Brad Delson

Brad Delson is the kind of musician I quietly admire most: the architect rather than the showman. As Linkin Park's lead guitarist and a founding member, he helped build a sound that defined a generation's adolescence, yet his real signature runs deeper into production and songwriting. The contrast tickles me, an Agoura Hills kid with a UCLA pedigree pouring that intellect into music this raw and loud. Plenty of players chase the spotlight; fewer obsess over the blueprint behind the noise. I think the durability of those records owes a great deal to a brain like his working patiently behind the riffs.

Name (English)

Brad Delson

Name (Japanese)

ブラッド・デルソン

Reading

ぶらっど・でるそん

Born

December 1, 1977 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

Origin

Agoura Hills, California, United States

Occupation

guitarist / musician / record producer / songwriter

High school

Agoura High School

University

University of California, Los Angeles

• Official sitehttps://linkinpark.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/BradDelson
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad%20Delson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19199

Tags

• California
• guitarist
• musician
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-17

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