Mike Shinoda Makes Bold Statement About Linkin Park’s Culture

Linkin Park have debuted their new lineup and within the latest From Zero podcast with Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong, Shinoda makes a daring assertion in regards to the band’s present tradition.

The podcast itself gives some extra private perception into the dynamics of the band as they put collectively this iteration and the optimistic expertise it has been for these concerned.

What Mike Shinoda Said About Linkin Park’s Band Culture

Within the chat, Shinoda and Armstrong had used the phrase “gratitude” to explain a little bit of the place issues stand for the group nowadays as they ready for this subsequent part of the group’s profession.

With that as a leaping off level, Shinoda provided, “The dynamic of everybody in the band, but especially those of us that have the most history together, the dynamic is so good. It’s really good. To me, it’s easily the best culture we’ve had.”

Making certain the sentiment of his comment was not misconstrued, he then added, “I’m not saying that as a knock on the old lineup. I’m saying that specifically about the growth of Brad and Joe and Dave and me.”

“Everybody is in a really good place and part of that is maybe the gratitude of being able to do it again,” he continued, earlier than serving up an instance. “What’s your favorite thing to do in the world and now imagine you get that taken away. You can’t do it. It’s gone. And then living in that for a while and then coming back later and being like, ‘Ok, guess what? You can have it back.’ That’s a fucking crazy feeling.”

Mike Shinoda’s Realizations About Working With Chester Bennington

Within the chat, Shinoda additionally addressed his longtime working relationship with co-vocalist Chester Bennington and coming to the belief of how good that they had it in his working relationship with the singer.

“With Chester, I had another human being where I could feed him ideas and he could bring them to life like nobody else. It was amazing. And I didn’t know any better,” confesses Shinoda. “I hadn’t had very much experience with anybody else so I was just like, ‘Oh this is just what it’s like to have a really good singer and be like what do you think about this?’ Here’s an idea and you both try it and then you go high five. That’s great.”

But as Shinoda ventured outdoors Linkin Park he started to comprehend how actually distinctive that relationship with Bennington was.

“When I started working with other people, I started to realize it’s harder to find. That’s unusual,” stated Shinoda.

“‘Oh, they’re really good at singing and I think I know how to write a vocal and then we get together and we do it and everybody’s good at what they do. There’s other people in the room,’ and yet the thing we made, it’s good. It’s fine. It’s a B+,” he added, providing an instance of how having all the correct parts does not at all times yield one thing particular.

“I started to realize over time there’s something else. There’s an unknown thing that you can’t quantify it, you can’t measure it, you can’t plan it. It’s either there or it’s not,” he provides, then revealing the way it applies to the place Linkin Park is now.

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“That was the thing we ended up looking for more than anything that I think we finally now have got it,” he concluded in talking in regards to the band’s present lineup.

Linkin Park in 2024

Linkin Park have been making the touring rounds in assist of their new album, From Zero. The document is about for a Nov. 15 avenue date and it is accessible to pre-order by the band’s web site. You can even get ticketing info for the remaining Linkin Park tour dates by the web site as properly.

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda + Emily Armstrong on the From Zero Podcast