Does Linkin Park goes prog?

aramg wrote: I despise Linkin Park...and don't call me ignorant for not explaining myself, cause no explanation is necessary

chamberry wrote: Jason_Clement wrote: Be afraid...very....very afraid. Next thing you know, there will be progressive rap... There's already progressive rap...

Indeed, though I somehow don't see Linkin Park heading in a Dalek-esque direction...

My only question is whether the guys name is Shinoda or Sinoba...

I think it's nothing more than a commercial thing. Modern Prog acts such as Tool and The Mars Volta have done very well in recent years, so Linkin Park probably thought they could earn some more money by saying they're Prog inspired. Smells like bullsh*t to me.

It's the next (not so) logically progressive step...  LP already was two-thirds ELP -- albeit in acronym only, of course.

I'm glad to know of it... more people might be inclined to hear the bands that Linkin Park cite as influential to their new album.


Edited by Logan - November 19 2006 at 20:26

Even if the album turns out to be prog, it still won't be good becuase it Linkin Park.

The Wizard wrote: Even if the album turns out to be prog, it still won't be good becuase it Linkin Park.

Precisely.  You can put sh*t in a baking pan and sprinkle powdered sugar over-top but that wouldn't make it a brownie.

Linkin Park have said that they are taking influence from seminal prog-rock artists on their new album. The band have been holed up in the studio with Rick Rubin who has immersed them in Pink Floyd, King Crimson and even Emerson, Lake & Palmer records. Mike Shinoda from the band even joked that they have had a Moog synthesiser in the studio from the offset

+++sound of head being beaten repeatedly on desk+++

Speaking to Bilboard, Sinoba... tells fans to expect something different from their previous two long-players, "it's time to step outside the box and try something new."

Like recording an album which does not rely on the hackneyed cliches they've been churning out for the last 10 years or so, perhaps?

Just as well this does not happen the other way around - imagine it; David Gilmour in skater pants & a baseball cap, Gentle Giant on the cover of "Keranng!" magazine, a moshpit at a Mostly Autumn gig, Phil Collins in the charts... ah!

So should we expect a bunch of Linkin Park fans discovering PA and starting to post here?

Bastille Dude wrote: I|I|I|I|I wrote: Bastille Dude wrote: Linkin Park have said that they are taking influence from seminal prog-rock artists on their new album. Ummm... I wish they wouldn't. They should just keep doing what they do best, creating hackneyed, mediocre, hamfisted pablum. I don't understand why you would want that. I, for one, am quite happy to hear that Linkin Park may take their music in a "proggier" direction. Proves that prog is becoming mainstream again. People should rejoice, for crying out loud. I'll certainly check the album out, even if I won't buy it. Hey it's just my opinion, but they should leave the prog to the professionals.

They ARE professionals.

There are plenty of excellent non-prog musicians who write sh*tty music because they think it's what will make them popular. I think it's a step in the right direction for a band to try and write some good music for a change.

And everyone saying it will automatically fail need to realize that their singer is actually quite good, their bassist isn't bad, and their guitarist very well might improve if he's listening to prog music and practicing.

It's like chastising a bully who's trying to be non-violent, saying, "oh, you can't do it because you're a bully". It's the same thing to chastise a band who plays sh*tty music from trying to incorporate progressive influences.