Linkin Park

Their first Collision Course hit single 'Numb/Encore' reached #1 at the Free Record Shop Download Charts in Holland. All albums are now also available for purchase and download as Windows Media, MP3, and/or lossless FLAC files from the Dave Matthews Band website. In Holland Collision Course made it to a 7th place.
. Collision Course debuted at #1 in the US, but only got to # 17 in the UK. [3] (http://www.dmbnewstudioalbum.com/). 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. DMB also hosts a new website containing current information, videos, and audio samples from the new album.

They also had a travelling DJ, Z-Trip with them, along with Irvin the Urban Action Figure. The album, Stand Up, is slated for release on May 10, 2005. 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. In the fall of 2004, the Dave Matthews Band returned to their studio in Charlottesville, Virginia with a new producer, Mark Batson. This tour included Linkin Park, P.O.D., Hoobastank, and Story of the Year. Three private lawsuits have been filed against the band and bus driver Stefan Wohl as a result of this incident. In 2004, Linkin Park created the Meteora World Tour. [2] (http://www.davematthewsband.com/news/news_popup_update_to_chicago.asp) On the same day, the band donated $50,000 each to the environmental groups Friends of the Chicago River and The Chicago Park District. On January 19, 2005, Cook County filed criminal charges against bus driver Stefan Wohl, accusing him of reckless conduct and discharging contaminates to cause water pollution.

This set contains tracks from their three previous records, and was filmed on location at their Summer Sanitarium performances in Dallas and Houston, Texas . On October 22, 2004, the band released a statement for the first time about the incident. From this tour, Linkin Park released a new CD/DVD set called Live in Texas. Even though the band denies that it happened, Chicago police claim to have surveillance tapes from local businesses showing the bus on the bridge at the time of the incident.[1] (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0825042_dave_matthews_1.html) No band members were on their buses at the time of the alleged incident. Later in the year, they joined forces with fellow nu-metal band Limp Bizkit and Metallica for the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003. On August 8, 2004, the Illinois attorney general alleges that a driver of the band's tour buses dumped "80 to 100 gallons of liquid human waste" into a Chicago river architectural tour boat. 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". Not only did the band release music in 2004, but it was also accused of releasing human waste into the Chicago river.

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". The second release, DMB Live Volume 2: 9.12.04 Golden Gate Park, included the guitarist Carlos Santana and gave fans previews of newly-penned songs "Joyride", "Hello Again", and "Sugar Will", all presumably destined for release on a 2005 studio album. 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. The first such release, DMB Live Volume 1: 12.8.98 Worcester, MA, featured guests Tim Reynolds, Béla Fleck, and Jeff Coffin and had been nearly universally accepted as one of the greatest shows in the Band's history. The album is notable for its absence of profanity, in contrast to many other nu metal bands' songs. Later in the year it was announced that highlights from the Band's extensive live archives would be available for purchase via the official website. 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". The Band also released a 6-disc CD set from the same run featuring all three nights, with each night spanning across two CDs.

After being signed to Warner Brothers in 1999 their first album, Hybrid Theory, was released in 2000. In June, "Dave Matthews Band: The Gorge", a combination 2-CD/1-DVD set with highlights from their 3-night tour closer at The Gorge in George, WA from 2002, was sold in stores. 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". 2004 saw the band release more music than any previous year. 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. The live release highlighted songs from both Everyday and Busted Stuff. However the domain "lincolnpark.com" cost more than the band could afford, so they changed the spelling to Linkin Park. Produced by Stephen Harris, the recording engineer under Lillywhite on previous albums, the resulting CD provided new treatments of much of the Lillywhite Sessions material, along with newly written songs "You Never Know" and the hit single "Where Are You Going?". Busted Stuff received moderate critical and commercial success and was generally well-received by the band's fanbase. Later that year the band released its fourth live album, Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado, recorded July 11, 2001.

Eventually, they settled on Lincoln Park, suggested by Bennington because after band practice he would have to drive past there to get home. In 2002 the band returned to the studio to record Busted Stuff. 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. The Lillywhite Sessions would, however, finally have their chance to shine. 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. Tracks such as "Bartender", "Captain", and "Grace is Gone" caused many to wonder aloud whether the band had thrown away its best (albeit unfinished) work. since I learned how to talk I've been telling everybody I was gonna grow up to be a singer." laughs Bennington. After critical comparison of the two simultaneous albums, many fans were frustrated with the band's decision to scrap the work in exchange for "Everyday".

