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Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington Talks About His Painful Back Injury
Chester Bennington admitted, “Tinkertoys, man, those things are dangerous.” Fans might be thinking this is a joke, but the rocker is dead serious. He was helping his son, Draven; build an airplane out of the construction set when the pair needed a connector stick. When the singer reached for one of them, he herniated two discs in his lower back. “My whole family was downstairs, so they couldn’t hear me yelling for help,” the frontman recalls. “I managed to get on my knees in extreme pain and crawl down the hallway far enough so they could hear me and call an ambulance. You’d think jumping off a balcony would probably hurt my back, but no.” Purchase Linkin Park tickets and see the injury free Chester singing with his mates.
Everything happens for a reason, right? The good news about the absurd injury is that the mishap freed up time for the frontman to work on his side project called Dead By Sunrise. The rocker didn’t need surgery, but he spent four days in a hospital. After he was released, he spent weeks walking around in a cane and the accident caused the band to cancel their tour in China. Chester’s downtime allowed him to complete his music, which should make its debut sometime this summer. Grab Linkin Park tickets at stubhum.com and enjoy their European tour with the one and only Metallica.
Likin Park Will Play In Taiwan And Bennington Opens Club Tattoo
Warner Music Taiwan has reported that Linkin Park will be playing at the 2009 Summer Rock Summit in Taipei, Taiwan on August 13. Other band such as the All-American rejects and Hoobastank will be the supporting acts. “The concert will be held at the Ban Chiao Stadium and will last for 4 hours.” Purchase Likin Park tickets at stubhub.com and catch them on tour this summer.
Chester Bennington has opened up a new tattoo joint. Yes, the new Club Tattoo in Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile is none other than rock star Chester Bennnington of Linkin Park. He has partnered up with Thora and Sean Dowdell in the lifestyle Boutique, which is their fifth store. They opened the first one in Phoenix 14 years ago and expanded with three more in Arizona. Bennington also has a Las Vegas outpost, the most ambitious to date, and the rocker plans to continue to expand his chains. He has invested not only his money, but also his sweat and tears into the tattoo clubs. During the constructions of all of the stores, Chester got on his hands and knees helping lay tile. The frontman also loved to paint the walls. The very first day it opened, he was behind the counter selling merchandise as quickly as he could. Grab your Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com and see Bennington sweating it out on stage.
Linkin Park Helps Fire Victims/Take LP Quiz
Linkin Park gives back in a big way by helping out the victims in the tragic bush fires in Victoria, Australia. The good news is that a Fender Stratocaster guitar signed by Linkin Park and a Fort Minor poster signed by Mike Shinoda in addition to many other great items are being auctioned off. The natural disaster that struck the Land Down Under in Feb. was the worst in more than a century. The fires left 210 people dead and 10,000 homeless. Purchase Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com and see Linkin Park rocking ‘n rolling in a town near you.
Linkin Park keeps adding new dates to their tour. They will be playing at the Rock N Coke Festival in Istanbul, Turkey on July 19. Tickets go on sale at 11am (local) on April 13, but to get tickets to a Linkin Park show today visit stubhub.com. Are you a huge Linkin Park fan? Well test your knowledge and see how you do with this LP quiz.
1) When was Linkin Park formed?
a) 1994
b) 1990
c) 1996
2) Who are the members of Linkin Park?
a) Shaun Morgan, Dale Stewart, John Humphrey, Troy McLawhorn
b) Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morela, Brad Wilk
c) Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Joe Hahn & Mike Shinoda
3) What was Linkin Park’s first Album called?
a) Hybrid Theory
b) Live in Texas
c) Minutes to Midnight
4) Linkin Park’s Song “Numb/Encore” was on which Album?
a) Collision Course
b) Meteora
c) Reanimation
5) What song contains the lyrics “Yeah here we go for the hundredth time Hand grenade pins in every line”?
a) Breaking the habit
b) Bleed it out
c) No more sorrow
Linkin Park And Metallica Will Rock The House
Our previous blog reported that Linkin Park and Metallica are teaming up for the 2009 fresh festival Sonisphere. But here is some more information and fun facts on what the two hottest groups will be doing in the U.K. Likin Park and the one and only Metallica will head the U.K. event in Knebworth, England on the first and second of August. Other acts at the Knebworth show will include Lamb of God and Mastodon with dozens of others to be announced. Now is the time to Purchase Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com and catch the European tour. Make a vacation trip out of it while seeing your favorite groups.
Does Knebworth ring a bell to you? It is home to some of the best musicians in the world. Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Queen, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry and Deep Blue have emerged from Knebworth as superstars. The festival is already receiving rave reviews and is expected to be a great success due to its touring aspect. Don’t you want to be there and witness the live action? Tickets have been available since Feb., so grab some Linkin Park tickets at stub hub.com and see what all the excitement is about.
Linkin Park And Metallica Team Up
Linkin Park’s Projekt Revolution tour is back with its fifth year and a fresh batch of line-up. You will be able to see The Bravery, Chris Cornell, and Ashes Divide on the main stage. The first date is set for July 16 at the Tweeter Center. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, April 11. Purchase Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com and enjoy the European tour.
Metallica and Linkin Park will team up for the U.K. Leg of Sonisphere, a new festival touring Europe this summer. Tickets have been available since Wednesday 11 February. “The UK leg of Sonisphere is set to be the climax of a summer-long schedule that sees the festival visit the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Finland before arriving in Knebworth.” Metallica’s Lars Ulrich is estates. He told the media their stoked to be coming to Europe and tour England with Sonisphere. The band member also added that the summer tours in Europe are what they do best. They can’t wait to head over there to enjoy their fans. Don’t miss out on the latest Linkin Park tour in Europe, and as an added bonus you can see Metallica take the stage. So go get your Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com.
