LPPanther

It's really sad that this has happened but if there were official files on the site at any time then it's just the law. Now I don't understand why this is happening now if he was warned and took the files down. And as for the live stuff being copywritten, yes it is but Mike himself has said it's okay to share the DSPs and live recordings. If Warner starts doing stuff because of that then we will have a problem and it will need to be Mike to the rescue.

LOVE IT. I agree, DO NOT post links to the song here or you WILL be reprimanded.

So here is part 2 of my 4 reviews. This one will include my M&G experience since I got one for this show! For Projekt Revolution 2007, LP played 3 shows in Texas 3 days in a row and I went to all 3! My best friend came with me to the Selma and Dallas shows and I went alone to the Woodlands show. I knew that I would most likely get to see all three setlists but I intentionally didn't look at the setlists from the few shows before so I wouldn't know which one I would get first. So my friend slept over at my house the night before and we woke up around 7 or 8 to get on the road. My dad is a big horse racing fan and he found out there was a racetrack right next to the amphitheater so he said he would drive us. We listened to the SBD from Auburn, the first date of the tour and it was awesome. We both fell asleep and before we knew it we were there! My dad dropped us off and we went and got in line. We only waited about 20 minutes before they let us in and gave us our wristbands for the pit. I decided to go try to find my LPU M&G wristband ASAP so I would be sure to have it. I asked someone and they said I had to go outside the amphitheater to will call which I thought was dumb but I did it anyways. I saw some mod from the LPU getting his pass too, can't remember his name though. I went back in and then immediately went to buy the live CD for the show. They hadn't gotten them yet and told us to check back later. So we went and check out the Revolution Stage. Madina Lake was just starting when we got to the stage and I was pumped cause I bought and loved their CD. I went and moshed out and then met the band after they played. We went back to the merch booth and they had the live CD so I bought it and my friend held it in his cargo pocket for me (I was wearing jeans which will be an important detail later). We watched MSI from this hill across from the stage. I wasn't extremely impressed with them at the time but they have grown on me since. Finally they opened the main stage and we went to check out Julien-K. They were so awesome and I caught the drumers drumstick! We went and chilled on the lawn after they played cause we weren't huge Placebo fans. HIM was after Placebo I believe and we went back to the pit to see them. I had never really liked them but the three shows in a row turned me into a HUGE fan. Next was Taking Back Sunday who I hated before, and still hate now lol. Luckily I had a M&G to go to! I went and got in line and we waited FOREVER. Taking Back Sunday was almost over when we finally started going through the gate to meet the band! I had my Faint trading cards to get signed so as soon as I saw the guys, I tried my best to get the cards in the right order (I was shaking really bad haha). Rob was first I think and he and Phoenix were chatting but both said hello to me. Next was Mike. I told him how I was in the private chat with him for the LPU promotion contest a few years before and he somewhat seemed to remember what I was talking about (he had told me to let him know if I ever met him). Next was Chester and I said whatsup and asked him where I could find the Club Tattoo Etnies at. He asked if we had Zumiez down here and I said yes and I had checked 3 of them. He said hmm I dunno, they should have them but check their website and order them there (which I later did). Joe and Brad were next and me and Joe kinda had that moment from Frat Party where he and the fan were trying to do different handshakes haha. Brad was saying something to Joe when I got to him and a security guard started to shoo me out of there but Brad made sure to shake my hand before I left which I thought was really nice of him. Well by the time I got done with the M&G, MCR was already halfway done (I was pretty indifferent about it cause I had already seen them twice before and I knew I would see them the next two days). My friend had moved to the pit so I went and joined him. MCR played Cancer last which is one of my favorite songs by them so that was cool. It was finally dark and it was time for LP! Which set would they be playing? Would there be any cool surprises? Could this show compare to the show I saw in 2004? As these questions bounced around in my head, the music began and the lights turned on behind the curtain... More to come later, hope this makes you want to come back for the rest! So wowwww it's been a long time since I posted this but I figure I've let the cliffhanger hold over for long enough now haha. Suddenly I heard the sound of a needle dropping onto a vinyl. So here we go, I though. Kicking it off with some new music I've never seen before. The lights were going crazy as the guys played Wake and before I knew it the keys were jingling and the curtain had dropped! Given Up kicked in and the pit erupted. Me and my friend managed to stay close somehow but we were still getting tossed around like crazy. As the bridge approached I was hoping in my mind that Chester could somehow pull of the full scream but of course I knew he wouldn't. But wait, what? He did it! he fucking did it! For the first