Inside the Studio for "Two Faced" [LPTV FROM ZERO: Episode 25]

[martinez]

Seventh episode of behind the scenes from the making of the From Zero album. This episode shows the the making process of "Two Faced" track.

 

 

[LPLStaff]

Brad!

Seems like this one came together very quickly near the end of the process. Surprised there isn't anything for the bass or drums on this one, or Joe scratching. Are we being too greedy? lol

[YRQRM0]

Yeah kinda feels like from this that it was just Mike and Brad being like "we need a song that calls back to HT/M for the comeback" and they whipped it up rather quickly. The way Emily asks what part is the bridge reinforces that. 

 

Maybe guitar/bass/scratches were just filled in after those two basically did all of it and everyone agreed it was worthwhile. 

 

I would've liked to see the actual conversations about returning to this sound in such a committed way, it still blows my mind how it sounds right at home from that era. Also kinda funny Mike calls out the two minute song then when OEO and a lot of OML is optimized for length too 

[silverwing]

3 hours ago, YRQRM0 said:

Yeah kinda feels like from this that it was just Mike and Brad being like "we need a song that calls back to HT/M for the comeback" and they whipped it up rather quickly. The way Emily asks what part is the bridge reinforces that. 

 

Maybe guitar/bass/scratches were just filled in after those two basically did all of it and everyone agreed it was worthwhile. 

 

I would've liked to see the actual conversations about returning to this sound in such a committed way, it still blows my mind how it sounds right at home from that era. Also kinda funny Mike calls out the two minute song then when OEO and a lot of OML is optimized for length too 

Mike is very very very hypocritical in his sayings against pop music.

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

3 minutes ago, silverwing said:

Mike is very very very hypocritical in his sayings against pop music.

*2014era Mike entered the chat*

[NimaLP]

Emily is so fun in the studio. No wonder the band grew to like her so much.

[Bebro]

10 hours ago, silverwing said:

Mike is very very very hypocritical in his sayings against pop music.

disagree, he talks about 2 minutes songs that are made just for 5 minute fame on tiktok, and that many songs today don't have a bridge. Every One More Light song has a bridge, and was made before huge tiktok era we live in right now. 

[rd1994]

1 hour ago, Bebro said:

disagree, he talks about 2 minutes songs that are made just for 5 minute fame on tiktok, and that many songs today don't have a bridge. Every One More Light song has a bridge, and was made before huge tiktok era we live in right now. 

Still, 2014 era Mike was like "fuck bands that start to make rock music and then do a pop record" only for them to do just that

which ESPECIALLY in hindsight rubbed a few people the wrong way

 

[Trumtram]

2014 Mike is one of LP's biggest blunders, for sure. That was embarrasing.

[Justin]

20 hours ago, silverwing said:

Mike is very very very hypocritical in his sayings against pop music.

 

He hasn't really gone hard against pop music since 2014. It's been 11 years lol.

 

That only happened at the time because the marketing for The Hunting Party was that it was "visceral" and essentially the band being determined to bring hard rock back to mainstream radio. I thought it was sort of cringey then, but it was more of a bad marketing misstep than anything else, especially considering the fact that the first LP single after that "visceral" rock album was Heavy.

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

I was just thinking that Mike surpassed Brad w his guitar skills.

 

w this video i just feel like Brad will be forever #1 

[Cesar656]

12 hours ago, Trumtram said:

2014 Mike is one of LP's biggest blunders, for sure. That was embarrasing.

People try so hard to find ways to hate Mike its crazy lmao get over it.

He literally said stuff that he needed to say for marketing reasons. Sometimes people like it, sometimes they dont, but seeing this topic come out so often on a forum that should be of real LP fans is quite tiring lol

[Trumtram]

1 hour ago, Cesar656 said:

People try so hard to find ways to hate Mike its crazy lmao get over it.

He literally said stuff that he needed to say for marketing reasons. Sometimes people like it, sometimes they dont, but seeing this topic come out so often on a forum that should be of real LP fans is quite tiring lol

Well, first off, just because we are on a LP message board and fans, doesn't mean we can't be critical of stuff.

Secondly, I highly doubt the marketing "strategy" involved trashing other artists. If that was part of the marketing, then what the fuck? That's just poor.

Thirdly, I have no reason to "hate Mike", that's just a bullshit take. He is amazing.

And last, but not least: Calling out all the pop on the radio only to produce the poppiest pop a few years later was super... let's say weird, for your sake.

 

So, yeah, the point came up and I felt the need to underline this sentiment. On a LP message board nonetheless.

 

Let's not pretend the band is without blunders. Everyone has those. And if the matter of the fact is so tiring for you, you need to find ways to deal with it.

 

[ChaseChief]

Well Mike’s like my dad. Sometimes he has double standards but I still love him.

[Sukotto]

Highlight for me is that the bridge was born from an everyday joke Emily uses. 

[ScottiePippo]

23 hours ago, rd1994 said:

Still, 2014 era Mike was like "fuck bands that start to make rock music and then do a pop record" only for them to do just that

which ESPECIALLY in hindsight rubbed a few people the wrong way

 

Your interpretation of Mike's words during the promo for THP is way off imo. Mike was commenting on the situation on alternative/rock radio which were almost always playing pop-rock/alternative type of songs and few truly rock songs. It was not a knock on other bands at all. Mike's words described exactly what was happening, the decline of rock music. They were doing pop rock before THP and they did pop music after THP. It was not dishonest nor incoherent. LP committed to release a heavy and raw rock record knowing that the market was not going to reward it commercially and they did it for the reasons Mike talked about. 

Edited 16 hours ago by ScottiePippo

[RentEznor]

7 hours ago, ScottiePippo said:

LP committed to release a heavy and raw rock record knowing that the market was not going to reward it commercially and they did it for the reasons Mike talked about. 

 

And then 3 years later they released their poppiest record. Like someone said, it was a visceral marketing made it that way on purpose to fit the themes of the album and there's 0 wrong with all of it, it's the way Mike phrased with certain statements that came off a bit eye rolling, They already made very loud and heavy tracks at the time, there was other ways to promote the album IMO.

 

On 6/7/2025 at 1:12 PM, Trumtram said:

2014 Mike is one of LP's biggest blunders, for sure. That was embarrasing.

 

I vividly remember pretty much watching/reading all THP interviews at the time, I was enjoying the record (still do to a certain degree) until Mike "farted" those cheesy thoughts out of nowhere for the sake of getting easy headlines I assume lol. God forbid I still have a small grudge with the way he potrayed himself at that time or other times they might've said something stupid. It's not holding anyone accountable, it's mostly nitpicking certain things that I find annoying, that's it.

[ScottiePippo]

7 hours ago, RentEznor said:

 

And then 3 years later they released their poppiest record. Like someone said, it was a visceral marketing made it that way on purpose to fit the themes of the album and there's 0 wrong with all of it, it's the way Mike phrased with certain statements that came off a bit eye rolling, They already made very loud and heavy tracks at the time, there was other ways to promote the album IMO.

 

 

I vividly remember pretty much watching/reading all THP interviews at the time, I was enjoying the record (still do to a certain degree) until Mike "farted" those cheesy thoughts out of nowhere for the sake of getting easy headlines I assume lol. God forbid I still have a small grudge with the way he potrayed himself at that time or other times they might've said something stupid. It's not holding anyone accountable, it's mostly nitpicking certain things that I find annoying, that's it.

I looked back at some of the interviews with Mike while he was promoting THP and I didn't find anything that I would consider eyerolling, disrespectful to pop music etc. Can you provide some examples of the cheesy thoughts that Mike farted?

Edited 1 hour ago by ScottiePippo