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With its roots in southern California, Linkin Park is an alternative metal quintet band, that includes an eclectic mix of old-school hip-hop, traditional classic rock and spooling electronic vibes. Members of the group are drummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, DJ Joseph Hahnand singers Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington. Their first album, "Hybrid Theory," came out in the fall of 2000, became a diamond seller, and was America's best-selling album of 2001.

Songs from a later album, Meteora, won MTV's Best Rock Video award and People's Choice Award and it was the third best-selling album of 2003. Collision Course and Minutes to Midnight were also both highly successful albums. Linkin Park has earned over 20 music awards, including two Grammys, five American Music Awards, and 14 MTV awards.

Last updated: February 04, 2009.

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Within one year Linkin Park went from a little-known Los Angeles group with no respect and no contract to the band with the best-selling album of 2001, Hybrid Theory. Their rap and metal sound was not new but, given a chance to shine under the Warner Bros, label, they found a huge following with their pop sensibilities and angry lyrics, making the term "nu-metal" mainstream. Their freshman effort yielded eight million sales in the United States alone and ten million worldwide, with 100,000 units still moving per week as of early 2003. Their second album, Meteora, sold 810,000 copies in one week and delivered two number-one hits within two months. With a hard-working attitude that is famous industry-wide, the group shows no signs of letting up.

Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, and Rob Bourdon—the founders of Linkin Park—met in high school in Calabasas, a Los Angeles suburb. Their friendship developed from a love of music—especially the music of artists such as Nine Inch Nails and the Deftones—and admiration for musicians who mixed sounds that most people considered taboo. Aspiring to do the same, the trio started a band called Xero in 1996 that mixed rock, rap, and electronica. After high school they continued to make music together, crafting material that they still

play to this day. As songwriters they did well, but they lacked the manpower to perform as a band, so they kept their eyes open for new talent. While attending art school in Pasadena, Shinoda met Joseph Hahn and was impressed with his abilities and strong work ethic. He invited Hahn to join Xero as their deejay.

Began as Xero
The band members, who clearly shared the same enthusiasm for making music, worked hard on their material. This was no hobby—they were perfectionists who wanted each track tight both technically and creatively. When the Xero’s members felt their material was ready for the pros they went from label to label with the best demo tape they could muster and pushed hard for a contract. Although they were rejected over and over again, during this time they developed a stellar reputation on the Los Angeles club scene—packing them in even at the famous Whisky A Go Go. Performing in such high-stakes venues helped the band gel and made them even more determined to get their sound out.

Xero also used the Internet to promote their music, posting MP3s (compressed digital music files) on their website and asking listeners for their opinions. This helped them develop an international audience that was enthusiastic about their growing library of songs. Through a combination of touring and meeting fans, they recruited people to their website, intending to create a community of "LPUndergrounders." Band members asked their online fans to spread the word, share their free MP3s, and buy their merchandise. It worked: by the time the band released their first album in 2000, they had 1,000 fans in New York City alone and hundreds more in many major European cities.

Unfortunately, most of their effort was being overlooked by the music industry, who tagged the band a latecomer to the "nu-metal" party. "We had the anti-buzz about us," Shinoda told Siobhan Grogan of England’s Guardian Unlimited. "People would say, ‘Oh! You’re going to see them? Good luck. What a way to waste a lunch hour.’ But I didn’t care if we didn’t get signed because that just meant all those people in the record business didn’t know what the hell they were doing and we didn’t need those idiots. All I knew is that I would buy our record in a heartbeat." Bennington had his own nightmare tale about their reception in the Los Angeles music scene. "In some cases," he told Grogan, "they would actually call and say, ‘We wouldn’t sign you guys for a [expletive] million dollars.’ I’d be like, ‘Wow! They really went out of their way to tell us they didn’t like us!’"

Stayed Determined
Even though the music executives weren’t biting, the members were determined to keep playing. Still wanting a record to call their own, they changed their name to Hybrid Theory, honed their songs, and looked for an additional vocalist who could add some energy to their sound. Through mutual friends they met up with Chester Bennington, whose powerful voice can carry a tune while sounding like a primal scream. Bennington was equally impressed with the group. "I listened to a demo and quit my job to meet five guys I didn’t even know," he told Grogan. "Half of my family’s income was removed because I wanted to do this."

