Linkin Park Cross The Halfway Point

In a recent interview with MTV.com, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda revealed some new information about the upcoming and soon to be released Linkin Park record. According to the Linkin Park emcee, the band have now reached the halfway point of their brand new record and are now sifting through the near 60 songs they have made together with Rick Rubin to find the most suitable results.

"When we were making Meteora, we wrote 70 to 90 songs to come up with the 12 tracks that are on the album," he said. "For this one, we're going to write more than that. We're about halfway into it. But it'll be out this year. And I can already tell that the record is going to sound a little different than our previous ones.

Although the statement above would appear to only be guesswork at this current point in time, with Mike Shinoda's ambitous solo album "The Rising Tied", including well over 16 tracks, the possibility of Linkin Park's next record being their longest to date is a very real possibility.

"Rick and I are going to be producing it together, and that's something different too," Shinoda continued. "We've always based who we are on the fact that we all listen to different kinds of music, and we try to mix all those different styles as seamlessly as we can. And Rick's done everything from Beastie Boys and Run-DMC to Dixie Chicks and Justin Timberlake and Slayer. At the core of his being, Rick understands so much. He doesn't have to work for it. So in the studio, there's no thought, there's just feeling."

With those 60 or so songs being narrowed down with every passing day, the only remaining challenge left for the band is to find a suitable place to record their new record. Currently the band is leaning towards Rubin's Laurel Canyon mansion, which has played host to sessions for everyone from Slipknot to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

"We're starting to get a feel for what the songs are sounding like, and we're going to determine where we want to work based on them," Shinoda said. "It's early, but from what we've already heard, we can't wait to get into a studio. We're completely excited to start work."

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Thanks to Paul for the news!

 

Well apparently Mike is on to Brad's "12 Game" so yeah .

 

Nein herr Tied, das ist nicht korrekt. XP

Chester said he had to go home and lay down one night because he got nauseus from screaming which is common for people who do not sing from the diaphragm (which I believe Chester does not). Das ist allen .

 

I was being a smartass.

Consider me the "House" of LPA. (If you dont watch house, you have problems!)