Linkin Park

Released: December 12, 2015

Songwriter: Mike Shinoda

Producer: Mike Shinoda

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
This is where the pain comes from
This is how the payback sounds
This is why the fire goes up
This is why the walls come down

You ain't never been in these shoes
Never know a word that I'm saying
So the only thing to keep the blood flowing
Is to let you know I'm not playing

I'ma see your lies exposed
I'ma see the justice done
I'ma see the sun come back
I'ma see the kingdom come

Take it where it can't come back
Take it where the shadows been
Take it to the breaking point
Take it to the end

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
Saying that the end is near
God, you have no idea
Used to be afraid, but now
Only thing I fear is fear

This is where the line gets drawn
Something that you've always known
This is what you're hiding from
True fellows, never yours to own

Give me back the fire I had
Give me back the faith I lost
Give me back the trust you broke
Give me back the pride it cost

Take the venom out of my blood
Take the pain you put me in
Take it when I tell you so
Take it to the end

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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