Their perseverance paid off when, after two previous unsuccessful attempts, they signed with the Warner Bros, label. A new problem emerged when legal requirements forced the band to change their name. They became Linkin Park—even though they had just gone from Xero to Hybrid Theory and there was some fear that they could lose local fans. The worry was unnecessary, Shinoda told the PRP website, because "[o]ur Lincoln Park is in Santa Monica, CA. But when we started national touring, everyone thought we were a local band wherever we went, because there are so many Lincoln Parks everywhere. It was basically our band joke: we were local everywhere we went."

Once they had the contract, the lineup, the material, and the name, they wanted a record. Warner Bros, pulled out all the stops for Linkin Park and gave them both good management and Don Gilmore, a powerful producer who had worked with Pearl Jam and Eve 6. The softer-sounding music for which Gilmore was known concerned the band a little, but their recording experience was a good one. What resulted was their debut album Hybrid Theory, an ode to their old name.

Found Huge Success with Hybrid Theory
The members of Linkin Park knew they had a good album but they couldn’t be prepared for what was about to happen. "We clearly didn’t expect it to do what it did," Nelson told Grogan. "We thought we would tour for a year or so and hopefully go gold or just maybe, best-case scenario, platinum. But we were playing music before anybody cared and before there was a single penny to be made out of it. It just means now we can focus all our energy on it."

The band’s rise to the top began with the singles "Crawling" and "One Step Closer," whose electronic beats and catchy refrains caught on at MTV. Massive radio play soon followed and Linkin Park were on their way to popular acclaim. Reviews were mostly kind to the freshman effort, but a few qualifiers were always thrown in: "A rap-rock outfit with a jones for Depeche Mode? Is this a glitch in the matrix? Linkin Park’s debut album, Hybrid Theory, is a freaky-deaky fusion that works in spots," wrote Matt Diehl of Rolling Stone. Though the comparisons to other bands continued, the band took it in stride. "We’re not a one-sound band, led by one voice," Delson told Larry Frick for Billboard. "We’re a collection of concepts and thoughts and influences by a group of people who have a hunger to always grow. That’s what a great band does: grow. And I believe that we’re on the way to being a great band that will stand the test of time."

Released Remix Album
Suddenly, Linkin Park was at the top of their game with hit singles, a best-selling album (eight million copies in the United States), and successful tours, making 2001 the fastest year of their lives. But soon the specter of a second album arose—always a daunting task for bands with a hit first album. Linkin Park decided to make a remix album (with some new original material) to appease fans while they waited for their next all-new album; they wanted to be sure, however, that the release was something special on its own. Reanimation was well-received and did what the band wanted it to. Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield wrote "Nobody ever accused them of having the most original sound around, but what sets them apart is how they shape all their heavy influences into something fresh and tuneful. Commercially expedient though [Reanimation] may be, it’s also a labor of love."

The pressure to deliver the next all-new album kept growing, but the band members seemed impervious to the stress. "If anything, we were more relaxed as we made this record," Delson told Frick. "We knew that we’d have an audience to play these new songs for. That was inspiring and energizing, not frightening. We’re prepared to spend the next year or so playing these songs for people. It’s going to be cool."

Their touring days were filled with hard work on stage and in the mobile recording studios "One of the buses we had out, we had a studio put in there," Bourdon told Fresch. "We actually have a bigger studio now on one of our buses, which has a drum setup; an electronic drum setup. We’ve got turntables, and Joe has his computer rig, too."

Measured Up with Meteora
A collection of songs softer in overall tone than their first album began to emerge from the 80 tracks they had written. Linkin Park was happy with their progress, but the creation of the second original album didn’t go flawlessly. Hahn told MTV News, "We’re trying to combine the [rock and hip-hop] elements to become one music. It’s inevitable for music to go that way. It just so happens that everything is so corporate these days, everything needs to be categorized. So we’re just trying to help close those gaps a little bit." In the end, Linkin Park was proud of their third album, Meteora, released in March of 2003. "Somewhere I Belong," the first single released, shot to number one quickly, proving that Linkin Park’s trademark mixture of rap and sweeping electronica pleased fans too. The album also went to number one, selling 810,000 units in one week.

It captured a few more fans in the press, too, as Meteora received good reviews and glowing articles, showing the band had legs. Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly praised the album, noting that "Linkin Park and producer Don Gilmore (who also twirled knobs for Hybrid Theory) have constructed a thunderously hooky album that seamlessly blends the group’s disparate sonic elements into radio-friendly perfection."

