The Best Music Producers Ever?

[thirty-two]

You wait till he is drunk too?

Still comin up with excuses I see...

 

[Gee!]

Still comin up with excuses I see...

Goes to show how much I really care about the game. Zero. Its more about me and you forever being intertwined in ASFN history.

No one must forget the 3 point contest.

 

[vince56]

He pretty much assisted in destroying Metallica......

LMAO.. What a generic ass name for a rock producer. Im betting that aint his real name, right?

yes... to both. Bob Rock can suck my ass. He single-handedly took the best metal band in the world and reduced them to songs like "The God that Failed" and "Ain't My Bitch". While the black album was pretty cool, it was so much lighter than their earlier stuff.. and more of a polished rock sound (like Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, etc... other Bob Rock produced bands), it... it just hasn't been the same since him.

 

[KingLouieLouie]

yes... to both. Bob Rock can suck my ass. He single-handedly took the best metal band in the world and reduced them to songs like "The God that Failed" and "Ain't My Bitch". While the black album was pretty cool, it was so much lighter than their earlier stuff.. and more of a polished rock sound (like Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, etc... other Bob Rock produced bands), it... it just hasn't been the same since him.

No..the worst was allow a band of Metallicas calibre to perform/record a song like "Mama Said"....Thats beyond inexcusable and he should have been lynched/decapitated for that..... I mean..that song was beyond just "selling-out"... it was.. no mere words can explain it...just a total travesty....
Or how about "Hero of the Day"? My friends and I would make up the best satires to that song, but I dare not post them on here!

In fact, here's something interesting.. don't know if anyone has seen this before....

http://www.petitiononline.com/SaveMet/petition.html

To: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo of Metallica, Metallica Inc., and Q. Prime Inc.

Attention: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo of Metallica, Metallica Inc., and Q. Prime Inc.

We, the longtime loyal fans and friends of Metallica and their music would like to see a major change with the upcoming album. I know it will be a hard thing to do, but we feel it is time to sever your working relationship with Bob Rock.

Don’t get us wrong, some of us like a few (very few) contributions Bob Rock has made to Metallica. Unfortunately one thing we can all agree on is nothing has been the same since he joined the ranks as longtime Metallica producer. We are not criticizing Bob Rock on his technical skills as he has mastered his sound. We just feel that his contributions to help craft a Metallica song are quite wrong and have been getting worse as time goes on.

From Kill’em All through …And Justice For All, the albums are timeless and we can listen to them over and over. Although Bob Rock’s first producing effort with Metallica, “The Black Album”, may have sold the most copies worldwide, it doesn’t mean the album is the most musically pleasing. As much as we support Metallica, most of us listen to the first few albums much more. The songs were simple and overproduced.

Load and Reload were examples of not having any control. The music was all over the place and Bob Rock went with the same sound plan as he has done for all of Metallica’s albums. We heard this sound yet again on the first disc of Garage Inc. We have watched the videos of Bob Rock telling Metallica horrible suggestions in the studios while we cringe knowing it is the wrong decision. Keep in mind, Bob Rock was in a band or two himself when he was younger. The reason no one knows this is because his bands failed because he cannot craft a good song let alone a help craft a good Metallica song.

Then we are left with St. Anger. It is completely unlistenable and this is the album that Bob Rock had most of his influence. Not only in production but the songs are all a mess as well. Every song could be cut down by about 3-5 minutes simply by cutting out most of the repetition. 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. The sound, as everyone can agree, did not break any musical barriers, it just made the album worse. Even Bob Rock can do better than this.

We understand and appreciate the time and effort Bob Rock has put into Metallica. By your own admission, you state Metallica is a hard band to work with. We appreciate him being there to keep the band together at a personal low point of their career to help them carry on as a four piece. But we feel the day has come.

We are excited to hear the next studio album with the addition of masterful bassist Robert Trujillo. We hope it breathes new songwriting life into the band. All we ask is you take our suggestion seriously for the sake of the band and your fans. Please end your working relationship with Bob Rock as producer and let’s enter into a new phase for Metallica.

Thank you,
Your Loyal and Loving Fans

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

This is definitely a petition that I absolutely support beyond reason....

 

[KingLouieLouie]

I would now have to add Stephen Street to this list.... He has done some solid production with the likes of the Smiths, Morrissey, Blur, Graham Coxon, The Psychedelic Furs, Pretenders, Suede, Kaiser Chiefs..etc....

 

[thirty-two]

I take back my John Shanks comment.

And Glen Ballard can go bite me.

 

[boisesuns]

Tom Dowd

I Just watched a video on Tom Dowd who died in 2002. He produced many older bands, and discovered a lot of talent. He also was a genious, and invented faders on the sound boards, and did some mixing and producing stuff that had never been done before.


here's a quick thing on the film and some of the people he worked with.

http://www.thelanguageofmusic.com/

 

[KingLouieLouie]

I must bump-up this old thread and give credit to Danger Mouse.... He's really exhibited how he's the most highly sought after producer in the music business today...

Look at what he did on Gorillaz "Demon Days", on Gnarls Barkley's "St. Elsewhere", and now on "The Good, the Bad, & the Queen".... he's a genius...

True, the "Grey Album" might have been rather annoying at times, but it was very unique on all levels....

 

[Ryanwb]

WTH does a producer do?

 

[Linderbee]

No love for Bruce Dickinson? I mean, he puts his pants on just like the rest of us - one leg at a time. Except, once his pants are on, he makes gold records.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

WTH does a producer do?

They basically supervise all the soundboard and mixing stuff during album recording.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_producer

 

[Rivercard]

yes... to both. Bob Rock can suck my ass. He single-handedly took the best metal band in the world and reduced them to songs like "The God that Failed" and "Ain't My Bitch". While the black album was pretty cool, it was so much lighter than their earlier stuff.. and more of a polished rock sound (like Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, etc... other Bob Rock produced bands), it... it just hasn't been the same since him.

Shouldn't Metallica themselves be held responsible as well? It doesn't seem like they are kicking and screaming as they run to the bank.

 

[abomb]

No love for Bruce Dickinson? I mean, he puts his pants on just like the rest of us - one leg at a time. Except, once his pants are on, he makes gold records.

Awesome, I was going to post that.

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[abomb]

Rick Rubin! Here are some of the artists that he has worked with:

Chili Peppers
Beastie Boys
Pearl Jam
Slayer
Run DMC
Public Enemy
The Cult
Johnny Cash
Tom Petty

 

[FischerKing]

I'm going to add to my list:

T-Bone Burnett

shawn

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Dr. Dre
Jermaine Dupri
Quincy Jones

 

[Linderbee]

Awesome, I was going to post that.

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I was starting to fear my humor was wasted. I should have known you wouldn't let me down.

 

[Gee!]

It's still D.R.E.

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[Rivercard]

The one and only....... Brian Eno.

 

[phillycard]

It's still D.R.E.

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and Premier, and Pete Rock, and J Dilla.

 

[Gee!]

and Premier, and Pete Rock, and J Dilla.

Premo makes some bangers.. No to up on J Dilla, at least I dont think I am.. But PeteRock still is around? Guess Im getting upset with hip hop and the laffy taffy movement and havent really been paying attention.. Been playing alot of old school lately..

 

[phillycard]

Premo makes some bangers.. No to up on J Dilla, at least I dont think I am.. But PeteRock still is around? Guess Im getting upset with hip hop and the laffy taffy movement and havent really been paying attention.. Been playing alot of old school lately..

Gee, when I get around to it, Ima PM you some real heat for you to look into. Dilla made a ton of songs that you know of, you just didn't know he did em.

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