Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is the guitarist of the rock/nu metal band Linkin Park. He was born in Agoura, California. Brad is Jewish. He is known for wearing large headphones onstage.

He graduated from Agoura high school in 1996 and in that year he formed Xero with Mike Shinoda. He moved to college in 1996 to 2000 and graduated from UCLA with a degree in Communications but didn't go to law school so he could pursue a career in the band.

Brad's first instrument was the trumpet. Brad and fellow bandmate bass guitarist Dave Farrell (aka Phoenix) were room-mates in college so they would go to practice together. He calls himself 'Big Bad Brad' and he signs his name 'BBB'. He is a big fan of MTV and Britney Spears. Brad's obsession is sleeping.

Before Xero, he used to be in a band called Relative Degree with fellow Linkin Park bandmate drummer Rob Bourdon. Relative Degree fell apart after just one show.

Brad used to colour his hair purple in high school and was once voted the Most Unique in his high school yearbook. He used to have a mullet either in high school or college.

Brad hasn't revealed yet the reason why he wears his headphones on stage although he did say this in a shoutweb interview: "I will say that it has something to do with the matrix. Not the movie, the actual matrix and being connected with it. Mr. Hahn (Linkin Park's DJ) has been rubbing off on me. I'm starting to integrate sci-fi humor into my schtick. It probably isn't too popular with a mass audience." "But I won't give him credit for the headphones. That's all mine."

Mike Shinoda is the emcee of nu metal band Linkin Park, which means he performs the rapping parts. He was born on February 11, 1977 in Agoura, California. Recently, he moved to Los Angeles, where the band is based. He attended Agoura high school along with several of the members of Incubus.

Later, he graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California with a major in illustration. He also studied graphic design quite heavily, resulting in him getting a job as a graphic designer straight out of college. According to him, the most poignant moment in his life so far has been getting his diploma. On a side note, Mike had to do his term eight final exams the same weekend that then-unsigned Linkin Park had to do a showcase for six major record labels. With his experience as a graphic artist, he ended up designing the street soldier figure on the Hybrid Theory album cover. As well, he designed the artwork/logo for Styles of Beyond's debut album, 2000 Fold.

Mike is half-Japanese, and is a distant relative of famed Russian compser Tchaikovsky. He was raised in a "really, really, liberally Protestant church," (as according to Shinoda himself) but it is unknown whether or not he still practices his religion. He wears contacts, and loves Japanese food. His musical tastes vary widely, from Tool to Dido. On May 10, 2003, he married Anna Lovejoy (now Anna Shinoda).

After his first concert experience, Mike was inspired to become a musician. The concert was a Killer B's show which included Anthrax and Public Enemy. He took piano lessons for ten years, beginning with classical, but later moving to jazz and then hip-hop. From there began his love of emceeing. In 7th grade, Mike met Brad Delson, the future guitarist for Linkin Park. Sometime near the end of high school, inspiration hit and they joined with Rob Bourdon and started a band called Xero, whose style was rather different from the Linkin Park we know today.

Rob Bourdon is the drummer in the Nu Metal band, Linkin Park. He composes all the drum beats for the songs made by the band. Rob was born in Calabasas, California on January 20th, 1979, but now lives in Los Angeles. Rob was brought up in a Jewish household, but whether he continues to practice his religion or not is still unknown. He grew up in the same town as Incubus, and went to high school with some members of Hoobastank.

He started to play the drums in elementary school (3rd or 4th grade) after seeing an Aerosmith concert. His mother knows Joey Kramer, Aerosmith's drummer, so he got to go backstage and see the entire production. Rob also plays the piano in his spare time. Linkin Park is not his first band. When he was around thirteen, he played in bands with his friends and they covered songs that were popular at the time, including Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. It was around that time he met Brad, and they played together for about a year in a band they called Relative Degree. They practiced a great deal, but after their first and only show, it fell apart.

According to Brad Delson, the guitarist for Linkin Park, Rob is a perfectionist. When they rehearse or record, he is known to never play a part wrong, and will always point out things that are not up to par from the other band members.

Name: Joseph Hahn
Born on 1977 Joseph Hahn is the DJ mixer of the group his skills permitted the sounds for In The End, Cure For the Itch, Dont Stay and well, almost all the songs.

Besides he works together with Mike Shinoda to make the songs and editing them in computer. He uses Rane TTM 54 DJ mixer, Vestax PDX-2000 Turntables and  AKAI MPC 2000.

Chester was formerly the lead vocalist in a band called Grey Daze, who were popular across Arizona and the United States, but didn't achieve global status.

He married his wife Samantha on Halloween at the age of 20, and because he was too poor to afford an actual wedding or engagement ring, the two of them have rings tattooed on their ring fingers. (Done before Pam and Tommy had theirs done) They have one child, a boy named Draven, born April 19th, 2002 at 1PM.

Chester's Tattoos As of 8/03, Chester has 12 tattoos: 1. Upper Left Arm - (Pisces) 2. Upper Back - (Six arms spread out) 3. Lower Back - (Linkin Park lettering in old English) 4. Upper Right Arm - (Japanese Koi Fish) 5. Lower Left Calf - (Hybrid Theory Soldier) 6&7. Left and Right Arms - (flames) 8. Right Calf - (dragon) 9. Right Finger on Left Hand - (engagement band) 10. Pinkie Finger on Right Hand - (birthstone in gold ring) 11&12. Two dragons on his back on the left and right side.

"Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time." - Chester

In airports Chester has to take off all his metal spike bracelets,etc and he has a little bag or something that he arranges them all on. They must be in the same place every time.

Chester seems to have rather bad luck with getting sick on tour.

On 8/8/01 during Ozzfest he was bitten by a recluse spider at a hotel in the Boston area. A portion of Bennington's arm swelled and he ran a fever, but he finished the whole tour. Most people require hospitalization after a recluse spider bite.

Chester continues to struggle with a hiatal hernia, an ailment that forced Lp to cancel their show in Evansville, Indiana (April 11, 2003) due to the hiatal hernia.

In 2003, Lp was forced to cancel their European tour in June due to a viral infection Chester developed. He was sent to intensive care at LA's Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre when he lost feeling in his body and collapsed.