Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington dead at 41

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by Miguel007 » Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:39 pm

Very sad, :wub: Linkin Park.

The gooseberry fool they got from so called hardcore fans over their latest album on FB & Twitter, I wonder if that had any influence. It's completely pop and mellow but I think it's great.

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by Rik_ » Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:40 pm

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Miguel007 wrote:Very sad, :wub: Linkin Park.

The gooseberry fool they got from so called hardcore fans over their latest album on FB & Twitter, I wonder if that had any influence. It's completely pop and mellow but I think it's great.


I was thinking that, can't have helped matters at the very least. Pretty much agree with you on it as well, very pop but still some very good songs and definitely didn't deserve all the gooseberry fool it got.

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by Lotus » Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:20 pm

strawberry float. :(

Saw this on the 10pm news having not been online or anything, so it just came outta nowhere. There isn't much that makes me say 'what the strawberry float' out loud watching the news, but damn.

Hyrbrid Theory is one of my favourite albums, and even after all this time I still know every word on that album. Meteora was brilliant as well. Both soundtracks to my school and college days. Reanimation and Collision course were great too, and while the later stuff didn't really do too much for me bar the odd song here and there, I've been listening to their more recent stuff over the last couple of weeks and been enjoying it.

Watching him perform at Chris Cornell's funeral, knowing they were close, it's being Chris' birthday today...wouldn't be surprised if it's related. I didn't know Chester was sexually abused as a child, but given some of the dark lyrics and general association between abuse and poor mental health, it's not a shock in that respect.

Just gutted though...they never reached the heights of Hybrid Theory again IMO, but he still wrote some brilliantly poetic lyrics and songs. The contrast of his vocals with Mike Shinoda's was excellent.

strawberry float.

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by Qikz » Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:31 am

People still talk about Hybrid Theory and it's one of the things I heard annoyed Chester and Mike a lot. Both of them said they wanted their music to evolve from what it once was as they never wanted to just sing one style forever. Their newer stuff while requiring a different taste (imo) was still decent. I still prefer older Linkin Park and they were sort of a gateway band for me into other things, but this is still horrible :(

I still can't believe it.

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by Eighthours » Fri Jul 21, 2017 8:14 am

I always thought that Linkin Park were terrible, but that was basically based on my general views about Nu Metal. This suicide is awful news, particularly considering his large family and his friendship with Chris Cornell. I will be sure to check out Hybrid Theory over the weekend to see if I got it wrong, back in the day.

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by Drumstick » Fri Jul 21, 2017 8:35 am

I'm listening to Hybrid Theory at my desk. Still great.

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by gamerforever » Fri Jul 21, 2017 8:36 am

Awesome band that defined my young adulthood and i only saw them a few weeks back at o2 brixton. He was a few metres away from me! So sad! Listening to the lyrics on one more light is quite sad, its a desperate cry for help.

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by Moggy » Fri Jul 21, 2017 8:58 am

Eighthours wrote:I always thought that Linkin Park were terrible, but that was basically based on my general views about Nu Metal.


I can remember the hate that Nu Metal/pop punk used to get in the early 2000s. Some of it was obviously terrible, but there was some decent stuff amongst it and the fusion between hip hop/rock had some interesting results.

Linkin Park were (imo obviously!) amongst the best that the Nu Metal genre had to offer, their first two albums are genuinely great.

I refuse to believe Hybrid Theory was released 17 years ago though. :cry:

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by Corazon de Leon » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:08 am

Qikz wrote:People still talk about Hybrid Theory and it's one of the things I heard annoyed Chester and Mike a lot. Both of them said they wanted their music to evolve from what it once was as they never wanted to just sing one style forever. Their newer stuff while requiring a different taste (imo) was still decent. I still prefer older Linkin Park and they were sort of a gateway band for me into other things, but this is still horrible :(

I still can't believe it.


The problem with releasing a genre defining album is that people tend to talk about it a lot, I guess.

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by Moggy » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:13 am

Corazon de Leon wrote:
Qikz wrote:People still talk about Hybrid Theory and it's one of the things I heard annoyed Chester and Mike a lot. Both of them said they wanted their music to evolve from what it once was as they never wanted to just sing one style forever. Their newer stuff while requiring a different taste (imo) was still decent. I still prefer older Linkin Park and they were sort of a gateway band for me into other things, but this is still horrible :(

I still can't believe it.


The problem with releasing a genre defining album is that people tend to talk about it a lot, I guess.


I’ve often thought that you should never release your best stuff first. Plenty of singers/bands release an amazing first single or first album and then can never ever live up to it and everything afterwards is a disappointment.

Write amazing stuff but hold onto it, start off by releasing above average/good stuff until you are reasonably popular and then release the amazing stuff so everyone shouts “OH MY GOD, I LIKED THEM BEFORE BUT NOW THEY ARE strawberry floating AMAZING!!”. ;)

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by Ste » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:18 am

I'm not into this type of music, I was going to ask if it was "Nu-metal" but it's been confirmed above, but I even bought Hybrid Theory.

