Let's take a look back at some of their early songs and figure out if that's a good or bad thing…
Linkin Park's breakthrough album, Hybrid Theory, turned 12 last month. And since its release in October 2000, it has been nominated for three Grammys, hit number two on the Billboard 200, and most importantly, has become one of the new albums to attain diamond certification in the '00s, selling 24 million copies worldwide — which makes it the best-selling debut album of the 21st century.
It was even included in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, placing it in the same ranks of Frank Sinatra, The Who, and R.E.M.
For an unknown California metal band with strange electronica and rap leanings entering the hard rock landscape of the '00s, you could say Hybrid Theory did pretty well for itself.
Linkin Park's follow-up sophomore release, Meteora, wasn't as groundbreaking, but it stands as an end to the original Linkin Park electronic-rap-metal formula that propelled them into the spotlight.
And while some may groan at this, and rightfully so, these two albums together contain a handful of songs that would pave the way for the next 10 years of popular rock music.
Cool hair, dudes.
