Bobby Rock has held down the kit for Lita Ford, Nelson, and Vinnie Vincent Invasion. He’s toured arenas, run drum clinics around the world, and stayed clean for nearly 50 years. But underneath the career is a man whose life has been shaped by things most people never have to survive.

In this conversation, Bobby opens up about getting sober at 13 through a 12-step program — and the insight that changed everything: addiction wasn’t the problem, it was a symptom of a misdirected addictive personality, one he learned to point at discipline, craft, and health instead. He walks us through the surreal audition that launched his career, the maddening reverse-order recording of a record he tracked three separate times, and what it actually feels like to walk up the stairs to an arena stage for the first time.

Then there’s the hardest part of his story: the violent loss of his pregnant girlfriend in 1993, the public act of forgiveness that followed, and the rage underneath it he spent years learning to face honestly. Three decades later — to the very day — he and his partner brought home their son. Now a first-time father at 62, Bobby reflects on softness, presence, and why staying hungry never left him.

A conversation about resilience, reinvention, and what it takes to keep showing up — for the work, and for the people who depend on you.

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THE PURPOSE: Undercover operative, CEO, Author, musician. I’ve lived in worlds most only judge from the outside. I don’t try to change minds, just deepen them. -Tegan Broadwater, Author | “Life in the Fishbowl.”

Tegan’s BOOK (Profits donated to charities mentoring fatherless kids):
“LIFE IN THE FISHBOWL. The Harrowing True Story of an Undercover Cop Who Took Down 51 of the Nation’s Most Notorious Crips, and His Cultural Awakening Amidst a Poor, Gang-Infested Neighborhood” https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fishbowl-…

HOST: Tegan Broadwater https://teganbroadwater.com
T’s FAVs: My VUORI Collection (These are badass…I own all of them!)
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GUEST: Bobby Rock
WEB: https://www.bobbyrock.com/

SPONSOR: Tactical Systems Network, LLC (Security Consulting, Armed Personnel, & Investigations) https://www.TSNLLC.com

MUSIC: Tee Cad
Website: https://teecad.com

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