Alex Feder Note

[LPLStaff]

From Alex Feder (stillagreatnight), touring guitarist for Brad Delson upon Linkin Park completing their world tour for From Zero:

 

"Man. It has been a joy and an honor to spend the last two years on the road with Linkin Park. I am endlessly grateful to Brad for trusting me to stand in his place on stage, extraordinarily grateful to the guys for an incredible tour, and very excited for whatever life throws at me next. If anybody needs me I’ll be enjoying coffee with Alejandra and working on arranging early 20th century Jewish cantorial pieces for fuzz guitar"

 

We, of course, are unsure what conversations the band had with Alex as the world tour came to an end but it would be hard to believe if he did not rejoin the band for touring in the future. It seems quite unlikely (although not impossible) Brad would start touring this heavily again when one of his main reasons for stepping off the stage was the intense travel around the shows.

 

[RYG4R]

Bring Matt Harris (Post-Traumatic Tour)  to the line-up then if that's the case.  I love Alex's contribution to the FZ era tour. I think he's great, it's sad that his future w/ LP is uncertain at this point but I'll embrace him again when LP9 album cycle rolls out.

Edited July 5 by RYG4R

[thor3]

pay whatever the man needs Linkin Park 

[Shubho-Lp]

Similar to how Colin and Emily revived LP, Alex also brought a gift on the stage i.e., he brought Brad's vibes from early era and yet made it into his own with that BIG and warming smile. That to me stood out the most. You could clearly see he was his happiest self while playing What I've Done and the likes, jumping around during POA, etc. 

What a lovely chap! Hope to see him again on tour!

LP- We want Alex back whenever the next cycle begins!

[Cesar656]

14 hours ago, RYG4R said:

Bring Matt Harris (Post-Traumatic Tour)  to the line-up then if that's the case.  I love Alex's contribution to the FZ era tour. I think he's great, it's sad that his future w/ LP is uncertain at this point but I'll embrace him again when LP9 album cycle rolls out.

Matt retired from Music (and Mike stopped following him)

Alex has been awesome tho, monster guitar player, and he seemed to LOVE the gig. Im sure he will be back

[bloodbath]

6 hours ago, Cesar656 said:

Matt retired from Music (and Mike stopped following him)

Alex has been awesome tho, monster guitar player, and he seemed to LOVE the gig. Im sure he will be back

Wow! Really? What happened?

[Cesar656]

40 minutes ago, bloodbath said:

Wow! Really? What happened?

Honestly not sure, just checked out his insta out of curiousity no long ago and the bio said ex touring musician. Weird that Mike also stopped following Dan Mayo if im not wrong

[Yucker]

8 hours ago, Cesar656 said:

Honestly not sure, just checked out his insta out of curiousity no long ago and the bio said ex touring musician. Weird that Mike also stopped following Dan Mayo if im not wrong

 

At least in 2022 he was still touring cuz he was Beck's touring guitarist (i saw him back in my town supporting Red Hot Chili Peppers). 

 

But yeah, for a while almost all of his content was about bikes and motor things. 

[LPLStaff]

Interesting about Matt and Dan. They were at the comeback shows, fans ran into Dan in Brooklyn and Matt at another show - Forum? - before both shows. So there is no bad blood or anything. Mike's social media following isn't a very good determining factor about things, I think. Remember Matt was at Mike's new home studio years after the Post Traumatic Tour ended? But that's a shame he stopped touring. They are all likely still friends.

 

Alex stated 2-3 times he only had a week (or less than that) to learn all of the songs for the tour. It certainly seems like that's accurate if he's stated it multiple times in interviews. He has done a fantastic job overall with this music - imagine how hard it is learning such a diverse catalog from the early nu-metal sound to the later sound of the band... so many different styles, etc.... with not much time at all. At first there were some questions by just a few of us about the sound or playing style of some of the older songs but with the context, it all makes sense and Alex really even improved on those very few songs. Nor does he even have to sound or play exactly like Brad, the band probably wants him to play like the studio versions of the songs as evidenced by the tour performance of the songs instead of Brad's style of playing. Stuff like Leave Out All The Rest and the Faint solo, he's got some really good highlights.

 

Saw the Munich shows and thought he nailed them. 

 

Just listen to the edited Rock am Ring 2026 show the band put out - the guitar is absolutely rocking it. He nails the show, listen to A Place for My Head especially.  And With You, that guitar rocks. There are even more spots in the show where he could solo, but imagine songs like In Pieces, The Little Things Give You Away, or A Line In The Sand with him.

 

Very unlikely Brad returns full-time - could see him step in for a song or two here or there but Alex is the guy. Would be quite shocked if they replaced him at this point considering he now knows and plays 40+ songs quite well. And there's a good camaraderie, which is half the equation there when you're on tour with the same people for 2 years/100+ shows.

 

Brad's expertise at this point is production (and has been for a while) and is a pretty good guitarist on top of that. Alex might be an even better guitar player skill-wise than Brad and he fits in this LP 2.0 lineup quite nicely. 

