Linkin Park

Released: June 13, 2014

Songwriter: Chester Bennington Mr. Hahn Dave Farrell Mike Shinoda Brad Delson Rob Bourdon

Producer: Mike Shinoda Brad Delson

[Intro: Chester Bennington]
One, two
One, two, thank you

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]
There's no peace, only war
Victory decides who's wrong or right
It will not cease, only grow
You better be prepared to fight

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]
And it will not apologize
For laying down your life

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
War

[Verse 2]
There's no pain, it will spare
Fear has become your only right
And once you're lost, in your despair
Forever black eternal night

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]
And it will not apologize
For laying down your life

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
War, destroyer
War, destroyer

[Bridge: Chester Bennington]
It needs no side to justify
Laying down your life

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
War, destroyer
War

Hybrid Theory isn’t just the title of Linkin Park’s chart-topping debut album, but a career mission statement.

From day one, the same six players (lead vocalist Chester Bennington, drummer/percussionist Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell, DJ/Programmer Joe Hahn, and keyboardist, guitarist, and co-lead vocals Mike Shinoda) built the band by fusing all their favorite styles of music into one unmistakable signature sound. With each album, Linkin Park defiantly challenges themselves and their fans by blasting into new musical territory. After setting the template for rock that incorporated hip-hop influences with Hybrid Theory and Meteora, they shifted gears completely and defied expectations with the polychromatic Minutes to Midnight, and again with the esoteric A Thousand Suns, before melding a piece of them all into 2012’s LIVING THINGS. With their 2014 release and heaviest offering in years, The Hunting Party, Linkin Park manage to capture their ever-innovative spirit with a hunger seldom seen in bands on their seventh album. One More Light (2017) is an interesting personal album, filled with a lot of emotion.

Unfortunately, on July 20, 2017, Chester unexpectedly died by suicide, shocking and saddening both fans and his own band members alike.

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