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1 step Closer[Chester] I'm about to break...
I'm about to break..
Need room to breathe (x3)
I cannot take this anymore.
Saying everything I said before.
All these words they make no sense,
I find bliss in ignorance,
The less I hear the less you say,
You'll find that out anyway.
I find the answers aren't so clear.
I wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense,
I find bliss in ignorance,
Nothing seems to go away,
Over and over again (x5)
Just Like Before...
Everything you say to me
...and I'm about to break!
I need a little room to breathe
...and I'm about to break!
Everything you say to me
...and I'm about to break!
I need a little room to breathe
...And I'm about to (BREAK)
[Jonathan]
These are the places where I can feel
Torn from my body, my flesh it peels...
A Cure For The Itch
(Unnamed announcer): Folks, we have a very special guest for you tonight.
I'd like to introduce...
Mr. Hahn!
Let's hear it for the great Mr. Hahn!
And now a lesson in rhythm management.
Let's begin...
Alright now, wasn't that fun?
Let's try something else.
A Place For my Head
I watch how the moon sits in the sky
On a dark night shining with the light from the sun
The sun doesn't give light to the moon
Assuming the moon's going to owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do favors and then rapidly
You just turn around and start asking me about
Things you want back from me
I'm about to break..
Need room to breathe (x3)
I cannot take this anymore.
Saying everything I said before.
All these words they make no sense,
I find bliss in ignorance,
The less I hear the less you say,
You'll find that out anyway.
I find the answers aren't so clear.
I wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense,
I find bliss in ignorance,
Nothing seems to go away,
Over and over again (x5)
Just Like Before...
Everything you say to me
...and I'm about to break!
I need a little room to breathe
...and I'm about to break!
Everything you say to me
...and I'm about to break!
I need a little room to breathe
...And I'm about to (BREAK)
[Jonathan]
These are the places where I can feel
Torn from my body, my flesh it peels...
A Cure For The Itch
(Unnamed announcer): Folks, we have a very special guest for you tonight.
I'd like to introduce...
Mr. Hahn!
Let's hear it for the great Mr. Hahn!
And now a lesson in rhythm management.
Let's begin...
Alright now, wasn't that fun?
Let's try something else.
A Place For my Head
I watch how the moon sits in the sky
On a dark night shining with the light from the sun
The sun doesn't give light to the moon
Assuming the moon's going to owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do favors and then rapidly
You just turn around and start asking me about
Things you want back from me
1-й Припев
I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest
I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest
Припев
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
(You'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
(You'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head
Maybe someday I'll be just like you, and
Step on people like you do and
Run away the people I thought I knew
I remember back then who you were
You used to be calm, used to be strong
Used to be generous, but you should've known
That you'd wear out your welcome
Now you see how quiet it is, all alone
Step on people like you do and
Run away the people I thought I knew
I remember back then who you were
You used to be calm, used to be strong
Used to be generous, but you should've known
That you'd wear out your welcome
Now you see how quiet it is, all alone
Припев
You try to take the best of me
Go away (8x)
Go away (8x)
Припев
1-й Припев (2x)
And One
Where should I start
Disjointed heart
I-ve got no commitment
To my own flesh and blood
Left all alone
Far from my home
No one to hear me, to heal my ill heart, I
Keep it locked up inside
Cannot express
To the point I-ve regressed
If anger-s a gift, then I guess I-ve been blessed, I
Keep it locked up inside
Keep my distance from your lies
It-s too late to love me now
You helped me to show me
It-s too late to love me now
You don-t take a word in
Breaking a part of my heart to find release
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Breaking a part of my heart to find release
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Break)
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace (Me)
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Too)
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Keep it locked up inside
Keep my distance from your lies
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Break)
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace (Me)
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Too)
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Breaking a part of my heart to find release
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Breaking a part of my heart to find release
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Keep my distance
Keep my distance
Keep my distance
Keep my distance
[slows to rap solo]
Spit drips from the jaw of the witless witness
Cryptic colloquialism shifts your midrift
Dark all I do embark the shadows
Involved with my thought catalog, analogue, rap catalog
Keep my distance, and fear resistance, hurt by persistence
The twisted web of tangled lies
Strangles my hope to waste and numbs the taste
And I'm forced to face these hate crimes
Against the state of being
Feeling the weight-less-ness pressed between the ceiling
Reeling around room
Riding a bubble of sound proof
It's the frequency making you
Sha-Shake with every boom
Involuntary muscle contraction
Ignoring and drinking musical gas field euphoria
The sound pounds to make the dead flush
To have you a head rush with red thoughts and said stuff
Breaking The Habit
Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I`m picking me apart again
I`m safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again
[Bridge
I don`t want to be the one
The battles always choose
`Cause inside I realize
That I`m the one confused
[Chorus
