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Saw it on Machineshopspot
http://www.machineshopspot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2443
The magazine scan was hard to read... so i typed it up (Yea i was bored as hell) save you guys a few minutes of squinting
“This is a whole new animal…”
Linkin Park put the finishing touches to their much-anticipated third album
After more than a year of working on their long-awaited follow-up to 2003’s “Meteora”, Linkin Park are preparing to make a comeback with their third album. The band, which features vocalist Chester Bennington, MC Mike Shinoda, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, turtablist Joseph Hahn and drummer Rob Bourdon, have been recording with producer Rick Rubin, who’s worked with the likes of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slayer and System of a Down, in Personal Studio, in Los Angeles. After taking nearly a two-year break, the sextet have spent the last 12 months writing and working on over 100 songs.
“That break was necessary and mandatory.” Farrell admits to Kerrang!. “We had done a ton of work for our first two albums and, in between them, we had been remixing, writing new material and touring constantly. Those tour years were brutal and exhausting. Being at home for awhile allowed us to get excited about doing this again.”
Although no title has been confirmed for the new album, which is due for release in spring, rumours suggest that it may be called “Trials and Tribulations”. The band, however, are remaining tight-lipped about their ideas for now.
“We’re horrible at naming things!” laughs the bassist. “At the moment each of us has their own idea, so we have about six different titles, which will all probably change.”
Here, then, frontman Chester Bennington and Phoenix Farrell reveal all about Linkin Park’s forthcoming album…
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE THE ALBUM NEARLY FINISHED?
Chester Bennington: “It’s exciting. We’ve been working on this for a year. I’m very, very proud of this.”
Phoenix Farrell: “I hope people can listen to it with an open mind because this is a whole new animal.”
WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG?
Chester Bennington: “On the last two albums we came into the studio with about 30 songs that were pretty much ready. This time, though, we had about 130 songs. The philosophy was, “Don’t rush art”. We decided to just take it where it wasn’t and our plan was to keep writing if the songs kept coming. If anything sounded to much like the last two records then we forgot about it.”
Phoenix: We got a lot of good ideas down, but it was a challenge to do things differently and that made the process go on for a lot longer than we expected. We threw away any of our preconceptions about what Linkin Park are supposed to sound like. It meant that we came up with a lot of different sounds. It also made for a much more organic record and that was very rewarding for all of us.”
SO WE CAN EXPECT SOMETHING RADICALLY DIFFERENT, THEN?
Chester: “Yes, I played a few tracks to a couple of my friends and they all said the same thing. They said, ‘This is totally different, you’re taking this to another place.’ We’ve ventured into different musical territory. There aren’t a lot of big, heavy, banging guitars. We’ve been focusing more on musical layers and textures.”
Phoenix: “There’s more soul behind what we’re doing now. This music has more heart and a much deeper feel to it.”
WILL PEOPLE STILL THINK OF YOU AS A NU-METAL BAND?
Chester: “We wanted to get rid of anything that sounded like nu-metal. We really don’t like being branded as a nu-metal band. We enjoy growing as musicians. We’re trying to find new ways of presenting ourselves. When we wrote “Hybrid Theory”, we were kids. We had a different outlook on things, it was a different time. But we’ve kept the elements of the band that have worked, that define who we are, but at the same time, there’s a lot of beautiful music on this record.”
Phoenix: “I’m not sure if anyone knows what nu-metal means anyway. We’re our own thing.”
WHAT SORT OF THINGS ARE YOU DEALING WITH IN THE LYRICS?
Chester: “The songs are about things we’re experiencing. We’re a little older and more mature now and we’ve gone through a lot of changes in the past couple of years.”
WHAT CHANGES?
Chester: “In the last few years I got divorced, remarried and had another baby. I love all my money in the divorce and I’m only just starting to get back on my feet. It’s been like a rollercoaster, one day you’re married, the next day you’re not. One day you’re rich, the next day you’re not. I’m happy now, but at times it has felt like being hung, drawn and quartered. I’ve been pulled in every direction.”
HAS IT BEEN CATHARTIC TO RELEAST THOSE FEELINGS ON THIS RECORD?
Chester: “It’s been difficult. I want to be able to write about things that I’ve experienced. The interesting difference between Mike and me is that Mike writes very poetic lyrics. His words are beautiful. So we write separately, then we come together and start changing things around. There’s more vulnerability and color in the way I’m singing now.”
YOU HAVE SOLD 37 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE, ARE YOU FEELING A LOT OF PRESSURE WITH THIS NEW ONE?
Chester: “If this record only sells one or two million copies, that’s a huge failure. We really wouldn’t be happy if that happened. I would be upset because I take a lot of pride in what I do. I know the rest of the band does too. I’d think, ‘People just don’t ****ing get it!’. But I wouldn’t start second-guessing the work we’ve done. People will understand that this is a great record. They may need time to absorb it. At the same time, we’re really just trying to make the best music we can make.”
