Here Today... Gone To Hell!

They suck. Awful, awful band. Just thought I'd say so.

Well, I disagree with you, Dick (as in Richard), but only partly.  Linkin Park have created some really catchy songs....I love each and every one of their singles (except for One Step Closer).  Well-crafted tunes, good hooks.  However, they lack a deeper appeal for me because their lyrics chew through the same cliched, vague modern rock angst - all their songs utter complaints about not being able to take anymore, about feeling numb, losing you, whatever - and their songs are all fairly similar in their construction - rapped verses, screaming rock choruses.  That said, bands like AC/DC have taken the same formula and made a 25-year career out of it.  Linkin Park's songs are all similar in structure but they still always manage to seem fresh, especially when they introduce elements like the sampled strings on Faint.  If they can take more chances like that with their next album, musically and lyrically, then they might exert a more powerful influence on my record-buying.

First album was brilliant, something new, like a fresh breath, aggessive etc. But you know..if you keep up doing that same thing with same style, it will become to be little pooring. I hope they would try something else with their music. I can't hear no progressing, they are repeating themselves and finally that doesn't give much pleasure for listeners.

   

Gotta agree with Dick here and say I think they are terrible. whiney, shitty, excuse for rock music. I don't think it should be played on rock stations but frequently is. They sound more like N sync than a rock band.

Don't you ever, and I mean EVER, mention AC/DC in the same topic as Linkin Park.

And yes, Linkin Park sucks. Period.

Look what I found in one of my mom's cook books:

A recipe for Linkin Park:

1. A half cup of Rage Against The Machine
2. One cup of Faith No More
3. One cup of Living Colour
4. Two cups of fake rage
5. One shitty singer
6  One box of clich?
7. Ten cups of gayness

No need to mix any ingredients because it all comes prepackaged. Bake for 15 minutes and then discard.

Haha  :hihi:

Thanks for the great laughs mate! And this is actually the truth. Such a terrible band.

Never thought the day would come where i defended this band but i am going to anyway.  I have never been a big fan and i am not that keen on any of their albums.  They do though have some good singles i especially like the new one.  I also believe them to be extremely talented like them or not i respect them.  When i was at the Download Festival in June i got very drunk and saw them perform maybe i just liked it because i was wasted but i still enjoyed it so all credit to them even though they are not really my thing.

linkin park are fucking awesome!

Chester is an amazing lyricist and singer, the music is new and sounds like nothing else, they are very inventive and creative.

their songs are packed with so much emotion.

Linkin Park may not be your cup of tea but i guarantee that if u have ever gone through alot of bullshit and hard times in your life u would be able to like them a little more.

Their songs are very autobiographical for me, i have lived most of what they sing,so i really relate and think they are amazing.

There is this notion, even with Axl, that just cause u are a rich millionaire u can no longer have angst or depression. Depression isnt a money thing, it isnt a status thing, all the money in the world doesnt exempt u from pain and lifes bullshit.

linkin park are very very authentic.

Linkin Park are one of the best bands out right now great albums, great live shows how could you not like them.

So is my face when I go and take a massive dump. It doesn't mean it'd sound good on a CD.


They sound like run-of-the-mill nu-metal fluff to me.


I order you to go to your nearest record store and buy John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album immediately. Now that's an album with raw emotion and power.

John Lennon sucks he is one of the most over rated musician of all time.

 :rant: Blasphemy!? :rant:

There are more mature ways of expressing yourself. LP is teeny shit for teeny minds.


 :hihi:? :P? :rofl:

 :rofl:


 :P

:rubs sleep out of eyes: did someone just say they like linkin park and hate John Lennon? Thats pretty fucking crazy.

yeah that would be me, i don't know if I would use the word hate I just don't really care for his music. :beer:

hey it's your right to that opinion but to me prefering linkin park to John Lennon shows you're not a fan of real rock music. And I am not one of those people who thinks real rock music is only something released 30 years ago or something influenced by something from 30 years ago.

To me Linkin Park just seems prepackaged, commercialized, and fake. None of their songs have ever appealed to me at all.

I don't know how much of Lennon you have heard outside of the beatles but if you havn't you should check it out. If you already have and still think he sucks then thats your opinion. But Try listening to Instant Karma more than once and not singing along with the chorous.

alright i'll have to check that out .

That just says everything about you tastes in music.I'm ashamed we both love the same band (GNR)


Linkin Park represent the opposite of a great rock band,in every aspect,music,lirycs,look,etc.

same to you :P

Linkin Park is a boring band that has found a formula on how to write hits for their teenage fans.

Just because you scream the choruses, doesn't make it "emotional".  :P



/jarmo

That's what annoys me the most about them, that whole teeny angst aspect.. but then again I'm not the target audience, so what the hell. Still annoys me, though.

I can agree with that ,but in my opinion they have a lot of emotion. and didn't nirvana scream through most of their choruses?

Jarmo has spokenith

the first track on meteora i cant think of the title but it is amazing!  breaking the habit is me, runaway off the first cd also.

im not sayin im a huge linkin park fan but i do dig their music and i dont think they should be shit on and lumped into crap nu metal bands, i think they are the best new band that have came out in the last 5 years or so

how can u not like "somewhere i belong" come on guys!


and i agree with timothy

i was riding with my friend and his mom when i was in high school and she put on a john lennon tape. its the tape with "imagine" on it, and quite honestly after "imagine" i was listening like what the fuck is this shit?

i like music that i like and relate too, i dont care what i am SUPPOSE to think is classic and awesome, i dont care what the media and music experts try to tell me is the greatest, facts remain ill listen to linkin park over john lennon any ole day of the week, just like ill listen to bon jovi over rolling stones,led zepplin,the beatles

im not sayin bon jovi are better but i just prefer it.

I agree with D Linkin Park?s songs just have more meaning to my. I can relate to them more on a day to day bases, but if some people don?t like it that?s their right.

