Interview with B-Real
posted by Jas, 02/26/09 | share
B-Real talks about Cypress Hill's next album and working with Mike.

So what can fans expect from the Hill's upcoming release? "Tommy Morello is on the album, and he brings his incredible vibe to a song whose name I can't remember right now," says B. "We also did a track with Pete Rock, and I've been waiting years to work with that guy. The guy is a legend. Plus, Mike Shinoda is also on there, and he's also incredible. I think a lot of people are going to be surprised by this album, which will hopefully be out later in the year."

Update: Actually I forgot that Mike talked about this back in December, thanks to everyone who pointed that out.

Interview with Julien-K / Questions for Julien-K
posted by Jas, 02/26/09 | share
OC Register has an interview with Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh where they talk about Julien-K and their upcoming album, "Death To Analog", the article also mention that Julien-K and Chester's Dead By Sunrise plan to tour together.

But music is where Shuck's head is at now – and it's filled. Julien-K's album drops in just a few weeks, yet Shuck and Derakh have also had a hand in shaping the debut from Dead by Sunrise, a side project from Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington. That disc will be out this summer – at which point the two groups, who share several members, plan on touring together, definitely with an O.C. stop on the itinerary."It's an unconventional way of doing things for sure," Shuck says. "It would be like if Tool and A Perfect Circle toured together." Full interview.

Muen magazine also an interview with the duo where they talked a little bit about working on Dead By Sunrise album and the 'Kick The Bass' video.

MUEN: We heard from The Delta Fiasco on interviewing them that they have utilized your home and studio Ryan for recording. Is that where most of your work was done on this CD?

Ryan: Yes. That's where most of Dead by Sunrise, that's were Julien-K, that's where The Delta Fiasco, the Transformers "Revenge of the Fallen" was created. All of it is created at either mine or Amir's studio. We live close to each other and have pretty decked out studios in our homes that are exact duplicates that are real live studios and not just a converted bedroom. We work so fucking much that I don't know how we would do it if they were not in our houses. At some point maybe we will move them somewhere but right now it works to have ..Brandon.. working on some music and Chester up in L.A. tracking vocals and then returning here to work on combining them and writing more for Dead by Sunrise. Amir's house is set up for programming and mixing and mine is set up for a lot of people to be there but the gear is the same and redundant. My house has no privacy mainly and is ground central or ground zero for all these bands to do these songs and say that shit will be on the radio next year so that is cool.

MUEN: Noticed there is no bass player in the live line-up so, other than those listed as "official" band members, who all have contributed to the writing and recording of the songs?

Ryan: Chester and Fu mostly but there are some other people. We both have friends that play on the record in some capacity.

Amir: I actually co-wrote a couple of songs with my cousin. Scott Cutler also wrote some things too. We purposely don't have a bass player in the band. That is how it's meant to be. What we are doing in Dead by Sunrise is the more typical lineup with Brandon playing bass and Fu playing keyboards. We really wanted to blur the line in this band and have the computer running that (the bass) in Julien-K. The bass is really important and so we use the technology to make it more prominent and different. Full interview.

Speaking of Julien-K, Felipe will be interviewing Julien-K and he's collecting questions from fans that will be submitted on Monday, March 2, so if you have any question please send it to felipe_intheend@yahoo.com.br

Street Fighter Arcade Games - Proceeds Benefit Music For Relief
posted by Jas, 02/26/09 | share
From LP MySpace: Music for Relief is auctioning off STREET FIGHTER arcade game cabinets custom designed by artists MEAR ONE, Otto Murga of SOTA TOYS, Lemar and Dauley, Scott Spatola and Mike McWhertor of Meat Bun, and Jim Mahfood aka Food One of I AM 8-BIT. Auction is now live at www.eBay.com/musicforrelief. Each cabinet comes with a copy of Street Fighter IV for Xbox 360 or PS3 and a limited edition Chun-li figurine (only 700 were made). All proceeds from this auction benefit Music for Relief and the organization's aid to victims of the wildfires in Victoria Australia.

Linkin Park to Headline Summer Sonic 09
posted by Jas, 02/24/09 | share
From LP.com: Linkin Park will headline Summer Sonic 09 in Japan this coming August. The events will take place at Chiba Marine Stadium in Tokyo and Maishima in Osaka on August 7th, 8th and 9th. It is the historic 10th year of the annual festival. Tickets go on sale at all ticket locations including Lawson, E-plus, and Pia, on Saturday, May 30 at 10am (local). For more information, visit http://www.summersonic.com. More details coming soon!

