With his high-pitched vocals and frenetic energy, Bennington proved to be a perfect fit. Not wanting to abandon the dream just yet, Shinoda advertised for a vocalist and luckily received interest from Chester Bennington (born March 20, 1976) And that’s where the story may have ended, were it not for Shinoda’s persistence. Distressed with the lack of momentum, Wakefield left the band. The group also added vocalist Mark Wakefield to the mix and, by 1996, began laying down tracks in Shinoda’s bedroom studio.ĭespite their hard work, the band’s music fell on deaf ears and Xero, as they were then known, were never signed. Upon graduation, they expanded their musical circle to include DJ Joseph Hahn (born March 15, 1977) and bassist Dave “Phoenix” Farrell (born February 8, 1977).
The trio attended the same high school in Agoura Hills, California, and would frequently gather to hang out and jam. In this case the friends were vocalist Mike Shinoda (born February 11, 1977), guitarist Brad Delson (born December 1, 1977) and drummer Rob Bourdon (born January 20, 1979), and unlike most dreamers, they possessed the talent and drive to turn their dreams into reality. Now you can hear and enjoy all Linkin Park albums and best hits from anywhere and anytime using this free, light, and easy-to-use music player app.Like many bands, Linkin Park began as a group of friends with distant dreams of making it big. Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000), which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-Platinum in several other countries. Their 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.
Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the band explored other genres on their next studio album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third-best debut week of any album that year. The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types in their fourth album, A Thousand Suns, layering their music with more electronic sounds and beats. Their fifth album, Living Things (2012), combines musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound. Their seventh album One More Light, a more electronic and pop-oriented record, was released on May 19, 2017. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.ġ9 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart. In 2014, the band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang!. As the best-selling band of the 21st century and one of the world's best-selling music artists overall, Linkin Park has sold over 100 million records worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards.Ĭhester Charles Bennington (Ma– July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter known as the lead singer for the rock band Linkin Park.
He also served as the frontman for Dead by Sunrise and Stone Temple Pilots.īennington first gained prominence as a vocalist following the release of Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory, in 2000, which became a commercial success. The album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2005, making it the best-selling debut album of the decade, as well as one of the few albums ever to hit that many sales. Linkin Park's following studio albums, from Meteora (2003) to One More Light (2017), continued the band's success.īennington formed his own band, Dead by Sunrise, as a side project in 2005. The band's debut album, Out of Ashes, was released on October 13, 2009. He worked on new material with Stone Temple Pilots in 2013 to release the EP High Rise on October 8, 2013, via their own record label, Play Pen. He was widely regarded as one of the top rock vocalists of the 2000s.
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