Rodger Bain
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Rodger Bain was a producer in the 1970s, known for producing heavy metal albums by bands such as Black Sabbath and Judas Priest.
[edit] Career
He was the producer of Black Sabbath's first three albums, Budgie's first album, and Judas Priest's first one, Rocka Rolla. Bain dominated the production of Priest's first album and made decisions that the band did not agree with [1] Bain chose to leave fan favorites from the band's live performances, such as "Tyrant", "Genocide", and "The Ripper," off the album. As well, he cut the song "Caviar and Meths" from a 10-minute song down to a 2-minute instrumental.
He also produced the Judas Priest album Hero, Hero, which contained remixed versions of the tracks on Rocka Rolla. Both of these Judas Priest albums received a lot of negative reviews.
In the Last Supper DVD, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler describes Bain positively and claims that he let them record their album live which was and still is an uncommon method of recording, when other producers had refused. This is also how he is said to have produced the other albums mentioned above.