 :peace: :beer:

So, basically what you're saying is all their songs follow basically the same blueprint.? Well, gee, I hate to break it to you, Jarmo, but so did Chuck Berry, AC/DC, the Ramones, and Motorhead.? All those bands had a formula for writing songs, but they were still good songs, right?


Oh, you know, just one of the greatest anthems ever.? What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?


Got a minute?? Good.? I want you to go to Kazaa or a CD store or wherever you get your music, and listen to John Lennon's song "Love".? Then come back and tell me he's an overrated musician.

I guess LP have shittier formula than those others because those others sounds good and LP sounds pooring..but I guess I don't have anymore that famous teeny angst..damn where I could find one..I want to like LP again..I really do!! :(

You're comparing a pop nu-metal band to some legends. Why?

Linkin Park is like a nu-metal version of Roxette. That guy also knows how to write stuff that many people will like.

Some people like it, some of us don't.



/jarmo

well that was a new one  ;D giving a more thought for it, back in the late eighties Roxette was kind of a new style..for examble the song 'the look'  ..those were the days..

To prove a point.  People were saying all their songs sound the same, and I was just trying to say that that doesn't mean their songs can't be good, by comparing them with other bands that became famous with similar-sounding songs.  Linkin Park will probably never be as big as any of those bands, but they follow similar methods for songwriting, namely: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I really like Linkin Park - they are the best band out their by some distance, i think they are the victim of 'band wagon jumping' now its cool not to like them ::)

I know i was defending them a bit before but statement's like that make me think that nearly all the rock bands in the world must of died in a plane crash without me knowing or something.  They may be the best band MTV places by some distance but they are by no means the best band out there.  You have the re-formed Van Halen, Skid Row, Poison, Monster Magnet, Pearl Jam etc. All this bands are current in some form or another either releasing new albums and/or touring and they are all ten times the band Linkin Park are.  Fine they had a few good singles and i enjoyed them live when drunk but if they really are the best out there then we've got real problems :nervous:

Yes..and all those bands are churning out albums of unbelievable quality :-\ Fair enough MM have done some good stuff and Pearl Jam where once unbelievable but i'd take Linkin Park over the lot of em. All the bands u mention (apart from MM) are sustained by past success - bit like GNR :hihi:

They may all be sustained by past success but all their recent stuff tops anything Linkin Park have ever done.  Pearl Jam are just as good as they were Riot Act and their Lost Dogs albums were both class.

That just sounds like an excuse, there are many good reasons why people don't like them: they're manufactured, childish and embarrassing.

Okay, so you'll admit Linkin Park has a few good songs.  But I don't know if you can say they are surpassed by Poison's Hollyweird album, Van Halen's weak new songs ("It's About Time" is nowhere near as good as I'd hoped), Skid Row-without-Sebastian-Bach.  Those bands were all far, FAR superior to Linkin Park back in the day.  But their newer stuff is generally less-than-stellar.  Pearl Jam and Monster Magnet aren't bad these days, but PJ is really now more of a cult band with a few interesting little tunes than rock icons with generational anthems.

Firstly yes i will admit they have a few good songs i am not going to condem them just for the sake of it i am just being honest.  The bands i mention i feel all surpass Linkin Park.  They are nowhere near as big but hell they all still put out good music.  I also feel they've all stuck to their guns and have not compromised themselves to keep themselves current e.g. Metallica.  Pearl Jam you say are more of a cult band but musically they are not that different from how they used to be if really any different at all.  Though because of all that ticketmaster shit and maybe a dislike for the limelight they don't have the same promotion and will never be as big from a commercial stand point.  I believe though that they realise true fans don't need to hear their songs on MTV everyday, fans that like their music will go and find it, fans that just liked them because MTV bummed them probably won't but i can't see them missing those fans.  Monster Magnet stand by their influences such as Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, MC5, Iggy & The Stooges etc. and will not  say how great bands like Slipknot are because they realise they suck unfortunately the likes of Metallica seem to have done that in an attempt to remain popular.  I mean Metallica's albums these days sell on the fact of who they are and that MTV still give them tons of airplay it certainly ain't the quality of music.  Poison, Skid Row & Van Halen would be just as successful today if their new music got the airplay Metallica got since many fans just buy what is shoved in their face.  Fact is you are gonna stick by what you believe and everyone knows music is down to personal choice there is no way of proving who is better or who is worse.  You can't do it on record sales if you did then Britney Spears would be seen as one of the greatest ever....well maybe she will be but it doesn't mean she is.  You'll notice before i tried to give Linkin Park credit, i do respect them i believe they are talented to say they aren't i think is just plain ignorant.  I though am not to keen on them either and am amazed when people can say they are the best band out there today by some distance.

Bit fuckin stupid to start a whole thread on how much u hate a band ::)

Why not?  People start threads based on how much they like certain bands.  It's a two-way street.

Fair enough. I reckon it's stupid though.

If you looked at what RichardNixon typed it was VERY brief and lame. Ife he atleast went into detail over why he doesn't like them i would reply to the topic.

"There an awfull awfull band" is a fuckin ridiculous reason to start a bloody thread.

There's less in a Nixon post than there is in Jordan's head.

What the fuck does that mean ???

You know the the dumb supermodel Jordan? Well if you don't she is a dumb bimbo with fuck all in her head just like Nixon's post generally have fuck all meaning and content

I gotcha and i agree : ok:

Besides the awful Breaking The Habit (is that the name of it?), I really enjoy listening to Linkin Park's singles, however I was very disappointed with pretty much all of the rest of the tracks on Meteora.

I heard that they are going to base their next album on a similar style to the breaking the habit single.

Looks like they have tried to change the way they look but to me it looks false not impressed with thier new single

saw their new crap on mtv. sounds exacly like they did a few years ago...just as awful.

personally i thought it sounded lighter, and more like an emo band!

corporate douchebag tools

I heard their new single as i was trawling through the music channels

Its gloriously commercial and their new social awareness is almost laughable....

