THE MISUNDERSTOOD GENIUS OF LINKIN PARK
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
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What is the secret to Linkin Park's massive influence on rock and metal? I cover:
* Chester Bennington's vocals coupled with Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn's art direction
* Breakthrough videos like "In The End" and "Breaking The Habit" (and did they invent AMVs?)
* Iconic Linkin Park albums like "Hybrid Theory," "Reanimation" and "Collision Course"
* Their other ventures like LP Underground, Machine Shop Records & Projekt Revolution
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0:00 Intro
2:58 "Hybrid Theory" & Chester Bennington's impact
8:38 Linkin Park's visuals & videos
14:21 Linkin Park Underground, Machine Shop Records & Projekt Revolution
21:28 Their impact on modern rock and metal - Розваги
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Wow, learned something new today.
@@xp8969 FACTS TALK TO THESE CAPITALISTS!!!!!
That's why he suicided
actually the dude that did the art for MGS is Yoji Shinkawa , shinji mikami Did the design for Resident evil and RE4 11:34 great video btw
I think LPs success is due to 10% luck, 20% skill, 15% concentrated power of will, 5% pleasure, and 50% pain.
and 100% reason to remember the name
Huh? Is this a Linkin Park verse?
@@evanhayes5891 fort minor
@@evanhayes5891 It's from Mike's Fort Minor project - Remember The Name
Fort minor❤️
I didn’t listen to metal until Linkin Park opened that door. Rap was the only music I knew. Grateful for everything they’ve done for the evolution of music 🤘🏼🐐 ~ Matt B
🙏🏼
Didn't expect to see you here, love your music, and I'm super excited for the Quarentine Chronicles Vol. 2!
@@andre8273 They’ve made it a habit of commenting on a lot of other entertainers’ content. Probably the best in the game at it
And Danny is a good screamer
You classify LP as metal? Smh.
Hybrid Theory is a masterpiece. Literally every song could have been a single. Chester,s vocal range was so insane!!!
And we will never ever have anything like it again.
@Ryan Schilling both are awesome man, too hard to choose.
You could put that cd on and play it straight thru. Banger after banger.
Just unbelievable hearing that for the first time.
Pushing me away has been my favourite LP song right from the very beginning. So many great songs on that album
@Ryan Schilling agreed both very good albums but I agree me personally I like meteora a little bit more
Linkin Park defined so much of my life. I had to beg my mom to use her credit card to join the LP underground. Project Revolution was the first tour I travelled to 3 provinces away to see (cracked my skull on the metal barrier and everything)
- I also think Jay-Z was ‘retired’ at the time of Collision Course and this was a project he chose to break it with at the time which made it even more impressive.
Looks like YOU had a sad life, my friend. Linkin Park taught kids how to misspell the word "Lincoln" and filled a small part of my life with laughably bad rap-rock. Good riddance!
@@lordpaul0420 Why the hate if you don't like why are you here you're the one who sounds like you have a sad life.
@@lordpaul0420 Imagine not liking a band but clicking on their tribute videos just to hate on people that do like them. Amazing how the internet works.
@@lordpaul0420 You watch The Damage Report and listen to Ween..your opinion is worthless.
@@lordpaul0420 Lmao chill
Meteora’s CD album booklet is so full of art that you can barely get it back into the case.
Facts 😂🙌🏽
I got a casette
@@PranayKotapi of what?
@@Official_Kosha of meteora! :D
@@PranayKotapi they released Meteora on cassette?! Lol
I was on a road trip with my family in Arizona in 2001 with my CD player and headphones in the car. My parents could hear Chester's vocals on Hybrid Theory through the cheap headphones and said "you've listened to that so many times... don't you ever get a headache?"
"Never"
Never would've figured you also liked Linkin Park.
A fellow man of culture, I see!!
Fancy meeting you here, watching this as I pull the d series out of my eg hatch for my new b18.
Was not expecting THE dude in blue... Especially to have the exact same story as me basically. Went to see my brother in Colorado. Seattle, WA to Grand Junction, CO, and then back. It was nothing but hybrid theory!
@@danielnelson4881 made a few trips from Eastern Washington to Seattle area to visit my dad. And is was always hybrid theory, or Wisconsin death trip.
The weird thing is that Mike wrote pretty much all of the darkest stuff, I think Mike actually wrote breaking the habit before Chester joined about a friend of his. I think Chester and Mike just clicked on a really personal level and got each other.
Yeah that is basically what I have been hearing. Mike would listen to Chester talk about issues and he would bring them to life in songs. I always looked at it as Mike as the brains and Chester as the heart of the group
And Joe was the eyes and hands and the rest was the blood that flowed with it
It's too bad Mike sounds like a wannabe tough guy when he raps. As much as I like Linkin Park.
Speaking of Breaking the Habit - what is the most haunting of this song, that obviously sounds like a suicide note, is that there's a demo with Mike's vocals and... and completely different lyrics. So for me it feels like with Chester it was completely redone, becoming a way too dark and sincere thing. Such sincere, that one would be too shy telling that it's sincere.
It definitely feels that final lyrics were made by Chester.
@@hunterlawless8835 there's rappers like LL Cool J that are more believable. He doesn't sound too try hard when he raps about something serious.
For me Linkin Park will always be an example of hardwork and humility. No celebrity drama playing to your strengths. Friendship and humanity. Building a worldwide fan base. Artwork and video production. Always for the art and for the fans
I have been relistening to “Hybrid Theory” and “Meteora” - there’s not a skipable track on those two albums
They still hold up today - easily
Not to mention the incredible features/remixes in “Reanimation” - they can’t be touched
100% agree. I did a video on their Top 10 Riffs and half are from those two records.
To this day, I have not heard a better guitar sound, a better distorsion, that can come even close to the quality of both HT and Meteora
Lying From You is still my shit
Just ran through Hybrid Theory a couple days ago. Absolutely timeless. Every song is a sing-along/rap-along/headbanging/catchy piece of perfection.
