Andrew Scheps Talks To Bob Rock (Metallica, The Cult...)

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.
It's in the name!
Guest's Credits: Metallica
Sarah McLachlan
Black Veil Brides
Michael Bublé
Bon Jovi
The Cult
Veruca Salt
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
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