"Ilan Rubin" the New NIN drummer

Finally Nine Inch Nails (NIN)'s drummer Josh Freese's got his replacement for the Nail's 2009 tour, and it will be the 20 year-old Ilan Rubin of the Lostprophets band. This replacement was announced by NIN frontman's Trent Reznor.

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."

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History of Rock n Roll

For the rock and roll's fan, its important to know the history of Rock n roll music in order to appreciate why rock music is so loud. Alan Freed was said to be the first Rock and roll man. He was a DJ, and that time he play a song called "My Baby Rocks me with a Steady Roll." In 1950's, Rock and roll become a popular music in the United States. Its style started as rhythm and blues, but is identifiable by the use of electric guitars, interesting lyrics, and a strong rhythm.

There are cpouple man and band who spread rock n roll music for the first time and introduce these music to people. There are: Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and His Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly.

Elvis Presley hits "Heartbreak Hotel," and "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You." was popular in 1955. These songs, of course will go down in history as classic rock music (although more bluesy than other songs in this genre during that time), and Elvis, known as the King of Rock and Roll.

Bill Haley and His Comets came hit song "Rock Around the Clock" was an instant hit to the kids across America and England who finally found a fast-paced song to dance to (or "rock out" to). The song became the best-selling record of the year, and is now considered the seminal rock and roll song.

Then, there is also Jerry Lee Lewis, with his hit "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", released in 1957. He invented a style which infused his trademark single chord, piano solo. Buddy Holly, with his smash hit, "Peggy Sue" took over the airwaves with a song about a girl-the quintessential girl of the fifties, with her innocent smile and cute pigtails. Peggy Sue, however, never ages. The song is among the most memorable hits of the era.

The fifties was truly a great era for rock music. While it did not contain any social and political themes, or electrifying guitar solos, which identified rock music that came out years later, its energy and originality win us over. We now call them "oldies", music that ushered in a more contemporary, and more gritty (less bluesy) kind of music. Still, the fifties was definitely fabulous.

Blues Music History

by Werner Wichmann

Blues is probably the purest American music ever produced – and along with its jazz counterpart – is the only true American music form. Its roots lie in the work songs of West African slaves in the South. When they toiled hard in the fields of South plantation owners, these slaves built a ‘call and response’ method of singing, thus lending rhythm to the drudgery of their lives. These came to be called ‘field hollers’ and became the basis of all blues music to follow. After the Civil War ended, the blacks could either work as field labor or become traveling minstrels. So quite a few ended up being the latter – performing at all-nighters, fish-frys and juke joints, relying on their stamina and mental repertoire of many blues songs.

Powerful Blues Music Is Officially Born
While the lyrics of blues songs seem soulful and sad, the music itself is quite powerful and emotive – filled with rhythm and celebrating the life of black Americans. What makes this kind of music appealing is its reflection of their daily lives, talking about sex, drinking, poverty, love lost, hard labor – anything they experienced.
Among the first documented blues is W C Handy’s “Memphis Blues” in 1909. The music grew in popularity and when the 78-RPM phonograph came in the late 1920’s Paramount, Aristocrat and other record labels recorded some of the famous country blues artists. Around 1941-1943, field recordings of blues men were made in their surroundings by famous blues folklorist Alan Lomax. This is significant because that’s how the white folks got introduced to the blues. Budding artists got exposure to some national record labels.

Blues Travels North
The blacks migrated North during the Great Depression along the route of the Illinois Central Railroad toward Chicago, bringing with them blues music. With huge crowds gathering to enjoy this, performers like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf switched to electric guitars and also included drum sets to their bands. This became even more powerful than the original blues. There was a lull until the late 1950’s when The Kingston Trio recorded the chart topper, Tom Dooley, and gave birth to the folk revival in 1958. The Newport Folk Festival then brought back folk and blues music to the white American people till 1966.
What followed later was a merging of blues with rock – forming the rock blues bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Some artists faithful to the form were The Rolling Stones, John Mayall, Led Zeppelin.

Types of Blues Music
There are four types of blues music. The Deltas blues is said to be the original – being played by the black men from the Mississippi delta region, using the piano or harmonica. The style was a call and response lyrical framing. Then we have the Chicago Blues, which used electric amplification of voice using mics, drum sets and electric guitars. The Texas Blues are similar to the Chicago blues. In the early 1960s originated the Blues-rock, which was directly influenced by the Delta and Chicago blues.