Chris

Hell yeah

No idea what happened to the post you responded to, but in a Rolling Stone interview published in 2002, Rob mentioned that he had past issues with alcohol. He was quoted as saying he got "way into partying" in high school but had been sober for five years. But I don't like to speculate about their lives, so that's the extent to which I'll go.

See you all in Nashville - hit me up if you'll be there! Would love to meet up with some others in the pit. If by chance there's anyone traveling to the Nashville show by car, please please please make a note of this: use the parking at the library on Church Street. Best parking in downtown (price-wise) Nashville by a very long shot, while being only two blocks from Bridgestone Arena!

Bridgestone Arena winning for us Nashvillians. All that's left is to wait for the pre-sale to open up.

LPU says: "Passport Plus memberships purchased starting September 5th, 2024, and onwards will have access to an exclusive pre-sale when available." So that sounds like yes.

Very glad to see they're coming back to Nashville! Finally getting my chance to see them. Never could feasibly do it when I lived in Louisiana, moved to Nashville just after their THP date, and then we lost Chester. I had resigned myself to never crossing them off my list. I never thought I would get this chance again! Anyone else here planning to grab tickets? Already arranging with people from LPA, but would love to meet some LPL'ers in the pit as well!

Thanks my bro

Hope to meet up with anyone going to Nashville! Hyped.

Overall this album makes me really happy to be a fan of this band. It seems very clear from the interstitial moments and the specific sonic elements that they really took a good retrospective look at the band's career and crafted something that both draws from the myriad of things Linkin Park and Mike has done (Stained is dripping with Post Traumatic style!), while also slightly moving into different territory with some modern influences. I'm really glad that it seems that there's no longer this air of being "over" Hybrid Theory like we got with OML cycle, though I think a lot of that may have been reactionary to the backlash. The sample work, turntable-based and otherwise, has been a highlight for me. It's always what I thought separated HT and Meteora from the other albums of the genre, and it didn't really pop up as much on the last few albums. Emily sounds great across the board and between Casualty and Good Things Go, this has solidified my opinion that she was the right pick. Overall, this has really made my day, combined with the general vibe the band has been giving of how comfortable and happy they are with this new era. I'm inspired! Now we need the tour dates. Yes, I loved all these throwbacks. A treat for the fans who know and also shows really just how much digging they did. Most of the scratch samples on the album sound like they're from Hahn's early Hybrid Theory-era sample collection (both of the bridge ones on Casualty are definitely from TGSB). The opening scratch sample from With You is also briefly featured at the end of Casualty!

Tasty Gas Station Breaks, 22 seconds. I know I heard this between in one of the audio clips interludes, I think between Casualty and Overflow.

I think the more likely scenario is these friends are just wannabe indie artists who put an EP out with CD Baby or something.

Seconded. Also excited for Two Faced based on what Joe and Tobin at LPA said about it.

Thanks! I wrote it myself. 😆 I've been digging into his sample usage and techniques on each of the albums with my own console lately, so this lined right up for me.