Dave Farrell

American musicianTemplate:SHORTDESC:American musician

* Alternative rock
* nu metal
* electronic rock
* alternative metal
* pop punk (early)
* Bass guitar

**David Michael Farrell**, also known by his stage name **Phoenix** (born February 8, 1977), is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Linkin Park. He was also a member of Tasty Snax, a pop punk band.

## Early life

Farrell was taught how to play guitar by his mother when he was in high school. He grew up in Plymouth but later moved to Mission Viejo, California at the age of 5.

### Tasty Snax

While attending high school, Farrell joined a Christian ska punk band named Tasty Snax, who would later rename themselves to The Snax. 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 of various video albums for Linkin Park. The band recorded two studio albums and one compilation album, signed to Screaming Giant Records. Farrell left the band in 2000.

### Linkin Park

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Farrell joined Xero, the earliest incarnation of Linkin Park, after meeting Brad Delson at UCLA. He contributed to the band's self-titled demo tape in 1997, but left the project to tour with Tasty Snax. Farrell's void was temporally filled by Delson, Ian Hornbeck and Scott Koziol, who all contributed to *Hybrid Theory*, Linkin Park's debut album. Farrell returned to Linkin Park in 2000 after a year-long absence. Linkin Park went on a hiatus for nearly three years after Chester Bennington died in 2017.

## Discography

### With Linkin Park

* *Meteora* (2003)
* *Minutes to Midnight* (2007)
* *A Thousand Suns* (2010)
* *Living Things* (2012)
* *The Hunting Party* (2014)
* *One More Light* (2017)

### With Tasty Snax

* *Run Joseph Run* (1998)
* *Snax* (2000)

## References

1. ↑ [[[:Template:Allmusic]] Biography]
2. ↑ Dave "Phoenix" Farrell. *lpzistas.com* (22 June 2012).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dave Farrell (Phoenix). *Spirit of Metal*.
4. ↑ Tasty Snax Discography. *AllMusic.com*.
5. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Kendall, Rebecca (2014-03-25). "Congressman, entertainment luminaries honored at UCLA environment gala". *UCLA Newsroom*. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Childers, Chad (2016-10-24). "18 Years Ago: Linkin Park Unleashed Hybrid Theory". *KBAT*. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
7. ↑ Lptimes.com, Band History Template:Webarchive Retrieved September 1, 2019
8. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Sharp, Tyler (2018-07-19). "Linkin Park Bassist Dave Farrell Writes Open Letter to Chester Bennington Read More: Linkin Park Bassist Writes Open Letter to Chester Bennington". *Loudwire*. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
9. ↑ Carter, Emily (2021-10-29). Mike Shinoda on a Linkin Park live return: "Now is not the time" (en-US).
10. ↑ MIKE SHINODA On LINKIN PARK: 'No Tours, No Music, No Albums In The Pipeline' (2022-04-23). "The only Linkin Park news I have for you is that… Yeah, we talk every few weeks — I talk to the guys, or some of the guys, and there's no tours, there's no music, there's no albums in the pipeline. Okay, so let me just tell you that. So just keep in your minds that that is not happening."
11. ↑ Linzinmeir, Taylor (2022-04-23). Mike Shinoda — Linkin Park Have 'No Plans' for New Music (en). Loudwire.

## External links

* Farrell's official LPN page

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