Guest Blogger: Trevor 1

My opinion on linkin park is that they are one of the most successful bands out there. The band started out in Mike Shinoda’s small bedroom studio. That’s where he and Brad Delson recorded their first material in 1996. The two of them were in high school together where they met the band’s drummer Rob Bourdon. Shinoda hooked up with DJ Joseph Hahn while studying illustration at art Center College in Pasadena. In 2002, they released a remix album of their hybrid theory album called Reanimation, As well as releasing a remix version of their song,’Points Of Authority. In 2003 their new studio album was released, titled Meteora, which was ranked number 1 in the U.S. and U.K. and #2 in Australia. It had songs like bleed it out, numb, and many more. Personally my favorite song by linkin park is bleed it out. Most of linkin parks songs are not like sad emotions but they are up to beat and give off a happy like feeling, well atleast to me. One of linkin parks songs says, “Hand grenade pins in every line. Throw them up and let something shine” and it’s memorable because you can just imagine it because the beat is so memorable. Later in the year, they joined with nu-metal band Limp Bizkit and Metallica for the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003. From this tour, Linkin Park released a new CD/DVD set called Live in Texas. This set contains tracks from their three previous records, and was filmed on location at their Summer Sanitarium performances in Dallas and Houston, Texas . On November 30th 2004 Linkin Park released and album mix with rapper Jay-Z and was rated number 1 in the U.S. Linkin Park is doin amazing especially with the rock competitors that it has like Papa Roach, Disturbed, P.O.D. and many others. All from being one of the most successful acts in 2000 Linkin Park has came a long way from starting in a bedroom studio with 1 friend and himself. Personally I think Linkin Park will always be on my favorites list just the way they make their songs and by the info I just posted you can see why. Personally I think some of the music made is a waste but linkin park became very popular and paid off. (Spin.com)