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Biography

Ben taught himself to play guitar by listening to Nirvana's Nevermind. Before Breaking Benjamin was formed, Ben had earned money by playing cover songs in various coffee houses as a solo artist under his own name "Benjamin". He later came up with the bands name "Breaking Benjamin" after doing a performance of a Nirvana cover when he threw the microphone that he borrowed from someone to the ground. The owner of the borrowed gear came on stage and said "I'd like to thank Benjamin for breaking my fucking microphone." Ben's previous bands were Epoch, starring Chris Opatt on bass, and Plan 9 (later to be called Breaking Benjamin). This article is about the American grunge band. ... For other uses, see Nevermind (disambiguation). ...

Breaking Benjamin

Burnley and Jeremy Hummel were in bands together since high school. They formed Breaking Benjamin. Jeremy Hummel is the former drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Breaking Benjamin. ...

Video Games

Ben is also a self admitted hardcore gamer. He has stated in an interview that he has a backup Xbox in case the other one "goes down". He is a big fan of the Hitman videogame series. Ben also wrote a song entitled "Blow Me Away" for Bungie's Halo 2, which is featured on the game's soundtrack and in gameplay. Ben has admitted his top 3 favorite games being The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Call of Duty 4, and Rainbow Six: Vegas. Ben's interview with Jane talks about how Benjamin enjoys the thought of being in another world where there are no rules or boundaries and you can basically do whatever you want to do. Ben states on one of his forums that his Xbox Live gamer tag is "killemall" This article is about gamers - people who play games. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... Blow Me Away is a song by the post-grunge band Breaking Benjamin. ... Bungie is an American video game developer founded in May 1991 under the name Bungie Software Products Corporation (more popularly shortened to Bungie Software) by two undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, Alex Seropian and Jason Jones. ... Halo 2 is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. ... The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a game currently under development by Bethesda Softworks for the PC, Xbox 2, and Playstation 3. ... Call of Duty 4 is the rumored upcoming fourth title in the Call of Duty series of video games. ... Xbox Live is a subscription-based online gaming service for Microsofts Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. ...

Nightmares and phobias

Ben's band-mates have poked fun at how he will wake up screaming in the middle of the night due to nightmares. In a memorable interview Ben told a story about how he woke up in the middle of the night screaming "Oh my God, no!" and Mark screaming because Ben scared him. Ben later would joke saying "I screamed, you screamed, we all scream for ice cream".[1]

Ben has several phobias and has even said that the name of their 2006 release was named for that simple fact. His most well known fear is his fear of flying, thus the reason why Breaking Benjamin never tours outside of the U.S. and Canada. His other fears include getting sick, driving, and many more that haven't yet reached the surface in an interview. He claims that he has these fears because he doesn't believe in a person's time to die. He wants to prevent dying for as long as he possibly can, which is why he doesn't fly. He said he wouldn't even ride in a car if it wasn't so necessary. He has claimed he will go as far as a ship can take him though.^{[citation needed]} In the intro for Phobia, you can hear airplanes taking off and a woman's voice talking through a microphone like heard in airports. On the album We Are Not Alone, the song "Break My Fall" you can hear an airline pilot's messages dubbed over the song saying "Mayday, mayday. Request permission to land. I cannot control the plane. We are in danger of crashing." The term phobia, which comes from the Ancient Greek word for fear (φόβος, fobos), denotes a number of psychological and physiological conditions that can range from serious disabilities to common fears to minor quirks. ...

Trivia

• Ben is 6 feet 4 inches tall.
• Ben once sang the National Anthem and threw out the first pitch at the first Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees game in April 2007 at PNC Field.
• The song "So Cold" is a mix between their older songs "Inertia" and "Always", only played live.
• Former drummer Jeremy Hummel sued Ben Burnley because Jeremy says he wasn't credited for the former songs that he helped Ben write.
• Ben Burnley had his tongue pierced, and said he prefers piercings over tattoos in an interview.
• His favorite place to perform besides his hometown in Pennsylvania, is St. Louis, Missouri. He recently stated he puts a smiley face next to St. Louis concert dates because of the fan support Breaking Benjamin receives from St. Louis.
• He can be seen on Evanescence's "Anywhere But Home" DVD singing karoake with Shaun Morgan.
• Ben is featured in ex member of Lifer Nick Coyle's band The Drama Club in a song entitled Brand New Day.
• Ben is often seen throwing water bottles out to the audience in between his songs during performances.
• He threw water bottles out to the crowd during a live performance while the band performed Deftones' single Change (In the House of Flies) while Shaun Morgan of Seether assisted on vocals as lead singer for the song during the first half of the 2008 tour.
• On October 31st, 2007, Ben wore a Superman costume during his performance in Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN. It can be seen [2]
• Ben has an older brother named Thomas.
• Ben's family owns a small clothing company that operates mainly out of flea markets.
• Dustin and Jason McCarrick (of Gravity Hill fame) know Ben.