Icons: Metallica Producer Bob Rock

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  • Опубліковано 6 січ 2020
  • In this brand new long form series, Gibson sits down with some of the most iconic artists, producers and music business pioneers the industry has ever known.
    In this episode, Gibson speaks with producer Bob Rock and learns about his early years in Canada, the love of guitar and his musical journey that has spanned over 40 years.
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  • @griiseknoen
    @griiseknoen 4 роки тому +1338

    Bob: _I'm tired of arguing._
    James: _No, you're not._
    Priceless.

    • @orangutanxremix510
      @orangutanxremix510 4 роки тому +2

      😂

    • @lolxdroflmao
      @lolxdroflmao 4 роки тому +40

      I can picture Bob in my head having a ptsd twitch everytime the Black Album is mentioned xD

    • @dribblesg2
      @dribblesg2 4 роки тому +27

      I love how it took Bob a few seconds to realize he'd been trolled. James was quick on that one.

    • @peter10245
      @peter10245 4 роки тому +4

      @@lolxdroflmao For Sure Man. They were caved in there at this Studio for i don´t know how long.

    • @peter10245
      @peter10245 4 роки тому +6

      @@lolxdroflmao For Sure Man. The making of looks pretty stressfull but it paid out in the End. The Bass Intro for my Friend of Misery is so cool. They should have kept Jason i don´t know. Rob is cool though but Jason was more in the Songwriting and wanted to get in there where Rob seems mor like a hired Guy.

  • @pixel_glitched
    @pixel_glitched 3 роки тому +1439

    I will never forget how he basically _EXORCISED_ that solo out of Kirk Hammett when making The Unforgiven. One of the best solos on that record; one of my favorites, period. Kirk was just having a hard time that day - and Bob just pushed him, and pushed him, until _that solo_ came out - and it was glorious.

    • @axeloverstad7383
      @axeloverstad7383 3 роки тому +27

      @agl He wasn't fine with it. Kirk wanted to have solos but Lars said no, because he thought solos were outdated.

    • @scottthompson6581
      @scottthompson6581 3 роки тому +9

      BUT WHERE IS DA WAH?

    • @nckhed
      @nckhed 3 роки тому +20

      @@axeloverstad7383 Isn't that from the SKOM documentary, though?

    • @vladv5126
      @vladv5126 3 роки тому +29

      @@axeloverstad7383 that was on St Anger, the original post is talking about the Black album.

    • @10NESS3E
      @10NESS3E 3 роки тому +12

      YES. This is exactly what I think of when I hear Bob's name. Makes me wanna pick up my guitar and not put it back down.

  • @MoonshineSazerac
    @MoonshineSazerac 3 роки тому +1287

    He sounds like he's on the cusp of bursting into tears.

    • @owenbehr9869
      @owenbehr9869 3 роки тому +65

      yeah I was thinking the same thing.

    • @VBshredder
      @VBshredder 3 роки тому +153

      My guess is dealing with some condition as the years add up.

    • @muriloninja
      @muriloninja 3 роки тому +68

      I said this long ago in the comments but I'm back and again I hope he is doing well because this doesn't look well...Bob is one of the absolute hands down GOAT producers IMO!

    • @hhhugbkj
      @hhhugbkj 3 роки тому +39

      Spasmodic dysphonia

    • @georgiosnmanesiotis9561
      @georgiosnmanesiotis9561 3 роки тому +67

      Correct me if i'm wrong but i have a feeling i noticed something similar to Kirk Hammett's interview as well...

  • @CL-jm7pl
    @CL-jm7pl 3 роки тому +264

    "Learning all of Cliffs parts...... fuck me....." says it all
    RIP

    • @facelessandnameless
      @facelessandnameless 3 роки тому +6

      I laughed out loud on that part 😅

    • @LDN76
      @LDN76 2 роки тому +2

      Its hard to copy a sloppy bassplayer

    • @michaelsteven1090
      @michaelsteven1090 2 роки тому

      @@LDN76 theyre all sloppy..

    • @ChadTheAlcoholic
      @ChadTheAlcoholic 2 роки тому +7

      @@LDN76 off by sloppy you mean genuine and timeless

    • @LDN76
      @LDN76 2 роки тому

      Yeah, just like Sid Vicious

  • @shawnmcvey7789
    @shawnmcvey7789 4 роки тому +958

    He has the tranquility of a really well behaved, elderly golden retriever.

    • @davep5647
      @davep5647 4 роки тому +10

      a golden retriever that drinks Molsons...

    • @fredriksvard2603
      @fredriksvard2603 4 роки тому +7

      Seems jittery though

    • @theflatulentfreddy1
      @theflatulentfreddy1 4 роки тому +1

      He lives in Maui doesn't he?

    • @Frip36
      @Frip36 4 роки тому +2

      HHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHA

    • @Frip36
      @Frip36 4 роки тому +1

      @Batphink Reynolds dumb

  • @niptodstan
    @niptodstan 4 роки тому +711

    You'd never get this on TV. This is what UA-cam is for.

  • @lkracker7
    @lkracker7 2 роки тому +189

    His take on St Anger and being okay with taking the heat so that they’d stay together gives me a new appreciation not only for the album itself, but for Bob. Wow

    • @user-el3gn5yl2w
      @user-el3gn5yl2w Рік тому +3

      St Anger ruined his career, he disappeared after that

    • @MetaITurtle
      @MetaITurtle Рік тому +4

      @@user-el3gn5yl2w Maybe so but it's cool to know he did that to save Metallica in a way. He's already taken blame for other things so he's used to it and is ok with it

    • @markcrooks6039
      @markcrooks6039 Рік тому +8

      @@user-el3gn5yl2w LOL ruined his career... please...

