Joe Hahn

Joseph Hahn, a.k.a. "Chairman Hahn" or "Mr. Hahn", (born March 15 1977) is the Korean American DJ for the band Linkin Park.

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March 15 - 1977 - Korean American - DJ - Linkin Park

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He was born in Glendale, California but now lives in Los Angeles where the band is based. In high school he ran track and was into visual arts which he pursued afterwards. Both he and bandmate Mike Shinoda went to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California which is where they met and both majored in illustration. However, he did not graduate but instead dropped out to pursue a career involving doing special effects in television and movies such as The X-Files, Sphere, and Dune.

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Glendale, California - Los Angeles - Visual arts - Mike Shinoda - Art Center College of Design - Illustration - Special effects - The X-Files - Sphere - Dune

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Eventually when the roots of Linkin Park started in 1997, he was recruited to be the DJ. Since then he has held that position and also helps direct some of their music videos such as In The End, Pts.Of.Athry, Somewhere I Belong, Numb, From The Inside, and some of the Reanimation videos. He has also directed videos for Static-X, Story of the Year and Alkaline Trio plus did the artwork, design and illustrations for Todd Shea's CD "Songs Carried on Angels Wings". Joe has his own split personality named Remy, Remy made his debut in Cure For The Itch, track 11 off the Hybrid Theory album.

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Static-X - Story of the Year - Alkaline Trio - Todd Shea - Hybrid Theory

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Joe is known for being sarcastic in interviews. He has a dry sense of humor and is creative. He can also play guitar, and has switched instruments with Brad during concerts.

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While bandmates Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda continue to work on their solo projects, Joe has invested his time into making movies. He recently shot "The Seed" in L.A. and plans to enter it in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. "Kung Fu High School" and "King Rat" are also in the works by Joe.

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