....but,

i really like the song, and its a dead cert i'll be getting the new album

nice to see them back on form

I lost a lot of interest in them but I'll probable check out the new album

same here (never bought any records of them though) actually i deleted all songs on my PC today with them, how ironic that it's the same day as someone mentions them :hihi:

i liked them when i was 11, but as i got older and found lots of other bands, new and old, i came back to listening to there first album the other day, and it really didnt do much for me, i guess they are just a bit of a fad.

Though, chester does have a great voice when hes singing, just check the vids of him with camp freddy!!!

hes a boring frontman though.

the new song sucks ass majorly though, so weak and cheesy and the video is clearly being used to try to win over the hearts of viewers of music television.

same with me!! i adored them, i bought Meteora the day it came out. the sad truth is that they are just so generic and the lyrics are so vague and simple.

i was excited when i heard that this new album was a total change in direction musically and that rick rubin was involved, but this new single has really dissapointed me and doesnt sound like that drastic change they were talking about. its still just derivative and simple guitar riffs over a programed beat.

chesters not a bad singer or frontman tho, i'll give him that. the band has potential too, i just wish they would stop with this woe is me, i hate myself lyrics and move away from this nu metal sound. maybe the rest of the album is different, who knows.

Wow, I forgot all about this thread...wow, that was like, three years ago! Damn, I missed all those insults!

Oh yeah, Linkin Park still suck ass.

the first single is just ok. anyone notice how the beginning sounds very much like music from the "Halloween" movie?

they had another new song that got some play on the radio about 2 months ago. it was heavy and actually sounded pretty good. i heard it 3 or 4 times, but haven't heard a thing about it since. 

that was a song off a ep called qwerty

just a bonus for club members or something.

first album was good, it must be hard for them coz they can't be new metal anymore because it's ridculed so much, must be hard to have to reinvent yourself!

I think the new single is called "What I've Become."

there new album a pile of shit.

nearly every song is mellow and boring, all laid back, pussy music. SHIT. :rant:

where can i get the leaks? I would like to hear this new stuff...

dont bother, its really boring!

Can I just listen, I wanna check it out at least... please.

May as well dig this bad boy up, eh?

http://www.fat-pie.com/linkinpark.htm

What's funny is that you probably assume that I love LP and all that...

I actually don't like them very much at all.

I just want to see if their new music is any good.

Unlike you, I don't deem a band crappy because of 2 albums, each album is something new.

Jacko

Eh? Are you chatting at me?

lol... if that makes you seem bigger then the convo yeah.

What are you babbling on about?

You posted, I posted a short while later, and then you posted a short while later...

I can but only assume that it was directed at me, considering that seeing as my post was all that had changed in the thread, were not what you subsequently said to do with something that I had said then, well, you would have said it in the post prior.

Innit?

so its not the vast departure sound wise that they were talking about?

i used to like them, but i realized how simplistic and vague their lyrics are, plus how generic the music was. when i heard that this new record was gonna sound different and that they were shedding the "nu metal" label i was interested. but the single plus another song i heard doesnt sound like anything new and the lyrics haven't improved either.

in the other song i heard chester was singing "i'm sick of feelings..." *shudders*? c'mon chester u can't come up with anything a little more articulate and focused than that?

since when did every thing have to be heavy ?

the problem is not the heaviness... or the lack of it
is that is generic... and very boring

i like there to be a balance. a balance of rocking stuff, and a balance of a ballad or moderate temp song. theres ONE rock song on that album, the rest is all slow mellow paced stuff and its just generally totally boring.

Well, ive listened to the whole thing several times....and...

i have to say i'm embarrased by this album, Linkin Park were never cool, but this is really awful stuff

Three tracks 'what i've done', 'given up' and 'no more sorrow' are excellent tracks, but the remaining 9 are disgracefully bad - Mike Shinoda has been all but removed from proceedings while he dominated on Hybrid Theory

Just a terrible album....

I think Linkin Park are getting in the 'boy band' phenomenon that is going on at the moment re: The Killers, My Chemical Romance.......Maybe they are trying to remind us that they were the ones to come up with this 'angsty'  music style several years earlier.......

There terrible and yet they win rock awards, there not a rock band...

Linkin Park didn't really "come up" with anything, esp. not an "angsty music style."

i think i kinda like them, (3 days ago i was like "linkin park sux", and a couple of months ago i dissed people saying they were going to LP's concert in stockholm) :hihi:

I used to pretty much hate chesters voice, and not so fond of shinodas rap-stuff, I downloaded "hybrid theory" a couple of months ago but only gave it like one listen, but didn't erase it, then some days ago i talked to a friend about some bands and he talked about LP and i was like, naah i don't really dig them, he said well check out their latest and i was like ok, so i downloaded it and listend to it.. and i pretty much liked so i gave hybrid theory another chance to and it was also kinda cool, one thing i don't really like about the new record is that there are too few aggressive rock songs and too many mellow songs..

I think i've changed my opinion on chesters voice too : ok:

best song is probably given up? :yes:

i thought the new album was horrible. i used to be a fan of there original material so i gave it a listen to see how they went, and i just missed there metal guitar riffs, sure they wernt great but at least it gave them some kick right?

but yeah, fair enough. i personally found the new album dissappointing though.

The Pulse of Radio reports: LINKIN PARK announced details last week for the fifth edition of the Projekt Revolution tour, which will get underway on July 16 in Boston. The festival-type trek joins an already crowded summer schedule that features the Warped Tour, the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour, most likely some version of Ozzfest, plus stand-alone festivals such as Lollapalooza, Coachella, Rock on the Range and several brand new events. But LINKIN PARK singer Mike Shinoda said in a teleconference with reporters that he wasn't worried about the increased competition. "In any situation where, you know, these tours cross paths, that's a concern on that end, but I mean, if you're a fan of the bands that are playing, you're gonna go to the show, that's how I look at it," he said. "I mean, for me, when I was growing up, going to shows like, you know, Lollapalooza or just going to different tours that bands were playing in town, it wouldn't matter if they were playing days apart. If I liked the band and I could afford the tickets, then I would do that."