    • @fatimapalacios2292
      @fatimapalacios2292 Рік тому +2

      @@user-el3gn5yl2w Nope, he produced Crazy Love and that album was a number 1. If anything, he sorta disappeared after The Offspring album.
      Edit: Also Ultra beat down by dragonforce was not prodced by him, but he did produced 2004 Simple plan's album that had welcome to my life which is a great track and he produced some Bush albums. After "let the bad times roll" he sorta chilled out a bit, so that would be on the Offspring hehe.

    • @sleevelessace
      @sleevelessace Рік тому +5

      its odd ive never thought that was a bad album cause as a little kid i watched some kind of monster and that got me EVEN MORE into metallica cause it showed me a side tot them there music and music videos couldnt show me so, that album i really liked only when i got older i found out it was recognized as probably one of the worst albums they put out.. i was like what??? its not the best but no where near the worst

  • @nickm.9474
    @nickm.9474 4 роки тому +1013

    A minute in and I'm just saddened hearing him. Seems like yesterday I was watching the making of the black album.
    That was 30 years ago!! I'm just having a real hard problem growing old and seeing my heros age.

    • @TwitterAR3
      @TwitterAR3 4 роки тому +58

      So AM I Nick.... Getting old brings a LOT of emotional baggage to the surface.

    • @eviegas77
      @eviegas77 4 роки тому +48

      Same here, man, I am 42.

    • @Old-Skull.
      @Old-Skull. 4 роки тому +76

      @@eviegas77 fuckin shit you are a kid ,42 is not old , buddy ,not these days ,you are in the best years ,mature enough ,but no old brother , when we are young we don't have the essential baggage for life ,we are just collecting ,learning , at 40 you are supposed to learned enough to enjoy the good things in life .
      Enjoy it ,you have so much to live

    • @JK-ns5dr
      @JK-ns5dr 4 роки тому +15

      Same here, I recently saw a picture of Ian Gillan, Holy crap he got old, which means I got old too, Damn......

    • @eviegas77
      @eviegas77 4 роки тому +17

      @@Old-Skull. thank you, I don't feel like a kid at all though, seeing my friends' kids going to college and knowing that most people that work with me were born in the 90's! 🤣 But thank you again for your kind words. Good things come with being mature as well, obviously, so let's just enjoy life!

  • @BassManDan1018
    @BassManDan1018 4 роки тому +499

    Best part of this? He barely mentions guitars. Feels like Gibson has faith in the audience to understand their name is associated throughout, embedded in the subtext of rock n roll. No need shove it down our throat and try to shift units. Brilliant interview. More like this please. Music music music!

    • @gibsonguitar
      @gibsonguitar  4 роки тому +79

      Glad you enjoyed it! More episodes to come!

    • @offspringfan89
      @offspringfan89 4 роки тому +8

      Well said bro, Gibson indeed is aware of its legacy into rock n roll.

    • @whatyoumakeofit6635
      @whatyoumakeofit6635 4 роки тому +5

      @@gibsonguitar glad to see you guys are finally getting it right. Seems that right oeiple are in the right positions now. Maybe. Well see

    • @KsiazeIgor
      @KsiazeIgor 4 роки тому +3

      @@gibsonguitar We're waiting to get this Jerry Cantrell episode. Sooo cool!

    • @cementheed
      @cementheed 4 роки тому +8

      Exactly! These kinds of interviews are why people buy guitars. I was at my local Guitar Center and they were SO busy, they're ALWAYS busy. Whoever said the electric guitar is dead was very, very wrong!

  • @viccypress6292
    @viccypress6292 3 роки тому +23

    "Cut to the chase and fucking play ok..."
    - Bob Rock
    🤘

  • @pandabearguy1
    @pandabearguy1 4 роки тому +1039

    To this day the black album is still one of the best sounding records of all time.

    • @endezeichengrimm
      @endezeichengrimm 4 роки тому +45

      Don't forget Load and Reload.

    • @Syklonus
      @Syklonus 4 роки тому +76

      @@endezeichengrimm I agree. Whatever people think of Load and ReLoad in a musical sense, no one can deny that the production on those albums was top notch.

    • @ningan1266
      @ningan1266 4 роки тому +1

      erlend myhre absolutely

    • @jeanphilippelandry8295
      @jeanphilippelandry8295 4 роки тому +44

      The way he pushed kirk for the the unforgiven's solo.

    • @brandonwoodson9348
      @brandonwoodson9348 4 роки тому

      I have it, it's still great...

  • @grua77
    @grua77 4 роки тому +383

    The first thing that struck me is he still has GREAT hair!

    • @m.a.4949
      @m.a.4949 4 роки тому +2

      Plugs

    • @siriusfun
      @siriusfun 4 роки тому +14

      @@m.a.4949 ^Jealous.

    • @iganpparamarta8813
      @iganpparamarta8813 4 роки тому +11

      Simple. Good genes. I’ve seen a patient, in late 60s with multiple disease (bless his heart) with hair like Chewbacca. Thick wavy without the slightest receding hairline. Imagine young david coverdale

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 4 роки тому

      Paramarta Iganp - David Cover Version

    • @buckodonnghaile4309
      @buckodonnghaile4309 3 роки тому +6

      @@iganpparamarta8813 my dad had a full, really full head of hair in his 80s....my brother and I weren't so lucky.

  • @CarRamrod-uf2ub
    @CarRamrod-uf2ub 4 роки тому +363

    42:06 for Metallica, but you really have to watch the whole video.

    • @Blaine748
      @Blaine748 4 роки тому +11

      Christian Arellano thank you for this time stamp!

