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John Otto

ジョン・オットー　/　じょん・おっとー

American drummer

March 22, 1977 (age 49)　・　Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Florida
drummer
percussionist

My Take

I always come back to John Otto when people argue that nu metal was all riffs and no chops. As Limp Bizkit's founding drummer, born in Jacksonville in 1977, he's the part of that band I find genuinely interesting. Modern Drummer pegged his playing as grounded in metal, jazz, and hip-hop, and you can hear all three colliding in those grooves. To me, his rhythms are the actual engine underneath the noise, the thing that makes the songs swing instead of just stomp. He rarely seeks the spotlight, which only makes me respect the precision more.

Overview

John Everett Otto (born March 22, 1977) is an American musician best known as the drummer and a founding member of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit. Modern Drummer reported that Otto's playing is "grounded in metal, jazz, and hip-hop [and that his] fireball rhythms are the grease that makes the Bizkit cook."

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1. Profile

Name (English): John Otto
Name (Japanese): ジョン・オットー
Reading: じょん・おっとー
Born: March 22, 1977 (age 49)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Snake
Origin: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: drummer / percussionist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.limpbizkit.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC

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