posted by Jas, 08/31/04
Review of PR show at the Coors Amphitheatre in Englewood, CO from Denver Post
Rock 'n' roll doesn't wait for the weekend. Neither do its fishnet-clad, spider-web-eyeliner fans. So, anyone who assumed a rock-rap festival on a school night would keep fans away from Projekt Revolution on Monday were just wrong. At its fiercest, Coors Amphitheatre's season finale had people stomping the pavement and flailing their sweaty limbs. But at times, the music was so loud and so guttural that it overwhelmed the amphitheater's acoustics, producing a muffled wall of sound.
But it was Linkin Park this crowd came to see, as shown by a nearly full house by the time the headliners took the stage. Tribal drumming, exotic rhythms and trip-hop beats enabled Chester Bennington and company to unleash a sonic fury. The crowd's singing during songs such as "Don't Stay," "Points of Authority" and "With You" was often louder than the band itself.
'My December' transcends genres
posted by Jas, 08/31/04
An interview with Josh Groban where he talked briefly about covering Linkin Park's 'My December'
Groban could have gone farther than he did: Included on an Internet-only version of Closer is a cover of the Linkin Park ballad, My December. "I just thought it was a gorgeous, haunting song, and one that could transcend genres," Groban said. "It wound up garnering a lot of press. Three months before the album was released, I was seeing headlines like 'Groban strolls in Linkin Park.' I started going, 'Whoa -- wait a minute: I don't want people to get the wrong idea about what I'm trying to do here.' I didn't want fans to think I was just doing it as a gimmick."
August 30, 2004
Video Download: VMA Viewers Choice Award
posted by Jas, 08/30/04
Huge thanks to Steffi from Place4myHead.com, here's a clip of Linkin Park winning the Viewers Choice award at the VMA last night. File is 12 mb in rm format and is available via yousendit.com, just send me your email address and I'll send you the file.
Thank You note from Joe
posted by Jas, 08/30/04
LPU Headquaters sent out a Thank You note written by Joe to the fans for voting for Linkin Park for VMA Viewers Choice Award
VMA photos
posted by Jas, 08/30/04
More photos from the Video Music Awards added.
Video Download Update
posted by Jas, 08/30/04
DPLP.com is now hosting the 'Wish' video from the Rock Am Ring show. Go here to download. Thanks guys!
Linkin Park mention
posted by Jas, 08/30/04
An article from New York Daily about baseball player, Roger Clemens that mentions Linkin Park
A week ago Roger and Debbie took their two oldest sons, Koby and Kory on a triple date - the boys brought their new girlfriends - to a Linkin Park concert.
Since Clemens warms up to "Faint", the Rocket went on stage, introduced the song and fired the crowd up a bit. Then the whole group met the band afterwards and Clemens commiserated with frontman Chester Bennington over how tough it is to wind down after a big performance. "You see, that's what I'm talking about when it's so hard for me to fall asleep after I pitch," Clemens told his sons, who laughed at him.
Later, he giggles himself and says, "I think they know they've got some pretty cool parents. But we did get the girls home before their curfews, I want you to know."
Curfew or not, both Clemens and his wife admit it's hard to imagine George Steinbrenner being too happy with one of his pitchers rocking out to "Somewhere I Belong" the night before a game. And yet with the Astros, it's all part of the deal - a night after the concert, Clemens pitched seven innings and recorded his 13th win.
August 29, 2004
VMA Results
posted by Jas, 08/29/04
Linkin Park has won the Viewers Choice Award at the 2004 MTV Video Music Award held this evening, however, they lost the Best Rock Video Award to Jet. Mike and Joe were there to accept the award. Congratulations guys! Complete list of winners. Will post a clip when it's available, in the meantime, here are some pics of Mike and Joe looking mighty fine! will add more when they are available
more arrival pics (click on Award Shows / Public Appearance)
Linkin Park fans show their love - and expertise
East Troy - Midway through its hit single "Breaking the Habit," Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington forgot what he was supposed to sing. "It's good you guys know the songs better than we do," he told the crowd after the song was finished.
Whether they were exhausted from the day's muggy conditions or not paying too much attention, the fans didn't mind the minor slip-up. Linkin Park used that forgiveness to fuel an electric 19-song set that was the highlight of Friday's diverse Projekt Revolution bill at Alpine Valley Music Theatre. Opening with the smooth crunch of "Don't Stay," Linkin Park commanded a massive crowd that seemed a bit weary before the headliners took the stage. Co-vocalist and MC Mike Shinoda's rhymes had more bite, and his supplementary guitar work on "Somewhere I Belong" added sharp accents to an already potent rock single.
Die-hard Linkin Park fans seemed pleased at the inclusion of melodic gem "Step Up," a track from well before the group was selling millions of records and playing to packed amphitheaters. Bert McCracken, vocalist for The Used, who played earlier in the day, made an appearance during Linkin Park's final blitz of "Faint" and supplemented Bennington's screams with some edgy growling of his own.
Rap-rock tour takes retro turn
Hip-hop and hard rock may have seemed strange bedfellows when they first met in the '80s, but their aggression and dark outlooks soon proved complementary, as well as the ideal elixir for alarming parents. The resulting genre has grown in popularity to the point where Linkin Park (once called Hybrid Theory) has become among this decade's biggest-selling recording acts.
For the third straight summer, Linkin Park is headlining the Projekt Revolution tour, which shows off the California band's eclectic influences by inviting along specialists in punk, metal, ska and, of course, hip-hop. The tour stopped beside the Apple River at Float-Rite Park in Somerset, Wis., on Saturday, and the music, while admirable in its eclecticism, was a bit too retro to be revolutionary.
That said, it's easy to understand the appeal of Linkin Park's rap-rock mix. It has a softer touch than hard-core punk or rap and offers more melody than most metal, something that came through throughout Saturday's set, most clearly on the ballad-based "Breaking the Habit." It was an energetic and emotional set that clearly satisfied the crowd of 12,000 standing on Float-Rite's paved prairie.
August 28, 2004
Enjoy The Silence remix mp3
Linkin Park, Korn darken Somerset's summer fun
Perhaps the best sign of Projekt's less-than-summery vibe was in the cover songs that the headliners played as finales. Linkin Park chose Nine Inch Nails' harrowing death ballad "Wish," while Korn tore through Pink Floyd's tortured-childhood anthem "Another Brick in the Wall," turning it into a brutal, disenchanted chant. So much for "Good Vibrations." Where Korn had rampant moshing and headbanging, Linkin Park produced widespread sing-alongs with the melodic, catchy choruses in its downtrodden hits such as "Somewhere I Belong" and "Numb." With just under 90 minutes to play, the band was more focused than at its Xcel Energy Center concert in January. It still had time for pyrotechnics and a guest break dancer, though. How kool.
Video Download: 'Wish' from Rock Am Ring
Linkin Park expected to attend VMA after party
Numb in BIG compilation
August 27, 2004
BTH Wallpaper # 4
Linkin Park's diversity project
One-Track Mind: Linkin Park's "My December"
Best Buy in-store appearance meet and greet story
Hye guys, it's Mika. It was so awesome to wait in line for hours with everyone today at Best Buy in Chicago. (FYI: I was the girl with the "I'm with the band" shirt on. )
I was also the girl that was complaining about my full bladder (lol I'm *such* a dork) right before I was to meet LP....well, Chester heard me and then word got around to all the other band members.
Joe proceeded to poke my stomach to try to make me pee myself...and Rob and Chester started making water sounds. Nice eh? Yea, they were making fun of me...it was all fun and games until seriousness came upon Joe as he pulled out 3 100-dollar bills...offering me this cash if I just pee my pants in front of everyone! Everyone around me started egging me on, and needless to say, I didn't do it...
HAD TO MAINTAIN MY DIGNITY.... but it was really funny and I had an awesome time joking around with the guys. They have an awesome sense of humor if you, yourself are relaxed! It's an awesome thing to have convos with them...thank GOODNESS I'm chit-chatty. But yes, 300 bucks to pee in my pants? Good offer?? (I noticed Joe asked a few people after me to soil themselves too...hahaha)
Anyways, point is, appreciate the guys for who they are, DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT A THING, and be thankful to the LPU and the band themselves for giving us such awesome opportunities for no reason. Other than L-O-V-E!! lol
Handsome Boys Surrounded By 'People' On New CD
Relaxed Revolution
Six years ago, Korn headlined the arena-sized "Family Values" tour. These days, Davis seems grateful to be the runner-up in a show headlined by a younger but more popular band like Linkin Park — so grateful that he joined Linkin Park during its encore version of "One Step Closer." Though its formula is pretty basic (rapper/DJ/ hard-rock singer), L.P. deserves credit for its execution. It has an impressive way of juggling tempos, progressions and elements from two disciplines and making it all sound fluid and palatable. Despite the aggression they muster, however, little of it feels genuine or threatening. Some anecdotal evidence: Right after sledge-hammering a cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Wish," which includes the line, "I hate everyone," lead vocalist Chester Bennington stopped to scold a few fans up front for being too rough and rowdy: "We're all friends here," he preached. He was being real, but it's not the kind of rhetoric you expect at a so-called revolt.
Project Revolution concert review
Ultimately, the memories of the Projekt Revolution tour stop at UMB Bank Pavilion will revolve around one thing and one thing only: the weather, a constant and soaking presence throughout the late afternoon and evening. Though the wild weather generally slowed for headliners Linkin Park, the two-thirds-full UMB Bank Pavilion was treated to another shoddy sound mix, as guitarist Brad Delson nearly drowned out every other member of the six-piece group. While the group's radio-friendly, pop-rap-metal was met with a near-unanimous support from the crowd - tracks like "Somewhere I Belong" were able to cut through the technical challenges - the group ultimately seemed an anticlimactic afterthought, following Korn's forceful, if uneven, 65 minutes onstage. Vocalist Chester Bennington, in particular, seemed off-kilter, registering a bushel of bum notes, despite a winning, whirling-dervish stage presence. By Linkin Park's arrival, though, the rain-soaked fans were undoubtedly just happy to be in the presence of their heroes, with lightning still dancing in the West County skies.
PR Tour: Float-rite Park, Sommerset, WI
August 26, 2004
Kerrang! Awards result
Chester in Hoobastank video
Still numero uno
Linkin Park Best Buy in-store appearance
VMA prediction
VMA Reminder: Have you voted today?
We need EVERYONE to be voting LP in the MTV Viewer's Choice Category! Right now they have 19% of the votes and we need to get them back up there to beat the other bands, especially Good Charlotte who is now in the lead! Everyone vote and IM and email the below link to all their friends, family, and fellow LP fans multiple times per day to show Linkin Park their support. Let's make LP proud and help them take home this moonman for the Viewer's Choice Award! You can vote all the way until the the award is presented, so keep your voting up. The show airs THIS SUNDAY eve on MTV.
Linkin Park heads outside
PR Tour: Coors Amphitheatre
August 25, 2004
LP article in Fly magazine
Rockline transcript
Projekt Revolution concert tour
Rock acts up for Kerrang! awards
Mike's guest appearance on "White People"
August 24, 2004
Linkin Park nominated for Kerrang! award
Projekt Revolution Tour photos
Audio Download: Linkin Park on Rockline
It's a different face for concert crowds
When Linkin Park and Korn shared the stage with hip-hop star Snoop Dogg at The Woodlands Pavilion Sunday, it was an eclectic bill. The only thing more diverse was the audience jumping around in front of them.
Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington has taken notice of the trend. "I hate to say it, but I didn't see any black people at Ozzfest," he said of the 2003 tour featuring Ozzy Osbourne. "On this tour, there is quite a mix of ethnic diversity, but also among genres. There seems to be some sort of segregationalism, saying that you can't love Ozzy if you love Jay-Z. That's totally ridiculous."
More than any other, Bennington's group has popularized the hybridization of American musical tastes to match the analogous crossover of pop culture.
Bennington's passionate shrieks complement the stable rationality of co-singer Mike Shinoda's rhymes, which together create a harmonious mix of rock's outward defiance and hip hop's inner strength.
"It's very powerful and very beautiful," said Anthoula Politis, a 27-year-old student from Greece. "It kind of releases something inside of you, and expresses feelings that appeal to every person." "We are fans of music, too," said Bennington, "and we don't just listen to one genre of music. And that's broadened our base of people listening to our music and people who come to our shows. It's really made touring for us consistent over the years, rather than hit and miss, in the sense that people aren't going to get bored of coming because we'll have everything from punk to hip hop to ska."
Mystery solved
August 23, 2004
Audio Download: Linkin Park on Rockline
Video Download: MTV Most Wanted: Chester Bennington
Projekt Revolution Tour photos
Re: Rock Am Ring MP3
Reminder: Linkin Park on Rockline
Linkin Park tops Revolution roster
The summer of 2004 was nearly remembered as the year Lollapalooza was abruptly canceled, possibly never to return. But now it's likely to be remembered as the birth of Project Revolution, hosted by rock 'n' rap headliners Linkin Park. Sunday at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion a muddy, sweaty horde of kids and young adults enjoyed the debut of this all-day concert festival. Project Revolution gathered a lineup of hard-charging styles that complemented Linkin Park's mix of metal blasts and bass beats well. Joining the band were Korn, Snoop Dogg, the Used, Less Than Jake, Ghostface, Funeral for a Friend and an army of second-stage baby bands.
Lollapalooza's two-day lineup of classic modern rock and jam bands collapsed under its own weight. But Project Revolution's roster of still-vital veterans and new blood was broad and strong enough to bring diverse fans in early and keep them rockin' for nearly nine hours. At press time, Linkin Park had only been onstage for about 30 minutes, but tracks like Don't Stay and Lying From You sealed the group's ascendency to keepers of the rock-rap bridge. Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda's wails and rhymes were a perfect complement.
August 22, 2004
Projekt Revolution Tour photos
Linkin Park & Korn Face Off
Linkin Park: The Next Step
Short interview with Chester on MTV Asia
Linkin Park on TV
Linkin Park offer No Warning from their Machine Shop
Bringing No Warning on Projekt Revolution is part of Linkin Park's strategy to build a buzz for the band before releasing its yet-untitled new disc on August 28, and it epitomizes the Park's strategy for supporting the groups they sign in a grass-roots fashion before their records hit the streets.
"We love these guys," Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda said. "The rock world needs something that's as heavy, melodic and passionate as they are. They come from the hardcore world, and they're not f---ing around. They're serious about what they do, and they can be really angry with their music, which is so heavy. But at the same time, there's something that sticks with you about it, whether it be the riffs or the lyrics."
Linkin Park discovered No Warning after some mutual friends handed DJ Joseph Hahn a demo of the band. After playing it for his bandmates, everyone agreed that releasing the explosive punk outfit's new album would be a great way to introduce the world to Machine Shop, which will be distributed through the label's parent company, Warner Bros.
Unlike many established artists who are given vanity labels so they can go play A&R man, Linkin Park's members are taking their roles as record-label execs very seriously. In addition to signing acts, Shinoda says his band has recruited artists for development deals, in which Linkin Park finance and coordinate the recording of an act's demo before putting it in the studio to record a proper album.
"Our label is geared more toward the artists' interests, not [the interests of] a bunch of suits sitting behind desks telling artists how they should sell records," Shinoda said. "Although we want to be able to get their music out to a mass audience, we definitely want to focus on the creative first and foremost to make sure that it's an art-driven label."
August 21, 2004
Cortney Hill column: Hip-hop to hard rock
Rock, rap pound Smirnoff crowd
Linkin Park's set was a propulsive barrage of sound, light, personality and energy that blasted away at the crowd of about 16,000. Lead screamer Chester Bennington and rapper Mike Shinoda wove a vocal tapestry of angst and melody. Bennington unleashed his vein-bursting yowl and completed a series of spinning jumps across the stage. Shinoda was slightly more subdued and was a nice balance with his smoother vocal delivery.
Rob says playing with Korn is 'mind-blowing'
Chimera Music Festival updates
Residents plug ears from blare of shows
Linkin Park at the Olympics
Back in the village, he will put on the headphones, play some relaxing music and drift off to sleep. "When I wake up, I'm possessed." That's when he will hit the eject button on his CD player. Out will go Coldplay and in will go some Limp Bizkit or Linkin Park, something to get his blood pumping.
August 20, 2004
One for the ladies
Projekt Revolution Tour photos
ET on MTV & VH1
Ticket sales for Chimera Music Festival
Warner Music back in the groove
August 19, 2004
Metal/hip-hop show should be a walk in Linkin Park
BTH Wallpaper # 3
Star guitars to be auctioned for hurricane victims
Linkin Park offers audience cutting edge visuals
BTH on the Billboard charts
Say you want a Revolution?
A wet, wild revolution
Rain almost halted the revolution. A storm erupted Wednesday afternoon over the outdoor Ford Amphitheatre, soaking many of the fans seated in the uncovered lawn section of the venue. As an onstage DJ kept spinning tunes, the crowd, there to see the summer's much ballyhooed Projekt Revolution tour, featuring multiple acts, danced to thematic songs such as Rock You Like A Hurricane and Should I Stay Or Should I Go?. Would the show go on?
Linkin Park closed the show with a busy set. The rap-rock band features both a lead singer, Chester Bennington, and emcee Mike Shinoda, rapping in a strong baritone while whiny-voiced Bennington sings of his ennui and a sense of alienation - an odd combination, but when it works, it's compelling. Fueled by skittering hip-hop beats, the duo galloped between the band's musicians and incited fans with call-and-response sessions. It was controlled chaos. It was perfect for a revolution of this kind.
Linkin Park on Much Music
History Projekt
Putting back the melodies into heavy music
On the state of metal since he quit Priest: "A lot of newer metal bands tend to jump into each other's territory, and things become blurred. So you have to strive to be different, and they go to extremes. Priest stands out from that because we've got songs that have stood the test of time. If you can whistle the song in a shower, you're in great shape. We came out of a generation in England that was absolutely immersed in melody. Occasionally you get remarkable things that come along like Linkin Park. When I first heard them, I thought, 'Oh, God, finally someone is putting some melodies back into heavy music.'."
Projekt Revolution: The bands
Linkin Park: One of the biggest bands in the world, Linkin Park mixes hip-hop scratching and raging rap lyrics with metal guitars and a clever knack for melody. The formula has landed the albums 'Hybrid Theory' and 'Meteora' in nine out of 10 teen-driven cars on the road. Millionaires in the making, Linkin Park has been headlining stadiums for years and counts Metallica and Black Sabbath as friends, tour mates and fans. The band is making its second San Antonio visit in 2004, having headlined a Freeman Coliseum show in February.
August 18, 2004
Linkin Park donates $$ to Hurricane Charley Relief
Video Download: Music Video - Linkin Park in Thailand
How cute is this?
Win tickets to PR concert
Nothing new in Revolution tour
The Projekt Revolution tour, a showcase of about a dozen hard-rock, hip-hop and rap-metal acts that played to a crowd of 15,000 Tuesday night at Sound Advice Amphitheatre, might more accurately be called Project Rehash. After all, there's nothing really new about the artists it presents — or the idea of mixing and matching rap and rock. Korn, one of the featured rap-metal headliners, has been around for about a decade. Even Linkin Park, the evening's closer, is well past the release of its second platinum-selling album.
Linkin Park put its genre-bending style on full display. Like Korn, this is a band that rarely strays from the subject of youthful angst, but its musicianship is marked by something subtler. You can really hear the rock when the group rocks. And you can hear the rap when it raps. And yet, these seemingly disparate elements fuse marvelously. Perhaps there's nothing quite new about this revolution, but Linkin Park still makes it seem fresh.
LP in-store signing at Best Buy update
Linkin Park to play at the Chimera Music Festival
August 17, 2004
Linkin Park, now successful and comfortable, ponders where to take its music next
Jay-Z mix‚'n match, but not with thee or me
Since Jay-Z's retirement, it seems the hip-hop mogul has been making the rounds with a couple of surprise performances. About a month ago with Phish on stage in Brooklyn and most recently, Jay hooked up with Linkin Park at Los Angeles' Roxy for the pilot of MTV's "Mashups." Linkin Park and Jay-Z together, cool, but not shocking. Apparently, they performed "Big Pimpin'‚" with LP's song "Papercut" and "Encore/Numb."
Mike & Depeche Mode
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda is among the artists remixing Depeche Mode tunes for Depeche Mode Remixes 81-04, due October 26. Shinoda's take on "Enjoy the Silence" will serve as the set's first single, appearing only on a limited-edition bonus disc that accompanies the double album. Others adding their touch to favorites like "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Personal Jesus" include DJ Shadow, William Orbit, Portishead and Air. ...
Projekt Revolution tour photos
VMA Viewers Choice Award update
August 16, 2004
Give blood, get concert tickets
Hesperia - Anyone who wants to see Linkin Park and Korn in concert for free will have a shot at it Tuesday. While supplies last, donors at a blood drive in Hesperia will get concert vouchers for the Projekt Revolution Tour at the Hyundai Pavilion, compliments of KLOS-FM 95.5. The Projekt Revolution Tour Blood Drive, sponsored by the Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, will be at 11941 Hesperia Road from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Donors also get free sunshades. Potential donors should drink plenty of water and avoid caffeine to ensure they're well-hydrated enough to donate. Those who aren't properly hydrated could be turned away. People are also advised to eat first. Additionally, donors must be healthy, 17 or older, free of infections and illness, at least 110 pounds and not at risk for AIDS or hepatitis. Those older than 76 have to bring written permission from a physician. For information, call (800) 879-4484.
Before they were famous
How do you like being compared to Incubus?
I heard you guys kind of grew up with them, right?
Mike and Depeche Mode collaboration
August 15, 2004
Genre fusion 'bridges the gap'
August 14, 2004
Mike and Brad on Ruckus SaS
Linkin Park, The biggest band in the planet wants to save your life (again)
Outdoor Revolution Festival celebrates ska, rap, hard rock
Projekt Revolution concert review
Tour sponsors Linkin Park played a solid hour and a half and maintained its usual standards for sparkling, dynamically diverse, heavy rock 'n' roll. For the most part, it stuck with its best-known tunes from its two albums, its 15-song set included a parade of tunes like "Numb," "Somewhere I Belong," "In the End" and the distinctive hit ballad "Breaking the Habit." Though tunes like "From the Inside" provided plenty of dynamic range and contrast between Mike Shinoda's spitfire raps and Chester Bennington's sweetly soulful vocals, the band mostly kept the energy level high with tunes such as the sharply rhythmic "Step Up." Shinoda conducted numerous audience singalongs, ending up in the crowd several times, and an acrobatic dancer named Eric joined the band on stage during "Nobody's Listening."
