Minggu, 31 Januari 2010

Dear God

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Avenged Sevenfold Dear God

Intro: F C Dm Am Bb F C (x2)

F C Dm Am
A lonely road, crossed another cold state line
Bb F C
Miles away from those I love purpose hard to find
F C Dm Am
While I recall all the words you spoke to me
Bb F
Can't help but wish that I was there
C
Back where I'd love to be, oh yeah

Chorus 1:
F C Dm C
Dear God the only thing I ask of you is
Bb F
To hold her when I'm not around,
C
When I'm much too far away
F C Dm C
All need that person who can be true to you
Bb F
But I left her when I found her
C
And now I wish I'd stayed
Bb C
’Cause I'm lonely and I'm tired
Am7 Dm C Bb
Missing you again oh no

Once again

F C Dm Am
There's nothing here for me on this barren road
Bb F
There's no one here while the city sleeps
C
And all the shops are closed
F C Dm Am
Can't help but think of the times I've had with you
Bb F
Pictures and some memories
C
Will have to help me through, oh yeah

Back to: Chorus 1

DmA/C# – Bb – F
Before long, they waste away
DmA/C# – Bb – F
I found you, something told me to stay
DmA/C# – Bb – F
I gave in, to selfish ways
Gm C
And how I miss someone to hold
F
When hope begins to fade...
FCDmAm
A lonely road, crossed another cold state line
Bb – FC
Miles away from those I love purpose hard to find

Chorus 2:

FCDmC
Dear God the only thing I ask of you is
Bb – F
To hold her when I'm not around,
C
When I'm much too far away
FCDmC
All need that person who can be true to you
Bb – F
But I left her when I found her
C
And now I wish I'd stayed
Bb – C
’Cause I'm lonely and I'm tired
Am7 – Dm - C - Bb
Missing you again oh no
DmA/C# – Bb – F
Once again… yeah…
DmA/C# – Bb – F
Wooaa… yeah, yeah…

Ending: DmA/C# – Bb – F (x17) – FO (Fade Out)

Sabtu, 30 Januari 2010

Avenged Sevenfold

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Avenged Sevenfold adalah grup musik heavy metal yang dibentuk di Huntington Beach, California pada 1999. Personelnya terdiri atas M. Shadows (vokal), Synyster Gates (lead guitar), Zacky Vengeance (guitar), Johnny Christ (bass), dan The Reverend (drum). Serta dua mantan personelnya Dameon Ash dan Justin Sane yang telah hengkang dari grup ini.

Album pertama Avenged Sevenfold berjudul SOUNDING THE SEVENTH TRUMPET (2002), disusul album kedua WAKING THE FALLEN (2003). Dalam album kedua grup ini tampil bersama Xl Rose, Kylie Minogue dan Chris Cornell. Disusul kemudian album CITY OF EVIL (2005) dan AVENGED SEVENFOLD (2007).

Grup yang pernah mangung di Jakarta pada 7 Agustus 2007 itu, belakangan memilih jalur musik pop. Hal ini, konon setelah menuai kritik akibat banyak karyanya 'mengadopsi' efek suara yang telah hit sebelumnya. Mereka mengaku heavy metal tidak cocok bagi dirinya, dan lebih menyukai musik pop.

28 Desember 2009, Avenged Sevenfold berduka. Sang drummer, The Reverend atau bernama asli James Owen Sullivan meninggal. Ia ditemukan sudah tak bernyawa di rumahnya, kawasan Huntington Beach.

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Wake Me Up When September Ends

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Green Day Wake Me Up When September Ends


INTRO: G
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------3-------3--------3-------3--------3-------3----------3-------3-
G----0-------0--------0-------0--------0-------0----------0-------0----
D-5-------5--------4-------4--------2-------2----------0-------0-------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

G G/Gb
Summer has come and past
Em G
the innocent can never last
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
G G/Gb
Like my fathers come to pass
Em G
seven years has gone so fast
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends


Em Bm
Here comes the rain again
C G G/Gb
Falling from the stars
Em Bm
Drenched in my pain again
C D
Becoming who we are

G G/Gb
As my memory rests
Em G
But never forgets what I lost
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends


INTRO: G

G G/Gb
Summer has come and past
Em G
the innocent can never last
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
G G/Gb
Ring out the bells again
Em G
Like we did when spring began
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends


Solo : E5 B5 C5 G5 G/Gb5
E5 B5 C5 D5

G G/Gb
Summer has come and past
Em G
the innocent can never last
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends
C Cm G
Wake me up when September ends...