"When I was two, I used to run around singing Foreigner songs - there's tapes of me doing that.. Better known as The Lillywhite Sessions, this rough album was universally lauded by both the fanbase and the popular press. They got Chester Bennington(in substitution of Mark Wakefield), a transplanted Arizona native who started making records when he was 16. Over established internet channels such as the Dave Matthews Band Mailing List, the tracks spread like wildfire. Then Shinoda decided to hire a vocalist, and put out an ad. The conflict came full circle when, in March of 2001, the 2000 studio sessions with producer Steve Lillywhite were leaked on the internet. They never got signed, and the project floundered. Its poppy, slick sound (including Dave Matthews' first ever recording sessions on electric guitar) was a great departure from the band's previous work and the complete antithesis of the songs recorded with Lillywhite.

At this point, they named themselves Xero and recorded several demo tracks. But like the band itself, the fanbase was disappointed with the release. Meanwhile, attending UCLA, Delson shared an apartment with bassist Phoenix, who left the band after college and returned a year later. The February 2001 release of Everyday was a huge commercial success—the singles "I Did It", "The Space Between" and "Everyday" gained the band an even larger level of popularity. Shinoda hooked up with DJ Joseph Hahn while studying illustration at Art Center College in Pasadena. Drummer Carter Beauford's sarcastic jibe that the band had "charts and everything" ready for them shines light on a session where the band, which had in the past collectively composed its music, was turned into a backing band for Matthews with no creative input. The two had attended high school together, where they met the band's drummer, Rob Bourdon. In the end, the album was completed but the band seemed unsatisfied.

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. While the album gave the band a much-needed fresh start, Ballard's slick pop-music approach to production was very different from the creative process used to produce previous studio albums. Linkin Park is a six-piece California nu metal band in the vein of Korn and Limp Bizkit. The band soon joined Matthews in a Los Angeles studio, quickly recording what was to become Everyday. Won Artist of the Year — Rock Radio; 2004 Radio Music Awards. In October 2000, an energized Matthews began writing with Glen Ballard, most famous for his work with Alanis Morissette. Won Song of the Year — Rock Alternative Radio (Numb); 2004 Radio Music Awards. Some believe the band was unhappy with the atmosphere of the songs and frustrated with Lillywhite's often perfectionist style of production, while others believe Lillywhite was made into a scapegoat for the band's lack of professionalism during the recording sessions.

Won Viewer's Choice Award (Breaking The Habit); 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. In August of 2000 the sessions were scrapped and the band's seven-year relationship with Lillywhite was over. Nominated for Best Rock Video (Breaking The Habit); 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. In the end, the studio sessions were a failure. Won Best Rock Video (Somewhere I Belong); 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. The band's attentions wandered during the seemingly never-ending recording sessions; they spent more time riding four-wheelers through the countryside and playing video games than writing or recording music. Nominated for Favorite Artist - Alternative Music; 30th Annual American Music Awards; Sept 1, 2002. Heavily influenced by personal conflicts, notably the death of his uncle and his resulting alcoholism, the songs recorded with Lillywhite rank as some of the darkest Matthews has ever written.

Nominated for Best Video, Best Album, Best Band in the World. With longtime producer Steve Lillywhite at the helm, the band began work on a fourth studio album. Won Best International Newcomer; 2001 Kerrang Awards. During the year 2000, the band set up its own recording studio in a large house in the country outside Charlottesville, Virginia. Won Best Foreigner Artist of The Year; Finland's 2001 Emma Awards. The Dave Matthews Band is taper-friendly. Nominated for Best Rock Album, Best New Artist. While Dave Matthews Band are unquestionably the driving influence behind this sub-genre as it exists today, the style arguably owes its roots to Widespread Panic of Athens, Georgia.