I don`t know what`s worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don`t know why I insitigate
And say what I don`t mean
I don`t know how I got this way
I know it`s not alright
So I`m breaking the habit
Tonight
Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again
[Bridge
I don`t want to be the one
The battles always choose
`Cause inside I realize
That I`m the one confused
[Chorus
I don`t know what`s worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don`t know why I insitigate
And say what I don`t mean
I don`t know how I got this way
I`ll never be alright
So I`m breaking the habit
Tonight
[Bridge
I`ll paint it on the walls
`Cause I`m the one at fault
I`ll never fight again
And this is how it ends
[Chorus
I don`t know what`s worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don`t know why I insitigate
And say what I don`t mean
I don`t know how I got this way
I`ll never be alright
So,I`m breaking the habit
I`m breaking the habit
I`m breaking the habit
Tonight
By Myself
What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride / from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I / sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I / try to catch them red - handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can’t hold on / when I’m stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I’m lost within
I put on my daily faзade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I
Turn my back I’m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on / then they’ll
Take from me ‘till everything is gone
If I let them go I’ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer
[by myself]
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside
How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking...
Carousel
She can't hide no matter how hard she tries
Her secret disguised behind the lies
And at night she cries away her pride
With eyes shut tight staring at her inside
All her friends know why she can't sleep at night
All her family asking is she alright
All she wants to do is get rid of this hell
Well all she's got to do is stop kiddin herself
She can only fool herself for so long
She can only fool herself for so long
She can only fool herself for so long
Are you too weak to face me?
(She can only fool herself)
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
When it comes to how to live his life he can't be told
Says he got everything under control
Thinks he knows he's not a problem he's stuck with
But in reality it would be a problem to just quit
An addict and he can't hold the reigns
The pain is worse cause his friends have it the same
Tries to slow down the problem he's got
But can't get off the carousel until he makes it stop
He can only fool himself for so long
He can only fool himself for so long
He can only fool himself for so long
Are you too weak to face me?
(He can only fool himself)
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
[Background stuff]
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
Crawling
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming/confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling/I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting/reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem...
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming/confusing what is real
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling/confusing what is real
Cure For The Itch
Folks
We have a very special guest for you tonight
I like to introduce
Mr Hon!
...
Ago Ago Ago...
...
And now, the lesson in rythm managment
Ago Ago Ago...
Let's begin
...
Alright now
Wasn't that fun?
Let's try something else
Dedicated
I have a dream of a scene between the green hills
Clouds pull away and the sunlight's revealed
People don't talk about keeping it real
It's understood that they actually will
And intoxicated and stimulated emcees
Staring into dreams, paranoid, are gone in the breeze
Watch them flee, hip-hop heads
Take a walk with me and what you'll see
Is a land where the sand's made of crushed up wax
And the sky beyond you is Krylon Blue
And everybody speaks in a dialective rhyme
Emcees have left materialism behind them
Meanwhile I just grip my mic
And hope me and my team make it through all right
Because say what you will and say what you might
But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
Because this is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
And dedicated to the people advancing the game
What's real
Is the kids who know that something's wrong
What's real
Is the kids who think they don't belong
What's real
Is the kids who have nowhere to run
Who're hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
I've seen a lot of shit
I've talked to a bum out on Sunset Strip
He asked me, 'How would you feel
If everybody acted like you didn't exist
You'd lose your grip, and probably eventually flip'
So let it be know the only reason that we do this
Is so you can pick it up and just bang your head to it
While emcees fight to see who can be the commonist
We float overhead like a space oddysey monolith
Overseeing the game over being part of the same old thing
It's all going to change and a hurricane of darkness and pain
And acidic rain, promises you won't do it again
Meanwhile I just grip my mic
And hope me and my team make it through all right
Because say what you will and say what you might
But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
Because this is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
And dedicated to the people advancing the game
What's real
Is the kids who know that something's wrong
What's real
Is the kids who think they don't belong
What's real
Is the kids who have nowhere to run
Who're hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
Pulling me close the shadow is warm inside
This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
Pulling me close the shadow is warm inside
This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
This is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
And dedicated to the people advancing the game
What's real
Is the kids who know that something's wrong
What's real
