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March 14, 2002

Cover Story: Linkin Park - Rap Metal Rulers

The magnitude of their revenge and the worst-case scenario
December 6, 2001

People of the Year 2001: Linkin Park

You want metal? You want rap? See the mixmasters of 2001
March 29, 2001

Linkin Park's Compassionate Thrash

They rant, they rage. But they keep it positive.

Recordings and Reviews

Hybrid Theory

A rap-rock outfit with a jones for Depeche Mode? Is this a glitch in the matrix? Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory, is a freaky-deaky fusion that works in spots -- on "Crawling," MC Mike Shinoda's catchy rhymed refrains bounce off singer Chester Bennington's New Wave croon, proving that...

2008 RS: 2.5of 5 Stars

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Much of the nü-metal of the late-1990s and early-2000s staked its claim on being as oafish as possible, but Linkin Park were the nü-metal group you could bring home to mom — and still play while hanging out with your frat-bound friends — they were sensitive and smart, but they still yelled. They formed in 1996, in the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills, around the core of hig...

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