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Joseph Hahn, better known as Mr. Hahn, (born March 15, 1977 in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.The city, with a population of over 1.3 million, is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which contains 6.1 million people, and is the fourth-largest United States metropolitan area...
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 turntablist
Turntablism

Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonographs and a DJ mixer. The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer to manipulate sound....
 and director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 best known as the DJ
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 for Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
.

joined Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
, after meeting fellow band mate Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
 in art school, when the band was called Xero in 1996 as the band's turntablist. Since then, he has directed music video
Music video

A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
s for most singles
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 of his band, with the exceptions of "One Step Closer
One Step Closer (Linkin Park song)

"One Step Closer" is the debut single by the nu metal band Linkin Park released in 2000 and the second track of their debut album, Hybrid Theory....
", "Crawling
Crawling (song)

"Crawling" is a song by the band Linkin Park. It is the fifth track from their debut album Hybrid Theory . It was released in 2001 as their second single and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2002....
", "Faint
Faint (song)

"Faint" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora .The song was released as the album's second single in late-2003 and entered the top thirty on the majority of the record charts it appeared on, including the Hot 100, in which it reached #48 on August 26, 2003....
", and "Given Up
Given Up

"Given Up" is the second track and the fourth single from Linkin Park's third studio album Minutes to Midnight . It was released on February 17, 2008 in United Kingdom as a digital download....
". He is referenced to as Mr. Hahn at the beginning of "Cure for the Itch" from Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory

Hybrid Theory is the debut album by the American nu metal band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, selling over 10 million units in the United States alone and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 while also reaching high positions on other Record chart...
 as well as in "High Voltage" from Hybrid Theory EP and "Kyur4 TH Ich" from Reanimation.






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Joseph Hahn, better known as Mr. Hahn, (born March 15, 1977 in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.The city, with a population of over 1.3 million, is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which contains 6.1 million people, and is the fourth-largest United States metropolitan area...
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 turntablist
Turntablism

Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonographs and a DJ mixer. The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer to manipulate sound....
 and director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 best known as the DJ
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 for Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
.

Linkin Park

Joe joined Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
, after meeting fellow band mate Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
 in art school, when the band was called Xero in 1996 as the band's turntablist. Since then, he has directed music video
Music video

A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
s for most singles
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 of his band, with the exceptions of "One Step Closer
One Step Closer (Linkin Park song)

"One Step Closer" is the debut single by the nu metal band Linkin Park released in 2000 and the second track of their debut album, Hybrid Theory....
", "Crawling
Crawling (song)

"Crawling" is a song by the band Linkin Park. It is the fifth track from their debut album Hybrid Theory . It was released in 2001 as their second single and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2002....
", "Faint
Faint (song)

"Faint" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora .The song was released as the album's second single in late-2003 and entered the top thirty on the majority of the record charts it appeared on, including the Hot 100, in which it reached #48 on August 26, 2003....
", and "Given Up
Given Up

"Given Up" is the second track and the fourth single from Linkin Park's third studio album Minutes to Midnight . It was released on February 17, 2008 in United Kingdom as a digital download....
". He is referenced to as Mr. Hahn at the beginning of "Cure for the Itch" from Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory

Hybrid Theory is the debut album by the American nu metal band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, selling over 10 million units in the United States alone and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 while also reaching high positions on other Record chart...
 as well as in "High Voltage" from Hybrid Theory EP and "Kyur4 TH Ich" from Reanimation. He has also remixed the band's songs "With You" and "Cure for the Itch" (originally on "Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory

Hybrid Theory is the debut album by the American nu metal band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, selling over 10 million units in the United States alone and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 while also reaching high positions on other Record chart...
"), which appear on the remix album Reanimation as "Wth>You" and "Kyur4 Th Ich".

On the 2007 album Minutes to Midnight
Minutes to Midnight (album)

Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album by American Rock music band Linkin Park that was released, depending on location, between May 9 and May 18, 2007....
, Joe Hahn focused his contributions on programming with his sound effects board and MIDI keyboard
MIDI keyboard

A MIDI keyboard is a piano-style digital Keyboard instrument device used for sending MIDI signals or commands to other devices connected to the same interface as the keyboard....
. Minutes To Midnight also features his turntable talents on three tracks: "What I've Done
What I've Done

"What I've Done" is a song by the American Rock music band Linkin Park, and the first Single from their third studio album Minutes to Midnight ....
", "Valentine's Day", and "In Pieces." Joe has been known to utilize MIDI pads on several tracks from the band. Examples include "Crawling
Crawling (song)

"Crawling" is a song by the band Linkin Park. It is the fifth track from their debut album Hybrid Theory . It was released in 2001 as their second single and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2002....
", "Numb
Numb (Linkin Park song)

"Numb" is the thirteenth and final song on the 2003 in music album Meteora by the Rock music band Linkin Park, and is also the album's third single....
", and "Points of Authority".

