Breaking Benjamin

About Breaking Benjamin

Ben Burnley started his music career well before the formation of Breaking Benjamin. Ben performed in coffee houses and other small venues under the name Benjamin. The name Breaking Benjamin came about after playing a Nirvana cover song. Ben knocked over and cracked a borrowed microphone at the end of the performance, and the microphone’s owner walked onto the stage and said, I'd like to thank Benjamin for breaking my microphone.

Burnley and present lead guitarist Aaron Fink joined Nick Hoover and Chris Lightcap and started the band Breaking Benjamin in 1998. Ready to try something different, Ben went to California to find new material. The short visit convinced him to move back to Pennsylvania where he started a band by the name of Plan 9 with drummer Jeremy Hummel. The band started as a three-piece with bassist Jason Divoli. During an opener show for the band Lifer, Ben said Thank you, we’re Breaking Benjamin, and thus reclaiming the name from 1998.

Breaking Benjamin Discography:

Saturate - Released August 27, 2002.
Label: Hollywood Records
Peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart and at 136 on the Billboard Top 200.

We Are Not Alone - Released June 29, 2004
Label: Hollywood Records
Achieved platinum status in mid 2005.

Phobia - Released August 8, 2006
Label: Hollywood Records
Reached RIAA Platinum status, selling over one million units in the U.S.

Dear Agony - Released September 29, 2009
Label: Hollywood Records
Dear Agony has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

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