Linkin ParkLinkin Park is (left to right) Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Phoenix Farrell, Chester Bennington, Brad Delson and Rob BourdonLinkin Park is a six-piece California nu metal band in the vein of Korn and Limp Bizkit. Band HistoryThe 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. The two had attended high school together, where they met the band's drummer, Rob Bourdon. Shinoda hooked up with DJ Joseph Hahn while studying illustration at Art Center College in Pasadena. Meanwhile, attending UCLA, Delson shared an apartment with bassist Phoenix, who left the band after college and returned a year later. At this point, they named themselves Xero and recorded several demo tracks. They never got signed, and the project floundered. Then Shinoda decided to hire a vocalist, and put out an ad. They got Chester Bennington(in substitution of Mark Wakefield), a transplanted Arizona native who started making records when he was 16. "When I was two, I used to run around singing Foreigner songs - there's tapes of me doing that... since I learned how to talk I've been telling everybody I was gonna grow up to be a singer." laughs Bennington. 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. 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. Eventually, they settled on Lincoln Park, suggested by Bennington because after band practice he would have to drive past there to get home. However the domain "lincolnpark.com" cost more than the band could afford, so they changed the spelling to Linkin Park. 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. 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". After being signed to Warner Brothers in 1999 their first album, Hybrid Theory, was released in 2000. 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 album is notable for its absence of profanity, in contrast to many other nu metal bands' songs. 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. 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". 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". Later in the year, they joined forces with fellow nu-metal band Limp Bizkit and Metallica for the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003. From this tour, Linkin Park released a new CD/DVD set called Live in Texas. This set contains tracks from their three previous records, and was filmed on location at their Summer Sanitarium performances in Dallas and Houston, Texas . In 2004, Linkin Park created the Meteora World Tour. This tour included Linkin Park, P.O.D., Hoobastank, and Story of the Year. 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. They also had a travelling DJ, Z-Trip with them, along with Irvin the Urban Action Figure. 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. Collision Course debuted at #1 in the US, but only got to # 17 in the UK. In Holland Collision Course made it to a 7th place. Their first Collision Course hit single 'Numb/Encore' reached #1 at the Free Record Shop Download Charts in Holland. Members
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Meteora was released as a combo pack including a 'behind the scenes' DVD disc, as well as just the Meteora album.
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Their first Collision Course hit single 'Numb/Encore' reached #1 at the Free Record Shop Download Charts in Holland. Matthews and his wife, Ashley Harper, have twin daughters, Stella and Grace, and split their time between Seattle, Washington and Charlottesville. In Holland Collision Course made it to a 7th place. Matthews released a solo album in late 2003, Some Devil, which went platinum; its single, "Gravedigger," won a Grammy Award in 2004. Collision Course debuted at #1 in the US, but only got to # 17 in the UK. The band's first performance was on May 11th 1991, at a private rooftop party, held by Lydia Condor at the South Street Warehouse in downtown Charlottesville. 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. Matthews formed The Dave Matthews Band in early 1991 with Boyd Tinsley, Leroi Moore, Carter Beauford and Stefan Lessard while he was working as a bartender at Miller's in Charlottesville. They also had a travelling DJ, Z-Trip with them, along with Irvin the Urban Action Figure. After writing his first few songs, including "The Song that Jane Likes" and "Recently", Matthews who had originally envisioned someone else singing his songs, began to consider starting his own band. 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. It was in 1990 that he hatched the idea to form his own band. This tour included Linkin Park, P.O.D., Hoobastank, and Story of the Year. His first professional musical performance was at a modern dance performance by the Miki Liszt Dance Company, singing "Sensitive Feelings," composed by John D'earth and Dawn Thompson. In 2004, Linkin Park created the Meteora World Tour. Though he also logged time back in South Africa and in Amsterdam, it was in Charlottesville where Matthews—who took piano lessons as a child before picking up the guitar at age nine—became part of the local music community. This set contains tracks from their three previous records, and was filmed on location at their Summer Sanitarium performances in Dallas and Houston, Texas . The key move for Dave Matthews was when he relocated in 1986 to Charlottesville, Virginia, where his parents had lived before he was born. From this tour, Linkin Park released a new CD/DVD set called Live in Texas. The family moved back to South Africa in 1980, where Matthews went to a few different schools. Later in the year, they joined forces with fellow nu-metal band Limp Bizkit and Metallica for the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003. Then, in the early 1970s, he moved to Cambridge, England, before returning to New York—where his father died in 1977. 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". At the age of two, Matthews and his family immigrated to Westchester County, New York, where his father, a physicist, went to work for IBM. 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". Dave Matthews (born January 9, 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is the vocalist and guitarist from Dave Matthews Band. 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 album is notable for its absence of profanity, in contrast to many other nu metal bands' songs. 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". After being signed to Warner Brothers in 1999 their first album, Hybrid Theory, was released in 2000. 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". 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. However the domain "lincolnpark.com" cost more than the band could afford, so they changed the spelling to Linkin Park. Eventually, they settled on Lincoln Park, suggested by Bennington because after band practice he would have to drive past there to get home. 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 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. since I learned how to talk I've been telling everybody I was gonna grow up to be a singer." laughs Bennington. "When I was two, I used to run around singing Foreigner songs - there's tapes of me doing that.. They got Chester Bennington(in substitution of Mark Wakefield), a transplanted Arizona native who started making records when he was 16. Then Shinoda decided to hire a vocalist, and put out an ad. They never got signed, and the project floundered. At this point, they named themselves Xero and recorded several demo tracks. Meanwhile, attending UCLA, Delson shared an apartment with bassist Phoenix, who left the band after college and returned a year later. 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"
2004 "From The Inside". 2004 "Numb" #11 US, #14 UK. 2003 "Faint" #48 US, #15 UK. 2003 "Somewhere I Belong" #32 US, #10 UK. from "Meteora"
2001 "In the End" #2 US, #8 UK. 2001 "Papercut" #14 UK. 2001 "Crawling" #79 US, #16 UK. 2001 "One Step Closer" #75 US, 24 UK. from "Hybrid Theory"
LP Underground v3.0 (2003) Audio Tracks of DVD Live In Texas (Gift to join in LP Fan club). Live in Texas (2003) #23 US, US Sales: 500,000. Meteora (2003) #1 US, #1 UK, US Sales: 4,000,000. LP Underground v2.5 (2003) Fixed Hybrid Theory EP & LP Underground v2.0 songs, two Reanimation Songs & a New High Voltage Remix (Gift to join in LP Fan club). LP Underground v2.0 (2002) Unedited songs [A.06, Dedicated (Demo 1999) & My December], Pts.Of.Athrty (The Crystal Method Remix) & With you & High Voltage live (Gift to join in LP Fan club). Reanimation (2002) (remix album including Hybrid Theory and older tracks) #2 US, #3 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000. Hybrid Theory (2000) #1 US, #4 UK, US Sales: 8,000,000. 500 copies reprinted for the first 500 people to join LPU. Hybrid Theory EP (1998) US Sales: 1000 (only 1000 printed)
Joe Hahn (turntables, samples). Mike Shinoda (vocals/sampling/guitar/keyboard). Chester Bennington (vocals). |