 

Edit: Wanted to add, there is a point in IGYEIH, where Alex adds guitar on the second verse that doesn't seem to appear on the studio version and that's a good indication he's understanding the songs well... that's a great addition to the song. Small, noticeable, and impactful.

[Cesar656]

25 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

Interesting about Matt and Dan. They were at the comeback shows, fans ran into Dan in Brooklyn and Matt at another show - Forum? - before both shows. So there is no bad blood or anything. Mike's social media following isn't a very good determining factor about things, I think. Remember Matt was at Mike's new home studio years after the Post Traumatic Tour ended? But that's a shame he stopped touring. They are all likely still friends.

 

Alex stated 2-3 times he only had a week (or less than that) to learn all of the songs for the tour. It certainly seems like that's accurate if he's stated it multiple times in interviews. He has done a fantastic job overall with this music - imagine how hard it is learning such a diverse catalog from the early nu-metal sound to the later sound of the band... so many different styles, etc.... with not much time at all. At first there were some questions by just a few of us about the sound or playing style of some of the older songs but with the context, it all makes sense and Alex really even improved on those very few songs. Nor does he even have to sound or play exactly like Brad, the band probably wants him to play like the studio versions of the songs as evidenced by the tour performance of the songs instead of Brad's style of playing. Stuff like Leave Out All The Rest and the Faint solo, he's got some really good highlights.

 

Saw the Munich shows and thought he nailed them. 

 

Just listen to the edited Rock am Ring 2026 show the band put out - the guitar is absolutely rocking it. He nails the show, listen to A Place for My Head especially.  And With You, that guitar rocks. There are even more spots in the show where he could solo, but imagine songs like In Pieces, The Little Things Give You Away, or A Line In The Sand with him.

 

Very unlikely Brad returns full-time - could see him step in for a song or two here or there but Alex is the guy. Would be quite shocked if they replaced him at this point considering he now knows and plays 40+ songs quite well. And there's a good camaraderie, which is half the equation there when you're on tour with the same people for 2 years/100+ shows.

 

Brad's expertise at this point is production (and has been for a while) and is a pretty good guitarist on top of that. Alex might be an even better guitar player skill-wise than Brad and he fits in this LP 2.0 lineup quite nicely. 

 

Edit: Wanted to add, there is a point in IGYEIH, where Alex adds guitar on the second verse that doesn't seem to appear on the studio version and that's a good indication he's understanding the songs well... that's a great addition to the song. Small, noticeable, and impactful.

I would add to that, he is in the background for some songs, but for the rest he moves around the stage and interacts with the fans quite nicely while playing. Hoping he continues

[LPLStaff]

Yeah that background part is cool too, starting with the new stage design in 2024 for the endstage shows. He is back there with Joe, and even has a mic - his vocals on Lost are underrated. With an additional good vocalist on stage for the band, they have endless possibilities for the older songs with a million vocals. Iridescent, Little Things, etc.

[JZLP9CharlesMarcia]

He's a great addition to the tour lineup.

 

The only way that this man could be out its if they get another band member which seems unlikely but who knows? 

 

Anything can happen. 

 

Hope we see him back, thanks foe your service soldier you did awesome. 

 

 

Edited Monday at 03:00 PM by JZLP9CharlesMarcia

[Cesar656]

1 hour ago, JZLP9CharlesMarcia said:

He's a great addition to the tour lineup.

 

The only way that this man could be out its if they get another band member which seems unlikely but who knows? 

 

Anything can happen. 

 

Hope we see him back, thanks foe your service soldier you did awesome. 

 

 

That or he gets hired during this year that LP is home. But honestly it seems like this has been his favorite guitar job so far? By his posts and stage presence mostly. Who knows, but i sure do hope to see him on stage again

[JZLP9CharlesMarcia]

32 minutes ago, Cesar656 said:

That or he gets hired during this year that LP is home. But honestly it seems like this has been his favorite guitar job so far? By his posts and stage presence mostly. Who knows, but i sure do hope to see him on stage again

 

Its gonna be interesting because LP will remain silent for a while and he's a tour player ready to take a new job, also its highly unlikely that he could join as a member not sure if he can add something that the band needs he's more into other kind of stuff. 

[BartBart91]

19 hours ago, LPLStaff said:

Interesting about Matt and Dan. They were at the comeback shows, fans ran into Dan in Brooklyn and Matt at another show - Forum? - before both shows. So there is no bad blood or anything. Mike's social media following isn't a very good determining factor about things, I think. Remember Matt was at Mike's new home studio years after the Post Traumatic Tour ended? But that's a shame he stopped touring. They are all likely still friends.

 

Alex stated 2-3 times he only had a week (or less than that) to learn all of the songs for the tour. It certainly seems like that's accurate if he's stated it multiple times in interviews. He has done a fantastic job overall with this music - imagine how hard it is learning such a diverse catalog from the early nu-metal sound to the later sound of the band... so many different styles, etc.... with not much time at all. At first there were some questions by just a few of us about the sound or playing style of some of the older songs but with the context, it all makes sense and Alex really even improved on those very few songs. Nor does he even have to sound or play exactly like Brad, the band probably wants him to play like the studio versions of the songs as evidenced by the tour performance of the songs instead of Brad's style of playing. Stuff like Leave Out All The Rest and the Faint solo, he's got some really good highlights.

