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Not sure if this has been shared before but here it is! ps: Andy Wallace rarely did an interview, this one is really an interesting one!

 

From the YouTube description:

 

"In this episode, I sit down with legendary mixing engineer/producer Andy Wallace, whose credits include some of the most iconic albums of all time, from Nirvana and Rage Against the Machine to Linkin Park, Jeff Buckley, and Slayer. We talk about his mixing philosophy, his groundbreaking work with these bands, and the stories behind the sessions that shaped modern music."

 

 

 

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Thank you very much for this, Andy Wallace is a hero of mine and his perfect mixes of HT and Meteora got me a lifelong passion for music production. The guy hardly does any interviewes and this one is super great. Thanks again.

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9 hours ago, Darkstryder said:

Thank you very much for this, Andy Wallace is a hero of mine and his perfect mixes of HT and Meteora got me a lifelong passion for music production. The guy hardly does any interviewes and this one is super great. Thanks again.

 

He also mixed The Hunting Party. He also mixed the songs "Violence," "Stockholm Syndrome," "Go," and "Easy Target" from Blink-182's great album, "Blink-182."

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I kept skipping until I got to the part they started talking about Hybrid Theory and Meteora. This was a very interesting interview. I wish we could get more of Andy talking about mixing LP's songs in the documentaries or LPTVs. I also liked that they talked about Easier To Run. It's one of my favorite songs off of Meteora, even though it ain't that popular with a lot of people and the band members themselves.

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13 minutes ago, NimaLP said:

I kept skipping until I got to the part they started talking about Hybrid Theory and Meteora. This was a very interesting interview. I wish we could get more of Andy talking about mixing LP's songs in the documentaries or LPTVs. I also liked that they talked about Easier To Run. It's one of my favorite songs off of Meteora, even though it ain't that popular with a lot of people and the band members themselves.

 

Easier To Run is not a bad song, but for me it is the weakest song on Meteora.

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On 8/8/2025 at 10:09 AM, Trumtram said:

I did not know that. Wow, Wtf?

 

I found out that information a couple of days after the album came out. The band kinda mentioned him in some interviews but they didn't make too much noise about it. Like, the legendary guy who mixed your 2 biggest records of your entire catalogue? Would be pretty logical to properly credit him, it was somewhat odd, the entire THP era still feels off to me anyway.

 

On 8/8/2025 at 11:46 AM, BartBart91 said:

 

Easier To Run is not a bad song, but for me it is the weakest song on Meteora.

 

I totally get why the band might think it's a bit too melodramatic but it's still a decent song, really like the synths/ambient sounds, Mike/Joe have always nailed them.

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On 8/8/2025 at 3:24 AM, BartBart91 said:

 

He also mixed The Hunting Party.

This is news to me as well, holy shit! 

 

18 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

Easier to Run is really great. Love that Rick and Andy talked about it. Emily would absolutely nail that song.

Great song yeah. Always thought it was too personal to Chester’s life to play now, but now that you mention that I kinda do wanna hear her take on it. Would be interesting, I agree she’d absolutely nail it. 

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On 8/13/2025 at 11:31 PM, RentEznor said:

 

I found out that information a couple of days after the album came out. The band kinda mentioned him in some interviews but they didn't make too much noise about it. Like, the legendary guy who mixed your 2 biggest records of your entire catalogue? Would be pretty logical to properly credit him, it was somewhat odd, the entire THP era still feels off to me anyway.

 

 

I totally get why the band might think it's a bit too melodramatic but it's still a decent song, really like the synths/ambient sounds, Mike/Joe have always nailed them.

 

Why does the whole THP era feel strange to you?

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On 8/18/2025 at 9:45 AM, BartBart91 said:

 

Why does the whole THP era feel strange to you?

 

You needed to be there at the time but if you look up pretty much any interview on YT from some band members, especially Mike, he came off as if he was trying to prove something with the album like if they wouldn't had made any heavy songs before. I didn't mind it but at times it was too damn much, so much 3 years later they made their poppiest/softest record ever. You didn't need to prove anything, you needed to make a good record, which apparently they failed (kinda) to do as promised they made that album to be played live.

 

Maybe I'm cherry picking with some words but I still have a big gripe with that era.

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19 hours ago, RentEznor said:

 

You needed to be there at the time but if you look up pretty much any interview on YT from some band members, especially Mike, he came off as if he was trying to prove something with the album like if they wouldn't had made any heavy songs before. I didn't mind it but at times it was too damn much, so much 3 years later they made their poppiest/softest record ever. You didn't need to prove anything, you needed to make a good record, which apparently they failed (kinda) to do as promised they made that album to be played live.

 

Maybe I'm cherry picking with some words but I still have a big gripe with that era.

 

The Hunting Party is a good record.

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On 8/14/2025 at 3:56 AM, LPLStaff said:

Easier to Run is really great. Love that Rick and Andy talked about it. Emily would absolutely nail that song.

