The Diary Of Jane I Will Not Bow Breaking Benjamin

The Diary Of Jane Album: Phobia (2006)
I Will Not Bow Album: Dear Agony (2009)
by Breaking Benjamin

The band did three versions of The Diary Of Jane. The first version is pretty much the song as you probably know it. The second version is exactly the same, only the ending note is lower than the first version. And the third version is much softer, acoustic rendition of the song featuring Sebastian Davin on backing vocals.

The single moved rapidly up the charts in its first week of official release, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 at #55, making it the fastest added single ever in the history of Hollywood Records.

At the time it was released, Breaking Benjamin's 2006 single "The Diary Of Jane" became the fastest added single ever in Hollywood Records history. The song is said to be written about '30s and '40s film star Jane Bryan, who starred in a movie called We Are Not Alone (which the band also chose as an album title.) The video for "The Diary of Jane" featured Sarah Mather from American Idol season 4 in the role of Jane.

Season 4 American Idol contestant Sarah Mather plays Jane in the song's music video. The clip ends with Ben Burnley closing a diary on Jane's tombstone. The name was revealed to be Jane Bryan during the second episode of the band's podcast. Jane Bryan was an American actress whose screen career lasted only four years, but she appeared in prominent roles in a number of memorable films before she married a drugstore magnate in 1940 and retired. Whether or not the band meant for her name to be of significance is unknown, and unconfirmed, however it may be relevant that one of her movies, We Are Not Alone, shares its title with that of Breaking Benjamin's sophomore album.

I Will Not Bow is the first single from American alternative metal band Breaking Benjamin's 4th studio album Dear Agony.
The song was premiered on the radio station 97.9X in Breaking Benjamin's hometown of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on the afternoon of August 11, 2009.

The song features in the 2009 Bruce Willis sci-fi movie Surrogates. The song was not written specifically for the film, but according to drummer Chad Szeliga, "Ben (Burnley, vocalist) sent a few songs to our record label, Hollywood Records," which is owned by Disney, who then decided they "wanted a Breaking Benjamin song for this movie."

The music video was filmed at the World Trade Center building 7. The director Rich Lee (Evanescence) chose the location as he felt it was an eerie location to film. Burnley described the shoot to Weekender magazine as "a great time," before admitting that it wasn't without its difficulties. He explained: "I have issues with heights and stuff, and when I first got up there I started to have a little bit of a panic attack," he says. "And I got over it really, really quick because I put it in my mind that the city was fake, because you're up so high it literally looks like a scale model, so I just kept thinking that, and I got through it. The windows go all the way down to the floor. In the very first shot of the video, where I'm standing looking over, I actually had my eyes shut, because you're so close, and if you're that close to the window, for me, then it kind of gets dizzying I guess? Nauseating? So I had to keep my eyes shut, and I opened them up when I turned around and started singing."

The song was written by Benjamin Burnley and Jasen Rauch, the guitar player and primary songwriter of the Christian alternative metal band Red. (check out "Death of Me").

Breaking Benjamin use a studio in Benjamin Burnley's hometown of Ocean City, New Jersey, which used to be a law office. The frontman told Billboard magazine: "People still come to the door looking for legal assistance. I'm like, 'Sorry, can't help you out.'"

In 2010, Breaking Benjamin went on an indefinite hiatus due to frontman Benjamin Burnley's inability to record and tour due to an unspecified illness. Several reports indicated that Burnley had suffered permanent liver damage after bouts of alcoholism at a young age. Burnley told The Pulse of Radio in 2015. "I used to drink a lot, and I think it must have something to do with that because back in 2007, I stayed up drinking for three days straight — this is after already months and months of drinking heavily — and I woke up and I just felt really sick, like alcohol poisoned, and I was like, I should've probably gone to the hospital but I didn't, and I went onstage and when I went onstage I almost collapsed from being just so sick. And basically that was 2007 and it hasn't gone away."

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Benjamin Burnley Vocals, rhythm guitar 1998-
Aaron Fink Lead guitar 1998, 2001–2011
Nick Hoover Bass 1998–1999
Jonathan "Bug" Price Bass, vocals 1999–2001
Chris Lightcap Drums 1998–1999
Jeremy Hummel Drums 2001–2004
Mark Klepaski Bass 2001–2011
Chad Szeliga Drums 2005–2013
Keith Wallen Guitar 2014-
Jasen Rauch Guitar 2014-
Aaron Bruch Bass 2014-
Shaun Foist Drums 2014-