    • @beefcake0354
      @beefcake0354 4 роки тому +7

      and justice for all .... I always hope they keep the reel tapes, then one day remix it all.

    • @jeanphilippelandry8295
      @jeanphilippelandry8295 4 роки тому +8

      At 2min, i knew that i will not skip to 42min.

    • @resco91
      @resco91 3 роки тому +1

      Let's be honest he's only know for that one album either than that no one actually gives a damn on his work 😬

    • @copyofacopyofa
      @copyofacopyofa 3 роки тому

      @@beefcake0354 apparently the original tapes have been completely shredded over time, making a remix would be near impossible at this point sadly, unless all of the original stems are preserved somewhere else.

  • @anthonyanderson5787
    @anthonyanderson5787 4 роки тому +565

    "Why is everything in E?"
    "Its the lowest note"
    Lmfao

    • @achrisofalltrades5620
      @achrisofalltrades5620 4 роки тому +50

      Did you ever try detuning??
      "No..."

    • @traileater
      @traileater 4 роки тому +12

      I guess they could never play a sabbath song right before that moment lol. This is too funny

    • @shlomoshekelwitz7690
      @shlomoshekelwitz7690 4 роки тому +58

      The Thing That Should Not Be tho.

    • @KsiazeIgor
      @KsiazeIgor 4 роки тому +9

      @@shlomoshekelwitz7690 , was about to say it. That is a whole step down tuning too

    • @AJesus-ie1fp
      @AJesus-ie1fp 4 роки тому +2

      Minute?

  • @honigdachs.
    @honigdachs. 3 роки тому +111

    This guy should be sainted for making the best suggestion in the history of music: telling Metallica to slow "Sad But True" down and drop it a wholestep. This alone birthed the most monolithic, heaviest, colossal, iconic Metal song of all time. And then the production he got on that thing as well - just out of this world.

    • @coldacre
      @coldacre 3 роки тому +8

      not sure why he made up the part about them saying “no we’ve never detuned before”. they’d already done it on the “The thing that should not be”

    • @honigdachs.
      @honigdachs. 3 роки тому +3

      @@coldacreYeah, it's factually incorrect - "Thing" was indeed already tuned down to D.

    • @joshuanicely8722
      @joshuanicely8722 3 роки тому

      I agree... except for the whole 'no bass' thing

    • @honigdachs.
      @honigdachs. 3 роки тому

      @@joshuanicely8722 What do you mean? Bass being too low?

    • @detts5082
      @detts5082 2 роки тому

      The Thing That Should Not Be is D and they played it in Seattle in C# Standard

  • @w1third
    @w1third 4 роки тому +244

    This is the best thing Gibson has put out in a long time.....

    • @gibsonguitar
      @gibsonguitar  4 роки тому +36

      Thanks for watching!

    • @Qwerty-ks8dn
      @Qwerty-ks8dn 4 роки тому +1

      Bob Rock helped destroy rock music. Nomen NO est omen.

    • @siriusfun
      @siriusfun 4 роки тому +2

      @@Qwerty-ks8dn Nah. Chris Lord Alge, however...

    • @marccebula7822
      @marccebula7822 3 роки тому +1

      The BEST thing Gibson put out? What about their guitars like the infamous Les Paul's? LOL!

    • @filipdemeyst8842
      @filipdemeyst8842 3 роки тому +2

      @@marccebula7822 nono: THIS is the best thing they've put out In a long time.

  • @curtisbanghart9584
    @curtisbanghart9584 4 роки тому +269

    I remember as a kid asking my parents to rent a year-and-a-half in the life of Metallica every time we went to the store. It was on VHS tape and there was two tapes. I've been playing guitar now for 20 years and I'm telling you watching that made me want to play guitar for the rest of my life. I'm just a nobody but I Love to play. So thanks for the inspiration Bob Rock and Metallica.

    • @therealsamho
      @therealsamho 4 роки тому +7

      Preach. I had part 1 for a while and then finally part 2. I remember rewinding the bit where Kirk is laying down the solo for Struggle Wtihin over and over and being completely blown away. I can't believe how time flies.

    • @maximsevastianov
      @maximsevastianov 4 роки тому +8

      I think I watched "year and a half" so much that tapes got worn out)) Jasons lines for Sad and Tread blew me away and there was no way back, playing bass ever since!

    • @rogerf7229
      @rogerf7229 4 роки тому +2

      Hi just gotta say, VHS movie tapes are a quarter each at garage sales. So I have like 600 movies now. 10 fit in a cardboard flat that holds 24 cans. So when you have 3 stacks of those, it's easy to count the movies.

    • @choktmusic
      @choktmusic 4 роки тому +3

      Curtis Banghart I watched that documentary everyday after school for a year straight man hah. Big inspiration to me as well

    • @jaylinsa
      @jaylinsa 3 роки тому

      Got a lot of inspiration watching that film back in the day

  • @dickielarue1451
    @dickielarue1451 3 роки тому +92

    Behind the greatest albums of all time, is a producer...he's not there to be nice, and bring you a cup of tea, stroke your ego...He's there to kick your ass and bring out the best of you...Thank you Mr. Rock!

    • @gogigogic1936
      @gogigogic1936 2 роки тому +1

      Production is over rated. If the song is good, production is not so important.

    • @Vlad-oe1uo
      @Vlad-oe1uo 2 роки тому +7

      Dumbest and most clueless reply that I have ever laid my eyes on’......

