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Feb 2024
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Episode 28: Bob Rock

Metallica & Pantheon Media
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The week of February 7, 2024 on The Metallica Report…


Steffan and Renée are joined by a man intertwined through Metallica history in a way maybe no one else can claim to be. A producer, a collaborator, a motivator, a fill-in, a support system, and the master of getting that sound “just right”... it’s none other than Bob Rock!


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