Rob Rock

Infobox Musical artist


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Name = Rob Rock
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Background = solo_singer
Born =
Origin = U.S.
Genre = Heavy metal
Power metal
Years_active = 1983-present
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Associated_acts = Impellitteri
Axel Rudi Pell
Avantasia
Warrior
Angelica
Joshua
Driver
URL = [http://www.robrock.com/ www.robrock.com]

Robert Rock is a Christian heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band Impellitteri until 2000. He is currently working in his solo career and to date has released four albums. He is also known as "The Voice Of Melodic Metal"

Biography

Rob Rock started his music career in 1983 when he and Chris Impellitteri joined VICE, a cover band. They released a successful demo and were together until 1985. In 1986, he joined musicians Tony MacAlpine (guitar), Tommy Aldridge (drums), and Rudy Sarzo (bass) in a project called M.A.R.S. Project Driver. The project received much critical praise, but the next year each member went a different way.

With different ways to follow, Rock decided to record an EP with Impellitteri called "Relativity". However, he was already committed to another project called "Joshua", so he could not continue with the band (at least for the moment.) After that, he worked on a series of projects ("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 he went on a successful run with Impellitteri until 2000. That year, 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 two more albums ("Eyes of Eternity" and "Holy Hell") on the way. In 2007, he released an album entitled "Garden of Chaos".In May of 2008 it was announced that Rob would officially sing for Impellitteri once more!

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.

He has one son, Alexander John with his wife, Liza. Alexander was born January 5 2006.

Band members

Current members

*Rob Rock - vocals (2000–present)
*Carl Johan Grimmark - guitars (2004–present)
*Daniel Hall - guitars (2004–present)
*Andreas Olsson - bass (2004–present)
*Andreas Johanssen - drums (2004–present)
*Roy Z - guitars , bass, keyboard (fulltime member from 2000 till 2003, is now only a studio member)

Former members

*Jake E. Lee - guitars (2000–2003)
*Rick Renstrom - guitars (2003–2004)
*Bob Rossi - guitars (2003–2004)
*Ray "Geezer" Burke - bass (2000–2003, session member)
*Stephen Elder - bass (2003–2004)
*Reynold Carlsson - drums (2000–2003)
*Tracy Shell - drums (2003–2004)
*Giuseppe "Maestro Mistheria" Iampieri - keyboard (session member)

olo discography

*"Rage of Creation" (2000)
*"Eyes of Eternity" (2003)
*"Holy Hell" (2005)
*"Garden of Chaos (2007)

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