August 13, 2004
Mo' money, mo' problems
Linkin Park the Weathermen
Linkin Park puts together the Projekt Revolution tour
Scans from Forward magazine
Scans from Popsicle magazine
Punk'd screencaps
August 12, 2004
Second Breaking The Habit Wallpaper
Linkin Park Desktop
Linkin Park in-store appearance
August 26, 2004, 5-7 pm, 1000 W. North Ave., Chicago
Linkin Park cook up collaborations, new album on tour
Linkin Park shows gentler side of hard rock
The conspicuous cancellation of the entire Lollapalooza tour and slow summer ticket sales in general don't bode well for the future of the all-day outdoor music festival. Then again, the "Projekt Revolution" tour, spearheaded by Linkin Park, seems to be doing OK. The tour, now in its third year, brought a more than respectable number of fans to the Tweeter Center Saturday, no doubt attracted by a bill that ran from Snoop Dogg to Korn to the Used and Wu-Tang rapper Ghostface.
But the appeal of "Projekt Revolution" isn't quite as revolutionary as the name implies, given its resemblance to the "Family Values" tours, of which both Linkin Park and Korn are veterans. Those concerts featured a similar mix of hard rock and just a little hip-hop, a formula that appeals to a cross-section of disaffected youth and teenage rebels. And it doesn't hurt that right now there are few rock acts as popular as Linkin Park.
Following Korn, headliners Linkin Park seemed much less menacing, the band's pop rap-rock hooks and polite onstage disposition very much at odds with Korn's take-no-prisoners approach. Still, those hooks and melodies are what set Linkin Park apart, and they account for much of the band's popularity. Saving up such ubiquitous hits as "Faint" and "Breaking the Habit" until later in the evening, Linkin Park kept the crowd enthusiastic and energetic throughout its set, its anthems of anomie sung by everyone, from 12-year-old girls to the venue's unusually rapt security guards.
Projekt Revolution photos
Projekt Revolution c's to k's across the nation? Across the world! It's an alphabetical revolution! This Projekt is mad, I tell you! Mad!
Meteora back on the Top 40 Album chart
August 11, 2004
Video Download Update
Listen to LP and Busta Rhymes mash up on WXRK (92.3 FM)
Anyone who still thinks rap music is just one isolated style of popular music might want to listen to the radio this weekend to be reminded otherwise. WXRK (92.3 FM) is breaking out a new show called "Mash-Up Radio" Friday at 10 p.m., with DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill mixing rock and rap by combining vocal tracks from one song with instrumental tracks from another. "Mash-Up," popular in Europe for years, has lately crossed the pond, attracting Internet and tape mixers plus club deejays.
K-Rock had a long run with a mash-up that mixed Linkin Park and Jay-Z, notes operations manager Rob Cross, and that led him to give the style its own hour. "It's the best of both worlds," he says. "It's new and it's familiar. I think most people like it, but even the ones who hate it will find it really, really interesting. "Best-case scenario: You love both songs. Worst-case scenario: You say, 'What have they done to that Linkin Park song?' and tell your friends to listen to see how bad it is. I can live with that." Some of the artists Muggs will combine Friday include Metallica and Bone Crusher, Linkin Park and Busta Rhymes, Rage Against the Machine and DMX.
Linkin Park tour not kutting edge
The official Web site for Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour touts the "revolutionary, cutting-edge talent" appearing at shows. Monday's concert at the Post- Gazette Pavilion proved to be far less earth-shattering than billed. Apparently the revolution this tour imagines features both rap and rock, only one female artist, largely apolitical content and bands that substitute the letter k for the letter c when spelling. Not only is none of this new, it speaks to the sexist, staid, egocentric state of music aimed at the young, angry and alienated.
Linkin Park were really the only act allowing "rock and hip-hop [to] collaborate" as they rapped in "Step Up." While some of their songs and onstage videos featured a generally anti-authoritarian theme, most explored identity issues ("Numb," "Figure .09") or relationships ("Don't Stay," "From The Inside"). Linkin Park's songs never really explored life's dark or blurry edges the way the best hip-hop does, nor rocked with any true authority or menace.
Most fans should know by now that if you're looking for a musical revolution, you're far more likely to find it in an out-of-the-way club or basement than in a concert shed built for mass-marketed acts and audiences of 20,000.
Chester on MTV News
Chester Bennington is really spreading himself around. Following the news of his appearance on Korn's cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole," the Linkin Park singer has lent his vocals to "State of the Art," a solo offering by Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal. A full Lethal album is not scheduled for release, according to Limp Bizkit's label, Interscope Records
Generous Phoenix
Laughs tracks
Why can't bands that make clever music get played on the radio?
VMA update
August 10, 2004
Projekt Revolution storms the U.S. as Linkin Park and Friends launch this summer's hottest tour
Video Download: MTV Projekt Revolution Tour Special
New publicity photos
LP "BTH" #1 on All Things Rock Countdown
August 9, 2004
United for a blistering revolution
The principals in the Projekt Revolution Tour have more in common than rage and an obsession with synapse-scrambling bass -- each act had the kismet to arrive at the exact moment the music culture was thirsting for them. Snoop Dogg dropped his seminal "Doggystyle" to crest the G-funk wave in 1993; Korn and Linkin Park seemed to materialize almost on the very day that thunderous, aggressive rap-metal first invaded the nation's consciousness.
Linkin Park is probably the majority, the AV club whose members probably aren't entirely right, but seem awful nice and will give up algebra answers if you ask. Packaged together, their revolution was unquestionably energized, and at the Tweeter Center on Saturday night, each made a compelling case for the staying power of their own corner of angry music.
No one's done rap-metal self-help more lucratively than Linkin Park, though, and the sextet followed the barrage of Korn by coming off as, well, just about the nicest band in the history of time. Their sound's powered by low-end theory and throat-shredding choruses just as much as their predecessors, but lead singer Chester Bennington and rapper Mike Shinoda used their between-song banter to thank everybody in sight and gush over their singing voices (at one point, Bennington invited a young girl onstage to provide a pretty good stab at lead vocals).
Where Korn invites uncontrolled fury, Linkin Park aligns itself with the lonely and the distant, and as such comes off more accessible and a little whinier, particularly when Bennington handles the vocals ("Points of Authority"). Live anyway, Shinoda's verses -- such as his stomp through the obscure "Step Up" -- are a better fit. But when the band fired on all cylinders -- such as on a brutal "Lying From You" and an accelerated "Faint" -- they succeeded in closing the night by putting the outcast front and center.
Better Quality of 'State of the Art'
130 concertgoers arrested at Blossom
August 8, 2004
Life in the Land of Linkin
Projekt Revolution Tour photos
Linkin Park nominated for Favourite Group
BTH still numero uno on MTV Asia
PR Tour: Quotable Quotes
"Guys calm down. It's not like I'm f***in chocolate." and on-stage Mike goes "Guys don't undress Chester. We don't want to see that." - at the Holmdel, NJ show Chester jumps literally in the audience and people are like attacking him
"oh, you want my guitar? you can have it!" - Mike talking to Guitar Tech
"You guys are f***ing amazing out there! you have so much energy, look at chester! you're killing him!" - Mike
"You guys are too far away! at other places they're like closer but you guys are like 2 inches too far. I feel like I'm gonna fall on my face!" - Chester was talking about the people in the front
August 7, 2004
Audio Download: State of the Art (DJ Lethal and Chester Bennington)
Reminder: State of the Art premiere
Reminder: Projekt Revolution Tour special on MTV 2
New Breaking The Habit Wallpaper Player
Linkin Park holds sway in big-budget show
Like crowd-pleasing disc jockeys at a very large party, Linkin Park played the Blossom Music Center stage like a giant turntable Thursday. The band's Projekt Revolution delivered - as promised - a spinning of musical acts that reflect the sextet's varied tastes as well as its own hybrid style. The sextet brought to life the hip-hop-inflected pop-metal of its best-selling albums "Hybrid Theory" and "Meteora," melding nether-region-rumbling bass with skittering beats and industrial-strength power chords.
Singer Chester Bennington worked the stage like a fly-weight prizefighter, feigning jabs as he bobbed and weaved around the multitiered set on songs such as "Somewhere I Belong." Emcee Mike Shinoda led the packed house through old-school call-and-response segments before tickling the ivories for a hushed reading of "Breaking the Habit." And The Used's Bert McCracken, a ringer for Kurt Cobain, rejoined the party for a throat-shredding performance of "Faint."
But Linkin Park's set involved more than a musical cross-pollination. With considerable ingenuity and a production budget rivaling the NASA space program, the band fostered its own arts community onstage. A break-dancer performed a jaw-dropping display of serial back flips. A graffiti artist spray-painted a large canvas that he later bestowed on one very-stoked fan. And a high-definition video screen allowed the band to merge with its own cinematic creations.
The short films featured recurring imagery of rogue graffiti artists tagging walls, then escaping from shadowy forces. The simple message: Self-expression can set you free, even on a tight budget. Maybe next time Linkin Park will carry the conceit further and let me write my review from the stage.
Festival's revolution fizzles
Linkin Park performed for an audience of 15,500 Friday night at Verizon Wireless Music Center, but the band sidestepped the promise of its ambitiously titled tour.
"Projekt Revolution" offered no social or political commentary beyond some staged video of graffiti taggers receiving a beatdown -- at least through the first hour of Linkin Park's 90-minute performance. It's probably too much to ask for a life-changing experience from one of music's most calculated hit machines.
As a half-and-half hybrid of rap and metal, Linkin Park showcases mild-mannered MC Mike Shinoda and mild-mannered screamer Chester Bennington. The songs rarely vary in compositional structure, sonic texture or lyrical content: "You like to think you're never wrong"; "I won't trust myself with you"; "Shut up when I'm talking to you." These guys are masters at verbalizing angst, but as revolutionaries they're less than failures. They don't even try.
SoBe Adrenaline Rush is rockin' with Projekt Revolution
No Warning confirmed for rest of Projekt Revolution
Record industry faces duel over new 'DualDiscs'
August 6, 2004
Reminder: Projekt Revolution Tour special on MTV and MTV 2
MTV 2
MTV
Music Preview: Blockbuster band builds on its rap-metal Revolution
X-Fest 'revolutionary'
Interview with Mike from French magazine
LollapaWHOza? Linkin Park also started out planning just another summer tour, before realizing the huge supply of potential opening acts, says drummer Rob Bourdon. "We wanted to go out and do a headlining tour this summer, and play outdoors," he says. "We weren't thinking of putting a whole festival together. The original plan was maybe to have a couple bands before us. But as we started to put it together, we realized there was not as much going on this summer as usual." Things snowballed.