American Idiot


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Green Day American Idiot


Intro: Ab C# F# C# Ab F# (4x)

Verse 1:

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Don't want a nation that under the new media
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
Ab C# F# C# Ab
The subliminal mindfuck America

Chorus:
C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension
Ab
All across the alien nation
Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay
C#
Television dreams of tomorrow
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
Eb
Convincing them to walk you

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Verse 2:

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Well maybe I'm the faggot America
Ab C# F# C# Ab
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Now everybody do the propaganda
Ab C# F# C# Ab
And sing along in the age of paranoia

Back to Chorus

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Solo:

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G--10-10-10-10-10-10-8--6-----8-8-8-8--10-8--6--5--3-3-3-3h5-6-5\3-3---
D--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x----------------------
A--8--8--8--8--8--8--6--4-----6-6-6-6--8--6--4--3----------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------8--------11--------
B--------9--------11------------------------9--
G--8--8-----8--8------8--8-----8--8------8-----
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------9--
G--10-10-10-10-10-10-8--6-----8-8-8-8--10-8--6--5--3-3-3-3h5-6-5\3-3/8-----
D--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--------------------------
A--8--8--8--8--8--8--6--4-----6-6-6-6--8--6--4--3--------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge:

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Verse 3:

Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Don't wanna be an American idiot.
Ab C# F# C# Ab
One nation controlled by the media.
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Information nation of hysteria.

It's going out to idiot America.

Chorus:
C#
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
Ab
All across the alien nation.
Eb Ab
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
C#
Television dreams of tomorrow.
Ab
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Eb
Convincing them to walk you.

Outro:
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab
Ab C# F# C# Ab F#
Ab C# F# C# Ab

Green Day

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Green Day adalah sebuah kelompok musik bergenre punk rock yang berasal dari California, Amerika Serikat dan terdiri atas Billie Joe Armstrong (penyanyi utama, gitaris), Mike Dirnt (basis, penyanyi pendukung), dan Tré Cool (pemain drum, penyanyi pendukung). Green Day telah diakui di dunia musik karena keberhasilan mereka dalam mengembalikan dan membuat genre punk rock kembali terkenal, bersama-sama dengan grup musik tahun 1990-an seperti The Offspring dan Rancid.

Musik mereka telah mempengaruhi banyak kelompok musik beraliran punk lain, seperti Blink 182 dan Good Charlotte.

Grup musik ini telah menjual lebih dari 50 juta album di Amerika Serikat dan lebih dari 100 juta album di seluruh dunia. Green Day telah memenangkan berbagai penghargaan, seperti MTV Video Music Awards dan Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, juga berbagai penghargaan lainnya, serta telah memenangkan 3 Grammy Awards (Best Alternative ALbum untuk Dookie, Best Rock Album untuk American Idiot dan Record of the Year untuk Boulevard of Broken Dreams).

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Muse Unintended

E Am
You could be my unintended

D G
Choice to live my life extended

C B E
You could be the one I’ll always love

E Am
You could be the one who listens

D G
To my deepest inquisitions

C B
You could be the one I’ll always love

Chorus

E Am
I’ll be there, as soon as I can

D G
But I’m busy, mending all the

C B
Pieces of, the life I had before

Verse 2

E Am
First, there was the one who challenged

D G
All my dreams and all my balance

C B
She could never be as good as you

E Am
You could be my unintended

D G
Choice to live my life extended

C B E
You should be the one I’ll always love

Bridge - Am, Csus2, E

Repeat Chorus twice

Outro - Am, Amsus9, E

Minggu, 24 Januari 2010

plug in baby

Muse Plug in Baby

E---------------------------2h3p------------------------------------
B----------------3-----3-5-------5-3---------------5-----5-7^8^7-6-7
G---3-4-6--3-4-6---4-6--------------6--4-6-7--4-6-7--6-7------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B---7--------7--9^10^9-7-6-7----------------------------------------
G----7-7---7-----------------7---7----------------------------------
D-------6-7--------------------7------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------