LP signed hardhat charity auction
posted by Jas, 02/23/09 | share
Habitat for Humanity of Los Angeles will have an online auction of hardhats signed and decorated by music, television and film stars including Linkin Park. The auction will run through March 6th at 5:00 pm PST with 100% of the proceeds helping to build more affordable homes in Greater Los Angeles.

"Through our non-profit organization, Music for Relief, and our ongoing partnership with Habitat for Humanity we have had the opportunity to not only sponsor homes, but also to go and build the houses ourselves, and to meet the families that were moving into them," said Dave "Phoenix" Farrell of Linkin Park. "We hope this hardhat auction will raise awareness for Habitat's mission and help raise funds for families in need." Full press release.

Hard times vs music sales
posted by Jas, 02/19/09 | share
Mike has updated his blog with his response to a fan's question on how the current economic crisis is going to affect the music industry or the band and he said that it won't affect the quality of Linkin Park music in the near future. He also mentioned that the band are at his house everday working on the new album.

Interview with Christian from Cyclefly
posted by Jas, 02/19/09 | share
Felipe did an exclusive interview with Christian from Cyclefly, the band who worked with Chester in a song called 'Karma Killer'. Christian talked about his experience working with Chester.

Photos: Chester in the studio
posted by Jas, 02/19/09 | share
There are a couple of new photos of Chester in the studio working on his debut album at LPU.

Video: Kick The Bass music video
posted by Jas, 02/17/09 | share
Julien-K have posted the cleaned version of their 'Kick The Bass' music video on their YouTube channel, download here. The single is out today! the album, "Death To Analog" will be released on March 10.

Revenge is coming!
posted by Jas, 02/16/09
No major news from the LP camp so check out the new bad-ass robots from the new Transformers 2 teaser trailer.

larger, watch in quicktime hd

Photos: Joe at Street Fighter IV Party
posted by Jas, 02/15/09 | share
Joe has updated his blog with his report and photos from the Street Fighter IV release party, he also received a Street Fighter arcade machine to be used for Music For Relief auction where proceeds will go to help out the victims of the brushfires in Australia. The auction will run from February 24th through March 5th at www.ebay.com/musicforrelief.

New LPT RSS address
posted by Jas, 02/15/09 | share
Please note the new LPT RSS feed address at http://feeds2.feedburner.com/LPTimes and update your bookmark.

LPT RSS disabled
posted by Jas, 02/13/09 | share
LPT was hacked the other day, well it didn't show but some of the news posted couple of days ago as well as pages on the photos page contained embeded malicious code, damn hackers! [insert expletives], my host managed to cleaned all the ad spams but I'm having problem with my Cutenews program at the moment so RSS feed has been temporarily disabled. I know the program is unstable but it's the easiest I can find, I've tried to use Wordpress, twice! but for the life of me I just can't figure out how to make it work for me [sigh]. If anyone has any advice or tips regarding this, please email me, I'm open to any suggestions.

By the way, the band has posted a message at LP.com regarding their music videos being pulled from YouTube, saying they have no control over the matter.

Support victims of wildfires in Australia
posted by Jas, 02/13/09 | share
From MFR MySpage: On February 7th Australia's deadliest bushfires swept through the southern state of Victoria fueled by strong winds and heatwave temperatures. The disaster has resulted in huge loss of life and property. 181 people have died and that figure may rise to 200 or 300 as more bodies are uncovered and as 21 fires continue to burn. Music for Relief is responding to the tragic fires in Australia by raising funds at www.musicforrelief.org. Click here to donate now. Thank you for your support!

Mike's original artwork for sale to benefit Charity
posted by Jas, 02/12/09 | share
From LP.com: Mike's new art piece entitled "Oyakodon," recently debuted at the "Nobody Walks in L.A." art show in Barcelona and will also be featured in his GLORIOUS EXCESS (DIES) show that he will hold in Los Angeles later this year. This piece is for sale, and all proceeds from the sale will go to the Michael K. Shinoda endowed scholarship at Art Center College of Design. If you are interested in purchasing the piece, email your name, the name of the artist, title of the artwork, and your current shipping location to nobodywalksinla@hotmail.es. Check out mikeshinoda.com to view the piece.

Happy Birthday Mike
posted by Jas, 02/11/09 | share
Mike turns 32 today! go send him a message on his blog. Happy Birthday Mike!

Audio: Interview with Mike on TGR
posted by Jas, 02/09/09 | share
Ten Golden Rules has an interview with Mike at the 2008 Blogworld Expo where he talked about selecting a domain and internet presence, download here.

