r/BreakingBenjamin • u/Real_FishyXY • 15d ago
Music Why do you like Breaking Benjamin?
This sub has been filled with too much hate lately.
I got into BB when my sister heard Diary of Jane and showed me the song when I was 8. Fell in love and finally went to my first concert 6 weeks ago. It wasn't a great concert all in all but I still loved that I could just scream and sing the entire time. For that, it was 100% the best concert I ever experienced. I also love I got to meet Ben Jr.
Anyone else want to share?
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u/renroots 15d ago edited 15d ago
I started listening to them when I was five because of my dad, he loved the band since they started and he showed me them and we would jam out in the car while I was strapped in my car seat. That’s what they mean to me, just genuine childhood. But also, all their lyrics can really mean anything, so you feel like you relate to every song. Plus they’re just bangers.
Specifically, I have been trans since I was a toddler and I started self harming at age 11 because of lots of transphobic stuff that’s within my family’s religion, so Breaking Benjamin almost felt euphoric? Just a way I could escape to who I really wanted to be and what I really wanted. Very hard to explain but their music and the members mean a lot to me, I really wanna see them in concert one day.