BRAD

Brad Was Born On December 1st, 1977 In Agoura, California. He Is An American Jew. One Of His Nicknames Is "Big Bad Brad". He Likes To Call His 7-String Ibanez Guitar "Satan". In School He Used To Color His Hair In Different Colors. His Current Hair Color Is The Natural One. Brad DOES Have A Girlfriend. He Has A Bachelors Degree In Communicaations From UCLA. The First Record He Ever Bought Was "Duran Duran-People Are People". His Hobbies Include Skatebording, Watching MTV, Sleeping, Surfing The Net, Watching T.V Esp. "The Soprano's. His Favorite Album Is "Day Real Estate-Diary". His Inspirations Are Chester, Britney Spears, Dave Matthews And Stef From The Deftones. The First Instument He Played Was The Trumpet And He Later Played A Song Flute. He Now Sticks To Guitar And Bass. Some Of The Bands He Listens To Are The Roots, Black Eyed Peas, Some Ja Rule On A Good Day. He Loves More Alternative Sounding Rock Bands Like The Deftones And Sunny Day Real Estate. His First Band Was Called "Pricks", Then He Went On To Form A Band With Rob Called Relative Degree. Brad Had A Mullet In High School. He Wears A Size 11 Shoe.


CHESTER

Chester Was Born On March 20th, 1976 In Phoenix, Arizona But Now Lives In Los Angeles. He's Been Married To The Always Beautiful, Samantha Since October 13th, 1996. On April 19th, 2002 Draven Sabastian Bennington Was Born. He Goes By The nicknames Chazy Chaz & The Chemist. Chester's Greatest Musical Influence Is The Stone Temple Pilots. Before Joining "Hybrid Theory" (The Former Band Name) He Was A Singer In A Band Called Grey Daze (1993). They Played In Local Radio Stations. They Only Made 2 Cds. But Never Signed a Contract. He LEft Cause The Band Was Taking Credit For His Lyrics And He Didn't Approve. He Wanted More Credit FOr His Work. That Group Is Now Called "Waterface". Chester Was Sexually Abused And Addicted To Cocaine When He Was Younger. While He Was Growing Up, Many Of His Friends Committed Suicide. Chester Has His Own Unique Religious Views, So It's Possible That He Doesn't Belong To Or Believe In Any Religion. He Has A 39 Yr Old Brother. He Attended Greenway High School, but After Soon After, He Moved To Washington High School Where He Graduated In 1994. When He Was 13 He Trained & Worked His Voice Non-Stop. Is Plays The Piano At Times And uses Audio Technica Wireless Mics. His IdolsAre Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), & Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Piolts). His Fav Albums Are Fugazi-"13 Songs", Al Green-"GReatest Hits", Led Zeppelin-"IV", The Beatles-"The White Album", And Stone Temple Pilots-"Purple". Although He Changes His Hair Color Often, His Natural Color Is Black. He Wears Glasses And Has A Tongue Ring. I've Been Told He Even Owns Like 20 Pairs Of Shoes. And He Changes CLothes Often During The Preformance. HeEven Has To Take Off All His Jewerly When Going Through The Medal Dector. LMAO....You Go Boy!!

**Tattoos**
He Has The Hybrid Theory Soldier Tattoo On His Right Calf. Green Dragon Tattoo On His Left Calf. He Has Redish-Blue Flames Going Down Both His Arms Starting From His Wrists. There Are 2 Japanese Carps On His Shoulders (One On Each Side). He Has A Black Creature Tattoo On His Back And A Wedding Ring On His Right Hand.


JOE

Joe Was Born On March 15th, 1977 In Glendale, California. And Has Relocated To Los Angeles. Although Joe Was Born in America, He's Korean Because Of His Korean Parents. His PArents Came To Glendale Before He Was Born. He Has 2 Older Sisters And Is Looking On Getting A PEt Frog Someday (He He). His Nicknames Are Remy And Mr. Hahn. "Remy Is My Split Personality", Joe says. Mike and Joe Met In Pasadena Arts School. He Didn't GRaduate But Went On To As A comic Book Artist And Worked On Drawing Monsters Along With Special Effects For Films. Right Out Of School He Got A Job For Graphic Designing. Both Joe & Mike Are Responisible For The Awesome Artwork On The "Hybrid Theory" CD Cover. Joe Was/Is Still Into Illustrating And Is Responsible For The Visual Part Of LinkinPark.com (The Official Site). He Came Up With The Concept For The "One Step Closer", "Crawling" & "In The End" video. Joe DOES NOT Have A Girlfriend Or Twin Babies On The Way (Or So I've Heard). He Is About 6' Tall. Joe Worked With Turntableism And Mixing In Junior high. Later He Joined up With Mike In A Band Called "Xero" Along With Brad, Rob And Phoenix. And Chester Joined Some Time Later. They Originally Wanted To Name The Band "Hybrid Theory" But Discovered That Name Was Already Taken. They Came Up With Linkin Park After Seeing A Sign For "Lincoln Park". They Stated It Really Has No Meaning But Is Loved By Every Member. Joe Wears A Black PAr Of Glasses, At Times, That Are Similar To chester's. He Has No Tattoos Or Piercings.