G D F#
I have exposed your lies baby
G
The underneath is no big surprise
D F#
Now it's time for changing
G
And cleansing everything
D
To forget your love

Bm (palm mute)

G Bm
My plug in baby
G
Crucify my enemies
Bm
When I'm tired of giving
G Bm
My plug in baby
G
My underbroken virgin realities
Bm
Tired of living


(repeat riff)


Don't confused
Baby you're gonna loose
Your own game
Change me
And replace the envying
To forget your love

My plug in baby
Crucify my enemies
When I'm tired of giving
My plug in baby
My underbroken virgin realities
Tired of living






ALBUM

Origin of Symmetry and Hullabaloo (2001–2002)

During production of the band's second album, Origin of Symmetry, the band experimented with instrumentation such as a church organ, Mellotron, and an expanded drum kit. There were more of Bellamy's high-pitched vocal lines, arpeggiated guitar, and piano playing. Bellamy cites guitar influences such as Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave), the latter evident in the more riff-based songs in Origin of Symmetry and in Bellamy's extensive use of pitch-shifting effects in his solos.[12] The album also features a reworking of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse's "Feeling Good". Muse successfully sued Nestlé in 2003 when they used Muse's version of "Feeling Good" in a television advert for Nescafé without permission, donating the £500,000 compensation to Oxfam.[13]

Celine Dion was also threatened with legal action in 2002 when she planned to name her Las Vegas show "Muse," despite the band owning the worldwide performing rights to the name. Celine Dion offered $50,000 for the rights but Muse rejected this with Bellamy stating that "We don't want to turn up there with people thinking we're Celine Dion's backing band." Eventually Dion was forced to back down.[14]

Origin of Symmetry was well-received by critics; NME gave the album 9/10 with Roger Morton writing, "It's amazing for such a young band to load up with a heritage that includes the darker visions of Cobain and Kafka, Mahler and The Tiger Lillies, Cronenberg and Schoenberg, and make a sexy, populist album. But Muse have carried it off."[15]

Maverick had reservations about Bellamy's vocal style on this album (considering it not to be "radio-friendly"[citation needed]), and asked Muse to change some of their songs prior to U. S. release. The band refused and left Maverick, resulting in Maverick's decision not to release "Origin of Symmetry" in the U. S. The album was finally released in the U. S. on 20 September 2005, after Muse signed to Warner.

Muse released a live DVD, "Hullabaloo," featuring live footage recorded during Muse's two gigs on consecutive nights at Le Zenith in Paris in 2001 and a documentary film of the band on tour. A double album, "Hullabaloo Soundtrack" was released at the same time, containing a compilation of B-sides and a disc of recordings of songs from the Le Zenith performances. A double-A side single was also released featuring new songs "In Your World" and "Dead Star."

Absolution (2003–2005)

Absolution (produced by Rich Costey) was released in 2003 and debuted at number one in the UK. The album yielded their first top ten hit with "Time Is Running Out" and later three top-twenty hits: "Hysteria", "Sing For Absolution" and "Butterflies and Hurricanes". Muse subsequently undertook their first international stadium tour. It continued for about a year and saw Muse visiting Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, and France. Meanwhile, the band released five singles ("Time Is Running Out", "Hysteria", "Sing for Absolution", "Stockholm Syndrome" and "Butterflies and Hurricanes"). The US leg of the 2004 tour began ominously as Bellamy injured himself on stage during the opening show in Atlanta.[16] The tour resumed after several stitches and a couple of days.

Chris Wolstenholme of Muse performing at the Mod Club Theatre, Toronto in 2004. The international Absolution tour included the band's first shows in North America since 1999.

The band also played at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2004. After the festival, the band described the concert as "the best gig of our lives".[17][18] However, drummer Dominic Howard's father, Bill Howard, who was at the festival to watch the band, died from a heart attack very shortly after the performance. "It was the biggest feeling of achievement we've ever had after coming offstage", Bellamy said. "It was almost surreal that an hour later his dad died. It was almost not believable. We spent about a week sort of just with Dom trying to support him. I think he was happy that at least his dad got to see him at probably what was the finest moment so far of the band's life".[7]

Muse then continued their tour. Their last dates were in the U. S. and at the Earls Court arena in London, where they played an extra date due to the high demand for tickets. They won two MTV Europe awards, including "Best Alternative Act" and a Q Award for "Best Live Act". At the end of 2004, Vitamin Records released The String Quartet Tribute to Muse by The Tallywood Strings, an album of instrumental string versions of some of Muse's songs. Muse also received an award for "Best Live Act" at the 2005 BRIT Awards.

