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about||the Canadian musician and producer|Bob Rock|the American rock drummer|Bobby Rock|the English golfer|Robert RockInfobox musical artist|image = ||image_size = ||name = Rob Rock||caption =|background = solo_singer|Born = Orlando, Florida|Orlando , Florida , United States |genre = Heavy metal music|Heavy metal , hard rock , power metal , speed metal , symphonic metal , neo-classical metal , Christian rock / Christian metal|metal |instrument = Singing|Vocals |years_active = 1983–present|label = Massacre Records|Massacre , Victor Talking Machine Company#Victor (Japan)|Victor , AFM Records|AFM |associated_acts = Impellitteri , Project Driver|M.A.R.S. , Axel Rudi Pell , Avantasia , Warrior (band)|Warrior , Angelica, Joshua (band)|Joshua , Driver|website = http://www.robrock.com/ Official website Robert "Rob" Rock is an American Heavy metal music|heavy metal singer-songwriter , best known as the longtime frontman of Impellitteri , a position he has held from 1987 to 1988, 1992 to 2000, and now from 2008 to the present day. Rock has also released four albums as a solo artist, and performed with a number of other notable artists, including Project Driver|M.A.R.S. , Joshua (band)|Joshua , Axel Rudi Pell and Warrior (band)|Warrior .
Biography
Rob Rock started his music career in 1983 when he and Chris Impellitteri joined a cover band called VICE (band)|VICE .cite web| url = http://www.shoutlife.com/robrock| title = Rob Rock at ShoutLife.com| accessdate = 2010-01-13| author = | authorlink = | date = cite web| url = http://www.depressingprospects.com/impellitteri/faqt2.htm| title = Impellitteri Trivia and F.A.Q.| accessdate = 2010-01-13| author = | authorlink = | date = 2008-12-12Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot They released a demo (music)|demo and were together until 1985. In 1986, he joined musician s Tony MacAlpine ( guitar ), Tommy Aldridge ( Drum kit|drums ), and Rudy Sarzo ( Bass guitar|bass ) in a project called M.A.R.S. The group released a single album called Project Driver which received much critical praise, but the next year each member went a different way.cite web| url = http://www.getreadytorock.com/10questions/rob_rock.htm| title = 10 Questions with... Rob Rock| accessdate = 2010-01-13| author = Jason Ritchie| authorlink = | year = 2002cite web| url = http://www.thegauntlet.com/bio/1284/Rob-Rock.html| title = Rob Rock Bio| accessdate = 2010-01-13| author = | authorlink = http://www.thegauntlet.com/ | date = cite web| url = http://www.shoutlife.com/robrock| title = Rob Rock at ShoutLife.com| accessdate = 2010-01-13| author = | authorlink = | date =
Rock reunited with friend Chris Impellitteri and recorded the band's first album, an Extended play|EP , simply called Impellitteri (album)|Impellitteri . However, he was also committed to another project called Joshua , so he could not continue with the band at the moment.cite web| url = http://www.depressingprospects.com/impellitteri/faqt2.htm| title = Impellitteri Trivia and F.A.Q.| accessdate = 2010-01-13| author = | authorlink = | date = 2008-12-12Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot Rock recorded one album with Joshua , which was characterized by the editor of HM Magazine as being "probably the best melodic metal album in the universe."cite journal |last=Van Pelt |first=Doug |title=Having Something To Say... |pages=26 |year=2001 |month=May / June |journal= HM Magazine |id=ISSN|1066-6923 |issue=89 He also worked on other projects (Dennis Cameron's Angelica , Driver ) which gave him knowledge of international musicians that would serve him well later.
In the early 1990s, he received a call from Chris Impellitteri to join his band again. He agreed and became the band's lead singer until 2000. Together, Impellitteri released five successful albums.
In 2000, Rock decided to pursue his own solo career and parted ways with Impellitteri amicably. That same year, he released his first solo album called Rage of Creation . The album received critical praise and Rock has gone on, releasing three more albums ( Eyes of Eternity , Holy Hell , Garden of Chaos ).
In May 2008 it was announced that Rock reunited once more with Impellitteri. Their new album, Wicked Maiden , was released in April 2009.cite web| url = http://www.depressingprospects.com/impellitteri/faqt2.htm| title = Impellitteri Trivia and F.A.Q.| accessdate = 2010-01-13| author = | authorlink = | date = 2008-12-12Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot
Rock has also lent his voice to the Randy Rhoads tribute released in 2000 and to countless other projects through his career like Avantasia and Axel Rudi Pell .cite web| url = http://www.metalfanatix.com/interviews/robrock.html| title = Rob Rock Interview| accessdate = 2010-01-13| author = Cameron Edney | authorlink = http://insideout666.mysite.freeserve.com| date = 2005-11-01
Personal life
Rock has one son, Alexander John, with his wife, Liza. Alexander was born January 5, 2006.cite web| url = http://www.shoutlife.com/robrock| title = Rob Rock at ShoutLife.com| accessdate = 2010-01-13| author = | authorlink = | date =
Band members
Current members
Rob Rock - Singing|vocals (2000& ndash;present)
Carl Johan Grimmark - guitar s (2004& ndash;present)
Daniel Hall - guitars (2004& ndash;present)
Andreas Olsson - Bass guitar|bass (2004& ndash;present)
Andreas Johanssen - Drum kit|drums (2004& ndash;present)
Roy Z - guitars, bass, keyboard (fulltime member from 2000 till 2003, is now only a studio member)
Former members
Jake E. Lee - a couple of guitar solos on the album "Rage of Creation"
Rick Renstrom - guitars (2001& ndash;2004)
Bob Rossi - guitars (2003& ndash;2004)
Hank Coffey - guitars (2001& ndash;2002)
Ray "Geezer" Burke - bass (2000& ndash;2003, session member)
Stephen Elder - bass (2003& ndash;2004)
Reynold Carlsson - drums (2000& ndash;2003)
Tracy Shell - drums (2000& ndash;2010)
Giuseppe "Maestro Mistheria" Iampieri - keyboard (session member)
The Voice of Melodic Metal - Live in Atlanta (2009)
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External links
http://www.robrock.com/ Rob Rock Official Website
http://www.myspace.com/robrock1 Rob Rock at MySpace
http://www.shoutlife.com/robrock/ Rob Rock @ ShoutLife Note: If a notice appears that the file or script could not be found. Go directly to http://www.shoutlife.com/robrock
http://www.shoutlife.com/rickrenstrom/ Rick Renstrom @ ShoutLife Note: If a notice appears that the file or script could not be found. Go directly to http://www.shoutlife.com/rickrenstrom
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