Rob Cavallo

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Rob Cavallo is a music producer who has produced several well-known albums. He is currently a senior VP at Reprise Records.

Cavallo was born in Washington, DC; his father Bob Cavallo currently Chairman of Buena Vista Music Group worked in the music industry as a manager with groups such as Prince and Little Feat. When the younger Rob was about age ten the family moved to Los Angeles, California. As a teen he played in local bands, and after graduating from high school he began working as a recording engineer. In the mid to late 80's Cavallo worked with the so called "hair" metal bands around Hollywood as a producer. This continued into the 1990s however when Nirvana hit it big and the hair metal scene died out he began seeking out alternative bands to work with. One of these bands had a link to his metal past - The Muffs. Band leaders Kim Shattuck and Melanie Vammin had both been in The Pandoras whose second guitarist was married to the bass player in Taz, a band that tried to be the next Guns n Roses and whom Cavallo had produced and tried to bring into Columbia Records.

Cavallo's number one claim to fame, however, is being responsible for Green Day's signing to Reprise. After listening to a demo tape in his car, Cavallo decided to sign the band. The admiration was mutual, as Green Day was extremely fond of Cavallo's work on the Muffs albums.

Cavallo is an in-house producer with the band Green Day. He has co-produced almost every album, since their multi-million seller Dookie to their most recent conceptual punk-rock opera American Idiot. Cavallo has also produced records for Jawbreaker, Goo Goo Dolls, Chris Isaak, and Alanis Morissette, plus a number of motion picture soundtracks. He also recently produced Jewel's 6th album, entitled Goodbye Alice in Wonderland.