The band finished touring in January 2005, then visited the U. S. in April and May On 2 July 2005, Muse participated in the Live 8 concert in Paris, where they performed their singles "Plug In Baby", "Bliss", "Time Is Running Out", and "Hysteria".

An unofficial and unauthorised DVD biography containing no Muse music called Manic Depression was released in April 2005; the band was not involved with the project and did not endorse the release.[19] Another DVD, this time official, was released by the band on 12 December 2005, called Absolution Tour. The official release contained re-edited and re-mastered highlights from the Glastonbury Festival 2004 and previously unseen footage from London Earls Court, Wembley Arena, and the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Two songs, "Endlessly" and "Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist", are hidden tracks on the DVD taken from Wembley Arena. The only song from Absolution not to appear on the live DVD is "Falling Away With You", which has never been performed live to date.[20] Absolution eventually went Gold in the US.[21]

Black Holes and Revelations and HAARP (2006–2008)

In July 2006, Muse released their fourth album, co-produced by Muse and Rich Costey, titled Black Holes and Revelations. The album was released officially in Japan on 28 June 2006, in Europe on 3 July 2006, and in North America on 11 July 2006. The album charted at No. 1 in the UK, much of Europe, and Australia. It was also a success in the United States, reaching number nine on the Billboard 200 album chart.[22] Black Holes and Revelations was nominated for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize, but lost to Arctic Monkeys. The album did, however, earn a Platinum Europe Award after selling one million copies in the continent.[23] The album's title and themes are the result of the band's fascination with science fiction and political outrage.[24][25] In August 2006, Muse recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for Live from Abbey Road.

The first single from the album, "Supermassive Black Hole", was released as a download on 9 May 2006 and accompanied by a music video directed by Floria Sigismondi. It was later followed by general releases as a single the next month, all ahead of the main album release. The second single, "Starlight", was released on 4 September 2006. "Knights of Cydonia" was released in the U. S. as a radio-only single on 13 June 2006 and in the UK on 27 November 2006. It also had a six-minute promotional video filmed in Romania and was featured on the popular video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. It was also voted number 1 in the world's largest music poll Australian Radio's Triple J Hottest 100 for 2007 and 18th in Triple J's Hottest 100 of All Time in 2009. The fourth single from the album, "Invincible", was then released on 9 April 2007.[26] Another single, "Map of the Problematique", was released for digital download only on 18 June 2007, following the band's performance at Wembley Stadium.[27]

Muse playing "Starlight" at Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006

Prior to the release of the new album, the band resumed making live performances, which had halted while recording, making a number of promotional TV appearances starting on 13 May 2006 at BBC Radio 1's One Big Weekend. The main live tour started just before the release of their album and initially consisted mostly of festival appearances, most notably a headline slot at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2006.[28] The band's main touring itinerary started with a tour of North America from late July to early August 2006. After the last of the summer festivals, a tour of Europe began, including a large arena tour of the UK.[29] The band spent November and much of December 2006 touring Europe with British band Noisettes as the supporting act. The tour continued in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia in early 2007 before returning to England for the summer. Possibly their biggest performances to date were two gigs at the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium on 16 and 17 June 2007. Both Wembley concerts were recorded for a DVD/CD titled HAARP, which was released on the 17 March 2008[30] in the UK and 1 April 2008[31] in the USA. The title refers to the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, a scientific research program controlled by the US Air Force and Navy, aimed at studying (and controlling) the properties and behaviour of the ionosphere.

The touring continued across Europe in July 2007 before heading back to the US in August where they played to a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden, New York.[32] They earned a headline spot on the second night of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on 15 September 2007, after The White Stripes canceled their performance. Not long after, they also performed at the October 2007 Vegoose in Las Vegas alongside bands like Rage Against the Machine, Daft Punk, and Queens of the Stone Age.[32] Muse continued touring in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Scandinavia before moving on to Australia and New Zealand. Muse played their final show of the Black Holes and Revelations tour as headliner of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas after playing to sell-out crowds throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, the United States, and New Zealand.