time ever live, Chester pulled off the full Given Up scream and I was there for it. Amazing. Next was No More Sorrow, one of my favorites from MTM. Not much to say about this one, pretty standard performance but an excellent one none the less. After that came LFY. Holy shit. The pit was back in the frenzy that Given Up had incited. I just remember Mike counting down for the hands going down and as soon as he hit three EVERYONE was bouncing. It was sweet. Don't Stay like I said in my 04 review has never been one of my favorite songs and this performance in NO way compared to when it opened the show in 04. And here we are at Somewhere I Belong. If you'll remember from my 04 review, I said I didn't like this song that much back then. This performance changed my view. I used to listen to SIB when it first came out when I was in middle school and I hated it because it reminded me of how I didn't know where I belonged. I was on the football team. I was in the band. I wasn't the most popular member of either. I didn't have very many friends at school. I never had a girlfriend or anyone who loved me other than my parents and a few close friends outside of school. Cut back to 2007. I had a girlfriend. The previous year I was on my high school football team and I felt a strong brotherhood with those guys. I had become more popular at school and I was headed off to college a few weeks after these shows. At this moment it hit me. I finally had found the somewhere that I belonged. I began to tear up. C'mon man I can't cry at an LP show what am I doing? But I didn't care. They were tears of joy. I realized what this band really meant to me and what a great impact they had had on my life. As I screamed the words to the song I thought back to how I felt in 04 during this same song and how much had changed in 3 years. Before I knew it the song was over and my friend could tell I had shed a few tears. He thought I had been hurt and when he asked if I was okay I just smiled and said "I've never been better dude". Before he could say anything the noise of FTI began and I was back to screaming with Chester. FTI is my favorite song from Meteora and holy shit was this an amazing performance. I don't think it topped the 04 performance simply cause they didn't do the cool transitions but I knew that coming in. Chester's scream and little moan afterwords let me know he was there in the moment feeling whatever it was that inspired this song. Simply a classic performance. Next was Papercut and Mike made a reference to their very first tour. I wasn't there for that but I still felt like he was talking to me. The next night in Dallas he made the more traditional speech about hardcore LP fans and it satisfied me a bit more haha. Now as you'll remember I hadn't heard about the show before this where Mike debuted the rapping over POA. So when he busted out Nobody's Listening I went nuts rapping along. No one else knew what was going on haha. What is it with NL and no one know wtf is happening? (See my 04 review). The rest of the song was good too but the highlight each night of this tour was Mike's rap. In Pieces was next. Chester's remark about ex's was funny cause my friend had just gotten out of a relationship so it was almost like a dedication. We looked at each other and immediately said the girls name and started laughing haha. Then came Shadow of the Day. Cool to see Chaz on guitar, other than that, nothing special. Numb was next. Good performance and gave me more flashbacks of when the video came out and how my life had changed since then. Pushing Me Away was good on this night but it was better the next night in Dallas. BTH was decent, nothing incredible. I was trying to catch my breath during this song because I was becoming extremely exhausted. Crawling was good, not better than 04 though. TLTGYA was amazing this first time but it went downhill after this performance. What I've Done was next and Mike gave a little speech about how glad he was we had stuck with them through this new album. Then his keyboard reset or something cause he had to pause for a second haha. As the song finally kicked in I thought back to when me and Mark were up at 4:30 AM one night talking about the new album before it came out when all of the sudden he says he has WID leaked from some foreign site. I'm pretty sure he and I were the first two American fans to hear the song. Good times! The outro on Faint was cool but nothing too insane. Then after a short break was OSC with the new intro. This got me right back energized after Faint had sapped the energy out of me. As the song came in I was back jumping and screaming and pushing myself past the point of exhaustion. Keep in mind I'm wearing jeans in the middle of summer in Texas. It was HOT. In The End was good cause I could sing along without having to be tossed around too much. But then when BIO came on things went downhill. I went nuts, I was totally feeling the party vibe of the song. When the show ended I needed water. Immediately. All the places in the venue were sold out. I could barely walk. I was physically and emotionally drained. My friend helped me get to my dads car and we went to a gas station to get some water. I took one sip once I got in the parking lot and I immediately started throwing up. Once that was over I got back in the car and my legs started cramping. The worst cramps I had ever had. My dad said there's no way we're making it back to Dallas tonight so we got a hotel and slept the fatigue off. The next day we woke up and feeling refreshed, I was ready to get on the road to go do it all over again!

