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Linkin Park co-opts ‘Revolution’
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Linkin Park is storming into Boise along with a hybrid of
musical talent, blending rock and hip-hop on Tuesday night at the
Idaho Center.
Linkin Park’s new album Meteora was released on March 25
and it is already no. 1 in sixteen countries including Germany,
Italy, Spain, Japan and the United States.
“Meteora is definitely a natural progression from Hybrid
Theory with similar qualities,” drummer Rob Bourdon said.
“We’ve become more musically mature and Meteora kind
of shows that with more technical riffs, and the vocalists are
writing lyrics from a different perspective.”
The band decided on the album name while touring in Europe when
the bus driver set down a travel magazine that featured a chain of
monasteries that sit on top an incredible rock formation called
Meteora in Greece.
“We thought it would be cool to live up to something as
big as Meteora with timeless songs that would be around as long as
Meteora,” Bourdon said.
Mike Shinoda (emcee, vocalist and sampler) and vocalist Chester
Bennington perfect the explosive lyrics on Meteora with new
perspectives confronting the mixed emotions that flood out of every
song.
“They write about experiences and things that have
happened to them, but they are not too specific. They really talk
about the emotion behind it,” Bourdon said.
“You’ll find a high range of emotions from paranoia
to frustration that every human being feels at some point. You
could listen to the song after a break-up and totally relate, while
somebody else who just lost his or her job could relate
too.”
Linkin Park is currently on the Projekt Revolution tour, where
they have run into a few setbacks.
The band was forced to cancel a show in Rochester, N.Y., due to
a snowstorm, and a show in Evansville, Tenn., because Bennington
developed a bad throat infection.
“That was the first time we ever had to cancel a show
because of someone being sick, but two doctors told him not to do
it because he might have blown out his vocals for the rest of the
tour,” Bourdon said.
However, both shows were rescheduled and the band, including
guitarist Brad Delson, Joseph Han (records and sampling) and
bassist Phoenix, is back in action.
“We’re really trying to go to places we
haven’t been. We love doing live shows, and we’ve
become closer friends on the road together,” Bourdon
said.
In addition, the band is offering free tickets to military
soldiers and their families in the cities where they are
touring.
“We wanted to do something to show our appreciation for
the soldiers. Our fans are super important to us,” Bourdon
said.
Linkin Park will finish the Projekt Revolution tour, which spans
across fourteen states, by the end of April.
They plan on going to Europe in June for the summer festivals,
and then hit the road with Metallica in July.
For more information on Linkin Park, check out their website at
If you go…
Linkin Park along with rapper Xzibit, MC Super Natural,
Blindside and Mudvayne in the Projekt Revolution tour on Tuesday,
April 22 at 7 p.m. at the Idaho Center. Tickets may be purchased at
any Select-a-Seat outlet for $29.50 to $33.50.
Tammy Sands, The Arbiter
