Hybrid1988

8 hours ago, Hahninator said:

For those of you who don't believe Sean is a motherfucker to people on Facebook, this is just from today where he tries to push his revisionist narrative on everyone.

 

 

"We lash out at internet trolls who have. I [sic] clue what they're talking about and live in some sort of fantasy land."

So... Toby and John?

All this aside, are you telling me nobody at the label saw this coming at all? Whenever LP had listening parties, they were done in person, in controlled environments (WBR offices usually) much closer to release (usually ~2-3 weeks in advance). Of course someone was going to “leak” this. Leak in quotations because they invited this to happen when they decided to STREAM THE ALBUM MONTHS IN ADVANCE ON THE INTERNET. el oh el. Sean can throw all the hissy fits he wants, at the end of the day, he’s the one who should’ve stepped in and said “hey maybe we should save the album stream until sometime closer to release”.

Listened to it. Some songs are genuinely pretty good. But my god, B12 is all sorts of bad. It was never my favorite song to begin with but geeze, they did that song no favors with that new arrangement. 

Well deserved! As sordomuda said, a legendary video!

What a fucking mess. 

Couldn't hear it too well but it sounded decent. Can't really judge it fully until I get some lyrics and a good quality stream.

Unfortunately, I was only 11-13 during the Hybrid Theory era so I don't have a ton of merch from those years. This is what I was able to dig up though:

https://imgur.com/gp43SQq

https://imgur.com/YHUQN68

I'll be much more prepared for the Meteora, etc. anniversaries

#3 please!

although Truth be told I’m not terribly into any of them

1 hour ago, sordomuda said:

funny how suddenly there are so many photos of Chester with GD in this footage but yet they chose a photo from LP for their promo merch lmfao 

Someone that calls himself a "tattooed millionaire" is only focused on one thing, and it's not artistic credibility.

Barring all of the music related drama, I could never bring myself to support someone who is an alt-right sympathizer. I know for a fact Chester would not stand for calling a teenager who saw his friends get gunned down a "fraud". Way to "show love" to everything Chester stood for.

3 hours ago, blacksheep0047 said:

But with the arrival of Linkin Park — fresh voices in nu metal with songs that propelled the band’s debut album to diamond certification — Dowdell says the band’s label, Warner Bros., wiped the internet clean of any mentions of Grey Daze, because it was a “competing product.”

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The thing about that statement though is that it’s not true. 

Band was absolutely on fire in 2004. Everything was fresh, only 3 (and HTEP) albums to pull from. Tons of deep cuts that would later get dropped or rotated in the later years. Really lucky to have been a fan during this era. 

7 hours ago, Garret said:

I love that Sean said they aren’t replacing Chester. Wish LP had the brass balls to say it like he did. Sean is a true friend.

eh, that’s just lip service and marketing. It’s not like they were ever going to recruit a vocalist, make new material, and tour under the Grey Daze name. Nobody outside of the more dedicated side of the LP fan base really knows or cares who they are. 
 

LP on the other hand are one of the biggest bands in the world and every thing they say or seemingly imply is scrutinized by every rock outlet on the planet. Even if they don’t ever plan on replacing Chester (and I’m a firm believer that they won’t) they can’t just go and outright say it until they are ready to make an announcement. Why? Because if they ever decide to have guest vocals or hell, even change their mind, they’ll be trashed for being liars. They’re smarter than that. 
 

Long reply but at the end of the day, I agree with you, they should just continue on with Mike on vocal duties. As long as Mike and Brad are on board, a huge part of the LP songwriting DNA is present and with Chester gone, that’s the best we can hope for. 

Not a fan of the production on this. I'm no audiophile but it didn't sound good to me. The vocals sound buried under the loud instrumentals. 

Overall, idk how to feel about this album. I think I would've rather had a proper remaster/rerelease of the original material if they wanted to share Chester's origins before joining LP. Maybe i'm just biased. Not a fan of SD and this whole thing feels off to me. Wish we could get something DBS related instead. The Julien-k guys are awesome people.

First listen hot take: This album is pure fucking flames! I was skeptical of the guest features but they really brought something special to the album. Never listened to K. Flay before this and was pleasantly surprised with how well her Vocals complimented Mike's production. IOU is an ignant banger. Worlds on Fire sounds heavily NIN inspired. Overall, my expectations were met and exceeded!

As far as I’m concerned he has no place playing anything off of MTM, Meteora or HT. The rest I don’t care about but cmon.

Jesus Christ man...

Ill be at Identity! Tons of hardcore LP fans will be going. Should be lots of fun! Ill try my best to keep a record of the set if nobody else can. Signed up for a m&g too so mabe Ill get to chat with mike for a quick sec.

Oh and this post reminds me, Im totally calling a Dan Reynolds collab. If not on the album then live.

Edit: didnt see that the track list was posted earlier. Oops! Haha

 

I don't complain about poppy sound. I really like pop songs, even more I like the pop songs from Linkin Park. I just think that this kind of style doesn't fit Mike's solo project. But of course I may be wrong and it'll somehow fit, I don't know. I'll see tomorrow... I think I will enjoy the song, I can even see from this snippet.

Every song Mike makes fits his solo project by virtue of the fact that its Mike himself creating it

The song is much more light and poppy than anything off post traumatic. But as you can see from the lyrics so far, its still very personal. I think the song is great!

Aww yes LPL takeover! I'll definitely be in attendance!

To those hearing the new song, what kinda song it is?

There's rapping or not?

And also someone know where the song and the album gonna be released?

Alright bear with me here, I'm pretty tired after a day at work and being outside with fellow fans. Not to mention this was played in the middle of a ~50 person circle with a bluetooth speaker. I'll try my best to describe it but i'm not the best at describing music. I'll try hard to not misrepresent what we heard. I'll jot down my thoughts as they come to me:

-The song does not have rapping. This is more along the lines of what we've heard on One More Light (but it's definitely a Mike and not LP song).

-The song is about 3 to 3.5 minutes long at most. It doesn't overstay it's welcome and definitely feels like the perfect length.

-The chorus is super catchy! It's still repeating in my head. Mike played the song twice and dared us to try and sing along the second time. We were all able to nail the chorus right away.

-The bridge has this really cool drum sounding beat that kicks in. It gave me the same feeling I got when I first heard the New Divide bridge. It comes at you almost unexpectedly and mixes up the sound of the song in a new way. It's a highlight of the song for me.

-This song has a lot of common elements we've heard from Mike and LP. Things like the song growing in sound as it progresses. Think of how songs like Heavy, Iridescent, and Shadow of the Day have their instrumentals get bigger as it goes on. In addition, Mike sings the chorus acapella/with quiet instrumentals (I couldn't really tell between the two) just before the final chorus kicks back in with the music (i.e. Heavy, Final Masquerade).

-Not sure if i'm allowed to share the name of the song or some lyrics. What I can say is that this song continues the intimate approach that we got with Post Traumatic. Personal lyrics but delivered with an optimistic, almost upbeat sound is how i'd describe the song overall.

-Don't expect to hear it anytime soon. Mike said it's going to be a while before anyone gets to hear it. The version we heard was not mixed or mastered. It was Mike's own mix. Still sounded great though!

Alright! That's everything that I can remember off the top of my head. It went by so fast!

Oh damn hahaha. The LP paparazzi caught me twinning it up with Mike!

Still have the chorus looping in my head. Suuuuuper catchy. We’re in for a treat with this album.

I'll toss in my vote for Jon Green as an unofficial 7th member! I got chills hearing him sing Battle Symphony at the show. He was fantastic for the whole show.

I’ll be there!

Section N1! I can't wait to meet all of you!