MTV World Stage: Linkin Park
posted by Jas, 02/09/09 | share
MTV International will have a new show called MTV World Stage which features exclusive gigs and unique concert locations from around the world. Linkin Park will be featured in one of the upcoming episodes, the show will air on MTV Channels across Southeast Asia and China every Friday between 8pm to midnight starting February 28. Please check local listings for confirmation.

Chester honoured to be playing Knebworth
posted by Jas, 02/09/09 | share
Chester talks to NME about playing at the Sonisphere Festival and hinted that fans might get to hear some new LP songs.

"As I've become aware of the awesome bands who have played Knebworth over the years I realise what an honour it will be for Linkin Park. This is definitely one of the big ones," he said of the venue which has hosted massive shows from the likes of Led Zeppelin and Oasis. "You have to work on earning the respect of the fans in the UK," he added. "I would say the experiences over the years playing festivals over there, the audiences actually get better and better each time.

"I think it will be amazing to come out and play this festival. Obviously we're huge fans of Metallica as well. We've had the pleasure of playing with them on a number of occasions. We get on really well with Metallica and its so much fun to play with Metallica."

The singer hinted that Sonisphere might see the band debut some all-new material. "I can't promise because we're still writing," said Bennington, "but I'm going to put it out there that you might hear some new stuff from us."

Metallica, Linkin Park confirmed to play 2009 Sonisphere festival in Knebworth
posted by Jas, 02/08/09 | share
Metallica and Linkin Park are set to play at the 2009 Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth on August 1 and 2. Sonisphere is a touring festival that is also playing in Holland, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Finland. Linkin Park will take the main spot on Saturday, with Metallica closing Sunday. Linkin Park will also join Metallica on Saturday, July 25 in Kirjurinluoto, Pori, Finland, tickets on sale February 16. Watch Lars' message and read an interview with festival promoter, Stuart Galbraith where he talks more about the event.

Metallica, the American heavy metal band, which has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, will headline Sonisphere at six European venues in 2009, with the tour set to be expanded into the Far East and Australasia next year. The only other act confirmed to appear this year is Linkin Park, the American nu-metal band, but the organisers are promising a "broad church" of around a dozen rock groups. Others rumoured to be in the frame for a slot include Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Muse, the Foo Fighters and the Stereophonics.

The 2009 Sonisphere festival tour will play in Holland, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Finland, before culminating in a two-day event at Knebworth on the weekend of August 1-2, with a capacity of 60,000 each day. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, priced at £125 for the weekend. More details

Happy Birthday Phoenix
posted by Jas, 02/08/09 | share
Phoenix turns 32 today! Happy Birthday Phoenix

Video: Joe at Estevan Oriol "This is Los Angeles" gallery
posted by Jas, 02/07/09 | share
Siby reports that Joe as at Estevan Oriol "This is Los Angeles gallery opening at Suru LA last month, download two video clips here and here (second clip has no audio). See some photos here, thanks Siby.

Linkin Park nominated for Kids Choice Awards
posted by Jas, 02/07/09 | share
Linkin Park have been nominated for Kids Choice Award for Favourite Music Group, they are up against Daughtry, Jonas Brothers and Pussycat Dolls. Voting starts Monday, March 2 at http://www.nick.com/kca. The show will be telecast live on Nickelodeon on Saturday, March 28 at 8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT, there will also be a live webcast at Nick.com the same night starting at 7 pm ET.

Metallica & Linkin Park to headline Knebworth
posted by Jas, 02/04/09 | share
Thrash Hits reports that Metallica and Linkin Park are booked to healine a new two-day festival at Knebworth this July. They said that LP will headline the second day and added that the festival is going to be touring Europe, visiting possibly six countries across Europe. Official announcement is apparently going to be made at 10am on Monday, more details (open the site on Netscape browser if it doesn't work on Explorer). As always please wait for official announcement from Linkin Park before making any plans.

Video: Bucket of Weenies live concert
posted by Jas, 02/04/09 | share
Felipe has a bootleg video of the complete show of Bucket of Weenies live in concert on October 25, 2005, download here.

Mike talks Dead By Sunrise
posted by Jas, 02/03/09 | share
Mike has updated his blog with his thoughts on Chester's debut album with Dead By Sunrise, he has heard 9 songs and has this to say about the album

I was just hanging out with Chester, and got a chance to hear some of his new solo material! In case you haven't heard, he's doing a solo record (he's doing double-duty, working on his album and the LP album simultaneously). The project is called Dead By Sunrise, and the album is being produced by Howard Benson. He played me 9 songs, two of which had (amazing) vocals. I thought I could hear influences from T-Rex to Tears For Fears, but overall it's a pretty punch-you-in-the-gut rock record. Very cool...look for it later this year, probably September-ish. It's going to be incredible!