Yeah it was pretty awesome. And yes there were fireworks on OSC, I forgot about that!

no he didn't, I was sad

Well this was the first LP show I ever attended. In fact it was the first concert I had ever attended. Before I tell the story though I will say that thinking back on it now a lot of the show seems like a haze, so I'm sorry if the details are lacking in some spots. I was in the pit which I had obviously never done, and Korn kind of wore me out. I will have more detail in my PR07 reviews. Back to the story. My parents had let me skip school and so had my cousins and friends parents. We stayed out at the show all day. I saw the Used who I thought were dumb but their live show made me love them. Snoop was hilarious and awesome and Korn was simply amazing. But nothing could top LP that night. They had the huge curtain over the stage after Korn played and suddenly you could see lights flashing behind it. The Joan Baez intro started and as the band kicked into Don't Stay, the curtain dropped and the crowd went NUTS. Don't Stay has never been one of my favorite LP songs but I will say it was good for me to see an upbeat heavy-hitting song to open the first show I went to. Lying From You was awesome, everyone was bobbing their hands along with Mike when it kicked in. Papercut was awesome as always, and Chester screamed "Why?" after the first 2 "the sun goes down"s. Awesome moment as I had always loved that part and I got to hear it twice! Points of Authority had the short Reanimation intro which was cool but other than that it was just a normal performance. With You and Runaway I don't remember too much but I do remember getting a shiver when Chester did the scream at the beginning of With You. Step Up/Nobody's Listening/It's Goin Down was awesome for 2 reasons. One was I was the only person around me who knew the words to Step Up and It's Goin Down. The second was my friend that came with me wasn't a huge LP fan but he always loved Nobody's Listening so when they started playing that I looked back and he had the kid on Christmas look on his face haha. Ivan The Urban Action Figure came out and break danced on It's Goin Down. Somewhere I Belong I didn't like too much at the time but when I post my San Antonio 07 review you'll see why. Figure.09 and From The Inside were EPIC. The transition between those songs was musically amazing considering F.09 is in 4/4 time and FTI is in 6/8. AWESOME transition and a strong contender for my favorite part of the show. Breaking The Habit and Numb also had a really cool transition that I thought made both of the songs more interesting. Faint was always one of my favorite songs and the performance was spot on that night. Rob's drumming was great, and Mike did the whole "direct your attention to Mr. Bourdon on the drums" thing. I also unfortunately don't remember much of In The End, though I do seem to remember Brad playing the Pushing Me Away harmonics during the second verse. A Place For My Head was always my favorite LP song since the first time I heard it and this night proved why. Mike absolutley killed the rapping parts, and Chester went insane on the screaming bridge. Plus some girl behind me was flashing the stage which was awesome considering I was 15 at the time and boobies were sweet haha. The band went off stage for a few minutes but then came back to the Reanimation intro for Crawling. I can't express how happy I am that they brought this back this year cause that was always so cool I thought. Plus Crawling has always had a special place in my heart because it was the first LP song I ever heard. Next up was Wish which was amazing live and what turned me into the HUGE NIN fan I am today. Finally the band closed with the (then) traditional One Step Closer. They Reanimated the bridge and Jonathan Davis came out to do his part from the remix! He was still wearing his kilt from earlier haha. I have a picture somewhere I will try to dig up. This was also one of the best moments of the whole show cause I knew it was almost over and I was savoring every last second of it. As OSC faded and I walked to the parking lot, I felt like I was in heaven. I loved this experience and knew that this was only a taste of something more to come. I knew the next time they came through Texas I was going to do it bigger and better somehow. Stay tuned for the next 3 reviews coming soon! Also I will include my first M&G in my next review, and my in store signing with Chester at the end of the last one.

That's right, go pick it up! Best Buy and Target both have it on sale for $14.99 although Target didn't have it when I went there to get my copy. Discuss your thoughts of the new CD/DVD here!

It's not a "free lpu membership". It's a free trial. Which means it will probably have an expiration date before the band starts touring again. And do you really think a huge percentage of the people who buy this are going to wait to use the trial anyways? People don't usually think that deep into things to realize they could wait and use it to try to get an M&G.

