Breaking Benjamin Frontman Pauses New Jersey Concert for Rant About Fallout 4 Modding Community Beef

A Breaking Benjamin concert in New Jersey took an unexpected turn when band frontman Benjamin Burnley halted the show to deliver a multi-minute rant regarding a community dispute over his Fallout 4 mod, titled True First Person. Captured on video by concertgoers, Burnley spent over four minutes explaining to the audience that another modder had bullied him and disparaged the quality of his work, reportedly telling him that his mod was poor and that he did not know what he was doing.

Instead of sticking solely to the setlist, Burnley used the stage time to urge the crowd—and even non-gamers in attendance—to visit Nexus Mods and download his creation to boost his download numbers and retaliate against the critic. Visuals promoting the mod were even displayed on a large screen alongside the stage by venue crew during the tirade. When audience members shouted requests to just play music, Burnley pushed forward, stating that he intended to plug the project every night of the tour.

The mod in question, uploaded by Burnley under the Nexus Mods username killemloud, alters the game's perspective. While vanilla Fallout 4 displays only a pair of floating arms in first-person view, True First Person renders the player character's entire body, including legs, clothing, and equipped gear. It also keeps the camera in first person during interactions that usually force a third-person perspective, such as workstations and power armor. The tool functions via an F4SE plugin and was recently updated.

Historically, Breaking Benjamin has long-standing ties to the gaming industry, most notably recording the track "Blow Me Away" for the 2004 Halo 2 soundtrack. Despite audience members calling out for music during the recent concert interruption, Burnley encouraged fans to support small creators, and later thanked concert attendees online who checked out the project page following the show.