    • @yoadmaimon2007
      @yoadmaimon2007 2 роки тому +2

      @@gogigogic1936 you really think metallica's black album was that enjoyable if someone else produced it? Soundically that's one of the best sounding productions you'll hear even to this day. Plus being a rock and metal producer is a lot harder than what those dumb ass beat makers with pads and key controllers make these days. This man also produced metallica's load and reload, since than everything has changed wih their sound because the replaced a producer, and now they sound like shit

  • @leascaart
    @leascaart 2 роки тому +103

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SERIES!! You have to continue producing these. PLEASE!!

    • @gibsonguitar
      @gibsonguitar  2 роки тому +28

      Icons: Dave Mustaine coming soon

    • @SwagCashMoney
      @SwagCashMoney Рік тому +1

      @@gibsonguitar please do more of these

    • @gibsonguitar
      @gibsonguitar  Рік тому +2

      @@SwagCashMoney More coming very soon!

    • @SwagCashMoney
      @SwagCashMoney Рік тому

      @@gibsonguitar legends! You wanna tell me who it is? 😉 I'll keep it between us I swear!

  • @user-bx7wi2pq1y
    @user-bx7wi2pq1y 10 місяців тому +15

    I met Bob in 82 when I was in a band called The Metros. We did a demo with him at Little Mountain and opened some Payolas shows. I’m so happy to see the positive trajectory his life has taken the last 40 years

  • @bevo65
    @bevo65 4 роки тому +111

    I saw Bob in the film Some Kind of Monster and came away thinking he was the only grown-up in that whole project. I looked over at my wife and said "I really like this guy." Such a great person.

    • @TheBC313
      @TheBC313 2 роки тому

      Agreed. I loved him in that doc

  • @Twobarpsi
    @Twobarpsi 3 роки тому +58

    Bob: "Why is it all in E?"
    James: *"It's the lowest note!"*
    😂😂😂🤘🤘🤘

    • @339blackdiamond
      @339blackdiamond 3 роки тому +2

      that impression was so spot on too 😂😂

  • @frankpaws
    @frankpaws 3 роки тому +47

    Bob Rock was why I got into production and engineering.

    • @jerallthingsmetal24
      @jerallthingsmetal24 3 роки тому

      My highschool year book, I wrote "I wanna be the next Bob Rock" because of what he did for Motley and Metallica.......

    • @frankpaws
      @frankpaws 3 роки тому

      @@jerallthingsmetal24 Awesome. When I was in High School, they called me Lil Vai, so I was going the guitar route. Then grunge hit just as I graduated.

    • @user-ux1vj9vx7s
      @user-ux1vj9vx7s 2 роки тому

      @@frankpaws Well, at least you were more than Qualified

  • @CaribSurfKing1
    @CaribSurfKing1 4 роки тому +107

    "I was too loud for James Hetfield" .....classic

    • @carlosrobles5591
      @carlosrobles5591 4 роки тому +22

      @lhavenothingtosay Well, if there's anyone who should be allowed to have an ego is James Hetfield. He is a genius songwriter.

    • @poshdan1988
      @poshdan1988 4 роки тому +9

      lhavenothingtosay why do people persist in making digs at him? Do grow up.

    • @DC-yl4vc
      @DC-yl4vc 4 роки тому +2

      @@poshdan1988 jealousy

  • @LinusKnight
    @LinusKnight 4 роки тому +419

    BOB ROCK!!!!! THE REASON THE BLACK ALBUM WAS ICONIC!!!!!!

    • @netrioter
      @netrioter 4 роки тому +26

      and castrated Kirk Hammett on St. Anger. pure genius

    • @brandonwoodson9348
      @brandonwoodson9348 4 роки тому +4

      He was arrogant but with a purpose. He was reason why they stayed together...

    • @dustywooddell
      @dustywooddell 4 роки тому +11

      I'd have to argue that James, Kirk, Lars and Jason are the reason Black Album is iconic.

    • @elproducto78
      @elproducto78 4 роки тому +1

      well part of

    • @loveandpeace9908
      @loveandpeace9908 4 роки тому

      😆😆😆😆😆

  • @greghampton71
    @greghampton71 3 роки тому +28

    "I was just a 13 year old kid wanting to own a Gibson guitar and now Gibson made me a guitar."
    That had a lot of weight to it. He's had a great 40 year career and I enjoyed listening to his story. Thanks Bob for sitting down and giving us that.

  • @Crinkle65
    @Crinkle65 4 місяці тому +6

    Can we have more of these..I love the Icon series

  • @kenpumphrey8384
    @kenpumphrey8384 3 роки тому +29

    I don't play guitar, I didn't know who this guy was/is, don't know how I got into this video, but I watched the entire interview. Bob seems like such a good dude. I'm glad I got to see this.

  • @bobbyosborne2375
    @bobbyosborne2375 4 роки тому +80

    This guy knows good tone. He knows how to capture sound.

    • @mattyc.9332
      @mattyc.9332 4 роки тому +2

      I agree. I loved the sound of the Black Album....

    • @bobbyosborne2375
      @bobbyosborne2375 4 роки тому +4

      @@mattyc.9332 That was the best sounding Metallica album

    • @ekbJackson
      @ekbJackson 4 роки тому

      This guy did nothing, except black album. All others his "work" is shit. St. Anger, the Offspring!!! How after black album Metallica record too bassing load/reload and dirty st anger?? How about the offspring americana, and album with bob rock?

  • @adrian9098
    @adrian9098 4 роки тому +42

    Bob Rock: Just detune your low E in D
    James Hetfiled: Wow this guy is a fucking genius!

