Hybrid Theory won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance (for "Crawling") and was nominated for two other Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and Best Rock Album. Additionally, other singles from the album were featured in films such as Dracula 2000, Little Nicky, and Valentine. Hybrid Theory was a massive commercial success it sold more than 4.8 million copies during its debut year, earning it the status of best-selling album of 2001, while singles such as " Crawling" and " One Step Closer" established themselves as staples among alternative rock radio play lists during the year. The album, which represented half a decade’s worth of the band’s work, was edited by Don Gilmore. Main article: Hybrid TheoryLinkin Park released Hybrid Theory on October 24, 2000. The band released its breakthrough album, Hybrid Theory, the following year. Records, helped the band sign a deal with the company in 1999. Records on three previous reviews, Jeff Blue, now the vice president of Warner Bros. After facing numerous rejections from several major record labels, Linkin Park turned to Jeff Blue for additional help. However, despite these changes, the band still struggled to sign a record deal. The band’s renaissance culminated with a change in name from Hybrid Theory, the band changed its name to Linkin Park, a play on and homage to Santa Monica’s Lincoln Park. The newborn vocal chemistry between Shinoda and Bennington helped revive the band, inciting them to work on new material. The band changed its name from Xero to Hybrid Theory. Bennington, formerly of Grey Daze, became a standout among applicants because of his unique singing style. Jeff Blue, the vice president of Zomba Music, had referred him to the band in March 1999. Īfter spending a considerable time searching for Wakefield's replacement, Xero recruited Arizona vocalist Chester Bennington.
Farrell also left to tour with Tasty Snax and other bands. The lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the band's vocalist, to leave the band in search of other projects.
Tensions and frustration within the band grew after they failed to land a record deal. Though limited in resources, the band began recording and producing songs within Shinoda’s make-shift bedroom studio in 1996. After graduating from high school, the California natives began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to perform in their band, Xero. īand history Early years (1996–99)Originally consisting of three high school friends, Linkin Park’s foundation was anchored by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, and Rob Bourdon. Linkin Park has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards. The band's most recent studio album, A Thousand Suns, was released on September 8, 2010.
The band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others included on Reanimation. The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third best debut week of any album that year. Having adapted the nu metal and rap metal genres to a radio-friendly yet densely-layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the band explored other genres in their next studio album, Minutes to Midnight, which was released in 2007. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era and the third best of the new millennium behind Oasis and Coldplay.
Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Linkin Park performing at 2009's Sonisphere FestivalĪlternative rock, nu metal, rap rock, alternative metalĭead by Sunrise, Fort Minor, Jay-Z, White Pegacorn, Tasty Snax, Relative Degree, Grey Daze
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