Linkin Park

Released: November 16, 2012

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

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
Don't start with the ugly part
Don't end with the things that'll make them want to walk away
Tune in at the din again, another price ain't cheap
But somebody's gonna have to pay

Oh yes, you can only guess what it is, what it was
Don't remember what I had in mind
Shotgunning on a joy ride, coming down the block
Half-cocked nearly half the time

Give it back, give it back
Give it back, g-g-give it back, sing it

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
One time for the words divine
And two times for the things that you hope you never have to say
Three scenes in a dead man's dream, and the girls tell the boys
That they better fucking run away

Live it up or g-g-give it up, turn it up, tune it out
Let it rhyme with the other line
Shotgunning on a joy ride, coming down the block
Half-cocked nearly all the time

Give it back, give it back
Give it back, g-g-give it back, sing it

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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