Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda talks about Composing Music for Medal of Honor Warfighter Video Interview

Best Buy have uploaded an exclusive video interview with Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda where he talks about composing music for Medal of Honor Warfighter for two levels, which could very well be part of or is the project that was just recently Linkin Park announced that is coming this October. Medal of Honor Warfighter will be available October 23rd. Watch the video interview with […]

Phoenix LPU Chat Summary 21 June 2011

Phoenix just chatted with LPU members live from the summit in Hamburg. The internet connection was pretty bad and lagged a lot so I couldn’t hear everything he said, but I’ve made a summary of some of it below, if anyone can add to this, please leave a comment. Phoenix was also joined in the chat by Mark Fiore, Mike Shinoda […]

Linkin Park Featured on EA Games

Linkin Park’s Wretches and Kings and Blackout will be featured on two EA Games. On FIFA 11 (out in stores today for the USA), the song, Blackout is featured and Wretches and Kings is used as the backdrop for EA’s opening sequence in MMA. The MMA Demo is now available for XBOX 360 and Playstation 3

Linkin Park’s Next Single: LOST IN THE ECHO

There’s been reports going around that Linkin Park’s next single is LOST IN THE ECHO, although this isn’t really a big surprise. If you bought LIVING THINGS you’ll notice the sticker on the album says featuring the debut single BURN IT DOWN then mentions LOST IN THE ECHO and CASTLE OF GLASS, although this isn’t confirming anything but for A Thousand Suns the sticker on the album named […]

A Thousand Suns Not Setting On Linkin Park

During the last few years of the millennium, rap-rock replaced grunge as the rock flavor of the moment. Gradually, rap-rock was replaced by other groundswells, including indie rock, nu metal, post-Britpop, emo, garage rock, metalcore and digital rock. Somehow, some way, though, one of the most popular bands of the rap-rock era not only is still around but has sold […]

Linkin Park Goes To The UN: A Conversation With Mike Shinoda

A Conversation with Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Mike Ragogna: So, Linkin Park goes to the United Nations. Mike Shinoda: We were on tour in the US as a part of our world tour behind our record A Thousand Suns, and we got an email from the UN. They were asking if we wanted to do a meeting with the UN Secretary […]

Linkin Park to Perform on Japanese Music TV Show

According to NOIZE Linkin Park are to perform in Japan on a Japanese TV show called “Music Station” (original name: 『ミュージック・ステーション』) on Friday, June 22nd. Also according to NOIZE Linkin Park will perform their first single BURN IT DOWN live in studio, the TV show will air on Japanese TV channel “TV Asahi” on June 22nd. Details on how to be part of […]

Getting Back to His Roots, April 2006

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda gets personal with his latest project, Fort Minor. The combination of Japanese and American upbringing was normal for Mike Shinoda, who ate steak with white rice, without differentiating between the two food cultures. Spilling over into his music for Linkin Park, Shinoda naturally combines hip hop with alternative rock. With his new hip hop project, Fort […]

Spotify Playlist: Jan – March 2011

Alarmed, Lights – FauntsHelena Beat – Foster The PeopleSHT MTN – Holy FuckWide Eyes – Local NativesPermanent Scar – O+SWe Do What We Want To – O+SGifted (Steve Aoki Remix) – Nasa, Kanye West, Lykki Li, SantigoldSleep (RAC Remix) – Thomas TantrumLions In Cages – Wolf GangCivilian – Wye OakNightdrive With You – AnoraakLucky – Holy FuckLatin America – Holy […]

Playlist: Stuff I Grew Up On

Rebel Without A Pause – Public EnemyTop Billin’ – Audio TwoGangsta Gangsta (2002 Digital Remaster)- N.W.aBoyz-N-The Hood – Remix – Eazy-E2 Live is What We Are… – Word 2 LIVE CREWI’m Still #1 – Boogie Down ProductionsDopeman (Remix) – N.W.aSlow And Low – The Beastie BoysHere We Go – Live At The Funhouse – RUN-DMC6 In The Mornin’ – Ice TI’m Bad – LL Cool JThe Symphony – Kool G Rap, Marley […]