Linkin park drummer biography book of life

Why did rob bourdon leave linkin park

The youngest member of Linkin Park, Rob was introduced to his mother's friend and Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer after a show and from there became inspired to learn the drums. Starting out around the age of nine, Bourdon joined his first band, a quartet called No Clue, in grade six. Rob took drum lessons for a year, but became tired of reading sheet music because he enjoyed playing the music of his favorite bands by ear instead.

After joining his high school's jazz band in grade ten, Rob was recruited by two members of a band called Karma after a concert to join their group. Eventually, Rob and Brad would form their own band called Relative Degree, whose sound he likens to Their dream was to perform at the Hollywood club 'The Roxy', a goal they eventually attained, and broke up soon afterwards.

After the band's break-up, Rob's life became a turmoil of drug and alcohol abuse.

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It was these hard times that took his focus away from drumming. Eventually, by the end of high school, Rob got his life back in order and began playing full-time again. Soon, he got a call from Mike Shinoda asking him to join his and Brad's band, Xero. He currently resides in Los Angeles. In his spare time, Rob likes to play the piano, practice drumming, and surf.

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