Rob started to play the drums at age ten after seeing an Aerosmith concert. He grew up in the same town as the members of Incubus, and went to high school with some members of Hoobastank. With his experience and talent as a graphic artist, Shinoda has taken it upon himself in designing all of Linkin Park's artwork with Hahn, and has even designed the album cover for Styles of Beyond's debut album - Rob Bourdon Rob was born in Calabasas, California and now lives in Los Angeles. Shinoda eventually completed his college training with a degree in illustration, securing himself a job as a graphic designer right after graduation. It was here that he made the acquaintance of DJ and turntablist Joseph Hahn, who, along with Delson's college-mate Phoenix, was soon added to Xero's line-up. After high school, Shinoda enrolled in the Art Center College of Design to study graphic design and illustration. The trio formed the band Xero, and began to make a more serious attempt to pursue a career in the music industry. By the end of high school, percussion practitioner Bourdon had become involved in their musical ventures. Shinoda attended the Agoura High School with Linkin Park bandmate Brad Delson, as well as with members of the band Hoobastank. In his early teens, Shinoda's musical interests found a source of encouragement in friend Brad Delson, with whom he started to write and record songs with in a makeshift studio set up in his bedroom.
It was during this formative period that he added the guitar and, eventually, rap-style vocals to his repertoire. After that, he began taking piano lessons, studying classical pianist techniques, and later moved on to jazz and hip hop.
His first exposure to the music business came during his middle and high school years, when he attended a concert featuring Anthrax and Public Enemy. Mike has a younger brother (born 1979) named Jason, whom he calls "Jay". Mike Shinoda Born to a Japanese American father and a mother who has both European and Native American anscestors, Mike Shinoda was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura, where he resided for all of his pre-adult life. Through his late teens and early twenties Bennington battled addictions to crystal meth, and cocaine however, he managed to overcome his addictions and is currently clean. He said working at Bean Tree Coffee House was what kept him going, and that coffee houses are very understanding and this was the base of his inspiration. When Bennington was younger he had a day job working as a coffee barista. Bennington said that while he was in high school he was bullied and he described himself as a geek. I think I was 11 when I started smoking pot." Bennington attended Centennial High School, Greenway High School, and later graduated from Washington High School. "I started smoking weed and going to parties. "I was an athletic kid but I just stopped caring about it, and I stopped doing well in school, " Bennington states in a Kerrang! article. Before his parents parted, the family frequently moved around Arizona, from cities such as Scottsdale, Tolleson, Tempe, and others. His brother introduced him to bands like Loverboy, Foreigner and Rush, as well as The Doors which he claims as his influences. Bennington was the youngest of four children at eleven years old, and stayed with his father, who was a police officer and detective. His parents divorced in 1987, leaving him with his two half sisters and a half brother. A few of his friends committed suicide, and one of his friends died in a skateboarding accident. Bennington had an unpleasant life through adolescence.
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He never settled in a full time band until 1993, when he joined Grey Daze.The band disbanded in 1998 and he moved on to Linkin Park one year later. While Bennington was growing up he was in a number of bands and played various instruments, but mainly was a vocalist. Scroll down>n get more info>n downloads>Ĭhester Bennington was born in Phoenix, Arizona.