While the group's sales never eclipsed those of its tremendously successful debut, Hybrid Theory, few alt-metal bands rivaled Linkin Park during the band's heyday.ĭrummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, and MC/vocalist Mike Shinoda attended high school in Southern California, where they formed the rap-rock band Xero in 1996. Linkin Park added a unique spin to that formula, however, focusing as much on the vocal interplay between singer Chester Bennington and rapper Mike Shinoda as the band's muscled instrumentation, which layered DJ effects atop heavy, processed guitars. The band's rise was indebted to the aggressive rap-rock movement made popular by the likes of Korn and Limp Bizkit, a movement that paired grunge's alienation with a bold, buzzing soundtrack. The band's rise was indebtedĪlthough rooted in alternative metal, Linkin Park became one of the most successful acts of the 2000s by welcoming elements of hip-hop, modern rock, and atmospheric electronica into their music. During the video, it shows Linkin Park recording and composing on the song for the compilation album as the band's single: Chester Bennington recording the vocals, Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson composing the song while in recording session with the rest of the band, Rob Bourdon working on the drums, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell on the bass guitars, and Joe Hahn on the synthesizer.Īs of January 2021, the song has 22 million views on YouTube.Īll the songs composed and written by Linkin Park.Although rooted in alternative metal, Linkin Park became one of the most successful acts of the 2000s by welcoming elements of hip-hop, modern rock, and atmospheric electronica into their music.
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The video shows how people from Haiti survived in an earthquake crisis, with dozens of people injured during the crisis, many people dead during and after the crisis, and how they grew upset after the crisis, and people getting free stuff from other people who came from the United States of America, before serving up food for the people of Haiti, etc. It also contains an advertisement for the compilation album at the end of the video. It contains footage of the tragedy and crisis took place in Haiti after the earthquake. The music video of the song was released on Maon YouTube, iTunes and Myspace. The song has raised over $148,350 for the Haiti earthquake. The single is the least successful single by the band, whereas it is the fourth most successful promotional single by the band after the song " A Light That Never Comes" with American electronic musician Steve Aoki that's also a single, " Lying from You" and " Powerless" as promotional singles. The same figures of progress was shown by the album. The song has over 115,000 downloads as the release of the single.
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Following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, the band also included an instrumental song "Issho Ni" in the third sequel of the album, Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief. The song was also included in the album Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0 as a track which is a sequel for the compilation album. This is the one and the only single from the compilation album. Shinoda and Rick Rubin together released the single. It is said by Mike Shinoda that the electronic elements in the band's fourth studio album has its roots from this song.