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Mar 18 at 6:56:38 PM

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I'm not really a fan of LP, but to be fair, I'm not a fan of most of the bands of that era. Chester had a good voice, though.

Mar 19 at 7:58:52 AM

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Originally posted by: Boosted52405

Some of the feedback here is disappointing...Linkin Park was a great band to a lot of people. Of course they didn't appeal to everyone, but they shouldn't get the Nickelback treatment lol.

Huge Linkin Park fan back in the day, sure my interests have matured now but they were crazy popular back in the day. The vocals, light rap mix, beats/electric effects, along with their music videos were awesome.

The Collision Course album was surprisingly really good too.

To call them whiners would open the door to slap that same label on a whole lotta popular bands from that generation.

For the haters, look at this top 15 list/videos - it's legit:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7873865/ches...

I have no problem opening that door. There are a lot of whiners from that era and I feel LP deserves a lot of the blame for making it “cool.”

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Talent! This guy reproduces Cinema in real-time with no synthesizers and only sampling his own voice (no instruments or pre-recorded samples).

Edited: 03/19/2019 at 08:21 AM by CZroe

Mar 19 at 8:11:16 AM

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Hybrid Theory was good when I was 17-18 years old. The problem with Linkin Park was that as their fans grew up, they didn't. That's kind of why emo and most punk died off from the early 2000's.

I saw them live twice (because they were openers / mid tier acts), and both times they sounded like pure shit.

I give them 2/10, only because they were highly successful, so a good chunk found them good (at least at the time)

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Mar 19 at 8:51:12 AM

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Mar 21 at 11:42:56 AM

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Tallying up their score tonight

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Mar 21 at 12:38:23 PM

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Reminds me of my old coworker that had a playlist of 8 songs with 6 of em being linkin park.

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Mar 21 at 1:37:04 PM

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Any guesses as to who I have lined up for volume 2? I'm aiming for polarizing figures...

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Mar 21 at 1:51:02 PM

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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Any guesses as to who I have lined up for volume 2? I'm aiming for polarizing figures...

Does it rhyme with Krickkystack?

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Mar 21 at 2:57:48 PM

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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Any guesses as to who I have lined up for volume 2? I'm aiming for polarizing figures...

GWAR?

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Mar 21 at 3:07:07 PM

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I like their stuff despite the screaming for no reason sections that inevitably show up to detract from the song.

(Screeching in metal is fucking stupid and ruins what would otherwise be an incredible genre) don't @ me

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Mar 21 at 3:45:29 PM

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Originally posted by: Br81zad

I like their stuff despite the screaming for no reason sections that inevitably show up to detract from the song.

(Screeching in metal is fucking stupid and ruins what would otherwise be an incredible genre) don't @ me

That is like me with the growl/cookie monster vocals, I just "can't" do it.

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Mar 21 at 4:00:58 PM

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What do we call what James Labrie has been doing for the last 25 years?

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Mar 21 at 4:04:54 PM

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Originally posted by: KlaklonxieShrools

That is like me with the growl/cookie monster vocals, I just "can't" do it.

It's cringeworthy, man. Takes me right out of the music. Growl/screeching over badass insrtumentals is the equivalent of mumble rapping over badass beats... Just plain garbage

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Mar 21 at 4:10:38 PM

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I gave LP a 4 for full disclosure. I'm trying to be something of an impartial selection maker as far as who I choose, so it will be stuff I like, don't like, have no strong opinions of, etc

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Mar 21 at 4:12:28 PM

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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

What do we call what James Labrie has been doing for the last 25 years?

He has his off nights that's for sure but that guy can fuckin "sing".

There aren't many vocalists who can sing with that range who don't experience some sort of difficulties over 30 years.

Gotta remember he had destroyed his vocal chords on the Awake tour after food poisoning.

I wouldn't want anyone else in that band singing.

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Mar 21 at 4:16:03 PM

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"Off nights"

They replaced that creepy fuck Portnoy, so I'm sure they could drag Khan, Matt Barlow or Ripper Owens out of retirement and put Labrie out of his misery

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Mar 21 at 4:32:59 PM

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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

"Off nights"

They replaced that creepy fuck Portnoy, so I'm sure they could drag Khan, Matt Barlow or Ripper Owens out of retirement and put Labrie out of his misery

Yeah but you don't "do" shit like that man, to them he is the voice of their band and they wouldn't kick him out, he'd have to leave himself or die.

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Mar 21 at 5:13:39 PM

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Only guy with the talent and charisma to replace Labrie is Sebastian Bach, but he's too busy smokin dope and playing with model trains. Thats how he became a champion.

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Mar 21 at 5:18:53 PM

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Wait a minute... trains... Patrick Swayze... kitten fucking...

Did I somehow miss an entire damn season?

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Mar 21 at 5:36:20 PM

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Missin seasons ya B? Eh you wanna buy a pipe?

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Mar 21 at 7:13:57 PM

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Mar 21 at 8:58:04 PM

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Originally posted by: Gloves

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Mar 23 at 10:32:41 AM

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Originally posted by: DefaultGen

They're the perfect band for angsty 14 year olds.

Wow. I was just about to write that all of their songs sound like they're intended for mopey 14 year olds but you beat me to it.

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Mar 23 at 3:23:29 PM

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Originally posted by: empire

I should just lock/delete/ban this thread, clearly no one is taking it very seriously if this monumental band of pioneers is only a 4/10

My thoughts exactly. Did they kind of lose their "formula" with their last few albums? Yes... but Hybrid Theory and Meterora were darn near perfect. Chester has such a clean scream. Sonically, their studio sound was top notch. I don't expect them to get an 8+ based on their full body of work but a 4 is insulting.

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Mar 24 at 10:26:33 AM

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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Any guesses as to who I have lined up for volume 2? I'm aiming for polarizing figures...

Evanescence? Rick Astley?

Edit: Michael Jackson.

Edited: 03/24/2019 at 10:27 AM by CZroe