Won Best Hard Rock Performance (Crawling); 2001 Grammys. It's perhaps more accurate to state that the band's music and that of the many bands influenced by it is a breakaway sub-genre of jam band. Won Best International Nu-Metal/Alternative Artist; ECHO 2002 awards in Germany. Arguments have raged throughout both the Dave Matthews Band's fanbase and online communities dedicated to discussing bands such as Phish and the Grateful Dead as to whether or not they are a true jam band. Nominated for Best Video of the Year (In The End), Best Group Video (In The End). In 1999 the band released two live albums: Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Luther College, from a 1996 acoustic concert played by Matthews and longtime friend guitarist Tim Reynolds, and Listener Supported, a concert from September 1999 that was also partially shown on PBS. Won Best Rock Video; 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (In The End). Instead of relying on upbeat hit singles, the album as a whole stunned many with its complexity and would be regarded as the band's greatest studio effort.

Won Best Foreign Rock; Swedish Hit Music Awards; November 17th, 2002. Before These Crowded Streets represented a great change in direction. Nominated for Best Website. In late 1997 the band returned to the studio with producer Steve Lillywhite and an array of collaborators, including banjoist Béla Fleck, vocalist Alanis Morissette, guitarist Tim Reynolds, keyboardist Butch Taylor, and the Kronos Quartet, to compose and record Before These Crowded Streets, their third album with RCA. Won Best Group, Best Hard Rock; 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards. This album featured popular songs from the band's three previous albums and included longtime collaborator and guitarist Tim Reynolds. Won Favorite Artist - Alternative Music; 31st Annual American Music Awards; Sept 16, 2003. To combat an increasingly and illegally profitable bootleg market, the band released a live album, Live at Red Rocks 8-15-95.

Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer (live). By 1997, the band had reached great popularity across the country and, to some degree, the world. Numb/Encore (live). Featuring the hit single "Crash Into Me", as well as fan-favorites such as "Two Step", "Tripping Billies", and the Grammy-winning "So Much to Say", Crash would go on to be the band's best selling album. Breaking The Habit, traditional anime. For most of America, Crash was the record that put the Dave Matthews Band on the map. From The Inside (International). This was followed by Crash (1996).

Numb. Under the Table and Dreaming would be the first of three albums released under Lillywhite's direction. Lying From You (Live in Texas). (Keyboardist Griesar left the band in 1993, shortly before the release of "Remember Two Things".) After signing to RCA Records, Dave Matthews Band, under the direction of producer Steve Lillywhite, released Under the Table and Dreaming in 1994, a critical and popular smash that firmly established the band's style of pop-rock with improvisational leanings. Faint - monochrome concert-like footage, directed by Mark Romanek. In the early 1990s, the band established a cult following through relentless touring, an active taping community, and an independent LP, Remember Two Things. 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). Dave Matthews Band is an American jam band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991 by bartender Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, Leroi Moore, who plays a wide variety of instruments from the saxophone to the flute, violin player Boyd Tinsley, drummer Carter Beauford, and keyboardist Peter Griesar, all of whom Dave met in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Somewhere I Belong - live-action plus CGI. Download sample of a live cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song". Wth>You (With You Remix), photographic animation. 2003 - True Reflections. FRGT/10 (Forgotten Remix), CGI. 2003 - Some Devil. P5hng Me A*wy (Pushing Me Away Remix). 1999 - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Luther College (live album, 2 CD).

Enth E Nd (In The End Remix). 1993 - Remember Two Things (independent release; contains studio and live tracks). Pts.OF.Athrty (Points Of Authority Remix), CGI. 1994 - Under the Table and Dreaming (first release under the RCA recording label). Points Of Authority Live footage (International). 1996 - Crash. In The End. 1997 - Live at Red Rocks 8-15-95 (live album, 2 CD).

Papercut (International). 1998 - Before These Crowded Streets (Only DMB studio album available on vinyl). Crawling (The Brothers Straus). 1999 - Listener Supported (live DVD, taped for PBS's In the Spotlight special). Crawling (at the Dragon Festival). 1999 - Listener Supported (live album, 2 CD). One Step Closer. 2001 - Everyday.

2004 "Numb/Encore" (with Jay-Z) #1 US, #14 UK. 2001 - The Videos 1994-2001 (DVD collection of music videos). from "Collision Course"