@@versanias Blending a JCM800 and Dual Rec through 4x12s with a PRS is a KILLER tone. AFI did a similar rig for their 2000s albums.
I agree with you.
Without Linkin Park, to me, my passion for rock and metal wouldn’t exist.
Sad
Gotta say the same...
same
Linkin Park and Paramore really shaped my music taste. They're all I listened to when I was 13-16yrs old lol
Same
I can say the same thing about them, as well as Breaking Benjamin, Evanescence, and Nickelback. People can rat on alternative rock/metal, post-grunge, and hard rock all they want - without these “radio rock” bands and Slipknot, there'd be no modern heavier bands like BMTH, Of Mice & Men, Architects, etc.
Chester's suicide really broke my heart. It also opened my eyes about how even famous people struggle with mental illness. I am bipolar and I know what it's like to feel so depressed that you want to end things. Yet when I heard that some famous person was depressed, I'd be like" Pfft why are they depressed. They have everything. They are rich and famous. I got nothing, I'm a broke nobody so I got more reasons." I would feel this way while in a very low period of my depression phase. I felt very sad and ashamed of myself when Chester died. Especially since it was only one month after Chris Cornell died. Their deaths brought up memories of how I felt when Kurt Cobain Died. It's a shame that the mental health system is still failing people after all these years. It's a damn shame that mental illness still has a stigma that kept these people from reaching out to get help. Hopefully in the future the mental health system will do better. And people will have more empathy for mentally ill people.
We need FREE help for mental health. I hear people say "I'm so depressed", but not "I HAVE depression". There is a big difference. I'm lucky that I have a doctor who listens to my struggles, & can prescribe meds, which have really helped. I hope you have someone who cares for you & tries to help, as much as they can. I care!
im bi polar also. i had a manic episode 1 week after chesters deaths. i suffer from generalized anxiety disorder on top of it. my best friend was scared that i was going to end my life because he knew how much chetser meant to me and im sure you have an idea how hard it is what you are in that stated of mind. ive had problems from a young age, first attempted suicide by trying to hang myself by the rope broke and i snapped out of it. im 34 now and things have only gotten worse for me. i now have a psych who i actually like and understand the problems from my past until now
Glad you found a psych you like. That makes a lot of difference. Hope life gets better for you! I know times are especially hard rn, but there are people who care. I care.
@@imwithyou38 I really hope things get better for you. Bipolar has so many ups and downs, changing constantly. My bipolar ex killed himself a few months ago. Please, if youre ever feeling like that, just wait. Put it off for another hour. Another day. Another week. Dont let the tunnel vision of pain in the moment blind you. Keep fighting. You are loved. You are worth it. Even if you dont feel like you are. And its worth sticking with life, even if its just out of spite.
@@susanbevins1027 I swear I don't mean to be rude. I'd love for everyone to have access to anything that improves their quality of life. Although, don't you think it's fair to say, there's no way mental health could be free. There's all kinds of expenses that come with offering any kind of health care. Doctors' time isn't cheap, that's why they go to school for a decade. When people say something should be free, what they're really saying is, someone else should pay for it.
Linkin Park literally got me through the years 2000-2002. Without Hybrid Theory and Reanimation, I might not have lived to see 2003. Incredible, the power of music.
I had the privilege to meet/sing with Chester when he was fronting Stone Temple Pilots during their tour in 2015 in San Antonio. To this day I have no words. What a voice.
Didn't know he was with STP for awhile! Time to watch all them videos
This band…. This band is what lead me to falling in love with rock music. Can you imagine being 9y/o in foster care and hearing the Numb remix with Jay-Z playing while flipping through music stations on the radio? Like Chester’s lyrics spoke to me so profoundly at such a young age. Then every time I hear Where’d You Go by Fort Minor… I cry, I cry my heart out because Mike was able to express my feelings about my mother I couldn’t even articulate as a child but when I heard that song for the first time I just knew he was saying what I wished I could say. Sadly she died when I was young but I can’t listen to that song in particular often because it’s so painful. But thanks for this video because LP were my vehicle to safety and genre of music that saved my life.
I just lost my mum. I feel your pain!
Where'd you go is an amazing song. Skylar Grey back when she was going by her birth name
Mike is a living legend. Its startling to know that before HT was released, the label was trying to kick him out ( which he mentioned in his Fort Minor song 'Get me Gone') . The band stuck together but we gotta give Mike credit for his insane talents. I mean he isn't just the rapper guy. He plays all sorts of instruments, does synthesizing, programming and sampling, is an artist and animator, does amazing production, writes insanely meaningful lyrics (which has been one of LP's strongest points) and also has beautiful singing voice (which I believe is very underrated and under-appreciated).
But what makes LP better is their evolution. They didn't stick to Chester singing-Mike rapping-chorus and as the songs progressed, we saw more of Mike singing (and gaining confidence) than rapping, less screaming and more soulful Chester. Their live performances still astound me like The Catalyst, When they come for me, Rebellion, Guity all the same etc which sound even better than studio versions.
And now, we can't hang onto the fact that there's no future for the band without Chester. We have Mike who's gonna carry it forward like he always had. We have Brad, Dave, Rob and Joe who are perfect to their niche. #LPSoldier
“Linkin Park was the single biggest point of entry for rock and metal for a whole generation of kids”
Yes… Hybrid Theory started it all for me! I was 8 yrs old or so and I lived in El Salvador at the time I first listened to that record. That was way over 10 yrs ago and ever since I have listened to metal and Hybrid Theory is still my all time favorite record. I know every single lyric to every song in that record, the entire song list in order, the timings when one song starts after the other, drum patterns, guitar riffs, Joe’s scratching…
Nothing, I think, will ever come as close as that in terms of music, creativity, aesthetics, art. Even Meteora is like an amped version of Hybrid Theory. I think Linkin Park’s first two records are some of the stuff you should listen at least once in your lifetime no matter if you are a rock/metal fan or not.