A number of individual live appearances also occurred in 2008. In March, they played concerts in Dubai, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.[33] On 12 April they played a one-off concert at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.[34] Muse were present at Rock in Rio Lisboa on 6 June, along other bands such as Kaiser Chiefs, The Offspring and Linkin Park.[35] The band also performed at a new gig in Marlay Park, Dublin on 13 August and were set to play at a gig in Belfast on 14 August. However, the Belfast date was dismissed according to The Belfast Telegraph.[36] Kasabian and Glasvegas supported Muse on their Irish date.[37] A few days later, they were the headline act at V Festival 2008, playing in Chelmsford on Saturday 16 August and Staffordshire on Sunday 17 August.[38] They also hinted at the possibility of a future stadium tour or concerts in South America.[39]

On 25 September 2008, Bellamy, Howard and Wolstenholme all received a Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Plymouth for their contributions to music.

MUSE

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Muse are an English alternative rock band from Devon, England. Since their inception, the band has comprised Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass, backing vocals), and Dominic Howard (drums and percussion). Muse are known for their energetic and extravagant live performances[1][2][3][4] and their fusion of many music genres, including progressive rock, classical music and electronica.[5]

Muse have released five studio albums – Showbiz (1999); Origin of Symmetry (2001); Absolution (2003); Black Holes and Revelations (2006); and The Resistance (2009) – and one live album, HAARP (2008), and a compilation, Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002). Black Holes and Revelations earned the band a Mercury Prize nomination and a third place finish in the NME Albums of the Year list for 2006.[6] Muse have won many other music awards throughout their career, including five MTV Europe Music Awards, five Q Awards, six NME Awards, two BRIT awards and four Kerrang! Awards. The majority of these awards have been attributed to their live performances.

Muse have been involved with Teenage Cancer Trust and have performed at the Royal Albert Hall where they donated all money made from the merchandise stands to the charity. On 25 September, 2008, all three members of the band were awarded Honorary Doctorates of the Arts by Plymouth University.

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Linkin Park What I've Done

INTRO:
Gm - Bb - F - Cm (4x)

INTERLUDE:
Gm

VERSE I:
Gm
In this farewell
Bb
There's no blood
F Cm
There's no alibi
Gm
'Cause I've drawn regret
Bb
From the truth
F Cm
Of a thousand lies

REFRAIN:
Eb F
So let mercy come and wash away

CHORUS I:
Gm
What I've done
Bb F
I'll face myself
Cm Gm
To cross out what I've become
Bb F
Erase myself and let go of
Cm Gm
What I've done

VERSE II:
Bb
Put to rest
F Cm
What you thought of me
Gm
While I clean this slate
Bb
With the hands
F Cm
Of uncertainty

(Repeat refrain)

CHORUS II:
Gm
What I've done
Bb F
I'll face myself
Cm Gm
To cross out what I've become
Bb F
Erase myself and let go of
Cm Dm Eb F Gm
What I've done

INTERLUDE:
Gm - Bb - F - Cm
Gm - Bb - F - Cm - Dm

BRIDGE:
Eb F Gm
For what I've done
Bb F
I'll start again
Cm Gm
And whatever thing may come
Bb F
Today this ends I'm forgiving
Cm Gm
What I've done

CHORUS III:
Bb F
I'll face myself
Cm Gm
To cross out what I've become
Bb F
Erase myself and let go of
Cm Gm Bb F
What I've done
Cm Gm Bb F
What I've done
Cm Gm
Forgiving what I've done

Jumat, 22 Januari 2010

Kamis, 21 Januari 2010

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STORY OF LINKIN PARK

Linkin Park adalah grup musik beraliran nu metal yang berasal dari Aguora Hills, California, di Amerika Serikat. Mereka sempat beberapa kali berganti nama, antara lain Xero, Hybrid Theory, 0818, hingga nama Linkin Park sampai sekarang. Nama "Linkin Park" sendiri merupakan plesetan dari nama sebuah taman di Los Angeles, Lincoln Park.

Sebelum Chester Bennington menjadi vokalis Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield lebih dulu menjadi vokalisnya. Namun, ia keluar dari Linkin Park untuk menjari proyek lain (menjadi manajer grup band Taproot)– saat itu menggunakan nama Hybrid Theory – untuk menjadi manajer grup musik Taproot. Bassis Dave Farrell alias "Phoenix" juga pernah keluar sebentar dari Linkin Park untuk mengikuti tur bersama band lamanya, Tasty Snax. Sedangkan 4 personil lainnya – Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, dan Rob Bourdon – selalu bertahan di Linkin Park sejak awal pembentukannya.