"We wanted to do try and do something bigger, and it grew one band at a time," he says. "We decided to have a whole separate village with a bunch of activities, in between bands or before the bands started. It turned into a whole big festival. And it all started off with us wanting to go tour and play outside this summer." In other words, they took a page from Lollapalooza's book. "Lollapalooza is a great show, and successful," he says. "It's sad that it had to be canceled this year. ... Lollapalooza was one of the first festival shows I ever went to, a long time ago, before I was ever in Linkin Park."
Korn and Chester collaboration shelved
Projekt Revolution Tour
The eight-hour Projekt Revolution festival is a lot like Lollapalooza once was: a long, eclectic rundown of name-brand, rock-the-house acts, one following the other in rapid succession. Rock, represented by the Used and Less Than Jake, is in the minority here. Two of hip-hop's modern greats, Ghostface and Snoop Dogg, provide the street cred. And still three rap-rock greats grace the bill -- reunited pioneers Downset, braided breakthrough stars Korn, and last-men-standing Linkin Park.
August 5, 2004
Video Download Update
Breaking The Habit moves up 10 spots on the chart
Linkin Park puts its unique spin on Revolution concert tour
"It's not a revolution in the sense of revolting against anything," explains Bennington. "It's more like a revolution in the sense of a constant spinning and mixing of genres and musical styles. The idea is that there's constant movement musically, from punk to alternative to ska to reggae to hip-hop to metal. You're going to get a little of each when you go to Projekt Revolution." A Rock the Vote booth is among the exhibits in the festival's "Revolution Village," but beyond encouraging fans to vote, Linkin Park doesn't get political. Instead, the band's music focuses on resolving inner turmoil. The group's latest single, "Breaking the Habit," represents what Bennington calls "the politics of being yourself."
"I don't think there is a solution for fixing the world," he says. "But there is a way you can make yourself happy. Everything is a choice. You can either choose to hate or choose not to hate. And that's about as political as I get."
Festival embraces the light, the dark, the mud
You haven't witnessed formulaic until you've seen Linkin Park perform a set of carbon-copy songs, such as "Numb" and "Crawling," that rarely deviate from the techno-laced intro + swelling pre-chorus + shout-along- refrain formula. Korn and Linkin Park were the headliners on the Projekt Revolution tour, a daylong, metal-leaning festival that played to a near-sellout crowd Tuesday at the Tweeter Center.
A late-afternoon downpour cut short an underwhelming set by the Welsh post-hardcore quintet Funeral for a Friend on the "Revolution Village" side stage, and washed out hip-hopper Ghostface's performance altogether. Attractions such as video game kiosks and a batting cage were canceled. But it didn't stop some lager-fueled fans on the lawn from participating in a mud Olympics, featuring mud tossing, mud sliding, and coed mud wrestling. Nothing says summer festival fun like a little Girls Gone Wild-meets-Fight Club action.
Linkin Park rewarded the crowd's endurance with a viciously tight set that dug deep for the Internet-only rarity "Step Up" (one of the few songs from the metal alchemists that is more hip-hop than aggro-metal), and it even brought up a fan named Billy to play guitar on "Faint." The guys get points for giving back to the loyalists, but not enough to give its derivative nu-metal a passing grade.
You say you want a revolution?
Hanging out with Linkin Park
Rock hodgepodge
August 4, 2004
Revolution: A KoRn festival
Maybe they weren't the headliners of last Tuesday's twin staged "Projekt Revolution Tour" at Six Flags Darien Lake, but KoRn definitely stole the show. "Projekt Revolution", put together by and starring Linkin Park, was meant to be a showcase of many of the diverse names of pop culture. And it proved to be a huge success.
Linkin Park took the stage around 9:30. Rapper for the band, Mike Shinoda, set the scene by playing a prolonged piano part to single, "Breaking the Habit." Not as energetic as I expected the band to be, but still a good performance. Lead singer Chester Bennington's voice soared on songs like "Numb", "In the End" and "Crawling", and the band threw in a few surprises like older song, "Step Up" featuring lots of audience participation, and a crowd-pleasing Nine Inch Nails cover.
Linkin Park closed out the night with loud explosions and two encores of breakthrough single, "One Step Closer." Yes, folks, you read correctly. Two encores of the same single.
A mixed bag: rap, metal and rock
Mixing rap and rock is apparently not the same as mixing black and white. Anyone hoping for a diverse crowd at a concert that put rappers (Snoop Dogg, Ghostface) on the same bill as rockers (Linkin Park, The Used) must have been disappointed at the sea of white faces that flooded Jones Beach. One white kid complained out loud, "Dude, there's no black guys here. Maybe, like, three."
Linkin Park borrowed the rhythms and delivery of rap, but rarely its attitude. Where rappers tend to boast and bluster, rap-rockers tend to mope and moan. (For some reason, rap- rockers have a worse outlook than even the average grunge singer.) During its 80-minute set, Linkin Park delivered one anguished line after another. "I tried so hard/And got so far/But in the end, it doesn't even matter," Chester Bennington sang, hunched over as if in pain. On "Somewhere I Belong," Mike Shinoda rapped, "I'd get lost in the nothingness inside of me."
Linkin Park's music often felt more shrewd than sincere. The cathartic-yet-catchy songs invariably followed the same formula: Shinoda's rapped verses, Bennington's sung chorus and a heavy, bouncy beat. The one departure was a cover of "Wish" by Nine Inch Nails, a band whose lyrics laid the groundwork for Linkin Park's: "I'm the one without a soul," Bennington howled. "I'm the one with this big --."
Concert Review: Projekt Revolution
Crossing boundaries of punk, rap and metal, Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour packed the outdoor venue at Jones Beach for eight hours of angst-ridden rock and hip-hop fun. Boasting a roster steeped in diversity, Snoop Dogg, Korn and Linkin Park had their work cut out for them, with the Used, Ghostface Killah and Less Than Jake as openers. But it was clear by the time the Revolution ended at 11 p.m. that the show belonged to Snoop.
Headliners Linkin Park arrived to a deafening roar as the six-member, multiplatinum purveyors of teen angst throttled the crowd with new songs and recent hits including "Don't Stay," "Somewhere I Belong," "In the End" and "Crawling." Amid lavish sets, videos and grand piano accompaniment on "Breaking the Habit," Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda effortlessly shared vocals high and hoarse. But technical difficulties scuttled the energy when Snoop came out to sing on "Step Up." His microphone failing, Snoop continued on as the confused audience quieted. This went unnoticed by the band as they finished with a cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Wish." The encore of "One Step Closer" featured Korn's Davis, who fared better with his microphone. Although Linkin Park satisfied and Korn rocked, it was Snoop who left everyone wanting more.
Linkin, Blinkin' & nods
In a summer when ticket prices have skyrocketed and tours have fallen apart before they started, the Projekt Revolution festival was downright revolutionary.
Monday's day-long event at Jones Beach featured rapper Snoop Dogg, Korn and Linkin Park — and, at $49 a ticket, cost less than a T-shirt at Madonna's Garden party last month. Linkin Park was the highlight. For nearly two hours, the SoCal metal/rap act was terrific, serving up a top program from its songbook — most of its two multiplatinum albums, "Hybrid Theory" and "Meteora," plus unrecorded tunes like the heavy hip-hop tune "Step Up."
That last was souped-up by a Snoop Dogg cameo that would have been a lot better if the sound guys hadn't slipped up — the rapper's mike wasn't plugged in until nearly the end of the song. Ouch. The fans loved it when Linkin Park played old hits such as "Crawling," but the band was at its best with "Meteora" music, like "Somewhere I Belong" and the love-gone-bad song "Breaking the Habit."
PR photos: Jones Beach Theatre
VMA Awards Viewer's Choice Award
August 3, 2004
Audio Download: Breaking The Habit instrumental
Video Download: Linkin Park 'live' in Thailand
PR photos: Jones Beach Theatre
Time off for Linkin Park
Breaking The Habit DVD
Linkin Park on Rockline
August 2, 2004
Video Download: Chester Queen of the Damned Interview
Rap, Metal better as solo acts
It's Linkin Park's tour and the band can do what it wants, but the rap-metal outfit really should consider surrendering top billing to Snoop Dogg or Korn. The former does rap, the latter plays metal, and they put on the best - if very different - performances Saturday when the Projekt Revolution tour stopped at the ctnow.com Meadows Music Theater in Hartford.
Linkin Park, on the other hand, comes off as the music industry's attempt to build a band out of popular musical elements: kids like rap, kids like metal. What happens if we put 'em together? The answer is, a group that sells a bazillion records yet barely varies the tempo during a 75-minute live set. The six-member band poured extraordinary energy into its tunes, but the musical formula was tired by the second song of the set: Singer Chester Bennington wailed in anguish until he ran out of breath, and then vocalist Mike Shinoda rapped tepid rhymes for a few bars.
Perhaps the group's best moment came on "Step Up," which rode an old-school hip-hop vibe fed by a grinding guitar riff. The tune called to mind the collaboration between Anthrax and Public Enemy in 1991, years before the rap-metal bands caught on. The crowd was an enthusiastic participant throughout, though the biggest reaction came on the hits, including the moody "In the End" and the metallic throb of "Crawling."
Revolution is in the mix
Despite its name, the Projekt Revolution tour isn't all that revolutionary. Headlined by one gangsta-rap icon (Snoop Dogg) and two bands that feel equally comfortable with rhyming and headbanging (Linkin Park and Korn), the tour's central point is to bring hip hop and hard rock together. But that idea has been around for 20 years now, since the early days of Run-D.M.C. And these days it's getting pretty dull. Still, the relevance of a concept depends on what you do with it. And when Projekt Revolution hit the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., Friday, there were plenty of interesting variations on display.
As for Linkin Park, the reason for their enormous appeal became clear the moment they hit the PNC stage. Even when the band's raging at full throttle, with tormented skater-dude Chester Bennington screaming his lungs out, you can tell they're softies at heart.
Coupling disaffected lyrics with simple, anthemic melodies, songs like "Crawling" and "Breaking the Habit" were almost sweet, in a teenage melodramatic way. Adding to the latter number's sensitivity, MC Mike Shinoda stepped out on baby-grand piano. How many rap-rock bands pull that trick?
More Revolution Tour photos
A revolution: tour for all tastes
No problems at weekend concert
August 1, 2004
Projekt Revolution Tour Special on MTV 2
August 7 at 12 pm
Video Download: MTV Backstage Pass - One Step Closer
Projekt Revolution Tour: Fans' Review
We're waiting right at the entrance to this area for about another 10 minutes when all of a sudden we hear someone yell
"I'm gonna beat you, Joe!" I look over and see two golf carts, Mike and Chester in one and Brad and Joe in the other, having a race to Phoenix at the other side of the parking lot, Rob was the starting point apparently. Joe and Brad won by a car length, and took a victory lap down the M&G line, high-fiving all the people who made the list. They then made their way to the M&G tent and Mark lead us forward to them. Full report
Projekt Revolution Tour: Quotable Quotes
"We don't represent the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. We represent the Gangsta Party.'' --Snoop Dogg
Word \m/ :-). PR concert go-ers if you hear any good quote at the show please let me know.
