Bob Hoag

Bob Hoag is a record producer and engineer based in Mesa, Arizona. He is also a songwriter, writing for his group, "The Go Reflex," as well as his previous group, "Pollen." In 2005, he was recruited to be the pianist and keyboardist for American rock band The Ataris. His main band, "The Go Reflex," includes Kevin Scanlon from the now defunct band, "Pollen" (Bob played the drums and wrote the songs). In "The Go Reflex," Bob once again writes the songs but also sings and plays piano as well as drums. He also plays drums for power-pop/garage group "The Breakup Society," as well as producing their records. Bob Hoag currently runs Flying Blanket Recording (www.flyingblanket.com) in Mesa, Arizona where he has produced and recorded musicians such as "The Format," "Adam Panic,", "Dear and the Headlights","Awake and Alert," "The Breakup Society," "Mr. Kline and the Wizards of Time," "The Bled," "Tickertape Parade", "Asia Blonde", "Before Braille", "Shotstar", "Limbeck,","Girl Repellent", "Scary Kids Scaring Kids," [http://www.crashcoordinates.com "Crash Coordinates"] , "Life In Stereo", "Sister Cities", as well as many others. Bob generally contributes musically to most of the records he produces as well and can be heard singing, playing piano/keyboards, and doing various percussion on most of those releases. "The Go Reflex" has not been very active since Kevin Scanlon moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in photography (www.kevinscanlon.com) in 2004. There were two shows in late 2004, featuring a heavily expanded lineup but the group would not play again until the summer of 2006 (a benefit show), which was done with the band's original lineup. There was also a show in summer '07 with a heavily expanded and different lineup but still featuring Scanlon on guitar. Hoag has cited his busy recording schedule as the main reason behind the group's recent inactivity and continuously claims that the band will one day become active again. Bob is married and has one child, a son.