Hey guys here is the recording of Mike on Loveline from 11/19. I'm just going to throw it on Demonoid for now but someone should upload it to Megaupload or Rapidshare once they get it. Without further ado, the link!

Anyone notice the LPU 2.0 cover on the SFTU cover? maybe some of the others are on there as well, hard to tell when it's so small.

The LPU7 Newsletter is now out for all members of the LPU. You can download it by loging into the LPU. You can also buy a copy, or for a little more money buy a copy of all 7 newsletters to this point. Inside the newsletter it lists the LPU8 package contents which are (copied directly from the newsletter): LP Underground 8 CD - The LPU8 CD is going to be completely different from anything LPU has ever offered before! LP Underground 8 T-Shirt LP Branded Budclicks - these are decorations for your earbuds designed with the LP logo! LP Underground 8 Sticker LP Underground 8 Guitar Pick LP Underground 8 Membership Card Online Newsletter - now available for all membership tiers. Also inside the newsletter the cover for "Sounds From The Underground" is revealed and it's actually pretty cool looking! View it here. So what are your thoughts? What could the LPU8 CD be? Does this new description rule out remixes and b-sides? - - Don't forget to vote for Linkin Park in this contest! You Don't have to sign up at all! http://www.fuse.tv/music/best-of-2008/#votePanel

According to this link, the boys will be on Loveline this Wednesday, November 19th at 10 P.M. PST (11 P.M. EST/12 A.M. CST). I personally will be recording this in case the show doesn't show up on the website for whatever reason. If anyone else would like to record it just to be sure we have it, please do so. Any thoughts about what will be discussed? RTR? LPU8? Haha. Should be a good show. Thanks to LPrnw@y for the info.

Honestly the only thing I went to LPU for was the packages and community and the community is pretty bad now. I like LPLive's community much more. But as long as we get some quality stuff every few years, I'll be a member. I understand that not every year's CD can be amazing.

First off, how does releasing an EXTRA OPTIONAL CD ruin the LPU? Second, why does it matter how long you've been a member of the LPU? According to your logic I should be 5 more years as pissed off as you are since you've been a member since April of this year. I've been there since 2003 and I don't mind this CD. The LPU hasn't been the same since after the Meteora touring cycle ended so if you think THIS is ruining the LPU, you are sadly mistaken as you have no clue how the LPU used to be. As for the eBay only being a limited degree: eBay is accessible by anyone in the entire world. Best Buy is not. eBay is more "to the masses" than Best Buy is. I think YOU have completely missed the point. The thing is, this will never happen. You cannot get every member to agree not to upload the exclusive material. Some people will sign up solely for the purpose of getting the music, and will have no problem putting it up on a torrent site because they don't really care about the band, they just want to share the music with everyone.

I'll probably get it just for the sake of having it. Plus Hunger Strike is awesome. Worth it to me.

This is awesome news.

Really? I never knew that about Inhuman Rampage. American Idiot I guess is considered a concept album, but I usually use concept album to refer to an album that tells a story, not just one who's songs all have the same theme.

I'm an LP whore, so I'll probably buy the regular membership and ask for another account for Christmas to get the plaque. Unless they are going to put your username on the plaque (which I doubt) in which case I'll wait to renew till Christmas.

the way Mike put it, it kinda seems like he, Joe, and Phoenix were just kind of hanging out testing out Joe's new turntable and came up with some stuff. He makes it sound like it wasn't planned that they were going to write, it just kind of happened.

I'm flying home tomorrow and the flight is about an hour so I plan to get a listen in. I'll probably listen to the Extended Edition I made (search Hybrid Theory Extended Edition on Demonoid)

If DBS tours, they better come to Texas. I still can't believe Fort Minor didn't play even ONE Texas show.

I was already extremely excited for this DVD but now I seriously cannot wait. It'd be nice if we could find a higher quality version of the vid to tide us over though haha.

In about 22 hours Eastern time, Hybrid Theory will officialy be 8 years old! What a great day October 24th, 2000 was! Celebrate the first album by the band by wearing an LP shirt and listening to Hybrid Theory all day! Also take a moment to remember how you felt the first time you heard the album, and all the things this band has meant to you personally over the years. Happy birthday Hybrid Theory, and a big thank you to Linkin Park for 8 years of greatness ever since.

I saw it with Jonanthan Davis...it was AMAZING

Awesome Legend, can't wait to see some of the 4.0 stuff. Check the 4.0 topic in the mod forums I may need your help on something.