Projekt Revolution Tour photos
More photos from Hong Kong tour
MTV Starhour
LP made number 1
posted by Jas, 08/29/04
Another review of the PR show at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, WI from the Journal Sentinel
posted by Jas, 08/29/04
Another review of the PR show at Float-Rite Park in Sommerset, WI from St. Paul Pioneer Press
posted by Jas, 08/28/04
Depeche Mode official site has posted a 30 second clip of Enjoy The Silence which has been remixed by Mike Shinoda
posted by Jas, 08/28/04
Review of the PR show at Float-Rite Park in Sommerset, WI from Star Tribune
posted by Jas, 08/28/04
Not much uploading to do so I'm offering the 'Wish' video from the Rock Am Ring show for download via yousendit.com of course. You know the drill, send me your email address if you want the file. File is 15 mb in wmv format. Please note that the audio and video defects are from the source.
posted by Jas, 08/28/04
There's no word if the guys will attend the VMA tomorrow because they're still in the middle of the PR tour but according to Hollywood Reporter there will be three after parties on Sunday and one of them is hosted by Jessica and Ashlee Simpson called "The Trimspa Afterparty" at Opium, where Michelle Branch, Queen Latifah and the members of Black Eyed Peas and Linkin Park are expected. Will keep my eyes opened for any pics. The 2004 Video Music Awards will be shown live on MTV on Sunday Aug 29 at 8 pm ET.
posted by Jas, 08/28/04
Berita Harian reports that Linkin Park's 'Numb' is one of the songs in a new compilation album called BIG, to be released by Warner Music, Sony Music and BMG Music. Among the 18 tracks included in the album are Where Is The Love (Black Eyed Peas), Hey Ya! (Outkast), Perfect (Simple Plan), Crazy In Love (Beyonce Knowles), This Love (Maroon5), Mandy (Westlife), Say It Isn't So (Gareth Gates), Toxic (Britney Spears), White Flag (Dido), Summer Sunshine (The Corrs), You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban), Kissing A Fool (Michael Buble), Everyhthing (Alanis Morissette), I'm Lovin' It (Justin Timberlake) and Burn (Usher).
posted by Jas, 08/27/04
Breaking The Habit Wallpaper # 4 is up, my least favourite so far :-)
posted by Jas, 08/27/04
An interview with Chester from Arizona Daily where he talked about the PR tour, music and life and joked that LP plans to write a really bad third album.
posted by Jas, 08/27/04
Denver Post reports: Last week, pop sensation Josh Groban covered "My December" toward the end of his sold-out show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Women in their 40s cried their way through the song, marveling at its simple introspection and blubbering at Groban's every marvelous! note. Teenagers in the audience, of which there were many, had the opposite reaction. They raised their hands, shaped into the sign of the beast, in support of the righteous Linkin Park B-side ballad they've grown to love.
posted by Jas, 08/27/04
Here's Mikaboog's meet and greet experience at Best Buy in Chicago posted on the LPUMB. Thanks Mika.
posted by Jas, 08/27/04
Mike is not the only one who's involved in the new Handsome Boy Modelling's CD, he and Chester will be on a track called, 'Could Never Hip Hop Like This'
posted by Jas, 08/27/04
Review of the PR show at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheater in Bonner Springs, KS, from Kansas City Star
posted by Jas, 08/27/04
Review of the PR show at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, MO, from St. Louis Post-Dispatch
posted by Jas, 08/27/04
Minneapolis Star Tribune reports: After opening for Metallica's Summer Sanitarium tour last year, Linkin Park is headlining its own summer mega-tour, Projekt Revolution. Expect the full, pyrotechnic rap-metal assault from the California hitmakers, and more of the same from Korn, which is earning raves for its cover of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" at other tour stops. Snoop Dogg should go over as well here as he did with the frat boys in "Old School," and the Used are using the tour to preview a buzzed-about new album. (2 p.m. Sat., Float-Rite Park, Somerset, Wis. $46.50. 651-989-5151 or 1-800-826-7096.)
posted by Jas, 08/27/04
Linkin Park lost the Best Single award to Lost Prophet. Metallica won Best Band on the Planet award.
posted by Jas, 08/26/04
Vop wrote in to say that he has the Hoobastank's 'Same Direction' video which has Chester's cameo appearance, up for download at his site at lpunderground.nl. If you haven't seen it yet go there and download.
posted by Jas, 08/26/04
Billboard.com reports that 'Breaking The Habit' is at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart for the second week.
posted by Jas, 08/26/04
Don't forget LP will at Best Buy located at 1000 W. North Avenue in Chicago, IL today from 5-7 pm for the BTH DVD/Manga book signing. LPU members who are on the confirmed list please arrive earlier between 4:00 and 4:30pm to check in and queue up in the special fan club line reserved for you. Log on to LPUnderground.com for more details.
posted by Jas, 08/26/04
The Winnipeg Sun's prediction for the MTV Video Music Awards to be held this Sunday.
posted by Jas, 08/26/04
Message from LinkinPark.com
posted by Jas, 08/26/04
The Arizona Republic reports: Linkin Park just keeps getting bigger, as does the band's Projekt Revolution Tour, which this year boast 10 acts. After just two studio albums, the rap-rocking Linkin Park, featuring Valley-born singer Chester Bennington, is playing the 19,000-capacity Cricket Pavilion in Phoenix, heading up a bill with fellow heavyweights Snoop Dogg and Korn, as well as seven other acts. After playing the smaller America West Arena last year, the tour has added a second stage, on Cricket's outdoor layout. The Used and Less Than Jake round out the main-stage lineup, while Ghostface, Funeral for a Friend, M.O.P., Autopilot Off and downset will play the second stage.
posted by Jas, 08/26/04
Denver Westword reports: The eight-hour Projekt Revolution festival is a lot like Lollapalooza once was: a long, eclectic rundown of name-brand, rock-the-house acts, following one another in rapid succession. Rock, represented by the Used and Less Than Jake, is in the minority here. Two of hip-hop's modern greats, Ghostface and Snoop Dogg, provide the street cred. And three rap-rock greats grace the bill -- reunited pioneers Downset, braided breakthrough stars Korn, and last-men-standing Linkin Park.
posted by Jas, 08/25/04
Fly magazine has a great article on Linkin Park and an interview with Joe. Thanks to Linkin Park World for the link.
posted by Jas, 08/25/04
The Spoon sent in a partial transcript of Mike and Brad on Rockline last night. Thanks The Spoon, really appreciate it!
posted by Jas, 08/25/04
At the Pavillion: Linkin Park with Korn, Snoop Dogg, the Used and Less Than Jake are all performing at the UMB Bank Pavilion today starting at 2:30 p.m. It's the Projekt Revolution tour - and you can count on these acts to bring the noise. Tickets are $45 for lawn seats, $49.50 reserved. For more information, call 314-241-1888.
posted by Jas, 08/25/04
Both BBC Newsand CBBC Newsround picked up the story on the Kerrang! Awards nominations. 'Breaking the Habit' is nominated for Best Single.
posted by Jas, 08/25/04
MTV reports: Five years after releasing their debut album, So ... How's Your Girl?, Handsome Boy Modeling School (a.k.a. Dan the Automator and Prince Paul) will release their follow-up, White People, on November 9. The disc contains a cavalcade of guest stars including Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda, Mike Patton, the Deftones' Chino Moreno, Cat Power, RZA, Tim Meadows of "Saturday Night Live" and John Oates from Hall & Oates fame, among others. The first single, "The World's Gone Mad," features Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand and Del Tha Funky Homosapien. ...
posted by Jas, 08/24/04
Kerrang! has announced nominations for the 2004 Kerrang! Awards and Linkin Park's 'Breaking The Habit' has been nominated for Best Single. The show will take place at a secret London location on Thursday August 26
posted by Jas, 08/24/04
Abaca Press has posted some photos from the Tampa, FL show.
posted by Jas, 08/24/04
I've decided to upload the file in asf format instead of mp3 because there's no difference in quality and uploading the asf file is faster than mp3, so if you want the file send me your email address.
posted by Jas, 08/24/04
Review of PR concert at the The Woodlands Pavilion in Texas from Houston Chronicle
posted by Jas, 08/24/04
Remember this photo I posted yesterday? turns out that some kid gave his glasses to Chester and Chester wore it for a couple of songs, that's all. Thanks to Katyliz1076 for letting me use her photos. Katyliz will be adding more photos on her online album soon
posted by Jas, 08/23/04
Update: The full interview is now available for download via yousendit.com, send me your email address if you want the file, file is 31 mb in mp3 format.
Update II: Those with slow connection can download a lower quality version in asf format which is about 10 mb. Please state in your email which format you prefer. Actually there's not much difference between the two formats LOL!
The interview is with Brad, Mike and Korn's Jonathan Davis. Brad and Mike talk about the BTH VMA nomination (keep voting here), their favourite tour, the PR set, album artwork, Mike's DC shoes among other things and Mike said the concert in Brazil on September 11 will be LP's last concert before they take a long break. As far as new album is concerned, we won't get it any time soon but they have something special planned for us which will probably be released sooner than later and it's not Reanimation II. Mike's not saying anything, we just have to check LinkinPark.com for the news. God! the anticipation is killing me already!
posted by Jas, 08/23/04
Here's a short interview with Chester in the MTV Most Wanted Trivia segment on MTV Asia. I will post three short clips in the right frame in the next few days while you wait for the link. File is 10 mb in wmv format and is available for download via yousendit.com, send me your email address if you want the file. Will post an update if file is available for download online. Go here for Screencaps. Update: File is now available for download at LPUnderground.nl. Both Linkin-Park.ru and DLPLP.com will also have the video up on their sites later today so go to either one of these sites to download the file. Thanks guys!
posted by Jas, 08/23/04
I'm posting these photos without permission but they are really excellent photos I just have to show you. They are taken by Katyliz1976 from LPUMB from the Houston show, Katyliz if you're reading this and want me to take them down just email me, I tried to PM you but your mailbox is full. I only take these 4, so weird to see Chester singing with his glasses on and that photo of Rob is fabulous! you don't see a photo of Rob like that everyday. Press photographers need to be reminded that there are six members in Linkin Park, they tend to just focus on Chester and Mike, not that I'm complaining but the other members need some love too :-)
more hot and sweaty photos here (Warning! LPTimes.com will not be responsible for any injury caused while viewing these photos)
posted by Jas, 08/23/04
Please note that the MP3 of the 2004 Rock Am Ring concert is temporarily offline until further notice. I've been having problems getting a connection with yousendit.com the past few days and haven't been able to upload the file and the fact that it's 150 mb doesn't help. So I won't be taking in any more request for this file until I manage to send it to the people who are already on the list first (about 18 of them). I will post an update when I'm ready to take new request. Sorry for the inconvenience.
posted by Jas, 08/23/04
Linkin Park will be on Rockline tonight at 8:30 pm PT on www.wrif.com. You can listen to the live broadcast here.
posted by Jas, 08/23/04
Review of PR concert at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion, in Spring, TX from Houston Chronicle
posted by Jas, 08/22/04
Corbis has finally posted pics of the PR tour from the West Palm Beach show, but only these 3
posted by Jas, 08/22/04
Here are scans of the full interview with Chester and Jonathan Davis from the September issue of Revolver magazine. Article contains expletive.
