Linkin Park

Linkin Park je rok sastav iz Agoura Hilsa, Kalifornija. Od nastanka 1996. godine do danas prodali su više od četrdeset miliona kopija albuma i osvojili dva Gremija. Sa njihovim prvim studijsim albumom, Hibrid Teori (Hybrid Theory), postigli su svetsku slavu. Njihov sledeći studijski album, Meteora, nastavio je njihov uspeh.

Poznati su i po nekoliko saradnji, najviše sa reperom Džej-Zijem u njihovim zajedničkim albumu Collision Course, i saradnji sa mnoštvom umetnika na Reanimation-u. Album je bio među najprodavanijima sa blizu 625.000 kopija u prvoj nedelji, što je drugi najprodavaniji album te godine.

Prvobitna grupa se je sastojala od tri dobra srednjoškolska prijatelja. Temelj Linin Parku su postavili Majk Šinoda (Mike Shinoda), Bred Delson (Brad Delson) i Rob Bourdon (Rob Bourdon). Nakon završetka srednje škole, svoje muzičko intresovanje su uzeli za ozbiljno, sastavu su se pridružili Džo Han (Joe Hahn), Dejv „Feniks“ Farel (Dave "Phoenix" Farrell) i Mark Vejkfild (Mark Wakefield) i nazvali njihovu grupu Xero. Budući da nisu imali dovoljno novca, počeli su da snimaju i produciraju pesme u Šinodinom studiju u spavaćoj sobi 1996. Tenzije i frustracije su povećane nakon njihovog neuspelog pokušaja da nađu izdavača za njihov album. Neuspeh je naterao Veikfilda, do tada pevača u grupi, da napusti sastav i potraži drugi posao. Kasnije je Farel takođe napustio grupu ali se je kasnije vratio.



Linkin park je objavio album Hybrid Theory oktobra 2000. Album je uredio i doterao muzički producent Don Gilmor. Hybrid Theory je bio dobro prihvaćen od strane publike; prodato je više od 4,8 miliona kopija u prvoj godini, stekao je status najprodavanijeg albuma u 2001. godini, a u isto vreme singlovi kao na primer Crawling i One Step Closer bili su u vrhu top-lista rok radio stanica tokom te godine. Pored toga, drugi singlovi sa albuma pojavili su se u filmu Drakula 2000, Mali Niki i Valentine. Hybrid Theory je takođe bio nominovan za tri nagrade Gremi: nagradu za najboljeg novajliju, najbolji rok album i za najbolju hard rok pesmu (za Crawling). MTV im je takođe dodelio nagradu za Najbolji rok muzički video i Najbolju režiju videa pesme In the End. Pored ovih nagrada, Hybrid Theory je bendu doneo svetsku slavu.

Bend je objavio da radi na novom albumu u decembru 2002. godine. Meteora je trebao da bude mešavina nu metala i repa sa dosta novina, uključujući korišćenje šakuhači (japanska frula napravljena od bambusa) i drugih instrumenata. Drugi album Linkin parka je izašao 25. marta 2003. i odmah je stekao svetsku popularnost.

Meteora je prodat u više od 800.000 primeraka u prvoj nedelji, i bio je nejprodavaniji album u to vreme. Muzički spotovi su urađeni za singlove Somewhere I Belong, Breaking the Habit, Faint i Numb, što je doprinelo velikoj medijskoj pažnji. Najzad Meteora je prodat u oko 3 miliona kopija do oktobra 2003. Veliki uspeh albuma naveo je bend da krene u još jednu turneju Projekt Revolution, u kojoj su učestvovali drugi bendovi i umetnici uključujući Mudvayne, Blindside, i Xzibita.


Meteora je takođe bendu donela dodatne nagrade i slavu. Bend je osvojio nagradu MTV-a za najbolji rok muzički video (Somewhere I Belong), i nagradu publike (Breaking the Habit). Linkin park je takođe primio priznanje od Radio Music Awards za umetnika godine i za pesmu godine (Numb) tokom 2004. godine. Iako Meteora nije postigao isti uspeh kao Hybrid Theory, bio je treći najprodavaniji album u Americi tokom 2003. godine. Bend je početak 2004. proveo na turnejama po svetu, prvo sa trećom turnejom Projekt Revolution, a kasnije na nekoliko koncerta po Evropi.

Linkin park se vratio u studio da snima novi materijal 2006. Za produkciju albuma izabrali su poznatog producrnta Rika Rubina. Uprkos planovima okolnosti su ih naterale da odlože završetak rada na albumu do 2007. godine. Snimili su od trideset do pedeset pesama u avgustu 2006. kad je Šinoda izjavio da je pola posla oko albuma urađeno. Benington je kasnije izjavio da će se album razlikovati od dosadašnjeg nu metal zvuka. Warner Bros. Records je zvanično objavio da će se treći studiski album Linkin parka zvati Minutes to Midnight i da će se u SAD pojaviti 15. maja 2007. Nakon četrnaest meseci rada na albumu, bend je od predviđenih sedamnaest pesama uklonio pet. Minutes to Midnight je prodat u više od 600.000 kopija u prvoj nedelji, čineći ga najprodavanijim albumom tekuće godine. Album je takođe u vrhu liste Billboard Charts.

