1. Ray Luzier is the drummer of nu metal band Korn, having become a full-time member of the band in April 2009.
14 Facts About Ray Luzier
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Ray Luzier graduated in 1989 with a degree from MI's Percussion Institute of Technology.
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Ray Luzier later returned as an instructor at Musicians Institute, where he taught rock-style drumming classes and gave private lessons.
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Ray Luzier is well known for his work with David Lee Roth, for whom he played drums from 1997 to 2005.
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Ray Luzier became the drummer for Steel Panther shortly after the band formed in 1997.
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Ray Luzier remained with Steel Panther for six years until his DLR touring schedule interfered.
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In January 2006, Ray Luzier appeared at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California with Hiketa and Billy Sheehan.
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Consequently, Korn was then looking for a new drummer; and Ray Luzier reportedly flew to Seattle to audition for Korn with James "Munky" Shaffer and Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu.
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At his audition, Ray Luzier was immediately invited to join Korn.
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Ray Luzier played his first show with Korn on January 13,2008, in Dublin, Ireland, and played with the band throughout 2008.
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Korn frontman Jonathan Davis said in March 2009 that Ray Luzier was now an official member of the band.
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In 2014, he released the self-titled CD,"KXM" with his side project KXM, which consisted of Ray Luzier, ex-Dokken and Lynch Mob guitarist George Lynch, and King's X vocalist and bassist Doug Pinnick.
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Ray Luzier currently endorses Pearl Drums, Sabian cymbals, Evans drumheads, DW hardware, Vic Firth drumsticks, and Factory Metal Percussion Cymbals.
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Ray Luzier previously endorsed ddrum, Orange County Drum and Percussion, remo drumheads and Promark drumsticks.