+1000.
I'm sick and tired of going anywhere and talk about Linkin Park and see all these haters. Even on LP sites (not this one). He is right about the internet being a place that is, sadly, full of negative people. And what they complain about is very childish. You ONLY like heavy guitars?. Grow up. I do love heavy guitars, but I also love electronics and samples, and there's nothing wrong with liking both things. Music is all about doing what you feel, what makes you happy. So if creating new things is what makes you happy, so be it.
As Richard Z Kruspe, Rammstein's founder and lead guitarrist, said before releasing their 2009 album Liebe Ist Für Alle Da, "if you like our previous albums, go listen to them. Each album we make is a different one, and we don't want to make the same album over and over". That's not the exact words he used because I don't remember them, but that's the message. I'm using his words because Mike has already said this a thousand times, and some people still don't get it. Maybe in another musician's and creative mind they finally understand.
Music is a universe of sounds, so leave your little planet for a minute and take a look at the galaxies. You can always go back if you don't like what you see (hear). But just because YOU don't like it you don't need to talk shit about it.
So thank you Mike for writing that. You guys created a whole new dimension to music, a sound (and I'm not talking about only specific sounds, I'm talking about the journey the album takes you on) no one has ever done before. Congratulations. No matter what people say, right now I'm proud to be an LP fan.