Linkin Park Top 5 Facts

formed 1996

up for a group thing...

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The band's debut album, Hybrid Theory, is actually the original name of the band.

There is not one swear word in any of their songs.

Singer Chester Bennington used to sing Foreigner songs when he was young.

The band got their first break at famed LA club 'Whisky'.

The first album has been produced by Don Gilmore of Lit and Pearl Jam fame.

Southern California

This L.A based 'nu metal' band have earned the dubious title of hard rock nice guys, their polite persona is a contrast to their hard hitting confrontational music. Influenced by - Faith No More; Deftones; Nine Inch Nails. Famous For - Agreeing to not swear on any of their songs. Where To - Continue to be one of the leaders of the new hard rock sound of the 21st century.

Built on an aggressive hard rock foundation, flavored with hip-hop vocal stylings and electronic flourishes, Linkin Park's sound is utterly their own, an accomplishment strengthened by the band's remarkably powerful and unforced songwriting.

In 2001 they played 324 shows.

Mike Shinoda - mc/vocals Brad Delson - guitar Rob Bourdon - drums Phoenix Farrell - Bass Joseph Hahn - Turntable Chester Bennington - vocals

Linkin Park's next release will be a double CD of every demo they have ever done. Milke is half Japanese.

They were originally called Xero, then Hybrid Theory and finally Linkin Park. They deliberately don't swear in their music to be a contrast to their hard rock contempories. The new album is called 'Meteora'. . . The real Meteora is the biggest and most important group of monasteries in Greece after those in Mount Athos. We can locate the first traces of their history from 11th c. when the first hermits settled there.

Brad's family holds an annual Christmas charity dinner to help raise money for the under privileged local familys.