Rob Caggiano

Rob Caggiano
Rob Caggiano
	Caggiano at Rock am Ring festival in 2022
Background information
Birth name	Robert Caggiano
Born	November 7, 1976 (age 47); The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Genres	Heavy metal; thrash metal; groove metal; hard rock; alternative metal; nu metal;
Occupations	Musician; record producer;
Instruments	Guitar; bass; drums;
Years active	1996–present
Formerly of	Anthrax; Boiler Room; The Damned Things; Volbeat;

Robert Caggiano (born November 7, 1976) is an American guitarist and record producer. Caggiano is known as the lead guitarist of the Danish rock band Volbeat from 2013 to 2023 and of thrash metal band Anthrax from 2001–2005 and 2007–2013. He was also a member of nu metal band Boiler Room.

Career

Caggiano's first professional band was Boiler Room that formed in 1996. The band caught the attention of Roadrunner Records after an opening slot for the band Orgy in 1999. After several delays, the band eventually got Tommy Boy Records to release their debut album Can't Breathe. Soon after the release, the band broke up in summer 2000.

He initially played with Anthrax from 2001 until 2005, exiting when their Among the Living lineup reunited, and later returning in 2007 following the end of that reunion.^[1] He appears on the albums We've Come for You All and Worship Music, as well as the Greater of Two Evils compilation (a live-in-the-studio recording of older material) and the live album Music of Mass Destruction. Caggiano was also part of "The Big 4" tour during 2010 and 2011 which featured Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, and Metallica. The Bulgaria show was streamed and broadcast to movie theaters all over the world and the entire "Big 4" show (Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica) came out on DVD in November 2010.

Caggiano is also known as a record producer/mixer under the alias of Scrap 60 Productions most notably for producing Cradle of Filth, Anthrax, and Jesse Malin along with many other prominent metal/hard rock bands. Caggiano was also the guitarist/songwriter for a band called the Damned Things along with Scott Ian (Anthrax), Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy), and Keith Buckley (Every Time I Die). The debut album for the Damned Things which was also produced and recorded by Caggiano was released through Island Records on December 13, 2010.

On January 4, 2013, it was announced that he had left Anthrax, reportedly in order to focus on studio production work for a while until he figured his next move as an artist. He said of his decision to leave "This is an extremely difficult and emotional decision for me to make but my heart is just steering me in a different direction right now. I've always been one to follow my heart in everything that I do and while this might be one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make, it feels like the right one for me at this time."^[2]

On February 4, 2013, it was announced that Caggiano had officially joined Danish band Volbeat as lead guitarist. Originally called on as the record producer for Volbeat's new album Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies, Caggiano was asked to join as a full-time member two weeks into the recording process due to the chemistry between him and the other band members. In addition, Caggiano has also worked with singer Dani Filth, bass player King ov Hell as well as drummer John Tempesta in a new band, Temple of the Black Moon.^{[citation needed]}

2015 saw the retrospective release of "Soda Pop" EP featuring three Caggiano guitar tracks from 1995.

On June 5, 2023, Volbeat announced over social media that they had parted ways with Caggiano.^[3]

Discography

with Anthrax

Date of release	Title	Label	Chart positions
May 6, 2003	We've Come for You All	Sanctuary/Nuclear Blast	122
April 20, 2004	Music of Mass Destruction (live)	Sanctuary
November 23, 2004	The Greater of Two Evils	Sanctuary/Nuclear Blast
September 13, 2011	Worship Music	Megaforce/Nuclear Blast	12

with Boiler Room

Date of release	Title	Label	Chart position	US sales
2000	Can't Breathe	Tommy Boy/Roadrunner Records

with The Damned Things

Date of release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
2010	Ironiclast	Mercury Records

with Volbeat

Date of release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
2013	Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies	Vertigo/Universal	9	130,000
2016	Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie	Vertigo/Universal	4	51,000
2019	Rewind, Replay, Rebound	Vertigo/Universal
2021	Servant of the Mind	Vertigo/Universal