We were really trying to mash up styles, and I think we did that pretty successfully. JOE HAHN: “Papercut” at the time was one of my favorites. And we knew, from the moment we had the song, we knew it needed to open the album. I feel like it checked a lot of the boxes in terms of what the band was really about. When you got to the bridge, that soaring, huge vocal! And we didn’t come back to a chorus at the end of it, it was a unique song structure. Even the fact that it started with that beat, and it went straight into a double-time bouncy rap with heavy guitars, the fact that Chester was rapping with me on the chorus - you can’t even hear him because of the mix, it sounds like it’s just him but it’s actually both of us. MIKE SHINODA: To me, the two songs that were the most important were “Papercut” and “In The End.” “Papercut” was all of the identity of the band packed into one song. 9) in addition, Sirius XM has launched a limited-run music channel “Linkin Park Radio” on Oct.

The multiple configurations of the boxed set - including a Super Deluxe Edition with 5 CDs, 3 LPs and 3 DVDs - will be released on Friday (Oct. Now, the band is looking back on its landmark debut with Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition, a new collection featuring previously unreleased demos, B-sides, rarities, DVDs and the long-sought-after fan favorite track from the time period, “She Couldn’t,” among many other things. The album would kick-start a career that produced seven total albums, 28.8 million total copies sold, and countless arena performances, until the tragic passing of Bennington in 2017. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while “Crawling” earned Linkin Park its first Grammy award. “In The End,” the brilliantly rendered signature anthem that mixes rap verses and a melodic hard rock chorus, peaked at No. Indeed, Hybrid Theory remains a touchstone of the time period: the album has sold a whopping 10.8 million copies to date, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, and produced singles that have remained alternative radio staples for decades. And to have played a role in mashing styles together, that is, for us, part of our legacy that we’re proud of.” There were things that were out there that took from varying styles of music and put them together, but they were not the norm at all. “I was so excited when Rage Against The Machine came out, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, or when I found Led Zeppelin by listening to Beastie Boys. “When I grew up, you were either a rock kid or a rap kid, but you didn’t listen to blended music, really,” Shinoda recalls. alt-rock radio, those doubts were quickly alleviated. Yet as soon as “One Step Closer,” Hybrid Theory's blistering lead single, became a top 10 hit at U.S. Records, and their producer, Don Gilmore. The band’s mixture of rap and rock was approached with some skepticism from their label, Warner Bros.

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