Canadian producer Bob Rock, who was responsible for some of the greatest rock and metal albums of the last 30 years, including all METALLICstudio production during the 1990s and early 2000s sold his share of the rights from a catalog of 43 songs Hipgnosis Songs Fund.
Rock first teamed up with METALLIC for the band’s self-titled 1991 album (also known as “The Black Album”). The Elektra set debuts at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and stays 281 weeks on the chart. Rock helmet METALLICsubsequent albums, until 2003 “St Anger”.
“The width of Bob Rock‘s enormous successes are almost impossible to compare by any creator in the history of music, ”he said. Hipgnosis Songs founder Merck Mercuriadis. “Of METALLIC‘s most famous black album from Michael Bublésay ‘Christmas’, he has produced some of the greatest albums of all time that are still evergreen year after year.
‘Everyone you’ve worked with Bob know that he is making a difference, which is why the artists he produces end up making several albums with him that are almost their biggest successes.
“Bob is very special and as a fellow Canadian it’s a pleasure to see him and his incredible productions at the Hipgnose family. ‘
Rock was represented by a longtime manager Bruce Allen a lawyer Mark L. Kovinsky.
Rock said: ‘I put my heart and soul into these recordings.
‘I know how much Merck likes music, so it was easy to compose.
Allen said: ‘I knew Merck for years. He has a passion for music and those who make it. I look forward to working with you Hipgnose. “
In 2014, “Metallica” became the first album to sell 16 million copies since then Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.
“Metallica” surpassed in 2009 SHANIA TWAIN1997 record, “Come on”, as the best-selling CD of the SoundScan era.
Rock, 66, told Reuters in 2006 that he felt ’20 years younger ‘after his split with METALLIC, whose last studio attempt, “Hardwired … to Self-Destruct”, is helmet door Greg Fidelman.
During the making of 2003s “St Anger”a petition signed by about 1,500 followers was posted online METALLIC to throw away Rockand claims that he had too much influence on the sound of the group.
“The criticism was hurtful to my children, who read it and did not understand the circumstances,” Rock tell Reuters. “Sometimes, even with a good coach, a team still loses. You have to get new blood in it.”
METALLIC co-manager Peter Mensch argued that Rock “nurse METALLIC from almost complete collapse on that record. Bob is one of the five best producers on the planet. But it was time to shake things up. ‘
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