I think that they're not gonna play it ever again, first and foremost because band members were vocal about not liking it that much, and second because it's really a deep cut that belongs to the "Chester" side of their discograpy, where the lyrics were so personal about abuse and trauma, one of their darker songs  

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On 9/7/2025 at 3:31 PM, RentEznor said:

 

You needed to be there at the time but if you look up pretty much any interview on YT from some band members, especially Mike, he came off as if he was trying to prove something with the album like if they wouldn't had made any heavy songs before. I didn't mind it but at times it was too damn much, so much 3 years later they made their poppiest/softest record ever. You didn't need to prove anything, you needed to make a good record, which apparently they failed (kinda) to do as promised they made that album to be played live.

 

Maybe I'm cherry picking with some words but I still have a big gripe with that era.

 

On 9/8/2025 at 11:22 AM, BartBart91 said:

 

The Hunting Party is a good record.

The Hunting Party was essentially a Mike's album. He was the only really invested on it, that's why barely half of the songs ended up being played and has been barely forgotten. Plus, in that era seemed that every decision led to a bad outcome: Until it's Gone rejected for Transformers 4, GATS as the first single, fans rejecting the DJ Set, technical issues during the Berlin DVD filming, the cancelled US 2015 Tour. The whole era was a mess, and even though I love the record, for me was the worst period of the band (besides the Chester's death, obviously)

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On 15.9.2025 at 09:48, bloodbath said:

 

Die Jagdpartei war im Wesentlichen ein Mikes Album. Er war der einzige, der wirklich darauf investiert wurde, deshalb wurde kaum die Hälfte der Songs gespielt und kaum vergessen. Außerdem schien es in dieser Ära, dass jede Entscheidung zu einem schlechten Ergebnis führte: Bis Gone für Transformers 4 abgelehnt wurde, GATS als erste Single, Fans, die das DJ-Set ablehnten, technische Probleme während des Berliner DVD-Films, der abgesagten US 2015 Tour. Die ganze Ära war ein Durcheinander, und obwohl ich die Platte liebe, war für mich die schlimmste Periode der Band (offensichtlich neben dem Tod des Chester)

The Hunting Party isn't a Mike album. What technical problems with the Berlin DVD film are you referring to? Are you referring to the 2012 Berlin DVD? That was the Living Things era and had nothing to do with The Hunting Party. "GATS" is a good song, especially in the live version where Mike raps.

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On 9/15/2025 at 5:48 PM, bloodbath said:

 

The Hunting Party was essentially a Mike's album. He was the only really invested on it, that's why barely half of the songs ended up being played and has been barely forgotten. Plus, in that era seemed that every decision led to a bad outcome: Until it's Gone rejected for Transformers 4, GATS as the first single, fans rejecting the DJ Set, technical issues during the Berlin DVD filming, the cancelled US 2015 Tour. The whole era was a mess, and even though I love the record, for me was the worst period of the band (besides the Chester's death, obviously)

 

So as LIVING THINGS, A Thousand Suns, One More Light, RECHARGED were all Mike's. The only project that the band were really involved in the process were Hybrid Theory, Meteora (thanks to Don Gilmore for making back to back hits) and Minutes to Midnight. First 3 records feels more like the band really worked hard to make a great record. Plus, From Zero feels more like a group effort which is great. 

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7 hours ago, BartBart91 said:

The Hunting Party isn't a Mike album. What technical problems with the Berlin DVD film are you referring to? Are you referring to the 2012 Berlin DVD? That was the Living Things era and had nothing to do with The Hunting Party. "GATS" is a good song, especially in the live version where Mike raps.

No, the 2014 show, GATS had the audio saturated and can't be repared 

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On 9/29/2025 at 6:36 PM, bloodbath said:

No, the 2014 show, GATS had the audio saturated and can't be repared 

 

Which show from 2014 are you referring to? There were a lot of shows.

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Berlin 2014. The broadcast was messed up. But the band definitely has a copy of their own that is normal, and they recorded a show before that on the tour too. I am pretty sure Pooch worked on Berlin 2014 and Beijing 2015 for potential release and the label/band never ended up going with either one.

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6 hours ago, LPLStaff said:

Berlin 2014. The broadcast was messed up. But the band definitely has a copy of their own that is normal, and they recorded a show before that on the tour too. I am pretty sure Pooch worked on Berlin 2014 and Beijing 2015 for potential release and the label/band never ended up going with either one.

any theories about it

 

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On 9/7/2025 at 3:31 PM, RentEznor said:

 

You needed to be there at the time but if you look up pretty much any interview on YT from some band members, especially Mike, he came off as if he was trying to prove something with the album like if they wouldn't had made any heavy songs before. I didn't mind it but at times it was too damn much, so much 3 years later they made their poppiest/softest record ever. You didn't need to prove anything, you needed to make a good record, which apparently they failed (kinda) to do as promised they made that album to be played live.

 

Maybe I'm cherry picking with some words but I still have a big gripe with that era.

tthis pretty much.
Like for me the THP Mike screaming "the world needs rock" to then going to OML was a really weird move, even for a band that toys around with genres.

I am willing to claim that had OML come after LT the hate wouldn't have been as vitriolic as it was

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