Linkin Park’s Continues Their Style
I s Linkin Park’s music geared to men? When the California hard-rock band played at the St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center in 2008, they played to 13,000 fans-about 80 percent were male and 75 percent were under 25. So does this mean that Linkin Park has a rough sound? Not exactly. They opened with one of their moodier and catchier new songs, “What I’ve done,” giving the audience members a chance to warm up their singing voices. But once that was up, the band tore into two of its most frantic songs. “Faint” and “Somewhere I belong” got the crowd going and they began to scream. Purchase Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com
The band is known to open with one of their “softer” songs before throwing in an edgy or feisty number. Part of that reason could be they are just warming up the crowd and their voices just like any other band during a performance. The first song that follows the opening usually is edgy and can be attributed to the mixture of melodies created by their two frontmen, Chester Bennington (who sings) and Mike Shinoda (who raps). They have continued the same style on their 2009 tour in Europe, so don’t miss the action. Grab your Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com.
Linkin Park’s fourth Album
Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington calls their fourth album “a concept record.” The group recorded in early November 2008. Bennington was hush-hush on the details and said in a recent interview, “I’m not sure I’m allowed to say what the big plan is.” He continued to tell Billboard.com that Linkin Park “Never envisioned ourselves doing a concept record, but we seen opportunity to do something really cool so we jumped on it, and we’ll see how it comes out. I think it’s a challenge and we’ll see if we can rise to the occasion.” Purchase Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com and enjoy their European summer tour.
The singer also discussed how the band has quickly written music for the follow-up to last year’s “Minutes to Midnight,” which has been a different process as well. “If we’re writing a song with a specific purpose you’re allowed to step out of the realms of commercialism a little bit,” he explains. “You don’t want to dilute that purpose with something that doesn’t have anything to do with it, which is really interesting.” Bennington has been a busy man this past year. He has dedicated his time not only with Linkin Park, but has also a solo album in the works. The singer plans “to do as much touring as possible” to promote the solo album but adds that he’s wary of “putting myself in a situation where I can’t finish the Linkin Park record because I’m supposed to be on a tour. It’s a really delicate kind of balancing act I’m gonna try to pull off here.” Don’t forget to grab some Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com.
Linkin Park’s Stayed Determined
Although music executives told the group they weren’t going to sign them because their music was garbage, the members were determined to keep playing. They wanted a record to call their own. The group decided to look for a vocalist who could contribute some energy to their sound. Chester Bennington seemed to be the perfect fit. Bennington was equally impressed with the group and he would make a bold move after listening to a demo. “I listened to a demo and quit my job to meet five guys I didn’t even know.” The worried Bennington continued to say, “Half of my family’s income was removed because I wanted to do this.” Nobody said a musician’s job was ever easy. Purchase Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com.
After two unsuccessful attempts of finding a label, the band’s persistence paid off when Warner Bros offered them a deal. Once the band had the contract, the lineup, and the material, Warner Brothers went the whole nine yards and gave them a great manager and a powerful producer, Don Gilmore. Gilmore had worked with Pearl Jam and Eve 6. What was the result of all this? Just an album called Hybrid Theory, which sold 8 million copies in the United States.
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Linkin Park: Remembering The Successful Remix Album
Linkin Park were on top of their A-game with hit singles, a best-selling album (sold 8 million copies in the United States), and successful tours, making 2001 a year to remember for the six-piece. They soon decided to make a remix album, which had some original material, to please their fans before returning to the studio to work on their next all-new album. Reanimation was well received by their fans and the group was relieved since they had so much pressure off their first hit album. Purchase Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com.
Rolling Stone’s critic, Rob Sheffield, was tough but fair. “Nobody ever accused them of having the most original sound around, but what sets them apart is how they shape all their heavy influences into something fresh and tuneful…. Commercially expedient though [Reanimation] may be, it’s also a labor of love.” The pressure to deliver the next album kept mounting on the minds of Linkin Park. The band members seemed impervious to the stress. Band members Delson and Frick later recalled, “If anything, we were more relaxed as we made this record. We knew that we’d have an audience to play these new songs for. That was inspiring and energizing, not frightening. We’re prepared to spend the next year or so playing these songs for people. It’s going to be cool.” Don’t miss out on Linkin Park’s concerts, grab tickets at stubhub.com and enjoy their European tour.
Linkin Park’s 2nd Part Interview With Scott Koziol
Yesterday’s bog featured Scott Koziol, a temporary bassist of Linkin Park. He is remembered for the video clip “One Step Closer,” of the album Hybrid Theory. He answered some more interesting questions in a recent interview. Purchase Linkin Park tickets at stubhub.com and catch the six-piece touring this summer.
Q: How do you feel to know that you are in one of the video clips (One Step Closer) that showed the world who is Linkin Park?
Scott Koziol: “That’s a great track and cool video… I’m pleased that so many people dig it and that it created new opportunities for the band.”
Q: How did you met and joined the band?
Scott Koziol: “I was referred to the band by the infamous Barry Squire who runs a LA musician referral service. Rob Bourdon gave me a call, we chatted for a bit then he sent me a CD of a few tracks to learn. I had a few auditions with the band then we started rehearsing in Hollywood 6 days a week for about 8 hours a day in preparation for live performances and the recording of Hybrid Theory.”
Q: After leaving the band, did you participate in any other musical projects?
Scott Koziol: “I’ve participated in live performances, jam sessions, and recording sessions for a variety of singer-songwriters, developing, and Major Label artists.”
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