Is the kids who think they don't belong
What's real
Is the kids who have nowhere to run
Who're hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
This is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
And dedicated to the people advancing the game
What's real
Everybody who doesn't feel safe
What's real
Everybody who knows they're out of place
What's real
Everybody with nowhere to run
Who're hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
And One
Where should I start
Disjointed heart
I-ve got no commitment
To my own flesh and blood
Left all alone
Far from my home
No one to hear me, to heal my ill heart, I
Keep it locked up inside
Cannot express
To the point I-ve regressed
If anger-s a gift, then I guess I-ve been blessed, I
Keep it locked up inside
Keep my distance from your lies
It-s too late to love me now
You helped me to show me
It-s too late to love me now
You don-t take a word in
Breaking a part of my heart to find release
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Breaking a part of my heart to find release
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Break)
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace (Me)
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Too)
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Keep it locked up inside
Keep my distance from your lies
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Break)
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace (Me)
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Too)
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Breaking a part of my heart to find release
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Breaking a part of my heart to find release
Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Keep my distance
Keep my distance
Keep my distance
Keep my distance
[slows to rap solo]
Spit drips from the jaw of the witless witness
Cryptic colloquialism shifts your midrift
Dark all I do embark the shadows
Involved with my thought catalog, analogue, rap catalog
Keep my distance, and fear resistance, hurt by persistence
The twisted web of tangled lies
Strangles my hope to waste and numbs the taste
And I'm forced to face these hate crimes
Against the state of being
Feeling the weight-less-ness pressed between the ceiling
Reeling around room
Riding a bubble of sound proof
It's the frequency making you
Sha-Shake with every boom
Involuntary muscle contraction
Ignoring and drinking musical gas field euphoria
The sound pounds to make the dead flush
To have you a head rush with red thoughts and said stuff
Breaking The Habit
Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I`m picking me apart again
I`m safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again
[Bridge
I don`t want to be the one
The battles always choose
`Cause inside I realize
That I`m the one confused
[Chorus
I don`t know what`s worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don`t know why I insitigate
And say what I don`t mean
I don`t know how I got this way
I know it`s not alright
So I`m breaking the habit
Tonight
Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again
[Bridge
I don`t want to be the one
The battles always choose
`Cause inside I realize
That I`m the one confused
[Chorus
I don`t know what`s worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don`t know why I insitigate
And say what I don`t mean
I don`t know how I got this way
I`ll never be alright
So I`m breaking the habit
Tonight
[Bridge
I`ll paint it on the walls
`Cause I`m the one at fault
I`ll never fight again
And this is how it ends
[Chorus
I don`t know what`s worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don`t know why I insitigate
And say what I don`t mean
I don`t know how I got this way
I`ll never be alright
So,I`m breaking the habit
I`m breaking the habit
I`m breaking the habit
Tonight
By Myself
What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride / from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I / sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I / try to catch them red - handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can’t hold on / when I’m stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I’m lost within
I put on my daily faзade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I
Turn my back I’m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on / then they’ll
Take from me ‘till everything is gone
If I let them go I’ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer
[by myself]
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside
How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking...
Carousel
She can't hide no matter how hard she tries
Her secret disguised behind the lies
And at night she cries away her pride
With eyes shut tight staring at her inside
All her friends know why she can't sleep at night
All her family asking is she alright
All she wants to do is get rid of this hell
Well all she's got to do is stop kiddin herself
She can only fool herself for so long
She can only fool herself for so long
She can only fool herself for so long
Are you too weak to face me?
(She can only fool herself)
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
When it comes to how to live his life he can't be told
Says he got everything under control
Thinks he knows he's not a problem he's stuck with
But in reality it would be a problem to just quit
An addict and he can't hold the reigns
The pain is worse cause his friends have it the same
Tries to slow down the problem he's got
But can't get off the carousel until he makes it stop
He can only fool himself for so long
He can only fool himself for so long
He can only fool himself for so long
Are you too weak to face me?
(He can only fool himself)
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
[Background stuff]
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
I never know just why you run so far away far away from me
Crawling
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming/confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling/I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting/reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem...
