Joe Hahn
Joseph Hahn, a.k.a.
Chairman Hahn and
Mr. Hahn (born
March 15,
1977 in
Dallas, Texas), is the turntablist for the
nu metal/
rapcore band
Linkin Park.
He has just recently opened a small clothing store called "Suru" in the Los Angeles fashion district.
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.
He 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.
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.
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