Linkin Park - Meteora

[Shoka]

Well what can I say?

My mate left the album round my houe the other day, so I thought id stick it into the CD player and have a listen. Oh my god what a fantastic album.

I would normally not listen to this type of music, but ive listened to the album twic now and really enjoyed it.

Are linkin Parks other albums similar or is this drastically different?

[Hawklord]

I think Hybrid Theory is superior to Meteora. Must admit it is growing on me and I have played HT to death. Give it a go it's not different in terms of style or sound- also worth checking out Reanimation which is a remix of HT.

[Shoka]

Thanks I'll check em out, I normally only listen to Hip Hop so I thought it would be a real shock to the system, but its a good album.

Anyone recomend any bands that have a similar style?

Shame on you Shoka

Regards,

Linkin Park Hater of London



P.S. CD-WOW sent someone else this album last week, but their copy arrived on my doorstep because my postman always assumes that all orders from CD-WOW are for me. I opened up the package carefully to see what was inside but on seeing it was Linkin Park's new album, I resealed the package and gave it back to the postman the next day

[Shoka]

LOL, come on then Squirrel recomend something I might like.

Bear in mind I'm a die hard Hip hop fan, so dont go recomending thrash metal or anything. and no coldplay

[Hawklord]

I think LInkin Park are an aquired taste you either love them or hate them. Since you liked Meteora you'll definately get on with HT.
I personally like them but I have a varied taste not to everyones pallet.( I'm even a Hakwind fan !)
You might enjoy Placebo and the like. It's fairly aggressive but the new album "Dancing with ghosts" has some catchy tunes. I personally would start with "without you I'm Nothing" since this is my favorite out of all their back catalogue.

Originally posted by Shoka
LOL, come on then Squirrel recomend something I might like.

Bear in mind I'm a die hard Hip hop fan, so dont go recomending thrash metal or anything. and no coldplay

Yeah I know mate. I used to love all that Hip Hop stuff when I were a young lad, demonstrated by my complete collection of "Electro" tapes

If you wanna venture into that rock music genre that has hip hop influences, you're far better off checking out bands like Rage Against The Machine and Limp Bizkit. Linkin Park are nothing but poor imitators.

BTW, thrash metal is pants. Hate it. BUT having said that, Staind's first album had some thrash tracks and they're well good

Originally posted by Hawklord
You might enjoy Placebo and the like. It's fairly aggressive

Placebo? Aggressive? Oh come on mate! Great band, but they dish out very mellow stuff. I don't think Shoka will like them anyway - no noticeable hip hop influences.

[Shoka]

I had a Rage against the machine album when I was younger for the simplefact that it had a shed load of swearing in it and it got on my mums nerves.

Havent RATM formed a new band with soundgarden? Are they any good?

Originally posted by Shoka
Havent RATM formed a new band with soundgarden? Are they any good?

Yup, that would be the mighty Audioslave. I love 'em and so do many other people, but the general reception has been mixed.

Audioslave (Rage Against the Machine plus Chris Cornell from Soundgarden)

Originally posted by Squirrel God
you're far better off checking out bands like Rage Against The Machine and Limp Bizkit. Linkin Park are nothing but poor imitators.

SG while I totally agree that RATM are superior to LP as they are one of the founders of rock music with rapping in it you are having a laugh with Limp Bizkit, all these guys know how to do is swear as many times as possible in most of their songs (great if you are a teenager I guess). They have had one or two good tracks but Linkin Park’s albums have been far superior to anything Limp Bizkit have produced so far.

[Gambit]

If you wanna get into nu-metal, go back the the roots- Korn, Coal Chamber, Incubus's S.C.I.E.N.C.E album (which has definate hip-hop influences on some of the tracks i.e. the DJ instrumentals). Don't start on a derivative band like LP. It's well produced but there is much better stuff ou thtere Shoka. I would think for you, Korn's debut album and S.C.I.E.N.C.E. would be two to get.

Originally posted by Ian Cox
you are having a laugh with Limp Bizkit, all these guys know how to do is swear as many times as possible in most of their songs (great if you are a teenager I guess). They have had one or two good tracks but Linkin Park’s albums have been far superior to anything Limp Bizkit have produced so far.

Yes, they swear but how does that affect whether the music is good or not?

You have to remember that Linkin Park imitate, they don't innovate. Lots of bands jumped on Limp Bizkit's band wagon (ooh, that's appropriately named and unintentional ) and Linkin Park are one of them.

Did you know that LP were not even originally called LP? Their name was changed so that their albums would sit right next to Limp Bizkit's on the music store shelves

Originally posted by Gambit
Korn's debut album

Is the Fagot track on that album? There is one point in the song that always makes me laugh. You know which bit I mean

[Gambit]

Originally posted by Squirrel God
You have to remember that Linkin Park imitate, they don't innovate. Lots of bands jumped on Limp Bizkit's band wagon (ooh, that's appropriately named and unintentional ) and Linkin Park are one of them.

But dude, LB were copying Korn- they just had a more commercial, accessible sound, which made them more famous. LP are similarly marketed, better production etc..

Originally posted by Squirrel God
Is the Fagot track on that album? There is one point in the song that always makes me laugh. You know which bit I mean

Yeah, it's got that on, and I laugh too.
I don't listen to it that often, as I think there are better bands ou tthere but they certainly went a long way to setting the whole thing off.

Originally posted by Gambit
But dude, LB were copying Korn- they just had a more commercial, accessible sound, which made them more famous.

I don't see that at all hombre. Korn are thrash (what I would call thrash anyway, i.e. screaming, few distortion guitars). LB are more in the RATM style IMO. If LB copied anyone, they copied RATM. However, they didn't just copy them straight off. RATM kicked off a genre, and LB slotted into that and then came out with their own spin on it.

The problem I have with LP, apart from the fact that I don't like them, is that I fail to see them adding anything new. In my mind, they're just a straight copy of LB, minus the swearing.

[Gambit]

See where you comin from with that one...
The thing is, Korn were one of the first metal bands to talk about emotions and feelings instead of the "I'm in a metal band, sit in my face" attitude of the likes of the Crue and Skid Row, so they were termed into nu-metal. Rap-metal (which is what I'd call LB and LP) was a sort of spin off of nu-metal, though I'd never say RATM were influenced by Korn; their message was a political one not an emotional one. Now I dunno what to think