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming/confusing what is real
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling/confusing what is real
Cure For The Itch
Folks
We have a very special guest for you tonight
I like to introduce
Mr Hon!
...
Ago Ago Ago...
...
And now, the lesson in rythm managment
Ago Ago Ago...
Let's begin
...
Alright now
Wasn't that fun?
Let's try something else
Dedicated
I have a dream of a scene between the green hills
Clouds pull away and the sunlight's revealed
People don't talk about keeping it real
It's understood that they actually will
And intoxicated and stimulated emcees
Staring into dreams, paranoid, are gone in the breeze
Watch them flee, hip-hop heads
Take a walk with me and what you'll see
Is a land where the sand's made of crushed up wax
And the sky beyond you is Krylon Blue
And everybody speaks in a dialective rhyme
Emcees have left materialism behind them
Meanwhile I just grip my mic
And hope me and my team make it through all right
Because say what you will and say what you might
But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
Because this is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
And dedicated to the people advancing the game
What's real
Is the kids who know that something's wrong
What's real
Is the kids who think they don't belong
What's real
Is the kids who have nowhere to run
Who're hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
I've seen a lot of shit
I've talked to a bum out on Sunset Strip
He asked me, 'How would you feel
If everybody acted like you didn't exist
You'd lose your grip, and probably eventually flip'
So let it be know the only reason that we do this
Is so you can pick it up and just bang your head to it
While emcees fight to see who can be the commonist
We float overhead like a space oddysey monolith
Overseeing the game over being part of the same old thing
It's all going to change and a hurricane of darkness and pain
And acidic rain, promises you won't do it again
Meanwhile I just grip my mic
And hope me and my team make it through all right
Because say what you will and say what you might
But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
Because this is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
And dedicated to the people advancing the game
What's real
Is the kids who know that something's wrong
What's real
Is the kids who think they don't belong
What's real
Is the kids who have nowhere to run
Who're hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
Pulling me close the shadow is warm inside
This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
Pulling me close the shadow is warm inside
This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
This is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
And dedicated to the people advancing the game
What's real
Is the kids who know that something's wrong
What's real
Is the kids who think they don't belong
What's real
Is the kids who have nowhere to run
Who're hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
This is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
And dedicated to the people advancing the game
What's real
Everybody who doesn't feel safe
What's real
Everybody who knows they're out of place
What's real
Everybody with nowhere to run
Who're hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
Биография группы.
Группа Linkin Park посвятила себя своей музыке и слушателям, которые их поддерживают. Смешав рок, хип-хоп и электронную музыку, команда получила звучание, которое трудно классифицировать, но очень легко узнать. В звучании этой лос-анджелесской группы мелодичный вокал сочетается с жесткими ритмами, тяжелыми гитарными риффами и головокружительными скрэтчами. В составе Linkin Park шесть человек: Роб Бурдон (ударные), Брэд Делсон (гитара), Даррен Фаррел (бас-гитара), Джозеф Хан (вертушки), Майк Шинода (MC, вокал) и Честер Беннингтон (вокал). Роб, Брэд и Майк познакомились еще в школе Окончив учебное заведение, Майк входит в состав группы Xero, в которой также играют студент арт-колледжа и диджей Джозеф Хан и Даррен Фаррелл Шинода, как и подобает настоящим друзьям, пригласил в команду своих корешей - Роба и Брэда. Группа меняет название на Hybrid Theory, после чего переименовывается в Linkin Park, когда в 1999 году в состав добавляется последний участник, вокалист Честер Беннингтон. Вскоре группа получает успех в клубах Лос-Анджелеса и за его пределами. В конце 1999 года Linkin Park подписывают контракт с Warner Bros и начинают запись дебютного альбома. Они решают назвать диск "Hybrid Theory" в честь одного из ранних названий группы. Диск вышел осенью 2000 года и был похож по звучанию на такие разные группы, как Deftones, The Roots, Nine Inch Nails и даже Aphex