Elaine

Letsgoooooo! I did APFMH, hope y'all like it!

Just an FYI, no regional drop-- midnight in NZ rn, no song. I don't know why anyone expected otherwise, considering there's a countdown and everything, but I just thought I'd let people know.

7 minutes ago, JZLP-RoadsUntraveled said:

Not everything about chat gpt is bad 🙂

If I wanted to talk to bots i'd spend time on twitter

2 hours ago, JZLP-RoadsUntraveled said:

Emily Armstrong, the lead vocalist of Dead Sara, could be an intriguing choice as the next vocalist for Linkin Park for several reasons:

 

1. **Vocal Power and Versatility**: Emily Armstrong is known for her powerful, gritty voice that can handle both melodic and aggressive styles. This versatility aligns well with Linkin Park's dynamic range, from the softer, more melodic tracks to their heavier, nu-metal roots.

 

2. **Stage Presence and Energy**: Armstrong has a commanding stage presence and high energy, traits that are essential for a band like Linkin Park, known for their intense live performances. Her ability to engage the audience would be crucial in filling the void left by Chester Bennington.

 

3. **Emotional Depth**: Linkin Park's music often delves into themes of pain, loss, and inner struggles. Armstrong's raw, emotive delivery could resonate with these themes, bringing a new yet fitting emotional depth to the band's music.

 

4. **Alternative Rock/Metal Background**: Dead Sara’s sound shares some similarities with Linkin Park's, particularly in its fusion of rock, alternative, and post-grunge elements. This background could allow Armstrong to seamlessly blend into Linkin Park’s existing sound while also bringing her unique influence.

 

5. **Experience and Respect in the Industry**: As an experienced artist who has garnered respect within the rock community, Armstrong could bring credibility and a fresh perspective to Linkin Park, helping them evolve while honoring their legacy.

 

Overall, Emily Armstrong's vocal abilities, stage presence, emotional intensity, and rock background make her a compelling candidate to take on such a significant role.

Thanks ChatGPT.

I was mad because I woke up really early for the countdown, but once I went back to sleep I wasn't mad anymore.

15 minutes ago, leftshoe18 said:

 

If you're unknown, you're going to be pretty inexperienced when it comes to fronting a band that sells out arenas.

But not necessarily to the tour grind in general. There's levels of inexperience; the original quoted post read like it was expecting the band to pick someone who'd never toured before.

7 hours ago, leftshoe18 said:

 

There's just no way that Linkin Park is going to have an unknown, inexperienced vocalist co-front the band. You don't go from complete obscurity to playing packed arenas as the lead vocalists for one of the biggest bands in the world. That's just a recipe for disaster.

I don't think it's right to combine unknown with inexperienced. They're not the same thing.

Plenty of bands have come back after lead members have passed without changing their name. There's no need for LP to be different.

I love how LPL are simultaneously label plants and the label will never trust them with anything again. must be nice

10 minutes ago, Poofanda said:

LPLIVE will never know anything. They kept leaking stuff with Mike, said hurtful things about oml that hurt Chester, he got sick of them, Warner got sick of them and that’s why they ain’t ambassadors anymore haven’t been since 2019. They just want to think they know everything. They have so much guilt how they treated cb that’s why they act the way do. Clickbait like all the other fan sites. They just push for lp because they can never take back what they said to Chester and if none of you believe me go read his twitter responses to lplive. They are still up. They disrespect Mike cuz they were the ones that leaked MIUAIG. And he wasn’t happy. You all forgot Rob is missing, Joe didn’t care much for papercuts everyone is mentioning Joe cuz they saw it. What’s linkin park with 2-3 members huh. Mike doesn’t need the backlash you fans caused when he’s been there from day one. Remember post traumatic he could have done the other four and yeeted out but no. Twitch streams in Covid to make us feel less lonely and all you do is spew hate on him. You don’t know how to respect others. and why should Mike do everything for lp he has carried LP alone and the fans for 7 years. Where’s your precious Rob. Precious Dave. No one ever aims stuff at them why? Or Joe 

touch grass

1 hour ago, Rokaito said:

So what would that mean exactly? 😅

Generally that it'd be off by 0.XX in some direction, which is possible sometimes. usually 0.5.

Someone lying on the internet? Well, I never!

14 minutes ago, blackout said:

 

The article suggests that only 3 members are involved. BTW, I said "IF everything mentioned in the article is true...". I was only speculating basing on what Billboard provided.

