Andrew Talks To Awesome People Ft. Bob Rock

Bob Rock has produced one of the world's best selling records of all time, The Black Album by Metallica, which according to SoundScan has sold more than 16 million copies in the United States alone. Bob has also worked with legendary bands such as The Cult, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi and Michael Bublé. In this interview, Bob opens up about how performance is key, how to manage different inputs and feelings from band members, favorite failures, the story behind the production of St. Anger, challenges and stories behind The Black Album, and so much more in this wide ranging interview. Guest's Credits: Metallica Sarah McLachlan Black Veil Brides Michael Bublé Bon Jovi The Cult Veruca Salt #blackalbum #metallica #andrewscheps 00:00 Introduction 02:45 Hello from Little Mountain Sound Studios 3:32 About Bob Rock early age of discovering music 6:03 Bob Rock on discovering the guitar with "Psychotic Reaction" from The Count Five 7:18 Discovering guitar tones with Led Zeppelin 7:50 on Getting a Supro Amp and Fender Esquire to get Jimmy Page guitar tone 10:10 How Bob produce guitar tone to make records 13:19 Bob Rock on getting his engineering experience from the 70s 13:48 On Bob's mentors and stories behind Little Mountain Sound Studios 15:19 On moving to Victoria 17:33 On Bob's first Cover band "The Wine" 19:06 Being influenced/meeting blues guitarists in his youth 20:30 Pete Townshend rhythm playing 22:06 On buying records and discovering the MC5 23:09 On meeting Paul Hyde 24:42 1973: going to London 24:53 Spending nights at the legendary club 'The Marquee Club' in London 27:11 Highlights from his stay in London and Europe 32:00 On being really into ''sounds' than the song 34:00 On discovering Sgt Pepper's Lonely hearts Club band through school PA's 34:55 on listening to Ogre Battle from Queen 36:15 Stereo Vs Mono Beatles pressing in Canada? 37:05 I never listen on headphones until a couple of years ago... 37:52 On ending up at little Mountain Studio 41:47 Bob's first tasks at Little Mountain 43:55 Learning from his mentors 46:47 On starting to record on his own 49:45 On punk music and the music business 52:35 Starting to write music 54:00 Getting signed after recording/distributing his first record 56:52 Trying to get Mick Ronson to produce his music with The Payolas 58:35 Getting a drum machine and writing a song with The Payolas 1:00:35 On having his song stream on the radio "Eyes of A Stranger" by The Payolas 1:03:24 On meeting Bruce Fairbrain 1:09:43 On studio footage with Metallica 1:11:25 On producing other punk records The Modernettes 1:22:29 On becoming a producer after walking away 1:14:49 On Kingdom Come record 1:19:21 On Paul Dean from the Loverboy and mixing the record 1:22:00 On making The Cult record 1:23:26 On seeing Metallica live during ''The Justice Tour" 1:27:16 Meeting Metallica at their peak 1:29:06 On Metallica influences and sharing ideas 1:31:33 On Communication during the Black Album 1:41:26 On "Nothing Else Matters" 1:45:30 On finding "home" aka tempo of a song 1:49:11 ⚡ Chris Isaak Vocal sound inspiration as a secret for Metallica Black Album Vocal sound⚡ 1:53:06 Q&A 2:04:21 ⚡The secret of Metallica "Black album" guitar Sound⚡ 2:10:24 ⚡Using shakers on Metallica "Black Album" "Sad But True" to "move" the song⚡ 2:20:16 Bob thoughts on The Black Album "remasters" after all those years About Bob Rock: Robert Jens Rock is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer, best known for producing rock bands and music artists such as Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, the Tragically Read more about Bob Rock exclusive interview on pureMix: https://v2.puremix.com/blog/an-interview-with-bob-rock.html About Andrew Scheps: Andrew Scheps is a music producer, mixing engineer and record label owner based in the United Kingdom. He has received Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album for his work on Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium, Album Of The Year for Adele's 21, and also Best Reggae Album for Ziggy Marley's Fly Rasta. Read more about Andrew Scheps: https://www.puremix.com/mentors/andrew-scheps _____________________________________ Wanna learn what’s not on YouTube? Join the largest community of producers and engineers. Produce, Record, Mix & Master with Puremix 💬 Get feedback on your mixes and music: https://mix-tank.puremix.com/ 🎧 Train your ears in our How To listen series: https://puremix.com/library/tutorials/how-to-listen 📺 Learn what’s not on youtube w/ +400 videos: https://puremix.com/library/tutorials 👥 Learn more about our mentors: https://puremix.com/mentors Follow Puremix for exclusive excerpts and latest news: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/puremix.videos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/puremixonline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PuremixOnline