The band hit the road in the spring of 2003 to promote their new album, touring with the second annual Projekt Revolution along with Mudvayne, Xzibit, and Blind-side. During the European leg of their tour, however, lead singer Bennington was incapacitated by a virus whose excruciating pain left him unable to walk or even eat for a full week. He recovered after being hospitalized, but not before the band had to cancel their European gigs. Although his doctor told him to take it easy, Bennington refused to lie low and began shooting a new video that same day. This kind of dedication is true for all the band members. As Hahn told David Fricke of Rolling Stone, "We’re the only guys that really get it. This is our career, and we take it seriously"

Selected discography
Hybrid Theory, Warner Bros., 2000.
Reanimation (remixes) Warner Bros., 2002.
Meteora, Warner Bros., 2003.
(Contributor) Matrix Reloaded (soundtrack), Warner Bros., 2003.

Sources
Periodicals
Billboard, October 6, 2001; February 16, 2002.
People, April 14, 2003.
Rolling Stone, March 29, 2001; March 14, 2002; May 1, 2003.

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Although rooted in alternative metal, Linkin Park became one of the most successful acts of the 2000s by welcoming elements of hip-hop, modern rock, and atmospheric electronica into their music. The band's rise was indebted to the aggressive rap-rock movement made popular by the likes of Korn and Limp Bizkit, a movement that paired grunge's alienation with a bold, buzzing soundtrack. Linkin Park added a unique spin to that formula, however, focusing as much on the vocal interplay between singer Chester Bennington and rapper Mike Shinoda as the band's muscled instrumentation, which layered DJ effects atop heavy, processed guitars. While the group's sales never eclipsed those of its tremendously successful debut, Hybrid Theory, few alt-metal bands rivaled Linkin Park during the band's heyday.

Drummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, and MC/vocalist Mike Shinoda attended high school in Southern California, where they formed the rap-rock band Xero in 1996. Bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, singer Mark Wakefield, and DJ/art student Joseph Hahn joined soon after, and the band courted various labels while playing hometown shows in Los Angeles. Few companies expressed interest in Xero's self-titled demo tape, however, prompting Wakefield to leave the lineup (he would later resurface as the manager for Taproot). Hybrid Theory became the band's temporary moniker in 1998 as replacement singer Chester Bennington climbed aboard, and the revised band soon settled on a final name: Linkin Park, a misspelled reference to Lincoln Park in Santa Monica. With Bennington and Shinoda sharing vocal duties, the musicians now wielded enough power to distinguish themselves from the wave of nu-metal outfits that had appeared during the decade's latter half. Warner Bros. vice president Jeff Blue took note and signed Linkin Park in 1999, sending the band into the studio with Don Gilmore shortly thereafter.

Linkin Park titled their debut album Hybrid Theory, a tribute to the band's past, and released the record during the fall of 2000. "Crawling" and "In the End" were massive radio hits; the latter song even topped the U.S. Modern Rock chart while peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, an example of the band's crossover appeal. Linkin Park joined the Family Values Tour and also played shows with Cypress Hill, leading the group to log over 320 shows in 2001 alone. Come January 2002, Hybrid Theory had received three Grammy nominations and sold over seven million copies. (Sales later topped ten million, earning the album "diamond status" and making Hybrid Theory one of the most successful debuts ever.) Despite their meteoric rise, however, Linkin Park spent the remainder of the year holed up in the recording studio, again working with producer Don Gilmore on a follow-up album. Meanwhile, the timely summer release of Reanimation helped appease the band's eager audience, offering remixed versions of Hybrid Theory's tracks.

A proper sophomore effort, Meteora, arrived in March 2003, featuring a heavier sound and stronger elements of rap-rock. Although the record spawned several modern rock hits, songs such as "Numb," "Somewhere I Belong," and "Breaking the Habit" furthered the band's crossover appeal by simultaneously charting on the Hot 100. Linkin Park once again supported the album with ample touring, including performances with the second annual Projekt Revolution Tour (the band's own traveling festival, which originally launched in 2002) and additional shows with the likes of Metallica and Limp Bizkit. Live in Texas was released to document the band's strength as a touring act, and the bandmates tackled various personal projects before beginning work on a second remix project.