Death To Analog reviews
posted by Jas, 02/02/09 | share
Amped Reviews has an interview with Ryan Shuck where he talked about "Death To Analog" and Guestlist magazine has a review of the album. Don't forget the first single off the album, 'Kick The Bass' will be released on February 17. An explicit version of the music video which features a cameo appearance by Chester will debut at Playboy.com on February 10, the clean version will be available on most video outlets. The CD is now available for pre-order, it will be released worldwide on March 10. Update: Another review from Bring On Mixed Reviews.

MTM screening at SBIFF
posted by Jas, 02/02/09 | share
Over at LPMB mikekitchen87 has posted his report and some photos from the Minutes To Midnight screening at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival last Friday.

Ve'cel for sale in Germany and Holland
posted by Jas, 02/01/09 | share
From CB.com: EMP.DE are selling 8 Ve'cel tees in their online store! Plus you can get free shipping within Germany if order value is above EUR 75,00. While you are at the site be sure to order a Free copy of the current issue of EMP Magazine which features Ve'cel on the cover and inside! Update: Tomer reports that Ve'cel is also available in the Belgian/Holland version of EMP called Large. And Fabio said that the t-shirts are also available at EMP's Italian and Spanish sites too. Thanks guys.

Whoa!!
posted by Jas, 02/01/09
Transformers 2 teaser trailer was shown during the Super Bowl commercial, it's like Whoa! watch it here.

News recap
posted by Jas, 02/01/09 | share
Hey I'm back and it's back to business, in case you missed what went on when I was away here's a recap

Metallica, Linkin Park to play new festival
Blabbermouth reports that according to Finnish newspaper, Metallica and Linkin Park are in talks to perform at a new festival in Finland at the end of July. An official confirmation is expected sometime in early February.

Linkin Park in the studio
Mike has posted some new update and photos of the band in the studio writing their new album

Every Monday, the six of us get together at the studio to review the songs' progress. Since some of the work is being done at home, we use this weekly check-up time to catch up and stay organized. Every few weeks, we vote on the songs, giving them an A-F grade. The votes are tallied, and we keep a running list of which songs we like best. "C" votes and below generally fall off the list pretty quickly. Right now, we're got about 15 songs that are getting A's...but sometimes an "A" isn't good enough...

Death To Analog reviews
Amped Reviews has an interview with Ryan Shuck where he talked about "Death To Analog" and Guestlist magazine has a review of the album. Don't forget the first single off the album, 'Kick The Bass' will be released on February 17. An explicit version of the music video which features a cameo appearance by Chester will debut at Playboy.com on February 10, the clean version will be available on most video outlets. The CD is now available for pre-order, it will be released worldwide on March 10.

Video Download update
Video of Joe at the Agenda Tradeshow and Phoenix Music For Relief message are now available for download here and here.

Making of Minutes To Midnight discussion
A documentary about the making of "Minutes To Midnight" album was shown at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday. Mr. Hahn's "The Seed" was also screened, following the screening Mark Fiore, Joe, and Phoenix, talked about music and film, if anyone has a report, photos, videos etc, please let me know. Update: LPU member MrJQ23 has posted a short report on the LPU board.

Chester's autograph sale
From CB.com: The SwagBucks website is having a special in the SearchWithChester Swag Store right now and you can get an autographed Chester Bennington poster for the low price of only 165 Swag Bucks! This price is only for a limited time and while supplies last so be sure to get one soon!

LPU on Twitter, Machine Shop on MySpace & Facebook
From LPU Newsletter: LPU is taking the social networking world by storm! Be sure to add us on MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. Not only will we be blogging and giving you the inside scoop from LPUHQ, but we'll be doing giveaways which will be open to international members as well as LPUers who are in the states! While you're at it, add Machine Shop Marketing on MySpace and Facebook. They will be doing giveaways from time to time, so make sure you've friended them!

Sodahead Projekt Revolution 2009 poll not official
Before I left for my short vacation I posted a poll on Sodahead about who you want to see at the 2009 Projekt Revolution, I received an email from Sodahead couple of days later that the poll was not authorized by Linkin Park and it's not official. Their statement below

An unauthorized poll was sent to Linkin Park fans the other day. Linkin Park in no way approved this message nor the contents of the email and poll. In no way should that poll or email reflect the views of Linkin Park or any organization working with them. We apologize for this occurrence and have taken precautions to make sure this does not happen again.

-SodaHead