As one way of helping fans with ticket costs, LINKIN PARK will "pick up" the service charges for fan club members who order tickets online early. The offer began last week but has been extended.

The band will also continue to offer attendees the chance to buy the Digital Souvenir Package, which features a live audio download of the show, exclusive concert photos and a digital tour program. LINKIN PARK initiated this package on its recently completed winter trek.

ASHES DIVIDE, CHRIS CORNELL and THE BRAVERY will join the headliners on the main stage, while the Revolution Stage will feature ATREYU, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, 10 YEARS, ARMOR FOR SLEEP and STREET DRUM CORPS.

As with previous LINKIN PARK tours, one dollar from each ticket sold will go to the group's charity foundation, Music For Relief, to support disaster relief and reduce global warming.

i think il go and see them this summer in dublin, i seen them in 03 and i was a bit dissapointed with them, they were only a support band that day so il give them the benifit of doubt, im loving the new album and as headliners this time im looking forward to seeing them

i'm gonna see them this summer as well, that's in 2 months,

they cancelled on me due to illness though

i hate there new single, its so weak and tame. i dont even know how it gets classed as rock in any way shape or form. its just a beat and a bunch of depressing singing.

I gotta say, I absolutely love their latest album Minutes to Midnight which I only recently discovered.
I know I'm a bit late getting into it, but I've heard most of the singles on the radio which I liked, so I thought I'd finally buy the album, and I'm very impressed. Not one weak track on there at all, and I'm not really much of a fan of rap-rock either. But Minutes To Midnight hasn't left my car cd player for the last few weeks.

I'm just looking back on this thread and people were saying there's only one rock track on the album, but there's plenty of great rock stuff on there, and the laid back stuff is pretty cool too.


I wish I went to see them when they toured Australia last year, Chris Cornell opened for them which would've been great to see too.

I love that song! : ok:

it barely rocks at all man. Its really tame, i dont understand why its such a big album when everyone person i speak to who was a fan of them says they dislike it.

Well, maybe that's just it, I wasn't really a fan of them before.

I thought they were just whiny angst rap-rock, but this album shows more maturity than that.

i hated LP
but i liked this cd..
is cool laid back and chilling
some songs are ok.. but some are very cool

I disagree. Their music is very innovative and original.

Sneak Peek: Linkin Park?s ?Transformers? Track, ?New Divide?

Posted 1 hr ago by Daniel in Celebrity, Interviews, Music, Videos

Linkin Park?s ?What I?ve Done? was so crucial to the tone and packaging of TRANSFORMERS, that Michael Bay just couldn?t have made a sequel without tapping the California rapcore champions again. Only this time around, instead of pulling a pre-existing single from an album, Linkin Park have created a brand-new track, exclusively for Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.

The track in question, ?New Divide,? is the official theme of Transformers 2, so if you?ve seen the trailer, you?ve already heard the new screamer (?give me reeeason!?). But you?re about to hear a whole lot more of it. That?s because Joe Hahn, Linkin Park?s resident turntablist and video director, is getting ready to drop his wild, cinematic vision of the new single.

Until it surfaces (any day now!), watch Joe in action on the set of ?New Divide,? setting up motion blurs, delivering enormous guns to the prop shop, cranking the smoke machines to full blast and generally ?going against the flow.? Find out exactly what all that means in the clip below, an exclusive MTV peek behind the scenes of the ?New Divide? video. Drop by Linkin Park?s website for more details on the music video and on Transformers 2!

Video: http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/06/09/sneak-peek-linkin-parks-transformers-track-new-divide/

Stream of song: http://linkinpark.com/

LINKIN PARK: 'New Divide' Video Released - June 12, 2009

The music video for LINKIN PARK's "New Divide" can be viewed below. The much-buzzed-about companion clip to the band's Alternative Airplay chart-topping single was shot on a soundstage at Paramount Studios in Hollywood with LINKIN PARK DJ/award-winning video director Joe Hahn at the helm.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121844

Here is video of Linkin Park performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on June 23rd...

Linkin Park Performs "New Divide"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tdQ9QzomjU&feature=channel_page

Linkin Park Performs "What I've Done"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcQ4Ip0zTPY

lol they are calling themselves rapcore now?

only one band is worthy of that title.

Rage Against The Machine.

From the Tuborg GreenFest show in St. Petersburg Russia on July 26

Interview with Chester:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXu22JsmMkE

"Hands Held High"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yoe2xOFyMw

"New Divide"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5s5KY-BJCw

"In The End"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVBO1kGVdCQ

Dead By Sunrise - Album Trailer

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August 16, 2009 - Sunday

Dead By Sunrise

New Song Posted!

We have posted our new song "Crawl Back In" on our MySpace page! Check it out now! The song will be available on iTunes on Tuesday!

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=379966608&blogId=505827134

Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington were interviewed by KROQ at the Epicenter Festival on August 22, 2009 in Pomona.

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSOLoZEQMc

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Z0ddhDqoA

Dead By Sunrise

You know the voice. With Linkin Park, that voice has shared stages with Paul McCartney, Jay-Z, Alice In Chains, the Doors, Perry Farrell. It?s won four American Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, and two Grammy?s, and headlined stadiums around the world. Right now it is the driving musical force behind the theme song to the biggest movie of the year, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. And it is a voice that is loved and revered by fans around the world. Yeah, you know the voice of Chester Bennington.

And now, stepping outside of Linkin Park on Out Of Ashes, the first album from his new project, Dead By Sunrise ? Bennington, Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh, formerly of Orgy and current Julien-K members, Brandon Belsky, Elias Andra, and Anthony ?FU? Valcic -- Bennington gives fans a revealing look at the man behind the voice. ? It was just me writing the lyrics this time around, so I was very straight to the point, very forward, and very personal with the lyrics for this record,? Bennington says of his first endeavor outside Linkin Park. ?I got to the point where I thought, ?Okay, it?s time to be real.??