Released in 2004, Collision Course found the band collaborating with king-of-the-mountain rapper Jay-Z, resulting in a number of mashups that sampled from both artists' catalogs. Collision Course topped the charts upon its release, the first EP to do so since Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies, and Jay-Z furthered his association with the band by asking co-founder Mike Shinoda to explore the possibility of a solo hip-hop project. He did, dubbing the project Fort Minor and releasing The Rising Tied in 2005 with Jay-Z as executive producer. Linkin Park then reconvened in 2006 to begin work on a third studio album, which saw Shinoda sharing production credits with Rick Rubin. The resulting Minutes to Midnight arrived in 2007, debuting at number one in several countries and spawning the Top Ten single "What I've Done." In 2010 the band teamed up with Rubin again to produce its fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns. The following year, Chester Bennington stated the band's desire to focus more on putting out new material rather than maintaining an exhaustive touring schedule, with the band having a goal of releasing a new album every 18 months. Linkin Park made good on that promise in 2012 with their Rick Rubin-produced fifth album, Living Things. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi
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Linkin Park performing in Berlin on 2010's A Thousand Suns World Tour.
Background information
Origin Agoura Hills, California, USA
Genres Alternative rock, rap rock, alternative metal, nu metal
Years active 1996–present
Labels Warner Bros., Machine Shop
Associated acts Fort Minor, Dead by Sunrise, Jay-Z, White Pegacorn, Tasty Snax, Relative Degree, Grey Daze
Website linkinpark.com
Members
Chester Bennington
Rob Bourdon
Brad Delson
Dave Farrell
Joe Hahn
Mike Shinoda
Past members
Mark Wakefield
Kyle Christener

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.[1] Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.[2] In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era and the third best of the new millennium behind Oasis and Coldplay.[3] Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart.[4]

Having adapted the nu metal and rap metal genres to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora,[5][6][7] the band explored other genres in their next studio album, Minutes to Midnight, which was released in 2007.[8][9] The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third best debut week of any album that year.[10][11] The band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others included on Reanimation.[6] The band's most recent work, the concept album A Thousand Suns, was released on September 8, 2010. Linkin Park has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards.[12][13][14]

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History

Early years (1996–1999)

The founding of Linkin Park began with three high school friends; Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson.[15] After graduating from high school, the three began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to perform in their band, Xero. Though limited in resources, the band began recording and producing songs within Shinoda’s makeshift bedroom studio in 1996.[15][16] Tensions and frustration within the band grew after they failed to land a record deal.[15] The lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the band's vocalist, to leave the band in search of other projects.[15][16] Farrell also left to tour with Tasty Snax and other bands.[17][18]

After spending a considerable time searching for Wakefield's replacement, Xero recruited Arizona vocalist, Chester Bennington, who was recommended by Jeff Blue, the vice president of Zomba Music in March 1999.[19] Bennington, formerly of a post-grunge band by the name of Grey Daze, became a standout among applicants because of the dynamic in his singing style.[15] The band then agreed on changing its name from Xero to Hybrid Theory.[17] The newborn vocal chemistry between Shinoda and Bennington helped revive the band, inciting them to work on new material.[15] The band’s renaissance culminated with a change in name; from Hybrid Theory, the band once again changed its name, this time to Linkin Park, a play on and homage to Santa Monica’s Lincoln Park.[15] However, despite these changes, the band still struggled to sign a record deal. After facing numerous rejections from several major record labels, Linkin Park turned to Jeff Blue for additional help. After failing to catch Warner Bros. Records on three previous reviews, Jeff Blue, now the vice president of Warner Bros. Records, helped the band sign a deal with the company in 1999. The band released its breakthrough album, Hybrid Theory, the following year.[19]

Hybrid Theory (2000–2002)

Main article: Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park released Hybrid Theory on October 24, 2000.[20][21] The album, which represented half a decade’s worth of the band’s work, was edited by Don Gilmore.[15] Hybrid Theory was a massive commercial success; it sold more than 4.8 million copies during its debut year, earning it the status of best-selling album of 2001, while singles such as "Crawling" and "One Step Closer" established themselves as staples among alternative rock radio play lists during the year.[17] Additionally, other singles from the album were featured in films such as Dracula 2000, Little Nicky, and Valentine.[17] Hybrid Theory won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song "Crawling" and was nominated for two other Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and Best Rock Album.[22] MTV awarded the band their Best Rock Video and Best Direction awards for "In the End".[15] Through the winning of the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance, Hybrid Theory’s overall success had catapulted the band into mainstream success.

