Linkin Park began in 1996 in Agoura Hills, California. Originally the band, at first called Xero, consisted of three high school friends (Mike Schinoda, Brad Nelson, and Rob Bourdon). After graduating high school, the band became a more serious venture and the three friends recruited Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to join Xero. After at first failing to land a record deal, Wakefield left the band in search of other projects. Wakefield was the vocalist at the time. Xero soon found Chester Bennington to replace Wakefield. Bennington was such an easy choice for a replacement because of his very unique singing style. In 1999, the band changed their name from Xero, to Hybrid Theory. As the band began creating new material they again changed their name to Linkin Park, in reference to Santa Monica's Lincoln Park. Linkin Park signed a deal with Warner Bros. Records in 1999 and released their first album, Hybrid Theory on October 24, 2000.
Hybrid Theory sold 4.8 million copies in its debut year, and was the best-selling album of 2001. This is a very rare feat for a band's breakthrough album. This album consisted of singles such as "Crawling," and "One Step Closer." They were nominated for three grammys including best new artist, best rock album, and best rock performance for "Crawling." This album is full of huge hits and is just an awesome album to listen to. In my opinion, there is not one song on this c.d. that i would skip over to go to a different song. They are all awesome in their own respect.
Soon Linkin Park began taking part in huge music festivals including Ozzfest and the Family Values Tour. They also formed their own tour, Projekt Revolution, and within a year, performed 320 concerts.
On March 25, 2003 Linkin Park released their new album, Meteora. It immediately went to #1 in the U.S. and U.K., and #2 in Australia. This album sold 800,000 copies in its first week. This album had huge singles such as Somewhere I Belong, Breaking the Habit, Faint, and Numb. Meteora is the shortest of Linkin Park's albums but it is also considered their heaviest. An interesting fact about Meteora is that it had 5 consecutive singles to reach number 1 on Billboard's modern rock tracks, an accomplishment unmatched by any artist in the history of Billboard.
On May 15, 2007, Linkin Park released their newest album, Minutes to Midnight, which sold 600,000 copies in its first week. This album had many huge hits in the mainstream, including What I've Done, Shadow of the Day, Given Up, Bleed It Out, and Leave Out All the Rest.
A big trait of Linkin Park is their use of two vocalists. Chester Bennington does more of the hard rock screaming vocals while Mike Shinoda does more of the rapping. In "Heavy Metals All-Time Top 100 Vocalists," they rank 46 and 72 respectively.
Alot of people do not realize how good Linkin Park's older music is. They have become very popular with their songs always on the radio and in movies, but their old music is just as good as their new music. I believe that if anyone likes rock music whatsoever that Linkin Park would soon become one of their favorites. They have done many different types of songs whether it is instrumentals, more rap oriented, alternative, or nu metal.
Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
1. "Wake" 1:41
2. "Given Up" 3:09
3. "Leave Out All The Rest" 3:29
4. "Bleed It Out" 2:44
5. "Shadow Of The Day" 4:50
6. "What I've Done" 3:25
7. "Hands Held High" 3:53
8. "No More Sorrow" 3:42
9. "Valentine's Day" 3:17
10. "In Between" 3:17
11. "In Pieces" 3:38
12. "The Little Things Give You Away" 6:24
Download Link: Part 1 |
Linkin Park - Underground v3.0
Tracks:
1. Don’t Stay
2. Figure.09
3. With You
4. By Myself
5. A Place For My Head
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2. "Given Up" 3:09
3. "Leave Out All The Rest" 3:29
4. "Bleed It Out" 2:44
5. "Shadow Of The Day" 4:50
6. "What I've Done" 3:25
7. "Hands Held High" 3:53
8. "No More Sorrow" 3:42
9. "Valentine's Day" 3:17
10. "In Between" 3:17
11. "In Pieces" 3:38
12. "The Little Things Give You Away" 6:24
Download Link: Part 1 |
Linkin Park - Underground v3.0
Tracks:
1. Don’t Stay
2. Figure.09
3. With You
4. By Myself
5. A Place For My Head
Download here
