Though we might not have been ready for the immense changes that were around the corner, this gave fans enough incentive to stay along for the ride.Įssential tracks: “Keys To The Kingdom,” “Final Masquerade” “Guilty All The Same” Odds and Ends Reanimation (2002)Įven when they became superstars, Linkin Park never stopped being fans of music. Brad Delson actually went for a few more solos, and Bennington turned in some of his most fiery vocal performances in ages.
The band settled on the remedy that was The Hunting Party, For the heavier stripe of LP fan, this is the kind of stuff you’ve been waiting for since Meteora. Once Linkin Park came back down to Earth, all of the heavy music they loved seemed unmoored. Pushing your sound forward may be fun, but you can only go so far with it. Nothing can take away from Hybrid Theory, but a few more years down the road, this might be looked at as their Kid A or Dark Side Of The Moon.Įssential tracks: “When They Come For Me,” “Waiting For The End,” “Wretches And Kings” The Hunting Party (2014) It would go on to define the alternative music scene going forward. Whereas most of the nü-metal bands were dying out, this was the record that gave Linkin Park a purpose again. Though reception was mixed at the time, they really had guts to make a record like this, which holds up as a story of a dystopian future about what happens once the bombs are dropped.
And when they released A Thousand Suns, we certainly got a different flavor of the band, going for a full concept record with different electronic interludes and a grand musical vision.
Since they shed their nü-metal funk skin from their last album, Linkin Park needed a change of pace to keep them in the good graces of rock. If for some unexplainable reason, you haven’t heard the defining record of the ‘00s (which went diamond by 2005, no less), check it out.Įssential tracks: “Papercut,” “In the End,” “A Place For My Head” Next Chapter A Thousand Suns (2010) This is also where we got introduced to Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda’s chemistry, where they would take the reins on every song and grab you by the throat. Joe Hahn’s turntables offset the guitar riffs perfectly. Tapping into real pain, this was the first album that felt like a perfect “hybrid” of different sounds. Though Limp Bizkit and Korn were also letting out their anger, this is the closest to how many of us were feeling on the ground.Įssential tracks: “Numb,” “Breaking The Habit,” “Easier To Run” Hybrid Theory (2000)Īfter different starts under the names Xero and Hybrid, Linkin Park’s debut was a wake-up call for the angsty set of metalheads. Created while on their first major tour, LP grew up into mature songwriters who spoke about real pain that every teenager was feeling. While we’ll get to that in a second, Meteora is every member of the band working at the peak of their powers. Some of the more die-hard LP fans are probably wondering why their dominating debut isn’t the very first thing here. So let’s explore Linkin Park’s legacy and what made them one of the most influential acts of the new millennium. That type of career doesn’t always make for the easiest discography to navigate. Somehow, they managed to construct metal riffs that smoothly blended with electronica, hip-hop and even pop. Instead of following the pack in an era when nü metal was reaching its height of popularity, this scrap of musicians outta California put everything that made them tick into their music. It does not store any personal data.Rock ’n’ roll as we know it today would probably look a lot different without Linkin Park. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
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