During this time, Linkin Park received many invitations to perform on many high-profile tours and concerts including Ozzfest, Family Values Tour and KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas.[17][23] The band also formed its own tour, Projekt Revolution, which featured other notable artists such as Cypress Hill, Adema, and Snoop Dogg.[19] Within a year’s stretch, Linkin Park had performed at over 320 concerts.[15] The experiences and performances of the precocious band were documented in its first DVD, Frat Party at the Pankake Festival, which debuted in November 2001. Now reunited with former bassist Phoenix, the band began work on a remix album, dubbed Reanimation, which would include works from Hybrid Theory and non-album tracks also.[17] Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of Black Thought, Jonathan Davis, Aaron Lewis, and many others.[24] Reanimation claimed the second spot on the Billboard 200, and sold nearly 270,000 copies during its debut week.[25] Hybrid Theory is also in the RIAA's Top 100 Albums.[26]

Meteora (2002–2004)

Main article: Meteora (album)

Following the success of Hybrid Theory and Reanimation, Linkin Park spent a significant amount of time touring around the United States. The band members began to work on new material amidst its saturated schedule, spending a sliver of their free time in their tour bus' studio.[27] The band officially announced the production of a new studio album in December 2002, revealing its new work was inspired by the rocky region of Meteora in Greece, where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks.[28] Meteora features a mixture of the band's previous nu metal and rapcore styles with newer innovative effects, including the induction of a shakuhachi (a Japanese flute made of bamboo) and other instruments.[15] Linkin Park's second album debuted on March 25, 2003 and instantly earned worldwide recognition,[15] going to No.1 in the US and UK, and No.2 in Australia.[16]

Meteora sold more than 800,000 copies during its first week, and it ranked as the best selling album on the Billboard charts at the time.[29] The album's singles, including "Somewhere I Belong", "Breaking the Habit", "Faint", and "Numb", received significant radio attention.[30] By October 2003, Meteora sold nearly three million copies.[31] The album's success allowed Linkin Park to form another Projekt Revolution, which featured other bands and artists including Mudvayne, Blindside, and Xzibit.[15] Additionally, Metallica invited Linkin Park to play at the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003, which included well-known acts such as Limp Bizkit, Mudvayne and Deftones.[32] The band released an album and DVD, entitled Live in Texas, which consisted of audio and video tracks of some of the band's performances in Texas during the tour.[15] In early 2004, Linkin Park started a world tour titled the Meteora World Tour. Supporting bands on the tour included Hoobastank, P.O.D., Story of the Year and Pia.[33]

Meteora earned the band multiple awards and honors. The band won the MTV awards for Best Rock Video for "Somewhere I Belong" and the Viewer's Choice Award for "Breaking the Habit".[34] Linkin Park also received significant recognition during the 2004 Radio Music Awards, winning the Artist of the Year and Song of the Year ("Numb") awards.[34] Although Meteora was not nearly as successful as Hybrid Theory, it was the third best selling album in the United States during 2003.[17] The band spent the first few months of 2004 touring around the world, first with the third Projekt Revolution tour, and later several European concerts.[17]

Side projects (2004–2006)

Mike Shinoda interviewed with MTV Thailand in Bangkok

Following Meteora's success, the band postponed working on a new studio album for the next few years. Instead, Linkin Park continued to tour and work on many side projects. Bennington appeared on DJ Lethal’s "State of the Art" and other work with Dead by Sunrise, while Shinoda did work with Depeche Mode.[17] In 2004, the band began to work with Jay-Z to produce another remix album, entitled Collision Course. The album, which featured intermixed lyrics and background tracks from both artists' previous albums, debuted in November 2004. Shinoda also formed a new band, Fort Minor, as a side project. With the aid of Jay-Z, Fort Minor released its debut album, The Rising Tied, to critical acclaim.[35][36] At the same time, the band's relationship with Warner Bros. Records was deteriorating rapidly on account of several trust and financial issues.[37] After months of feuding, the band finally negotiated a deal in December 2005.[38]

Linkin Park also participated in numerous charitable events, most notably raised money to benefit victims of Hurricane Charley in 2004 and later Hurricane Katrina in 2005.[17] The band donated $75,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation in March 2004.[39] They also helped relief efforts for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims by staging several charity concerts and setting up an additional fund called "Music for Relief".[40] Most notably, however, the band participated at Live 8, a series of charitable benefit concerts set up to raise global awareness.[41] Alongside Jay-Z, the band performed on Live 8's stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a global audience.[41] The band would later be reunited with Jay-Z at the Grammy Award Ceremony 2006, during which they performed "Numb/Encore", en route to winning a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.[42] They were joined on stage by Paul McCartney who added verses from the song "Yesterday". They would later go on to play at the 2006 Summer Sonic music festival, which was hosted by Metallica in Japan.[43]

