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Robert Gregory Bourdon (born January 20, 1979) is the drummer for the nu metal band Linkin Park.

Biography

Rob was born in Calabasas, California and now lives in Los Angeles. He grew up in the same town as the members of Incubus and Hoobastank.

Rob started to play the drums after watching an Aerosmith concert. His mother was the girlfriend of Joey Kramer, Aerosmith's drummer, so they were able to go backstage and see the entire production; Kramer also gave Rob a kick pedal.

In his early teen years, Bourdon played in a few bands with his friends. It was around that time that he met his current Linkin Park bandmate, Brad Delson, and they played together for about a year in a band called Relative Degree. Their goal was to play at the Roxy Theatre, after achieving their goal with a sell-out show, Relative Degree eventually broke up.

Personal life

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 bandmates Rob and Brad didn't have any tattoos for religious reasons. Both are actively of the Jewish faith. Rob, along with Mr. Hahn, has never changed his looks; Chester and Phoenix have sported mohawks, Brad sported an Afro and Mike grew a beard and cut his hair very short.

Trivia

  • Rob's favorite song to play is "In the End".
  • He is the tallest member of the band, standing at 6' 4" (1.93 m) and the youngest.
  • Bourdon wears Puma race-car shoes to get a better feel for the drum pedals; he says it gives him better control of the pedals. He is said to be somewhat of a perfectionist. Rob's hobbies include playing the piano (although he has never done so for a Linkin Park recording) and surfing.
  • He also said that the song "Easier to Run" was the most difficult to play as he had to approach the drums very differently.
  • In Linkin Park's third studio album, Minutes to Midnight, Rob has used standard wooden drums, in addition/comparison to triggers which were used in the previous albums. Photos of the drum machines to be used for the record have surfaced via Joe Hahn's personal SlamXHype blog.

Equipment

Drums (Gretsch Projekt Revolution kit)

14X5 Snare Drum
22X16 Bass Drum
18X16 Floor Tom
16X13 Floor Tom
10X8 High-Tom
12X10 Mid-Tom

Cymbals (Zildjian)

14" A-New Beat hi-hats
14" A-Custom Mastersound hi-hats [Changes between hi hats live]
18" A-Custom Projection Crash
10" A-Custom Splash
19" A-Custom Projection Crash
21" A-Custom Projection Ride
20" Oriental China "Trash"
14" ZXT Trashformer

Others

  • Electronics: Pintech Pads(to the left of hi-hats)
  • Hardware: Gibraltar cage/drum supports
  • Heads: Various Remo Heads
  • Sticks: Vater 5B (Hickory with wood tip)
  • Footwear: Puma racing shoes
  • Recording Software: Pro Tools
  • Freestanding Drum Pads (Pintech)
  • Triggers on snare(DDrum)
  • KD-7 Bass Drum Trigger Unit (Roland)
  • Cage/Drum supports (Gibraltar)
  • MultiDirector DI (Whirlwind)
  • Headphone Mixer MH4 (Rane)
  • Crossover SAC22 (Rane)
  • Bass Shaker (Aura)
  • DW 5000 kick pedals (DW)
  • S6000 Sampler (Akai)
  • MPC2000XL Sampler (Akai)
  • DM5 Drum Module (Alesis)
  • M-1400I Power Amp (Mackie)
  • PL Plus Power Conditioner (Furman)
  • 5B Wood Drumstick/Splashstick (Vater)
  • Drumheads (Remo)
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Chester Bennington Rob Bourdon Brad Delson Dave "Phoenix" Farrell Joe Hahn Mike Shinoda
Discography
Studio albums: Hybrid Theory Meteora Minutes to Midnight
Other releases: Hybrid Theory EP Reanimation Live in Texas Collision Course
Singles
"One Step Closer" "Crawling" "Papercut" "In the End" "Pts.OF.Athrty" "Frgt/10" "Somewhere I Belong" "Faint" "Numb" "From the Inside" "Lying From You" "Breaking the Habit" "Numb/Encore" "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" "What I've Done" "Bleed It Out" "Shadow of the Day"
Other notable songs
"A Place for My Head" "Cure for the Itch" "It's Goin' Down" "P5hng Me A*wy"
Videography
Frat Party at the Pankake Festival The Making of Meteora Live in Texas Breaking the Habit Collision Course Minutes to Midnight
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Dead By Sunrise Fort Minor Grey Daze Julien-K Linkin Park Underground Machine Shop Recordings Music for Relief Projekt Revolution Relative Degree Styles of Beyond Tasty Snax Xero
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