- Former guitarist for Mazzy Star.
- Guitarist, songwriter.
- Graduated from Palisades High School in 1975.
- Leader of the band Rain Parade before he left to join Rainy Day in 1983 after the release of Rain Parade's first album "Emergency Third Rail Power Trip.".
- Released a self-titled album before launching the band Opal (initially called Clay Allison) with Kendra Smith of The Dream Syndicate. In 1989 the band morphed into Mazzy Star.
- He and his brother Stephen Roback, a bass guitarist, formed a band called the Unconscious, which also included Susanna Hoffs, who would go on to become the lead singer and guitarist of The Bangles.
- Wrote and produced the songs that actress Maggie Cheung sang in the 2004 film Clean.
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