Brads Biography

Brad Delson Guitars, Bass, & Backing Vocals
Date of Birth: 12/1/77

Brad graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications. Brad and Phoenix were room-mates in college.

He didn't go to law school so he could pursue his career in the band.

Brad likes MTV, in particular, The Real World.

Brad is a fan of Britney Spears and the rest of the band is embarrassed of him.

Brad is from Agoura, CA, but lives in the LA area now.

Brad calls himself "BIG BAD BRAD" or BBB, that's how he signs his name (BBB)

1st album that made an impression on Brad was: Duran Duran "People are People."

Brad's first instrument was the trumpet.

Brad's first band was the Pricks in 1994. Brad was also in a band with Rob. It was rock meets rap and funk, they were called 'Relative Degree'. They practiced a lot, played a show then it fell apart.

Brad's defining moment early in his career, was losing his pants at an industry showcase.

Brad's career highlight so far was hearing "One Step Closer" on KROQ in LA.

Brad's favorite album is Sunny Day Real Estate "Diary."

Brad's musical role model is Chester. :)

Brad's greatest obsession is sleeping.

Brad would never part with his toothbrush.

Brad can't imagine being on the road without all 16 personalities in the band.

Brad didn't want to go to Hooters to celebrate the success of the album because he was a good (innocent) guy who never really did things like that; he suggested bowling; but eventually went with the guys to hooters.

According to Brad, the strangest thing a fan has ever requested was Linkin Park's pubic hair. Fans in the UK actually brought tape to put it on. He previously said that the strangest request he ever got from a fan was to sign body parts that shouldn't be signed. (i.e. boobs, which they don't sign anymore, lol)

Every Christmas (or almost every x-mas) Brad and his family hold a dinner in an auditorium for the homeless & Mike likes to help out.

Brad is Jewish.

Brad went to Agoura high school.

Brad had a mullet (in high school/college?) because he was into thrash metal like Guns n Roses and Metallica, and the other long hair bands. He tried to grow his hair long but his hair grew out rather then down. So he tried straightening it with a hair dryer which didn't work so he them tried to straighten it with chemicals and "it died". Basically his hair didn't look like it was supposed to.

Brad got his 1st guitar in (probably) 6th grade.

Brad does a lot of things in his playing that he does to try and define his own sound, one of which is using harmonics. He likes to use harmonics because oftentimes they don't even sound like traditional guitar playing. "With the right effects and the right performance harmonics on, a guitar can sound like a keyboard, or strings, and more rooted in an approach that works well with the hip-hop and electronic influences in our songs." - Brad

Brad used to color his hair different colors (i.e. purple) in high school.

Brad was voted Most Unique in his high school yearbook (see pictures page).

The first time Brad heard 'One Step Closer' on the radio, it wasn't the full song, it was a clip of the song on a radio spot, and Linkin Park were all in the van together.

Brad uses:
Guitars: Paul Reed Smith Standard, Ibanez RB 7-string
Amps: Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, Marshall cabinets
Strings: D'Addario 10-gauge
Currently listening to (jan '01): Taproot-Gift, The Roots-Illadelph Halflife

When Brad has 2 hours off (from LP stuff) then he tries to find a movie theatre and see whatever he can.

Brad's guitar heroes are: Dave Matthews, (Brad doesn't go for his tone but his musicality, his playing is ingenious), Stef from the Deftones, Sunny Day Real Estate and other non-guitar driven stuff. Brad prefers to listen to non-metal stuff like Dido rather then rock this way he can draw from a lot of sources and make something special.