By Cody Rudd
The Band Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar,
piano, keyboards Chester Bennington – vocals Joe Hahn – electronics, backing vocals,
keyboard Brad Delson – lead guitar, keyboards,
bass guitar Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion Dave Farrell “Phoenix” – bass guitar,
backing vocals
Brief History The band joined together in
1996 in Agoura Hills, California. Chester Bennington, joined the
band in 1998. The following the year the band became Linkin Park, named after Lincoln Park in California.
Original name of the band was Hybrid Theory, which they named their first album after in 2000.
Mike Shinoda formed a side band called Fort Minor with the help of Jay-Z.
The band has also helped raised money for charity as well as helping out during the Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004-05. They created the Music for Relief to help raise funds for the destruction.
As they worked on their albums their genre changed. Their style changed to a softer rock-pop with hip-hop infused.
Their latest album, Living Things was a dub step-like sound, the electronics effects are much more prevalent in the music.
Nu Metal Nu Metal, is a sub-genre of heavy metal
music and adds hip-hop and hardcore punk to the music.
It is largely based upon syncopation (unity of different rhythms in the music) and the heavier guitar riffs.
Their original style of music when the band was created; it is heard in their albums Hybrid Theory and Meteora.
The bands genre now in considered alternative.
Influences Deftones – Hardcore-heavy metal sound The Roots – hip-hop sound Nine Inch Nails – electronic sound Aphex Twin – electronic sound
“In the End”Listen For:
The hip-hop style of singing, the heavier sound of the guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yw1Tgj9-VU
Listen For:The hip-hop style of singing, the heavy guitar
playing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmUTBDuUGz8
“One Step Closer”
Music History 2000 Hybrid Theory 2003 Meteora 2007 Minutes to Midnight 2010 A Thousand Suns 2012 Living Things 2014 The Hunting Party (6-17)
Collaborated with other artists to create Reanimation in 2002
Collaborated with Jay-Z to create Collision Course in 2004
Music in Cinema The Transformers trilogy. They have three songs for
the each of the movies. Transformers – “What I’ve
Done” Transformers: Revenge of
the Fallen – “New Divide” Transformers: Dark Side of
the Moon – “Iridescent”
“What I’ve Done”Listen For:
The movement away from nu metal, the pop style of singing, the hip-hop sound
of the band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMePM9Q-bYk
“Waiting for The End”Listen For:
Very little nu-metal sound , the percussion, digital effects, the softer style of singing, harmony on the verse from Bennington
and Shinoda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qF_qbaWt3Q
Bibliography Andrew Leahey, Rovi. Linkin Park. Biography. 2014. Web. May
2, 2014. http://www.billboard.com/artist/307438/linkin-park/biography
Wikipedia. Nu Metal. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 2014.
Web. May 2, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_metal Rolling Stone. Linkin Park. Biography. 2014. Web. May 2, 2014.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/linkin-park
Wikipedia. Linkin Park. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. May 2, 2014. Web. May 2, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park
Images: Google Images: Linkin Park.