posted by Jas, 08/22/04
Lyn sent in scans of old interview with Chester from the June 2003 issue of Hit Parader. Thanks Lyn.
posted by Jas, 08/22/04
I missed it when it was aired on Friday, please don't hit me. There will be a repeat tomorrow, Monday morning at 6 am and 2 pm on MTV Asia. It's a short interview with Chester in the Trivia segment in MTV Most Wanted, I will tape it and post it asap. Thanks Minh Thao.
posted by Jas, 08/22/04
There will be a series of programes featuring VMA nominees on MTV, MTV 2 and VH1 next week. Check the left frame for a list of schedules (reload the frame if you don't see an update).
posted by Jas, 08/22/04
VH1 reports: Originally, No Warning were booked for the first three weeks of the tour, but they've been so well-received that Linkin Park have asked them to stay on for the rest of the trek, which ends September 5 in Mountain View, California. Of course, being the first band signed to Linkin Park's Machine Shop label might have played a small role in that decision.
posted by Jas, 08/21/04
The writer of this article was not a fan of hard rock music until he heard Linkin Park. Word \m/
posted by Jas, 08/21/04
Review of the PR concert at Smirnoff Music Centre in Dallas, TX from Star-Telegram
posted by Jas, 08/21/04
Blabbermouth.net reports: Drummer Rob Bourdon recently told Launch Radio Networks that one of the major highlights of this summer's Projekt Revolution tour has been the chance to perform with Korn every night. "It's great to be able to share the stage with a really great live band like Korn, you know. For me, I've been watching them since before we were ever signed, so now to be sharing a stage with Korn, it's definitely a mind-blowing experience. And playing after a band that's as great as they are really pushes us to be, like, a hundred percent every night."
posted by Jas, 08/21/04
Bruno from LinkinPark.com.br informed me that tickets for the Chimera Music Festival are indeed on sale now. And local radio station, Radio 89FM is having a promotion asking fans to gather a team and the team that donate the most blood will get to meet the band. The station has also another contest going on where listeners can call the station or log on to their website when they hear the codeword "Rally Linkin Park" on the radio to get concert tickets. That's not all, those who are going to buy tickets for the show will have to bring along 1kg of food for charity to help the unfortunate people in Brazil. That's a great way to sell tickets don't you think? you get tickets and do something good at the same time.
posted by Jas, 08/21/04
Residents living near the new Ford Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds have complained about the concert noise when Linkin Park and the PR bands performed there on Wednesday. They thought that was loud, wait till Black Sabbath comes to town.
posted by Jas, 08/21/04
Some people have said that they've heard LP's songs being played in the background in some events at the Olympics, in this report from The Australian, Grant Hackett, Australian Olympic swimmer, needs to hear Linkin Park to pump him up.
posted by Jas, 08/20/04
Thanks to Cheyenne K. for this picture of Chester from the Palm Beach show (back with the crew haircut again). Here, take this drool bucket, you're gonna need it.
posted by Jas, 08/20/04
Photos from the Palm Beach, FL show from LFI
posted by Jas, 08/20/04
MTV's half-hour spin-off of Entertainment Tonight will be aired on MTV on Saturday, Aug 21 at 11 am. Linkin Park is one of the featured artist. Repeat telecast is same time on Sunday
posted by Jas, 08/20/04
I don't understand Portuguese so I'm guessing that ticket sales for the Chimera Music Festival is now on? Linkin Park will play at the festival on September 11.
posted by Jas, 08/20/04
Market Wire reports: Warner Music Group today announced its financial results for the first half of 2004. For the six months ended May 31, 2004, recorded music revenue declined 3% to $1.22 billion versus $1.26 billion in the six months ended May 31, 2003. During the first half of 2004, the Company had a number of highly successful albums from Josh Groban, Twista, Alanis Morissette, Michael Bublé, Eric Clapton, Jet, and The Darkness among others. This compares to the first half of 2003, when the Company had more multi-platinum and platinum albums including Linkin Park's "Meteora," Madonna's "American Life," and Kid Rock's "Cocky."
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
An interview with Chester from STL Today where he talks about the PR tour, Korn, Limp Bizkit and the nu-metal/hip-hop genre among other things. He also says Linkin Park is currently working with Jay-Z and Handsome Boy Modeling School.
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
Breaking The Habit Wallpaper # 3 is up, Oooo.. love this one but # 2 is my favourite so far. You should print out these graphics on a photo paper, frame them up and they make a nice piece of artwork, try it!.
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
Bid for this guitar signed by Chester, Brad and Joe in this celebrity auction organized by StormAid.com to help the families affected by the hurricane Charley. Go here to read an AP report about the auction.
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
Review of PR concert at Sound Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL from Sun-Sentinel. For God's sake at least get their names right!
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
Billboard.com reports: Linkin Park grabs its fifth consecutive chart-topper as "Breaking the Habit" ascends to No. 1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. Linkin Park has spent 32 weeks on top of the Modern tally -- the second-highest total in the chart's history -- with six career No. 1 titles.
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
An interview with Phoenix where he talked about the PR tour and when asked about the follow up album to Meteora he said, "We're gonna be sitting at home for a little bit, resting, we're infamously slow at putting out records, but we're a group that's always writing. Hopefully, we'll have some ideas by the end of the year. At least, that's the goal."
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
A review of the PR concert in Tampa, FL.
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
Jessica reports that there will be a repeat telecast of Linkin Park live on Much Music on August 21 at 10 pm ET, 7 pm PT. This is during their 2003 Summer Sanitarium and Meteora tours.
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and France's former monarch Louis XVI grill Mike Shinoda on Linkin Park's revolutionary ways.
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
Judas Priest frontman, Rob Halford mentions Linkin Park in this interview with Chicago Tribune
posted by Jas, 08/19/04
San Antonio Express-News posted a short info about the bands on the Projekt Revolution tour bill
posted by Jas, 08/18/04
Market Wire reports: Sympathetic to the plight of Florida residents devastated by the ravages of Hurricane Charley, multi-platinum rockers Linkin Park have announced that they will donate $5.00 -- from every ticket sold for tonight's Projekt Revolution concert at the Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa -- to the Red Cross Hurricane Charley Relief Fund. The donation will be retroactive and will include all tickets sold for Wednesday's performance (the first show at the Ford Amphitheatre since Hurricane Charley), which will amount to a gift in excess of $65,000.00. Linkin Park wants to do what they can to help those unfortunate people who have had their lives turned upside down by this terrible storm. This is a way for local Projekt Revolution fans to help their neighbors via a reliable relief effort.
posted by Jas, 08/18/04
As promised here's a music video specially for the Thai fans, sorry for the delay. It's similar to the one I made for the Singapore fans, it has fans photos, interviews and concert footage, you can see a short clip on the right frame. File is 9 mb in wmv format and is available for download via yousendit.com, send me your email address if you want the file.
posted by Jas, 08/18/04
Look who decided to join daddy in the Revolution... aww.... People said that that's little Draven on Mr. Hahn's shoulder at the Bristow, VA concert. Thanks to Naytally for the photo. Go here to see more pics from the concert. Speaking of concert pics, Elora has also taken some of her own, click here to see them.
posted by Jas, 08/18/04
NBC San Diego is running a contest where you can win concert tickets to PR concert at the Coors Amphitheatre on September 3rd. All you have to do is join the NBCSandiego.com eNews Notifier. More details here
posted by Jas, 08/18/04
A review of PR concert at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL, from Palm Beach Post
posted by Jas, 08/18/04
This is for LPU members who are going to the in-store signing at Best Buy on August 26, the LPU Headquarters has set aside some spaces for LPU members to be put first in line. You need to arrive earlier than 5 pm to assure your space in the special LPU line. Log on to LPUnderground.com for the details.
posted by Jas, 08/18/04
Linkin Park will head over to Brazil after the Projekt Revolution Tour to play at the Chimera Music Festival on September 11. Go here for more info about the festival, venue and news on ticket sales. Thanks to pedrolopes665 at the LPUMB for the link. Brazilian fans might want to check out LinkinPark.com.br for more updates.
posted by Jas, 08/17/04
South Florida's Sun-Sentinel ponders the future of Linkin Park and when asked about the direction the band will take for their next album, Mr. Hahn sarcastically said, "We don't want to pigeonhole ourselves, who knows where we're gonna take it? In the next few years, maybe we'll be doing shows on the moon with astronauts and living with aliens." "We've accomplished a lot so far," he said. "We're overworked and we get along great considering we're around each other all the time. If we're around in a couple of years that will be the real test."
posted by Jas, 08/17/04
An article about Jay-Z with a mention of his mash-up with Linkin Park
posted by Jas, 08/17/04
MTV picked up the story about Mike remixing one of the Depeche Mode single for their new CD
posted by Jas, 08/17/04
Check out ProjektRevolution.com for some very nice photos from the tour.
posted by Jas, 08/17/04
It's down to the final five, if you want to see Linkin Park win the Viewers Choice award at the MTV Video Music Awards, time to vote again! LP's Breaking The Habit is up against Chritina Aguilera (The Voice Within), Good Charlotte (Hold On), Simple Plan (Perfect) and Yellow Card (Ocean Avenue). Click here to vote. The show will be aired 'live' on MTV on Sunday, August 29.
posted by Jas, 08/16/04
Your chance to see LP concert for free! all you have to do is donate your blood. Here's the details from Daily Press
posted by Jas, 08/16/04
There's an interview with Doug Robb from Hoobastank in the August 15 issue of Manila Bulletin where he recalled the days when he, Incubus and Brad Delson used to jam in his backyard before they were famous. Here's an excerpt from Lyn
If I'm going to be compared to anybody, it might as well be somebody that I enjoy and respect. And we are very close with Incubus. We have known them for 10 to 15 years.
