01. May 2016
Hey! First of all, thanks for letting us send you emails. I don’t think we’ve said that before, and it's worth saying outright. I hope our notes to you are fun to read, and give you a peek into our process. As things move forward, you might be the first ones to learn about certain parts of the album. Not sure what that means yet—could be a song title, a lyric, who knows. We just started narrowing down to some of our favorite songs, and we’re starting to put our first “final” vocals...
27. January 2016
Mike takes us inside the Linkin Park Underground 15 Bundle, available now. Get access to LPU and the brand new bundle at http://lprk.co/LPU
12. December 2015
A brand new LPU Exclusive video is now live: LPU15 TRACK BY TRACK - ANIMALS (2011 DEMO). Members login and watch here.
28. October 2015
15 years ago Linkin Park released their classic debut album, Hybrid Theory, which has since gone on to sell over 10 million copies in the United States. To celebrate the anniversary, Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn sat down with Complex TV to discuss the making of the album and its overall impact since it was released. During the conversation, the guys discussed the original artwork for the album, and how it was inspired by early works from Banksy. They also talked about how major and independent...
22. October 2015
Tune in to BBC Radio 1 Rock Show this Sunday at 7pm GMT to hear Mike Shinoda talking about the 15 year anniversary of Hybrid Theory. Listen here. If not you will have the opportunity to hear, it will be loaded soon an audio.
02. October 2015
Chat with Mike on Product Hunt Live Q&A on October 9th at 10am PDT. To connect go https://www.producthunt.com/live/mike-shinoda
15. September 2015
Laptop screens facing the crowd, there are no secrets about tonight’s gig. Returning to the UK for the first time in 10 years, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has brought his Fort Minor side project to London’s Scala for an intimate one-off show and it feels as special as advertised. Taking to the stage via juddering rumbles and enthusiastic chants of his name – sadly not to the tune of The Knack’s ‘My Sharona’ – Mike is an effortless host from the off. The shotgun openers of...
13. September 2015
Mike says Hunting Party follow-up won’t sound the same - and hints it might feature hip-hop guest. Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has revealed he’ll soon take part in writing sessions for the follow-up to 2014’s The Hunting Party. And although he won’t discuss how it might sound, he’s hinted it could feature hip-hop guests, possibly Kendrick Lamar. Shinoda tells NME that he’s “starting to work out some ideas” and continues: “I have no idea what it’ll sound like yet. It won’t...
10. September 2015
“People forget what it was like in 2000 to come out with this band,” reflects Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park’s origins. “Back then people listened to a style but now, you cant even pull one genre from another. Everything’s so mixed and that’s exciting,” he exclaims. “The most exciting music out right now is stuff that’s above genre.“ Linkin Park are currently winding down the album cycle for ‘The Hunting Party‘ before disappearing into the studio to work on album seven....
05. September 2015
The Linkin Park co-founder explains why now was the right time to reignite his solo project It’s been a long time since Mike Shinoda rock and rolled with his side-project Fort Minor. Ten years, in fact. After the release of Fort Minor’s debut and only album, The Rising Tied in 2005, Mike announced he was going on hiatus – a word favoured by bands and artists who aren’t sure if they’ll ever be back in that guise again. But for Mike, the hiatus wasn’t the end; he’d simply been busy...