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    "Deftest" (Xero Song)

    in Newswire

    Posted

    20 hours ago, TJDemonte said:

    I have converted the original XERO  audition tape in GREAT quality. I took the song down from Soundcloud  out of respect to the release.  Siri now recognizes a song on the demo I have had for 20 years ( Pictureboard )... the others are clear to post, I assume. I have the video they requested for the audition process (at least one band member has confirmed they went through  the same process per Mark T) The audio tape is in perfect condition and plays well, the handwriting  of "Xero" is most certainly Mike's. I have versions of the tunes when the rapping was the focus of the tune and the singing was the refrain or hook only..... I have my tracking vocals with the audition tape,  as well as my demo that got me a Next Day Air Fedex package from Jeff Blue, with lyrics, this demo and the other studio tracks partially finished along with Mike's 4-track ideas

     

    I was going to do a full interview with Mark Terrell ( the admin / founder of this page) but he stopped responding to texts after a preliminary interview, during the week of the  the 20yr release ( not sure why? ) I never attempted to leak or detract from any of these tracks, I had NO idea that there was so much interest around this tune..... The original XERO tape was in a case, in my closet for years,  the song on Soundcloud was there to substantiate a one-off crazy story .....There is a good story here if you are interested as fans and the true history of something you may not be aware of...... TJ

    Wait, are you the guy that leaked Mark´s version of Pictureboard? I´m a bit confused

    New Xero Titles: "Dreamer" and "Weight"

    in Newswire

    Posted

    10 hours ago, lpliveusername said:

    According to the book: Xero -> Xero 818 -> Hybrid Theory -> Platinum Lotus Foundation -> Plear -> Lincoln Park -> Linkin Park.

     

    The August and November 1998 demos were likely under the name Xero 818. They had been using that name since at least June.

    Platinum Lotus Foundation was very quickly in late April.

    Plear was in early May for around 12 days. They pressed a CD under this name as mentioned here.

    Just wanted to post this information here.

    Platinum Lotus Foundation...damn what a name 😂 thank god they didn´t sticked to that

    New Xero Titles: "Dreamer" and "Weight"

    in Newswire

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, hahninator said:

     

    This information just got revealed in a book. Of course there is no information online about this stuff, it just came out. Lmao.

     

    There is no way we will get this stuff anytime soon, if ever. It's just notes about what was going on in the 1997-2000 era.

    I think there´s quite the possiblity that we´ll never hear EVERYTHING that the band did from 1997 to 2000. So many variations of several songs, I think some of them will be lost, CDs and tapes too

    New Xero Titles: "Dreamer" and "Weight"

    in Newswire

    Posted

    On 12/9/2020 at 9:11 PM, lpliveusername said:

    Here's a full list of demos from the book up to page 189:

     

    Xero - 1997 Mike Shinoda (from photo):

    https://i.ibb.co/1qmLNnm/oscbook-dreamer-and-weigt.png

    01. Fuse

    02. Reading My Eyes

    03. Stick N Move

     

    First Xero demo he heard:

    01. Fuse

    02. [Untitled Track]

    03. Stick And Move

    04. Reading My Eyes

     

    November 1997, baby cover:

    01. Rhinestone

    02. Reading My Eyes

    03. Fuse

    04. Stick N Move

     

    Xero (from photo):

    https://i.ibb.co/1qmLNnm/oscbook-dreamer-and-weigt.png

    01. Rhinestone

    02. Dreamer

    03. Weight

     

    August 25, 1998 demo produced by Darryl Swan at Paramount Recording Studios (Studio C)

    [Fiends from Rapology 14 likely from this demo]

     

    November 17, 1998 demo CD:

    01. Rhinestone

    02. Esaul

    03. Pictureboard

    04. Fiends

    05. Stick N Move

    06. Carousel

    07. Slip

    08. Step Up

     

    Chester rehearsing the Xero audition tape with Size 5 on March 19, 1999:

    https://i.ibb.co/yk6VGWN/photo5082852027268180657.jpg

    https://i.ibb.co/cg0rQHQ/photo5082852027268180658.jpg

     

    [March 24, 1999 they found out Rhinestone would be on The Crow: Stairway To Heaven]

     

    First demo CD with Chester [early May 1999]:

    01. Over To Me (Blue)

    02. Could Have Been

    03. Rhinestone

    04. Esaul

    05. Part Of Me

    06. Turn To Grey

    07. Pictureboard

    08. Ashes (Unfinished)

     

    Studio time with Mudrock in June 1999 for about a week [Hybrid Theory EP]

     

    9-track demo CD, week of August 16, 1999:

    xx. Untitled

    xx. Points Of Authority

    xx. Super Xero

    xx. I Hate You/Crawling

     

    Random mentions:

    It Doesn't Matter [Untitled]

    Flower [early She Couldn't]

     

    Brad and Mike flew to New York to work with the Dust Brothers in September/October 1999 and did an early version of With You with only rap vocals. The demo was called Dust Brothers because it was meant for the Dust Brothers album.

