I wouldn't be listening to any of the bands I listen to today if it weren't for Linkin Park. I am completely and utterly devastated.
Seeing LP when I was 15 was my first proper rock show. Absolutely floored by this. One of the best voices in the scene
I spent so many hours watching Fuse hoping that the music videos for In the End or (if I was really lucky) Crawling would come on.
Hybrid Theory was one of the first albums I remember listening to and just loving every track - start to finish. No filler whatsoever
It's the exact same thing for me. It was my first show at 15. There must have been like 70 000 people and it was pouring rain. I will remember this all my life.
The 2nd time I ever hung out with my now girlfriend we got drunk and listened to Hybrid Theory twice all the way through.. Not a second of filler
I haven't been able to get any work done today after hearing about this. I keep trying to watch some live videos but I keep tearing up. This is so fucked. He never struck me as someone struggling. He was a family man too, six kids. This is just awful.
I hope this doesn't come across as insensitive or something, but I remember reading this awhile ago. Maybe he relapsed and fell back into drugs and/or alcohol?
Their new record was not great in my opinion(Some highlights though especially "One More Light"), but the fact that people were booing when they played new songs is so ridiculous. I've seen bands countless times and sat through songs I didn't enjoy. I feel like social media has become such a dangerous weapon that people use as well. People sit there and say absolutely sickening things to people(more recent example Ed Sheeran had to delete his Twitter account because he appeared on a fucking show) I am sick beyond comprehension of keyboard warriors, and people who just can't understand that celebrities are still human fucking beings at the end of the day.
Yeah it's entirely possibly that his friend's suicide led him back to drugs and alcohol and this being his birthday just sent him over the edge.
Unbelievable... Didn't know he had so hard depression. Hope his wife strong women, she needs to grew up 5 kids.