Hybrid1988

That was great!

All other criticism aside, it just feels like such a lazy and tired gimmick at this point. It’s been done before by them and others countless times. It doesn’t inspire confidence in the creativity of the upcoming cycle at all for me. They need new ideas, badly.

Long time fan here. Agree 100% Also, the LP Discord is a dumpster fire. As are most communities when band let fans run things. They really need someone on staff to run it. It’s not welcoming at all.

That Gunz guy is the LAST person who should be chiming in LOL.

I agree with that. Still a lame stunt.

Agree to disagree. Definitely not angry/bitter/toxic. I actually don't really care about the return too much. I've got my fill of LP with Chester, I've moved on. I just think they could've thrown their fans a bone for once as a thank you for sticking around. Even a simple "We are back, more info soon" would've been HUGE news and went a long way to reassuring the folks that are over here taking days off of work and getting themselves sick over thse marketing tactics. I think it feels tone deaf. If you're having fun, cool.

Considering how the band "ended" 7 years ago, this just feels tasteless. I think they missed the mark with this one.

they are going to draaaaaag this out. If they dragged out HT20 and M20 (and every other announcement in their career), you bet your ass they are going to make you guys wait.

fucking LOL

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Oh snap! I actually think you cracked the code on this!

Great pick!

Yo, relax my dude. You could've just asked "What is HE?" 😅

what did everyone have for lunch today?

this would be the best case scenario for me. I would support this 100% the reality is I think there is zero chance they ditch the Linkin park name. It doesn’t make any business sense. LP is a business venture.

LP’s team watch our posts and shout boxes like hawks. People gotta learn to start sharing this stuff in other places if you want to maintain sources of info.

Thank you Jay Gordon!

Seems like they're going to introduce the new singer by having them cover Bleed it Out.

hard pass.

Nice. I never got THP when it came out so I can snag this one to finish off my collection. Nice to see they kept the etching. Aside from a MTM20 or ATHS20 I’m done on getting more albums.

stop

Going big with my predictions. 2025: - Headlining all or most Danny WImmer fests in the US. Billed as 25 Year anniversary of Hybrid Theory - Headliner Shows in major A market cities - Sick New World headliner - Small LA area show as a warmup to touring OR live debut with new singer at Coachella (either as Headliner, Top row billing, or surprise set) - At least 1 new song to get everyone introduced to new singer. No album right away - TONS of merch. TONS.

Welp, if Billboard is posting this, then it's probably more likely than not that this is something that is going to happen. Interested to see how it plays out even if I'm not really interested in seeing this version of the band. Especially if it's not going to be all 5 members (which is somewhat loosely implied based on the article). One thing is for sure, this place is about to liven up quite a bit!

"They're interesting" 😅😬

If this happens, it's going to be a new low point in terms of the band's decisions. I think the difference between an action figure and a digital avatar lies in the potential for ease of likeness misuse on a large scale to a larger audience. Sure, someone can pose an action figure or place a funko pop in a tasteless way, but an avatar in Fortnite has animations, accessories (weapons, tools, etc.), and freedom of player expression right from the get go. In addition to easy access to record clips on PC/consoles, there is much less effort needed to share something in bad taste to a playerbase/fanbase of millions. This isn't something new though. Activision was sued by Courtney when an avatar of Kurt Cobain was able to be used in Guitar Hero to play non-Nirvana tracks. With something like Fortnite which is basically Ready Player One in terms of pop culture saturation, you can have Chester doing all kinds of silly (at best) things. Maybe they would restrict his likeness in some way. If this release, will this be some great catastrophe that I will despair over? Nah. It's their band and Talinda and Chester's estate will do what they see fit with his image, but I will think it's lame as hell and will make me question the band's motivations. Especially with Mike being on record dismissing a Chester live hologram. Not totally the same thing but I think it's fair to say it's at least in a similar realm.