Genius Q&A

When did Breaking Benjamin start making music?

Community Answer

Breaking Benjamin's first song “Forever” released on August 27, 2002.


Breaking Benjamin is a rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The band was formed in 1999 by lead singer Ben Burnley and former drummer Jeremy Hummel.

The band was originally named Plan 9, which is a reference to the 1959 film Plan 9 from Outer Space. The band continuously was misnamed as Planet 9 and drove them to change their name to... Read More
Sourced by 604 Genius contributors
Sign Up and Drop Knowledge
Know something we don’t about Breaking Benjamin? Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love.