Yeah, we used to play shows together before we were both unsigned. I saw them play teen centers and house parties and likewise for us. They were at my parents' house when he played our first show in my parents' backyard. The funny thing is, the first show we did play with them was in my parents' backyard in '95 and the opening band was Brad Delson (Linkin Park's guitar player). We were trying to get his band started. I look back and we have this video of the three bands playing and all three ended up getting record deals, obviously. The first band would eventually spawned into Linkin Park. The second band was Audiovent and us and Incubus was there; guys from Onesidezero were there. There were like six or seven eventual major label signed acts there in my backyard just chillin'
posted by Jas, 08/16/04
Press release on Depeche Mode's remix album called 'Remixes 81-04' which has Mike remixed one of the songs called 'Enjoy The Silence'
posted by Jas, 08/15/04
An article that praises Mike and tells how extremely important he is to hip-hop music scene. Go Mike! thanks to UnfinishedSymphony from LPUMB for the link.
posted by Jas, 08/14/04
liss1987 has transcribed an interview with Mike and Brad on Ruckus SaS, aired this morning on Boston's WB56
posted by Jas, 08/14/04
Added scans of old Linkin Park article from the May 2003 issue of Spin magazine, thanks to Lyn for the scans.
posted by Jas, 08/14/04
Metal meets hip hop, it's an article about the Projekt Revolution tour with an interview with Brad.
posted by Jas, 08/14/04
A review of the PR concert at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH from Cleveland Free Times.
posted by Jas, 08/13/04
A new interview with Chester where he talked about the PR tour, LP/Jay-Z mash up, fame, money, favourite reality series (The Newlyweds LOL!!) and lots more.
posted by Jas, 08/13/04
LPU members head over to LPUnderground.com for a new video of Linkin Park as weathermen, LOL!! too funny! Here are Screencaps from Ally and The Shoe, thanks guys!
posted by Jas, 08/13/04
This article from Cleveland Free Times miss my radar when it was first posted, it's an interview with Phoenix where he talked about the Projekt Revolution tour, the next album and the group's longevity
posted by Jas, 08/13/04
WhazzzUp sent in a better scans of LP pics from the July issue of Forward magazine and an unofficial Linking Park postcards.
posted by Jas, 08/13/04
Lyn sent in scans of LP article from the #37 issue of Popsicle magazine
posted by Jas, 08/13/04
Added screencaps of Mike on Punk'd, thanks WhazzzUp!
posted by Jas, 08/12/04
The Breaking the Habit Wallpaper Player has the second wallpaper up for download.
posted by Jas, 08/12/04
LinkinPark.com has posted a new LP desktop application for your PC, now you can have everything Linkin Park, so cool!
posted by Jas, 08/12/04
LPsk8er317 posted on the LPUMB that Linkin Park will be at Best Buy on 1000 W. North Ave. in Chicago on Thursday, August 26. And Starssweetie posted this blurb about the appearance.
The Linkin Park tour busses will make one final stop in Chicago on the last leg of the summer '04 Projekt Revolution Tour. But this time it's not for a concert. Linkin Park will be at Best Buy North Avenue for an exclusive 2-hour autograph signing. From 5-7 pm, they'll be signing your favorite Linkin Park swag and their brand new Cine Magna/DVD, Breaking The Habit. (In small print at the bottom....) There may be possible delays, due to weather or any other complications. Linkin Park will sign 1 autograph per customer on a first-come, first-served basis. All customers may not be able to get an autograph.
posted by Jas, 08/12/04
MTV hang out with Linkin Park at the back of their tour bus (they have a drum set now!) and Mike talked about the Projekt Revolution tour and the new album, no songs are done yet, just lots of riffs, beats and snippets. They also report that other bands on the PR tour have offered to collaborate and it's possible that LP might record with other artists on the side, but not for their next album. Mike also said he likes 'Wish', "I really like that song, when we decided to play it, we knew most of the young kids in the crowd wouldn't know it, and maybe they need to hear it. Also, it's really fast, so even the kids that are into it don't know how to physically move to it, which is kind of funny to watch."
posted by Jas, 08/12/04
A review of the PR concert at the at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, IL from Chicago Tribune
posted by Jas, 08/12/04
Getty Images has finally posted some photos from the Projekt Revolution tour.
posted by Jas, 08/12/04
NewTimesbpb.com reports: With a concert festival named Projekt Revolution, there is an implied guarantee that madness will ensue at said event. Why? Only the truly mad would switch out the letter c for the letter k in the word Project. Consider it the illegitimate child who was conceived when Lollapalooza, Warped Tour, and Ozzfest had a ménage à trois after a long night of moshing, skanking, and smoking blizzunts. Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg, Korn, the Used, and Less Than Jake are the headliners, with Ghostface, Funeral for a Friend, M.O.P., and Downset rounding out the second stage. And they're all gonna put the "angst" in gangsta. You must be thinking, "Is there really a need for another huge summer festival?" You wouldn't be alone. Maybe the bands are so consumed with madness that they required a new festival to show how mad they are. What if this is only the beginning of the revolution and the Linkin Parks and Korns intend to change all of the
posted by Jas, 08/12/04
MTV.com reports: Other significant strides on next week's chart were made by Linkin Park's Meteora, which jumps up nine spots to return to the top 40 at #40 as their Projekt Revolution Tour gets into full swing;
posted by Jas, 08/11/04
The Projekt Revolution tour special video is now available for download at LPUnderground.nl, DLPLP.com and Linkin-Park.ru, thank you guys!
posted by Jas, 08/11/04
Tune in to WXRK (92.3 FM) on Friday at 10 pm to listen to mash up songs featuring Linkin Park and Busta Rhymes, Metallica and Bone Crusher and Rage Against the Machine and DMX. Here's a report from New York Daily News
posted by Jas, 08/11/04
A review of the PR concert at the at the Post-Gazette Pavilion in Burgettstown, PA from Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette.
posted by Jas, 08/11/04
News about Chester's collaboration with DJ Lethal from MTV.com
posted by Jas, 08/11/04
This article from Fox Sports is about golf player Phil Mickelson but it briefly mentions Phoenix saying, "Dave Farrell, bassist with the band Linkin Park, donated one night's proceeds from a concert because he's a Mickelson fan". How sweet.
posted by Jas, 08/11/04
An article from Chicago Tribune that mentions Linkin Park
The media underestimates the intelligence of the American public. If you're getting Linkin Park crammed down your throat 4,000 times a day, pretty soon you're like, "It's pretty lame, but you gotta admit, it's kinda catchy." It seems to be getting worse every year. And look what's happening: Radio ratings are going down, people are turning to satellite radio and to the Internet because you just have more choice.
posted by Jas, 08/11/04
Linkin Park made it to the third round, they are now up against Evanescence. If you want LP to win the Viewers Choice award keep voting!
posted by Jas, 08/10/04
Press release from Warner Bros. Records on the ongoing Projekt Revolution tour with hi-res pictures. At last! a nice picture of Rob.
posted by Jas, 08/10/04
Huge thanks to my friends Serein and EL, here's the Projekt Revolution Tour special that was aired on MTV over the weekend, sorry about the delay. Please note that we have edited the show to just the LP part only where the band interview the other bands that are on the PR tour, all music videos including LP's 'Somewhere I Belong' and 'Breaking The Habit' have been edited out. File is 47 mb in wmv format and is currently available for download via yousendit.com, will post an update when it's available online. Send me your email address if you want the file. Go to the Gallery Page for screencaps (click on Music Vides/Screencaps). Check out the TV schedule on the left frame for repeat telecast of the show on MTV2 and the premiere on MTV. Update: File is now available for download at LPUnderground.nl, DLPLP.com and soon at Linkin-Park.ru, thanks guys!
posted by Jas, 08/10/04
Anonymous sent me these new publicity photos from Abaca Press.
posted by Jas, 08/10/04
Krissy reports that Linkin Park's "Breaking The Habit" Was # 1 Again on MTV's All Things Rock Countdown last night.
posted by Jas, 08/09/04
Review of PR concert at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, IL from Chicago Sun-Times.
posted by Jas, 08/09/04
A better quality of 'State of the Art' by DJ Lethal and Chester Bennington is now available for download at LPUnderground.nl and LPMikeShinoda.de.vu
posted by Jas, 08/09/04
Yahoo News reports: More than 130 concertgoers were arrested recently at two shows at Blossom Music Center. Summit County Sheriff's deputies and Cuyahoga Falls Police said that 65 people were arrested Thursday on drug charges at the Project Revolution Tour Concert that featured Snoop Dog, Linkin Park and Korn. Sixty-five more people were arrested July 28 at the Dead concert. Charges include drug violations, resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon.
posted by Jas, 08/08/04
We've read this article before but this one has new pics of the band.
posted by Jas, 08/08/04
Rex Features has posted PR Tour photos from the Jones Beach show. Thumbnails only, sorry guys!
posted by Jas, 08/08/04
Jollibee reports that Linkin Park has been nominated for Favourite Group award in the Philippines kids magazine, KZone's first Kids Choice Award. Click here to vote for LP or see the tally here, LP is currently leading. Remember, kids are people too.
posted by Jas, 08/08/04
Jollibee wrote in to say that the Breaking The Habit video is at #1 on the MTV Asia Hit List for two weeks in a row.
posted by Jas, 08/08/04
More funny quotes from the PR Tour, thanks to Karen and viciouswanton666 and M1keSh1n0da6rl from LPUMB
posted by Jas, 08/07/04
I rip it from the SnS Radio live broadcast (thanks to LPA for the streaming link), click here to download 'State of the Art' by DJ Lethal and Chester Bennington (right click and save target as..), is it me or did I hear beats of Crawling in there. File will be up for as long as I can afford it, downloading will be switched to yousendit.com when it's starting to use too much bandwidth. Here's the lyrics transcribed by The Shoe from LPMB.
There's no way to find out what's inside you
Until you fall into the hole
You dug for yourself while you slept here
Too young, too selfish, too cold
And when you find out what's been waiting
The moment you open your eyes
You'll see your true reflection
The very first time in your life
You cannot fight what's in you
This will not be goodnight [x2]
Cry to yourself
Nothing will help
It's too late to change what's been done
You do what you've always done best
You run
Into the hole you fall deeper
Deeper the faster you run
It won't stop until you accept it
Accept everything that you've done
You cannot fight what's in you
This will not be goodnight [x2]
Cry to yourself
Nothing will help
It's too late to change what's been done
You do what you've always done best
You run
posted by Jas, 08/07/04
Don't forget to tune in to Skratch 'N Sniff tonight at 10 pm pacific for the premiere of the DJ Lethal and Chester collaboration called 'State of the Art'. Click here to listen to the live broadcast. Thanks to diablorojo and LP Association for the streaming link.
posted by Jas, 08/07/04
Don't forget the Projekt Revolution Tour special on MTV 2 (US) today at 12 pm eastern.Featured artists are Korn, Less Than Jake, Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg and The Used.
posted by Jas, 08/07/04
From the LP Newsletter: The brand new Breaking the Habit Wallpaper Player has launched! The player offers exclusive wallpapers featuring artwork taken from the anime-inspired video. One wallpaper will be offered each week for six weeks so make sure you bookmark the player to collect them all. When you collect them all, you will be eligible to enter the Breaking the Habit Sweepstakes for your chance to win a framed original animation cell from the video! No Purchase Necessary. Official Rules apply.
posted by Jas, 08/07/04
Review of the PR concert at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH from The Plain Dealer
posted by Jas, 08/07/04
Review of the PR concert at Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, IN from IndyStar
posted by Jas, 08/07/04
From PR website: Start your own revolution and ENTER for a chance to WIN a $5,000 shopping spree at Guitar Center! Enter now!
posted by Jas, 08/07/04
From PR website: No Warning has just been confirmed to play the rest of the Projekt Revolution Tour so be sure to stop by the Revolution Stage each day to check out this new up-and-coming hardcore band from Canada. For more info, visit NoWarning.com. No Warning, along with Funeral for a Friend, is also doing daily signings at the Machine Shop Marketing booth in Revolution Village so be sure to visit early in the day to find out when you can meet either band.
posted by Jas, 08/07/04
Reuters reports: Plans to sell new hybrid CD/DVDs have hit legal and licensing snags that threaten to scuttle a mass rollout that the hard-hit music industry had been counting on to aid its recovery, people familiar with the matter said this week. Some 13 titles by artists like David Bowie (news) and Linkin Park were sold in Boston and Seattle. The idea is to put music on the CD side and concert, interview or recording session video on the DVD. They have sold for about $18.99 in retail stores.
