Ray Luzier
Raymond Lee "Ray" Luzier (born June 14, 1970 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American drummer . He has been a member of the band Korn since 2007 and moves stylistically in the areas of heavy metal , alternative metal , nu metal and industrial metal as well as hard rock . In the mid-1990s, Luzier worked as a drummer for the band Metal Shop , but got out there to take the chance to go on tour with David Lee Roth .
Life
Luzier grew up in West Newton . There he began to learn to play drums at the age of five. For a while he played in a marching band , whose visual effects he still incorporates into his live performances. In 1988 he moved to Hollywood to study at the Musicians Institute . His breakthrough came through his work with David Lee Roth , with whom he played from 1997 to 2005. In the 1990s he also played drums for The Hideous Sun Demons .
In January 2006, he took part in the NAMM Show in Anaheim with Billy Sheehan and Toshi Hiketa . Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo of the Stone Temple Pilots also appeared as part of an impromptu band with Steve Ferrone . After seeing Luzier's performance, the DeLeo brothers asked him to join Army of Anyone , a band they formed with the singer Richard Patrick of Filter .
In 2007, Luzier had the opportunity to join the band Korn after David Silveria left them in 2006. Luzier flew to Seattle to attend the audition for the new Korn drummer. The decisive factor for his admission to the band was probably that he had not learned the required six, but thirty pieces. In 2008, after Luzier played his first show with Korn in Dublin , front man Jonathan Davis announced that Luzier was now an official member of the band.
In 2013 he founded the supergroup KXM together with Doug Pinnick and George Lynch . The group released their first album the following year.
Equipment and drumming
Luzier is not a classic metal drummer as he has been working with a lot of electronic effects since The Path of Totallity . He describes AC / DC , Iron Maiden , Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails as influences . In addition to drums, he has mastered the guitar and bass .
He changes his equipment for the appropriate style of the artists he works with. He has an endorsement with Pearl , Sabian cymbals, Remo heads, Latin percussion, DW hardware, Vic Firth sticks, factory metal percussion cymbals and Humes and Berg drum cases. He also owns an individually designed monster drum kit from the Pearl Drums Reference Series. For the current KoRn Tour he uses a drum kit from the Pearl Crystal Beat Series in the color "Clear". He also uses electronics from Yamaha and Moongels. He gets his hardware from Drum Workshop.
- 24 × 16 " bass drum (x2)
- 14x6.5 "Free Floater Phosphor Bronze Snare Drum
- 10 × 8 " Tomtom
- 12x8 "Tomtom
- 13 × 8 "Tomtom
- 20 × 14 "gong drum
- 16 × 16 "floor tom
- 18 × 16 "floor tom (left)
- pool
- 18 "Sabian AAXplosion Crash
- 19 "Sabian AAXplosion Crash
- 20 "Sabian AAXplosion crash
- 16 "Zildjian A Custom Projection Crash
- 18 "Sabian AA Medium Crash
- 14 "Sabian AA Rock, Regular or HHX Groove Hats
- 18 "Sabian AAX Chinese
- 19 "/ 20" Sabian Paragon China
- 21 "Sabian AA Rock Ride
- 18 "Sabian HHX Evolution Ozone Crash
- 18 "Sabian HH Ozone Crash
- 18 "Sabian HH medium crash
- 12 "Sabian Radia
- 10 "Factory Metal Percussion Celtic Bell
- 12 "Factory Metal Percussion Cross Chrasherz
- percussion
- LP Ridge Rider Cowbell
- Eardrums
- Snare: Remo Coated Emperor X or Coated Emperor via Remo Ambassador Hazy
- Toms: Remo Emperor Colortone Red via Remo Clear Ambassador
- Bass drum: Remo Powerstroke P3 Colortone Red via Remo Clear Ambassador with "The Nothing" album logo
Discography
With Darren Housholder:
- 1992: Darren Housholder
- 1993: Generator Man
- 1995: Symphonic Aggression
With Medicine Wheel:
- 1994: First Things First
- 1997: Immoral Fabric
- 1998: Small Talk
With David Lee Roth :
- 1998: Slam Dunk (single)
- 1998: DLR volume
- 2003: Diamond Dave
With Freak Power Ticket:
- 1998: Freak Power Ticket
- 2001: Rock Hard Compilation
With Tracy G :
- 1999: Driven
- 2001: Katt Gutt
- 2002: Deviating From the Setlist
- 2005: Erector Phil
With Billy Sheehan :
- 2006: Cosmic Troubadour
- 2008: Holy Cow
With Goaded:
- 2005: Goaded
- 2008: To Die is Gain
With grain :
With KXM :
- 2014: KXM
- 2017: Scatterbrain
- 2019 Circle of Dolls
With other artists:
- 1990: 9.0 - Too Far Gone
- 1992: Shrapnel Records - Guitar Greats
- 1993: Tony Fredianelli - Breakneck Speed
- 1993: Toby Knapp - Guitar Distortion
- 1993: TJ Martell Foundation Benefit CD. Band: Ivory Tower
- 1994: Metal Edge Compilation - Best of LA
- 1994: Howling Iguanas - Howling Iguanas
- 1996: Jeffology (Tribute to Jeff Beck ) with Jake E. Lee
- 1998: Mike Hartman - Black Glue
- 2001: Jason Becker Tribute - Warmth in the Wilderness
- 2001: Zac Maloy - Life
- 2002. Honky Mofo - Honky Mofo
- 2003: Hideous Sun Demons - Hideous Sun Demons
- 2006: Army of Anyone - Army of Anyone
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Metal Hammer: Ray Luzier (Korn): “I was the first drummer of Steel Panther” , February 8, 2016, last accessed on July 12, 2018.
- ↑ KORN - Interview on “The Path Of Totality” with drummer Ray Luzier (with video). Retrieved March 7, 2013 .
- ↑ Pure creativity! P. 1 , accessed February 19, 2013 .
- ↑ a b KORN - Interview on “The Path Of Totality” with drummer Ray Luzier (with video). Retrieved February 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Robin Lussu: Ray Luzier shows his drum kit. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved on February 19, 2013 (German, unknown language, English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ray Luzier. P. 1 , accessed February 19, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luzier, Ray |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luzier, Raymond Lee (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States |