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Breaking Benjamin went through an unfortunate situation a few years ago – while
on personal hiatus in 2011, lead singer and founder Ben Burnley sued his own
bassist, Mark Klepaski, and guitarist, Aaron Fink, for collaborating with another
artist in remixing an early Breaking Benjamin track, “Blow Me Away”, apparently
without his permission. What happened next was the disintegration of one of the
most popular mainstream rock acts today: Burnley eventually fired his two
bandmates and gained complete control of the rights to the band after the
lawsuit ended in 2013.
Already, the many,
many Breaking Benjamin fans around the world were pretty saddened to hear the
news that half of their favorite band had been essentially fired by their own
lead singer.
We had hopes that
the true band would stay together. Chad Szeliga, the drummer, stuck around for
a little bit longer after that, promising the return of Breaking Benjamin, but
left of his own accord in 2013 after Burnley had been given exclusive rights.
The reason he gave was for “creative differences”.
After that second shock,
we all wondered if Breaking Benjamin was over. Or, more correctly, how could this
not be the end of Breaking Benjamin?
Could they ever come back?