Minutes to Midnight (2006–2008)

Main article: Minutes to Midnight (album)
Linkin Park performing at 2007's Novarock Festival

Linkin Park returned to the recording studios in 2006 to work on new material. To produce the album, the band chose producer Rick Rubin. Despite initially stating the album would debut sometime in 2006, the album was delayed until 2007.[8] The band had recorded thirty to fifty songs in August 2006, when Shinoda stated the album was halfway completed.[44] Bennington later added that the new album would stray away from its previous nu metal sound.[45] Warner Bros. Records officially announced that the band’s third studio album, entitled Minutes to Midnight, would be released on May 15, 2007 in the United States.[46] After spending fourteen months working on the album, the band members opted to further refine their album by removing five of the original seventeen tracks. The album’s title, a reference to the Doomsday Clock, foreshadowed the band's new lyrical themes.[47] Minutes to Midnight sold over 625,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the most successful debut week albums in recent years. The album also took the top spot on the Billboard Charts.[11]

The album's first single, "What I've Done", was released on April 2, and premiered on MTV and Fuse within the same week.[48] The single was acclaimed by listeners, becoming the top-ranked song on the Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.[49] The song is also used in soundtrack for the 2007 action film, Transformers. Mike Shinoda was also featured on the Styles of Beyond song "Second to None" which was also included in the film. Later in the year, the band won the "Favorite Alternative Artist" in the American Music Awards.[50] The band also saw success with the rest of the albums singles, "Bleed It Out", "Shadow of the Day", "Given Up", and "Leave Out All the Rest", which were released throughout 2007 and early 2008. The band also collaborated with Busta Rhymes on his single "We Made It", which was released on April 29.[51]

Linkin Park's touring and live shows have, among other things, included a performance at Live Earth Japan on July 7, 2007.[52] and headlining Download Festival in Donington Park, England and Edgefest in Downsview Park, Toronto, Canada. The band completed touring on its fourth Projekt Revolution tour before taking up an Arena tour around the United Kingdom, visiting Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester, before finishing on a double night at the O2 arena in London. Bennington stated that Linkin Park plans to release a follow-up album to Minutes to Midnight.[53] However, he stated the band will first embark on a United States tour to gather inspiration for the album.[53] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bennington said that the band had already begun writing new material for the album, and Shinoda too stated that the album could well be released in late 2009. Mike Shinoda also announced a live CD/DVD entitled Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes, which is a live video recording from the Projekt Revolution gig at the Milton Keynes Bowl on June 29, 2008, which was officially released on November 24, 2008.[54]

A Thousand Suns (2008–2011)

Main article: A Thousand Suns
Linkin Park performing at Sonisphere Festival in Finland.

In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released on 2010. Shinoda told IGN that the new album would be 'genre-busting,' while building off of elements in Minutes to Midnight.[55] He also mentioned that the album would be more experimental and "hopefully more cutting-edge."[56] Bennington also addressed the media to confirm that Rick Rubin would return to produce the new album. The band later revealed the album would be called A Thousand Suns.[57]

While working on the new album, Linkin Park worked with successful film composer Hans Zimmer to produce the score for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.[58] The band released a single for the movie, entitled "New Divide". Joe Hahn created a music video for the song, which featured clips from the film.[59] On June 22, Linkin Park played a short set in Westwood Village after the premier of the movie.[60] After completing work for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the band returned to the studio to finalize their album.[61]

On January 19, 2010, Linkin Park released a new song entitled "Not Alone" as part of a compilation from Music for Relief called Download to Donate for Haiti in support of the Haiti Earthquake crisis. On February 10, 2010, Linkin Park released the official music video for the song on their homepage.

On April 26, the band released an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, a game called 8-Bit Rebellion! It featured the band as playable characters, and a new song called "Blackbirds" which was unlockable by beating the game. The song was also later released as an iTunes bonus track on A Thousand Suns.

