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Benjamin Jackson Burnley IV (born March 10, 1978)[1] is an American musician, best known for being the frontman, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter of the band Breaking Benjamin.
Biography[]
Early Career[]
Benjamin Burnley was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey and grew up there, and eventually lived where he spent most of his time in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. At 18, he dropped out of high school and moved to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he became a roommate of former Breaking Benjamin bass player Jonathan Price. He taught himself to play guitar by listening to Nirvana's Nevermind (he cites Nirvana as his biggest influence). Before Breaking Benjamin was formed, Burnley earned money playing cover songs in various coffee houses as a solo artist. It was during this era that his band got its name—after performing a Nirvana cover, Ben knocked over a microphone (in imitation of his lifelong idol Kurt Cobain) and cracked it. The microphone's owner walked onstage and said, "I'd like to thank Benjamin for breaking my [censored] micropho
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Benjamin Jackson Burnley IV (born March 10, 1978) is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter, sole constant, and currently the only member of the band Breaking Benjamin.[1] He has written some of the group's most successful singles such as The Diary of Jane, Sooner or Later, Breath, So Cold and many others.
Biography[]
Early Days as a Musician[]
Benjamin Burnley was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey and grew up there and in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. At 18, he dropped out of high school and moved to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he became a roommate of former Breaking Benjamin bass player Jonathan Price. He taught himself to play guitar by listening to Nirvana's Nevermind (he cites Nirvana as his biggest influence). Before Breaking Benjamin was formed, Burnley earned money playing cover songs in various coffee houses as a solo artist. It was during this era that his band got its name. After performing a Nirvana cover, Ben knocked over a microphone (in imitation of his lifelong idol Kurt Cobain) and cracked it.
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Benjamin Burnley
American rock musician
Musical artist
Benjamin Jackson Burnley IV (born March 10, 1978) is an American musician and the founder and frontman of the rock band Breaking Benjamin. As the sole constant and namesake of the group, Burnley has served as its principal songwriter, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist since its inception in 1999.
Since signing with Hollywood Records in 2002, Burnley has composed six studio albums under the name Breaking Benjamin, three of which have reached platinum and two of which have reached gold in the United States.[1] Burnley has also collaborated with acts such as Adam Gontier[2] and Red.[3]
Early life and education
Burnley was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and grew up in Ocean City, New Jersey, before moving with his family at the age of 12 to Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.[4] At 16, after being home schooled, he passed the GED requirement.
Career
Breaking Benjamin
Main article: Breaking Benjamin
In 1998, Burnley and former lead guitarist Aaron Fink got
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