Other projects

Joe was featured on the Fort Minor
Fort Minor

Fort Minor is the hip hop music side project of Mike Shinoda, vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's first solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, was released in 2005 with the singles "Where'd You Go" featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga and "Remember the Name" featuring Styles of Beyond....
 songs "Slip Out the Back" and "Move On" (a Fort Minor Militia exclusive), tracks produced and sung by his Linkin Park bandmate Mike Shinoda. In both tracks, Hahn does some scratching in the outro. He also remixed the single "Where'd You Go
Where'd You Go

"Where'd You Go" is the fourth single from Fort Minor's debut album The Rising Tied. Released in 2006, the song features Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga....
", which he named "Where'd You Joe". He was also featured as a turntablist in the track "It's Goin' Down
It's Goin' Down (X-Ecutioners song)

"It's Goin' Down" is a single credited to Turntablism The X-Ecutioners featuring Mike Shinoda and Joseph Hahn. It appears on the X-Ecutioners 2002 debut album Built From Scratch....
" by the The X-Ecutioners
The X-Ecutioners

The X-Ecutioners is a group of hip hop DJs / turntablisms from New York....
. Hahn's Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
 bandmates Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
, Dave Farrell
Dave Farrell

David Michael Farrell is the bass guitarist of the band from Linkin Park.He is an United States musician, and multi-instrumentalist....
, Rob Bourdon
Rob Bourdon

Robert Gregory Bourdon is an American musician, who is currently the drummer and one of the founders of the rock band Linkin Park....
 and Static-X
Static-X

Static-X is an industrial metal band. Formed in 1994, they are signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released five albums, their most recent being Cannibal , which was released on April 3, 2007....
 lead-singer Wayne Static
Wayne Static

Wayne Static is an United States musician, and the lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and music sequencer for the industrial metal band Static-X....
 also made an appearance in the song's music video.

Joe has also managed to be featured on Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte is an American band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. They took their name from the children's book called "Good Charlotte: The Girls of Good Day Orphanage," written by Carol Beach York....
's new compilation album Greatest Remixes
Greatest Remixes

Greatest Remixes is a greatest hits compilation album with a Electronic dance music remix to the original songs by Good Charlotte. The compilation was released on November 25th, 2008.Junior Sanchez, Benji and Joel Madden's older brother Josh Madden, and Good Charlotte are the executive producers for the album....
 on the track "The Young & the Hopeless
The Young & the Hopeless

"The Young & the Hopeless" is the fourth single taken from Good Charlotte's second studio album The Young and the Hopeless. The Young & the Hopeless is also the title track for the album the song featured in....
".

As a proficient music video director, Joe has not only directed videos for his band Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
, but he has also directed videos for Static-X
Static-X

Static-X is an industrial metal band. Formed in 1994, they are signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released five albums, their most recent being Cannibal , which was released on April 3, 2007....
, Story of the Year
Story of the Year

Story of the Year is an American band formed in St. Louis, Missouri in 1995. The band was initially named Big Blue Monkey, they changed their name to Story of the Year in 2002 after the release of their EP titled "Story of the Year" on indie label Criterion Records when they realized a blues group of the same name had already existed....
, Xzibit
Xzibit

Alvin Nathaniel Joiner , better known by his stage name Xzibit , is an United States Rapping, actor, and Celebrity. He is also known for hosting MTV's Pimp My Ride....
, X-Ecutioners, and Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/Singing, Dan Andriano on bass guitar/Singing, and Derek Grant on Drum kit/backing vocals....
. Hahn has also done some special effects for the TV show The X-Files
The X-Files

The X-Files is a Peabody Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American cult following science fiction television series, created by Chris Carter , which first aired in 1993 and ended in 2002....
.

In 2005 to 2006, while bandmates Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

Chester Charles Bennington is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead vocalist in the rock music band Linkin Park, and was previously associated with the band Grey Daze, among others....
 and Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
 were busy with side projects, Hahn shot a short film called The Seed in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, released in March 2008 and premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival
Pusan International Film Festival

Pusan International Film Festival , held annually in Busan, South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival, held from September 13 to September 21, 1996, was also the first international film festival in Korea....
. Hahn also appeared with a minor role in a short film by Filip Engström called Little Pony. In 2005, Hahn opened a retail concept store and brand Suru, located on the famous Melrose Avenue
Melrose Avenue

Melrose Avenue is a well-known Los Angeles street that starts from Santa Monica Boulevard at the border between Beverly Hills, California and West Hollywood, California and ends at Hoover Street in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California....
 in Los Angeles.

Personal life

Joe Hahn is of Korean descent, he married Karen Benedit in February 2005 after dating her since 2003. Hahn attended the accredited Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design

Art Center College of Design is a private college located in Pasadena, California. It is one of the leading art and design colleges in the world....
 in Pasadena, California, but he didn't graduate in order to put his efforts into the band. Joe is known for his dry sense of humor and wit in most interviews. Joe is also a Transformers fan—on various occasions he has worn clothing or used turntables with Decepticon
Decepticon

The Decepticons are usually depicted as the Antagonists in the fictional universes of the Transformers toyline and related comics and cartoons....
 symbols on them. He was also the one to advise the band to put the single "What I've Done
What I've Done

"What I've Done" is a song by the American Rock music band Linkin Park, and the first Single from their third studio album Minutes to Midnight ....
" on the soundtrack for the Transformers live action movie. Joe, along with Rob and Chester, were present at the Transformers movie premiere.

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