Midnight Madness w/ NIN & The New Regime

Midnight tonight (Nov. 10th), the place to be is www.NIN.com. Trent Reznor is encouraging his hardcore fans to get to know NIN drummer Ilan Rubin’s project,The New Regime. Fans will be able to download The New Regime’s 2008 debut, The Coup, in its entirety for free.

Rubin is no stranger to music fans. Accomplished beyond his years, he has played professionally since the age of nine. Opening Woodstock ‘99 with his first band, F.o.N., a then eleven-year old Rubin found his way into the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest person to play the historic festival. He went on to drum for Denver Harbor (Universal), completing his high school degree while touring the country in a van.

Before being courted by Reznor for NIN, the 20 year-old drummer extraordinaire worked with Lostprophets on the band’s Liberation Transmission studio sessions and tour. The album debuted at #1 on the charts. In those three years alone, Rubin had played for sold-out crowds and festivals all over the world—including Download, Reading/Leeds, Rock am Ring/Park, Fuji Rock, Summer Sonic, V Festival and many others.

It was at the Reading/Leeds Festival in 2007 with Lostprophets that Reznor was “blown away” by Rubin’s performance. Rubin went on to blow the rest of the band away in November when he was asked to rehearse with Nine Inch Nails for their “Lights In The Sky” tour, following Josh Freese’s departure.

The New Regime was born in between writing and recording the latest Lostprophets album and performing a string of sporadic tour dates. “All of the material was written and recorded on Lostprophets downtime,” Rubin explains, “and to be honest, I had never really sung before.” After acquainting himself with the role of singer, he wrote and recorded seven songs in his San Diego, CA garage. “I started playing it for people—not telling them who it was—and started getting some really positive feedback. So I decided to continue with it.” The aura of mysterious genesis is a concept RUBIN planned quite thoroughly. “I wanted people to listen to it and make up their minds based on the music—not who it was by, or what band I’m in,” he says.

Those who fall hard for The New Regime after downloading the album for free tonight, may also be interested in collector’s items:

Feeling energized by the new crop of fans he’s collected due to Nine Inch Nails’ recently concluded “Wave Goodbye” tour, Rubin has put together a special limited edition deluxe package of Coup set for release November 10 exclusively on the band’s Web site. For $45, fans will get a 180 gram vinyl, the CD, a DVD featuring live performances and an interview with Rubin, a 16-page full color 12” x 12” booklet, and an exclusive website link to download instrumental mixes. All 1,000 limited edition copies will also be hand-numbered and signed by Rubin. A stand alone digipak CD will also be available on the band’s website for $7.

*By Joelle, who can’t wait for the new lostprophets album- as if you couldn’t tell from all her blog posts.

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