Name: Joe Hahn
Country: USA
Origin: Korea
Profession: Singer /DJ
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 180 lbs

Joe Hahn

Instrument: Turntables, Samples, Beats, & Sounds
Date of Birth: March 15, 1977
Place of Birth: Glendale, CA, now lives in L.A.
Marital Status: Single

Joe Hahn

Joseph Hahn, who is also known as Joe Hahn, Chairman Hahn and Mr. Hahn, was born on March 15, 1977, and is best known for his role as the DJ in the nu metal/rapcore band Linkin Park.

Adding to his name, Hahn has been asked his middle name by many fans. The truth is, he has no middle name.

Hahn, a full-Korean second generation, is from Glendale, California where he graduated high school and was also into visual arts. He then attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California with his fellow Linkin Park bandmate, Mike Shinoda. His intended field of study was illustration but decided to drop out to pursue a career involving overseeing special effects in television shows and movies such as The X-Files, Sphere and Dune.

Hahn joined Linkin Park (then called Xero) in 1997 as the band’s DJ. Since then, he has directed music videos for most singles of his band (except for One Step Closer, Crawling and Faint). He has also directed videos for Static-X, Story of the Year and Alkaline Trio.

Hahn is known for his sarcastic and dry sense of humor during interviews. He can also play guitar and has traded instruments with Brad Delson during occasional Linkin Park concerts.

Joe Hahn

Adding to his humor, he has been known to have a split personality named Remy. Although this was a joke, fans have taken this seriously. In his solo song “Cure For The Itch” in Hybrid Theory, Remy speaks in the beginning of the song. The lines are “Folks, we have a very special guest for you tonight, I’d like to introduce Mr.Hahn.”

With bandmates Chester Bennington and Shinoda busy with side-projects, Hahn is busy doing his own side-projects. Recently, he shot a mini-film called The Seed in Los Angeles, California and plans to enter it in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. He is also working on Kung Fu High School and King Rat, which is an adaptation of the novel by China Mieville. Mr.Hahn was introduced to “King Rat” by his personal manager.

Hahn has somehow been associated with frogs. Apparently, the story goes like this; when Joe joked that he liked something green, what he had meant was money, people mistook it as frogs, for some reason. Ever since, Joe has possibly started liking frogs very much. He sometimes speaks of “The Almighty Froggy.”

Some consider his music to be a form of nerdcore hip hop.

Some Interesting Facts about Joe

  • Joe has a split personality called Remy.
  • Joe came up with the concept for the “One Step Closer” video.
  • Joe and Chester both agree the Foo Fighters’ “Everlong” is quite possibly one the best songs ever.
  • Joe and Mike both majored in illustration. They were both interested in painting and Joe stayed at the college for a year then he got into motion pictures. He worked on Sphere and Phantoms. He worked on monsters in movies.
  • Joe was born in America, but his parents are Korean which makes him Korean.

    • Linkin Park DJ Joseph Hahn has another talent. He directs videos as well. Hahn is the director behind Story of the Year’s ‘Anthem of our Dying Day’.

    Hahn used his position in Linkin Park to learn his newfound skill. He also directed their ‘Numb’, ‘Somewhere I Belong’ and ‘Pts.Of.Athrty’ videos.

    He must have done a good job for Story of the Year. The airplay the band has received through ‘Anthem of our Dying Day’ has sent fans into stores in large numbers to buy their ‘Page Avenue’ album.

    The album was released on Madonna’s Maverick label.

    More Websites of Joe Hahn:
    Official Website of Joe
    Linkin Park Association
    Joe’s Brief Biography

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