Yes ! Im now 30. And i can say the first time hybrid theory came out my dad bought a album and a T-shirt for me because i wanted it. And till today i still listnen it on my forklift truck.
Childhood friend of mine from El Salvador introduced me to Linkin Park
I agree wholeheartedly. I was that kid that pretty apathetic in terms to music choice. I was that kid that listens to what their parents usually listened to.
That was until my friend and neighbor invited me to play video games back in 2000. While he was preparing his console, he put a CD in the player while I waited.
I can never forget the intro of Papercut and how it changed me.
I was like: "Dude, what band is that? Sounds so cool!"
"It's Linkin Park."
First band that got me into metal. I remeber the first time i found out about amvs. I was like 6 years and i never felt so connected to music until that dope hook in crawling came up. Blew me away completely!
When Meteora came out I cut a poster in sections and turned my vertical blinds into Linkin Park blinds. That’s how cool this band was at the time.
That sounds dope as fuck
I had a whole twelve foot wall that was LP posters, pages from magazine articles with them, ads Mike and Joe were in (and Ecko one). It was the entirety of the 2000’s for me (up to 2012 when I moved).
Now that’s ingenuity! 👏🏻
As for the note about them not swearing, they eventually started to right around Minutes To Midnight, but it doesn’t sound forced like a lot of angsty bands or casual and pointless like it does for a lot of modern rappers. When Linkin Park swears, it’s because it’s the perfect amount of impactful and meaningful. It’s basically the music equivalent of the PG13 F bomb
That’s one of the things that turned me off to MtM. Swearing wasn’t foreign to me, I was listening to a lot of 2Pac at the same time. But to me it did sound forced, because up to that point they had avoided it.
@@tactikiller I mean I guess if you were just following the studio releases, I could see the change being pretty jarring, but factoring in Hybrid Theory EP, Collision Course, Fort Minor and Chester's appearance on the Queen Of The Damned soundtrack, it didn't seem too out of place to me. Also I find it kind of funny that they avoided swearing during the nu metal era where literally everyone had a PA sticker, then started swearing on main records during the Christian metalcore boom
@@widnawz I never got around to joining the LPU, the only song I had off of one of those releases was QWERTY, I didn’t listen to the Queen of the Damned soundtrack, and considering the set up of collision course with Jay, the profanity wasn’t highlighted for me. It’s not like Chester was singing “I’m so fucking Numb” on the remix. The profanity seemed par for Jay and that was just part of it. It was just disappointing to hear on a mainline LP release.
@@tactikiller Yeah it sounded really forced in Bleed It Out when Mike randomly says 'fuck this hurts'. Also in Hands Held High, I find the use of the term 'fuckers' weird considering I didn't think that term was often used outside the UK
@@iliketrains3495 we say fuckers here a lot. Usually “mother fuckers”, but I’ve heard “those fuckers” too. It would’ve been a lot weirder to hear “sod this hurts”.
Hybrid Theory was my christmas gift in 2001. Still have it, still a fucking blast.
When papercut comes on in any playlist it still hypes me up!
I gave the 69th like. Nobody mess it up! Hehe
@@justinchastant9246 that’s besides the point. Shut
@@Kee23383 I will destroy everything you once held dear.
you should totally get mike shinoda on your podcast. he is absolutely one of my favorite artists ever and would love to hear you talk with him
Honestly, LP is simply God status for alternative culture
Yes
@@zipzip8239 what?
@@zipzip8239 no. I don't get why you would lmfao
@@zipzip8239 I disagree
@@zipzip8239 ok
so so true about them being an entry point for so many kids getting into rock and metal, linkin park and blink 182 were my first favourite bands when I was 14. eventhough I don't listen to them much these days, their music still hits home like when I first heard them.
Couldn’t agree with you more!
Right on. I would never be into Obituary and Morbid Angel and At the Gates - if it wasn’t for Limp Bizkit, Korn, Linkin park and Slipknot - who all got me into the heavier music in my teens.
It’s very fashionable to rip on nu metal - but the reality is there wouldn’t be a whole generation of metal heads without nu metal.
@@Grimeyhoob oh for sure, nobody's first favourite band was napalm death. we all started somewhere more accessible and I'm glad now that a lot of the metal elitists are starting to waken up to the importance of your gateway bands
@@byronbowler yeah unfortunately there’s a lot of infighting and polarisation in metal man. I guess metal is no different from broader society - where people fight like idiots about politics and other things without any form of respect or civility. But I am glad there are people like you and me who handle things like adults and not fighting little children.
As a 26 years old and most likely a bit younger than you, for me it was Simple Plan and Sum 41 who had heavier songs on "Chuck" and "Does This Look Infected?" Sum 41 was the first band I heard screaming. Linkin Park were among the first bands I listened to as well but that was more towards 2008 whereas Sum 41 came slightly earlier in my life
Eventhough Chester's now passed. I think its great to see Linkin Park finally getting some of the respect they are due, after being under fire from nearly every single genre since their inception. These guys did more for music in general than I think any other band in the last 30 years.
This band single handedly got me into music as a kid. Instill remember when I first heard "In the End" and it was like a religious experience for me. They got me into so many other bands and then eventually I took up singing as one of my favorite hobbies because of Chester influence in particular. Thank you for doing this awesome tribute to them 🙏
Same lol. First song I heard by them was New Divide, on a Halo custom map lol.
In the End got me into Linkin Park as well!! Will forever remember standing in the kitchen, about to leave for school, when the mv came on tv. Me and my friends spend the next few years hardcore listening to them, good times!!
Here's a fun fact: Skylar Grey started out on Machine Shop Records, and first featured on a Fort Minor song (she went by her real name Holly Brook back then). Now she's like a pretty big star.
Did not know this
yeah, I didn't knew who she was before Where you go by Fort Minor
Holy moly
And yet when someone asked her in Interview to sing her hook for Where'd You Go she didn't even remember the song lol....