It might suggest it, but there's a fine line between suggesting and stating-- that they never stated it means that the specific phrasing or mentioned members could have come up the way it/they did for a whole host of reasons.

3 minutes ago, blackout said:

If everything mentioned in the article is true then the information that Joe is not involved in this reunion is totally unexpected for me. He has always been present with the anniversary releases, most recently with Papercuts as well. We'll see what's going to happen with this one. However, I can totally imagine Rob not being involved at all. Not having all the original members of the band will be quite weird - I would prefer all 5 members to be involved, but what I can do... I can only accept their decision.

I think we would do well to not conflate "bot mentioned" with "not involved". It's an easy trap to fall in, but we really have nothing to go on right now, and the wording is terminally vague.

13 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

 

That's really it. They are fielding show offers and there's no reason to doubt the legitimacy of that, but there isn't more to it other than they see a need to have a new show agent. Which is honestly very surprising considering they had the same guy 2000-2018 before this and Mike was with him too. So, they see some sort of need to change it up.

 

Beyond that, let's see.

Thanks! I wanted to make sure I had that right. Yeah, that's pretty momentous.

Personally, what says it all is: They could have saved Papercuts for the 25th anniversary next year and they didn't. Something instead made them rush it.

44 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

 

It says Linkin Park is with a new agent, that's pretty significant news.

What does this generally imply for the band beyond "They have a reason to need a new agent"?

Kinda shocked there's no acapella but I guess the need to include the actual song itself is more important than that. Anyway, hyped for the instrumental.

On 4/11/2024 at 9:17 AM, YRQRM0 said:

 

dude you already strawmanned the complaint in the shoutbox once, we're clearly not saying we wanna watch the old quality, we're saying we want to watch the best source available sans AI artifacts. basically the same convo DBZ fans have had with every home disc release lol 

If enough people wanted to buy that, the Level sets would have been successful.

I have a personal investment in good quality anime releases, for, well, Reasons, but if the market is given the opportunity and the fans don't come, there's not a lot anyone can do. I'd like for them to try again, but...

3 hours ago, Alexonlyalex said:

Official:

Oh, I love Kamen Rider Zero One!

16 minutes ago, lpliveusername said:

BEHIND THE SOOOOOOONG!

WRAPPED UP INSIDE YOUR MIX

56 minutes ago, arcyy57 said:

Honestly, I think the same too. I don't think they're really ready to do music again, since everybody's got something on their plates now

Hell, even that is adding too much speculation to the pot. This could be false whether or not the band is cooking as we speak. This could also be something true that he doesn't actually know and is just being weird about. It's a really weird claim, unremarked upon in the moment (despite being kind of a big deal)-- dropped, then just moved on from, and then hastily denied. Hell, I'd probably believe it was some kind of weird mix-up even if they did hire a woman as the lead. What reason does this guy have to know about it? Being in contact with the band previously isn't necessarily conducive to being in contact with the band currently (Even indirectly). The best we can offer there is speculation, when we really just don't know anything other than "Shit's weird, yo."

For what it's worth he could be conflating memories of LP working with Kiiara for "Heavy".

Whole number of things could have lead to this statement.

7 minutes ago, linkindan said:

Excuse me, but that bitch is in my country right now and I can’t find out anything about what’s going except that she sneezed and played *checks notes* her own songs at her own concert

You say that, but my joke album title is going to make it to the subreddits, then to the rumor articles, and then it'll be back to this thread in time for my morning coffee.

11 minutes ago, linkindan said:

Oh god, that’s all we need for LP

Linkin Park Presents: That's All, Folks! We Are Never, Ever, Ever Getting Back Together!

37 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

Doesn't track 14 have to be on this list somewhere? https://linkinpedia.com/?title=List_Of_Unreleased_Songs

Looking for an Answer, Out of Reach, or something never heard of, right? What else even is there?

We'd never even heard of "Lost" before it was out. We knew the demo, yes, but the final song is so different it almost doesn't count. We barely even recognized it because the vocal hook had completely changed and had no idea it'd gotten as far and as polished as it did.

I'm just one person and I make a minimum of 55 demos a year as a hobbyist (one a week!), I can't imagine what sits on LP's drives that they just haven't told us about. Most of it terrible, but some gold that just didn't quite shine brightly enough for sure.