What was your reaction to Linkin Park? [Archive] - OFFICIAL LINKIN PARK MESSAGE BOARD

Crube

01-13-2008, 12:43 PM

I'm feeling brave today, so I've decided to actually make a thread in the LPMB. I first heard about Linkin Park when my little brother brought home the first album. I've heard about the band being some sort of rap and metal mix from someone, so I was expecting something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abg2vOQTYrA Anyway, when my brother played the album, I was quite... well... I really didn't get into it at first and I just dismissed them as some new trendy band that probably won't make it after two years. I sort of ignored Reanimation considering it was simply a remix of Hybrid Theory, although the video for Pts.Of.Athrty was pretty cool. Come 2003, I kept hearing about works of a new album from them. I picked up the CD/DVD combo pack of Meteora and gave the band a second chance. It was then that I've decided to get Hybrid Theory along with Live in Texas that Christmas. Why Christmas? Well... mostly due to money and why not get stuff for free anyway? Have some fun stories? Share them here? Want to complain about the thread? Well... there is this back button at the top of the web page you can click on. It should send you back to the forums listing.

LP13413

01-13-2008, 06:33 PM

My first LP song was In The End and I got HT for Xmas in 2001, a year after it's release

NoFace

01-13-2008, 08:42 PM

I fell in love with HT the first time I listen to it. I haven't heard any single of theirs before, it's just the whole CD that caught my heard. I remember taking that CD up from the record store cause I read somewhere about Chester's voice. But back home, turn the volume up to loud, I forgot about it. I was melted in the general sound and bang. That's my story. *nods* I guess that's why I'm more into Mike (the sound master) than Chester, tho Chester's still the man.

California_Castaway

01-13-2008, 10:06 PM

I didn't give LP a second glance when I heard them, mostly because I wasn't into rock back then, but secondly because I just thought they sucked =/
Fast-forward about 3 years and I heard my friend play Easier To Run, which I heard somewhere else, he let me listen, and I liked them since.

Mety

01-14-2008, 12:11 AM

well when I hard Linkin Park for the 1st time I didn't think that it is something serious i mean a rock band or something cuz my first LPsong was Numb. I liked it and it was like love for a first sight=) I sang it day and night and than I loaded a ringtone on my cellphone. Everything changed when my friend brought a CD with all albums and she just asked: Do U listen Linkin Park? I sad yeah just because I wanted to hear numb once again. But when I started to listen aother songs I WAS SHOKED!!! That was like... I can't explain... Like a whole nature just in one song. Such a strangth of voice, lyrics, music and emotions so I fall in love with this music. Since that time I'm with LP wherever I go.

Kyurfor

01-14-2008, 12:26 AM

I've like LP's songs immediately! First time I has heard "Cure for the itch" from piracy album "Project revolution: the remixes". It was 3 year ago.

Rob1

01-14-2008, 08:27 AM

I heard One Step Closer in February of 2001. I saw the video once on MTV, and a few days later heard it on the radio. I thought it was pretty sweet, so I went out and got the CD soon afterwards.

WookieBastard

01-14-2008, 06:31 PM

my first contact was OSC on MTV... i thought they're full of crap. Then I saw 5 secs of Crawling on some MTV VMAs and thought it was ok. Then, after hearing people talking about this cool new song "In The End"...i had learnt the lyrics even before ever listening to the actual song... one day i came across the video in MTV and absolutely fall in love with the song. Bought the album the next day (the first album i ever bought) and loved it. Best 13 dls ever spent. That day my life changed.

tpbarbosa

01-14-2008, 06:34 PM

The 1st song I've ever heard was OSC in the radio
But I didn't pay attention to it
After one day my mum called me to watch mtv cause there was a nice video
That was In the end ( which is favorite song til today)
I just fell in love for it .. in the next day (I'm NOT kidding ) I bought HT
So my passin began and continues til today
LP was the 1st metal band I've ever heard <3

WookieBastard

01-14-2008, 10:46 PM

[B]LP was the 1st metal band I've ever heard <3

LP is FAAAAAAAAAR from metal :D , now more than ever.

Liquorice

01-14-2008, 10:54 PM

I've never thought of them as metal. They're unique with their sound (I think), well maybe not now. I never thought of them as any particular kind of music actually. btw - I 1st heard them in 2001 and bought the album soon after. I fell in love with the music straight away. It was a different sound to all the old and hard rock, and reggae I am into.

Chippik

01-16-2008, 12:16 PM

My first song was In The End. Someone who want to create a new musical group please send me letter. Sorry, I bad know english language, because I from Russia. I want to be a singer. I'll be wait =)))

minuteman

01-16-2008, 03:08 PM

My first song was In The End. Someone who want to create a new musical group please send me letter. Sorry, I bad know english language, because I from Russia. I want to be a singer. I'll be wait =)))wow. off-topic.

um ... back then? my reaction was probably 2002's equivalent of "f**k, yeah!" :)

Aleksandra_LP

01-26-2008, 03:18 PM

First song that I heard from them was "Numb".When I 1st saw LP crew in this video and heard Chester's beautiful voice,I was like:"Why I didn't know about this band earlier?They are so f**king awesome!!!".And now,I'm just listening to their songs.
LP isn't the WAY OF LIFE.LP is THE LIFE!