     

    Don Gilmore received the first demo from the band in November 1999:

    xx. Untitled

    xx. Crawling

    xx. Dust Brothers

    xx. Points Of Authority

     

    Early March [first week] demo CD:

    01. Plaster [no bridge]

    02. Papercut [guitar/beat instrumental demo]

     

    Recording at NRG started on March 7, 2000 and was scheduled for a month and a half. Rob's drum recording schedule for Hybrid Theory:

     

    March 14, 2000:
    Harmonic Song
    Pictureboard
    By Myself
    Plaster
    Papercut
    Rhinestone (Forgotten)
    And One

     

    March 15, 2000:
    Untitled
    Esaul (A Place For My Head)
    Dust Bros.
    Stick N Move

     

    March 16, 2000:
    Stick N Move (continued from 3/15)
    Slip
    A Place For My Head

     

    March 17, 2000:
    Points Of Authority
    Pushing Me Away
    Now I See

    THIS

    IS

    SO

    FCKING

    AMAZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

    Linkin Park Announces "Hybrid Theory 20" Release

    in Newswire

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, NJPLP said:

    I hope Mark or Mike have the Xero version of the song. But I'm just thinking.

     

    I also hope that the Xero version of Slip will be released or leaked possibly.

    I don´t think "Slip" with Mark would be released oficially. Mark doesn´t like to have his stuff released. During the unboxing of the "Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary Edition Super Deluxe Box Set"  Mike said: "Begrudgingly, Mark agreed to let us release the songs with his vocals(...)". I think it´s more likely that the Xero version of "Slip" will be leaked some day

    Mike Shinoda #HybridTheory20 Unboxing Video

    in Newswire

    Posted

    2 hours ago, berryaaron11 said:

    If the version that we are getting has Chester on vocals, why is it called a "Xero Demo"? Wasn't Linkin Park called Hybrid Theory by the time they recorded Rhinestone with Chester?

    The band changed their name when Chester joined. The more I think the more I agree with you guys, the demos that Mike referenced to have Mark on vocals have (xero demo) on the name. And "Pictureboard" doesn´t have that, even tho it´s from the xero era, and has Chester on vocals! It looks like that the xero demos that have on the name "(xero demo)" are xero demos with Mark. The ones that don´t have that are demos with Chester´s vocals.

    Mike Shinoda #HybridTheory20 Unboxing Video

    in Newswire

    Posted

    13 hours ago, gorast said:

    About Rhinestone, though, I'm pretty confident it's going to be a Mark version, given that it's labeled as a Xero demo, and the other three are all Mark demos. It would be a weird break from what that label implies if it's a Chester demo.

    Oh yeah, you right about that! Well, let´s just wait until October 9th

    Mike Shinoda #HybridTheory20 Unboxing Video

    in Newswire

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, gorast said:

    The thought process there is that there is almost certainly only one version of any professionally-recorded song with Mark, and a version of Rhinestone that matches this criteria was found on the Zomba New Music Sampler 1999 in January of this year. The track times are almost the same (3:44 on the sampler vs. 3:40 on HT20), so it should be the same version.

     

    I think the LPU12 version is the earliest known version with Chester, and it's the only Chester demo of the song we have besides the Studio Finals version.

    I saw on Linkinpedia that the LPU12 version dates from January 7, 2000. It would be weird, in my opinion, if there wasn´t a version of "Rhinestone" with Chester, prior to January 7, 2000. I think there´s quite the possibility that the version we will get has Chester on vocals. We will also getting "Stick N Move" and Mike didn´t referenced that it has Mark´s vocals

    Mike Shinoda #HybridTheory20 Unboxing Video

    in Newswire

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Astat said:

    I'm confident that it's Mark on vocals on Rhinestone as well and Mike either forgot about it or was thinking of the LPU demo version.

    What does make you confident that its going to be Mark on vocals? And another question: what is the earliest version of "Rhinestone" with Chester on vocals? Is it the LPU12 version?

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