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Life is too short to listen to mediocre rock. Seething lead vocals and intense backing growls, the cornerstones of modern industrial rock, are missing. Its attempts at in-your-face hip-hop vocal deliveries are strange, soft and crooning. Its percussive guitar and digital fuzz and screeches, a la Trent Reznor, are light, clean and over-produced. Hybrid Theory is a futile attempt at imitating the industrial rock masters. How can one expect a band whose most aggressive lyric is “Shut up when I’m talking to you” (from the album’s first single release “One Step Closer”) to be taken seriously among such aggressive, risk-taking company? Industrial rock is supposed to be progressive, dark and heavy. Those who prefer their industrial-edged, hip-hop inspired rock uninspired and squeaky-clean need look no further than Linkin Park.ĭoing to industrial rock what Vanilla Ice and New Kids On The Block did to R&B and hardcore hip-hop, the fresh-faced five-piece outfit performs a lightweight and soulless brand of music.Ĭompared to such groundbreaking artists as Trent Reznor, Marilyn Manson and Tool, Linkin Park does not rate. The Herald Sun (Melbourne), David Flaherty, Jan. Below are excerpts from numerous contemporary newspaper and magazine articles and reviews. When there’s a little bit of rage behind, you get motivated.”Īs we mourn Bennington’s death at 41, we’re looking back on what critics and reporters had to say about Linkin Park around the time of their debut LP’s release.
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Anger feeds change – more so than happiness, because I think when people become happy and comfortable they become lazy and melancholy. “There’s some pretty pissed-off kids all over the world,” Bennington told The Guardian back in 2001. Chester Bennington's Biggest Billboard Hits