"Linkin Park’s music is so overproduced... they’re basically repeating the same song"

At least according to Charlie Simpson, former Busted & FightStar vocalist who has now gone solo. He recently spoke to UK newspaper Metro to plug his new solo album, in which he specified what artists have influenced him in his solo work.

http://www.metro.co.uk/music/870435...solo-career-but-admits-i-miss-being-in-a-band

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What do you think? Does what he say have weight or do you disagree?​

 

He must be jealous. The only fightstar song I ever heard was their cover of "Leper Messiah" for Kerrang's 'Remastered' celebration CD of Metallica's 'Master of Puppets.' Needless to say, I wasn't impressed. Bottom line, it is pretty apparent why this guy has "gone solo." It's because he is spoutting of at the mouth about shit he doesn't even understand. Nobody likes a diva.

 

...But, 'A Thousand Suns' is like soooo overproduced, it doesn't sound like music.

 

What I find interesting with his comments is the fact that he bills his new album as something to be listened to as a whole, much like ATS: "I like it as a body of work. I see Young Pilgrim as one complete thing rather than individual tracks". I also see these comments as a way of jumping on this singer-songwriter wagon, distancing himself from a commercial sound he feels a huge band like LP have. Basically trying to sound like a cool & relevant solo artist by referencing bands that are all the rage ATM, whilst throwing this "rock" sound and image he's built up over the years under the bus.

I agree that he must be referencing Linkin Park's singles and more prominently Hybrid Theory and Meteora, because their last two albums really don't fit the "overproduced" sound he mentions. It still amazes me that Linkin Park, after two more albums since HT & Meteora, still have this image attached to them that they're "nu-metal" and "overproduced". I honestly don't think they'll ever escape this label from the mainstream media and casual fans unfortunately.

 

That's because mainstream media and casual fans don't "get it" like most of us on here on the LPA do. We still give the band a chance because we (generally) like what they do. In the last 2 album cycles, Linkin Park stopped worrying about making the mainstream happy. In return, better music was made and genuine fans were kept around. I'm perfectly fine with that.

 

To be honest, if we were talking about HT, Meteora, or even some stuff on MTM...I'd agree with the guy. But seriously, he obviously hasn't heard ATS along with most of the mainstream world. I agree that he must have only heard the older singles...but come on....The Catalyst isn't even anything even radically close to their past singles. What annoys me is that he enjoys Kings of Leon and Foo Fighters because I'm not a fan of their music. Kings of Leon really tended to annoy the hell out of me when I heard it on the radio.

 

I wonder if he knows that Shinoda, and other members of the band, help with production. Even if it is "over-produced," atleast one band member made it that way. In that case, I am under the belief that is what the intended song was supposed to sound like; and I'm okay with that. I know some musicians are totally hands off when it comes to producing. I wonder if this guy is the same... The fact that he meant his comment in a derrogatory way, just proves this guy is an ignorant ass clown.