Dave Farrell
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Template:Infobox musical artist David Michael Farrell (born February 8, 1977), also known by his stage name Phoenix, is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Linkin Park. He was also a member of Tasty Snax, a ska punk band.
Early life
Farrell was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts but later moved to Mission Viejo, California at the age of five.<ref name="metalhammer">Template:Cite news</ref> He was taught how to play guitar by his mother when he was in high school.<ref name="allmusic" /> He also played the violin in high school.<ref name="metalhammer" /> Farrell attended UCLA, where he was roommates with future bandmate Brad Delson.<ref name="metalhammer" /> He graduated from UCLA with a degree in philosophy.<ref name="rolling">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Career
Tasty Snax
While attending high school, Farrell joined a Christian ska punk band named Tasty Snax, who would later rename themselves to The Snax.<ref name="Spirit of Metal">Template:Cite web</ref> Phoenix transitioned from the electric guitar to bass to accommodate The Snax. The band included Farrell's longtime college friend Mark Fiore, who was also associated in making various video albums for Linkin Park.<ref name="Spirit of Metal" /> The band recorded two studio albums and one compilation album, signed to Screaming Giant Records.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Farrell left the band in 2000.<ref name="metalhammer" />
Linkin Park
Farrell joined Xero, the earliest incarnation of Linkin Park, after meeting Delson at UCLA.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He contributed to the band's self-titled demo tape in 1997, but left the project to tour with Tasty Snax.<ref name="18years" /> Farrell's void was temporally filled by Delson, Ian Hornbeck and Scott Koziol, who all contributed to Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park's debut album.<ref name="18years">Template:Cite news</ref> Farrell returned to Linkin Park in 2000 after a year-long absence.<ref name="allmusic" /> He served as the band's bassist for six of the band's seven studio albums.<ref name="allmusic" /> On the 2002 Reanimation song "Krwlng", the remixed version of "Crawling", Farrell played the violin and cello parts.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Along with Delson and Rob Bourdon, he also helped manage the band's business operations.<ref name="metalhammer" />
Linkin Park went on a hiatus after Chester Bennington died in 2017;<ref>
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Personal life
In 2008, Farrell stated that his political stances are "all over the place", agreeing with "certain Democratic views" and "a lot of other Republican views".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Farrell is an avid golfer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="riff" /> He is also an association football fan and supports LA Galaxy, having previously been a season ticket holder.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He has a podcast with his best friend and professional golfer, Brendan Steele, and Mark Fiore, Linkin Park's videographer and video editor.<ref name="riff">Template:Cite news</ref>
Discography
With Linkin Park
- Hybrid Theory (2000) (songwriting only)
- Reanimation (2002)
- Meteora (2003)
- Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- A Thousand Suns (2010)
- Living Things (2012)
- The Hunting Party (2014)
- One More Light (2017)
- From Zero (2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
With Tasty Snax
- Run Joseph Run (1998)
- Snax (2000)