Robert Gregory Bourdon (born January 20, 1979) is an American musician , who is currently the drummer for Linkin Park
He once dated actress Shiri Appleby. He has dated actress Vanessa Lee Evigan since 2001.
His 25th birthday was featured on an episode of iTunes' LPTV. On January 20, 2004, Linkin Park played a show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the band can be seen joking around backstage and saying that it is Rob's twentieth birthday. This caused some confusion among viewers. In late 2006, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park said on Tattoo Stories that his band mates Rob and main guitarist Brad Delson didn't have any tattoos for religious reasons. Both are actively of the Jewish faith. In the albums Hybrid Theory and Meteora, Bourdon's style was more simplistic, mostly trying to fit the drumming into the nu-metal sound, with only Easier to Run from Meteora sounding very complex as Rob had to approach his drum playing style differently. In the latest Linkin Park album Minutes to Midnight Rob's drums had wooden bodies to sound more traditional. In live shows, playing with the song Bleed It Out, the song is extended with Rob playing a long solo. A note about Rob's style is that he will always play the drums wearing FIA spec motorsport shoes made by Puma. He has said that it gives him better feel and control of the pedals.
Robert Gregory Bourdon, 20 Ocak 1979 - Calabasas do?umlu Linkin Park grubunun davulcusudur. Ayn? zamanda grubun en genç üyesidir.
Linkin Park'a kat?lmadan önce garsonluk yapm??t?r. Santa Monica Üniversitesi'nde muhasebe okumu?tur. ?lkokulda gitti?i Aerosmith konserinde Joey Kramer ile tan??t?ktan sonra davul çalmak istemi?tir. Robert davul d???nda piyano da çalmaktad?r.
Rob Bourdon wurde am 20. Januar 1979 in Calabasas (Kalifornien) unter seinem vollen Namen Robert Gregory Bourdon geboren, sein Spitzname lautet Bourdie.
Zum Schlagzeug kam Rob Bourdon aufgrund seiner Begeisterung nach einem Aerosmith-Konzert, das er aus nächster Nähe betrachten durfte. Der Schlagzeuger Aerosmiths war mit Robs Mutter befreundet und brachte ihm infolgedessen das Spielen bei. Nebenbei beschäftigt sich Rob Bourdon privat auch mit dem Klavier. Den ersten Kontakt zu einem seiner heutigen Bandmitglieder hatte er mit Brad Delson, mit welchem er schon in der Band Relative Degree zusammen spielte.
Rob Bourdon gilt als Perfektionist und ist für seine Drumparts selbst verantwortlich. Vor der erfolgreichen Zeit mit Linkin Park jobbte er zeitweise als Kellner.
Rob Bourdon (de son vrai nom Robert Gregory Bourdon) est le batteur du groupe de néo metal mélodique Linkin Park dont il est le plus jeune membre. Il est né le 20 janvier 1979 à Calabasas en Californie. Il sait jouer de la batterie depuis ses 10 ans et du piano. Il en est venu à la batterie grâce à sa mère qui l'a emmené voir un concert d'Aerosmith (sa mère connaissait personnellement le groupe). Pour le 3e album du groupe Linkin Park, Rob compte utiliser une double-pédale sur sa grosse caisse. Avant de jouer pour le groupe, il était serveur.
Rob est juif pratiquant et c'est pour cela qu'il ne veut pas porter de tatouages. Il porte souvent une casquette sur scène ainsi que des chaussures de sport Puma, qui, selon lui, sont plus précises pour les pédales de batteries. (« Druming Shoes » selon Rob). Rob porte énormément de respect pour ses fans et c'est pourquoi il travaille ses partitions avec acharnement afin de ne pas faire d'erreur sur scène. C'est le seul membre du groupe Linkin Park qui ne s'est jamais trompé lors d'un concert. De plus, il aime visiter les sites de fans de Linkin Park (il dit trouver impressionnant le fait que les auditeurs soient capables de prendre tant de temps pour créer un espace web).
