Tom Rothrock

Tom Rothrock
Tom Rothrock
	Rothrock in 2012
Background information
Genres	Rock,EDM
Occupation(s)	Musician,composer,record producer
Instrument(s)	Guitar,electric guitar,piano
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Bong Load Records,Various

Tom Rothrockis an American musician, composer, record producer and owner of Bong Load Records. Tom Rothrock has worked withJames Blunt,Foo Fighters,Moby,Beck,Badly Drawn Boy,R. L. Burnside,Athlete,Sloan,Gwen Stefani,Motörhead,Elbow,Stevie Nicks,Poison,Elliott Smith,Richard Thompson,Yonder Mountain String Band.Rothrock has also composed or contributed to soundtracks for notable motion pictures such asAbout A Boy,Good Will Hunting,CollateralandThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

Rothrock startedBong Load Custom Recordsin the early 1990s enlisting former Record Plant Recording Studios co-workers, Bradshaw Lambert and Rob Schnapf. Bong Load Records is notable for developing and releasingBeck's "Loser"single which became the first number one, non-major label single since FM radio became mainstream. Together Rothrock, Schnapf, Beck, andKarl StephensonrecordedMellow Gold,Beck's major label debut.

In film, Rothrock produced the original songs for theAbout A Boysoundtrack and score withBadly Drawn Boy.He composed music for the filmCollateraldirected byMichael Mannand is credited on the song "Goofy Goober Rock" onThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack.His recording ofR. L. Burnside's "It's Bad You Know" was included onThe Sopranosoriginal television soundtrack release.

During 2013, Rothrock returned to collaborate with James Blunt on the albumMoon Landing.Working primarily at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California the resulting release was generally well received among music critics and considered a comeback for Blunt.^[1]

In 2016, Rothrock marked Bong Load Records' 25th anniversary by re-launching the label's vinyl record division. He also relocated the Los Angeles company to the arts district of Las Vegas, Nevada. ^[2]

Selected discography

Solo

2014:Brightest StarrSingle – Tom Rothrock Featuring Marie´ Digby
2010:All Right NowEp – Tom Rothrock
2010:FuzzFaceEp – Tom Rothrock
2010:MagnetoEp – Tom Rothrock
2010:EivissaEp – Tom Rothrock
2007:ResonatorLp – Tom Rothrock

Produced and/or mixed

2013:Moon Landing–James Blunt
2013:Division Street–Harper Simon
2011:Blue Sky Blue– Pete Murray
2009:Harper Simon–Harper Simon
2009:Black Swan–Athlete
2009:The Show–Yonder Mountain String Band
2008:Unfold–Marie Digby
2007:All the Lost Souls–James Blunt
2007:New Moon–Elliott Smith
2007:Never Slow Down– Roman Carter
2006:Yonder Mountain String Band–Yonder Mountain String Band
2005:Leaders Of The Free World–Elbow
2005:Surgery–The Warlocks
2005:Exploration–Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
2005:Back to Bedlam–James Blunt
2004:Launchpad–Particle
2004:Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of RockWho Do you Love Remix –George Thorogood
2003:Action Pact–Sloan
2003:Third Shift Grotto Slack–Jay Farrar
2002:Have You Fed the Fish?–Badly Drawn Boy
2002:About A Boy–Badly Drawn Boy
2001:Hell Below/Stars Above–Toadies
2000:Supreme Beings Of Leisure– Supreme Beings Of Leisure
2000:Figure 8–Elliott Smith
1999:Mock Tudor–Richard Thompson
1998:XO–Elliott Smith
1998:Aquamosh–Plastilina Mosh
1998:Come On In–R. L. Burnside
1997:Either/Or–Elliott Smith
1997:Soundtrack–Good Will Hunting
1997:Mr. Wizard–R. L. Burnside
1996:Mic City Sons–Heatmiser
1996:Static Prevails–Jimmy Eat World
1996:Odelay–Beck
1995:Foo Fighters (album)–Foo Fighters
1995:Daredevil–Fu Manchu
1994:Rubberneck–Toadies
1994:Mellow Gold–Beck
1994:Box Set–Wool
1993:Fishy Pants– Muzza Chunka
1993:Test Your Own Eyes– Dog Society
1992:Budspawn–Wool
1991:Swallow This Live–Poison
1991:Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks–Stevie Nicks

Selected film composition, film music production and placement

References

^David Smyth (2013-11-29)."Comeback of the year: James Blunt interview – Music – Going Out – London Evening Standard".Standard.co.uk.Retrieved2015-07-31.
^Spencer Patterson (2016-07-29)."Bong Load Records Relocates to Las Vegas, Reissues Beck, Elliott Smith and More on Vinyl – Noise – Las Vegas Weekly".LasVegasWeekly.com.Retrieved2016-07-29.

External links

Facebook page
10 Years of Mellow Gold Documentary(retrospective documentary done for anniversary of the Beck's first album, features interviews with Rothrock)

[1] David Smyth (2013-11-29)."Comeback of the year: James Blunt interview – Music – Going Out – London Evening Standard".Standard.co.uk.Retrieved2015-07-31.

[2] Spencer Patterson (2016-07-29)."Bong Load Records Relocates to Las Vegas, Reissues Beck, Elliott Smith and More on Vinyl – Noise – Las Vegas Weekly".LasVegasWeekly.com.Retrieved2016-07-29.

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