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Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has announced drummer Josh Freese's replacement for the Nail's 2009 tour, and it will be none other than 20 year-old Ilan Rubin of the Welsh band the Lostprophets.
From Reznor via nin.com:
"With great pride and excitement I announce
the addition of Ilan Rubin to the lineup beginning next year. I had the
chance to see Ilan playing his ass off at Reading and Leeds a couple
summers ago and he blew me away. We recently invited him out to
rehearse with us and he blew US away - the perfect guy to pick up the
sticks after Josh leaves us at the end of the year."
Rubin has been playing drums since he was 8 years old, taking lessons from ex-Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and the Hooters' David Uosikkinen. He was entered into the Guiness Book of World Records for being the youngest player to perform on a Woodstock stage, after opening the '99 Woodstock festival at the age of 11. Also while at the age of 11, he was picked by Modern Drummer Magazine as the "Best Undiscovered Drummer Under the Age of 18."
Good pick!
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Anonymous | May 14, 2009 9:20 PM
this kid is GOD!
nobody inparticular | November 20, 2008 1:09 PM
Good luck Ilan Rubin. hope you blow all of us away.:)
craig z | November 18, 2008 12:03 PM
go Ilan!
Maye | November 17, 2008 11:16 PM
Holy shit hell yeah! This kid has now been involved with four great bands! Taught by Blink 182's Travis Barker! Then was in the very unappreciated Denver Harbor (New band from FenixTX's Will Salazar) and then went to the awesome Lostprophets, and now drums for one of my favorite bands NIN!!
Ilan Fan | November 17, 2008 6:50 PM
What this article doesn't say is that Ilan Rubin is releasing a solo record tomorrow. And by "solo", I mean he wrote, sings and plays every note on the album. His pseudo band name is "The New Regime", and the name of the record is "Coup", which will be released digitally.