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.