BIOGRAPHY OF THE MEMBERS

BIOGRAPHY OF THE MEMBERS

Chester Bennington 

Real Name: Chester Charles Bennington

Chester Bennington was born on March 20, 1976. His hometown is Phoenix, Arizona. He spent his childhood in the middle of the family disruption caused by the divorce of their parents, when Chester was just nine years, in addition to having been sexually abused as children.

He formed a band called "Grey Daze" in which Chester was the vocalist, but eventually abandoned the group because it is said, wrote several songs that the group claiming to be his and not of Chester. He knew in his early years Airam Sunday with whom he had a relationship, but things cooled when he met Samantha, a fan of the group. They married on October 31, 1996. In 2002 they had a son, named Draven Sebastian. He is currently married Talinda Bentley and has a son named Tyler Lee with this.

One day Chester was one of his friends had created a demo that Mike, Brad, Rob and Joe, and seeking a vocalist for the group who wanted to create that later would be called Linkin Park. He heard the demo and like the style of music they had created, Chester provided the phoned want to join the band as their request, they sang a piece of the model he had received. To Mike, Brad, Rob and Joe really liked her voice and saw that the proper style of music I wanted to create, and that's how Chester was invited to the audition and was accepted as a vocalist.


 
Mike Shinoda 

Real name: Michael Kenji Shinoda

  He was born on February 11, 1977 in Agoura, California. His ancestors were Japanese who emigrated from the World IIGuerra. His father, Leslie Shinoda, is Japanese and her mother, Kim Shinoda has some Native American blood.

He was raised in Los Angeles suburb of Agoura, where he lived throughout his teenage life. He has a brother named Jason Shinoda. The first step of Mike to the music business was during his high school years, when he attended a concert where there were Anthrax and Public Enemy. He began taking piano lessons when I was very small.

Is rejected by his label, wanting to just play the keyboard and not rap, which was completely change the course of his life, but his way and now is known for giving the rap style to Linkin Park.

Mike Shinoda in 2009.

His versatility as a musician has to listen to songs like In The End, where he sings most of his usual rap, or One Step Closer with vocals much like Metal, In Between, which is completely absent from the rap and you hear a soft melodic rock, soft, Bleed it Out, where he presents a new style of rap combined with the edge of Chester Bennington. Among other songs, besides being the member of the band Linkin Park who plays more musical instruments.

But his greatest contrast is found in Fort Minor, and that its virtues out rapping, a feature that has not carried out on the album Minutes to Midnight so often as in other albums already. However, it should be noted in the latest album from Linkin Park, Minutes To Midnight, the song No Roads Left, composed and full cantanda for him, where he shows his great talent not only rapping, but also with melodic vocals.

Mike started playing guitar more times in the Linkin Park concert, which years ago were not used to, but the fusion between guitars of Linkin Park is now an element that provides additional capabilities to the group when playing live. Mike along with his childhood friend (Mark Wakefield) (under the pseudonym White Pegacorn) recorded a song called Barack Your World in giving its support to candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 elections. Barack Your World is actually a parody video included. This year 2010 has been busy recording the new album by Linkin Park called A Thousand Suns which went on sale in September of that year.
 





Brad Delson 

Real name: Bradford Phillip Delson 

Known as "BBB" (Big Bad Brad) born on December 1, 1977, is the lead guitarist of the band of nu metal / rapcore and alternative rock Linkin Park. It is also the A & R Machine Shop Recordings.

Delson was born in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Agoura High School (California) in 1996 and formed Xero with Mike Shinoda, who later became Linkin Park. He attended and graduated from the University of California (Los Angeles), specializing in communication During college, Delson had to deal with a member of the music industry as part of his career. He ended up working for Jeff Blue, an A & R Warner Bros. Records. He told Blue about his band and instead of giving demos for listening, Blue made him constructive criticism. Also Jeff Blue was one who found the current Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington.

Brad Delson Linkin Park at a concert in Dallas, Texas on August 4, 2007.

Before you create Xero, Delson's first instrument was the trumpet. His first band was called Pricks and also played in a band called Relative Degree with his fellow Linkin Park Rob Bourdon. He met his bandmate Dave Farrell at UCLA.

A Delson is often seen with a couple of large headphones on stage, apparently for purely aesthetic reasons, they seem to have no function during concerts. The headphones are designed by Shinoda and change with each release. Delson has never responded seriously to why wearing your headset, usually avoids such questions with answers Funny as "If I tell you, I'll have to kill you."

Is often criticized for playing simple guitar parts and never alone star. He explained that this is due to the simplistic nature of the band and the fact that attempts to adjust the sound of your guitar to keyboard, drums and hip hop and electronic music of the band. However in the Minutes to Midnight album is more experimental sound practice where you can see the guitar solos on songs like In Pieces.

 




David Farrell 

Real name: David Michael Farrell

Better known as Phoenix, born on February 8, 1977, is the bassist for nu metal / alternative metal Linkin Park.

Farrell was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts but later moved to Mission Viejo, California when he was five. He graduated from the University of California. He plays bass, electric guitar, cello and violin.

Farrell was a member of a Christian ska band called Tasty Snax. While attending college, practiced with Brad Delson "Brad's playing bass in your room." Despite this, as he was traveling with his band, the Tasty Snax, he could not play with Delson and his band, which would become Linkin Park. After changing their name to Snax, Farrell began playing bass in the band before leaving again to join Linkin Park.

Farrell said that their influences have been his mother and brother, Joe, like Weezer, The Beatles, Deftones, The Roots, Bob Marley, Sarah McLachlan, Hughes and Wagner.

In keeping with his nickname, Phoenix, Phoenix has two tattoos on his back, as well as curiosity, married since 2002. In concert choirs makes the song The Little Things Give You Away.


 

 Rob Bourdon 

Real name: Robert Gregory Bourdon 

Born January 20, 1979 is the drummer of the band Linkin Park nu metal. It is also the youngest member of the band.

Rob was born in Calabasas, California and now lives in Los Angeles. He grew up in the same town as the members of Incubus and went to school with members of Hoobastank.

Rob started playing drums at the age of 10 after watching an Aerosmith concert. Since his mother was the former girlfriend of Joey Kramer, Aerosmith drummer, Bourdon could be backstage and see the entire production. Rob also enjoys playing piano when he has time. He used to take lessons when I was young and forced to follow.

 

Joe Hahn 

Real name: Joseph Hahn

Joseph Hahn, also known as Joe Hahn, Chairman Hahn and Mr. Hahn (born March 15, 1977 in Dallas) is known for her role as DJ in the band Linkin Park. Joe has an alter ego named Remy.

Korean parents, was born in Glendale, California where she graduated from high school and visual arts. He attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California with his now band mate Mike Shinoda.

Hahn joined Linkin Park, then called Xero in 1997 as the DJ of the band. Since then, he has directed most of the videos of the band (except "One Step Closer," "Crawling," "Faint," "Given Up" and "We Made It"). He also participated with Mike Shinoda in production The Rising Tied, the Hip Hop side project Fort Minor.

A feature of Joe, wears glasses similar to those of Chester but different in style. Her hair is naturally black, but it cleared a little. He has no tattoos or piercings.

He created the concepts of the videos: One Step Closer, Crawling, In The End and did all the animation of Pts.Of.Athrty.

Joe or "Remy" talks at the beginning of Cure For The Itch. Joe came up with the concept of One Step Closer and has been involved in all the other videos. He is the official director of videos for the band.