A Thousand Suns was released on September 14. The album’s first single, "The Catalyst", was released on August 2. The band promoted their new album by launching a concert tour, which started in Los Angeles on September 7.[62][63][64] Linkin Park also relied on MySpace to promote their album, releasing two additional songs, "Waiting for the End" and "Blackout" on September 8.[65][66][67][68] Furthermore, a documentary about the album's production, entitled Meeting of A Thousand Suns, was available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. On August 31, 2010, it was announced that the band would perform the single live for the first time at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010.[69] The venue of the debut live performance of the single was Griffith Observatory, an iconic location used in Hollywood movies.[70][71][72] "Waiting for the End" was released as the second single of A Thousand Suns.

Linkin Park reached No.8 in Billboard Social 50, a chart of the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites.[73] In other Billboard Year-End charts, the band reached No.92 in the "Top Artists" chart,[74] as well as A Thousand Suns reaching No.53 in the Year-End chart of the Billboard Top 200 albums[75] and No.7 in the 2010 Year-End Rock Albums, and "The Catalyst" reaching No.40 in the Year-End Rock Songs chart.[76]

On January 11, 2011, an updated version of Download to Donate for Haiti was launched, called Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0, with more songs to download. For the updated compilation, the band released Keaton Hashimoto's remix of "The Catalyst" from the "Linkin Park featuring YOU" contest.[77] "Burning in the Skies" was released as the third official single of A Thousand Suns on March 21, 2011.

Shinoda designed two t-shirts, in which the proceeds will go to Music For Relief to help the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disasters.[78][79] Music For Relief released Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan, another compilation of songs, in which the proceeds will go to Save the Children.[80]

On April 13, 2011, Shinoda confirmed that the album's fourth single will be "Iridescent". He also confirmed that there will be a new, slightly shorter version of the song, which will be part of the soundtrack of the upcoming film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, continuing the streak of Linkin Park songs being the theme songs of the Transformers films (after "What I've Done" and "New Divide"), as well as the fact that a music video will be shot for the single.[81] The video was directed by Joe Hahn, who directed the videos for both of the previous songs.

The band was nominated for six Billboard Awards in 2011 for Top Duo or Group, Best Rock Album for A Thousand Suns, Top Rock Artist, Top Alternative Artist, Top Alternative Song for "Waiting for the End" and Top Alternative Album for A Thousand Suns, but did not win any award.[82]

The band charted in numerous Billboard Year-End charts in 2011. The band was No.39 in the Top Artists Chart,[83] No.84 in the Billboard 200 Artists chart,[84] No.11 in the Social 50 Chart,[85] No.6 in the Top Rock Artists Chart,[86] No.9 in the Rock Songs Artists Chart,[87] No.16 in the Rock Albums Chart,[88] No.4 in the Hard Rock Albums Chart,[89] and No.7 in the Alternative Songs Chart.[90]

Living Things (2011–present)

Main article: Living Things (Linkin Park album)

In June 2011, Bennington revealed to Kerrang! that Linkin Park has begun working on new material for their next album. He explained, "We've been working on a new record for the past two months. The music is great and we're well ahead of where we're expecting to be. There aren't a whole lot of noises going on, but there are a lot of good songs."[91]

Rick Rubin will be a producer on the new album. "Typically we'll have a once-a-week meeting to go listen to the songs that they're coming up with and talk about them. For so early in the project, they are much further along than they have been on the last two albums we did. On A Thousand Suns there were still a lot of irons in the fire. We knew, 'OK, we can't do this forever. Let's leave this batch and we'll come back and address it when we start up again'", Rubin said.[92]

In July 2011, Bennington told Rolling Stone that Linkin Park aims to produce a new album every eighteen months, and that he would be shocked if a new album did not come out in 2012. The band continues to record and produce new material even while touring. Bennington commented on Linkin Park's schedule, stating, "Touring for two years is excruciating. When we would tour for two years even the most resilient person in the band, at the end of that, was fucking miserable."[93] He further elaborated on their ideas in an interview with MTV saying, "We do have a really great head start. We've got some great music, some good ideas. The creativity has continued to flow for us for the last few years, consistently."[94] He later revealed in another interview in September 2011 that the band was still in the beginning phases of the next album, saying "We just kind of began. We like to keep the creative juices flowing, so we try to keep that going all the time...we like the direction that we're going in."[95]

