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History of the Band Linkin Park Essay

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Linkin Park is a new metal band from Los Angeles, California. It has been an active band since 1996. Their labels are Warner Brothers Records and Machine Shop Recordings. The six members are Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Joseph Hahn, Brad Delson, Rob Bourdon, and Dave Farrell. Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson recorded the band's first material in 1996. The two had attended high school together, where they met the band's drummer, Rob Bourdon. Mike Shinoda hooked up with DJ Joseph Hahn while studying illustration at Art Center College in Pasadena. Meanwhile, attending UCLA, Brad Delson shared an apartment with bassist Dave Farrell, who left the band after college and returned a year later. At this point, they named themselves Xero and …show more content…

He also liked it because the name had no meaning, allowing the music to describe itself. However, since the domain name "lincolnpark.com" was already taken and the band couldn't afford to purchase it, they changed the spelling from "Lincoln" to "Linkin" so they could purchase the domain name "linkinpark.com". However, it has also been said that the name 'Linkin Park' was suggested so that the band would appear right next to Limp Bizkit at record stores. On October 24, 2000, Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory, was released in the United States. The record's first single was "One Step Closer". Hybrid Theory eventually received 8x platinum. Hybrid Theory, unlike many other metal band albums, does not contain any curses or swear words. This was because the band thought that swear words take away attention from the music. They wanted something that the public could listen to and enjoy over and over again. In early 2001, the band's second single, "Crawling", was released and won the band a Grammy Award for "Best Hard Rock Performance" in 2002. In mid-2001, the band released its third single, "In the End". The song would prove to be the band's biggest hits of 2001. In 2002, they released a remix album of their Hybrid Theory album, called Reanimation. The next album released was Meteora. The album's first single, "Somewhere I Belong", was released in February of 2003. On March 25, 2003, Meteora was released

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