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Since their inception, Linkin Park have made it clear that they are neither rap nor rock but an evolved hybrid of both. Their debut album contained elements of the once-opposing genres, though it retained decidedly rock roots. But on Reanimation, a “reinterpretation” of their Hybrid Theory tracks due July 30, the group trades most of its rock riffs for meaty beats, effectively proving that the line dividing the two genres was barely noticeable to begin with. “We all started in L.A.,” explained MC Mike Shinoda, “from a musical background where you’ve got a lot of things going on at once.… Read more »

Pharoahe Monch is among the All-Star lineup of MCs featured on Linkin Park’s remix album, Reanimation, due out on July 30 on Warner Bros. Pharoahe appears on the song “H! VLtg3″ with Dilated Peoples members Evidence, who remixed the song, and DJ Babu, who adds turntable scratching. While many artists tend to get involved with projects only after other respected acts have been confirmed, Pharoahe said that the lineup did not influence his decision to participate on the alternative rock/hip-hop band’s album. At first when they came to me with my individual song, I wasn’t aware of who else would… Read more »

Linkin Park’s Reanimation is one step closer to coming to life. The album, consisting mainly of new versions of tracks from the group’smultiplatinum 2000 debut, Hybrid Theory, has gone through the mastering stage, and a final track list has been settled upon, according to the band’s manager. The 20-track LP is due July 30. Linkin Park are the prototypical rap-rock hybrid (in fact, the group’s original name was Hybrid Theory), and Reanimation doesn’t do anything to change their stance on crossbreeding genres. While Hybrid Theory employed looped beats, scratching and other DJ techniques, courtesy of Joseph Hahn, Reanimation puts a… Read more »

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has been crowned one of the most successful figures in modern rock. Now he has an heir. Bennington’s wife, Samantha, gave birth to the couple’s first son on April 19. “He’s happy, healthy and cute as can be,” the band wrote on its official Web site. “The whole family will be on the road during the next Linkin tour.” The child’s name was not disclosed. Of course, the next Linkin tour is a while off, since the band is in the studio working on the follow-up to its multiplatinum debut. The group hopes to have… Read more »

Linkin Park, the Southern California rap-rock band that earned a Grammy in the hard-rock category for “Crawling,” has a double threat behind the turntables. In addition to DJ duties, Joe Hahn takes an active role in the band’s videos. “We’re very excited to have someone in the band who has a direct influence on what comes out of the band visually,” bassist Phoenix told The Associated Press. Hahn co-directed the “In the End” video as well as the European release “Papercut,” and he had a hand in videos for “One Step Closer” and “Crawling.” All of those songs appear on… Read more »

Aaron Lewis owes much of his recent success to the Family Values Tour 2000 album, which featured his acoustic “Outside” single, so it’s fitting that the Staind singer is all over the record from the 2001 outing. Family Values Tour 2001, due May 7, features Lewis solo again on “Black,” with Staind on “Fade” and “It’s Been Awhile,” with Stone Temple Pilots on their classic “Creep,” and with Linkin Park on “One Step Closer,” according to Elektra Records. The album, the third spawned from the Family Values tour, also features a notable collaboration between Stone Temple Pilots, who slammed rap-rock… Read more »

Linkin Park will play a benefit concert planned by Los Angeles-area teens for Los Angeles’s first pediatric hospice, to be held at the House Of Blues on the Sunset Strip on March 4. The “Young Angels Concert,” to benefit the city’s TrinityKids Care, is open only to students and their families, with tickets starting at $85. Admission includes a buffet dinner, while all proceeds will go to the hospice. The concert is the fulfillment of a community service project by a dozen 13-year-olds at the Mirman School in West Los Angeles. “Linkin Park says everything that people our age think… Read more »

Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington recorded vocals for “System,” a song written by Jonathan Davis and Richard Gibbs for the movie Queen Of The Damned. The song was originally sung by Davis for the main character Lestat. The Korn singer’s version is still in the movie, but was not included on the soundtrack, due to Davis’s contract with Epic Records. Bennington replaced Davis’s vocals on the soundtrack and said he paid a lot of attention to Davis’s lyrics. “One of the things I noticed when I was listening to the versions that he had sang over was the lyrical content… Read more »

Linkin Park and Creed both increased their multiplatinum status with their latest releases, and No Doubt’s Rock Steady reached platinum in recent certifications by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA). Linkin Park has pushed 2 million more copies of Hybrid Theory, making it seven times platinum, while Creed’s Weathered, which was released at the beginning of the winter, has reached five times platinum for sales of 5 million copies. Also, No Doubt’s Rock Steady has reached the platinum mark for sales of 1 million copies. While sales of Hybrid Theory are still going strong, Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson… Read more »

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Linkin Park is slated to be the first music promotional partner for the popular Microsoft(R) Xbox(TM) video game system. Kicking off the partnership with the band’s first Projekt: Revolution tour, the two entities aim to expand their rapidly growing fan bases in a promotional campaign designed to reach each other’s core audiences nationwide. “We’re huge fans of Xbox,” said Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson. “We’ve been playing it since before it came out, and we’re excited about the opportunity to include Xbox in the first Projekt: Revolution tour.” The partnership follows the launch of Linkin… Read more »