![]() ![]() ![]() Members include Chester Bennington (born on March 30, 1976), vocals Rob Bourdon (born on January 20, 1979), drums Brad Dclson (born on December 1, 1977), guitar Darren Farrell, bass Joseph Hahn (born on March 15, 1977), deejay Mike Shinoda (born on February 11, 1977), emcee, vocals. After high school they continued to make music together, crafting material that they still For the Record… Aspiring to do the same, the trio started a band called Xero in 1996 that mixed rock, rap, and electronica. Their friendship developed from a love of music-especially the music of artists such as Nine Inch Nails and the Deftones-and admiration for musicians who mixed sounds that most people considered taboo. With a hard-working attitude that is famous industry-wide, the group shows no signs of letting up.īrad Delson, Mike Shinoda, and Rob Bourdon-the founders of Linkin Park-met in high school in Calabasas, a Los Angeles suburb. Their second album, Meteora, sold 810,000 copies in one week and delivered two number-one hits within two months. Their freshman effort yielded eight million sales in the United States alone and ten million worldwide, with 100,000 units still moving per week as of early 2003. Their rap and metal sound was not new but, given a chance to shine under the Warner Bros, label, they found a huge following with their pop sensibilities and angry lyrics, making the term “nu-metal” mainstream. Within one year Linkin Park went from a little-known Los Angeles group with no respect and no contract to the band with the best-selling album of 2001, Hybrid Theory. ![]()
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