As the story goes, Mike D took an instant liking to the Australian act known as Noise Addict, which was fronted by the talented Ben Lee. After releasing Noise Addict's material on Grand Royal, Ben emerged as an incredible song writer and began his solo career.

Grandpaw Would, another Grand Royal release, features the very catchy and radio worthy song "Pop Queen". Yet, it wasn't until the release of Breathing Tomatoes that Ben Lee really started to develop his own following.

It seems that you can't make mention of Ben Lee without saying at some point that his love interest over the years has been My So Called Life star Claire Danes. Whether or not Claire was the inspiration for Ben's love songs is open to speculation; regardless, they seem to be one of the world's happiest couples whenever they are photographed together.