It’s been 20 years since Linkin Park released their debut album, Hybrid Theory. The album, which has sold 12 million copies in the USA alone, inspired and influenced a generation of bands – especially Of Mice & Men and Bring Me The Horizon – to release their own streamlined works. Led by some of the…
It goes without saying that Linkin Park is one of the most beloved rock bands of the last 20 years. When the band dropped their 2000 debut album Hybrid Theory, the California rock band immediately garnered huge success – even crossing over to a mainstream audience. Needless to say, it was a generation-defining album for…
There’s a term that many use for bands that essentially are popular and accessible. “Gateway” bands are usually considered those who open the listener up to a new world of music, relatively speaking. While the bands in question aren’t necessarily precluded by being commercially successful, it does happen quite often. For example, Metallica are surely…
Linkin Park have been one of the vanguards of rock music for the last 20 years. While the band has racked up plenty of accolades over the years, their success isn’t just about nostalgia – it’s that their music rewrote the rules of modern rock music as we know it. And thanks in large part…
