Omar
01-19-2003, 06:51 AM
Linkin Park, The sophomore challenge: Can nu metal's superstars sell another 8 million?
Entertainment Weekly, January 2003
On a recent slushy afternoon in Manhattan, The lone CD copy of the tentatively titled Meteora-- Linkin Park's follow-up to its 8 million-selling debut, Hybrid Theory-- is receiving the sort of attention usually accorded to a state secret. It is residing in the pocket of one of the band's security guards... right next to a Taser. "Inevitably, stuff will leak," says MC and vocalist Mike Shinoda of the extreme security measures. "In the meantime, you are careful."
In the two-plus years since Hybrid's release, The Southern California sextet has toured just about every spot in the brave nu world and spun off a best-selling remix album, Reanimated [sic]. Meteora was recorded in three stints: first on a touring bus, then at Shinoda's home studio, and finally with producer Don Gilmore. Often, each member laid down his tracks separately. "For us, jamming and working and writing as a group would just suck," says Shinoda. "We'd drive each other nuts."
The album's dozen tracks keep with Linkin Park's rap-rock tradition, but the pounding riffs will have competition. "Some of the songs are going to feel different," says Shinoda. "We never want to use our guitars or choruses as a crutch." (March)
Thanks to magnolia9 on LPU
Entertainment Weekly, January 2003
On a recent slushy afternoon in Manhattan, The lone CD copy of the tentatively titled Meteora-- Linkin Park's follow-up to its 8 million-selling debut, Hybrid Theory-- is receiving the sort of attention usually accorded to a state secret. It is residing in the pocket of one of the band's security guards... right next to a Taser. "Inevitably, stuff will leak," says MC and vocalist Mike Shinoda of the extreme security measures. "In the meantime, you are careful."
In the two-plus years since Hybrid's release, The Southern California sextet has toured just about every spot in the brave nu world and spun off a best-selling remix album, Reanimated [sic]. Meteora was recorded in three stints: first on a touring bus, then at Shinoda's home studio, and finally with producer Don Gilmore. Often, each member laid down his tracks separately. "For us, jamming and working and writing as a group would just suck," says Shinoda. "We'd drive each other nuts."
The album's dozen tracks keep with Linkin Park's rap-rock tradition, but the pounding riffs will have competition. "Some of the songs are going to feel different," says Shinoda. "We never want to use our guitars or choruses as a crutch." (March)
Thanks to magnolia9 on LPU