Just how real surprised even Bennington. ??Let Down? was about the experience of getting divorced,? he says. ?I know who I am, that I?m a romantic person, and that I like being in love. I don?t want to repeat the same things that happened to me in my previous relationship in the next one.?

In fact, both the band and album?s moniker came from Bennington?s unbridled honesty on the project. ?It came out of wondering, literally, whether I was going to make it to tomorrow,? Bennington says about the band?s name. ?There have been moments where I wasn?t so sure, but thankfully I have. The album title, Out Of Ashes, is another literal statement, like I burnt down that house and I?ve rebuilt a new one.?

Feeling freed by being able to write about his real problems and real life, Bennington holds nothing back in exposing his demons. His pain is documented on songs like ?Let Down? and the hard-hitting ?Inside Of Me,? where he confesses, ?What the hell is wrong with me/This isn't who I'm supposed to be.?

But nowhere is that torment more apparent than on the explosive lead single, ?Crawl Back In,? where Bennington shares his doubts and his struggles with addiction. ?It?s a song about feeling as if I don?t have my own identity and, at the same time, feeling like you wish you were never born,? he says. ?That song came out of the despair you feel being addicted to something.?

Bennington delves deeper into his addiction in ?My Suffering,? in which he sings, ?I?ve seen the devil in a smile/I?ve found salvation in a vile/My happy ending exists only in my dreams.?

Unlike many artists, Bennington has no problems sharing the demons and struggles he?s gone through. ?I don?t have a problem with people knowing that I had a drinking problem,? he says. ?This is just who I am, this is what I write about, this is what I do. Most of my work has been a reflection of what I?ve gone through in one way or another. My life was falling apart, so I wrote about getting divorced, and diving very hard into alcohol and drugs throughout the process.?

That can be felt musically as well.  Throughout the 12-song collection, DBS move skillfully between the kind of explosive rockers Bennington is known for, such as the opening ?Fire? and the frenetic energy of ?My Suffering,? and some surprisingly tender moments, like the beautifully melodic, mid-tempo ?Let Down? and the rhythmically hypnotic ?Walking In Circles.?

As he says, a new house was built. And out of his pain, Bennington found new love, which is celebrated on both ?Give Me Your Name,? a song he wrote about asking his wife to marry him, and ?Into The Darkness,? which he describes as ?about the act of making love with someone you feel deep love for.?

Those insights into Bennington the romantic are what you usually hear in his work with Linkin Park. ?I think the sexiness and real open frankness of those songs are a departure from Linkin Park would?ve done,? he says.

While Bennington is very proud of Out Of Ashes, he wants the millions of LP fans around the world to understand Dead By Sunrise is just another vehicle for Bennington, not a replacement. ?Everyone in Linkin Park is supportive of me on this,? he says. ?We?re all very close and honest with each other. If those guys had any concerns about whether this was going to hurt the band or keep us from making a great record, they would?ve told me and this record wouldn?t be coming out. Even if the record was finished I?d wait until the right time to do it.?

That is not just talk. This project actually began as a Bennington solo album in 2005 while LP was on hiatus. After a short break though, LP went right into the studio to record the chart-topping Minutes To Midnight, putting Dead By Sunrise on hiatus for three years -- 18 months of recording and 18 months of touring. Out Of Ashes has been four years in the making on and off, a lengthy journey that has left room for plenty of twists and turns, the first of which came in the morphing from a solo album into a band.

Bennington explains how Dead by Sunrise was born. ?I?m really good friends with both Ryan and Amir,? he says. ?Orgy had just separated, so I asked them to help me produce these songs I had written. We started working on them and one night, those guys called me up and said, ?Hey, would you mind if of messed around with one of these tracks and see what we can do cause we have some ideas and we think it?d be really cool?? I said, ?I give you guys free reign to do whatever you want with tracks; bring it.? In doing so they started playing back some stuff and the style of the songs and twists and turns they?d taken on the music really blew me away.?

The next step in the evolution of Out of Ashes came three years later, when Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, P.O.D., Papa Roach), was brought in to produce the album. ?It felt as if we had been working on it for so long, even though the actual time on the record was eight or nine months,? Bennington says. ?Howard brought a new enthusiasm and energy to the process that we had kind of lost because it was hard to get back the momentum sometimes.?

Benson also brought a sense of daring to DBS. ?Once we started working on the vocals it was a whole new ballgame. It was like, ?We?re gonna show people what you can do with your voice,?? Bennington recalls.

While it may have been a long time in the making, the winding path proved to be worth the trek, both for fans who get new insight into one of rock?s top voices, and Bennington himself. ?I feel a real sense of achievement,? he says of Dead by Sunrise. ?because something original, meaningful, and viable has sprouted out of this experience. And it?s not just a side project. I feel like I?ve created a band with a new sound. That is a huge accomplishment and I?m really proud of it.?

A new song by Dead By Sunrise "My Suffering" is available for streaming and download here:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6571032331bf4dae/

http://www.myspace.com/deadbysunrise

A couple of things on Chester Benningtons Dead By Sunrise...

Dead by Sunrise 'Let Down' -- Song Premiere

Posted 14 minutes ago

http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/10/02/dead-by-sunrise-let-down-song-premiere/

October 1, 2009

Dead By Sunrise to Perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live

I love the guys of Julien-K but why they are covorting with one of the most lamest frontmen of the 21st century is beyond me.

Chester Bennington: 'Now I Can Write About Anything I Want'

Oct. 3 2009

You cover plenty of personal topics in Dead By Sunrise?s lyrics, including your divorce and alcohol addition. How difficult was it to talk about those subjects, and was there one song that might have been particularly difficult to write?

I think going through it was difficult, but I?m pretty good at writing about stuff. Once I came out with being abused as a child, a lot of those doors opened for me. Now I can write about anything I want. Nobody knew about it until that day. My parents were going, ?What?? It was like, ?Okay, if I can write about that, I can pretty much write about anything.? I would say that I wasn?t writing songs about my particular problems while I was going through them during this record. I was writing songs about falling in love, and I was kind of skating around the subject a little bit.

