ROB BOURDON

'Robert Gregory Bourdon' (born January 20, 1979) is the drummer for the alternative rock band Linkin Park. He is also the youngest member.

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Biography

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.
Rob started to play the drums and his sister got interested in guitar after seeing an Aerosmith concert. Their mother was the girlfriend of Joey Kramer, Aerosmith's drummer, so they was able to go backstage and see the entire production and Kramer also gave Rob a kick pedal.
In his early teen years, Bourdon played in 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, and, after achieving their goal with a sell-out show, Relative Degree eventually broke up.
Bourdon wears Puma racecar shoes to get a better feel for the drum pedals and he says that it gives him a much 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.
It is said that Linkin Park's upcoming third studio album will make use of 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.
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.
He once dated actress Shiri Appleby.
He has dated actress Vanessa Lee Evigan since 2001.
He is the tallest member of the band, standing at 6' 4" (1.93 m).
His 25^th 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.
Rob's favorite song to play is In The End.
Rob worked at a bowling alley when he was in high school, and thus really enjoys bowling.
Rob, along with Mr. Hahn, has never changed his looks as Chester and Phoenix had sported mohawks, Brad sported an afro and Mike grew a beard.
'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:
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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
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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)