Rob Bourdon

Robert Gregory Bourdon (born January 20, 1979) is an American musician, who is currently the drummer and one of the founders of the rock band Linkin Park.
Musical career
In the albums Hybrid Theory and Meteora, Bourdon’s style was simplistic, mostly trying to fit the drumming into the sound of the band, with only “Easier to Run” from Meteora sounding very complex as Rob had to approach his drum playing style differently. In the latest Linkin Park album Minutes to Midnight, Rob’s drums had wooden bodies to sound more traditional, most notably a complex 3/4 drum pattern in “The Little Things Give You Away”. In live shows, playing with the song “Bleed It Out”, the song is extended with Rob playing a long solo. He has said before that he uses Puma racing shoes while playing.
Personal life
In a Z100 chat in February 2008 with Rob and Joe Hahn, DJ of Linkin Park, Bourdon stated that he is single. He dated actress Vanessa Lee Evigan from 2001 to 2007. He previously dated once actress Shiri Appleby.
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.
In late 2006, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park said on Tattoo Stories that his band mates Rob and main guitarist Brad Delson didn’t have any tattoos for religious reasons. Both are actively of the Jewish faith. He now lives in Los Angeles.
Equipment
Drums (Projekt Revolution kit)
;Gretsch USA Custom
*14×5 Snare Drum
*10×8 High-Tom
*12×9 Mid-Tom
*16×13 Floor Tom
*18×16 Floor Tom
*22×18 Bass Drum

When he was a child he was forced to play piano.  Today, he always plays when he has time.  When he was 9 years old, he went in The Great Western Forum to see a Aerosmith’s concert, this was his first concert. Some people say that his mother was the girlfrindfrom the drummer from Aerosmith and she helped them to choose the name of the band. Because of that, Rob wanted play drums in a big band. When he was 10 years old, rob started to play songs from other bands with his friends. He says that was amazing when he saw the name of his band in the theater where he was inspired. He played in a lot of bands when he was young. One of the bands he played with Brad Delson. The group was call Relative Degree, they played rock with rap and funk. The only objective was play in The Roxy, when they finally played there, the band broke. When he started the high school he liked funk.

Later, Rob joined with Brad and Mike, together they formed Xero, which in the future became Linkin Park.

ALthough Rob is not a model for Matrix (clothing line), Rob usually uses the brand’s shirts in concertes (You can see him wearing a Matrix’s shirt on the Points of Authority’s live video).

For Rob, everything has to be perfect, when he was a child, he stayed three hours in a corner of his house trying to learn how to tie his shoe’s laces. According to the band, he don’t mess up not even on the band’s practices. Rob didn’t have to re-record anything for Reanimation. But he decided to hear the work from his bandmates, and express his opnions. If he didn’t like something, he had to tell the band, they  had to change everything until they get it the rigth way. Rob plays drumms with car pilot’s shoes. He says that it gives him more control with the pedals. He likes to play piano and surf when he have time. Rob was once a waiter. his most exciting moment was when the band received gold for the CD Hybrid Theory.