Rob Bourdon

INSTRUMENT: Drums GEAR: Gretsch kit Zildjian cymbals Remo heads Vater sticks Rane headphone amp Alesis DM-5 drum module Shure E-1 in-ear monitors D-drum trigger pads Quote / What do you like about being in the band? "I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to make an album with five of my closest friends. It has been a great experience touring and having the chance to meet our fans and street teamers. Thank you to everyone who has shown their love and support." -Rob Rob's birthdate is 1/20/79. Rob is from Calabasas, CA, but lives in LA now. Rob went to Agoura high school. Rob is Jewish Rob's previous day job was as a waiter Linkin Park watch videos of themselves and Rob (according to Brad) never plays a part wrong, but he'll always point out if something's not up to par. Rob is the practice-perfect technical guru of the band. Rob started to play the drums when he was in elementary school (third or fourth grade) after he went to an Aerosmith concert. His mom actually knows Joey Kramer (Aerosmith's drummer) so he got to go backstage and see the whole production. When Rob got into high school he was into "a lot of funk" like Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Tower of Power. Linkin Park is NOT Rob's first band. He started playing in bands when he was around 13 years old and he'd play cover songs like Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' with his buddies. That's when he met Brad and they played for about a year. It was rock meets rap and funk, they were called 'Relative Degree'. They practiced a lot, played one show and then it fell apart. Rob likes to play the piano when he has time. He used to take classical lessons when he was young and was forced to keep going Rob says Princess Jasmine is the cartoon character that represents him best because him and Phoenix are like a team in the band, being on bass and drums. so he's be Princess jasmine cos they fit together. (See 'Phoenix' info in order to understand this comment,lol) His most poignant moment was getting gold plaques for Hybrid Theory. Rob went to high school with Incubus.