Breaking Benjamin

WaitedOhIOhI · Post by **WaitedOhIOhI** » 10/27/2002, 12:32 pm

Any of you hear of these guys yet? I know I spotted some dude wearing a shirt with their album logo on it (dunno if he comes here, of course) at the Central Park show.

Anyway, I first heard of these guys in a commercial on MTV2 for their album, actually. And the snippet played in the commercial was enough to get me at least mildly intrigued. So I downloaded. I got Water, Shallow Bay, and Polyamorous, as well as a live cover of Tool's Ænima. I was in Best Buy a week or two later, and saw that the album was about 9 bucks, so naturally, I went for it, and have not been disappointed.

It's hard rock vocals coupled with catchy lyrics and a sly undertone that's well matched by the thrashing guitar and dead-on back beats. They are, I would say, about level in hardcore as OLP gets, maybe a little bit more so. They're from Pennsylvania, which as some of you may know, is also the home state of another really good (often overlooked) lil' band known as Live. ^_~*

Anyway, that's enough pimping from me. If you want to hear some of them, IM (Giania Lilan) me and I'll send you one of the four tracks I said I had. If you've got 10 bucks to spend, just go out and buy the album ^_~* , I guarantee you won't be sorry. :thumbs:

emily · Post by **emily** » 10/27/2002, 12:49 pm

which is the song that was on mtv2?

WaitedOhIOhI · Post by **WaitedOhIOhI** » 10/27/2002, 1:01 pm

The song that was on the commercial, and the video that's getting some airtime is Polyamorous.

my polyamorous friend,
got me in a mess of trouble again...

8-)

Oh, and I neglected to mention that the album's name is Saturate.

Oh, and a song that might lure some people in is Home. It invokes the Wizard of Oz for imagery, and still manages to rock out while touching you at the same time.
http://www.absolutelyric.com/a/artist/Breaking%20Benjamin/
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emily · Post by **emily** » 10/27/2002, 1:05 pm

do you have any relation to johnnyrotten? i mean on the OMA board.

WaitedOhIOhI · Post by **WaitedOhIOhI** » 10/27/2002, 1:09 pm

Shorteegrrl588 wrote:do you have any relation to johnnyrotten? i mean on the OMA board.

Nope, none whatsoever!!

emily · Post by **emily** » 10/27/2002, 1:10 pm

oh, he has the same thing as you wrote "Ain't Nuthin' But A G-Thang" on his signature. thought there might be some connection.

WaitedOhIOhI · Post by **WaitedOhIOhI** » 10/27/2002, 1:26 pm

:P hee hee! No, I only put that for mine because my nickname is G, because my full name is Georgene, but I generally dis like actually being called that.

So it seemed fitting.

emily · Post by **emily** » 10/27/2002, 1:44 pm

ohh i see

Post by **al_** » 10/27/2002, 2:10 pm

http://www.buzztone.com/bb/default.asp

cor3y · Post by **cor3y** » 10/31/2002, 2:05 pm

Yea, theyre cool. They are from my area too. My favorite song is Shallow Bay, awesome guys.

Corey