 

Saw the Munich shows and thought he nailed them. 

 

Just listen to the edited Rock am Ring 2026 show the band put out - the guitar is absolutely rocking it. He nails the show, listen to A Place for My Head especially.  And With You, that guitar rocks. There are even more spots in the show where he could solo, but imagine songs like In Pieces, The Little Things Give You Away, or A Line In The Sand with him.

 

Very unlikely Brad returns full-time - could see him step in for a song or two here or there but Alex is the guy. Would be quite shocked if they replaced him at this point considering he now knows and plays 40+ songs quite well. And there's a good camaraderie, which is half the equation there when you're on tour with the same people for 2 years/100+ shows.

 

Brad's expertise at this point is production (and has been for a while) and is a pretty good guitarist on top of that. Alex might be an even better guitar player skill-wise than Brad and he fits in this LP 2.0 lineup quite nicely. 

 

Edit: Wanted to add, there is a point in IGYEIH, where Alex adds guitar on the second verse that doesn't seem to appear on the studio version and that's a good indication he's understanding the songs well... that's a great addition to the song. Small, noticeable, and impactful.

 

Where can I find the edited version of the Rock am Ring 2026 concert?

[Sabi]

26 minutes ago, BartBart91 said:

 

Where can I find the edited version of the Rock am Ring 2026 concert?

https://www.magentamusik.de/linkin-park-rock-am-ring-2026-9208205928595564620

[LPLStaff]

3 hours ago, Sabi said:

https://www.magentamusik.de/linkin-park-rock-am-ring-2026-9208205928595564620

 

For download here @BartBart91  https://lplive.net/forums/topic/19926-dllinkin-park-rock-am-ring-nürburg-germany-2026-06-05/#findComment-348711

 

VERY good mix. Could be one of the band's top mixes since Live in Texas, it's that good. Guitars are rocking it hard. Thanks @Chesterchaz!

 

 

[MMM]

I’ll always remember his outro for Faint. It was amazing. It would be great to see him with the band since he brings his own unique touch, but time will tell if that actually happen. We’ll see if his schedule aligns with the next cycle. Fingers crossed.

Edited Wednesday at 07:34 AM by MMM

[BartBart91]

19 hours ago, LPLStaff said:

 

For download here @BartBart91  https://lplive.net/forums/topic/19926-dllinkin-park-rock-am-ring-nürburg-germany-2026-06-05/#findComment-348711

 

VERY good mix. Could be one of the band's top mixes since Live in Texas, it's that good. Guitars are rocking it hard. Thanks @Chesterchaz!

 

 

 

The link doesn't lead to the page, but I had downloaded the Rock am Ring video back then; I just hadn't realized it was the new mix.

[Bleeditout100x]

On 7/5/2026 at 8:41 AM, Cesar656 said:

Matt retired from Music (and Mike stopped following him)

Alex has been awesome tho, monster guitar player, and he seemed to LOVE the gig. Im sure he will be back

 

maybe I’m misremembering but I’m almost positive that Mike nuked his entire following list right when LP came back so that the only accounts he followed were band related (might’ve kept FM, Chester, and Rob I don’t fully recall) but he only followed some of those plus Joe, Phoenix, Brad, Emily, Collin, and the official Linkin Park page. I don’t even think he followed his wife still during the relaunch. I think he wanted to keep it clean so that new viewers to the page after the news of their comeback dropped could easily find the rest of the band. 
 

I'm not on Instagram anymore so I have no idea if he still only follows those 5-8 accounts, but that’s definitely what he did back at the relaunch so I wouldn’t look in too deep in to who he may have unfollowed  

Edited Thursday at 01:32 PM by Bleeditout100x

[Yucker]

2 hours ago, Bleeditout100x said:

 

maybe I’m misremembering but I’m almost positive that Mike nuked his entire following list right when LP came back so that the only accounts he followed were band related (might’ve kept FM, Chester, and Rob I don’t fully recall) but he only followed some of those plus Joe, Phoenix, Brad, Emily, Collin, and the official Linkin Park page. I don’t even think he followed his wife still during the relaunch. I think he wanted to keep it clean so that new viewers to the page after the news of their comeback dropped could easily find the rest of the band. 
 

I'm not on Instagram anymore so I have no idea if he still only follows those 5-8 accounts, but that’s definitely what he did back at the relaunch so I wouldn’t look in too deep in to who he may have unfollowed  

 

Just checked his IG, he's following exactly those accounts (plus his wife). 

[Bleeditout100x]

19 hours ago, Yucker said:

 

Just checked his IG, he's following exactly those accounts (plus his wife). 

Ah okay my mistake, but still. Proves that we shouldn’t look in to who he may have unfollowed right when this new era started. It was definitely a deliberate marketing thing rather than something directed at anyone that he used to follow