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I'm so glad I got to hear the album this past Monday, cause damn they're revealing a lot these past few LPTVs

The GM of Warner Bros. Records told us they really wanted to make an album that was new, that no one had done before and they had complete creative control over. He told us there was no outside influence at all. I think the tension comes from just pushing themselves the furthest they've ever gone, or maybe during the process they felt stuff wasn't unique enough and drove them insane until they got it right. It's difficult to come up with new ideas and throw away you know has worked in the past.

They took away our note sheets, we couldn't bring in cellphones or cameras. The album blends from track to track and some tracks have parts in them that make them sound like a different track it's hard to remember detail after one listen. There's a lot of depth to most of the songs, with very un-linkin park unorthodox song structures. There is very little guitar, and when it's there it's not really in the foreground, it's more blended in with the other layers of sounds, like in the The Catalyst. The songs that have guitar as the loudest element are more used in a hip hop style beat loop, heavy as hell and they just sound different. I liked those songs the most.

lol sup. wooo lasers!

I was also there, I should've copied down my notes from the sheet they made us fill out but oh well. You're all in for a real surprise the first listen through. Overall I found the album as a whole pretty shocking, Minutes to Midnight was baby steps, A Thousand Suns is running full sprint, in terms of uniqueness and how different of a direction they went. The songs are definitely better on multiple listens and the album really flows from track to track really well. It really feels like a full complete album, like each song just adds to create one big picture in the end. My favorite songs were When They Come For Me Wating For the End Blackout Wretches and Kings By the way if you already RSVP'd for the laser show, you're definitely in, that's what Adam and Jessica told us.

Yay got picked, so you all there, thanks Adam!

Sent the email, I live pretty close to Burbank, hopefully I get picked, I'll let you guys know if I do.

haha my girlfriend also LOATHES Linkin Park, Chester's voice really irritates her. The only song she likes is "Shadow of the Day", she really really hated The Catalyst. BTW for the rest of the community the RSVP for the LA Laser Show is up on lpunderground.com for current LPU members. Hopefully I get picked, I do have the LPU9 Premier Pass. edit: back on topic, I think $60 is rape but I'll reserve final judgement when we know all the LPUX details.

sent chills down the spine, really curious how the final song sounds liek

love the intro and really love the lift me up outro.

it's rather bizarre, but it fits with the whole notion trying to really push the music and be "genre busting" on that note the cover works but aesthetically I don't find it too appealing.

Awesome contest, hopefully more like this happen in the future

What is your favorite Linkin Park live moment and why? From 2000 to now, whether it's a show you've been to or not, what is your favorite moment of the band's live history? For me it was the first time I got to hear them play live at the House of Blues Jimmy Kimmel Live! 18.05.2007 specifically hearing "Somewhere I Belong" live, It's just one of the songs I relate to from time to time and it never got old. To finally hear it live and see the band perform it was a surreal experience, it was insane and I'll always remember that. It was a big deal to me because I've been listening to Linkin Park since 2001 and for some reason every show I wanted to go to something happened or it fell on a date that I couldn't attend. So finally 6 years later I was lucky enough to get free tickets to the Jimmy Kimmel Live! taping. That was one of the best experiences in my life I've ever had.

They've always recorded at NRG, they even did a couple songs from Minutes to Midnight at NRG, I think "What I've Done" was one of them.

I went to the kimmel show, here's a scan of my ticket stub for proof THEY DID NOT PLAY RUNAWAY, this I know for sure. As for the set list I don't remember the order the songs were played in but the one on lplive seems correct.

Were there a lot of different design directions before the final result or did Chester really have one clear specific idea and you executed it the way you thought he visioned the album art to look like? What advice would you give to aspiring graphic designers looking to get into album art and the designing for the music industry? Thanks!

This was the video they played at the very end of the exhibit. Glad he put it up online

I'm definitely going to go, I've been to both of Mike's art openings, hopefully the LPU does another priority contest.

I really don't know how some of the fans got to be in the middle, I showed up pretty early got in the right line for LPUers and ended up on the left side but very close to the stage at least because we were the first line to be led into the stage area.

It was an excellent show, I got decent standing area on the left side of the stage. Brad, Mike, and Chester were close enough at times to give the girl next to me handshakes. I tried recording the audio with my cell phone but it came out like shit. Fans were super loud, I could only really hear Chester's vocals on New Divide because not that many people knew the lyrics yet lol. Awesome live song btw, the distorted breakdown is bad ass.

I got in through LPU, w00t!