Linkin Park telah merilis 3 album studio, yaitu Hybrid Theory, Meteora, dan Minutes to Midnight. Linkin Park juga merilis album Live in Texas, Reanimation, dan Collision Course, serta Hybrid Theory EP. Linkin Park sukses dalam mempopulerkan lagu-lagunya seperti Crawling, In the End, Numb, Somewhere I Belong, dan What I've Done. Secara total, album-album Linkin Park telah terjual sebanyak 50 juta keping.


Sejarah

Awal mula

Awal pembentukan Linkin Park yaitu pertemuan Mike Shinoda dan Brad Delson (gitaris Linkin Park) di kelas 7. Lalu mereka membentuk band bernama Xero. Brad juga bermain untuk band Relative Degree, salah satu personilnya yaitu Rob Bourdon (drummer Linkin Park). Mike berkenalan dengan Rob melalui Brad dan Rob bergabung dengan Xero. Saat kuliah, Brad berkenalan dengan Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (bassis Linkin Park) yang merupakan teman sekamar Brad. Mike, yang mengambil jurusan ilustrasi di Universitas Seni Pasadena, bertemu dengan Joe Hahn (turntablis Linkin Park). Kemudian, Dave Farrell dan Joe Hahn bergabung bersama Xero. Dave sempat meninggalkan Xero untuk bergabung kembali ke band lamanya, Tasty Snax.

Mulanya, mereka merekrut Mark Wakefield sebagai vokalis, lalu diambil alih oleh Chester Bennington (mantan vokalis Grey Daze) sampai sekarang, sedangkan Mike lalu jadi rapper. Sialnya, karena nama Xero sudah dipakai grup lain, mereka terpaksa mengganti nama menjadi Hybrid Theory. Lalu setelah ditolak 3 kali, Hybrid Theory berhasil diterima oleh sebuah perusahaan rekaman bernama Warner Bros. Records setelah sukses meluncurkan EP yang berjudul Hybrid Theory EP pada tahun 1999 sebanyak seribu keping. Namun, pada saat itu Mike sempat memiliki masalah dengan Jeff Blue, manahaernya. Jeff Blue mengatakan bahwa Mike tidak usah rapping, cukup bermain keyboard saja. Kejadian ini menginspirasi Mike untuk menulis lagu Get Me Gone (Fort Minor)

Sekali lagi, mereka terpaksa mengganti nama karena nama Hybrid Theory mirip dengan nama grup musik Hybrid yang berasal dari Wales. Daripada dianggap band yang sama, mereka memilih berubah nama lagi menjadi Linkin Park. Namun, sebelum bernama Linkin Park, mereka sempat mengganti namanya menjadi 0818. Nama ini juga baru diketahui pada pertengahan 2009, saat Brad Delson berbicara di acara wisuda di UCLA, Los Angeles, pertengahan 2009 lalu. Nama Linkin Park diambil Chester dari nama sebuah taman di Los Angeles, Lincoln Park. Agar bisa mengelola situs web sendiri, Chester mengubah ejaannya menjadi Linkin Park. Setelah itu, mereka berhasil membeli situs web LinkinPark.com.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park saat konser di Praha, Ceko.

Linkin Park meluncurkan album pertamanya, Hybrid Theory, pada tanggal 24 Oktober 2000 dengan singel pertama One Step Closer. Namun, yang lebih terkenal adalah singel Crawling dan In the End. Lagu ini telah membuat Linkin Park menjadi populer. Penjualan album itu melebihi 15 juta keping. Linkin Park lalu merilis edisi spesial dari Hybrid Theory, dengan 2 lagu baru High Voltage (Reprise) dan My December (lagu).

Linkin Park lalu merilis album aransemen ulang dari Hybrid Theory, Reanimation. Album ini pun meraih kesuksesan dengan penjualan kira-kira 10 juta kopi. Singelnya, Pts.Of.Athrty, tidak sepopuler singel di Hybrid Theory, namun cukup terkenal. Linkin Park, melalui Mike Shinoda dan Joseph Hahn, juga sempat bekerja sama dengan band The X-ecutioners dalam pembuatan singel It's Goin' Down. Linkin Park juga membentuk kelompok fans mereka bernama Linkin Park Underground, serta mulai mengadakan tur sendiri bernama Projekt Revolution, setelah sering diundang ke festival musik.

