Hypemaster
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Honestly didn't know they were hated, love some of their songs.
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In the end, did Linkin Park deserve all the hate they got? Does it even matter?
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Poimandres
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I still remember an interview where they said "between the letters FU and CK, that's where we come in" or something like that. Hilarious.
Anyway, those first two albums are cheesy, lacking in musical depth, loaded with cringe worthy lyrics and, yes, angst. But... they also have lots of great hooks and are fun to listen to. Stuff like Limp Bizkit is pretty much unlistenable these days, but Linkin Park is still good times!
Anyway, those first two albums are cheesy, lacking in musical depth, loaded with cringe worthy lyrics and, yes, angst. But... they also have lots of great hooks and are fun to listen to. Stuff like Limp Bizkit is pretty much unlistenable these days, but Linkin Park is still good times!
And Anime fans in general.
foxuzamaki
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I listened to linkin park cause I just liked how the music sounded, I was never angsty
TheSadRanger
Banned
Was about to post this, I love the theme he made for the raid, that thing had me so pumped when I first saw the trailer.
Some of the tracks he made for some of the fights were pretty damn good as well that really played well with the tension of the fights. I don't know if it was him or Trapanese that made the drug lab track but I really remember that one after a five minute fight where the crescendo of the track matched perfectly with the climax on screen.
I also enjoyed his work on Depeche Mode's remix for Enjoy the Silence.
This is my new favorite thing.
FINE. go listen to your little Sparkle Horse and Sigur Ros and American Football and Neutral Milk Hotel and leave the sickass nu metal alone.
RoadHazard
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I don't know? Never hated them, but I also never really followed them all that closely. They did some pretty good stuff back in the day though!
Soodanim
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Reanimation barely gets a mention in LP threads, but it's my favourite work of theirs followed by Collision Course. It makes sense, as I was never into any other metal but have always been into rap.I still dig on their old stuff, especially
I used to listen to Hybrid Theory and Meteora when I was younger, but rarely get the urge to listen to them now. I might give their newer stuff another listen now I have music streaming services to comfortably try it on instead of YouTube.
chronic_archaic
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Off the top of my head, I could still probably like My December, Burn it Down, Keys to the Kingdom, and Final Masquerade. Oh, and Burning in the Skies. The poppier type stuff is decent modern music. The rest, I grew out of.
Infinite_Daremo
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They were emo as fuck but great to listen to, the first 2 albums anyway. After that they deserved any hate the got for becoming the generic crap they now are.
ZombiePlatypus
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It was legit.
benjipwns
Banned
Yeah, this is a top favorite album. It's kinda like the success of Hybrid Theory freeing them to chase what they'd really like to do. And serves as somewhat of a prequel to Fort Minor. It also has some pretty great guest rap parts imo. I remember quite liking Chali 2na's contribution.I still dig on their old stuff, especially
I popped in when I saw they were doing another remix album. But nope nope nope nope on that one.
The one downside I suppose is that it works best if you're familiar with the original material. Though I knew a few people I suggested it to who only knew of Linkin Park from the radio and liked it quite a bit and were like "this is Linkin Park?!?"
This, when I think of the new acts from the 00's. I thought they were one of the very few highlights of that decade.
Raises flame shield.
I still dig on their old stuff, especially
Yes! It's still my favorite LP album. I still love the band. I grew up with them, saw them live a few times and even got into a meet and greet. Great memories.
I might not enjoy every album they've made but I still respect them as artists.
Funny thing, I just listened to LP, Fort Minor (Mike Shinoda's solo project) and Dead by Sunrise (Chester Bennington's solo project) a few days ago.
hobblygobbly
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Kind of I guess? I've never been a big LP fan but I did enjoy a few of their songs from their early albums - also the Jay Z one. Thing is, when bands/artists change/deviate with their genre they will get some deserved dislike because they're alienating the people and reasons why they fell in love with their music in the first place. Then again it's an unreasonable expectation to think an artist will remain the same. That's why I think changing their style while still being "Linkin Park" and not doing a side project for what they want to experiment in was a bad decision. They should've started a new project with experimentation and either put Linkin Park on hold or disbanded "Linkin Park". A lot of artists do this, some don't even announce officially their new project and rather just "appear" in order to distract. I think not doing that caused a lot of fans to hang onto a thread of hoping LP will return to what they were initially known for but never has and that just naturally sparked dislike/anger.
