BIRTHPLACE: Jersey City, NJ

INSTRUMENTS PLAYED: Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keyboards, Mandolin

EQUIPMENT USED: Gibson and Rickenbacker electric guitars, Guild acoustic guitars, Marshall amps, Pearl drums, Zildjian cymbals, Shure microphones

FAVORITE KINDS OF MUSIC: Classic rock from the 60s/70s, British Invasion, late 70s/early 80s heavy metal, smooth jazz, 70s R&B

FAVORITE MUSIC ACTS: Kiss, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cheap Trick, Journey, Black Sabbath, Styx, Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart/The Faces, David Bowie, Sweet, Van Halen (original), Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, W.A.S.P., The Doors, AC/DC, Deep Purple, The Who, Frank Zappa, Judas Priest, Enuff Z'nuff, Humble Pie (just to name a few!)

FAVORITE SINGERS: Steve Perry, Robin Zander, Paul Stanley, Joe Lynn Turner, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Mark Farner, Tommy Shaw, Lou Gramm, Steve Marriot, Paul Rodgers

FAVORITE GUITARISTS: Neal Schon, Rick Nielsen, Ace Frehley, Bruce Kulick, Randy Rhoads, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Beck, Rik Emmett, Peter Frampton, Joe Perry

FAVORITE DRUMMERS: Carmine Appice, Ian Paice, Steve Smith, Eric Carr, Eric Singer, Peter Criss, Bun E. Carlos, Neal Smith, Anton Fig, Ringo

FAVORITE ALBUMS: Bob has made a list of his definitive 200 all time favorite albums. Click here to take a look at the list.

Bob LOVES to make stupid lists! Click here to see some of his various list thoughts

FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Cheers, All in the Family, Taxi, Everybody Loves Raymond, CSI NY, Whose Line is it Anyway (U.S. Version), Three's Company, Friends, Saturday Night Live (original cast only!), Monday Night Raw

FAVORITE MOVIES: Star Wars (Episode IV), Rocky III, Rocky II, This is Spinal Tap, A Hard Day's Night, Help, Forrest Gump, The Exorcist

FAVORITE ACTORS/ACTRESSES: Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Gary Sinise, Steve Martin

FAVORITE FOODS: Japanese (sushi), Italian/pizza, Chinese, Mexican, seafood, deli, eggs & breakfast foods, hot dogs

FAVORITE BEVERAGES: Coca-Cola, Fruit 2.0, orange juice, iced tea, lemonade, Starbucks white chocolate mocha

FAVORITE COLORS: blue and purple

FAVORITE SPORTS: baseball (die hard Mets fan!!), hockey (NY Rangers), pro wrestling (if you consider it a sport!)

FAVORITE HOBBIES: movies, collecting old records from the mid 60s to the mid 80s (LPs and 45s), art, computers, history, sports, reading music biographies

Bob has a younger brother. Click here to meet him!

Bob got married on September 14, 2002 to his beloved Cheryl. Click here to see photos from the wedding day!

Bob's little pride and joy Jonathan Robert Rodrick was born April 19, 2004.