] Meteora

Tanggal 25 Maret 2003, Linkin Park merilis album kedua bertitel Meteora. Nama tersebut diambil dari nama tempat ibadah di atas puing-puing di Yunani. Album ini juga meraih kesuksesan dengan penjualan kira-kira 11 juta kopi. Singelnya adalah Somewhere I Belong, Faint, Numb, From the Inside, Lying from You, dan Breaking the Habit.

Meteora memenangkan banyak penghargaan. Antara lain Penghargaan MTV kategori "Video Rock Terbaik" untuk lagu "Somewhere I Belong" dan "Penghargaan Pilihan Pemirsa" (Breaking The Habit). Linkin Park juga memenangkan penghargaan lain yaitu "Penghargaan Musik Radio 2004", "Penghargaan Artis Tahun Ini" dan "Penghargaan Lagu Tahun Ini" melalui lagu "Numb". Mesikpun album Meteora tidak sesukses Hybrid Theory album ini masuk 3 besar penjualan album di Amerika Serikat tahun 2003.

Linkin Park juga mengadakan Projekt Revolution Tour ke-2 serta sibuk ikut konser. Di sela-sela waktu itu, Linkin Park berhasil menyelesaikan rekaman album konser mereka, "Live In Texas", yang berisi lagu-lagu saat konser Linkin Park di Texas.

Proyek sampingan

Mike Shinoda saat diwawancarai oleh MTV Thailand di Bangkok, Thailand.

Atas permintaan MTV, Linkin Park berkolaborasi dengan Jay Z dalam album "Collision Course". Materi album ini adalah remix dari sebagian lagu-lagu Linkin Park dalam album "Hybrid Theory" dan "Meteora" serta lagu-lagu Jay Z dalam album "Blueprint" serta "The Black Album". Album tersebut dirilis tahun 2004 dan menghasilkan 2 singel, yaitu Numb/Encore yang mendapat penghargaan Grammy kategori "Lagu Rap Terbaik" dan "Kolaborasi Terbaik".

Pada tahun 2005, Linkin Park lebih mengutamakan konser amal. Mereka membantu korban tsunami pada bulan Desember 2004 dalam konser bertajuk Music For Relief. Linkin Park juga membantu mengumpulkan uang untuk korban Badai Katrina tahun 2004. Sementara itu, Mike Shinoda bergabung dengan Fort Minor dalam album "The Rising Tied". Chester Bennington juga punya proyek solo yang dinamai Snow White Tan yang selanjutnya populer dengan nama Dead By Sunrise.

Pada 13 Oktober 2009, Dead By Sunrise meluncurkan album perdananya, yang berjudul Out Of Ashes. Namun sebelum mereka meluncurkan album, mereka terlebih dahulu merilis sebuah singel, yaitu Crawl Back In.

Linkin Park dan Artifical Life Inc. juga rencananya akan merilis game untuk iPhone dan iPod Touch, Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion, pada Januari 2010.

] Minutes to Midnight

Pada tahun 2006, mereka mulai merekam materi untuk album terbaru Linkin Park, yaitu "Minutes To Midnight". Banyak yang mengkritik Linkin Park karena sering tertunda peluncurannya. Walaupun begitu, Linkin Park menjamin bahwa album tanggal 14 Mei 2007 ini pantas untuk dikoleksi. Menurut Linkin Park, mereka menamai album barunya "Minutes To Midnight" (menit-menit menuju tengah malam) karena adanya isu nuklir di bumi ini yang dapat menghancurkan dunia pada saat tengah malam.