A l'époque des deux premiers albums du groupe, Rob jouait des rythmes lents et simples, bien que l'on note quelques détails interessants (comme le jeu de charlestone sur One Step Closer). Rob n'était alors que très peu considéré comme étant un bon batteur. Cependant, le très surprenant Minutes To Midnight présenta aux fans un Rob plus énergique, aux partitions plus complexes, l'une des chansons les plus inatendues de sa part étant No More Sorrow, où ses fûts ajoutent une puissance considérables aux riffs, comme jamais avant dans une chanson de Linkin Park.A chaque prestation de "Bleed it out" il enchaine un solo complexe de batterie montrant tout son talent sur cet instrument.
Robert Gregory Bourdon (20 de enero de 1979) es el baterísta de la banda de nu metal Linkin Park. También es el miembro más joven de la banda.
Rob nació en Calabasas, California y ahora vive en Los Ángeles. Creció en la misma ciudad que los miembros de Incubus, y fue al High School con algunos miembros de Hoobastank.
Rob comenzó a tocar la batería a la edad de diez años tras ver un concierto de Aerosmith. Ya que su madre fue la ex novia de Joey Kramer, el baterista de Aerosmith, Bourdon pudo estar en el backstage y ver toda la producción. Rob también toca el piano.
En sus primeros diez años, Bourdon tocó en algunas bandas con sus amigos. Fue en aquella época cuando conoció a su actual compañero en Linkin Park, Brad Delson, y tocaron juntos durante un año en una banda, Relative Degree. Su objetivo era tocar con the Roxy, y tras conseguir esta meta con una actuación, se separaron.
Se dice que Bourdon es muy perfeccionista. No lleva tatuajes por razones religiosas, pues es judío.
Actualmente sale con la actriz Vanessa Lee Evigan.
Robert Gregory Bourdon (Calabasas, 20 gennaio 1979) è il batterista statunitense dei Linkin Park.
Di origini ebraiche e concittadino di alcuni degli Incubus, ha trascorso i suoi primi anni ad Agoura, un sobborgo di Los Angeles (da cui provengono anche gli altri due fondatori dei Linkin Park, Mike Shinoda e Brad Delson).
Ha iniziato a suonare la batteria a dieci anni, dopo aver seguito un concerto degli Aerosmith (il cui batterista Joey Kramer era l'ex-fidanzato della madre). A tredici anni ha cominciato a suonare per altri gruppi, e in quel periodo conobbe Brad Delson, con cui formò i Relative Degree.
Ad unirsi ai Linkin Park, nel 1996, fu convinto dal suo ex compagno di liceo Jason Shinoda (fratello minore di Mike). Prima di aggregarsi ai Linkin, faceva il cameriere.
Ora vive a Los Angeles, dove ha sede la band.
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Rob Bourdon plays in Linkin Park. Their official debut album "Hybrid Theory" became a worldwide success.
Their sophomore album "Meteora" (2003, not counting the 2002 remix album "Reanimation") was eagerly waited for by many. In an interview with Shoutweb Rob Bourbon explains how he worked inside the studio for their second album: "Before we enter the studio is when all the pressure is on me to get everything up to speed or up to where it needs to be for the actual recording. Probably about three months before we started recording I was working on my parts and working on the parts and getting all that stuff together."
Rob Bourdon also used a drum tech during his studio efforts. Rob continues: "It's actually someone who is a specialist in tuning. His name is Ross. He's from the Drum Doctors. That's the name of the company. He has a whole, big collection of drum kits and if you kind of have an idea for the sound you want on the record. We talked before and talked about the kind of sound we wanted to get. He comes in and just brings whatever kits he thinks are great for the project. He brings a whole bunch of different snare drums and a whole bunch of different cymbals. I had a lot of time to experiment with all of these different sounds. He's great at tuning the drums and getting them exactly to sound perfect. He's the guy that can go in. When you record drums a lot of times after hitting the snare drum a bunch of times, it starts to change the pitch so he would have to go in and change the head real fast in between takes and then tune it up to match exactly where it was on the first half of the song. There is a guy who is awesome at that. I've never seen anybody tune drums like he does." Soon after the release of "Meteora" the band started a worldwide tour including Europe, Japan and Australia, playing many concerts with legendary Metallica.
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