01-26-2008, 07:47 PM

They were getting popular at my school in 5th grade and I heard that they were rock/rap. Then one day i was watching and Somewhere I Belong came out. Their style was very original and I was instantly hooked to their style I liked it a lot to tell you the truth and I thought it was the best song I've heard from them untill I heard One Step Closer, Crawling, or In The End and way more songs. However, back then I never bought their CDs too much I was too into DMX. Then in 06, I started to listen to more rock/metal and I wanted to buy every LP CDs out in the store.

01-26-2008, 07:50 PM

LP is FAAAAAAAAAR from metal :D , now more than ever.
True. But Brad's guitar tone does sound metalish on some songs (Papercut, By Myself, and maybe some other songs)
But I look LP more like Hard Rock and Rap.

Maria74

01-27-2008, 01:39 AM

I first heard of LP when my son was a toddler and heard Crawling on the radio .. he kept saying to me 'i like dong!' (he was about 1 and a half i think). I had ofc missed it so had to wait for it to come on again, but wasn't sure what i was listening out for until my son went crazy again! I was hooked straight away! I bought HT and all the others since then. My husband and i went to see them in Birmingham about 3 or 4 years again, and Nottingham this year. They just keep getting better :)

PS. My son is nearly 12 and still loves them as much as i do :)

Kimberlys

01-27-2008, 02:33 AM

when i first heard in the end, i was taken by the "linkin park syndrome" haha, the love was there.

murtza

01-29-2008, 11:09 AM

i first heard the HT EP i liked it right away, and when i heard they were going to change their name to linkin park i didn't have any real reaction, i was just waiting for their next album which was awesome!!

Rob1

01-29-2008, 11:33 AM

LP is FAAAAAAAAAR from metal :D , now more than ever.

It's worth pointing out that Hybrid Theory did get many, many people into heavier music though, whether most will admit it or not.

Gavvie

01-29-2008, 01:18 PM

My first impressions of LP weren't too great. I didn't get into Crawling at all, and even now it's one of my least favourite LP songs (the Reanimation remix isn't too bad though).

So yeah, I kinda skipped the entirety of Hybrid Theory because I wasn't fond at all, then went and bought Reanimation because I liked the Points of Authority remix, and it bankrolled from there. Bought Meteora, and was initally disappointed by just how short it was, but there isn't really any filler on it, so I can live with it now.

I don't think I could ever say that Linkin Park are one of my favourite bands, but that's probably because I got into them after initially disliking them. Maybe the fourth album will turn them into one of my fav's, because MTM had a really good crack at it, and came very close.

steve12

01-31-2008, 04:52 AM

I became a hardcore fan when I first heard Faint on top of the pops in 2003, before then I liked them but wasn't a hardcore fan like now.

Fluke

01-31-2008, 11:52 AM

I heard them a few times in 2001 over radio and the like. I wasn't too into them then, but regardless i bought the HT album, and wasn't too fussed at the time. Then Meteora came and well, numb blew my head off, and well from there i grew to like just about every song they have today, including all of MTM. :)

3Blin1k1

01-31-2008, 02:17 PM

comfortzone

02-03-2008, 09:28 AM

I think 'In the End' was my first song as well and it was actually my brother who came up with Linkin Park. Although I didn't really understand the lyrics, the music perfectly fit into my emotional mood. I felt special somehow because I thought this was good music whereas every girl was into Pop/Charts.

Sofia_LP4eva

02-05-2008, 11:23 PM

Well I just heard the band's name somewhere so I did a search on youtube and heard their song "numb". I fell in love with it and that's how it all started. I am now such a big fan!!! I did hear their songs before, just that I din't know they were by so I sorta dismissed them until I heard "numb" and stuff.

shinodasgirl5177

02-06-2008, 12:23 AM

I heard In The End in seventh grade. Our music class assignment was to bring in a song that relates to you. Then write what the song means to you while playing it back to the class. About 15 out of 30 kids brought in In The End. All class long. In The End. For 35 minutes...jesus. Got me into LP, though. My bro bought the album and we "shared" it.

lmao u were in a way forced to like it like me, my sister would fuking play lp 1387163718637183617361873613871 times in one day so when i went back to my city thats all i rembered all the lyrics to LP now here i am

utopiainwonderland

02-06-2008, 03:33 AM

When I listened to LP,I was like:
MAN,this guy can scream!The 1st thing that I realized was Chester's scream.
I liked how Mike raps without having to swear every single second.I started out pretty normal,I liked the songs and that's probably it.Now I'm obsessed!Everyone who knows me knows that I'm an LP freak.It's contagious!I even managed to make my sisters like them!And they don't like LP...They hate them cause I love them.

CPT_BJ

02-06-2008, 10:44 AM

It was actually my uncle that got me into LP im a real metal head and i was in his car and he had the Collision course album on so i started searching for the videos on Youtuube now i have all the albums most of the singles t-shirts and seen them live ive only been listening to LP for 2 1/2 months!