Sebanyak 100 lagu demo telah diciptakan namun hanya 12 yang dimasukkan ke dalam album. Tidak heran kalau album ini direkam selama 14 bulan. Dalam album Minutes To Midnight, unsur musik nu metal kurang kental. Walaupun demikian, album ini tetap digemari. Buktinya adalah album ini terjual hampir sebanyak 625 ribu kopi dalam pekan pertamanya (sebuah rekor dalam tahun 2007). Album studio ketiga ini diproduseri oleh Mike Shinoda dan Rick Rubin, mantan personil Beastie Boys. Singel pertamanya, "What I've Done", sudah mulai diputar di radio pada tanggal 2 April 2007. Minutes To Midnight juga menduduki tangga teratas Billboard. Pada tanggal 20 Agustus 2007, Linkin Park merilis singel keduanya, yaitu "Bleed It Out". Dan, pada bulan Oktober, Linkin Park merilis singel "Shadow of the Day". Lalu disusul dengan Given Up (Maret 2008), dan singel terakhir dari "Minutes To Midnight", Leave Out All The Rest (Juli 2008).

Lagu "No Roads Left" bisa didapatkan melalui pemesanan lewat iTunes. Sementara lagu "Qwerty" bisa didapatkan di EP berjudul Linkin Park Underground v6.0.

Mereka juga merilis lagu "New Divide" yang dipakai untuk soundtrack film terbaru Transformers yaitu Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.Lagu ini juga sudah mencapai posisi 6 di Amerika Serikat, di Inggris mencapai posisi 20, dan mendapat penghargaan dalam kategori "Best Scream Song of the Year" di Spike TV.

Album Studio Keempat

Belakangan ini banyak yang berkata bahwa Linkin Park telah "mati". Padahal tidak. Mereka bahkan sedang bekerja pada album studio keempat mereka. Lagi-lagi Rick Rubin yang menjadi produsernya. Sampai pada Bulan November 2009, mereka sedang fokus pada 5 lagu, setelah sebelumnya terdapat 60 lagu demo, kemudian disaring menjadi 20. Durasinya pun akan lebih panjang dari lagu-lagu Linkin Park lain pada umumnya (sekitar 4-5 menit). Dan, untuk ke depannya, setelah album keempat dirilis, Linkin Park berjanji akan berusaha mengeluarkan album barunya lebih cepat.

Jenis musik

Aliran

Chester Bennington, vokalis Linkin Park, saat konser di The Globe Arena di Stockholm, Swedia.

Pada awal pembentukannya, Linkin Park beraliran rock. Setelah masuknya seorang DJ atau turntablis bernama Joe Hahn, Linkin Park mengganti alirannya menjadi hip-hop. Namun, pada album Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park mengganti lagi alirannya menjadi nu metal dan rapcore. Demikian juga pada album Meteora, hanya saja Linkin Park juga menambahkan unsur elektronika.

Pada album Minutes To Midnight, segalanya berubah total. Linkin Park benar-benar mengurangi unsur nu metal secara spesifik. Sebagai gantinya, Linkin Park menggunakan aliran alternative rock. Ini jelas sebuah eksperimen mengingat kesuksesan Linkin Park dengan genre nu metal dalam album sebelumnya. Tetapi, ternyata eksperimen itu berhasil.

Teknis

Linkin Park jarang menggunakan teknik melodi gitar namun petikan gitar. Selain itu, rap dari Mike Shinoda sering muncul di banyak lagu. Terkadang Chester berteriak dalam beberapa lagu.

Lagi-lagi, perubahan terjadi di album Minutes To Midnight. Linkin Park mengurangi unsur rap dari Mike. Rapnya hanya ada di 2 lagu, yaitu Bleed It Out dan Hands Held High. Sementara vokal Chester lebih dominan dibanding sebelumnya. Linkin Park juga bermain lebih lembut.

Linkin Park Underground

Ini adalah kelompok penggemar Linkin Park yang dibentuk tahun 2001 oleh Linkin Park dan Jessica Sklar. Jika bergabung dengan LPU (singkatannya) maka bisa memperoleh merchandise khusus untuk anggota LPU. Seperti kaus, asbak, buku, ringtone ekslusif, lagu ekslusif, video eksklusif, dan album LPU setiap tahunnya. Sejauh ini album LP Underground v9.0 merupakan terobosan terbaik, karena di dalam album itu seluruh lagunya adalah lagu-lagu demo yang belum pernah dirilis oleh Linkin Park sebelumnya. Ditambah lagi ada lagu demo Across The Line, sebuah lagu yang paling banyak dibicarakan pada forum Linkin Park sejak DVD Making of Minutes to Midnight dirilis. Lagu ini sebelumnya memiliki judul Japan.