Today we talk about who Phoenix Farrell is. His height is 1.78 m. The real name of this person is David Michael. It's about the bass player of the rock band Linkin Park. He was born in 1977, on February 8 in Plymouth.
Biography
Phoenix Farrell is a musician who was born in Los Angeles. His mother taught him to play the guitar. She is now the main inspirer of the musician. Joe's older brother had a special influence on Phoenix. Phoenix Farrell moved to California. Joined Tasty Snax. This group performed Christian punk. She was later renamed The Snax.
The future musician has a higher education. He studied at the University of California at Los Angeles. Phoenix is an active person. He is snowboarding, playing soccer, boxing.
Music
Phoenix Farrell switched to bass. He joined Xero as a bass player. Later, this team was renamed Hybrid Theory, and after a while it gained the name Linkin Park. When Phoenix was in Xero, he went on tour with his former band The Snax. After these tours, he continued to work with the new team.
When Linkin Park began to exist, Brad Delson (current band guitarist) and Phoenix were university students and lived in the same dormitory room. They practiced guitar together. Phoenix wrote a number of songs that were on the Hybrid Theory album. In February 8, 2010, in Minneapolis, the audience chanted a congratulation at a concert: Happy Birthday Phoenix. Phoenix owns various musical instruments, including violin.
At the same time, he prefers four-and five-string bass guitars. From music, Phoenix prefers artists such as Sarah McLachlan, Bob Marley, The Roots, The Deftones, The Beatles, Weezer.
Discography
Phoenix Farrell participated in the recording of the album Hybrid Theory, which was released in 2000. The name of the record can be translated into Russian as “Theory of Hybrids”. The disk was a huge success and brought great profit. In 2001, about five million copies of the record were sold in the United States, making it the best-selling record in the country in that year.
In 2003, F. Farrell worked on the Meteora album. This record was the most successful in the history of the chart called Modern Rock Tracks. This rating specializes in the radio rotation of alternative rock songs. Numb was the song of the year according to the chart. The album sold around the world with a circulation of 20 million copies. The instrumental track Session was nominated for a Grammy.
In 2007, the album Minutes to Midnight was released. The name of the album is associated with the Doomsday Clock. Clips were shot for the singles from this disc. The process of writing the album was complicated and lengthy. The record became "Number One" in 28 countries. Singles almost throughout the distribution were included in the top 10. The total number of copies sold exceeded 5 million worldwide.
In 2010, the album A Thousand Suns appeared. From English, its name can be translated as “Thousand Suns”. This is a conceptual disc that talks about human fears, including nuclear war. The name comes from Sanskrit Hindu scripture. A quote from this text was also used by Robert Oppenheimer , the creator of the atomic bomb.
In 2012, the album Living Things was released. Work on the disc took place in North Hollywood. This disc contains compositions recorded in genres such as electronic music and folk. The songs on this album talk about issues that are personal. In the first week after the start of sales, the album hit the first line of the Billboard 200, in addition, topped the charts in several countries, including Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
In 2014, The Hunting Party was released.
In 2017, Phoenix participated in the recording of One More Light. Its name can be translated as "Another little light." There are no heavy guitar riffs in this work, it is recorded in the pop rock genre. The album was negatively received by fans and critics.
Linkin park
Now you know who Phoenix Farrell is. Photos of him are attached to this material. Next, talk about the Linkin Park group. Phoenix became famous during the collaboration with this team, so you should tell more about it. This is an American multi-platinum rock band, founded in 1996. Among its styles: alternative metal, electronic rock, pop. The team received the name Linkin Park in 2000. Twice the team was awarded the Grammy Award.
In total, the collective records sold over 100 million copies. The founder of the group were two classmates Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda. Initially, the project was called SuperXero. The name was later changed. So there was a group of Xero. Despite very limited resources, the participants began recording a number of songs. The group worked directly in the bedroom of Shinoda, which was the first studio of the group. After a number of labels refused to sign the contract, there was more and more discontent and tension among the team members. Realizing that the group has no future, Mike left her to engage in other projects. Xero spent a lot of time searching for a new vocalist, as a result, the guys found out about Chester Bennington - the vocalist who lived in Arizona.
Thanks to the assistance of Zomba Music vice president Jeff Blue, the musicians were able to contact him and asked him to send them a sample voice on a demo tape. As a result, Chester became the vocalist of the group. It was he who coined the name Linkin Park.
Interesting facts about Farrell
Phoenix Farrell uses the
Fender Precision Bass bass and Ampeg SVT-CL. He made two phoenix tattoos on his back. In December 28, 2002, the musician married Linsi Farrell. In 2007 he became a father. Has 3 daughters: the eldest Reagan, the middle Brooklyn, the youngest - Cheyenne.