After I went through all of that, that?s when I started writing very clear and very forward songs about what I went through. ?Crawl Back In? talks about relapsing and how hard that is. ?Condemned? is about that love affair with feeling like shit. It was very strange for me because these ideas just started coming. I don?t know if I could have done it if I had was in the middle of it. I try not to change things that much in my songs. If it comes to me, then it comes to me. If it doesn?t, then I?ll wait a couple of days. After that, I?ll just let it go. It?s not worth it.

Linkin Park?s next record isn?t slated for release until 2010, but can you give us some idea of what we?ll be hearing? I read a quote from Mike Shinoda stating that the album will be ?genre-busting.?

Mike, with that comment, every interview I?ve done they?ve asked me specifically about that quote! Thanks, Mike! From my perspective, I agree with him. The longer Linkin Park is around, the more difficult it is to find a place that we fit in best. Are we a pop band? Are we an alternative rock group? Are we a modern rock act? Are we a metal group? Or are we something else? Nobody knows what the hell is going on with us anymore, and I think that?s something that will propel us into being a better band in the future. I think it sets us apart.

I do believe this record is definitely going to help make that more difficult for people to understand. In terms of how it sounds, we?ve got 40 songs. A handful of them are amazing. A dozen or so are really good, and the rest could have potential. The ones that are pretty amazing and the ones that everyone is pretty much like, ?As long as the lyrics are great, the song is a masterpiece? ? they are really fucking good. It?s kind of nuts. From my perspective when I hear them, I can?t believe that I?m in this band. I can?t believe this is the stuff that I?m a part of making. I?m sharing the same stage as some of the most talented people in the world and have one of the best producers in the history of music. We?re making groundbreaking stuff, and it?s very strange to be part of that.

Continue reading here: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/chester_bennington_now_i_can_write_about_anything_i_want.html

Dead By Sunrise will perform on the Late Show With David Letterman on Tue. Oct 13th at 11:30 PM.

Interview with Chester Bennington: Dead By Sunrise Thrive In The Moonlight

October 13, 2009

The record is so well rounded; you really get something new from it with each listen.  The sense of darkness and deep disappear is immediately striking, but there?s also the pure rock elements, the anger, a few great love songs, and acceptance. What contributed to that, were the songs written over a long stretch of time and so you had all these emotions to draw from?

The record was written over a long period of time, because when we started the record it was late 2005 or mid-2005, so I  started writing  it then and we worked  till end of the year. Then I started working on Minutes To Midnight. So I took the next three years off basically from working on the record [Out Of Ashes]. After that, I started picking it back up again after we finished touring for  Minutes To Midnight.

I had a bunch of new songs, I wrote other new songs in the process of recording with Howard Benson. So there are phases of writing in different periods over the last four years. A lot had happened in that time, you can imagine, a lot of things have happened to yourself in four years, so there?s plenty of stuff to draw from. Some of these songs are about when I met my wife and fell in love with her. That?s where the love songs come from. At the same time, I was having tough times in the middle of a long, drawn out divorce that was draining and pretty much put me on a downward spiral just because it was so?there was so much going on during that period of time, that you get songs like ?My Suffering? and ?Condemned,? and the heavier, darker stuff was all derived from the phases of that experiences.  But yeah, there was a lot going on.

Yeah, because an outsider looking in on you could say, ?Oh, Chester is in Linkin Park, and he has Club Tattoo, his life must be a dream.? So the depths of despair on the record are shocking.

My life is a dream, but unfortunately, I am an asshole sometimes. I can be very selfish or my perspectives can be off, but there were a lot of really stressful things that happening over that period of time. Like waking up one day and having a lot of money and a big house, and a year later, not having a single dime and living in a seven square foot apartment in Santa Monica.

Continue reading: http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/10/13/interview-chester-bennington-dead-by-sunrise-thrive-in-the-moonlight/

Dead By Sunrise on David Letterman Oct. 13th...

"Crawl Back In"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWuMnfqIErM

Oct 26 2009 5:28 PM EDT

Linkin Park Album Will Be 'Grandiose Insanity,' Chester Bennington Says

Frontman thinks their next record could be out by June.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1624814/20091026/linkin_park.jhtml
http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/449679/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-on-their-new-album.jhtml

Dead By Sunrise have posted the video premiere of their song "Let Down" on MySpace here:

http://www.myspace.com/deadbysunrise

Chester Bennington's 'Ink, Not Mink' Ad/Video

http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-chesterbennington.asp?c=p23907

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Talks New Album

Spin Interview

By David Marchese on December 22, 2009

Tell us about the new album.

Well, Rick Rubin is producing it. I'd say we're about halfway done. I'm really happy with what we have so far. We're having a ton of fun in the studio. We really want to do something special and unique for the next record -- we want to redefine the band. I feel like on Hybrid Theory we wanted to introduce ourselves to the world with a certain sound. Then on [2003's] Meteora we were trying to show that we weren't a fluke and we could do the sound that made us successful a second time. By the time we got to [2007's] Minutes to Midnight, we wanted to break down that sound and go outside its confines. Now that we've done that, we feel like we can do anything.

Can you describe any of the songs?

That would be really hard for me to do. I have a tough time doing that. But I can say that it sounds brand new. The thing is, there are so many different ways to make music these days with virtual instruments, software applications, physical instruments, and computer programs. Then when you get in the position of being able to use almost any of it -- that's what we did on Minutes to Midnight . We wanted to play with as many instruments and sounds as we could. But on the new record, now that we have a sense of everything that's available to us, we can reel it in a bit and focus on just the things that we like, which so far is turning out to mean music that is more beat-driven and has a keyboard and drum machine kind of feel.

continue here: http://www.spin.com/articles/linkin-parks-mike-shinoda-talks-new-album

I hope it's better then crappy minutes to midnight

I consider Minutes To Midnight to be their best album so far.

TV Guide interviewed Linkin Park at the Grammys last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr6TFQmrqVM

New LPTV Episode

MARCH 24, 2010

LPTV checks in with Chester Bennington and Dead By Sunrise during their Japanese tour on the new episode!