I remember Xmas 01 very well. Think it was because it was my first Xmas working and I wasn't really enjoying my job and wasn't looking forward to going back. In those few days after Xmas, when it's over, but before I actually went back to work I was feeling quite fed up. The videos for "Crawling" "One Step Closer" and particularly "In The End" were on the cable music channels quite a lot. They reflected my mood at the time - dark.

Never really listen to the album as a whole, just the above 3 songs - which I listened to again this morning on the way to work. Might give the whole album a go.

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by Drumstick » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:18 am

Something else that has always struck me about Hybrid Theory is that each song on the album could justifiably be someone's favourite. This was particularly noticeable in school. In my immediate peer group there were 6 of us and each had a different favourite song on HT.

I can't even say that about my favourite album (I refuse to believe that Lounge Act could be anyone's favourite track on Nevermind!).

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by False » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:32 am

Lounge Act is really good though

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by Ste » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:33 am

Drumstick wrote:(I refuse to believe that Lounge Act could be anyone's favourite track on Nevermind!).


It's a contender for me!

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by Preezy » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:34 am

There seems to be a bit of a trend with rock stars/musicians killing themselves. I get that depression can affect anyone and everyone, and maybe it only looks like a trend because their deaths are heavily reported on, but when you think of all the famous singers that have topped themselves it's quite a large body of evidence. Brightest lights burn fastest, kinda thing, I guess.

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by Eighthours » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:42 am

Moggy wrote:
Corazon de Leon wrote:
Qikz wrote:People still talk about Hybrid Theory and it's one of the things I heard annoyed Chester and Mike a lot. Both of them said they wanted their music to evolve from what it once was as they never wanted to just sing one style forever. Their newer stuff while requiring a different taste (imo) was still decent. I still prefer older Linkin Park and they were sort of a gateway band for me into other things, but this is still horrible :(

I still can't believe it.


The problem with releasing a genre defining album is that people tend to talk about it a lot, I guess.


I’ve often thought that you should never release your best stuff first. Plenty of singers/bands release an amazing first single or first album and then can never ever live up to it and everything afterwards is a disappointment.

Write amazing stuff but hold onto it, start off by releasing above average/good stuff until you are reasonably popular and then release the amazing stuff so everyone shouts “OH MY GOD, I LIKED THEM BEFORE BUT NOW THEY ARE strawberry floating AMAZING!!”. ;)


OK Computer was Radiohead's third album. I like bands that progress - the ones that peak immediately are frustrating lost potential. You SHOULD get better at something the more you do it! Take a band like Guillemots. I loved their first album, their second was a comparative abomination, then they were in the weeds. Other examples: Interpol, The Strokes. I'm sure there are plenty more. (Some wag'll say Muse. :lol: )

This is a bit OT, though. Maybe I'll make a thread.

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by Moggy » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:49 am

Eighthours wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Corazon de Leon wrote:
Qikz wrote:People still talk about Hybrid Theory and it's one of the things I heard annoyed Chester and Mike a lot. Both of them said they wanted their music to evolve from what it once was as they never wanted to just sing one style forever. Their newer stuff while requiring a different taste (imo) was still decent. I still prefer older Linkin Park and they were sort of a gateway band for me into other things, but this is still horrible :(

I still can't believe it.


The problem with releasing a genre defining album is that people tend to talk about it a lot, I guess.


I’ve often thought that you should never release your best stuff first. Plenty of singers/bands release an amazing first single or first album and then can never ever live up to it and everything afterwards is a disappointment.

Write amazing stuff but hold onto it, start off by releasing above average/good stuff until you are reasonably popular and then release the amazing stuff so everyone shouts “OH MY GOD, I LIKED THEM BEFORE BUT NOW THEY ARE strawberry floating AMAZING!!”. ;)


OK Computer was Radiohead's third album. I like bands that progress - the ones that peak immediately seem like potential lost. You SHOULD get better at something the more you do it!


That’s kind of what I mean though, if your first track/album is the best thing ever, then you have nowhere to go but down.

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by Moggy » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:50 am

Eighthours wrote: (Some wag'll say Muse. :lol: )


I actually thought of Muse as I was reading your post. They did do that Twilight album…. :dread:

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by Preezy » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:54 am

There are so many bands I've never listened to. So much rubbish I've managed to avoid.

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by Squinty » Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:03 am

Eighthours wrote:I always thought that Linkin Park were terrible, but that was basically based on my general views about Nu Metal. This suicide is awful news, particularly considering his large family and his friendship with Chris Cornell. I will be sure to check out Hybrid Theory over the weekend to see if I got it wrong, back in the day.


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