It broke my heart when Chester passed. Hybrid Theory and Meteora were constantly in my CD player as a kid. His passing is the perfect example of "just be kind to people, you never know what they might be going through." I remember before he passed, people shitting on the band for doing One More Light, saying it was terrible and weak. I remember hearing that people had started throwing stuff at them during concerts. Not blaming that for his death but I feel as though it probably made him feel even more bleak leading up to his passing. It's quite simple to not like an artist's evolution without being nasty on social media and in real life. Love this band so much! Great video, Finn.
I was at Download Paris and Hellfest 2017 where they both headlined.... and they practically got booed offstage it was awful man. The Hellfest show they actually finished up 20mins early! Then they were scheduled to do man
Totally wrong crowds to play to. Honestly they should of just stuck to their own shows at that time or done special “throwback rock only shows” for the festival headlines, legit actually just like the Hellfest promoter tryed to bribe them to do (it was all over their social media at the time) the crowds were just too gatekeeping eltist or drunk rockers that just wanted their hits. It was embarrassing and I felt so bad for them. People are just so clueless and unthoughtful :/
It's one of the most beautiful album. Just not metal. I can't listen to one more light as the past just kinda strikes me
honestly as a person who isn't much into particular genre and more into lyrics (I don't really care if it's rap, rock, alt, pop or whatever) I feel so bad after hearing the backlash because there are quite a few songs in One More Light which touched me, Talking to Myself felt like a love letter to their older stuff, while Invisible just promoted positivity and forgiveness and love in the increasingly negative world. The suicide rates of 2016-17 periods were probably highest, and then there's Invisible with "You've got a lot to say
And you just wanna know you're being heard" and "If I cannot break your fall
I'll pick you up right off the ground" it really broke something very jaded in me. All these bands with angsty sounds, but when they started focusing on the positive they get backlash, for being pop. Isn't it is the same as shifting towards hip hop despite being a rock band? Or was it because hip hop was "cool"? Really sadens me out
He didnt pass. He killed himself.
Linkin Park is still my favorite band all these years later. After Chester died their music spoke to me even more because of how relatable it was with what I was going through in my life. RIP Chester
Linkin park was the soundtrack of my life when I was 12-13 years old. Their music takes me back to really good times. They have elevated to icon status. Back in the day musically they just did their own thing. They made great music with powerful lyrics. They are artists. Linkin park is practically a genre of music. There will never be another band like them , I will always consider myself a diehard loyal and loving fan. I was fortunate to see them in concert when I was 14. Very glad I did. When Chester passed away that was the first time I cried for a famous person I didn’t even know. He seemed to be a great guy and his millions of fans will forever miss him.
Like so many others, this was the band that really got me into music. They have inspired me in so many ways. Like you said, they were never just a band. Being a Linkin Park fan, especially in the LP Underground, really made you feel like you were part of a cultural movement that was going to change the world. Considering my favorite show as a kid was Gundam Wing, I always loved their visuals and their vision was inspiring. Thanks for doing this video man. Absolutely solid.
No lies detected.
Definitely a generational movement, moreso than just a band.
For sure bro. I still remember buying my first LPU membership and what it meant to me. Being a part of that online community was an amazing thing
I was a huge Gundam Wing fan back in the day as well. I’d like to dive back in
@@austins.2495 same. I'd love to see the series get a fresh revisit
I definitely feel that how some of the lyrics give you chills when you listen to them now. It was always so raw, always so emotional, but some of those songs hit harder than ever since he's been gone, knowing what he was going through at the time, how authentic those feelings were and how it ultimately became too much for him.
"There are things that we can have" Cheaters recorded vocals. "But cant keep." Him. RIP Chester. We got.it from here.
RIP Chester may he finally find the peace he was always looking for, as we all are.
“I don’t know how I got this way. I’ll *never* be alright”
@@sarahjamesinasarah6423 So I’m breaking the habit (of living) tongiht
@@vincemcmahonreadskoran3120 okay buddy, have fun in 7th grade.
Also "Music for Relief' was founded by the band Linkin Park in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Throughout its first twelve years, thanks to incredible artist partners, donors and supporters, Music for Relief responded to numerous natural disasters across six continents providing immediate relief and funding long-term recovery with a focus on sustainability."
They actually cared, Chesters back tattoo was attributed to their charity. These dudes are unmatched. I love every album ♥ True fans evolve with the art... What they made was beautiful and influential.
They were the best. Wonder how many other grown men like myself went into mourning when we heard of Chester passing. End of an era that's for sure...
Bro I cried for days
I closed myself off from everyone I knew after hearing about it. Luckily I remembered the message of the music meant to uplift people from that mentality and climbed from that pit.
I did. I was heart broken
Hybrid Theory is on my list of perfect albums from start to finish. Not a wasted moment. Truly a masterpiece.
I always liked that they didn't feel like they had to keep the same sound. The behind the scenes movie that came with the special edition of minutes to midnight made it very clear the band didn't want to to do a trilogy of the same sound. They experimented like crazy in different ways to write and make music on that album. They have been my biggest impact for music for me. My UA-cam profile picture is actually from that projekt revolution tour with MCR. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get Mike on the podcast, he has done UA-cam stuff on the past.
Incredible band! HYBRID THEORY is a perfect album that changed my life. I was an Underground member for the 1st 10 years or so, got to meet the band several times, and always admired their sound! Great vid as always :D
I honestly never understood the hate for stuff past Minutes To Midnight. Thousand Suns, Living Things, The Hunting Party, and One More Light all had amazing tracks. Listening to all 7 studio albums in my opinion there is not a single song I dislike or skip over. They go from heavy metal style in Papercut and One Step Closer, to a more calming rap of With You. They never really stuck to a single genre of music they went all over the place. Which is both hard to do and impressive. A huge reason why even now since 2007 I still love their work.
One of the first big metal bands to feature Asian men and in general people who didn’t fit the normal ‘look’ of NuMetal.