Yeah, that would have been the sensible thing to do considering that's how electronic artists do it. Want to try something new? Release it under a different name.
king picollo
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They went mainstream for a rock band and people love to hate stuff that's mainstream because it's edgy.
It was very much of it's time and their fusion of music was a cool change from what was about then.
It was very much of it's time and their fusion of music was a cool change from what was about then.
I like Linkin Park. They were huge when I was in high school, and while I outgrew their music, I could still appreciate some of their newer stuff.
They just reached that maximum height of popularity where the only direction left was to go down, and be hated by everyone, just like every really popular thing ever.
They just reached that maximum height of popularity where the only direction left was to go down, and be hated by everyone, just like every really popular thing ever.
Killer Queen
Banned
Great title change
Aside from that though, no not really they get a ton of shit thrown at them but they're nowhere near as bad as many would make it seem.
Aside from that though, no not really they get a ton of shit thrown at them but they're nowhere near as bad as many would make it seem.
DeSo
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Just gave The Hunting Party a crack and was pleasantly surprised. I mean it's not amazing or anything but pretty solid. Definitely some punk influence in there as well. The production is damn good too. Definitely the direction the band should have been going in for a while. Can see myself listening to it a few times.
Gravy Boat
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Hybrid Theory was and is a great albumin and I'll have fisticuffs with anyone who says otherwise.
giancarlo123x
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This shit is still legit great, I play this when there is a long drive.I still dig on their old stuff, especially
killatopak
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LP is good. I listened to them back when they showed a music video in Cartoon Network up to now.
HEY YOU MCR WAS LEGIT GOOD. Their live shows suck though so just listen to their albums except maybe the first one.
HEY YOU MCR WAS LEGIT GOOD. Their live shows suck though so just listen to their albums except maybe the first one.
killatopak
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Oops double post.
eh, i enjoyed Minutes to Midnight when I first listened to it. I appreciated them trying different things as a group. Then I couldn't really stand hearing it, but now I enjoy songs off that album every once in a while.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
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I enjoyed the sound. Dude had some pipes. Only ever really listened to the first few alumns.
and even the remix album was fantastic........after that
I can't fucking stand them. Minutes to midnight had maybe 1 or 2 songs I cared for and that was the end of them for me. When I started hearing their songs a shit load on pop stations every 3 hours I knew then that they truly were never going back to the old style.
Knit Your Own Porridge
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sixteen-bit
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lol @ the thread title change.
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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Once nu-metal became stale, they genre warped to mainstream rock and it just doesn't work. I think they had developed such a specific style, that transitioning to generic poprock made them become lost in the shuffle.
Yeah. Nu-metal was everywhere, but only Linkin Park sounded like Linkin Park. Love or hate them, they had a super unique sound, and the production, and blend of rapping and singing was just perfect.
Then they turned into a second-rate U2
IceDoesntHelp
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Yes. Terrible terrible group/band
constantstatic
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These dudes seem like douchebags didn't they call the police on sublime with Rome for smoking pot last year?
Back when I enjoyed rap metal I liked the first album but I eventually grew out of it.
Back when I enjoyed rap metal I liked the first album but I eventually grew out of it.
It was honestly all downhill after Rage. They had a strong message, whether one agreed with it or not (or even found it juvenile), and real musical talent. I mean Tom Morello man and his riffs and solos. And Zack's lyrics? The drum and bass? Good stuff. Then all of the sudden we had suburbanites aping their style to complain about privileged teenaged angst (from artists in their late 20's or early 30's).
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