Linkin Park

Linkin Park (sometimes typed LIИKIИ PARK to imitate the band's logo) is a nu metal/rapcore band from Los Angeles, California. more...

They are often considered the most famous and most commercially successful exponents of the nu metal genre, mainly due to their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000), which has sold 19 million copies worldwide to date.

Linkin Park is currently signed to Warner Brothers Records and have a global music publishing deal with Zomba Music Publishing, a division of BMG Music Publishing. Their entire song catalogue is represented by Zomba.

Band members

• Chester Bennington—lead vocals
• Rob Bourdon—drums
• Brad Delson—guitar
• Dave "Phoenix" Farrell—bass guitar
• Joseph Hahn—turntablist, samples, DJ
• Mike Shinoda—vocals, sampling, emcee, keyboardist, rhythm guitarist, samples

Band history

1994-99: From Xero to Hybrid Theory

Upon graduating from Washington High School in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1994, vocalist Chester Bennington joined a band called Grey Daze. The band released two albums, No Sun Today and Wake Me. However, due to personal conflicts within the band, Bennington decided to leave.

Meanwhile, in 1996, guitarist Brad Delson and emcee Mike Shinoda graduated from Agoura High School in the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills, California. Upon graduation, the two men formed a band with their friend, drummer Rob Bourdon, under the moniker SuperXero. Previously, Delson and Bourdon were in a band together for about a year called "Relative Degree".

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