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 Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:24 pm
In late 2000, guitarist Aaron Fink and bassist Mark James Klepaski made a surprising and unexpected decision: they left Lifer, an alternative metal band that was signed to Universal and was gaining commercial acceptance. Fink and Klepaski departed Lifer (which was originally called Strangers With Candy) so that they could join forces with singer Ben Burnley and drummer Jeremy Hummel and form Breaking Benjamin. Why would Fink and Klepaski leave a band that had a contract with Universal to form a new alternative rock band that, at the time, was unsigned? According to Breaking Benjamin's press releases, the ex-members of Lifer had so much faith in Burnley's songwriting talents that they were willing to take a gamble and uproot themselves. So in late 2000, Breaking Benjamin got started with a four-man lineup that consisted of Burnley on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Fink on lead guitar, Klepaski on bass and Hummel on drums. Breaking Benjamin wasn't the first time that Fink had worked with Burnley; he had known the singer since high school. All four members of the band are from Wilkes-Barre, a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia and its suburbs are considered southeastern Pennsylvania.)
When Breaking Benjamin started playing around Wilkes-Barre, they were far from a carbon copy of Lifer--instead, they favored a radio-friendly post-grunge approach that was aggressive and forceful yet melodic. The band's various influences include, among others, Live, Bush, Pearl Jam, the Stone Temple Pilots and Nirvana. Burnley has been quoted as saying that at age 14, he taught himself to play guitar by listening to Nirvana's seminal 1991 release Nevermind over and over. Korn and Tool have also been cited as influences, but unlike Korn, Breaking Benjamin doesn't have strong hip-hop leanings and isn't quite alternative metal--hard alternative rock, certainly, but not quite alternative metal. However, that isn't to say that Breaking Benjamin hasn't been influenced by certain aspects of Korn's sound. The Pennsylvanians do incorporate the sort of choppy, downtuned guitars that are quite prevalent in alterna-metal, and even though Breaking Benjamin has a lot in common with post-grunge bands like Creed, Default, Cinema8 and Third Eye Blind, they tend to be a bit heavier.
In 2001, Breaking Benjamin's Wilkes-Barre gigs caught the attention of a local radio DJ named Freddie Fabbri, who was an on-air personality at alterna-rock station WBSX-FM. Fabbri put their song "Polyamorous" in rotation, and he also financed the recording of their self-titled debut EP--which, in 2001, ended up selling about 2000 copies in and around Wilkes-Barre. It was also in 2001 that Breaking Benjamin signed with Hollywood Records, which united the band with Ulrich Wild (a busy producer/engineer who has worked with Powerman 5000, Stabbing Westward, White Zombie, Static-X, Pantera, Slipknot and quite a few others). Wild serves as both producer and engineer on Breaking Benjamin's first full-length album, Saturate, which Hollywood released in August 2002. We Are Not Alone followed two years later, complete with a few collaborations with Billy Corgan; the band landed a primo spot on the Evanescence tour in support of the effort. ~ Written by Alex Henderson Breaking Benjamin.ComOriginally I Wrote: Anyone here a fan of Breaking Benjamin? And more importantly do you know of any good BB websites?
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:35 pm
I LUV BREAKING BENJAMIN
but soz i dont kno any
but rock on \\m//
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:46 pm
Sniff Meh Squid I LUV BREAKING BENJAMIN but soz i dont kno any but rock on \\m// yay! another breaking ben fan! mrgreen
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:50 pm
They are a cool band. You can go to google and search for any cool websites
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:39 am
StupidFace_14 They are a cool band. You can go to google and search for any cool websites I never tried google, just Yahoo... thanx for the tip! 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:07 pm
I LOVE BREAKING BENJAMIN...if u buy either cds...and put it into ur cd player o the compie...it takes u to their website and plays...either polyamorous or so cold...i have both their cds and cant wait for a new one to come out...yea for the breaking benjaminess...
-death alone on the wall-
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:11 pm
I really like Breaking Benjamin! They are awesome!!!!
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:29 pm
breaking benjamin is so awesome...i <3 them
heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:30 pm
Wooohoo!!! Go breaking Benjamin!
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:56 pm
I love Breaking Benjamin ^__^ Have all their CD's too. Why don't you try going to LaunchCast, finding their name under the artists file and it'll show you good websites, pictures, info, etc.
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:31 pm
I do not know and kool websites for Breaking Benjamin but, OMFG i love them SOOOOOOOO much!!! i have been to one of their concerts about a month or 2 ago and i am oging ot another on next month!!! i am SOOOOOOO excited but, my mom thinks that i am crazy but, i think that the main singer sort of looks like Jim Carrey i dunno why and if you have ever seen him in concert and if you looked at his mouth when he opens it bim OMFG it is like REALLY weird and it annoys the hell outta me!!! lol
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:33 pm
why does it annoy u? is it his tongue ring that annoys u?
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:03 am
he actually took the toung ring out and no when he opens his mouth it is like not like a straight open it is like a slanted sideways open it is really werid if you pull up some of their videos on your computer and watch his mouth when he holds a note you will see what i am talking about!
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:25 pm
GrimlyFiendish Anyone here a fan of Breaking Benjamin? And more importantly do you know of any good BB websites? well www.BreakingBenjamin.com of course... u silly person... and yes i have every song ever made by them and even sneak my ipod and risk getting it taken away just to here it in school... thats right just to hear BB xp i feel like just a nerd... o yea i am one... lol... in fact im listening to "Rain" right now... i heart that song
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:16 pm
tjdamaster GrimlyFiendish Anyone here a fan of Breaking Benjamin? And more importantly do you know of any good BB websites? well www.BreakingBenjamin.com of course... u silly person... and yes i have every song ever made by them and even sneak my ipod and risk getting it taken away just to here it in school... thats right just to hear BB xp i feel like just a nerd... o yea i am one... lol... in fact im listening to "Rain" right now... i heart that song i said good sites... no the officials cool but the pix suck.. and i'm not getting the whole Jim Carrey-mouth thing, but i could be blinded by my crush sweatdrop
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