Linkin Park to Rock Up Fans This Fall
Grammy award-winning rock group Linkin Park will be performing in Seoul on Nov. 30. The band returns to Seoul for a one-night concert at Gymnastics Stadium, Olympic Park, as part of their “Projekt Revolution” world tour. The group was here in 2003.
Linkin Park’s music combines metal with rap and rock genres. The band is composed of vocalist Chester Bennington, emcee Mike Shinoda, drummer Rob Bourdon, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bass guitarist Dave Farrell and DJ Joe Hahn.
Shinoda, Delson and Bourdon, who were all high school friends, formed the group in 1996 in Agoura, California. After high school, they recruited other members Hahn and Farrell to join their band. Bennington joined in 1999 as the lead vocalist.
Linkin Park released their debut album “Hybrid Theory” in 2000, selling close to 4.8 million records in one year. Tracks such as “Crawling” and “One Step Closer” received a lot of radio airplay, and brought mainstream success for Linkin Park.
In 2001, the group won two Grammy awards for “Hybrid Theory,” best hard rock performance and best rock album. Linkin Park released a remix album “Reanimation,” the following year.
In 2003, they scored another hit with their sophomore album “Meteora,” which also topped Billboard’s album charts. “Meteora” spawned hits such as “Somewhere I Belong,” “Faint,” “Numb” and “ Breaking the Habit.”
The following year, the band worked with hip-hop star Jay-Z on a remix album “Collision Course.” The album featured remixed combinations of Jay-Z and Linkin Park’s hit songs.
Last May, Linkin Park released their latest album “Minutes to Midnight,” showing the group experimenting with a different sound. The album debuted at number one of the Billboard charts. The first single “What I’ve Done” also topped the charts.
One of Linkin Park’s members is a Korean-American. Known as Mr. Hahn, the 30-year-old is the DJ and turntablist for Linkin Park. He has directed most of Linkin Park’s music videos, as well as music videos for other artists such as Story of the Year and X-ecutioners.
September 5th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
September 5th, 2007 at 3:53 pm