Do you mean met like in person or how I first discovered them? Anyway I'll cover both
1) I found Linkin Park when I first got an iPod and didn't know what music to put on it back in 2007. My friend recommended Minutes to Midnight. I used limewire and actually found the Tribal Ink fake songs and listened to those for weeks thinking it was LP. After finding the real album, it became better and better to me after each listen. Then I went back and listened to the earlier albums. At first, I hated it, but I kept listening to it and it eventually clicked and became great to me (I don't know how that works).
1) ( I actually met Linkin Park at the iTunes Festival show in 2011 by winning a Music For Relief auction. That was probably the most nervous I've ever been for anything. Looking back on it, it seems silly to feel like that.
3) I have every album of course
4) My favourite album is A Thousand Suns by a long, long way. There's a ton of great shows it's hard to pick one. I'm kinda biased towards to shows that I went to.
5) On some days it's The Catalyst. Other days it's Krwlng or Burning In The Skies
6) I guess they have a lot of relateable songs. I'd say Empty Spaces is up there with the best.
7) Mike. The guy is a legend!