    • @coldacre
      @coldacre 3 роки тому +3

      except James had already done that 5 years earlier on “The thing that should not be”

    • @MasterChris666
      @MasterChris666 2 роки тому

      lol

    • @47279J
      @47279J 2 роки тому +1

      @@coldacre Tru dat. Some bad guitar tabs say it's s in drop D but quite clearly it isn't. Maybe he forgot about that.

    • @larklark2472
      @larklark2472 2 роки тому

      @@coldacre its in c sharp bud

    • @coldacre
      @coldacre 2 роки тому

      @@larklark2472 no it ain’t. the song is actually in the key E. the first note Hetfield sings is an E, the song resolves in the the key of E.

  • @Barlow88
    @Barlow88 3 роки тому +50

    53:09 That is a perfect example of why Bob Rock is such a gift to the music industry. It's not just a job for him, it's a true passion. :)

  • @Guireles2007
    @Guireles2007 4 роки тому +83

    Bob Rock is rock's history. His name is embedded in some of the best sounding rock and metal records of all time.

    • @charlesrocks
      @charlesrocks 4 роки тому +2

      His SOUND is embedded in some of the best rock and metal albums of the latter half of the 20th Century.

    • @Qwerty-ks8dn
      @Qwerty-ks8dn 4 роки тому +5

      Don't you mean some of the cheesiest awful commercial trash ever recorded. He is worse than Mutt Lange.

    • @mottosierra1372
      @mottosierra1372 4 роки тому +8

      @@Qwerty-ks8dn bull shit no one can come close to him about produce and create a sound like he did back when no internet and pro tools so dont come here to repeat all the shit that you just read from morons on the internet

    • @alistairclifton1286
      @alistairclifton1286 4 роки тому +7

      @@Qwerty-ks8dn You are a moron.

    • @Guireles2007
      @Guireles2007 4 роки тому +3

      @@charlesrocks You are correct Sir.

  • @misterslats
    @misterslats 4 роки тому +95

    The coolest thing Bob Rock ever did? At a time that he was still arguably the biggest rock and roll producer in the world about 15 years ago - when his fee and points on sales would be in the high six figures - he had a few weeks off and he offered to produce a record for Canada's most famous punk band DOA. Between 79-82 Bob had worked with most of the big punk acts in Vancouver but he had never gotten DOA in the studio then. So he offered to do a record for them decades later and didn't charge them his producer's fee purely because he wanted to have a DOA record under his belt.

    • @ivansnegireff8483
      @ivansnegireff8483 4 роки тому +1

      nice

    • @shadcovert1160
      @shadcovert1160 3 роки тому +5

      Goes to show his genuine love and passion for the music.

    • @ddanann8849
      @ddanann8849 3 роки тому +3

      He used to hangout at the Mabuhey in SF . He was always a nice guy and Canadian polite. The rockers would hang at the Stone across the street but he could usually be found at the Mab...As well as Buth Vig and Jack Endino

  • @simonealbertini5580
    @simonealbertini5580 3 роки тому +578

    Unpopular opinion : also Load and Reload are very good albums.

    • @danielbonora343
      @danielbonora343 3 роки тому +31

      I saw Bob in the film Some Kind of Monster and came away thinking he was the only grown-up in that whole project. I looked over at my wife and said "I really like this guy." Such a great person.

    • @MartinguttenMakkaron
      @MartinguttenMakkaron 3 роки тому

      Agreed

    • @duder6666
      @duder6666 3 роки тому +14

      Load and Reload have the best tone I've ever heard imo.

    • @sourcemonkey
      @sourcemonkey 3 роки тому +13

      It's not unpopular, it just takes a single unbiased listen to understand how good both those albums actually are. listen to Metal Up Your Podcast, they explain it best.

    • @JF-lt5zc
      @JF-lt5zc 3 роки тому +5

      @@sourcemonkey Meh. They were trying too hard. Or not trying hard enough? Dunno. But a rock album shouldn't have to be explained to be good. It should just be good.

  • @Chrishagen
    @Chrishagen 3 роки тому +3

    Clearly a proud Canadian 🇨🇦

  • @TrevzTv
    @TrevzTv 4 роки тому +64

    Tommy Lee’s drums sound so good on dr.feelgood

  • @jcsk8
    @jcsk8 4 роки тому +42

    Thanks for the Black Album.

    • @grandwazoo1696
      @grandwazoo1696 4 роки тому +1

      @Dio Black I second that emotion!!!

    • @bigmike5785
      @bigmike5785 4 роки тому +3

      The black album is trash. Bob ruined Metallica

    • @ulfingvar1
      @ulfingvar1 4 роки тому +3

      @@bigmike5785 Did he write the songs? No! If there is anything wrong with the album (and there isn't, but, hey, taste is taste) it is the composers' fault = Metallica!

  • @richardkhowe
    @richardkhowe 3 роки тому +44

    What I loved the most about this video was Bob Rocks humility, its a distinctly Canadian attribute

  • @WayneBarroncffcs
    @WayneBarroncffcs 4 роки тому +12

    He sounds so humble and so very nervous in this.
    Love it.

    • @jonathan.sullivan
      @jonathan.sullivan 4 роки тому

      During the Load, Re-Load years he was kinda full of himself. Glad to see time has humbled him into appreciation.

  • @dacechasinghawk3910
    @dacechasinghawk3910 4 роки тому +7

    As a Hardcore Metallica fan? I stuck with Metallica since as a late bloomer to Metallica in '89 when I first saw them live at age 12yrs and only knew "ONE" song which was "One". Changed my life, I was true to Metallica through Load and Re-Load to now here in 2020. I just wanna say Thank You Bob Rock. You still are part of my life, I still and will forever listen to all your production work from The Cult to Motley to Metallica. You will always be the 5th member of Metallica to me. Bob F'n Rock!!!!

