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