Linkin Park

Linkin Park
AKA	Xero, Hybrid Theory
Active Years	1996–2017
Origin	Agoura Hills, California, U.S.

Biography

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's lineup consists of vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer Rob Bourdon, with vocalist Chester Bennington also part of the band until his death in 2017. Vocalist Mark Wakefield was an early member prior to Bennington's recruitment. Categorized as alternative rock, Linkin Park's earlier music spanned a fusion of heavy metal and hip hop, while their later music features more electronica and pop elements.

Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's singles' heavy airplay on MTV led the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The lattermost also crossed over to the #2 spot on the nation's Billboard Hot 100. Their second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success. The band explored experimental sounds on their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). By the end of the decade, Linkin Park was among the most successful and popular rock acts.

The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types on their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound, and their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a substantially more pop-oriented record. Linkin Park went on an indefinite hiatus following the suicide of longtime lead vocalist Bennington in July 2017. In April 2022, Shinoda revealed the band was neither working on new music nor planning on touring in the foreseeable future. They have only released 20th-anniversary editions of their first two studio albums since Bennington's death.

Linkin Park is among both the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. They have won two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade list. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.

Members

Current members

• Mike Shinoda – vocals, rapping, rhythm guitar, keyboards, samples (1996–2017), synthesizer (2008–2017)
  
• Brad Delson – lead guitar (1996–2017), backing vocals (2006–2017)
  
• Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion (1996–2017), occasional backing vocals (2006–2017)
  
• Joe Hahn – turntables, samples, programming (1996–2017), backing vocals (2006–2017)
  
• Dave Farrell – bass (1996–1999, 2000–2017), backing vocals (2006–2017)
  

Former members

Mark Wakefield – lead vocals (1996–1998)
Chester Bennington – lead vocals (1999–2017; his death), occasional rhythm guitar (2006–2017)
Kyle Christner – bass (1998–1999)
Scott Koziol – bass (2000)
Ian Hornbeck – bass (2000)

Discography

Studio albums

• Hybrid Theory
• Meteora
• Minutes to Midnight
• A Thousand Suns
• Living Things
• The Hunting Party
• One More Light

Live albums

• Live in Texas
• Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes
• One More Light Live

Compilation albums

• A Decade Underground
• Studio Collection 2000–2012
• Lost Demos
• Papercuts- Singles Collection (2000-2023)

Remix albums

• Reanimation
• Recharged

Demo albums

• Xero

Extended plays

• Hybrid Theory EP (As Hybrid Theory)
• In the End: Live & Rare
• Collision Course (with Jay-Z)
• iTunes Live from SoHo
• 2011 North American Tour
• A Thousand Suns: Puerta de Alcalá
• iTunes Festival: London 2011
• Stagelight Demos
• A Light That Never Comes (Remixes) (with Steve Aoki)
• Darker Than Blood: Remixes – EP (with Steve Aoki)
• Evolution of Mike Shinoda – EP (with Mike Shinoda and Fort Minor)

LP Underground extended plays

• Hybrid Theory EP (Reissue)
• Underground 2.0
• Underground 3.0
• Underground 4.0
• Underground 5.0
• Underground 6
• LP Underground 7
• mmm... Cookies: Sweet Hamster Like Jewels From America! (Underground 8.0)
• Underground 9.0: Demos
• LP Underground X: Demos
• Underground 11
• Underground 12
• Underground XIII
• Underground XIV
• Underground 15
• Underground Sixteen

Singles

• One Step Closer
• Crawling
• Papercut
• In the End
• Pts.OF.Athrty (with Jay Gordon)
• Somewhere I Belong
• Faint
• Numb
• From the Inside
• Breaking the Habit
• Numb/Encore (with Jay-Z)
• What I* ve Done
• Bleed It Out
• Shadow of the Day
• Given Up
• Leave Out All the Rest
• New Divide
• The Catalyst
• Waiting for the End
• Burning in the Skies
• Iridescent
• Not Alone
• Burn It Down
• Lost in the Echo
• Powerless
• Castle of Glass
• A Light That Never Comes (with Steve Aoki)
• Guilty All the Same (featuring Rakim)
• Until It's Gone
• Wastelands
• Rebellion (featuring Daron Malakian)
• Final Masquerade
• Heavy (featuring Kiiara)
• Talking to Myself
• One More Light
• She Couldn't
• Lost
• Fighting Myself
• Friendly Fire
• We Made It (Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park)
• Darker Than Blood

Promotional singles

• Enth E Nd (with KutMasta Kurt; featuring Motion Man)
• My<Dsmbr (with Mickey P.; featuring Kelli Ali)
• H! Vltg3 (with Evidence; featuring Pharoahe Monch and DJ Babu)
• Lying from You
• No More Sorrow (live)
• Wretches and Kings
• Blackout
• Rolling in the Deep (live)
• Lies Greed Misery
• Final Masquerade (acoustic)
• A Line in the Sand (live)
• Battle Symphony
• Heavy (featuring Kiiara) (Nicky Romero Remix)
• Good Goodbye (featuring Pusha T and Stormzy)
• Heavy (featuring Kiiara) (Disero Remix)
• Invisible
• Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds (with Steve Aoki)
• One More Light (Steve Aoki Remix)
• Sharp Edges
• Dirt off Your Shoulder/Lying from You (with Jay-Z)
• Hands Held High
• No More Sorrow
• Blackbirds
• In My Remains
• I'll Be Gone
• Keys to the Kingdom
• All for Nothing (featuring Page Hamilton)
• Nobody Can Save Me
• Sorry for Now
• Halfway Right
• A Place for My Head
• By Myself
• Pushing Me Away
• Forgotten
• My December
• Cure for the Itch
• Don't Stay
• More the Victim
• Massive
• Healing Foot
• Resolution