Justin

"The album performed well commercially, debuting at number one in several countries. It also became the band's fifth number-one album on the Billboard 200, and was certified Gold in five countries."

"Mike Shinoda says Linkin Park has an unreleased song with Chester Bennington. Click here to find out when it may drop!"

These are some really great answers.

LP used to give the stage to DBS during their encore to perform a few songs. LP also performed Welcome by FM. They always supported each other's side projects. I remember when Mike brought Chester out to sing on Where'd You Go in 2006. That was a great moment.

This remix gives me vibes of a cross between Meteora and MTM. Great stuff as always!!!

He meant that they put what they decide, as a collective, are the best songs to put on the record. It's definitely subjective. Music always is. They made the decision to not include NRL on Minutes to Midnight, when most of us all love that song and think it should have been included. So, in his opinion, the best LP songs are the ones that have been released on their albums.

Omg... are you talking about the asshole who was like "You guys ARE getting a new singer, correct?" "How do you feel about the possibility of foul play in Chester's death?" I was angry for Mike when I watched that video, and to his credit Mike kept his cool.

I've always wondered if Phoenix gets way less royalties than the rest of the band for HT, since he is apparently only credited as a writer on two HT songs and doesn't perform at all on the album. I would assume so.

I just mentioned In Between because, to me, that's the weakest song on that record. I actually like it, but in comparison to the rest and NRL I would have voted it out. Also, In Between and NRL are the only two songs with Mike on lead singing vocals, so it makes sense to compare them for that reason as well.

Somebody should ask Mike to look us in the eyes (the camera) and say, with a straight face, that In Between is a better song than No Roads Left. Lol

Mark Morton is a class act. He’s always been a great person. Cross Off is a great song.

I remember SOB having an issue with the label. If I remember correctly, Ryu made it known that he felt kind of abandoned by Mike, because Mike was off on tour with LP during the whole dispute and therefore didn’t get involved on SOB’s behalf.

I mean, we know in 2005 the band stood up to the label, very publicly, for what they perceived to be unfair treatment and shady business practices. They thought the label wouldn't back them appropriately with marketing/promotion, etc., and they wound up renegotiating their entire deal. It would be interesting to hear Mike talk about that, and what the thought process was by essentially calling WBR's bluff by going public with their grievances, but I doubt he would go into detail on it now. The label and band's relationship has done a complete 180 from that low point. It was much more bitter than I remembered when I went back and read about it. Brad's remarks about it were surprisingly blunt.

Chester's singing on the outro of that song was cool though lol

How is that his fault though? He got their foot in the door by signing them in the first place.

I think part of it is not wanting to lean on Chester's legacy to find success as a band in the future, and part of it is wanting to dispel any impressions that they're cashing in on the loss of Chester. I think for them it's more about releasing that stuff when it feels like the right time.

I don't know about Brad, but I always thought it was similar to what happened between Mike and SOB, where they were upset at Mike for not using his perceived clout with the label to get their way.

Some casual fans probably don't know about that complicated history and just know that she worked with Mike during TRT era of Fort Minor. I don't think the issues have ever been publicly acknowledged by either party (I could be wrong). She was asked about Mike on a Reddit AMA before and she just said Mike was cool, but yeah I think there was some animosity between her and the label.

Usually when he refunds questions he says why on the stream. Did he in your case? It could be as simple as your question being cut off. That happened to me before. He read a few words and then said something along the lines of “You got cut off, I’ll refund the bucks. See if you can condense the question a little more”. Unfortunately those of us with deeper or more layered questions have to contend with the character limit of what Mike sees.

I don't have 50 thousand dollars, so I'll have to take a pass on that. If I had 50 thousand dollars, as much as I love LP, I would buy a car or put a down payment on a house. Or both.

Yeah, but we have no way to verify that any of this is even real. He just came in and said “my friend’s friend who is an executive at the label gave these to me. I can’t provide any proof at all because I could be charged with espionage.... but if you give me 50 thousand dollars I’ll take that risk.” I don’t think a blind leap of faith is the best course of action in a situation like this.

Seems totally legit and above board. It's refreshing to have such a consummate professional deign us with their presence.

Mike probably thinks it would be boring for a lot of people. He might be right, actually, but I know most of us would be totally fascinated. This whole video was great and the amount of detail he went into was awesome.

Yeah this dude seems super friendly, and his hand is distracting now that you pointed that out LOL

Woah! This is fascinating and unexpected! Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention!