Linkin Park

Their first Collision Course hit single 'Numb/Encore' reached #1 at the Free Record Shop Download Charts in Holland. Trading recordings is what helped John become more well known in the early days. In Holland Collision Course made it to a 7th place. He also does this to encourage fan interaction. Collision Course debuted at #1 in the US, but only got to # 17 in the UK. He does this to give fans the opportunity to recreate the live experience. On November 30, 2004, Linkin Park released Collision Course, a collaboration with rapper Jay-Z featuring rap-style remixes ("mash-ups") of songs from Meteora and Hybrid Theory using lyrics from Jay-Z's repertoire. The legal details are here (http://www.thejmtp.com/info/policy.html).

They also had a travelling DJ, Z-Trip with them, along with Irvin the Urban Action Figure. John allows audio taping at most live performances, and he also allows for the non-commercial trading of those recordings. In 2004, Linkin Park was touring with Snoop Dogg, The Used, Korn, and Less Than Jake on the main stage, and No Warning, Ghostface, Funeral For A Friend, M.O.P., and Downset on the second stage as part of Projekt Revolution 2004. Influenced by Jimi Hendrix and SRV, it has been argued that John's electric guitar playing is truly what makes him a musical genius and what makes him gain respect from his peers. This tour included Linkin Park, P.O.D., Hoobastank, and Story of the Year. Although John has maintained a reputation for being a sensitive singer-song writer, his real talent lies in his excellent guitar playing. In 2004, Linkin Park created the Meteora World Tour. Some of his most popular and well-known songs include "Clarity", "Bigger Than My Body", "No Such Thing" and "Your Body Is a Wonderland".

This set contains tracks from their three previous records, and was filmed on location at their Summer Sanitarium performances in Dallas and Houston, Texas . Mayer has toured with many groups, including Maroon 5, Guster, Counting Crows, The Wallflowers, and Teitur. From this tour, Linkin Park released a new CD/DVD set called Live in Texas. He began his career in earnest there, quickly making a name for himself in the local coffeehouse and club circuit. Later in the year, they joined forces with fellow nu-metal band Limp Bizkit and Metallica for the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003. He soon realized that instead of studying music, he was more interested in writing and playing it, and chose to cut his studies short in favor of moving to Atlanta, Georgia. In 2003 their new studio album was released, titled Meteora, which debuted at #1 in the US and UK, and #2 in Australia. It contained the singles, "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "From The Inside" and "Breaking The Habit". After playing the guitar for several years, Mayer enrolled in the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts at the age of 19.

In 2002, they released a remix album of their Hybrid Theory album, called Reanimation, as well as releasing a remix version of their song, "Points Of Authority". While in high school, he was in a band called Villanova Junction with Joe Beleznay, Tim Procaccini, and Rich Wolf. Linkin Park were part of the Ozzfest in 2001, touring along side Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Crazy Town, Papa Roach, and Disturbed. Linkin Park have also created their own tour - Projekt: Revolution, and on it have toured with Cypress Hill, Adema, DJ Z-Trip, Xzibit, Mudvayne and Blindside. After two years of practice, he started playing at blues bars and other venues in the area. The album is notable for its absence of profanity, in contrast to many other nu metal bands' songs. When a neighbor gave him a Stevie Ray Vaughan tape, Mayer discovered the blues and learned how to play the guitar. It was the top-selling album in the United States and New Zealand in 2001, with the hit singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling", "Papercut", "In The End" and "Points of Authority". Mayer listened to pop music, but it was not until the age of thirteen that his inspiration for playing the guitar began.

After being signed to Warner Brothers in 1999 their first album, Hybrid Theory, was released in 2000. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mayer grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut and attended Fairfield High School. Working with an independent label, the band recorded the album Hybrid Theory EP, which featured "Carousel", "Technique", "Step Up", "And One", "High Voltage", "Part of Me". He dedicated that award to his Grandma, Annie Hoffman, who passed away in May of 2004. However, it has also been suggested that the name "Linkin Park" was suggested so that the band would appear right next to Limp Bizkit at record stores. He also took home the Grammy Award for Song Of The Year which is awarded to song writers, for the song "Daughters". However the domain "lincolnpark.com" cost more than the band could afford, so they changed the spelling to Linkin Park. He beat out, Elvis Costello, Josh Groban, Prince and Seal.

Eventually, they settled on Lincoln Park, suggested by Bennington because after band practice he would have to drive past there to get home. In 2003 he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the 2002 release of the single "Your Body Is a Wonderland." In February of 2005, he also won a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy for his song "Daughters" of the album "Heavier Things". Some discarded ideas (serious or not) were Clear (the band's favorite), Probing Lagers (which they thought was the lamest), Ten PM Stocker (because they would record every night at 10 pm at a place on Stocker Street) and Platinum Lotus Foundation. John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA) is a singer-songwriter who plays pop music. The band called itself Hybrid Theory after the addition of Bennington (the idea being that they were a hybrid of rock and rap), however, due to a trademark issue with a band called Hybrid, they were forced to change their name. As Is 2004 Live Album, also a series of iTunes downloable tracks. since I learned how to talk I've been telling everybody I was gonna grow up to be a singer." laughs Bennington. Heavier Things 2003 Studio Recording.

"When I was two, I used to run around singing Foreigner songs - there's tapes of me doing that.. Any Given Thursday 2003 Live Album. They got Chester Bennington(in substitution of Mark Wakefield), a transplanted Arizona native who started making records when he was 16. Room for Squares 2001 Studio Recording. Then Shinoda decided to hire a vocalist, and put out an ad. Inside Wants Out 2002 Label Release. They never got signed, and the project floundered. Inside Wants Out 1999 Indie Release.

At this point, they named themselves Xero and recorded several demo tracks. Lo-Fi Masters Demo 1999 Indie Release. Meanwhile, attending UCLA, Delson shared an apartment with bassist Phoenix, who left the band after college and returned a year later. Villanova Junction Demo 1995 Indie Release. Shinoda hooked up with DJ Joseph Hahn while studying illustration at Art Center College in Pasadena. The two had attended high school together, where they met the band's drummer, Rob Bourdon.

The band saw its and first beginings in emcee/vocalist Mike Shinoda's small bedroom studio, where he and Brad Delson recorded the band's first material in 1996. Linkin Park is a six-piece California nu metal band in the vein of Korn and Limp Bizkit. Won Artist of the Year — Rock Radio; 2004 Radio Music Awards. Won Song of the Year — Rock Alternative Radio (Numb); 2004 Radio Music Awards.

Won Viewer's Choice Award (Breaking The Habit); 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. Nominated for Best Rock Video (Breaking The Habit); 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. Won Best Rock Video (Somewhere I Belong); 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Nominated for Favorite Artist - Alternative Music; 30th Annual American Music Awards; Sept 1, 2002.

Nominated for Best Video, Best Album, Best Band in the World. Won Best International Newcomer; 2001 Kerrang Awards. Won Best Foreigner Artist of The Year; Finland's 2001 Emma Awards. Nominated for Best Rock Album, Best New Artist.

Won Best Hard Rock Performance (Crawling); 2001 Grammys. Won Best International Nu-Metal/Alternative Artist; ECHO 2002 awards in Germany. Nominated for Best Video of the Year (In The End), Best Group Video (In The End). Won Best Rock Video; 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (In The End).

Won Best Foreign Rock; Swedish Hit Music Awards; November 17th, 2002. Nominated for Best Website. Won Best Group, Best Hard Rock; 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards. Won Favorite Artist - Alternative Music; 31st Annual American Music Awards; Sept 16, 2003.

Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer (live). Numb/Encore (live). Breaking The Habit, traditional anime. From The Inside (International).

Numb. Lying From You (Live in Texas). Faint - monochrome concert-like footage, directed by Mark Romanek. This video for features some surrealistic creatures moving from a painting that may have been inspired by Salvador Dalí's works - possibly The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1946) or The Elephants (1948).

Somewhere I Belong - live-action plus CGI. Wth>You (With You Remix), photographic animation. FRGT/10 (Forgotten Remix), CGI. P5hng Me A*wy (Pushing Me Away Remix).

Enth E Nd (In The End Remix). Pts.OF.Athrty (Points Of Authority Remix), CGI. Points Of Authority Live footage (International). In The End.

Papercut (International). Crawling (The Brothers Straus). Crawling (at the Dragon Festival). One Step Closer.

2004 "Numb/Encore" (with Jay-Z) #1 US, #14 UK. from "Collision Course"