By Cody Rudd

1. By Cody Rudd

2. The Band • Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, keyboards • Chester Bennington – vocals • Joe Hahn – electronics, backing vocals, keyboard • Brad Delson – lead guitar, keyboards, bass guitar • Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion • Dave Farrell “Phoenix” – bass guitar, backing vocals

3. Brief History • The band joined together in 1996 in Agoura Hills, California. • Chester Bennington, joined the band in 1998. The following the year the band became Linkin Park, named after Lincoln Park in California. • Original name of the band was Hybrid Theory, which they named their first album after in 2000.

4. Mike Shinoda formed a side band called Fort Minor with the help of Jay-Z. • The band has also helped raised money for charity as well as helping out during the Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004-05. They created the Music for Relief to help raise funds for the destruction. • As they worked on their albums their genre changed. Their style changed to a softer rock-pop with hip-hop infused. • Their latest album, Living Things was a dub step-like sound, the electronics effects are much more prevalent in the music.

5. Nu Metal • Nu Metal, is a sub-genre of heavy metal music and adds hip-hop and hardcore punk to the music. • It is largely based upon syncopation (unity of different rhythms in the music) and the heavier guitar riffs. • Their original style of music when the band was created; it is heard in their albums Hybrid Theory and Meteora. • The bands genre now in considered alternative.

6. Influences • Deftones – Hardcore-heavy metal sound • The Roots – hip-hop sound • Nine Inch Nails – electronic sound • Aphex Twin – electronic sound

7. “In the End” Listen For: The hip-hop style of singing, the heavier sound of the guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yw1Tgj9-VU Listen For: The hip-hop style of singing, the heavy guitar playing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmUTBDuUGz8 “One Step Closer”

8. Music History • 2000 Hybrid Theory • 2003 Meteora • 2007 Minutes to Midnight • 2010 A Thousand Suns • 2012 Living Things • 2014 The Hunting Party (6-17) • Collaborated with other artists to create Reanimation in 2002 • Collaborated with Jay-Z to create Collision Course in 2004

9. Music in Cinema • The Transformers trilogy. • They have three songs for the each of the movies. • Transformers – “What I’ve Done” • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – “New Divide” • Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon – “Iridescent”

10. “What I’ve Done” Listen For: The movement away from nu metal, the pop style of singing, the hip-hop sound of the band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMePM9Q-bYk

11. “Waiting for The End” Listen For: Very little nu-metal sound , the percussion, digital effects, the softer style of singing, harmony on the verse from Bennington and Shinoda. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qF_qbaWt3Q

12. Bibliography • Andrew Leahey, Rovi. Linkin Park. Biography. 2014. Web. May 2, 2014. http://www.billboard.com/artist/307438/linkin-park/biography • Wikipedia. Nu Metal. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 2014. Web. May 2, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_metal • Rolling Stone. Linkin Park. Biography. 2014. Web. May 2, 2014. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/linkin-park • Wikipedia. Linkin Park. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. May 2, 2014. Web. May 2, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park • Images: Google Images: Linkin Park.