Breaking Benjamin

To add to the credibility of the band, their first single "So Cold" has spent 37 weeks in the top 20 of the Billboard charts (as of February 3, 2005). For his campaigning for social issues, in particular his highlighting of hunger around the world and in the US, including being widely recognised as being the key player in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977, Chapin was posthumusly awarded the Special Congressional Gold Medal in 1987. Since Jeremy Hummell left the band in 2004, Breaking Benjamin has hired Chad Szeliga as the band's new drummer. His epitaph is taken from his song "I Wonder What Would Happen to this World." It is :. They also created an original cut for the immensely popular video game Halo 2. Harry Chapin died on July 16, 1981 in a car accident at the age of only 38 and was interred in the Huntington Rural Cemetery, Huntington, New York. On June 24, 2004, the band released We Are Not Alone, which featured the first single "So Cold". He also released a book of poetry, Looking...Seeing, in 1977.

Sticking to the genre's symbolistic downtuned guitars, which creates a haunting and overwhelming heaviness in their songs, they manage to keep their melodies prominent. In the mid 1970s, Chapin focused on his social activism, including raising money to combat hunger in the United States and co-founding the organization World Hunger Year, before returning to music with On the Road to Kingdom Come. Breaking Benjamin's roots are clearly alternative rock/metal band, but they are definitely heavier than their peers. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the single "Cat's in the Cradle.". Ben Burnley says that he self-taught himself the guitar by listening to Nirvana's Nevermind. Chapin's debut album was Heads and Tales (1972), which was a success thanks to the single "Taxi." His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful, but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. The first single "Polyamorous" received much radio airplay, and propelled the band to stardom. With John Wallace, Tim Scott and Ron Palmer, Chapin started playing in various local nightclubs in New York City.

The record had clear influences and touches of Tool, Korn, and Nirvana. In 1971, he decided to focus on music. Formed in late 2000, Breaking Benjamin signed up with Hollywood Records and released their first major-label record Saturate in 2002. He originally intended to be a documentary film-maker, and directed Legendary Champions in 1968. Breaking Benjamin is a rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 - July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. We Are Not Alone (2004, Hollywood Records). Story of a Life (1999, Elektra).

Saturate (2002, Hollywood Records). The Bottom Line Encore Collection (1998, Bottom Line / Koch). Jeremy Hummell (drums). The Last Protest Singer (1988, Dunhill Compact Disc Classics). Chad Szeliga (drums). The Gold Medal Collection (1988, Elektra). Mark James Klepaski (bass guitar). Remember When the Music (1987, Dunhill Compact Disc Classics).

Aaron Fink (guitar). Anthology of Harry Chapin (1985, Elektra). Ben Burnley (vocals and guitar). Sequel (1980, Boardwalk Records). Legends of the Lost and Found (Double Album, 1979, Elektra). Living Room Suite (1978, Elektra).

Dance Band on the Titanic (Double Album, 1977, Elektra). On the Road to Kingdom Come (1976, Elektra). Greatest Stories Live (Double Album, 1976, Elektra). Portrait Gallery (1975, Elektra).

Verities & Balderdash (1974, Elektra). Short Stories (1973, Elektra). Sniper and Other Love Songs (1972, Elektra). Heads and Tales (1972, Elektra).

Chapin Music (1966, Rock-Land Records).