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Nine Inch Nails Announce New Touring Drummer

Nine Inch Nails have recruited Lostprophets drummer Ilan Rubin to replace Josh Freese on their 2009 tour.

Freese announced he would exit the band once their North American tour wraps in December.


5 Comments

  1. Nick says:

    josh freese is my all time drummer idol, well next to morgan rose of course

  2. rockett says:

    Wow, that must be huge for that kid. He must be thrilled drumming for NIN!

    I hope this doesnt hold up the next Lostprophets album though.

  3. spragg101 says:

    I couldn’t care less if it holds up recording for a new lostprophets album, they turned shithouse along time ago. Ilan is a sick drummer though

  4. Lucas says:

    I disagree that Lostprophets “turned shithouse”. I enjoyed the previous album to be honest and I know a lot of people on here did, too, and ‘Start Something’ was amazing so I don’t know where you get “a long time ago” either.

    Plus, I doubt it’s holding up anything on the album anyways since they’re starting over on it completely according to a recent news post. I assume they’ll be re-writing existing stuff and writing totally new stuff so I’m sure the other guys will be working on it without him for a month or so while he’s helping NIN out for a few weeks.

    I personally cannot wait for the new LP album. I think starting over was a great idea if they weren’t satisfied with what they were getting from their previous producer.

  5. ccrosbie33 says:

    Great opportunity for Ilan, chance of a lifetime.

    But what a risky move for Freese, I hope he as something to fall back on during these troubled times. I mean, what if The Vandals, Offspring, A Perfect Cirlce, Devo, Sting, Avril Lavigne, Daughtry, Rob Zombie, Kelly Clarkson, Hollywood Undead, (and about 20 other bands/American Idols) stop making albums? I’d hate to see him doing Sinatra tunes in some Vegas lounge act to make ends meet. Scary stuff. :)

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