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Linkin Park is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Since their formation in 1996, the band has sold more than fifty million albums and won two Grammy Awards. With their debut album, Hybrid Theory, they achieved their initial mainstream success; the album was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005. Their following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200’s album charts in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.

Recognized for their adaption of the nu metal genre into a radio-friendly style in Meteora and Hybrid Theory, the band moved away from this and explored a variety of other genres in their latest studio album, Minutes to Midnight The album topped the Billboard Charts and had the third best debut week of any album that year. They are also known for their several collaborations, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mash-up album Collision Course, and many other artists on Reanimation. Suck

Style

Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora intertwined the nu metal and rap rock sound with influences and elements from hip-hop, alternative rock, and electronica, utilizing programming and synthesizers. William Ruhlmann from All Music Guide regarded it as "a Johnny-come-lately to an already overdone musical style," whereas Rolling Stone called "Breaking the Habit" "risky, beautiful art."

In Minutes to Midnight the band experimented with their established sound and sees them drawing 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. In it, only two of the songs feature rapping. It also is their first studio album to feature guitar solos and to feature Mike Shinoda's singing, rather than rapping.

Linkin Park's use of two separate vocalists has become a large part of their music. Chester Bennington is most known for using growling and screaming vocals common in various forms of metal, while also using more melodic singing, and has placed 46th in Hit Paraders list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists". Mike Shinoda is the group's MC, and does all of the rapping. Mike has also done all of the backing vocals live, and in their latest album, Minutes to Midnight, he sings lead vocals on three songs: "In Between", "Hands Held High", and the b-side "No Roads Left". Shinoda has also been placed in Hit Parader's list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" at number 72.

Band members

Current

• Chester Bennington - lead vocals (1999–present)
• Rob Bourdon - drums (1996–present)
• Brad Delson - lead guitar (1996–present)
• Dave "Phoenix" Farrell - bass guitar, backing vocals (1996–1999, 2001–present)
• Joe Hahn - turntables, programming, samples, beats (1996–present)
• Mike Shinoda - emcee, vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano (1996–present)

Former

• Mark Wakefield – Vocals (1996–1998, while the band was named Xero)

Stand-in's

• Kyle Christener— Bass guitar (1998–1999) Temporarily replaced Farrell
• Scott Koziol— Bass guitar (1999–2001) Stand-in bass player on Hybrid Theory

Discography

Demos and EPs

• Xero Demo Tape (1997)
• Hybrid Theory EP (1999)

Albums

• Hybrid Theory (2000)
• Reanimation (2002)
• Meteora (2003)
• Collision Course (with Jay-Z) (2004)
• Minutes to Midnight (2007)

Videography

DVD/VHS

• Frat Party at the Pankake Festival (2001)
• Reanimation (DVD-Audio) (2002)
• The Making of Meteora (Limited Release) (2003)
• Live in Texas (2003)
• Breaking the Habit (2004)
• Collision Course (2004)
• Live 8 (2005)
• Minutes to Midnight (Limited Release) (2007)
• Live Earth (2007)

Gallery

Notes and references

1. Marketwire.com, Linkin Park on top of the charts, Retrieved on June 07 2007
2. Rock On The Net, Grammy Awards: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Retrieved on June 99, 2007
3. Rock On The Net Grammy Awards: Best Hard Rock Performance, Retrieved on June 14, 2006
4. Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA Record Sales, Retrieved on June 13, 2007
5. Soundspike.com, Album Chart: Linkin Park’s ‘Meteora’ shoots to the top, Retrieved on March 19, 2007
6. Sinclair, Tom (March 28, 2003). "Meteora (2003)". Music Review. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
7. ^ MSN Music, Linkin Park: Biography, Retrieved on June 14, 2007
8. Cite error: The named reference No new was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
9. Powers, Ann (May 15, 2007). "Minutes to Midnight (Warner Bros.)". Pop Album Review. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
10. Billboard.com, M2M holds the top slot for the current week, Retrieved on May 28 2007
11. Billboard.com, Linkin Park Scores Year's Best Debut With 'Midnight', Retrieved on May 28 2007
12. Ruhlmann, William. Allmusic.com allmusic ((( Hybrid Theory > Overview ))):, Retrieved on May 30, 2007
13. Rolling Stones Rolling Stone : Linkin Park: Meteora : Music Reviews:, Retrieved on May 30, 2007
14. Calendarlive.com, Linkin Park releases new album: 'Minutes to Midnight' Retrieved on May 30, 2007
15. ^ RoadRunnerRecords.com, Rob Halford, Robert Plant, Bon Scott, Ozzy Are Among 'Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists' - Dec. 1, 2006, Retrieved on December 5, 2007.

Further reading

• Saulmon, Greg. Linkin Park. Contemporary Musicians and Their Music. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2007. ISBN 1404207139.
• Baltin, Steve. From The Inside: Linkin Park's Meteora. California: Bradson Press, 2004. ISBN 0960357416.

External links

• Linkin Park's official site
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• Linkin Park at AllMusic

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• Grammy Award winners
• Nu metal musical groups
• American nu metal musical groups
• Rap metal groups
• Rapcore groups
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• Musical groups established in 1996