Well said! I fully agree!
I always skip OML (the song) even when it comes on the radio, I don't want to be sad all day.
Also during the Post Traumatic tour Mike honored Chester!
I'm happy they're having fun and enjoying to be back outside again.
It's 2024, they have a new song out, a new album is on the way, LPTV is back, plus they're performing!
Personally I am extremely grateful for all of this.
Not sure if some of you still remember this, but during the Covid Sessions on Twitch, Mike said he texted Rob, couple days prior to the stream but hasn't responded to him. Must have been around (2020-2021)
Which made sense why you haven't seen or heard from him with the HT20 Meteora20 Celebrations.
Part of me is sad, but I understand it.
I'm thankful to have seen him play live several times and wish him all the best!
People have different expectations, which results in different options. Not everybody is going to agree with everything which is fine.
Personally, I think it's few performance/Maybe a tour.
But an album usually comes with a tour.
However in this new age, you'll never know what you'll do what makes sense to them.
We'll see, I'm excited tho!
Who knows.
What i do know is, lots of things regarding Em goes through his manager Paul Rosenberg or (not always) Royce da 5'9.
Looking at Em's timeline i don't think the timing was good, since he had stuff going on at that time.
2004 - Beef with Murda Inc
2005 - World Tour\ September 2005 Rehab
2006 - Passing of his best friend, group mate Proof
2007 - Producing projects for his label artist Ca$his - The County Hound EP\ Em overdosed later that year
2008 - Rehab
2009 - Relapse\Relapse :Refill album (Relapse 2 was scraped)
2010 - Recovery album
2011 - Bad Meets Evil album (with Royce da 5'9)
2012 - Label debut of Slaughterhouse - Welcome To Our House (which he executive produced)
2013 - Marshall Mathers LP 2
etc
OML, definitely. I mean it got to a point when the band was performing Heavy at a Festival, some person threw a drink (or some object) to Chester. There's a video of it floating around the net.
Same here in The Netherlands. I've requested several times to play something from Post Traumatic, instead doing that they either play "What I've Done" or "Where'd You Go". I'm looking at you 3fm smh.
To be honest, i never thought Mike would actually release any music since Chester's passing. I was gearing myself up for an hiates for (insert a number) years. Then the "Post Traumatic" EP came. I always had a tremendous amount of respect for Mike, but at this point i would classified him as a national treasure. The work ethic, the willpower, the musicianship, the class, hats of to that.
Like i said i am stoked for the new album!
The band is so generous for doing this. They could of gone radio silent for an x amount of time
3 shows? damn.. that really hurts. i would've been crushed. Can't image how you felt when the news broke
I wanted to go so bad to the show in Amsterdam but couldn't... I told myself on the next cycle i'll definitely go. Then the unthinkable happened...
I see this as a way to kind of have glimpse of what i would've experience if i saw them live this year.
Despite the band trying to figure out how to build the future of Linkin Park, you can't complain they're still putting out content.
And for that i'm grateful!