Linkin Park: "Our Next Album Will Polarize People"

But angry old dudes are awesome

Great idea. A cover at one angle, turns into something else.

 

I take it you're not a fan of Nine Inch Nails.

 

Amen

 

Good God, they're all coming out of their caves. I'd ask someone to kill me now, but it's physically impossible to inflict any type of injury on me.

 

Careful, I think those caveman style clubs could make you dizzy...

 

Do you have to sign up for mikeshinodaclan.com to read the scan?

 

It's going to be like this: Before hearing it-"Why they changed it?!? What's wrong with them?!?! They still have Hahn?!?!"

After hearing it- "It's the best thing they ever did! LP RULES!!!!"

Same o same o fair weather fans. *chuckles*

 

Thanks.

"We're in the best place of our lives, mentally, physically and spiritually."

That's not a word they used frequently in their earlier interviews.

 

Excellent interview.

Agree

"People acted like, you know, wow that's a new invention, thats hitting, you know,
then they're trying to put a label on it, so they can package it, water it down, and sell that shit for their own purpose,
they can't deal with something that don't have a label to it,
we are constantly evolving
shit is constantly changing,
it's all about change, know what I mean,
yo! focus,
that's what I'm talking about,
focus,
what you focusing on?
you're focusing on the hybrid,
because that's what it's all about"

That change is what occurred, it did not happen to some people's specifications, but that's art. It's not like a T-Shirt you order on Amazon. You can customize it to suit your preferences.

 

I don't know, man. Wanting to heal and feel seems less angsty than wearing a crown of shit.

And no, before you even BEGIN to think it, I'm not defending Somewhere I Belong in any way. Somewhere I Belong deserves a special place in hell. A place reserved for the pieces of shit created by pieces of shit originating from [INSERT PERSON YOU DO NOT LIKE'S NAME HERE] eating a bowl full of steaming shit. Shit. And shit.

 

I don't think it was *that* bad, certainly was a good song for who I was when it came out. Anywho, I believe there's nothing wrong with emotive songs as long as they are universally relatable. Look at the Beatles for instance: not as many people love them today as they once did, but those who do still listen to them hail from all age groups. Who doesn't get by with a little help from their friends?

 

People who want to heal, feel, and be close to something real.

I'd just as quickly listen to Rebecca Black's Friday if the alternative was Somewhere I Belong. I'd kill my firstborn child before listening to that song.

If the Klondike Bar people were like, "Would you listen to Somewhere I Belong for a Klondike Bar?" I'd slap them in the face with a katana and piss on them.

And I believe you were meaning to say, "Who doesn't get by WITHOUT a little help from their friends?"

 

The notion that Linkin Park are even capable of selling out is ridiculous. What would they be selling out, their indie cred? Their first album sold more than most artists sell in a lifetime! Hybrid Theory put a nice pop sheen on a stale genre. That's it. They're not some influential, paradigm-shifting band who suddenly went pop. They've always been pop. I don't care how many chunky guitar riffs or woe-is-me songs Hybrid Theory had. It wasn't any less mainstream than every other top 40 act at the time.