Biographies
Brad Delson Position: Lead Guitar Birth Date: January 12, 1977 Facts: Graduated from UCLA w/ a Bachelor's Degree in Communications Didn't go to law school so he could pursue his career in the band Is a fan of Britney Spears and the rest of the band is embarrassed of him Originally from Agoura, California First instrument was the trumpet First band was the Pricks in 1994 Musical role model is Chester Greatest obsession is sleeping Didn't want to go to Hooters to celebrate the success of the album because he was a good innocent guy who never really did things like that; he suggested bowling; but eventually went with the guys to hooters Almost every Christmas he and his family hold a dinner in an auditorium for the homeless Had a mullet in high school because he was into thrash metal like Guns N Roses and Metallica and the other long hair bands and tried to grow his hair long but his hair grew out rather then down, so he tried straightening it with a hair dryer which didn't work so he them tried to straighten it w/ chemicals and "it died"... basically his hair didn't look like it was supposed to, it was a mullet instead Chester Bennington Position: Lead Vocals Birth Date: March 20, 1976 Facts: Has a tattoo on his leg of the soldier with wings from the "Hybrid Theory" cd cover Other tattoos include red/blue lines on his arms, and a fish Thinks tattoos are really painful but also really beautiful Has a bottom lip ring As a kid he'd sing around the house, dreaming he was the fifth member of Depeche Mode Has been known to moon people Originally from Phoenix, Arizona Got married at the age of 20 to his wife, Samantha Announced his 4 year anniversary to Samantha at the 10/31/00 Hollywood, CA show First instrument was the piano Career highlight so far is making the "One Step Closer" video Greatest obsession is his music, which he started at age 13 Will never part with his guitar Is a complete sucker for good beer If he could repeal one law it would be the legalization of marijuana First band was called Grey Daze in 1993 Grey Daze was actually pretty popular and getting airplay in the Phoenix, AZ area but they never got signed Was upset that he was writing the lyrics by himself while all the band members took credit Mike Shindoa Position: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Birth Date: February 11, 1977 Facts: Is half Japanese Graduated from the Pasadena Art College of Design Majored in illustration but studied graphic design heavily Got a job as a graphic designer right out of college Designed the soldier on the "Hybrid Theory" cover Originally from Agoura, California Went to Agoura high school Met Brad in 7th grade Uses or used a Paul Reed Smith SE-32 guitar Joseph Hahn Position: Turntables Birth Date: March 15, 1977 Facts: Has a split personality called Remy "Remy" talks in the beginning of "A Cure For The Itch" Came up with the concept for the "One Step Closer" video Originally from Glendale, California Was into visual arts in high school and also pursued it after Chester and him both agree that the Foo Fighters' "Everlong" is quite possibly the best song ever Mike (and then Rob, Brad, etc) met him in college since he went to the Pasadena arts school/college too. Left college before the band and did some stuff in film Constantly invents things in conversations with new fans that don't know the band very well Was born in America, but his parents are Korean Phoenix Farrel Position: Bass Birth Date: February 8, 1977 Facts: Real name is Dave Farrel Was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts Grew up in Massachusetts, later moved to Mission Viejo, California After moving to CA, he joined a band in high school called Snax While with Snax, he transitioned from guitar to bass guitar and stayed with it ever since As previously mentioned, he was the original bass player in Xero Played with Xero until he decided to tour with Snax for a year and a half and then came back to Linkin Park Was taught how to play guitar by his mom, his greatest inspiration Graduated from UCLA Responsible for some of the song writing on the "Hybrid Theory" cd Uses both 4 and 5 string Ernie Ball Sting Ray Bass Guitars and SWR Amplifiers Loves Mocha Almond Fudge ice cream Prefers boxers instead of briefs Crowd sang 'happy birthday' to him at the Minneapolis concert on February 8th, 2001 Favorite movie is Braveheart Most humiliating experience on stage is slipping and falling in front of everyone Fantasy girl is his girlfriend Moved away from Massachusetts to CA when he was just 5 According to him, the band performed My December (live) only once, and that was at the KROQ almost acoustic x-mas Rob Bourdon Position: Drums Birth Date: January 20, 1979 Facts: Originally from Calabasas, California Went to Agoura high school Supposedly Jewish???