Prvi singl sa albuma, What I've Done je izašao 2. aprila, a kasnije premijerno prikazan na MTV-u i Fuse-u u istoj nedelje. Publika je odlično prihvatila singl. Dostigavši na listu Billboard Hot 100 nekoliko dana nakon izdavanja, kasnije je bio u vrhu pesama na Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks i listi Mainstream Rock Tracks. Bleed It Out je drugi singl sa albuma Minutes to Midnight i izašao je 20. avgusta 2007. Shadow of the Day, treći singl je planiran da izađe u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu 8. oktobra, a u SAD 16. oktobra.

Diskografija

Albumi EPovi

Xero Sampler Tape (1997)
Hybrid Theory EP (1999)
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Reanimation (2002)
Meteora (2003)
Collision Course (2004)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2009)

DVD/VHS

Frat Party at the Pankake Festival (2002)
The Making of Meteora (Limited Release) (2003)
Live in Texas (2003)
Breaking the Habit (2004)
Collision Course (2004)
Live 8 (2005)
Minutes to Midnight (Limited Release) (2007)




wikipedija

I am not a pattern to be followed
The pill that i'm on is a tough one to swallow
I'm not a criminal, not a role model
Not a born leader, i'm a tough act to follow
I am not the fortune and the fame on the same verse
Telling you to forfeit the game
I came in the ring like a dog on a chain
And you found out that the underbelly is sicker than it seems
And it seems ugly but it can get worse
'cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse
'cause what you got a theory about how the thing works
Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first
And i'm not a robot, i'm not a monkey
I will not dance even if the beat is funky
Opposite of lazy, far from a punk

Ya'll oughta stop talking
Start trying to catch up mother fucker
And all the people say
Try to catch up mother fucker

Lauryn said money change the situation
Big says it increases the complication
Kane said don't step, I ain't the one
Сhuck said an uzi weighs a mother fucking ton
And I'm just a student of the game that they taught me
Rocking every stage and every place that they brought me
I'm awfully underrated, prepared to be corrected
And solely i'll sink ya and i'm going sing it for the record
I am the opposite of wack, opposite of weak
Opposite of slack, synonym of hit, synonym of crack
Closest to a beat, far from a punk
Ya'll oughta stop talking, start trying to catch up mother fucker

And all the people say
Try to catch up mother fucker

When they come for me
Come for me
I'll be gone

And all the people say
Try to catch up mother fucker

You say you're not gonna fight
'Cause no one would fight for you
And you think there's not enough love
And no one to give it to
And you're sure you've hurt for so long
You've got nothing left to lose
So you say you're not gonna fight
'Cause no one would fight for you

You say the weight of the world
Has kept you from letting go
And you think compassion's a fault
And you'll never let it show
And you're sure you hurt in a way
That no one will ever know
But someday the weight of the world
Will give you the strength to go

Hold on, the weight of the world
Will give you the strength to go
So hold on, the weight of the world
Will give you the strength to go
So hold on, the weight of the world
Will give you the strength to go
Just hold on, the weight of the world
Will give you the strength to go

I use the dead wood to make a fire rise
The blood of innocence burning in the skies
I filled my cup with the rising of the sea
And poured it out in an ocean of debris

Ooooooh
I'm swimming in the smoke
Of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize
I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve

We held our breath when clouds began to form
But you were lost in the beating of the storm
And in the end we were made to be apart
Like separate chambers of the human heart

Nooooo
I'm swimming in the smoke
Of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize
I'm losing what I don't deserve

It's in the blackened bones
Of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize
I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve

I'm swimming in the smoke
Of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize
I'm losing what I don't deserve

The blame is mine alone
For bridges I have burned
So don't apologize
I'm losing what I don't deserve

What I don't deserve
What I don't deserve
ooh ooh ooh ooh
What I don't deserve

I use the dead wood to make the fire rise
The blood of innocence burning in the skies

There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop." (Mario Savio)

To save face / how low can you go
Talk a lot of game but yet you don't know
Static on the way / make us all say whoa
The people up top push the people down low
Get down
And obey every word
Steady getting mine if you haven't yet heard
Wanna take what I got / don't be absurd
Don't fight the power / nobody gets hurt
If you haven't heard yet then I'm letting you know
There ain't shit we don't run when the guns unload
And no one make a move unless my people say so
Got everything outta control
Now everybody go

Steel unload / final blow
We the animals take control
Hear us now / clear and true
Wretches and kings we come for you

So keep pace / how slow can you go
Talk a lot of shit and yet you don't know
Fire on the way / make you all say whoa
The people up top and the people down low
Get down
And I'm running it like that
The front of the attack is exactly where I'm at
Somewhere in between the kick and the hi hat
The pen and the contract
The pitch and the contact
So get with the combat / I'm letting them know
There ain't shit you can say to make me back down no
So / push the button let the whole thing blow
Spinning everything outta control
Now everybody go

Steel unload / final blow
We the animals take control
Hear us now / clear and true
Wretches and kings we come for you
Steel unload / fire blow
Filthy animals / beat them low
Skin and bone / black and blue
No more this sun shall beat onto you

From the front to the back and the side to side
If you fear what I feel put them up real high