Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin
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 Breaking Benjamin (Which was the name of Ben’s previous band.) The name originates from an incident in which Ben accidentally dropped the mic, and the sound man yelled
“Thanks to Benjamin for breaking my fucking mic!”