I donno, I feel like nu metal is where diversity in metal kinda started. Deftones, Ill niño, sevendust.
@@baboner1046 true bestie
@@baboner1046 Nu metal is where it almost died altogether by the end of the 90’s metal had already reached its farthest fringes in every direction and subgenre they just weren’t played on the radio. Def tones are the only band from the era I return to and they were only so memorable because of how great of a band they actually were. Nu metal was the deformed over saturated result of a then still alive but now dead music industry.
@@derfgerps4016 I guess? Not really related to my comment tho
Not true, Deftones came before them, Static X aswell. And Static X had did use their electronics better than LP did. Those guys really grabbed the synths, techno and rave elements properly. When LP came around synths and techno was already less popular. Hip Hop and rap was huge at the time. But it is true that nu metal allowed non white males and females to shine in the genre of metal. That is awesome.
I remember the first time i heard "crawling" in the music store. Chester's voice was a complete shock for me i bought the CD right there on the spot.
I remember Linkin Park were one of the first bands to offer a free download of the live recording of the gig you actually attended. Ground breaking stuff at the time.
They’re really generous people
I think they charged for it but it may have been free one year but even still I never attended any other concert that offered it
Mike Shinoda was the brains behind Linkin Park. Apparently he wrote all the songs, did the art work and did all of the charity work.
Linkin Park we’re my guys then and now. I’ve always had a personal experience with them. I’ve battled addiction, depression and anxiety and their music was what got me through it.
I’ve patterned my own writing and music after them and their vision and authenticity was what drew me in.
Chester passing away really hit me and I still get sad listening to them again.
So many of their songs show their talent and how it reached so many people.
I was a big rage against the machine fan and when i first heard Lp, it was a breath of fresh air for me,. it was rock and rap, but it wasn't just political.. they implemented emotions, relationships and relatable everyday life situations into their songs. I remember downloading the cd on some file sharing program and just listening to it back to back and back again. Living in the inner city and being a rock fan and a fan of all genres of music, it was the one band i could play around my friends and they wouldn't complain about. they hated when i would play Korn or Metallica, but Lp they would always chill to.
I have been a rock fan my whole life, but never had any appreciation for rap, until Linkin Park. The only band to effectively combine rock & rap. Mike Shinoda is crazy talented and really great with the fans too. As for Chester, I really related to him and to so many of the lyrics because I struggle with depression too. I was so sad that summer when Chris Cornell and Chester both died 2 months apart. I hope Mike and the rest of the band can move on though, in whatever way they need to.
I've been a Linkin Park fan since the beginning, but knowing more details about their artistic and entreprenurial endeavors makes me admire them much more
I’m 24 years old, and I remember my older cousin playing Hybrid Theory for me at his house when I was 5 or 6 and I was INSTANTLY hooked. That album definitely got me into heavier rock music and I still listen to it today. One of the greatest albums/bands of all time. RIP CHESTER
Fin I’m currently going to school for music production and I’m also studying music business you and your other projects have really inspired me and I have a notebook that I write down notes on your podcasts between prmba and urm (which I found out about through you) I have basically a full book thank you so much for making such amazing content. I really love this video you did an awesome job
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I wish ya well. But the schooling....I mean you shoulda put some cash into gear. You need your own name, sound,brand....school for that,when the internet exists,makes no sense to me.i hope it works for ya.im not meaning to be a prick either. It just seems to me you could get hands on experience for what your really trying to do. Because any schooling,even the most niched,is still gunna give you a one size fits all info dump,most kf which you probably wont be using
Reanimation is one of their most underrated albums! Definitely doesn't get enough love as it should. Such a great video for my favorite band! RIP Chester!
I remember I was super opposed to it because it wasn’t what I wanted lol. Definitely a great album.
I really think that Living Things is an underrated masterpiece. Maybe controversially, I think it's their best album. It feels so cutting edge to me
living things isnt underrated its pretty popular album with high views
You're comment on how LP is really almost a group of visual artists who just happen to make music is something I've been describing them as since I was in art school (god, like 20 years ago now). Almost everything they do seems to have a really strong visual accompaniment or sometimes almost seems entirely built around the visual.
They were the soundtrack to our high school art class, here in Jamaica
Yeah that's so true too! Great angle
Chester made me realize there's alot to live for. I remember being near the end of my life, when he passed, but it inspired me to not give up and started to be creative with music and other things. Love you Ches
I think you are forgetting something else Mike brings to the table. He's not just the guy who brings hip hop to the band he is fucking musical genius. people istill don't undestand just how far ahead of the curve he is. read that again, is not that he was ahead of the curve. he still is.
on a personal note, when their last album dropped I remember hating it. it took me years to get it. I had to go through a whole prosses of discovering new music and genres and ended up circling back to them and then I finally got it.
linkin park is legitimately the reason I’m still alive. They helped me grow up, they made me feel like my emotions weren’t meaningless, and that it was okay to be uncomfortable. They were, and still are, the heaviest influence in my life ❤️ LP FOREVER❤️
Chester was one of the best vocalist to come around the 2000s. He will forever be remembered for that but also just how sweet he was and the band
One of the best of ALL time*
I still remember the amv that got me into linkin park - "gohan vs. Cell - linkin park" the maker of the video used one step closer. That song amped me up in ways I never thought was achievable. It blew me away how raw and angry that song is. Thanks to amvs, I discovered music that I genuinely love, AND this was back when youtube was a very chill place where u hung out after a long day at school or work. Linkin park made my childhood. They helped me through 2009 onwards when I was a year in middle school going on to graduation. I miss being 11 watching these videos. My favorite is still "naruto vs. Sasuke - in the end" cuz that fight was the biggest thing during the time it aired and naruto was my number one anime at the time.
I love u Chester and I love u linkin park! Always have, always will!
Reanimation is legit my favorite album from them and remains one of the most futuristic albums I've ever heard. It still sounds ahead of its time, it's crazy.
