{"name":"Breaking Benjamin","title":"Breaking Benjamin","id":803,"slug":"breaking-benjamin","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/803/?format=json","bio_short":"Formed in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA in 1998 by vocalist Benjamin Burnley and drummer Jeremy Hummel, Breaking Benjamin quickly garnered a strong local following.   1st Studio Album [2002] - <a title=\"Breaking Benjamin - Saturate\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Breaking+Benjamin/Saturate\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Saturate</a>\n The band signed to Hollywood Records in 2001 after the success of an independently-released, self-titled EP, which sold all 2,000 copies that were manufactured. Hollywood Records released their full-length, major-label debut, Saturate, on August 27, 2002. The album's first single, &quot;<a title=\"Breaking Benjamin &ndash; Polyamorous\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Breaking+Benjamin/_/Polyamorous\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Polyamorous</a>&quot;, received a fair amount of radio play, although it failed to reach mainstream audiences.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/BreakingBenjamin.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":1306,"title":"Breath","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/breath/"},{"id":1305,"title":"Diary Of Jane","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/diary-of-jane/"}]}