When I was... Eh, that's a boring, long story that you guys probably don't want to here. So I found Linkin Park on Urban Dictionary. And mostly what's on their is hate. People just seem to attack the band on there. Most of it is ignorant people who don't know much about the band. Well, just thought I'd share that with you guys. Here's the link: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Linkin+park.
Being concerned with what Urban Dictionary says is a losing battle. Isn't the entire point of that site to kind of be troll-ish anyway?
Actually, I agree with this one: A nu-metal band who combine the following attributes to appeal to the mainstream: - Vocals ranging from whimpering-to-screaming - Rapping - Computer generated music (particularly for song intros) - Repetitive and extremely simplistic guitar playing - Contrived dj scratching - Lyrics stressing "pain, wounds (unhealing wounds in some cases), - memories and running away" without justification so as to appeal to the majority of teenagers or anybody who has ever felt a bit sad in their life. - Songs strictly 2:30 to 3:30 minutes in length to fit radioplay standards rather than show musical expression. - Gimmicky albums where songs are re-arranged and re-performed are put out more than their actual studio albums with original music (of which they have two, 'Hybrid Theory' and 'Meteroa') Some typical linkin park lyrics - "memories consume like opening the wound" - "crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal" - "it's easier to run replacing this pain with something numb"
Most of the hate posts are from before MTM and seem to be from music purists that hate nu-metal. Most of it doesn't really relate to the band anymore.