Such an influential band. Back when I was living in So Cal I remember attending kaaboo festival the year after we lost Chester. I was super surprised to see Shaq on the lineup bc I wasn’t aware he was a DJ. Then during his set he paid tribute to Chester and played this techno remix of In the End, it was an amazing moment everybody singing along with all their heart. RIP CHESTER❤️
Shinji Mikami never drew anything for MGS, he was the Resident Evil designer. Yoji Shinkawa is the artist and character designer behind MGS lore.
I was gonna make this comment myself. That's definitely a mistake on Finns part. But the rest of his video is pretty good.
he also credited lp for those lp/dbz vids like they did that. they were all fan made vids and they did it for all sorts of music but the lp ones were the most popular
@@mikemosh8268 I believe he was saying that the BTH video was essentially one of the first AMVs as we know them, and so we would then have LP to thank for AMVs existing as they do now.
Given that the first AMV was in '82 (Star Blazers/Yamato and the Beatles), they can't be credited with CREATING the AMV, but they definitely heavily influenced the AMV scene afterwards.
@@mikemosh8268 No, he didn't say LP made those videos, he said they inspired others to make those videos.
And also the "Lies Greed Money" mistake. It was a great video but that was funny.
Finn spoke the whole asss truth about Linking Park in this video, so well done!! Hybrid Theory was the first rock album I ever listened to, suddenly a 7th grade black kid from Tennessee was diving into the world of rock/metal because the hiphop side of them created a bridge for me to connect with. Linkin Park opened the heavy music door for me!
Great post, & exactly the point! I’m glad for you & all who were drawn together by music from a really good NJ band. It sucks that they unfortunately had a tragic ending.
Linkin Park opened doors for thousands into a whole new world of culture and music. It’s impossible to overstate their contributions to the rock community and metal/alternative culture. I got my LP tattoo when Chester passed
Without a doubt Linkin Park is one of the most unique bands of their generation. They played here in Myrtle Beach South Carolina at the House of Blues. Friend of mine was at the show. Call me that night to say man you should have seen this band called Lincoln Park. The next year they blew up. They reminded me of the next evolution of Faith No More. Faith No More had a lot of the rock and hip-hop elements. But I feel like Linkin Park was the first band to put it all together. I haven't been listening to a lot of Linkin Park lately. To be quite honest it makes me sad I think about Chester and he should still be here. I didn't know the man but he seemed like a good dude who had just been through a lot of terrible stuff in his life. May he rest in peace
Straight up, the Collision Course with Jay Z is one of the greatest musical endeavors of all time. That shit slaps, to this day.
That shit does slap. It’s classic
I could be wrong, but I’m convinced that Linkin Park will go down as one of those legendary bands that stand the test of time. They will go down in history as the millennial version of Nirvana or Beetles
Oh god I sure hope you're wrong
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As much as i do love linkin park they dont define a generation like nirvana or the beetles great band super influential but some of the music is a bit dated and there where other trail blazers such as slipknot or ratm if you wanna talk about influential as well
@@zanecallisto4169 Rage Against the Machine and Slipknot were absolutely not mainstream in every country though. Radio here in Australia didn't even play Disturbed, let alone Slipknot. But Linkin Park's popularity was second to none and unlike other bands of that era and style, they actually managed to stay relevant pretty much right up until the end. These days their music still gets played and everyone I know still sings along.
@@maffy715 the linkin park songs they played where songs like numb new divide in the end those sort of songs while your not wrong that they did see radio success i still put those other bands in the same category
I saw LP several times during their prime. One of the best bands you'd ever see live. I don't know how Chester could sing like that night in and night out.
Three times for me. Never gets old.
I remember the day Chester died. I hadn't really actively listened to them for years up until then, always cranked the volume up when they came across though, just didn't pick it up myself.
I was super young, like 7 or 8 when they came with Hybrid Theory. I said to my dad that I want him to buy me this CD of this band that's all over the radio with their single "Papercut". Dad was a champ and actually did buy it for me and starting there, this band played a major role in my childhood and early teens. I can't say it saved me or anything like that, I had an alright upbringing and my life was good for the most part. But I can say for sure that their music and writing definetely impacted and stayed with me making me more aware, empathetic and overall nicer human being.
Cut to July of 2017. I'm visiting my mom's during summer break and she comes up to me: "honey, didn't you listen to this band (Linkin Park) all the time as a kid?" I was like yeah? Then she tells me that he's dead. He killed himself.
I was absolutely floored. Devastated.
I believe I shed a tear then and there.
Like I mentioned before I hadn't really listened to their music for some years, always had the love for them whenever I came across them on a radio etc...
No other band and anyones passing(family members excluded of course) has ever impacted me this much. After his death I made a pretty much subconscious decision to actively include them to my music diet. I'll never forget them and I'll carry on Chester's legacy and memory on with the rest of the fans. Love this band.
A place for my head live in Texas is one of the all time vocal performances in history. RIP Chester
it was in 2001, i'd heard in the end on the radio. back then, aside from the classic rock my parents listened to and insisted i memorize, i listened to techno and rap. the twin towers still stood, since i was a stupid 12 year old kid worried about being cool returning from a well-to-do family outing to NYC back to virginia, feeling the full brunt of teen angst. i went into a record shop, and saw reanimation on the shelf. i had all my allowance on me, about 30 bucks. there was hybrid theory next to it. i couldn't buy both. by a flip of the coin, i bought reanimation. my dad bought hybrid theory. i didn't know it at the time, but that day at tower records changed my life. all of a sudden, my 3 biggest musical influences came together as one. an album that went from pretty hard core hip-hop to full-on industrial to what can only be called avant-garde music was waaaaaayyy too complex for a teenager. but something stuck. took me a while to get used to the screaming and heavy guitars. took me maybe 9 more months and even more angst (i lived next to the pentagon when it got hit) to finally listen to hybrid theory. but the damage was done: i was hooked to heavy music.
