Ray Luzier
| Ray Luzier | |
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Luzier during a Korn concert in April 2010
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Raymond Lee Luzier |
| Born |
June 14, 1970 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Origin | West Newton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Heavy metal, alternative metal, nu metal, industrial metal, hard rock, funk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Roadrunner |
| Associated acts | Korn, KXM, Jonathan Davis and the SFA, Army of Anyone, Jake E. Lee, Stone Temple Pilots, David Lee Roth, The Nixons, Tracy G, Billy Sheehan, Steel Panther |
| Website | www |
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Pearl Drums Sabian Cymbals Remo Drumheads Vic Firth Drumsticks |
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Raymond Lee "Ray" Luzier (born June 14, 1970 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American drummer. He is the drummer of the nu metal band Korn, becoming a full-time member of the band in April 2009.
Ray Luzier was raised in West Newton, Pennsylvania, a small town an hour outside of Pittsburgh on a 180-acre farm . He began playing drums at age five, and although basically self-taught, he participated in high school jazz, concert, and marching bands. After graduating in 1988, Luzier moved to Hollywood, California to pursue an education at the Musicians Institute. He graduated in 1989 with a degree from MI's Percussion Institute of Technology. Luzier later returned as an instructor at Musicians Institute (1992–2001), where he taught rock-style drumming classes and gave private lessons.
Luzier is well known for his work with David Lee Roth, whom he played drums for from 1997–2005. Luzier has also played with The Hideous Sun Demons, a progressive-rock/fusion trio formed with DLR bandmembers Toshi Hiketa (guitar) and James LoMenzo (bass). Luzier became the drummer for Steel Panther shortly after the band formed in 1997. He remained with Steel Panther for six years until he was let go by the band when Luzier refused to stop touring with David Lee Roth. In 2004, Luzier released an instructional DVD. It features a wide variety of lessons, including double-bass technique, drum fills, motion exercises, and warm-ups. It was released through Hal Leonard Publishing Co.
In January 2006, Luzier appeared at the NAMM in Anaheim, California with Billy Sheehan and Toshi Hiketa. Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots appeared at the same NAMM venue as part of an impromptu band put together by Steve Ferrone. After seeing Luzier’s performance, the DeLeo brothers invited Luzier to join Army of Anyone, the band they were putting together with vocalist Richard Patrick of the band Filter.
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