Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California.
Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory.
Linkin Park has sold over 60 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards.
-Wikipedia
Also known as:
Xero, Hybrid Theory
From:
Agoura Hills, California, United States
Genres:
Alternative rock, nu metal, rap rock
Years active:
1996-2017
Associated acts:
Jay-Z, Relative Degree
Education:
Agoura High School (Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson)
Washington High School (Chester Bennington)
Shinoda went to the Art Center College of Design
UCLA (Delson, Dave Farrell)
Formed:
Through many manifestations dissolution of previous bands SuperXero, Tasty Snax, etc. Solidified as Hybrid Theory after signing on Chester Bennington for vocals
Name Origin:
Originally called Hybrid Theory they had to change their name due to a British
electronic group called Hybrid. Bennington suggests Lincoln Park because
they passed by it everyday recording in Santa Monica, California.
Changed it to Linkin Park so they could purchase the domain linkinpark.com
Members:
Chester Bennington -
vocals
(1998-2017)
Rob Bourdon -
drums, percussion
(1996-2017)
Brad Delson -
lead guitar, keyboards (1996-2017), bass (1998, 1999-2001)
Dave Farrell "Phoenix" -
bass guitar, backing vocals
(1996-1998, 2001-2017)
Joe Hahn "Mr. Hahn" -
turntables, samples, programming, keyboards, backing vocals
(1996-2017)
Mike Shinoda -
vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, piano
(1996-2017)
Linkin Park Quotes:
"Even those who never frown eventually break down."
I think that everybody wants to be able to come through on their second album and please themselves and please their fans. We basically worked on an album for 18 months. A lot of albums, we only worked on for two months. I think that because we gave ourselves enough time, we felt comfortable.
Mike Shinoda
Right now, when it comes to making an album, we really want to give our fans just Linkin Park. We don't want to water it down with anything else or confuse it with anything else. Meteora is just us and that's where our focus has been. So hopefully the fans can enjoy that.
Mike Shinoda
Linkin Park Awards:
2005
Grammy Award - Rap Song/Collaboration: Numb/Encore,Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park
2004
American Music Award - ALTERNATIVE Favorite Artist
MTV Music
Video Awrd - Hard Rock: Crawling,
MTV Asia Award for Favorite Rock Act
MTV Asia Award for Favorite Video
2003
American Music Award - ALTERNATIVE Favorite Artist
MTV Music Video Award - Rock Video, Somewhere I Belong
MTV Asia Award for Favorite Rock Act
MTV Asia Award for Favorite Video "Pts.Of.Athrty (Remix)"
2002
MTV Music Video
Award - Rock Video , In the End
MTV Asia Award for Favorite Breakthrough Artist
2001
Billboard Music Awrd - Modern Rock Artist of the Year
Grammy Award - Hard Rock: Crawling,
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