Video: http://www.cbennington.com/2010/03/new-lptv-episode.html

Here is the track listing and cover art for the new Linkin Park album "A Thousand Suns" due out on September 14th.

"A THOUSAND SUNS" TRACK LISTING
1. The Requiem
2. The Radiance
3. Burning In The Skies
4. Empty Spaces
5. When They Come For Me
6. Robot Boy
7. Jornada Del Muerto
8. Waiting For The End
9. Blackout
10. Wretches And Kings
11. Wisdom, Justice, And Love
12. Iridescent
13. Fallout
14. The Catalyst
15. The Messenger

Cover:

http://www.linkinpark.com/profiles/blogs/album-cover-revealed

Check out a preview of "The Catalyst", which goes to radio stations in one week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsRQQR6GHAE

I know it's only a few seconds of preview - but what's so "genre-busting" about this?

this can be good, at least the beat sounds promising

Linkin Park's new single "The Catalyst" is available for streaming on their MySpace page and at iTunes:

http://www.myspace.com/linkinpark

Linkin Park posts the first No. 1 debut in the 14-month history of the Rock Songs chart, as "The Catalyst" launches with 12.2 million audience impressions.

http://www.billboard.com/news/linkin-park-logs-first-no-1-debut-on-rock-1004108287.story?tag=hpfeed#/news/linkin-park-logs-first-no-1-debut-on-rock-1004108287.story?tag=hpfeed

Chester Records Vocals for "The Catalyst"

http://www.linkinpark.com/video/chester-records-vocals-for-the

Linkin Park Video Premier "The Catalyst":

http://www.vh1.com/video/linkin-park/555381/the-catalyst.jhtml#id=1589364

http://www.mtv.com/videos/linkin-park/555381/the-catalyst.jhtml#id=1518071

The new video "The Catalyst" at YouTube:

Linkin Park - The Catalyst (Official HD)
linkinparktv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51iquRYKPbs

Blackout Lyric Video

lyric video for one of the new songs from A Thousand Suns titled Blackout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hssEbp3Cc0

the suckery of Linkin Park now is hitting overdrive.

LINKIN PARK: Entire New Album Available For Streaming - Sep. 12, 2010

LINKIN PARK's new album, "A Thousand Suns", is available for streaming in its entirety at this location.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145915

Here is Linkin Park's performance of "The Catalyst" from last nights VMA show.

VMA 2010 Linkin Park Catalyst Live

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/559938/the-catalyst-live.jhtml#id=1647213

Very true, to this day I never understood why people like this band.

I remember when Linkin Park was good -- kind of makes me wonder why I spent $25 on a special edition of this with a DVD and shit. Kinda sucks, as I wasn't expecting this crappy of an album.

LINKIN PARK's 'A Thousand Suns' Expected To Top Next Album's Chart - Sep. 15, 2010

LINKIN PARK's new album, "A Thousand Suns", is likely to sell between 250,000 and 260,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on September 14.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=146175

New album is too 'abstract' to be a concept album, Mike Shinoda says.
Sep 15 2010

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647909/20100915/linkin_park.jhtml

GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BAND

LINKIN PARK TO GIVE INAUGURAL PERFORMANCE at BEST BUY THEATER ON SEPTEMBER 14

Special Performance to mark release of new album, A Thousand Suns

HD Videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Qwerty95k1

Photos: http://newyork.metromix.com/music/essay_photo_gallery/linkin-park-best-buy/2187343/content

Setlist:
The Requiem
The Radiance
New Divide
Faint
No More Sorrow
Given Up
Wretches and Kings
Numb
Iridescent
Breaking The Habit
Jornada del Muerto
Waiting For The End
In The End
Bleed It Out
One Step Closer

Encore:
Fallout
The Catalyst
What I've Done

Just bought the song Waiting for the end off Itunes..

When the fuck did they start sounding like fucking SMASH MOUTH?

are u serious???

Pile of shit that song is

This new album fucking blows...absolutely terrible. :no:

 I believe it-haven't heard the whole thing, but from what I've heard not to excited bout the direction their going-nothing wrong with some experimental, but not sounding like Linkin Park much anymore

they actually recorded this album without choruses...you know, the best/ catchy part of any song...

Linkin Park sucked on there third album, there was no way they were gonna do another good album after that.

Interesting.  A lot of the responses to this record remind me of responses to other albums where artists deviated from their traditional sound, like Metallica with Load/Reload, Megadeth with Risk, U2 with No Line On The Horizon and GN'R with Chinese Democracy.  Although, the latter was obviously colored with a lot of resentment for not having Slash on the record.

I guess a lot of people have a set idea of what a band should sound like and don't react well when that is not the sound they get on a new record. 

I'm not saying this is the case with ALL responses to this record, but certainly some.  And, I've seen this pattern with the aforementioned albums as well.

Ali

Yeah, but sometimes it's just shit

Note saying I think it's shit lol, I didn't even hear it.

Watch the Linkin Park music video for "Waiting for the End"

http://www.linkinpark.com/profiles/blogs/watch-the-music-video-for

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPstVNbFI9o

I loved Minutes To Midnight, but what I've heard of this album hasn't impressed me. I think they've gone too left field and have lost a bit of what defines them.

From Chester Bennington:


October 21, 2010

Whatever critics called A Thousand Suns, "commercial sure bet" wasn't it.

"We knew we were taking a risk," says Bennington during a break from rehearsals for Linkin Park's coming tour.

"A lot of people will love it, and a lot of people will need to digest it and get over what perhaps their expectations were, and a lot of people are gonna be like, 'What the f--- is this? Are you kidding me?'

"To me it makes complete sense. I mean, I know it's different, but it's not shocking to me. It felt very natural to go in a direction that was challenging for us as well as challenging for our fans - 'cos we love taking people on this little trip that we're on.

"We don't wanna keep reliving the glory days by rehashing songs and styles over and over and over again, and our fans know that."

