Talk:Bob Rock

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Disputed Tag[edit]

I added a disputed tag because of the Violation of Innocence reference. Not sourced and there is no evidence this group exists. Group is on AfD, if it is deleted, this section should be removed.--Isotope23 20:30, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any tag stating that part of this article is not sourced LIllIi 23:39, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Vasiliou[edit]

This person should not be called a 'fan'. All this person wants is the Metallica sound of the 80's being reproduced over and over again. The petition reads, "Bob Rock didn’t realize that repetition of one riff over and over for 10 minutes doesn’t make a song a pleasingly structured song." But criticising all of their newer work, from 'The Black Album' to 'Load' and 'Reload' as well as 'St. Anger', he asks them for the exact same... for repetition. I agree that St. Anger was newland in terms of production quality and songwriting/song quality. But asking Bob Rock to leave and doing the same thing while criticising their work of 16 years... that just seems to be exaggerated. I strongly dissagree with the tendency of starting a 'petition' (a replacement for a lawsuit?) about every flyshit. The user has rolled his eyes Ran J. 15:13, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, I think he simply wants Metallica to do non-awful records again. ;-) -- Stormwatch (talk) 04:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article[edit]

Reads terribly, the entire section on Simple Fan is unsourced and generally open to debate, Simple Plan's album changed little with the addition of Rock as produced, and regarding their direction as mentioned above Rock adds more pop-radio friendly tinges to his albums so why would Simple Plan's album be more rock ?! please Simple Plan fanboys and girls refrain from writing arguments about their band

The petition[edit]

I've removed the petition link and references to it because, well, petition sites make it easy to create a petition and there is no way to tell how reliably they measure public opinion (anyone can easily make a petition and hit it with realistic-looking signatures and comments by using internet cafes and the like).

If we get a reliable source referring to the petition then we should add a reference to that source to this article . --Tony Sidaway 14:11, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Metallica[edit]

Bob Rock never toured with Metallica (at least not as their bass player). He played a couple of small gigs during the recording session of 'St. Anger'. That's all.--80.133.188.215 (talk) 11:31, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Claim not supported by the citation used[edit]

in the metallica section, the article states: "Bob Rock was chosen to produce Metallica's multiplatinum self-titled album (known as The Black Album) after the band's iconic admiration of Mötley Crüe's 1989 album Dr. Feelgood.[6]" but the cited material states (regarding Motley Crue): "Metallica was produced by Bob Rock, who was originally asked to mix the album as the band was impressed with his work as producer on the Mötley Crüe album, Dr. Feelgood."

Nowhere in the cited material did it say that would justify the claim that Metallica had any "iconic admiration" of the Dr. Feelgood album. Either 1) the wording must be changed, as it blatantly contorts the information in the source, 2) the source must be deleted, or 3) a legitimate source is found that supports the articles claim.

Also, I find it extremely hard to believe that Metallica would appreciate the kind of music that they moved from LA to San Fran to get away from. I think they just liked the technical production of the album. --Matteo (talk) 23:52, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]