MIKE

Mike Was Born On February 11th, 1977 in Agoura, California. Mike Is The Fourth Generation Japanese Born In America. He Now Lives In Los Angeles. He Has A Dog (Collie) Named Bessie. She Lives With His Mom. He Is Half Japanese. He Is Engaged To Long Term (And Beautiful) Girlfriend Anna. He Has A Brother Named Jason (Jay). Together With Brad, He Formed The Band "Xero" In 1996 (They Met In 7th Grade). The Other Band Members Were Joe, Rob, Phoenix And Mark (Who's Taproot's Manager Now). He Graduted From Pasadena Art College Or Art Design. There He Majored In Illustration But Studied More Graphic Design. Mike Had TO DO His Finals The Same Week LP Did A Showcase For 6 Record LAbels (Wow..What's Your Secret). Mike Got A Job As Graphic Designer, He Designed The Soldier With Dragon-Fly Wings On The Hybrid Theory Cover. He Also Did The Artwork ForStyles Of Beyond's 2000 Fold Cd. He Took Lessons And played Classical Piano For 10 Years When He Was Young (He He What A Mental Picture). He Also Plays Guitar And Decks. He Was Inspired To Become A Musician After His First Concert Experience. It Was A Killer B's Show, Which Was Anthrax & Public Enemy. He Began Rapping Along With The Likes Of Run DMC, Eric B And Rakim, Grandmaster Flash, And LL Cool J Trying To Get Their Beats And Using Their Freestyling Wordplay. He Soon Began Writing His Own Lrics To Preform For Fun In Front Of His Freinds At School. His Now He Brings The Hip Hop Elements To The Band And Into The Music You Love. Mike's Greatest Influences Were The Roots, Nine Inch Nails and The Deftones. His Favorite Song On "Hybrid Theory" Is "Papercut". The First Album He Bought Was Jon BOn Jovi-"Slippery When Wet". Mike Wears Contacts And Doesn't HaveAny Tattoos Or Piercings.

**Mike Started His Own Imprint Label And Signed His First Band, Simplistic. Keep Checking Back For New Info As It becomes Available To Me.


PHOENIX

Phoenix Was Born Febuary 8,1977 In Plymouth, Massachusetts. He Later Moved To Mission Viejo, CA, AND Now Lives In LA. After Moving To CA, He Joined A Band In High School Called "Tasty Snax". The Band Later Changed Their Name To "The Snax". While He Was With Them He Changed From Guitar To Bass Guitar Amd Still Plays It. He Graduted From UCLA. Phoenix Played With Xero (LP's Old Band) He Toured W/ The Snax For 1 1/2 Years, Then Came Back To Linkin Park. Phoenix Was Taught How To Play Guitar By His Mom, His Greatest Inspiration :). He Also Plays The Violin & Chello (Along With The Bass Guitar). Phoenix Is Also Responsible For Some Of The Song Writing On "Hybrid Theory". Phoenix DOES Have A Girlfriend. In His Spare Time He Likes To Snowboard, Play Soccer And Of Course Don't Forget Those Video Games!! One Of his Most Humiliating Experiences Was Slipping And Falling On Stage In Front Of Everyone!! It's Ok We Still Love Him!! He Listens To Weezer, The Beatles, Deftones, The Roots, Bob Marley, sarah McLaughlin, And Wagner, Harrord & Funck.


ROB

Rob was Born On January 20th, 1979 In Calabasas, California. He Has Since Moved TO Los Angeles. He Is An American Jew. He DOES Have A Girlfriend. He's The Youngest Linkin Park Member. Rob Previously Played In Other Bands, Like "Relative Degree" (Together With Brad) And Of Course "Xero". He Learned How To Play The Piano When He Was Younger. When He Was In High School He Was Into ALot Of Funk. He Liked Sly, The Family Stones, James Brown, And Tower Of Power. He Went To Santa Monica College Where He Majored In Accounting. Rob Played The Drums Since He Was 9-10 Years Old. He Started Palying Them After He Went To An Areosmith Concert. His Mom Knows Joey Kramer (The Drummer) And She Got Him Backstage At The Concert. He Also Likes To Play Piano When He Has Time. He Also Took Some Classical Lessons When He Was Younger. He Played In A Few Bands Earlier In His Life. He Was In a Band Called "Relative Degree" With Brad. It Was Mostly Rock Meets Funk Rap. They Broke Up After Playing Only One Show. Before Starting His Career As A Musician He Worked As A Waiter (Glad He Quit His Day Job). Rob's Favorite Song On "Hybrid Theory" Is "In The End". His Hobbies Are Drumming, Playing The Piano, Writing Music, Gambling, And Eating. He Loves Traveling To The Beach Or Lake And Does A Little Water-Skiing To Relax. He Went TO High School With Members Of Incubus. While Watching LP Videos He Catches Everyone Elses Mistakes, But Never His Own...I Guess He's Just A Natural!!