Does Rick Rubin play an instrument?

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Other than drum machine, turntable, or sampler?

― glue, Monday, 1 December 2003 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

He plays piano on Joe Strummer's last record.

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Monday, 1 December 2003 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Check book.

― earlnash, Monday, 1 December 2003 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

He played guitar with his band Hose. He had Marshall stacks in his dorm room, I was so jealous.

― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 1 December 2003 17:27 (twenty-one years ago)

He plays guitar on Run-DMC's epic "Raising Hell," which I guess makes him sort of an important guitarist.

― ottoman, Monday, 1 December 2003 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

he plays his beard.

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Monday, 1 December 2003 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

So why didn't he ever produce ZZTop?

― peepee (peepee), Monday, 1 December 2003 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

"And now for my next trick..."

― earlnash, Monday, 1 December 2003 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

skinflute

― lad braner, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)

wow - Arthur, did you go to school w/ Rubin? That rocks.

Yeah, Hose ... man they were pretty awful. I think their EP must be the first ever release to bear the Def Jam name? They recorded it in 1982 so it must predate "It's Yours" by a couple years. Then they had the two tracks on the Touch & Go God's Favorite Dog comp and I think that was it.

― Broheems (diamond), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 07:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, he started Def Jam out of his dorm room at NYU on University Place. At first Hose were practically a Flipper tribute band but they got better, I think. Never actually heard the record. Anyway, they were better than the other Weinstein Residence Hall band, Das Damen, who used to rehearse in the basement.

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

I dated a girl who lived under his dorm room; Jesus, the walls quaked.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 May 2006 05:44 (nineteen years ago)

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Sunday, 14 May 2006 06:27 (nineteen years ago)

cuz of Rubin's sound system, errr, not anything I was doing.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 May 2006 06:39 (nineteen years ago)

i think my question was more to do w/the dating of ladies.

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Sunday, 14 May 2006 06:47 (nineteen years ago)

it was a long time ago.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 May 2006 06:52 (nineteen years ago)

I heard - but did not buy - the Hose record when I worked at Venus Records in the Village because it was quite expensive. The cover of "Superfreak" was far more Dickies than Mordred.

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Sunday, 14 May 2006 07:29 (nineteen years ago)

There are two Hose records...the ep and then a 7" single. The single is pretty good, esp. one track "Mobo". Pretty sure it was discussed in another thread. One of Rubin's former bandmates forwarded a photo a year or so ago of Hose live, and it shows young Rick playing guitar. Should still be posted on my old blog somewhere.

― dlp9001 (dlp9001), Sunday, 14 May 2006 09:53 (nineteen years ago)

Yep.

― kit brash (kit brash), Sunday, 14 May 2006 10:01 (nineteen years ago)

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