i followed the standard path for a millenial metalhead: korn, slipknot, metallica, children of bodom, soilwork, nile, death... but something was missing. i'd just come back from a metal festival at age 19 having set my metaphorical tent in the death metal scene when looking at the lineup i saw two names that rung a bell: kmfdm and celldweller. fuck it, let's go on youtube. by then, linkin park for me was a nagging memory of something i didn't understand fully but had helped me. i put on those two powerhouses of the industrial genre, and i was sent back to that room in '01 listening to "1 stp klsr". "what the fuck is happening to me? what the hell is this and how have i lived so long without listening to this?"
it felt like a paradigm shifting without a clutch in my brain. all of a sudden, i shed off the teenager pack mentality. there was no rap vs rock vs metal vs pop. all was fair game in the search of sound. i could openly enjoy electronic music and hip-hop again, while staying credible in the eyes of my herd-mentality metalhead friends. i got more and more into music, talking to dj's and sound engineers. i could never do what they did, being a guitarist and singer, but i wanted to work with them. "1 stp klsr" was never far behind. couple years later, tragedy really hit. what i thought was teen angst turned out to be bipolar disorder. 8 suicide attempts followed, living on the streets, the crap you see in trashy television. at least i never got hooked on drugs. but i lived that. all the while, the one album that brought me comfort, and that i finally started to understand followed me. reanimation. i got back up, and found a dj that was as crazy as me. he asked what my influences were. i gave him the cd. his mind was blown. reanimation is the least known of all linkin park records. he scoffed at first, but after a single listen, he was hooked.
to this day, i can't thank linkin park enough for everything: bringing me into heavy music, and opening up my mind. i've owned the record 20 years, and i still discover new things every time i listen to it. the crowning moment, i saw linkin park live at hellfest in 2018, maybe 4 months before chester killed himself. i cried tears of joy for that 12 year old kid still in me. they closed up with one step closer. what shocked me was that they added the break verse from 1stpklsr right where it was supposed to be. i was ecstatic. i'm convinced that during the creation of the original song, they meant to add that verse but didn't know how, and it took them a year to make it happen. once it was done, they never changed it again.
i'd like to end by a witty note or a pun, but none is worthy of the respect and admiration i have for that band. so, thanks reader. and thank you linkin park
Linkin Park was such a huge part of my life... They were the only band that really sounded like I felt ^^; It astounded me how much people seemed surprised by Chester's passing, like there were no clues what he was going through... His music made the world a better place for people like him, knowing there was someone else who understood.
The most important rock band in my life. Without them, I wouldn't got my heavy metal band, getting the chance to tour latin america, before COVID-19. Thank you for doing this.
My first introduction to the band was “What I’ve Done” and I got hooked. I didn’t think Linkin Park would have such an impact on my life. I remember hearing about boomers crying when John Lennon died and I thought it was lame. I tell you I cried so hard when Chester died. At the time I wasn’t doing so good mentally and I always thought Linkin Park would be around like the Rolling Stones are now. Great video Finn. Learned a lot from such a beloved band.
True. I was in my car when I heard Chester died and nearly caused an accident. Never thought I would be so shocked from the death of someone who didn't even know I exist
Hybrid Theory is one of the few albums that I can listen from start to finish every single day without getting bored.
I'll never forget how I felt and what I thought when I heard LP for the first time. A life changing experience.
RIP to Chester one of the greatest frontmen to ever live and his legacy will live on forever
'Hybrid Theory' is one of the best entry points ever into heavy music. Change my mind.
I remember seeing LP open for (hed)p.e. back in 2000. It was the "Kings of the Game" tour. Mike still had his bright red hair and literally came out into the crowd and talked to fans right after their set. This was when "One step closer" was the only single they had out and nobody in Pittsburgh really knew who they were. Crazy how fast they blew up after "In the end."
Linkin Park opening for (hed) p.ed.? thats wild. Especially since @3.11 Finn pretty much calls hed' inferior
Yeah, dude. Looking back, it was wild. It was right when hed's second album "broke" came out.
Damn this comment brings back memories. Buddy of mine went to that show and came back talking about this new amazing band that he hung out with for hours that gave him like 20 demo cds for free. He was handing them all out to us in school. Then it was a month or so later that i saw "one step closer" on Mtv in the morning and they blew up.
Linkin Park single handedly got me into rock and metal. I will never forget the first time I saw them live in 2012. I miss seeing them so much. I have seen mike too but as you mentioned repeatedly linkin park as a whole is incomparable.
Same for me. They got me into rock and metal. I remember when I first heard their music I was so intrigued (I was like 9 or 10 years old).
The link that Chester and Mike had in their vocals and the emotion that they could convey was just amazing
I saw them in concert 2x - so happy I got that chance.
I was singing to all the songs I listened to as an angry teenager lol that was definitely an amazing moment. The connection with the crowd was unreal tho. If they ever do go back on tour I would love to go again.
Miss you Chester. 💕
is finn implying that linking park is responsible for the AMV craze during early youtube.
would explain some things
No because animemusicvideos.org was a thing WAY before Linkin Park was or even before YT was! This is a wrong fact on this video.
No, it was a thing b4 youtube a lot videos on here existed before youtube
@@chiitales it was a thing but they literally blew up the sheer amount of them when they came out.
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@@bat613reincarnated no it’s Lincoln Park , it’s named after a real place, my dad knows mike shinoda trust me
Reanimation was my gateway for metal, noise, j-rock, grindcore ect. it literally changed my life!
Japanese fans love Linkin Park. 💖
Linkin Park played a big role in my understanding of mental health, especially my own issues. I first heard them when I just barely knew English, and now I speak it more than German lol. But even then I felt something strange when hearing their songs. Then, when I learned more English, I started to understand the songs. Looked up things about the songs. That lead to me learning about my problems and finding ways to somewhat live with them. I'm pretty sure that without this experience I wouldn't be alive today. I rarely ever cry, I just can't even if I want to, but when Chester died I cried for days... It's weird. It's someone I've never met. Never talked to. But it felt like I lost one of my closest friends. I'm just sad to know that I will never be able to tell him what a great impact he had on my life. How he changed people for the better. Rest in peace Chester, you magnificent bastard.
