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Early
years (1996–2000)
Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends: Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson. The three attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills,
California, a suburb of Los Angeles. After graduating from high school, the three
began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, and Mark Wakefield
to perform in their band, Xero. 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. Tensions and frustration within the band grew however after
they failed to land a record deal. The lack of success and stalemate in
progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the band's vocalist, to leave the
band in search of other projects. 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. Bennington, formerly of
a post-grunge band by the name of Grey Daze, became a standout among
applicants because of the dynamic in his singing style. The band then agreed on
changing its name from Xero to Hybrid Theory; the newborn vocal chemistry
between Shinoda and Bennington helped revive the band, inciting them to work on
new material. 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's renaissance
culminated with a change in name; from Hybrid Theory, the band once again
changed its name, this time to Linkin Park, a play on and homage to Santa Monica's
Lincoln Park. The band initially wanted to utilize the name "Lincoln
Park", however they changed it to "Linkin" to acquire the
internet domain "linkinpark.com". After failing to catch Warner Bros. Records on three previous
reviews, Jeff Blue, now the vice president of Warner Bros. Records, helped the
band sign a deal with the company in 1999. The band released its breakthrough
album, Hybrid Theory, the following year.
Linkin Park’s
Album
a. Hybrid Theory and Reanimation (2000–02)
b. Meteora (2002–04)
c. Side projects
(2004–06)
d. Minutes to Midnight (2006–08)
e. A Thousand Suns (2008–11)
f. Living Things and Recharged (2011–13)
g. The Hunting Party (2013–15)
h. Seventh studio album
(2015–present)
Charity
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 single itself was released on October 21, 2011.
Shinoda
designed two T-shirts, in which the proceeds will go to Music for Relief to
help the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku
earthquake and tsunami disasters. Music for Relief released Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief
Japan, another compilation of songs, in which the proceeds will go to Save the Children. 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, Linkin Park played at Club Nokia during the
"Music for Relief: Concert for the Philippines" in Los Angeles,
California, and raised donations for victims. The show was broadcast on AXS TV on February 15. Other artists during
the show included The Offspring, Bad Religion, Heart, and The Filharmonic.
Current members
- Chester Bennington – lead vocals (1999–present)
- Mike
Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano (1996–present)
- Brad
Delson – lead guitar (1996–present); bass (1998–2000)
- Dave Farrell – bass (1996–1998;
2000–present)
- Joe Hahn –
turntables, samples, synthesizer,
keyboard, programming (1996–present)
- Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion (1996–present)
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