But before the products can be ready for mass markets, several issues remain including a contract dispute between a technology developer and manufacturer and questions dealing with the licensing of "CD" and of music rights.
posted by Jas, 08/03/04
For those who don't have MTV 2 (US), don't worry, the Projekt Revolution Tour special will be shown on the regular MTV channel (US). Here are the dates again, all times eastern, please check local listings for confirmation, set that VCR!
August 7 at 12 pm
August 8 at 4 am
August 9 at 1 am, 10 am
August 12 at 2 am, 9 pm
August 13 at 7 pm
August 14 at 11 pm
posted by Jas, 08/06/04
A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette interview with Mr. Hahn where he talked about the Projekt Revolution Tour. Mr Hahn plans to start working on directing his first movie, "King Rat" when PR tour wraps up. As for the band he says, "this tour is the last chance for people to see us for a long time," he says. "We're going to try to go home and sleep. We've toured way too much."
posted by Jas, 08/06/04
IndyStar reports: Once upon a time, in the early 1990s, WRZX-FM (103.3) operated from an old, small office at 4560 Knollton Road, in a mostly residential Northwestside neighborhood. My, how times change. For more than a decade, X-103 has been a major force in radio as part of the corporate umbrella of Indy stations that includes WFBQ-FM (94.7). The station's annual X-Fest concert at Verizon Wireless Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St., is always a big draw. This year, the Projekt Revolution Tour joins forces with X-Fest for an eclectic bill that includes rap/movie star Snoop Dogg, metal crunchers Korn and hard rockers The Used. Headliner Linkin Park acts like a balanced mutual fund, blending hip-hop, metal and electronic music into one neat package. Projekt Revolution includes "Revolution Village," a series of interactive activities, such as music-producing at a digital mixing station. The festival starts at 2:30 p.m. Tix: $39.50 (lawn) and $49.50 (reserved lower and upper pavilions). Info: (317) 239-5151, Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com.
posted by Jas, 08/06/04
My friend Mina sent me a scan of an interview with Mike just hours before LP's last concert in Southeast Asia in Singapore. Thanks to Sophie for translating it.
posted by Jas, 08/06/04
DallasNews.com has an article about the failed Lollapalooza festival and there's a mention of the Projekt Revolution tour with quotes from Rob Bourdon.
posted by Jas, 08/06/04
MTV.com report: Although it's not the official single, Korn's cover of "Word Up," originally made famous by Cameo in 1986, has been getting some radio airplay. Versions of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" and Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" were favored to be the covers featured on Korn's upcoming greatest-hits album, but now it looks as if "Word Up" has usurped the PE classic. "Fight the Power," as well as a rendition of Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole," which features Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, are now being saved for future use. ...
posted by Jas, 08/06/04
A short review of the Blossom Music Center show in Cuyahoga Falls, OH from Clevescene.com
posted by Jas, 08/05/04
Linkin-Park.ru is now hosting the three videos of LP 'live' in Thailand, Thanks guys!. Please go the Media Page to download the files.
posted by Jas, 08/05/04
Linkin Park's 'Breaking The Habit' moves up 10 spots from #47 to #36 on the Billboard's Hot 100 charts this week and 'Lying From You' re-enters the chart at #58
posted by Jas, 08/05/04
The Plain Dealer report: Linkin Park represents a new breed of band. More like high-tech animators than rock 'n' roll animals, the six largely teetotaling members of the hip-hop-inflected pop-metal group attack every project with an obsessive attention to detail and a strong work ethic. Now in its third year, the Projekt Revolution festival features 10-plus acts representing Linkin Park's relatively broad taste, from nu-metal pioneers Korn to rap icon Snoop Dogg to ska-punk veterans Less Than Jake.
posted by Jas, 08/05/04
A review of the Tweeter Center show from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
posted by Jas, 08/05/04
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review interview with Chester where he talked about the PR tour and the bands on the bill.
posted by Jas, 08/05/04
The Philadelphia Inquirer report: The 76ers' Marc Jackson and Kyle Korver got backstage to meet head-bangers Linkin Park at the Tweeter Center Tuesday. The roundballers handed out Sixers jerseys and got a peek at the tour bus in return.
posted by Jas, 08/05/04
From Washington Times: Mix a little rock with some rap and throw in some punk, and what you get is the Projekt Revolution Tour featuring Linkin Park, Korn, Snoop Dogg and the Used. With each band riding high from its current release, the show should satisfy even the most hungry of music lovers. The music kicks off at 2:30 p.m. at the Nissan Pavilion on Tuesday. Tickets are $39.50 to $54. 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow, Va. 202/432-SEAT.
posted by Jas, 08/04/04
A review of the Darien Lake show from The Buffalo News. They sang 'One Step Closer' twice? wow! that must be awesome
posted by Jas, 08/04/04
A not so favourable review of the Jones Beach show from Newsday.
posted by Jas, 08/04/04
A review of the Jones Beach show in Long Island, NY from Hollywood Reporter
posted by Jas, 08/04/04
A review of the Jones Beach show in Long Island, NY from New York Post, calling 'Breaking the Habit' a love gone bad song, lol!! I never thought of BTH as a love song, well from another point of view I guess we can call it that.
posted by Jas, 08/04/04
More pics from Jones Beach and thumbnails from LFI added to the Gallery Page (reload the frame if you don't see them).
posted by Jas, 08/04/04
Martin reports that Linkin Park has reached round two of the Viewer's Choice for the VMA, click here to vote
posted by Jas, 08/03/04
In case anyone is interested, I've asked my son to rip the Breaking The Habit instumental from the BTH DVD for me. He has made two versions, one is a short one as heard on the DVD and the other is slightly longer, loop version. Click here to download. Update: File is offline due to bandwidth issue, download is switched to yousendit.com, send me your email address and I'll send you the file.
posted by Jas, 08/03/04
At last here's a video clip of LP concert in Bangkok, Thailand, sorry for the delay. The clip is of LP performing 'Don't Stay' and 'Lying From You' from 3 different TV shows, House Party (24 mb), Red Seed (8 mb) and ITV (31 mb). I'm putting all three up for download via yousendit.com, all files in mpg format. The performance of 'Don't Stay' and 'Lying From You' were edited in shows from House Party and Red Seed but LFY was shown in full on ITV, just thought you should know that. You can watch a short clip on the right frame. Send me your email address if you want them and I'll send you the links to where you can download the files. For screencaps from all three TV shows go to the Gallery Page and click on Screencaps and select Linkin Park in Bangkok, Thailand from the drop down menu (reload the main frame if you don't see it). Huge thanks to Puean for the clips and the caps.
posted by Jas, 08/03/04
Tons of PR tour photos from Jones Beach show in Wantagh, NY from Film Magic and Wireimage. I will try and get larger pics of some of the pics from Wireimage. If anyone can get a larger pics from Film Magic please let me know
posted by Jas, 08/03/04
The Journal News report that Linkin Park attended The Jets afternoon practice yesterday.
posted by Jas, 08/02/04
My BTH DVD from Amazon.com arrives today and here's a little info about it. The manga book is included in the DVD, there are three tracks in the DVD, the BTH video, the making of the video as shown on MTV, nothing more, nothing less and a video clip of the band during rehearsal, playing BTH, it's the video shot by Kimo Proudfoot. So that's it, if you must buy the DVD, buy it for the manga book 'coz it explains the drawings and scenes from the video. I remember when I first saw the BTH video, I was a little confused and wondering what certain image means, so the book explains it. The book also contains bio of each band member, the same info posted on LinkinPark.com and the best thing is it has a hand written lyrics of BTH by Mike.
posted by Jas, 08/03/04
Blabbermouth report: Linkin Park will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" airing Monday, August 23. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you, check out www.rocklineradio.com
posted by Jas, 08/02/04
LPUnderground.nl has posted a better quality video clip of Chester's interview for the Queen of the Damned soundtrack. File is available for download at their site and via yousendit.com, send me your email address and I'll send you the link.
posted by Jas, 08/02/04
A not so positive review of the Hartford, CT show from the Harford Courant.
posted by Jas, 08/02/04
A review of the Holmdel, N.J show from New York Daily News.
posted by Jas, 08/02/04
Here are more Projekt Revolution tour photos from Film Magic. Sorry guys, thumbnails only. If anyone has a larger version please email me
posted by Jas, 08/02/04
This article missed my radar when it was first posted on CTNow.com, it's a phone interview with Chester where he talked about the Projekt Revolution tour.
posted by Jas, 08/02/04
WFSB report: After a near riot at a Dave Matthews Band concert two weeks ago, police say everything went well at a weekend concert at the Meadows Music Theatre. Linkin Park, Korn, and Snoop Dogg were the headliners of the all day show on Saturday. The music is a lot heavier and one would think more apt to cause concert goers to get rowdy but police say it was a completely different story from two weeks ago. Sixty people were arrested before the Dave Matthews concert even started. Tailgating crowds threw bottles and garbage at officers in the Jai Alai parking lot outside the Meadows. However, this time police were prepared. Thirteen officers were on hand to control the crowds and no tailgating was allowed in any of the parking lots surrounding the venue.As the concert wrapped up, police reported only two arrests.
posted by Jas, 08/01/04
MTV 2 will have a Projekt Revolution Tour Special on the following dates, all times eastern, please check local listings for confirmation. Featured artists are Korn, Less Than Jake, Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg and The Used. Set that VCR!
August 8 at 4 am
August 9 at 1 am, 10 am
August 12 at 2 am, 9 pm
posted by Jas, 08/01/04
Thought I would take a break from uploading videos but knowing you guys you would want this asap :-) so here's the last video, One Step Closer, that was shown on MTV Backstage Pass. Email me if you want this file and I'll send you the link to where you can download it at yousendit.com. I will post an update if it's available for download online. Repeat telecast of MTV Backstage Pass will be on Aug 1 at 12 am and Aug 7 at 1:30 pm on MTV 2. Again, huge thanks to my friends Serein and EL for the video. Update: Linkin-Park.ru is now hosting the video, click here to download (right click and save target as..) Thanks guys!
posted by Jas, 08/01/04
Zack sent in his meet and greet report from the Mansfield, MA show.
posted by Jas, 08/01/04
So, I was reading the PR topic at the LPU board and one of the thread is about quotes during the PR show and LPU member, Lorddracunus, posted what I think is the best quote so far...
posted by Jas, 08/01/04
Finally! here are some photos from the 2004 Projekt Revolution Tour from Wireimage.
posted by Jas, 08/01/04
CC sent in these pics and more from the Hong Kong tour that I wasn't able to find at Sohu.com 'coz I don't understand Chinese :-) thanks CC
more (click on Miscellaneous)
posted by Jas, 08/01/04
Julie wrote in to say that there's a new series on MTV Germany called MTV Starhour and you can vote for Linkin Park. The winner will be featured in the one hour show with music videos and interviews about the artist. Click here to vote for LP
posted by Jas, 08/01/04
Sheila wrote in to say that LP made number 1 on All Things Rock countdown on MTV (US), it shows every Monday morning at 2 am ET/1 am CT.
