Bradford Phillip "Brad" Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the Grammy Award winning rock band Linkin Park.
Brad Delson attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles, with childhood friend and Linkin Park band mate Mike Shinoda. He played in various bands throughout his high school career, the most notable being Relative Degree, in which he met and teamed up with drummer Rob Bourdon. Relative Degree's goal was simply to play a show, and, after achieving that goal, they disbanded.