Breaking Benjamin - Breaking Benjamin Albums, Breaking Benjamin Members, Breaking Benjamin Songs, Dear Agony, Phobia, I Will Not Bow (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Breaking Benjamin Albums, Breaking Benjamin Members, Breaking Benjamin Songs, Dear Agony, Phobia, I Will Not Bow, the Diary of Jane, Saturate, Benjamin Burnley, Breaking Benjamin Discography, Chad Szeliga, Polyamorous, We Are Not Alone, Jeremy Hummel, Give Me a Sign, Breath, Until the End, So Cold, Aaron Fink, Sooner or Later, Breaking Benjamin Ep, Mark Klepaski, Skin, Rain, Rain, Live Ep. Excerpt: Breaking Benjamin Breaking Benjamin are an American rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, currently consisting of Benjamin Burnley, Aaron Fink, Mark Klepaski and Chad Szeliga . They have released four albums to date. Their music is most often classed as alternative rock or post-grunge . History Formation Formed in 1998 by vocalist Benjamin Burnley and drummer Jeremy Hummel, Breaking Benjamin quickly garnered a strong local following in their home state of Pennsylvania. The band derived their name from an incident when Burnley was covering a Nirvana song during an open mic night at a club. He kicked the microphone stand over, breaking it. The person who owned the microphone came on stage and said, "I'd like to thank Benjamin for breaking my fucking microphone." In 1999 the band changed its name shortly to "Plan 9" then in late 2001, after various line-up changes, the band changed its name back to "Breaking Benjamin" and two friends of Burnley, Aaron Fink and Mark Klepaski, left their previous band, Lifer, and joined the ranks of Breaking Benjamin as guitarist and bassist, respectively. According to the band, the Breaking Benjamin logo is a variation of the Celtic knot, with four interlocking "B"s. The logo is tattooed on the left wrist of Burnley, Fink, and Klepaski, and the right wrist of Szeliga.Saturate Breaking Benjamin signed to Hollywood Records in early 2002 after th...