  • @laurentfargues8113
    @laurentfargues8113 4 роки тому +23

    From Whitenake to the black album this guy created the sound of my teenage years. Thanks for this Bob!

  • @MaxMiller614
    @MaxMiller614 2 роки тому +62

    Dr. Feelgood & Black Album are two of the best produced albums EVER. Even still.

    • @jasonl1942
      @jasonl1942 Рік тому +6

      Motley crue 94...

    • @CrimeSchool138
      @CrimeSchool138 Рік тому

      Ahahhahahahahahahhahha

    • @tumbamarch89
      @tumbamarch89 Рік тому +1

      That's so right!

    • @actionfigureschannel
      @actionfigureschannel 11 місяців тому +2

      @@jasonl1942 YES! The drums were obviously standout but every other instrument and the vocals were 10/10. Amazing and overlooked masterpiece.

    • @thevale2456
      @thevale2456 4 місяці тому

      The production sounds absolutely massive, you’re right

  • @johnnyennis9864
    @johnnyennis9864 Рік тому +6

    The thought of Bob Rock smiling on stage with Metallica made my day! lol! I love it when people don't take themselves too seriously, especially when around musicians who do.

  • @StreetsOfVancouverChannel
    @StreetsOfVancouverChannel 4 роки тому +70

    **OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW with an OUTSTANDING HUMAN BEING**

  • @daveberswick5372
    @daveberswick5372 4 роки тому +20

    I met Bob during his early Payola days. I was a carpenter and we were bullshitting about the construction business. I mentioned that l was sure that his construction days were over. I got that one right. He was such a nice guy.

    • @gibsonguitar
      @gibsonguitar  4 роки тому

      We love The Payolas!

    • @musicalSFCat
      @musicalSFCat 4 роки тому

      Indeed....what a small world. Nevertheless, very cool story!

  • @anthonysolis4649
    @anthonysolis4649 3 роки тому +43

    A fun drinking game, take a shot when you hear the word “anyway” and “music”. Great Life Mr. Bob Rock!

  • @jfrockon
    @jfrockon 4 роки тому +18

    What a grounded, real, honest and humble guy....

  • @ErwinMeister8
    @ErwinMeister8 4 роки тому +30

    He explained the mystery why the Les Paul 59 Greenie is a special guitar.

  • @HeavayMetal
    @HeavayMetal 4 роки тому +31

    Love Mick Mars’s big guitar tone on Dr Feelgood.. thanks to this guy! Makes everything sound so good!🤘🏻

  • @TheDimitrios
    @TheDimitrios День тому

    “I went to his house, he pulled it out, I sat there and felt it”, I could go on!.

  • @Heavymetallord1
    @Heavymetallord1 3 роки тому +7

    Bob Rock makes me proud to be a Canadian rocker!

  • @Radiohell
    @Radiohell 4 роки тому +23

    "this is fun james" bob rock 90-91

  • @SDMFdeeger
    @SDMFdeeger 4 роки тому +258

    I always hated that Bob Rock got a lot of flack for "softening" Metallica's sound...because the band wrote the songs for the black album and recorded the demos before they had ever hired a producer. They probably had never even met him at that point. They made their own conscious decision to change their sound. And if you listen to those demos....Bob Rock (and no doubt heavily assisted by Randy Staub) brought out the absolute best in the songs that they wrote. I actually wish he'd work with them again, although Hardwired is a fantastic album. It would be nice to hear Bob and Randy with the band again, reunite the team that did their best sounding albums, sonically.

    • @jhr110
      @jhr110 4 роки тому +31

      Thank you for saying this. You're 100% correct. I don't recall whereI heard this, but on an interview with Bob he stated he was expecting to do a "Justice type record." Instead, like you stated, they wrote the black album and then hired him. Furthermore, he didn't win many battles on the black album (He got them to slow down Sad But True and not much else IIRC). They hired him and he gave them exactly what they wanted. Metallica grew and some of the fans couldn't handle it so they found a scapegoat. Bob Rock is awesome. Load and Reload are AMAZING records too imo.

    • @doublestrokeroll
      @doublestrokeroll 4 роки тому +33

      It's because fans are usually stupid fucking idiots who have no fucking clue how music is really made.
      The Black Album is not really a favorite of mine as I prefer everything before it, but in terms of sound it's better than any album they ever did. The production quality is outstanding. Better than Ride, or Master, and a fuck ton better than the shit quality of And Justice, even though it's got amazing songs.
      Bob Rock is a legend. The fact that Lars and James keep name dropping him in regards to how important he was is their way of telling their fans to fuck off without actually saying it. Unfortunately Metallica fans are mostly a bunch of fucking babies who paint the band into a corner of expectations that they aren't allowed to deviate from.
      In short, Metallica fans are the least "Metal" people around.

    • @flinto2002
      @flinto2002 4 роки тому +25

      @@doublestrokeroll Right? people act like Bob Rock made James put on a dress and write The Unforgiven or Nothing Else Matters. Bob just perfected the material he was delivered, and ballads or not, that album is a sonic juggernaut.

    • @ryanduray1
      @ryanduray1 4 роки тому +1

      @@doublestrokeroll Great comment. You said it perfectly.

    • @doublestrokeroll
      @doublestrokeroll 4 роки тому +8

      @@flinto2002 Exactly. He didn't write the material. Metallica wanted to go in that direction. He's a producer.

  • @googleuser6164
    @googleuser6164 3 роки тому +16

    I SO WISHED BOB ROCK PRODUCED A RECORD WITH VAN HALEN WITH SAMMY HAGAR (VAN HAGAR). HOW AWESOME THAT WOULD OF BEEN!!!