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad-application/weve-got-that-linkin-feeling/story-fn6bfkm6-1225941440368

agreed, but still reserving judgment until i see them live- theis always briiliant so want to hear new songs live.

Here is a two part interview with Chester Bennington conducted when Linkin Park played in Stuggart on Oct. 22nd.

DASDING.tv video interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxClibEVHpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK3IFmg1aYM

Linkin Park on "A Different Spin" with Mark Hoppus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az3KHJ8MfNc

They've posted a cool tour video from the Middle East:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ymJ8Xvfzlc

 8)

Jan 10, 2011 11:29 ET

Linkin Park Uses Mobile Media to Deliver Every Fan a Live Recording of the Show They Attend on Upcoming 'A Thousand Suns' North American Tour

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Linkin-Park-Uses-Mobile-Media-Deliver-Every-Fan-Live-Recording-Show-They-Attend-on-Upcoming-1377956.htm

Linkin Park Mix Ambient with Rage in Tour Opener

January 21, 2011

Review/setlist/photos: http://www.spin.com/articles/linkin-park-mix-ambient-rage-tour-opener

Good footage here and on the right: http://www.youtube.com/user/RockllNvrDie#p/u/7/WjPXtvq_UuE

Linkin Park will be the musical guest this week on Saturday Night Live.

Feb 4 2011

Linkin Park Tease 'Unique' Performance On 'Saturday Night Live'

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657323/linkin-park-snl.jhtml

SNL Promo: Dana Carvey and Linkin Park

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/snl-promo-dana-carvey-and-linkin-park/1284347/

Linkin Park on Saturday Night Live last night:

Linkin Park: Waiting For The End

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/linkin-park-waiting-for-the-end/1285630/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyOUW7XiPL0

Linkin Park: When They Come For Me

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/linkin-park-when-they-come-for-me/1285681
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj7r61iEYk0

Chester Bennington:

Just got out of the hospital, working on getting better. Hopefully I'll be well before Cincinnati. Thanks for all the get well wishes.

about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

UNCASVILLE, CT 2/11 CANCELLATION
We are deeply disappointed that we?ve had to cancel our second show in a row. It?s been a long time since we?ve played in your town, and were excited for you to hear the new music and see the new production.

WASHINGTON DC CANCELLATION
Linkin Park has been forced to cancel their February 10th show in Washington DC at the Verizon Center. Lead vocalist Chester Bennington is ill and under doctor's orders to refrain from performing.

HOSPITAL?  could have told us sooner rather than mid-am of the show!- droves of furious fans showed up to DC VERIRZON CENTER TO see a liitle white 2 line piece of paper on the arena door announcing the cx- No emails from Ticketmaster, STUHUB, THE BAND, NOTHING- just a blurb on their site am of the show when its already too late- if ur so sick have to be in the hospital- should know sooner plus NO RESCEDULE DATE!?? WHATS A MATTER DIDNT SELL ENOUGH TICKETS??- Hmmm-

I've gone to 3 countries to see GNR THIS LAST YEAR- Axl has never done this- he played his heart out in Birmingham- sick as a dog- gave it 100% while feeling like crap just like Jordan back in the day-  SCREW YOU LINKIN PARK!!  Your new album is a steaming pile of shit!!- the worst crap of ever hear of chanting & noises- Nobody likes your new shit!! I'm done with this band!! :rant:

To me it looks like Linkin Park did Washington and CT a favor...they havent been good since 2002.  They are shit Top 40 pop band like K$sha and Justin Bieber now.

DAMN STRAIGHT!- I had more entertainment watching "THS FIGHTER" & "127 HRS" instead of hearing their crappy new shit! : ok:

From Chester Bennington:

Hi guys,

I wanted to write you a note and let you know that unfortunately we have to cancel our 3rd show in a row. As much as I?d love to be on stage rocking out for you, I?m under doctor?s orders to rest. I really appreciate all the notes and kind words you?ve sent my way. Our fans really are the best fans in the world.

If you purchased your tickets through linkinpark.com, check your email over the next few days for details on how you will receive your refund. Also, we know it's not the same, but we'll send you a free audio download of any show from this tour.

Chester

Dear Chester:

why is your last album a pile of steaming crap consisting of mostly chants & strange noises??  Why didn't You give fans who flew in from other States or drove long hours, booked hotels etc. more notice to cx first DC show if you were so sick you had to be hopitilized??  Why are there NO makeup dates for these shows or promises to come back when feeling better & "wow" us??? :P

HOUSTON, TX

 11:21 PM

Linkin Park has been forced to cancel their February 15th show in Houston, TX at the Toyota Center. Chester is still under doctor's orders to refrain from performing. The band sincerely regrets this unavoidable cancellation and apologizes to fans for any disappointment caused. Please hold on to your tickets. Updates to follow later this week. If you purchased your tickets through linkinpark.com, check your email over the next few days for details. Also, we know it's not the same, but we'll send you a free audio download of any show from this tour.

FUSE PRESENTS LINKIN PARK "WHEN THEY COME FOR ME"

Fuse Pre?sents: Linkin Park Live from Madi?son Square Gar?den pre?mieres Fri?day, Febru?ary 18th at 9:30pm. Shot ear?li?er this month at New York?s Madi?son Square Gar?den, Linkin Park takes the stage per?form?ing the biggest hits of their 15-​year ca?reer along with songs from their ac?claimed new al?bum, A Thou?sand Suns. It?s Linkin Park like you?ve nev?er seen them be?fore on?ly on Fuse Tele?vi?sion.

Video: http://www.cbennington.com/2011/02/fuse-presents-linkin-park-when-they.html

Chester Bennington explains his illness that cause the cancellations in a radio interview from Las Vegas this weekend.

http://x1075lasvegas.radio.com/2011/02/18/chester-bennington-wants-to-get-you-sick/

North American Tour 2011

Added by LPTV on February 26, 2011

http://www.linkinpark.com/video/north-american-tour-2011