Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin (* 10. March 1963 as Frederick Jay Rubin on Long Iceland , New York ) is an American music producer . In the early 1980s he played guitar in the New York hardcore band The Pricks. In 1984 he founded the music label Def Jam Recordings with Russell Simmons while still a student at the University of New York . Starting with hip-hop , he soon started producing music in other styles too. After a dispute with Simmons, he founded his own label "Def American" in 1986, which was included in American Recordings in 1993 was renamed.
Rubin is generally considered to be one of the most influential and respected producers of the present, and in 2007 he was even described on MTV as the “ most important producer of the last twenty years ”.
Rubin hit negative headlines and financial distress in 1995 when musician Genesis P-Orridge ( Throbbing Gristle , Psychic TV ) was seriously injured in a fire at his home . P-Orridge sued for pain and suffering because he suffered from restricted mobility for several years due to the burn injuries.
Since May 2007 Rubin has been co-head of the Sony / BMG label Columbia Records . His vocation is understood, among other things, as a sign of the rethinking with which the music industry wants to save itself from the crisis. Rubin advocates a new form of music marketing in the form of a subscription model.
In 2006 and 2008 Rubin was awarded a Grammy in the “Producer of the Year” category.
The US cable broadcaster Showtime announced a documentary about Rick Rubin in January 2019. A preview version of the film, titled Shangri-la, was premiered at SXSW in March 2019. Was directed by this Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg .
Discography (selection)
- 1985: LL Cool J - Radio
- 1986: Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
- 1986: Slayer - Reign in Blood
- 1987: The Cult - Electric
- 1987: Public Enemy - Yo! Bum rush the show
- 1988: Masters of Reality - Masters of Reality (The Blue Garden)
- 1988: Danzig - Danzig
- 1988: Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
- 1988: Slayer - South of Heaven
- 1988: Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge
- 1990: Trouble - Trouble
- 1990: Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
- 1991: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- 1992: Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill
- 1993: Mick Jagger - Wandering Spirit
- 1994: Tom Petty - Wildflowers
- 1994: Johnny Cash - American Recordings
- 1995: AC / DC - Ballbreaker
- 1995: Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
- 1996: Donovan Sutras
- 1996: Johnny Cash - Unchained
- 1998: System of a Down - System of a Down
- 1999: Melanie C - Northern Star
- 1999: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
- 2000: Rage Against the Machine - Renegades
- 2000: Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
- 2001: System of a Down - Toxicity
- 2001: American Head Charge - The War of Art
- 2001: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - The Final Studio Recordings
- 2002: Audioslave - Audioslave
- 2002: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
- 2002: System of a Down - Steal This Album!
- 2002: Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
- 2003: The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
- 2003: Jay-Z - The Black Album
- 2004: Slipknot - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
- 2004: The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Armed Love
- 2005: Weezer - Make Believe
- 2005: Shakira - Fijación Oral / Oral Fixation 1
- 2005: Neil Diamond - 12 songs
- 2005: System of a Down - Mezmerize & Hypnotize
- 2006: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Arcadium Stadium
- 2006: Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
- 2006: Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way
- 2006: Slayer - Christ Illusion
- 2006: Justin Timberlake - (Another Song) All Over Again (from FutureSex / LoveSounds )
- 2007: Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
- 2008: Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
- 2008: Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
- 2008: Metallica - Death Magnetic
- 2008: Scars on Broadway - Scars on Broadway
- 2009: Gossip - Music for Men
- 2009: Slayer - World Painted Blood
- 2010: Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave
- 2010: Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle
- 2010: Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
- 2010: Kid Rock - Born Free
- 2011: Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm with You
- 2011: Adele - 21
- 2012: Linkin Park - Living Things
- 2012: ZZ Top - La Futura
- 2012: Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
- 2012: Lana Del Rey - Ride
- 2013: Black Sabbath - 13
- 2013: Kanye West - Yeezus
- 2013: Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
- 2013: Jake Bugg - Shangri La
- 2013: Lady Gaga - Artpop
- 2014: Ed Sheeran - X
- 2014: Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone
- 2015: GoldLink - And After That, We Didn't Talk
- 2016: Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
- 2016: Various - Star Wars Headspace
- 2016: James Blake - The Color in Anything
- 2016: The Avett Brothers - True Sadness
- 2017: Billy Corgan - Ogilala
- 2017: Jovanotti - Oh, vita!
- 2017: Eminem - Revival
- 2018: Smashing Pumpkins - Vol.I / LP - No Past, No Future, No Sun
- 2019: Carlos Santana - Africa Speaks
- 2019: Kate Tempest - The Book of Traps and Lessons
Web links
- Markus Hablizel: Over-Producer Rick Rubin: Coach of the good tones. Spiegel Online , February 14, 2007, accessed June 9, 2013 .
- J. Freedom du Lac: The 'Song Doctor' Is In. Washington Post , January 15, 2006, accessed June 9, 2013 .
- Zak Stone: A Matter of Mentors: In the Studio With GoldLink and Rick Rubin In: Pitchfork. On October 14, 2015, accessed March 25, 2019.
- Rick Rubin at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ DangerousMinds.net: Jesse Malin on "New York Before the War" and his Early Days with Heart Attack: A DM Interview. Retrieved November 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Corey Moss: What's Up With That Bearded Guy In The '99 Problems' Video? MTV , 2007, accessed June 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Jens-Christian Rabe: The deep blues of the record industry. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 17, 2010, accessed on June 9, 2013 .
- ^ Past Winners Search. Grammy Awards , accessed June 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Sam Sodomsky: Rick Rubin Documentary Coming to Showtime. In: Pitchfork. January 16, 2019, accessed on January 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Shangri-La (Work-In-Progress). In: SXSW. March 11, 2019, accessed March 19, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ruby, Rick |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rubin, Frederick Jay (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American record producer, founder of the Def Jam and American Recordings music labels |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | on Long Island , New York |