  • @roasted1gerkin
    @roasted1gerkin 4 роки тому +5

    Would LOVE to see a video with Bob and James, just chatting about their history, good times, bad times, fun times....just life!!!!

  • @biffbifford402
    @biffbifford402 4 роки тому +17

    Surprised at how incredibly humble he is given his immense success as one of the top rock producers of all time.

  • @flightofthebumblebee9529
    @flightofthebumblebee9529 3 роки тому +26

    Bob Rock is like a conductor who brings the best out of his musicians.

    • @OGDooshbagg
      @OGDooshbagg Рік тому

      He's kind of a hipster douche who turned an amazing, edgy, controversial metal band into a mediocre, politically correct, trendy, radio friendly band. What a hero.

  • @bennybonez
    @bennybonez 11 місяців тому +2

    Bob Rock is a great guy. Great musician.

  • @DirtyWindshieldSeries
    @DirtyWindshieldSeries 4 місяці тому +1

    I had the privilege of helping to work on his Studio at his house, back in the late 80's, when he lived out in South Surrey (BC). I loved his early Payolas days and remember seeing them on VU13 doing China Boys. By the time he was building his own Studio, he was already Famous. Definitely, One of the Best Producers out there and is very down to Earth! His Long List of Works speaks for itself. True Legend.

  • @peterdoiron6435
    @peterdoiron6435 4 роки тому +49

    We need a lot more of this Gibson ! Well done.

  • @iangelb7496
    @iangelb7496 4 роки тому +44

    Bob Rock is a great musical icon ,his contributions to Rock music is incredible. He’s up there with Mutt Lang
    Eddie Kramer,and Andy Johns producing some of the greatest rock albums of all time .But unlike the aforementioned Bob is a great musician in his own right ,which I think gives him insight to the artists he works with .And he seems like a pretty cool cat 😎.Id love to sit hear some of his stories !!
    Thx Bob for all the awesome music !!

    • @sunnibird
      @sunnibird 3 роки тому

      I would argue he sounds a bit more dated than the others with his bombastic 80s drum sounds :)

  • @deadstar44
    @deadstar44 3 роки тому +34

    The Black Album sounds like a stadium sized behemoth. Love the thrash albums but the drums finally got thundering impact on the black album.

  • @dpaul.guitars
    @dpaul.guitars 3 роки тому +5

    Gibson has become the most forward thinking guitar company on the planet. Their interaction with fans and players through things like Gibson TV are awesome!

    • @gibsonguitar
      @gibsonguitar  3 роки тому +2

      More great content coming soon! Thanks for your support!

  • @jamesraczka4629
    @jamesraczka4629 2 роки тому +16

    One of the most talented guys out there. I love what he did for the Black Album and how he was there for Tallica in their time of need

  • @ghostrider2664
    @ghostrider2664 3 роки тому +3

    Had the chance to interview Bob around 2004. A remarkably nice man with ZERO ego. So refreshing.

  • @budmanuk
    @budmanuk 2 роки тому +3

    I’ve always liked Bob Rock. Seems a real genuine guy.

  • @sextoysforblokes5780
    @sextoysforblokes5780 4 роки тому +4

    A real man, who records real shit. A true icon. Legend

  • @basementrocker2764
    @basementrocker2764 4 роки тому +7

    I’ve seen Bob on so many docs when he was in his prime, i forgot he actually gets older. What a career he has had. Seems like a true gentleman as well.

  • @draetonalimoffatt8780
    @draetonalimoffatt8780 4 роки тому +11

    Love that Mick Ronson was one of his heroes. Mick is so underappreciated and really made the early bowie sound happen. Some live albums sound like punk 6 years before punk broke.

  • @ianjames8210
    @ianjames8210 4 роки тому +4

    I love that he keeps saying “anyway...”. That is so Canadian. Glad to see that after all this time he still has a little bit of Canuck still left in him.

  • @nickx1754
    @nickx1754 4 роки тому +13

    What a beautiful ending. The gratitude and awe with which Bob looks back on his life is amazing. How many people can honestly do that? Truly inspirational.

  • @aarondarcy8551
    @aarondarcy8551 4 роки тому +6

    Holy shit Gibson!!!! Just awesome thank you

  • @camhaines5482
    @camhaines5482 4 роки тому +7

    Really excellent video guys. Way to go Gibson! Its nice to see a fellow Canadian do well. "Nobody wants to hire me again" is a Canadian trait that kept him feeling grateful and provided him with the open mind he needed to succeed, at least that is my take.

  • @5urg3x
    @5urg3x 3 роки тому +3

    Best producer alive right here, epic legend!

  • @MatthewSchiess
    @MatthewSchiess 3 роки тому +9

    Gibson, if you read this, please take my next words as a love letter, and not hate.
    You’re the makers of my favorite guitar. The original Silverburst Les Paul.
    I, a freaking drummer, sat and stared at this guitar when I first saw and heard this thing play. You managed to completely enamor a drummer with a guitar.
    Please put this much soul and heart back into your business of building guitars as you have making these videos.
    These videos capture the very essence of what makes music so powerful.
    If these videos are a sign of the blood running through Gibson’s veins, then you have the potential to take over the world all over again.
    Get back to what made you iconic in the first place.
    Gibson isn’t a lifestyle. It’s an iconic maker of “The Cadillac of Electric Guitars”.

    • @profetsoul
      @profetsoul 3 роки тому

      Wow, it is fantastic what you said, me a "guitarist" myself support your post. But dude I think Gibson needs help too. There is a lot artists in the genre creating amazing stuff and people don't support them as they do with the classics, if people do not support music in where guitar is used, unfortunately, less kids will play guitar in future and guitar brands will continue falling.

