Categorized as alternative rock, Linkin Park's earlier music spanned a fusion of heavy metal and hip hop, while they later transitioned into more electronica- and pop-influenced music. Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Though limited in resources, the band began recording and producing songs within Shinoda's makeshift bedroom studio in 1996, resulting in a four-track demo tape, entitled Xero.
Farrell also left to tour with Tasty Snax, a Christian punk and ska band. After spending a considerable time searching for Wakefield's replacement, Xero recruited Arizona vocalist Chester Bennington, who was recommended by Jeff Blue, the vice president of Zomba Music in March 1999.
In 1999 the band released a self-titled extended play, which they circulated across internet chat-rooms and forums with the help of an online 'street team'. The band still struggled to sign a record deal.
Records, helped the band sign a deal with the company as a developing artist in 1999.
On August 13, the band released "She Couldn't", a track that was originally recorded in 1999, and it was included on a 20th anniversary edition of their debut album Hybrid Theory, released on October 9. On January 8, 2021, Linkin Park released a remix of "One Step Closer" by American electronic duo 100 gecs.
In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.
Farrell returned in 2000, and the band released their breakthrough album, Hybrid Theory, that same year. ===2000–2002: Hybrid Theory and Reanimation=== Linkin Park released Hybrid Theory on October 24, 2000.
Additionally, other singles from the album were featured in films such as Dracula 2000, Little Nicky, and Valentine.
The band was recently voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.
Hybrid Theory was a massive commercial success; it sold more than 4.8 million copies during its debut year, earning it the status of best-selling album of 2001, while singles such as "Crawling" and "One Step Closer" established themselves as staples among alternative rock radio play lists during the year.
The band worked with Jessica Sklar to found their official fan club and street team, "Linkin Park Underground", in November 2001.
The experiences and performances of the precocious band were documented in their first DVD, Frat Party at the Pankake Festival, which debuted in November 2001.
Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of Black Thought, Jonathan Davis, Aaron Lewis, and many others.
The band officially announced the production of a new studio album in December 2002, revealing their new work was inspired by the rocky region of Meteora in Greece, where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks.
In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium.
Linkin Park's second album debuted on March 25, 2003 and instantly earned worldwide recognition, going to No.
By October 2003, Meteora sold nearly three million copies.
Additionally, Metallica invited Linkin Park to play at the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003, which included well-known acts such as Limp Bizkit, Mudvayne and Deftones.
Although Meteora was not nearly as successful as Hybrid Theory, it was the third best selling album in the United States during 2003.
11 of the band's singles have reached the number one position on Billboard Alternative Songs chart, the second-most for any artist. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium.
In early 2004, Linkin Park started a world tour titled the Meteora World Tour.
Linkin Park also received significant recognition during the 2004 Radio Music Awards, winning the Artist of the Year and Song of the Year ("Numb") awards.
The band spent the first few months of 2004 touring around the world, first with the third Projekt Revolution tour, and later several European concerts.
In 2004, the band began to work with Jay-Z to produce another remix album, titled Collision Course.
The album, which featured intermixed lyrics and background tracks from both artists' previous albums, debuted in November 2004.
With the aid of Jay-Z, Fort Minor released their debut album, The Rising Tied, to critical acclaim. Linkin Park also participated in numerous charitable events, most notably raised money to benefit victims of Hurricane Charley in 2004 and later Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The band donated $75,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation in March 2004.
They also helped relief efforts for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims by staging several charity concerts and setting up an additional fund called Music for Relief.
After months of feuding, the band finally negotiated a deal in December 2005. ===2004–2006: Side projects=== Following Meteoras success, the band worked on many side projects.
With the aid of Jay-Z, Fort Minor released their debut album, The Rising Tied, to critical acclaim. Linkin Park also participated in numerous charitable events, most notably raised money to benefit victims of Hurricane Charley in 2004 and later Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The band would later be reunited with Jay-Z at the Grammy Award Ceremony 2006, during which they performed "Numb/Encore", en route to winning a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
They would later go on to play at the 2006 Summer Sonic music festival, which was hosted by Metallica in Japan. ===2006–2008: Minutes to Midnight=== Linkin Park returned to the recording studios in 2006 to work on new material.
Despite initially stating the album would debut sometime in 2006, the album was delayed until 2007.
The band had recorded thirty to fifty songs in August 2006, when Shinoda stated the album was halfway completed.
Despite initially stating the album would debut sometime in 2006, the album was delayed until 2007.
