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Linkin Park
Although rooted in alternative metal, Linkin Park became
one of the most successful acts of the early 2000s by welcoming elements
of hip-hop, modern rock, and atmospheric electronica into their music.
The band's rise was indebted to the aggressive rap-rock movement made
popular by the likes of Korn and Limp Bizkit, a movement that paired grunge's
alienation with a bold, buzzing soundtrack. Linkin Park added a unique
spin to that formula, however, focusing as much on the vocal interplay
between singer Chester Bennington and rapper Mike Shinoda as the band's
muscled instrumentation, which layered DJ effects atop heavy, processed
guitars.
Linkin Park titled their debut album Hybrid Theory, a tribute to the band's
past, and released the record during the fall of 2000. "Crawling"
and "In the End" were massive radio hits; the latter song even
topped the U.S. Modern Rock chart while peaking at number two on the Billboard
Hot 100, an example of the band's crossover appeal. Linkin Park joined
the Family Values Tour and also played shows with Cypress Hill, leading
the group to log over 320 shows in 2001 alone. Come January 2002, Hybrid
Theory had received three Grammy nominations and sold over seven million
copies. (Sales later topped ten million, earning the album "diamond
status" and making Hybrid Theory one of the most successful debuts
ever.)
A proper sophomore effort, Meteora, arrived in March 2003, featuring a
heavier sound and stronger elements of rap-rock. Although the record spawned
several modern rock hits, songs such as "Numb," "Somewhere
I Belong," and "Breaking the Habit" furthered the band's
crossover appeal by simultaneously charting on the Hot 100. Live in Texas
was released to document the band's strength as a touring act, and the
bandmates tackled various personal projects before beginning work on a
second remix project.
Released in 2004, Collision Course found the band collaborating with king-of-the-mountain
rapper Jay-Z, resulting in a number of mashups that sampled from both
artists' catalogs. Collision Course topped the charts upon its release,
the first EP to do so since Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies, and Jay-Z furthered
his association with the band by asking co-founder Mike Shinoda to explore
the possibility of a solo hip-hop project. He did, dubbing the project
Fort Minor and releasing The Rising Tied in 2005 with Jay-Z as executive
producer. Linkin Park then reconvened in 2006 to begin work on a third
studio album, which saw Shinoda sharing production credits with Rick Rubin.
The resulting Minutes to Midnight arrived in 2007, debuting at number
one in several countries and spawning the Top Ten single "What I've
Done."
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