  • @rjlong89
    @rjlong89 4 роки тому +7

    Bob rocks

  • @jessiebeveridge742
    @jessiebeveridge742 4 роки тому +12

    What an incredibly talented, humble dude. Fantastic. Bob is fantastic.

  • @eno8759
    @eno8759 3 роки тому +15

    And let’s not forget , he also gave Motley Crue a more mature and heavier sound.
    The production on that record even impressed Lars and James.

  • @SlowToe
    @SlowToe 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful, simply beautiful ♥️🤟🏽

  • @kaosmonger73
    @kaosmonger73 4 роки тому +8

    What a class act. How much I have enjoyed this conversation.A life devoted to music and sound.

  • @pheeshankar6216
    @pheeshankar6216 4 роки тому +4

    Huge bob rock fan...his body of work speaks for itself...im from vancouver & remember walking to sears to buy the 1st payolas album....i played in a few bands back in the day & we always freaked out that motley crue, bon jovi , aerosmith, loverboy, e.t.c. was in town, & bob rock was working w them making albums..@ little mountain & mushroom studios... we would often run into these bands @ the various strip joints in town👍..good memories. bob rock what an icon
    ...!!!!👍✌🤟🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸✌🤟👍!!!!

  • @RimshotsandNamaste
    @RimshotsandNamaste 3 роки тому +4

    Omg! The payolas!! Eyes of a stranger is very good!

  • @danny_davis
    @danny_davis 4 роки тому +6

    What an amazing career! Thank you Bob, for being a part of so much great music and the soundtrack of my life! 🤘🇨🇦🎸😀

  • @BruceHarms
    @BruceHarms 3 роки тому +5

    There was an edge to his voice that kept me listining... Bob your a cool dude!

    • @gibsonguitar
      @gibsonguitar  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for watching!

    • @lanceraustin
      @lanceraustin 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah, it keeps hitching, like he's holding back tears (even though he isn't)

  • @StonyBlazestation
    @StonyBlazestation 4 роки тому +14

    Bob is an absolute legend. People unduly give him shit for the change in Metallica's music, but all he did was help them make the very best out of the songs they wrote. The black album is still the best sounding metal record, and I don't think that will ever change.

    • @andrewdog-gonewaylon5915
      @andrewdog-gonewaylon5915 4 роки тому +7

      Agree, they who blamed him for softening Metallica's sound should realize that was the 90s when Grunge started to dominate and the 80s bands were getting decrepit, he needed to get Metallica to a different direction to keep them going, or else Metallica wouldn't be so big in the 90s and so on if they kept sounded like Master of Puppets (don't get me wrong, that is still their best), but the 90s kids wouldn't understand that during that time. Black album, Load and Reload are still good, just not Thrash Metal, that's all.

    • @danielblake1537
      @danielblake1537 4 роки тому +4

      Honestly I think Metallica did all them to themselves...they did the whole thrash thing and had the long hair for almost a decade and I just think they decided to change things up and like u said the 90's were coming and things were changing and they made basically 4 albums that were the hard thrash metal thing (my favorite albums) but I don't think nobody made them do anything that they didn't ultimately decided themselves

  • @deuexmachianist
    @deuexmachianist 4 роки тому +2

    Living Legend.

  • @davidcurtis4478
    @davidcurtis4478 3 роки тому +2

    Bob Rock You ROCK dude! Loved you with Metallica 🤘🥁🤘DC

  • @grazydine2
    @grazydine2 3 роки тому +4

    Bob Rock just loves music as much as we all do. He loves making it, producing it, being around it everything..

  • @PeterJohnson76
    @PeterJohnson76 2 роки тому +4

    The Black Album has been the benchmark for sound and production for the past 30 years, and will continue to do so for the next 30

  • @someonesomewhere8805
    @someonesomewhere8805 4 роки тому +2

    i smiled a lot during this :)

  • @ninez5740
    @ninez5740 3 роки тому +4

    Imagine the music we would've missed had you stayed on your band path. Icon has great interviews.

  • @robertgoris6969
    @robertgoris6969 3 роки тому +34

    So much respect. The 5th member of Metallica.

  • @timdasilva2806
    @timdasilva2806 3 роки тому +7

    His work was the soundtrack to my life! The guy just knows music and knew what radio needed at the right time. Record companies owe him!!

  • @Sundaydrumday
    @Sundaydrumday 2 місяці тому +1

    The Bell brass on the Black Album is still the best sounding snare I have ever heard. Possibly the kickdrum as well.....Iconic.

  • @Coltsniper1106
    @Coltsniper1106 7 місяців тому +1

    The Bob Rock school of Production 🤘

  • @michaelsteven1090
    @michaelsteven1090 4 роки тому +6

    Fascinating interview..For every one Bob Rock there are thousands who followed the same path and didn't find much success, myself included..its destiny and free will doesn't exist.

  • @dynjarren7523
    @dynjarren7523 4 роки тому +9

    Bob Rock! The legendary Rock Producer!
    He looks like a Rocker. He seems like a very decent and soft spoken guy. Rock head by Bob Rock. He sure likes Rock music!

  • @jacbo374
    @jacbo374 3 роки тому +1

    Wow.... what a legend.

  • @enriquegilmour
    @enriquegilmour 2 роки тому +2

    Bob saw the Beatles in person. Wow. I'm not a huge Beatles fan but that's impressive for sure. What a life this guy has had.

  • @frantisca
    @frantisca 4 роки тому +12

    Psychotic reaction: by the Count Five... Wow, what memories !!