Linkin Biography Park

They are the most successful and popular representatives of the alternative scene. Existing from the year, the group sold more than 50 million copies of albums and was awarded the Grammy award twice. The group gained success thanks to the debut album called “Hybrid Theory” sold by 10 million copies, as a result of which he gained “diamond” status awarded by RIAA in the year.

The next studio album, Meteora, repeated the success of the previous one, leading in the year, in the Billboard Top chart money received from sales of this album, the group used for charity purposes around the world. The last Minutes to Midnight album, which took the first places of the charts in 32 countries, became three times platinum, and successfully leader in Billboard all year.

At the beginning of the year, the group planned to release a new studio album, with a new sound, new samples and a new feeling in alternative music, but some reasons influenced the transfer of release dates at the beginning of the year. The group was founded in the year of two classmates Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson. Officially, Linkin Park as the group began to act only in despite the limited resources, the guys began recording several songs in the Bedroom of the bus, which became the first group studio.

After the failures of many labels from the contract with the group, stress and discontent in it became more and more. Realizing that this group will not have the future, Mark left the team in search of other projects. Dave Farrell also had to leave them, as his other project began a tour. Through his friend Jeff Blue, the Vice President Zomba Music, the musicians called Bennington and asked them to send their vocals on a demo cassette.

Bennington, looking up from the celebration of his birthday, recorded a demo cassette, and let it listen to the guys on the phone. His unique voice made a great impression on the group. The next day, Chester flew to Los Angeles. After Chester agreed to join the group, she began to be called Hybrid Theory.

The idea of ​​mixing vocal styles gave an impetus to compose new material, which helped to revive the group. The times of change have come. But due to the fact that such a domain on the Internet was busy and its ransom was very expensive, the group called Linkin Park. The group managed to conclude a contract with Warner Bros. The next year, the group released the Hybrid Theory debut album, which contained material, accumulated for many years.

The album became very successful, sold 4 million thousand per year. The group held a US Tour, repeatedly performing with well -known rappers, and also took part in the OZZZFEST festival. Linkin Park also recorded the Reanimation remixes album. In the year, a second album of a group called Meteora, who headed the Billboard for sales of albums, was released. After the release of this album, the group became one of the most popular in the world.

However, the success of the first album was not surpassed, despite the relatively positive reviews of critics. The number of recitative inserts decreased significantly, the music has become more melodious. Critics compared a new album with U2 works. Fans of the group took the album ambiguously, the assessments differed from the enthusiastic to extremely negative.

Chester Bennington himself, in an interview, said that on the Meteora album the group was forced to follow the pressure of fans, copying the style of the debut “Hybrid Theory”, but now, with a new sound, Linkin Park “feels comfortable”. At the warm -up, they were a Russian alternative group Jane Air. He was a bassist in the group -Nosedive. SKA-Punk is playing now.

Works in Velvet -Hammer Management. The manager of the TAPROOT group used to work with the System of A Download group.