Phoenix: “I think each band member would give you a different answer to that! I think there’s a ton of pressure. There’re expectations from fans, from ourselves and from the record label. But we don’t tend to do well unless there is that pressure. We need it to motivate and challenge us into making our best work.”
http://www.machineshopspot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2443
The magazine scan was hard to read... so i typed it up (Yea i was bored as hell) save you guys a few minutes of squinting
“This is a whole new animal…”
Linkin Park put the finishing touches to their much-anticipated third album
After more than a year of working on their long-awaited follow-up to 2003’s “Meteora”, Linkin Park are preparing to make a comeback with their third album. The band, which features vocalist Chester Bennington, MC Mike Shinoda, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, turtablist Joseph Hahn and drummer Rob Bourdon, have been recording with producer Rick Rubin, who’s worked with the likes of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slayer and System of a Down, in Personal Studio, in Los Angeles. After taking nearly a two-year break, the sextet have spent the last 12 months writing and working on over 100 songs.
“That break was necessary and mandatory.” Farrell admits to Kerrang!. “We had done a ton of work for our first two albums and, in between them, we had been remixing, writing new material and touring constantly. Those tour years were brutal and exhausting. Being at home for awhile allowed us to get excited about doing this again.”
Although no title has been confirmed for the new album, which is due for release in spring, rumours suggest that it may be called “Trials and Tribulations”. The band, however, are remaining tight-lipped about their ideas for now.
“We’re horrible at naming things!” laughs the bassist. “At the moment each of us has their own idea, so we have about six different titles, which will all probably change.”
Here, then, frontman Chester Bennington and Phoenix Farrell reveal all about Linkin Park’s forthcoming album…
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE THE ALBUM NEARLY FINISHED?
Chester Bennington: “It’s exciting. We’ve been working on this for a year. I’m very, very proud of this.”
Phoenix Farrell: “I hope people can listen to it with an open mind because this is a whole new animal.”
WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG?
Chester Bennington: “On the last two albums we came into the studio with about 30 songs that were pretty much ready. This time, though, we had about 130 songs. The philosophy was, “Don’t rush art”. We decided to just take it where it wasn’t and our plan was to keep writing if the songs kept coming. If anything sounded to much like the last two records then we forgot about it.”
Phoenix: We got a lot of good ideas down, but it was a challenge to do things differently and that made the process go on for a lot longer than we expected. We threw away any of our preconceptions about what Linkin Park are supposed to sound like. It meant that we came up with a lot of different sounds. It also made for a much more organic record and that was very rewarding for all of us.”
SO WE CAN EXPECT SOMETHING RADICALLY DIFFERENT, THEN?
Chester: “Yes, I played a few tracks to a couple of my friends and they all said the same thing. They said, ‘This is totally different, you’re taking this to another place.’ We’ve ventured into different musical territory. There aren’t a lot of big, heavy, banging guitars. We’ve been focusing more on musical layers and textures.”
Phoenix: “There’s more soul behind what we’re doing now. This music has more heart and a much deeper feel to it.”
WILL PEOPLE STILL THINK OF YOU AS A NU-METAL BAND?
Chester: “We wanted to get rid of anything that sounded like nu-metal. We really don’t like being branded as a nu-metal band. We enjoy growing as musicians. We’re trying to find new ways of presenting ourselves. When we wrote “Hybrid Theory”, we were kids. We had a different outlook on things, it was a different time. But we’ve kept the elements of the band that have worked, that define who we are, but at the same time, there’s a lot of beautiful music on this record.”
Phoenix: “I’m not sure if anyone knows what nu-metal means anyway. We’re our own thing.”
WHAT SORT OF THINGS ARE YOU DEALING WITH IN THE LYRICS?
Chester: “The songs are about things we’re experiencing. We’re a little older and more mature now and we’ve gone through a lot of changes in the past couple of years.”
WHAT CHANGES?
Chester: “In the last few years I got divorced, remarried and had another baby. I love all my money in the divorce and I’m only just starting to get back on my feet. It’s been like a rollercoaster, one day you’re married, the next day you’re not. One day you’re rich, the next day you’re not. I’m happy now, but at times it has felt like being hung, drawn and quartered. I’ve been pulled in every direction.”
HAS IT BEEN CATHARTIC TO RELEAST THOSE FEELINGS ON THIS RECORD?
Chester: “It’s been difficult. I want to be able to write about things that I’ve experienced. The interesting difference between Mike and me is that Mike writes very poetic lyrics. His words are beautiful. So we write separately, then we come together and start changing things around. There’s more vulnerability and color in the way I’m singing now.”
YOU HAVE SOLD 37 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE, ARE YOU FEELING A LOT OF PRESSURE WITH THIS NEW ONE?
Chester: “If this record only sells one or two million copies, that’s a huge failure. We really wouldn’t be happy if that happened. I would be upset because I take a lot of pride in what I do. I know the rest of the band does too. I’d think, ‘People just don’t ****ing get it!’. But I wouldn’t start second-guessing the work we’ve done. People will understand that this is a great record. They may need time to absorb it. At the same time, we’re really just trying to make the best music we can make.”
Phoenix: “I think each band member would give you a different answer to that! I think there’s a ton of pressure. There’re expectations from fans, from ourselves and from the record label. But we don’t tend to do well unless there is that pressure. We need it to motivate and challenge us into making our best work.”
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