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Bob Rock

“It is an honour to join great producers like Bob Ezrin, Bruce Fairbairn, Daniel Lanois, Jack Richardson and David Foster in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame,” said Rock. “They are all giants of the industry, and to be recognized means that I had to have worked with truly great artists. I thank them for their confidence and inspiration.” Rock has also been recognized with more than 20 JUNO nominations in various categories related to producing, engineering, composing and performing.

Born Robert Jens Rock in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved and grew up in Victoria, B.C. He began his music career as an original member of the ’80s rock band The Payolas, best known for the hit single “Eyes of a Stranger.” He also ventured out with Payolas lead singer Paul Hyde to form the band Rock & Hyde and recorded “Dirty Water,” which became a hit in Canada.

Despite his early successes as a performer, Rock would soon turn his attention to producing. He started out putting his studio touch on recordings by Canadian punk bands as well as his own music with The Payolas and quickly built up

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Bob Rock

Canadian record producer

For the heavy metal singer, see Rob Rock. For the drummer, see Bobby Rock. For the American Olympic luger, see Bob Rock Jr.

Musical artist

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 b

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Bob Rock was either going to be a geologist or a musician. What else could you be with a name like Bob Rock? Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Rock set aside ice hockey for electric guitar and began playing in a series of bands. When he was 14, the family moved to Victoria in British Columbia to a town called Langford and finding himself alone and without friends, began to immerse himself in music. He heard the Rolling Stones on Ed Sullivan and that became aware of the blues. “The [Jeff] Beck ‘Truth‘ album and ‘Led Zeppelin I,'” he says by way of the type of English blues that caught his attention. “I bought those and that was it. It was a done deal for me. Luckily enough Victoria happened to have a kind of blues scene as well. So I started playing guitar in kind of a bluesy, Doorsy kind of band and played high schools and all that stuff. It was a great breeding ground for me.” He eventually coerced his parents into paying for a local recording course and would go on to work with everybody from a series of Canadian punk b