Paramore Recruit Ex-NIN Drummer

Paramore have recruited former Nine Inch Nails and Lostprophets drummer Ilan Rubin for their new album.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, our drummer for the 4th album is Mr. Ilan Rubin," proclaimed the Paramore twitter feed on Friday.

The decision to hire Rubin was probably influenced by their current producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen, who played alongside the drummer in Nine Inch Nails.

Rubin had also joined Angels And Airwaves this year, and continues to release his own music under the moniker The New Regime.

Paramore will follow their recording sessions with their first show without founding members Zac and Josh Farro in Edinburgh, Scotland, before their headline appearances at the Reading and Leeds festivals in England. Zac Farro has since revealed his latest band HalfNoise.

Here's a picture from Ilan Rubin's Instagram with his view from the Paramore recording studio:

Finished all the lead vocals for the next The New Regime release (unless I add more songs). Back in LA for @paramore work. Great people.

— Ilan Rubin (@IlanRubin) July 2, 2012

Comments

[the_last_shadow]

Ridiculously talented dude. Good at guitar, good singing voice, insane drummer. If you have 6 minutes and 4 seconds spare and appreciate good drumming, check out his performance at the Guitar Center Drum-Off.

[toadpenguin]

"Paramore will follow their recording sessions with their first show without founding members Zac and Josh Farro..."

They've done an entire South American tour and a whole load of other shows since the Farros left.

[fede01_8]

from playing with Trent Reznor to play with Hayley Williams... damn, he must be strapping for cash

[DaFort85]

fellow former NIN drummer Josh Freese also worked with Paramore as well. He was the drummer for their South American tour.

[CollyOBrien]

Whether you like the bands or not, this dude has one seriously impressive CV! I'm pretty sure he was only 19 when he played with Prophets?!

[Shredx]

Good drummer, will be interesting to see what he'll bring to paramore. Have they announced the other guitarist yet?

[spiff-corgi]

the_last_shadow wrote:

Ridiculously talented dude. Good at guitar, good singing voice, insane drummer. If you have 6 minutes and 4 seconds spare and appreciate good drumming, check out his performance at the Guitar Center Drum-Off.

Holy shit that was amazing.

[rockfan7]

fede01_8 wrote:

from playing with Trent Reznor to play with Hayley Williams... damn, he must be strapping for cash

Why do people like you exist? Anyway, Paramore is a lot more fun to play on drums than NIN.

[drmrfzl]

rockfan7 wrote:

fede01_8 wrote:

from playing with Trent Reznor to play with Hayley Williams... damn, he must be strapping for cash

Why do people like you exist? Anyway, Paramore is a lot more fun to play on drums than NIN.

even as a fan of nine inch nails...you are correct.

[MrFlibble]

Shredx wrote:

Good drummer, will be interesting to see what he'll bring to paramore. Have they announced the other guitarist yet?

Taylor's brother has been playing guitar with them for a while as a touring musician. They've had a couple of other randoms too, having three guitars on stage. So far as far as the studio recordings go, the only guitarist mentioned has been Taylor. I would guess he'll play every part on the album and his brother/other session musicians will come along on tour, just as they did with the Riot! album where Josh played everything in the studio and Taylor was brought in for the tour.

[Poisonouspot]

isn't he in Angels and airwaves too? Im a huge NIN fan, he's a great drummer but I prefer Josh Freese, hope he does well with paramore

[im not mental]

i saw him on NIN's last tour... beast of a drummer. can't wait to see how this turns out.

[AaronianKenrod]

CollyOBrien wrote:

Whether you like the bands or not, this dude has one seriously impressive CV! I'm pretty sure he was only 19 when he played with Prophets?!

I thought it was 17, though I did read that many many years ago now.

[TJ1991]

toadpenguin wrote:

"Paramore will follow their recording sessions with their first show without founding members Zac and Josh Farro..."

They've done an entire South American tour and a whole load of other shows since the Farros left.

And released 4 new songs.

[jbass13]

The dude is overloading his time!! Angels and Airwaves, Paramore, and other projects...But as long as it all sounds good

[swave75]

Looking at the photo...I didn't know Nicolas Simmons was in NIN.

[RaKooN13]

the_last_shadow wrote:

Ridiculously talented dude. Good at guitar, good singing voice, insane drummer. If you have 6 minutes and 4 seconds spare and appreciate good drumming, check out his performance at the Guitar Center Drum-Off.

Is it just me or is he reminiscent of Animal of the Muppets while playing? Nonetheless, that was awesome. I had never looked into him when he was NIN, I really should have. Hes is a beast with the sticks, thanks for sharing that!

[the_last_shadow]

RaKooN13 wrote:

the_last_shadow wrote:

Ridiculously talented dude. Good at guitar, good singing voice, insane drummer. If you have 6 minutes and 4 seconds spare and appreciate good drumming, check out his performance at the Guitar Center Drum-Off.

Is it just me or is he reminiscent of Animal of the Muppets while playing? Nonetheless, that was awesome. I had never looked into him when he was NIN, I really should have. Hes is a beast with the sticks, thanks for sharing that!

Haha no problem mate and yes he is reminiscent of Animal! I've thought myself before and so have a lot of others haha

[CollyOBrien]

AaronianKenrod wrote:

CollyOBrien wrote:

Whether you like the bands or not, this dude has one seriously impressive CV! I'm pretty sure he was only 19 when he played with Prophets?!

I thought it was 17, though I did read that many many years ago now.

17?! Fuck, I'm 22...I really need to pull the finger out and start a band haha

[godisasniper]

I gotta say, the Farro brothers seemed like the driving force behind Paramore, and Zac pretty much carried every song with his drumming. Rubin is a hell of a drummer, and it'll be interesting to see what he brings to that band.

[rocker222]

whitch lostprophets album did he drum on, because in start something the drumming was epic.

[Primus2112]

Maybe with the influence of Meldal-Johnsen and Rubin, Paramore won't be total shit.

[ozzyismetal]

Primus2112 wrote:

Maybe with the influence of Meldal-Johnsen and Rubin, Paramore won't be total shit.

Well Rubin can be hit and miss but I expect nothing but brilliance from Justin Meldal-Johnsen, I'm very interested to hear how the final product turns out.

[Mr Winters]

This guy is one hell of a drummer. Kicked serious ass with the 'prophets

[kopij1989]

rocker222 wrote:

whitch lostprophets album did he drum on, because in start something the drumming was epic.

The one before the one that just came out. Not a Prophets fan so I didnt bother remembering the name. Helluva musician though. He's gonna be one of thr greats.

[Mr Winters]

rocker222 wrote:

whitch lostprophets album did he drum on, because in start something the drumming was epic.

Liberation Transmission

kopij1989 wrote:

rocker222 wrote:

whitch lostprophets album did he drum on, because in start something the drumming was epic.

The one before the one that just came out. Not a Prophets fan so I didnt bother remembering the name. Helluva musician though. He's gonna be one of thr greats.

He wasn't on The Betrayed

[Akaforty]

the_last_shadow wrote:

Ridiculously talented dude. Good at guitar, good singing voice, insane drummer. If you have 6 minutes and 4 seconds spare and appreciate good drumming, check out his performance at the Guitar Center Drum-Off.

That was awesome.