Rob Cavallo

As a producer, Rob Cavallo worked on chart-topping material for Green Day (the 15-million-selling album Dookie, as well as the four-million-selling Insomnia), Goo Goo Dolls, L7, The Dance Hall Crashers, Alanis Morissette ("Uninvited" from the City of Angels soundtrack), Jawbreaker, David Cook, and The Muffs. Born in Washington, D.C., his father owned the Cellar Door and became a manager whose client lists included Little Feat, Weather Report, and Prince. At age ten, Rob Cavallo and his family relocated to Los Angeles, where Cavallo would often accompany his father to the recording studio and learn guitar licks from the blues great Lowell Fulson. Enthusiastic about music,Cavallo spent many hours playing guitar and listening to records in his room. His father bought him a Teac A3340 four-track tape recorder, and Cavallo began to experiment with multi-track recording.



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