Records officially announced that the band's third studio album, titled Minutes to Midnight, would be released on May 15, 2007 in the United States.
The song is also used in soundtrack for the 2007 action film, Transformers.
The band also saw success with the rest of the album's singles, "Bleed It Out", "Shadow of the Day", "Given Up", and "Leave Out All the Rest", which were released throughout 2007 and early 2008.
They also played numerous shows in Europe, Asia, and Australia which included a performance at Live Earth Japan on July 7, 2007.
The band also saw success with the rest of the album's singles, "Bleed It Out", "Shadow of the Day", "Given Up", and "Leave Out All the Rest", which were released throughout 2007 and early 2008.
Linkin Park embarked on another Projekt Revolution tour in 2008.
Mike Shinoda announced a live CD/DVD titled Live at Milton Keynes, which is a live video recording from the Projekt Revolution gig at the Milton Keynes Bowl on June 29, 2008, which was officially released on November 24, 2008. ===2008–2011: A Thousand Suns=== In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010.
Mike Shinoda announced a live CD/DVD titled Live at Milton Keynes, which is a live video recording from the Projekt Revolution gig at the Milton Keynes Bowl on June 29, 2008, which was officially released on November 24, 2008. ===2008–2011: A Thousand Suns=== In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010.
Mike Shinoda announced a live CD/DVD titled Live at Milton Keynes, which is a live video recording from the Projekt Revolution gig at the Milton Keynes Bowl on June 29, 2008, which was officially released on November 24, 2008. ===2008–2011: A Thousand Suns=== In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010.
On August 31, 2010, it was announced that the band would perform the single live for the first time at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010.
The band revealed it was the first of many new remixes inspired by Reanimation to come. ==Philanthropy== On January 19, 2010, Linkin Park released a new song titled "Not Alone" as part of a compilation from Music for Relief called Download to Donate for Haiti in support of the Haiti Earthquake crisis.
On February 10, 2010, Linkin Park released the official music video for the song on their homepage.
The band charted in numerous Billboard Year-End charts in 2011.
He later revealed in another interview in September 2011 that the band was still in the beginning phases of the next album, saying "We just kind of began.
The single itself was released on October 21, 2011. On January 11, 2011, an updated version of Download to Donate for Haiti was launched, called Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0, with more songs to download.
For the updated compilation, the band released Keaton Hashimoto's remix of "The Catalyst" from the "Linkin Park featuring YOU" contest. Shinoda designed two T-shirts, in which the proceeds would go to Music for Relief to help the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disasters.
The band released the song titled as "Issho Ni", meaning "we're in this together", on March 22, 2011 via Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan. In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, Linkin Park played at Club Nokia during the "Music for Relief: Concert for the Philippines" in Los Angeles, and raised donations for victims.
Billboard estimates that Linkin Park earned US$5 million between May 2011 and May 2012, making them the 40th-highest-paid musical artist.
In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.
Later, on March 28, 2012, Shinoda confirmed that the band is filming a music video for "Burn It Down".
So there's going to be that". On April 15, 2012, Shinoda announced that Living Things would be the title of Linkin Park's fifth album.
The band promoted the album on the 2012 edition of the Honda Civic Tour, with co-headliners Incubus.
The band performed "Burn It Down" at 2012 Billboard Music Awards.
Linkin Park's single, "Castle of Glass", was nominated for 'Best Song in a Game' at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards.
Billboard estimates that Linkin Park earned US$5 million between May 2011 and May 2012, making them the 40th-highest-paid musical artist.
Linkin Park also played at the Soundwave music festival in Australia, where they shared the stage with Metallica, Paramore, Slayer and Sum 41. On August 10, 2013, the band collaborated with American musician Steve Aoki to record the song "A Light That Never Comes" for Linkin Park's online puzzle-action game LP Recharge (short for Linkin Park Recharge), which was launched on Facebook and the official LP Recharge website on September 12, 2013.
On the day of the game's release, Linkin Park made a post on their Facebook explaining that the song used to promote the game would be included on a new remix album, entitled Recharged, which was released on October 29, 2013 on CD, vinyl, and digital download.
The band also worked on the soundtrack for the film Mall, which was directed by Joe Hahn. ===2013–2015: The Hunting Party=== In an interview with Fuse, Shinoda confirmed that Linkin Park had begun recording their sixth studio album in May 2013.
The band released the song titled as "Issho Ni", meaning "we're in this together", on March 22, 2011 via Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan. In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, Linkin Park played at Club Nokia during the "Music for Relief: Concert for the Philippines" in Los Angeles, and raised donations for victims.
