Rob Cavallo

Rob Cavallo
Rob Cavallo at the Yahoo! Yodel Studio on October 13, 2009
Background information
Genres	Pop, rock, Alternative rock
Occupations	Producer, musician
Instruments	Guitar, piano, keyboard, bass guitar
Years active	1980s–present

Rob Cavallo is a record producer and A&R, most famous for signing and producing Green Day. He is currently Chairman of Warner Bros. Records.

History

Cavallo, born in Washington, D.C., moved to Los Angeles, California when he was about ten years old. As a teenager, he played in local bands, and after graduating from high school he began working as a recording engineer. Cavallo eventually graduated from the University of Southern California where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Composition, Communications and Sociology in 1985. In the mid– to late 1980s, Cavallo worked with the so–called "hair metal" bands around Hollywood as a record producer. This continued into the 1990s, but when the "hair metal" scene died out, he began seeking out alternative rock bands to work with.

Projects

Cavallo was an in–house producer with the band Green Day. Other than 2009's 21st Century Breakdown, he has co–produced every album from their multi–platinum success Dookie to their last album in the upcoming trilogy ¡Tré!. Cavallo has also produced four studio albums for the Goo Goo Dolls, 1998's Dizzy Up the Girl, 2002's Gutterflower, 2006's Let Love In, and 2010's, Something for the Rest of Us.

Cavallo has also produced records for Jawbreaker, Alanis Morissette, Goo Goo Dolls, Sixpence None the Richer, Less Than Jake, Fleetwood Mac, Jewel, My Chemical Romance, Kid Rock, Avril Lavigne, Paramore, David Cook, Shinedown, Dave Matthews Band, Adam Lambert, Switchfoot, and Meat Loaf, among others.

His collaborations with recent American Idol finalists suggests he has a relationship with Simon Cowell and his production company SYCO.

Partial discography

Goo Goo Dolls

• Dizzy Up the Girl
• Gutterflower (2002)
• Let Love In (2006)
• Something for the Rest of Us (2010)

Green Day

• Dookie (1994)
• Insomniac (1995)
• Nimrod (1997)
• Warning (executive producer) (2000)
• Shenanigans (2002)
• Cigarettes and Valentines (unreleased) (2003)
• American Idiot (2004)
• ¡Uno! (2012)
• ¡Dos! (2012)
• ¡Tré! (2012)

My Chemical Romance

• The Black Parade (2006)
• Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)

Paramore

• Decode (Single) (2008)
• Brand New Eyes (2009)
• Singles Club (2011)

Avril Lavigne

• The Best Damn Thing (2007)
• TBA (2013)

Other projects

• 1995 – Dear You – Jawbreaker
• 1997 – The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum – L7
• 2000 – Sooner or Later – BBMak
• 2001 – Weird Revolution – Butthole Surfers
• 2001 – Blowback – Tricky
• 2002 – Divine Discontent – Sixpence None the Richer
• 2002 – Testify – Phil Collins
• 2003 – Anthem – Less Than Jake
• 2003 – Say You Will – Fleetwood Mac
• 2003 – My Degeneration – Flashlight Brown
• 2004 – B is for B–sides – Less Than Jake
• 2004 – Trouble – Bonnie McKee
• 2005 – Room Noises – Eisley
• 2006 – Under The Skin – Lindsey Buckingham
• 2006 – Goodbye Alice in Wonderland – Jewel
• 2006 – Paris – Paris Hilton
• 2007 – Happiness Ltd. – Hot Hot Heat
• 2007 – Rock N Roll Jesus – Kid Rock
• 2008 – All Sides – O.A.R.
• 2008 – Gift Of Screws – Lindsey Buckingham
• 2008 – David Cook – David Cook
• 2008 – Coming To Terms – Carolina Liar
• 2008 – The Sound of Madness – Shinedown
• 2009 – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King – Dave Matthews Band
• 2009 – Happy Hour – Uncle Kracker
• 2009 – Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot
• 2009 – For Your Entertainment – Adam Lambert
• 2010 – Foxy Shazam – Foxy Shazam
• 2010 – Hang Cool, Teddy Bear – Meat Loaf
• 2011 – People and Things – Jack's Mannequin
• 2012 – Amaryllis – Shinedown
• 2011 - 2012 Untitled - The Indecent
• 2013 – Heartthrob – Tegan and Sara
• 2013 – All That Echoes – Josh Groban

Other work

• RENT: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2005)

External links

• Rob Cavallo's legendary Taylor Guitar used on 10 number one songs