Featuring a trio of hard rock’s biggest heavyweights and most well known recording artists, Linkin Park’s 2014 Carnivores Tour with 30 Seconds To Mars and AFI has been one of the hottest tours of the summer for fans of heavy alternative music. AltWire’s own Derek Oswald was recently on hand to photograph the event as … Read more
On Monday August 4th; AltWire, and several other members of the media, were given the opportunity to sit in on a nearly two hour telephone press conference with Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. Intended as a means to promote their latest hit record The Hunting Party and their upcoming Carnivores Tour with … Read more
When I first listened to a six-song sampler from The Hunting Party back in April, I described the new music as “some of [Linkin Park’s] most electrifying and aggressive sounding tracks to date” and predicted that the album would “polarize the fan base” upon its release on June 17th. At the time I was making … Read more
Back in April, I had both the opportunity and the privilege to listen to a few of the tracks off of Linkin Park’s upcoming new record The Hunting Party due for release on June 17th in the US. My impressions of the six tracks I heard at that time were extremely positive, and since then … Read more
A few months ago in an interview with AltWire, Mike Shinoda described how the current state of rock music left him wanting something more, stating: “I’m just saying there’s something missing. I guess it doesn’t have to be “rock,” but I’m at a loss for something else I’d call it. I’m looking for ferocity, innovation, … Read more
In our first interview ever, we interview the legendary Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. Read on below… I remember hearing my first Linkin Park record when I was only fifteen years old. It was in the middle of my first year of Junior High thirteen years ago. I was heading on my way home from … Read more
For every year since 2001, rock band Linkin Park has released a yearly collection of unreleased demos, unfinished songs and b-sides to members of their official fan-club The Linkin Park Underground, as part of their yearly subscription package. With 2014 coming and the fan club going into the 13th year of its existence, Linkin Park … Read more
Hot off the heels of their latest collaboration with EDM DJ Steve Aoki on “A Light That Never Comes”, Linkin Park have released a superb collection of remixes of songs originally recorded for their 2012 hit record LIVING THINGS. Featuring re-interpretations of nearly all of the tracks on LIVING THINGS (sans “Tinfoil”, and “In My … Read more
It would appear as if Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington’s new work with Stone Temple Pilots may have had a benefit on his work with his main band Linkin Park. In a recent interview done with Rolling Stone magazine, DJ Joseph Hahn of Grammy award-winning rock band Linkin Park stated that he is very excited … Read more