Hollywood Breaks Benjamin

DISNEY BREAKS BENJAMIN: Breaking Benjamin has a beef with their label Hollywood Records’ release of Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin, slated for later this month. The band’s Benjamin Burley wrote an open letter to fans that the album is being “conceptualized and released without my approval or consent. It contains outtakes and materials that I believe do not live up to the high standards that I have worked so hard throughout my songwriting and musical career to maintain.” He goes on to say the first single, “Blow Me Away,” a duet with Sydnee Duran p/k/a Valora “was altered and vocals were added to the existing song without my knowledge or consent.” A Hollywood company spokesman insisted the release "was compiled with the awareness of all of the members of Breaking Benjamin," adding, “We’re extremely excited about this collection, which is a fan’s dream… Ben is a tremendous talent whose songs truly stand the test of time.” (8/2a)