Twin. Продюсером альбома стал Дон Гилмор, известный по сотрудничеству с Pearl Jam. Такие синглы, как "Crawling" и "One Step Closer" быстро получили успех и постоянно звучали по радио и на MTV. Группа постоянно концертирует, приобретая все большее число поклонников. Коллектив выступает в "Family Values" и "Project: Revolution Tour" с Cypress Hill. В общей сложности в 2001 году группа отыгрывает 324 (!) концерта. В январе 2002 года диск "Hybrid Theory" выдвигается на премию "Грэмми" в трех номинациях, включая "Лучший рок-альбом", а сами музыканты представлены в в номинации "Открытие года". К радости фэнов группа завоевывает одну премию в номинации "Лучшая композиция в стиле хард-рок" за песню "Crawling". Честер Беннингтон записывает вокальную партию в песне "System" для фильма "Queen Of The Damned", а летом 2002 года музыканты выпускают свой второй альбом "Reanimation", параллельно работая над следующим альбомом "Meteora", который вышел весной 2003 года. "Meteora" повторила успех "Hybrid Theory". Синглами с альбома становятся "Somewhere I Belong", "Numb" и "Faint", занявшие высокие позиции во всех чартах. В 2003 году Linkin Park были удостоены множества премий, в том числе и награды MTV Video Music Awards. В ноябре 2003 года Linkin Park выпустили комплект из компакт-диска и DVD "Live in Texas". Материал для этого концертного альбома записывался в двух разных городах - в Далласе и Хьюстоне. В 2004 году группа устроила собственное масштабное турне под названием "Projekt Revolution", в состав которого входили целых две сцены и комплекс развлечений "Revolution Village". По результатам 2004 года "Projekt Revolution" оказались самыми прибыльными гастролями года. В конце 2004 года по просьбе MTV группа записала совместную пластинку с рэппером Джеем Зи, выполненную в технике "mash up". Альбом "Collision Course" дебютировал сразу на первом месте чартов и принес группе "Грэмми". В 2005 году Linkin Park решили немного отдохнуть от активной концертной деятельности. За год они дали всего два концерта - один в рамках серии благотворительных выступлений "Live 8", а другой для организации "Music for Relief", которую сами музыканты и создали, чтобы помогать пострадавшим от различных природных катаклизмов. Linkin Park также пытались разорвать свой контракт с лейблом Warner, однако лейбл был готов к переговорам, и в результате контракт был продлен на несколько более выгодных для группы условиях. Параллельно Майк Шинода объявил о своем желании поработать над собственным хип-хоп-проектом Fort Minor. Дебютный альбом Fort Minor "Rising Tied" вышел в свет в ноябре 2005. Честер Беннингтон также создал сразу несколько побочных проектов, и вся эта деятельность на стороне породила массу слухов о распаде группы. Однако оба вокалиста подтвердили, что распускать Linkin Park никто не собирался. В начале 2006 года стало известно, что группа отправилась в студию работать над новой пластинкой. В качестве продюсера этого альбома был привлечен человек-легенда Рик Рубин, работавший со Slayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers и System of a Down. Работа над альбомом "Minutes to Midnight" растянулась на полтора года - вместе с Рубином группа засела в огромном особняке в Калифорнии и принялась экспериментировать с новыми звуками - в записи альбома использовались банджо, меллотроны, старинные гитары и усилители из личной коллекции Рубина и множество других, на первый взгляд, не подходящих для Linkin Park инструментов. Этой пластинкой сами музыканты надеются сломать сложившийся вокруг них стереотип. "Нас всегда записывали в одну кучу со всеми остальными рэп-рок артистами", говорит Майк Шинода. "Но мы сами никогда не стремились к такому положению вещей. У нас всегда было свое собственное лицо, и, полагаю, эта пластинка докажет это". За столь продолжительное время работы над альбомом музыканты сочинили около 150 песен. Из-за такой обильной творческой активности группы выход пластинки переносился несколько раз - изначально он планировался на лето 2006 года, потом был перенесен на осень, потом на начало 2007 года, и, в конце концов, вышел в мае. В интервью, данном в сентябре 2006 года, Майк Шинода так объяснил эти переносы: "Когда песни буквально льются из тебя, совершенно не хочется как-то останавливать этот процесс". Из "налившихся" сотни с лишним песен группа отобрала для записи 17 штук - в альбом позже вошло только 12 из них. Новый материал Linkin Park заметно отличается от всего, что они записывали раньше - здесь почти нет сэмплов, и рэп-вокал Майка Шиноды можно услышать только в двух песнях. Сами музыканты считают "Minutes to Midnight" своей самой взрослой и серьезной работой.
В этой группе, возможно, есть записи, доступные только её участникам.
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