In an interview featured in the March 21, 2012 issue of Kerrang! magazine, Bennington stated that the band has returned to more 'familiar' territory on their new record, saying "with this [new] album, we've incorporated a lot of guitar work with big choruses and the heavier electronic stuff to give it that really big wall of sound feeling without getting too metal. This will be more familiar to people than 'A Thousand Suns' was, where we were like 'Fuck it, we're just going to go bonkers." Bennington also said that the new album's lyrics would be personal and avoid being political, adding "We've been writing a lot about relationships."[96][97]

On March 28, 2012, Shinoda confirmed that the band is filming a music video for "Burn It Down", which will be the album's first single to be released for radio-play on April 16.[98][99] Joe Hahn directed the video.[100] Shinoda spoke to Co.Create about the album's art, saying that it will "blow them [the fans] away...the average person is not going to be able to look at it and go, I understand that that's completely new, like not just the image but the way they made the image is totally new. So there's going to be that."[101]

On April 15, 2012, Shinoda announced via his website that Living Things would be the title of Linkin Park's fifth album, with the pre-release sale to start on the April 16.[102] Mike Shinoda stated that they chose the title Living Things because the album is more about people, personal interactions, and it's far more personal than their previous albums.[103] The band will promote the album on the 2012 edition of the Honda Civic Tour, with co headliners Incubus. The band performed "Burn It Down" at 2012 Billboard Music Awards. On May 24, the band released the music video for "Burn It Down" and debuted "Lies Greed Misery", another song from Living Things, on BBC1.

Musical style and Influences

Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine the alternative metal,[7] nu metal,[104][105] and rap rock[105][106] sound with influences and elements from hip-hop, alternative rock,[107] and electronica, utilizing programming and synthesizers. William Ruhlmann from Allmusic regarded it as "a Johnny-come-lately to an already overdone musical style,"[108] whereas Rolling Stone described their song "Breaking the Habit" as "risky, beautiful art".[109]

In Minutes to Midnight the band experimented with their established sound and drew influences from a wider and more varied range of genres and styles, a process Los Angeles Times compares to a stage in U2's work.[110] In it, only two of the songs feature rapping, and the majority of the album can be considered alternative rock.[111][112] NME magazine's Dan Silver criticized the band's approach, calling it the "sound of a band trying and failing to forge a new identity", and referring to the song "Hands Held High", a song about terrorist attacks and war, as "far and away the funniest thing you will hear all year".[113]

The vocal interplay between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda plays as a major part within Linkin Park's music, with Bennington being the lead vocalist and Shinoda as the rapping vocalist. On Linkin Park's third album, Minutes to Midnight, Shinoda sings lead vocals on "In Between", "Hands Held High", and on the B-side "No Roads Left". On numerous songs from band's fourth album, A Thousand Suns, such as the album's four singles, both Shinoda and Bennington sing. On most of the record's tracks, the band notably used electronic drumbeats along with outro drumbeats. The album has been regarded as a turning point in the band's musical career by notable critics, some noting the band utilizing the electronic rock genre.[114][115] James Montgomery, of MTV, compared the record to Radiohead's Kid A,[116] while Jordy Kasko of Review, Rinse, Repeat likened the album to both Kid A and Pink Floyd's landmark album The Dark Side of the Moon.[117] Shinoda stated that he and the other band members were deeply influenced by Chuck D and Public Enemy. He elaborated: "Public Enemy were very three-dimensional with their records because although they seemed political, there was a whole lot of other stuff going on in there too. It made me think how three-dimensional I wanted our record to be without imitating them of course, and show where we were at creatively".[118] One of the record's political elements is its samples of notable speeches by American political figures.[119]

Linkin Park's influences include Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, The Roots and Aphex Twin.[120]

Band members

Current members
  • Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion (1996–present)
  • Brad Delson – lead guitar (1996–present)
  • Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitar (1996–1998, 2000–present)
  • Joe Hahn – turntables, keyboard, sampling (1996–present)
  • Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard (1996–present)
  • Chester Bennington – vocals (1998–present)
Former members
  • Mark Wakefield – vocals (1996–1998)
  • Kyle Christener – bass guitar (1999)
  • Scott Koziol - bass (2000–2001)

Discography

Main article: Linkin Park discography
Studio albums

See also

Portal icon Linkin Park portal

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Literature

  • Saulmon, Greg. Linkin Park. Contemporary Musicians and Their Music. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2007. ISBN 1-4042-0713-9.
  • Baltin, Steve. From The Inside: Linkin Park's Meteora. California: Bradson Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9603574-1-6.

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