In 2014, the band was declared as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!. ==History== ===1996–2000: Early years=== Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends: Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson.
The band released the first single from their upcoming album, titled, "Guilty All the Same" on March 6, 2014 through Shazam.
The Hunting Party was released on June 13, 2014, in most countries, and later released in the United States on June 17. Linkin Park performed at Download Festival on June 14, 2014, where they played their debut album, Hybrid Theory, in its entirety.
Linkin Park headlined Rock am Ring and Rock im Park in 2014, along with Metallica, Kings of Leon, and Iron Maiden.
On May 9, Linkin Park performed at the first edition of Rock in Rio USA, in direct support for Metallica. On November 9, 2014, MTV Europe named Linkin Park the "Best Rock" act of 2014 at their annual music awards ceremony.
The band won the 'Best Rock Band' and 'Best Live Act' titles of 2014 on Loudwire's Music Awards.
Revolver ranked The Hunting Party as the fourth best album of 2014.
In 2014, the band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by
In January 2015, the band embarked on a tour to promote the release of The Hunting Party, consisting of 17 concerts across the United States and Canada.
In an interview with AltWire on May 4, Shinoda reflected on The Hunting Party and commented on Linkin Park's future, stating; "I'm really happy with the reaction from The Hunting Party, and I think we're ready to move somewhere new on the next album, which will be coming [in 2016]". Linkin Park collaborated with Steve Aoki on the song "Darker Than Blood" for Aoki's album Neon Future II, which was released in May 2015.
The first preview of the song came during Aoki's performance on February 28, 2015 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois.
The song was debuted on Twitch on April 13 and released on April 14. Linkin Park performed at the closing ceremony of BlizzCon 2015, Blizzard's video game convention. ===2015–2017: One More Light and Bennington's death=== Linkin Park began working on new material for a seventh studio album in November 2015.
In an interview with AltWire on May 4, Shinoda reflected on The Hunting Party and commented on Linkin Park's future, stating; "I'm really happy with the reaction from The Hunting Party, and I think we're ready to move somewhere new on the next album, which will be coming [in 2016]". Linkin Park collaborated with Steve Aoki on the song "Darker Than Blood" for Aoki's album Neon Future II, which was released in May 2015.
Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died by suicide in July 2017.
Chester Bennington commented on the album's direction by stating, "We've got a lot of great material that I hope challenges our fanbase as well as inspires them as much as it has us." In February 2017, Linkin Park released promotional videos on their social network accounts, which featured Shinoda and Bennington preparing new material for the album.
The band's seventh album, One More Light, was released on May 19, 2017. Bennington died on July 20, 2017; his death was ruled a suicide by hanging.
The event was over three hours long and was streamed live via YouTube. In November 2017, the band announced that a live album compiled from their final tour with Bennington, titled One More Light Live, would be released on December 15.
On November 19, Linkin Park received an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist and dedicated the award to Bennington. ===2017–2020: Hiatus=== Linkin Park remained on hiatus between Bennington's death and 2020. During an Instagram live chat on December 17, 2017, Shinoda was asked whether Linkin Park would perform with a hologram version of Bennington in the future.
I cannot fuck with that." On January 28, 2018, Shinoda replied to a tweet from a fan inquiring about his future with Linkin Park, writing "I have every intention on continuing with LP, and the guys feel the same.
On April 17, Linkin Park was nominated for three awards at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, but did not win any of them.
The band was presented with The George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at UCLA on May 18. On February 18, 2019, Shinoda said in an interview that the band is open to the idea of continuing though what form that takes has yet to be decided.
In April 2020, bassist Dave Farrell revealed the band was working on new music. Linkin Park is among the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide.
On November 19, Linkin Park received an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist and dedicated the award to Bennington. ===2017–2020: Hiatus=== Linkin Park remained on hiatus between Bennington's death and 2020. During an Instagram live chat on December 17, 2017, Shinoda was asked whether Linkin Park would perform with a hologram version of Bennington in the future.
I would never want to feel like we are replacing Chester." ===2020–present: Return to music=== On April 28, 2020, bassist Dave Farrell revealed the band is working on new music.
On August 13, the band released "She Couldn't", a track that was originally recorded in 1999, and it was included on a 20th anniversary edition of their debut album Hybrid Theory, released on October 9. On January 8, 2021, Linkin Park released a remix of "One Step Closer" by American electronic duo 100 gecs.
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