BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Frederick Jay Rubin
Description: Guitarist, Producer, USA
Known For: Co-president of Columbia Records.
Instruments: Electric Guitar, Sampler
Music Styles: Rock, hip hop, metal, country, pop, punk, blues, world music, post-industrial
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 10th March 1963
Location Born: Lido Beach, New York, United States of America
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Rick Rubin
An American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records.
Rubin was the original DJ of the Beastie Boys, and co-founder of Def Jam Records with Russell Simmons.
He then established American Recordings.
With the Beastie Boys and Run–D.M.C., Rubin helped popularize a fusion of hip hop and heavy metal music, and he has worked extensively with hard rock and heavy metal groups, notably Danzig, Slayer, Linkin Park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Slipknot, System of a Down, and Rage Against the Machine.
Rubin was born in Long Beach, New York and grew up in Lido Beach, New York. His father was a shoe wholesaler and his mother a housewife. While a student at Long Beach High School he befriended the school’s audiovisual department director Steve Freeman who gave him a few lessons in guitar playing and songwriting and helped him create a punk band called The Pricks. Their biggest claim to fame was being thrown off the stage at CBGB after two songs for brawling with the heckling audience. These hecklers were friends of the band instructed to instigate a confrontation so as to get the show shut down and create a buzz. Somewhat anecdotal, this story was confirmed in an interview with music journalist Zane Lowe. Although he had no authority in New York City, Rubin’s father traveled from Nassau County, New York, to Manhattan wearing his Lido Beach auxiliary police uniform as he attempted to “shut down” the show.
In the 1990s, he produced the “American Recordings” albums with Johnny Cash. MTV called him “the most important producer of the last 20 years.”
In 2007, Rubin was listed among Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Rubin was born in Lido Beach, New York and grew up in Long Island, New York, in a Jewish family.
Moving on to New York University he played guitar in an art-punk band called “Hose”, influenced by San Francisco’s Flipper.
The band broke up in 1986 as Rubin’s passion moved towards the NYC Hip Hop scene.
Having befriended Zulu Nation’s DJ Jazzy Jay, Rubin began to learn about hip hop product
ion. By 1983, the two men produced “It’s Yours” for rapper T La Rock.
His productions were characterized by occasionally fusing rap with heavy rock.
It was the idea of Rick Rubin’s friend Sue Cummings, an editor at Spin magazine, to have Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith collaborate on a cover of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” in 1986.
Rubin portrayed a character based upon himself in the 1985 hip-hop motion picture Krush Groove.
Rubin produced a number of records with other older artists, which were released on labels other than American.
These included Mick Jagger’s 1993 Wandering Spirit album, Tom Petty’s 1994 Wildflowers, AC/DC’s 1995 Ballbreaker, Donovan’s 1996 Sutras, and Metallica’s 2008 Death Magnetic.
In May, 2007, Rubin was named co-head of Columbia Records.
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