I had a friend that was in the LP Underground and, kind of on a whim, we drove 8 hours to LA to be part of the music video shoot for "Faint". It was an amazing and very memorable experience. It was really cool to go into a real soundstage at the Warner Brothers studio. The shoot was long and went well past midnight. There were lots of takes and in each one we were expected to go wild and jump around; so it was exhausting and those back lights were HOT - it got real sweaty in there. At some point some animosity started spreading through the crowd because we realized the crowd was divided into people with grey wristbands (the LPU fans) and people who had black wristbands (paid models/ extras). The models got to be in the very front next to the stage, while the LPU fans were put in the back. Also, the models got food from some roped off craft services area in the back while the LPU was kind of SOL. I eventually got so hungry that I snuck into the model area and stole one of their sandwiches. Good times! I'm super grateful to have been a part of it, and whenever I see a clip from that video I love just knowing that I am somewhere in that mob of faceless audience members.
Mike Shinoda and his crew are such nice guys that just ooze talent and dedication to their crafts, thank you for making this video the older I get the more I appreciate this band and especially their later albums ♥️✌️
Linkin Park was my gateway into heavy music. I was 5 when Hybrid Theory came out and their first few albums were basically my childhood. Their music helped not just me but a lot of us get through hard times. Thank you LP and RIP Chester 🙏🏾
Metal Gear Solid character designs were done by Yoji Shinkawa, Shinji Mikami is the Resident Evil/Evil Within dude :) Amazing video to watch as always, many thanks for your work ;)
In 2000, I was a volunteer DJ at a college radio station. My shift was at 3 am, and while I had the freedom to play what I wanted, I enjoyed picking music from the rotation. I remember the morning I picked Hybrid Theory from the rotation and played the first track off the album - Papercut. I'm digging it, and after a few minutes, the request line phone starts ringing. It was the guy making the bagels, calling the radio station, asking who I was playing.
Very happy this video was recommended to me. Finally, somebody who sees more in LP than just music. I always admired their music videos, especially those directed by Mr Hahn. Can't explain, his music videos have the essence of Linkin park that other directors couldn't quite grasp.
Thank you for this video. It has everything I'm proud of about this band. Keep up the good work, this video was a great watch ✌
Honestly, Linkin Park got me through my very long hospital stays and help me survive the depressive state I was because of my disability.
It's a cliché to say "your music saved my life" but I wouldn't be the same without linkin park.
I agree. Love LP & Miss Chester. They helped (& still do) thru many of my dark times. I wish you joy & keep listening to LP. 🤘
Linkin Park's songwriting is so extremely good at its best.
Rip Chester sings like a angel but can scream like a demon, you are missed so much thanks for everything 🙏
I definitely think I am one of the kids that got into Metalcore because of Linkin Park. Granted I listened to a lot of skate punk and hardcore bands like NoFX, Bad Religion, No Use For A Name, Bad Brains and Minor Threat but it was Chester's angelic to heavy style of vocals that obviously influenced metalcore so heavily that resonated with me and I think lead me to the scene. Which is ironic given it was the hardcore scene that birthed metalcore but very little of the hardcore side of it drew me to metalcore.
Hybrid Theory, Meteora and Reanimation are still in my everyday rotation and just absolute slap full of straight bangers. Just ridiculously good music.
Collision course ?
I feel like Hybrid Theory changed the trajectory of my life. Such a good album and intro into hardcore/alternative whatever you want to call it. Great video Finn, thank you 🙏
I think you nailed the magic behind the music, that they were able to fuse metal, hip hop, and electronic music in ways that felt natural. You didn't even notice you were listening to all these different genres at once, because it just all sounded like it belonged together.
Edit: Another huge part of Linkin Park that you didn't mention is how huge they were in philanthropy and volunteer work. They weren't just donating X million dollars to Y whatever cause, they went down to New Orleans with Habitat for Humanity and were building homes. They did the same when Haiti had its earthquake, and I'm pretty sure they were active during the Fukushima disaster as well.
Linkin Park was my favorite band growing up, they were the first band I got to see live, they were the best nu-metal/rap-rock/whatever genre you want to label them as.
The first albums I owned as a kid were Hybrid Theory & Meteora! Never had to get into screaming because I was already into it.
Edit: Accidentally typed ‘owed’ instead of ‘owned’.
Reanimation is an unreal album. I hated it at first because it didn't sound like Hybrid Theory, but as I grew older I listened to it way more than Hybrid Theory.
Thank you so much for making this. I have literally been waiting for you to do a segment on them for a while.
Awesome video. Just a couple corrections: you showed the correct Medal of Honor (which they did a campaign with "Castle of Glass" MV), but it's not "the first", it was a reboot.
Shingi Mikami is Resident Evil's father. The guy who did the Metal Gear character design / illustrations is Yoji Shinkawa, which indeed has a symilar art style to the one used on "Breaking the Habit" MV. But it is even more like a couple of the Animatrix mini stories, cause one of the animators supervised Mike's animation for the video.
Love your videos and thanks for dedicating this one to my favorite band.
It’s always been crazy to me how Linkin Park did Projekt Revolution and LP Underground, but I never knew the business side. That’s nuts. Also, Linkin Park has been one of the most important and influential bands in my life. They saved my life in middle school and they helped me open the doors for heavier music for me to get into.
I have to say Mike Shinoda is the brains of LP, and he has some good influences and talents artistically.
LP was probably my perfect band because at that time, i was a little anime teen nerd and to find a band/music that was almost made for it, also got me deeper into rock and metal music.
i credit LP for almost all my art and music influence as a millenial.