  40. ^ a b Patch, Nick (April 9, 2010). "'Tears' turns 25: Foster, Murray, Hart reflect on 'Tears Are Not Enough'". Whitehorse Daily Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. p. 44. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. The composition...was eventually sung by Northern Lights, a hastily assembled group that included Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Burton Cummings, Anne Murray and Oscar Peterson, with proceeds going to famine-relief projects in Ethiopia. . . Rachel Paiement, Paul Hyde and Bob Rock contributed French words.
  41. ^ Bliss, Karen (April 2007). "Profile: Bob Rock". Professional Sound. Vol. 18, no. 2. Norris-Whitney Communications. p. 21. ProQuest 229564851. Retrieved November 9, 2024. He lives in Maui, which has to add to his happiness. He has a beautiful wife and six children, two boys and four girls, ages 11 to 28. The two eldest are on their own.
  42. ^ Alex Hudson, "Gord Downie and Bob Rock's Collaborative Album Gets Release Date, New Single". Exclaim!, November 22, 2022.
  43. ^ "Bob Rock | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  44. ^ Stenson, Elaine (March 27, 2019). "Mötley Crüe Releases 'The Dirt' Soundtrack".
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2001–03 		Succeeded by
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