Members

Chester Bennington

Rob Bourdon

Brad Delson

Dave "Phoenix" Farrell

Joe Hahn

Mike Shinoda

Former members

Kyle Christener

Scott Koziol

Mark Wakefield

(2000)

(2003)

(2007)

EP's Demos

Xero demo tape (1997)

Hybrid Theory EP (1999)

In the End: Live & Rare (2002)

Collision Course (with Jay-Z) (2004)

Live from SoHo EP (2008)

As Themselves


MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 (2007) (TV)

MTV VMA Pre Show Royale (2007) (TV)

MTV Video Music Awards 2007 (2007) (TV)

Live Earth (2007) (TV)

"Walmart Soundcheck" (1 episode, 2007)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode, 2007)

Saturday Night Live (1 episode, 2007)

"The Best Hit USA" (1 episode, 2007)

TV total (1 episode, 2007)

"AOL Sessions" (1 episode, 2007)

The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005) (segment "Faint")

Live 8: A Worldwide Concert Event Presented by Nokia (2005) (TV)

Live 8 (2005) (TV)

MTV Europe Music Awards 2004 (2004) (TV)

MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups: Jay Z vs. Linkin Park (2004) (TV)

2004 Radio Music Awards (2004) (TV)

"Rockpalast" (1 episode, 2004)

2003 Radio Music Awards (2003) (TV)

"The New Tom Green Show" (1 episode, 2003)

"Making the Video" (1 episode, 2003)

MTV Video Music Awards 2002 (2002) (TV)

MTV Video Music Awards 2001 (2001) (TV)

"Live at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" (2001) TV series

The 2001 Billboard Music Awards (2001) (TV)

"Gonna Meet a Rock Star" (2001) TV series

"Rage" (1 episode)

American Music Awards


2003 Linkin Park Favorite Alternative Artist Nominated

2003 Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group Nominated

2004 Linkin Park Favorite Alternative Artist Won

2007 Linkin Park Favorite Alternative Artist Won

2007 Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group Won

2007 Minutes to Midnight Favorite album Nominated

2008 Linkin Park Favorite Alternative Rock Artist Won


The Grammy Awards


2002 "Crawling" Best Hard Rock Performance Won

2002 Hybrid Theory Best Rock Album Nominated

2002 Linkin Park Best New Artist Nominated

2003 "Session" Best Rock Instrumental Performance Nominated

2006 "Numb/Encore" Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Won

2010 "What I've Done" Best Hard Rock Performance Nominated


MTV Europe Music Awards


2002 Linkin Park Best Hard Rock Won

Linkin Park Best Group Won

2003 Linkin Park Best Rock Nominated

2004 Linkin Park Best Rock Won

2007 Linkin Park Band Won

Minutes To Midnight Album Nominated

Linkin Park Rock Out Nominated

2008 Linkin Park Rock Out Nominated

Linkin Park Headliner Nominated

2009 Linkin Park Best Rock Nominated

Linkin Park Best World Stage Performance Won


MTV Asia Awards


2002 Linkin Park Favorite Breakthrough Artist Won

2003 "Pts.OF.Athrty" Favorite Video Won

2003 Linkin Park Favorite Alternative Artist Won

2004 "Breaking the Habit" Favorite Video Won

2004 Linkin Park Favorite Rock Act Won

2008 Linkin Park Favourite International Artist of Asia Won

2008 Linkin Park Bring Da House Down Nominated


MTV Video Music Awards


2001 "Crawling" Best Direction in a Video Nominated

2001 Best Rock Video Nominated

2002 "In the End" Best Rock Video Won

2002 Video of the Year Nominated

2002 Best Group Video Nominated

2003 "Somewhere I Belong" Best Rock Video Won

2004 "Breaking the Habit" Viewer's Choice Award Won

2007 "What I've Done" Editing in a Video Nominated

2007 Best Director Nominated

2007 Linkin Park Best Group Nominated

2008 "Shadow Of The Day" Best Rock Video Won

2008 Best Direction In A Video Nominated

2008 "Bleed It Out" Best Special Effects In A Video Nominated


Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards


2008 Linkin Park Favorite Music Group Nominated

2009 Linkin Park Favorite Music Group Nominated

TMF Awards


2007 Minutes to Midnight Best Album Nominated

2007 Linkin Park Best Rock Nominated


Much Music Awards


2004 'Numb' People's Choice - Best International Group Won

2008 'Bleed it Out' Best International Video Group Won

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Linkin Park is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Since their formation in 1996, the band has sold more than fifty million albums and won two Grammy Awards. They achieved mainstream success with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005. Their following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200's album charts in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.



Recognized for their adaptation of the nu metal genre into a radio-friendly yet densely-layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the band moved away from this and explored a variety of other genres in their latest studio album, Minutes to Midnight. The album topped the Billboard Charts and had the third best debut week of any album that year. They are also known for their several collaborations, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mash-up album Collision Course, and many other artists on Reanimation.

Mike designed the album cover of Hybrid Theory.

Brad and Mike graduated from Agoura High School in 1996.

Their very first show was at L.A.'s famed rock showcase spot, The Whisky.

The band started off with the name Xero, then Hybrid Theory, and finally Linkin Park.

They chose "Linkin Park" because Chester used to drive by Lincoln Park in Santa Monica, CA after practice and it grabbed his attention. The guys in the band liked how it sounded. They changed the spelling so that they could buy the domain, since lincolnpark.com was already taken and was too expensive to buy.

Linkin Park donated $100,000 to the Tsunami Trust Fund.