Linkin_Park_crazy_chick

02-06-2008, 07:34 PM

One of my exes gave me a cd with breaking the habit. i asked him about and thats when i first heard about them. during that time i waz moving and forgot about. until i heard numb/encore. i recognized chesters voice, i immediatly bought some cds. i have been a die hard fan since.

TS_AlLBANIA_ForgotteN

02-09-2008, 05:00 PM

I made my sister love them too and a hard job lol really.But she loves them now too.

I first listened in the end and it sounded super cool.But I didn't became a hardcore fan.I listened back also other songs of Meteora occasionally and didn't paiy attention.But after I listened Numb/Encore in 2005 and heard Chester's part,I said wow :This song sounds like the best I've ever heard(It's not that I love it but I think it's a super cool mash up).Ater I listened Meteora nad it's songa and I thought these songs kinda make you reborn.And then I really got into LP and I love everything of them...I also loved their style abd that's why I got into them.

AmyLynette_91

02-09-2008, 09:50 PM

WO! << thats my raction1

MitchLPfan

02-10-2008, 02:26 AM

Yer My step bro listened to LP and i was like 8 years old i first herd IN THE END AND I LOVED THEM SINCE THAT DAY I BOUGHT HYBRID THEORY AND THEN COLLECTED EVERY SINGLE ALBUM SINCE I THINK HYBRID THEORY WAS THE BIG HIT BUT I HAVE TO SAY I LOVE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT IT ROCKSSSS!

Titan50

02-10-2008, 07:26 AM

Back in 2002 I was watching MTV (God forbid) and a song called In The End by some group called Linkin Park came on. At the end (groan...) of the song I was going "OMG...that was amazing". I got a karoake machine for Christmas (-_-) and it had In The End on it and I sang that LOTS. Anyways back in '06 I found a cool Numb/Encore vid using Phoenix Wright.
And then I brought their albums

stoosh

03-20-2008, 06:10 AM

I had just split up from my then girlfriend and had alot of mixed up emotions running inside my head.

I heard OSC on the radio and that was it....it was like a bomb exploding in my brain. I was totally hooked on the track, I couldn't wait for HT to come out and when it did, I snapped it up and it didn't leave my CD player or walkman, I took it around everywhere with me.

HT helped me get over a very dark and depressing time and I came out of it a totally new person. As many people have stated on the boards here before, everyone can identify with LP's lyrics in some form or another.

LP are the most incredible band in the world!!!! ;)

babiiboo

03-20-2008, 07:07 AM

well the first time ive heard of LP was when i watched the video for crawling and thought chester was super hot... and i absolutely loved it.. then the first time i went to the city against my parents rules and was like 11 or 12 or something i went to that huge virgin store for the first time and also bought my first cd Hybrid Theory! .. the guy told me when i bought it papercut is the best on the album and i was like yea okay crawling cant be beat no way.. but yea i loved every song and loved papercut the most.. lol.. so thats my LP story! :D

mratrak

03-20-2008, 02:03 PM

My reaction to LP was when i heard Numb for first time.

ShadowerLiltani

03-26-2008, 04:18 PM

ChesterzMuse

03-26-2008, 07:21 PM

Oooh! I remember hearing "Crawling" on the radio for the first time right after it was released on the way back from my dad's friends torturing me with church ... and I was just like, "Wow. This is me." I accidentally bought my dad the CD that Christmas, and I kept sneaking it into my room, so he eventually gave it to me :D
Hardcore fan since I was like 11, man.

axrinekey

04-09-2008, 05:43 AM

Before I heard any Linkin Park's songs, I don't really like the band...
(someone told me the band sucks... I forgot who was it >_>)
because I thought the band only produces metal/hardcore songs...
But when I heard to "what I've done"... (I was crazy, reaaal crazy about that song)
and I was like "WHAT THE HECK?! AND ALL THIS LONG I THOUGHT LINKIN PARK HAS THE WORST SONGS!"
Then I just... IN LOVE WITH THEIR SONGS!
<333

Sadly, my family doesn't like Linkin Park's songs~~ ):
(Partly because I listen to their songs everyday, and they got irritated! ><)

Sofia_LP4eva

04-09-2008, 06:06 AM

Someone once mentioned Linkin Park to me, and at that time I didn't even know they existed. So I decided to check who they were and found the video of Numb on Youtube. And I was like WOW! Then I listened to a few more of their songs and told my dad (being broke) that I really like Linkin Park and that they are releasing a new album, Minutes to Midnight. And being the kind person that my dad is, well he bought the album for me.:D

axrinekey

04-11-2008, 08:00 AM

I feel sorry and bad that I used to hate Linkin Parkk!!! >___<
'Coz I thought their songs are VERYYY metal.. (and last time I don't like metals... xD)

Linkin Park is dee bessst! :D

1978JR

04-11-2008, 02:33 PM

Great idea for your first thread.

My reaction to LP was that I loved In The End. I loved how two guys sung/rapped the vocals. I thought it was brill the way it switched between Mike and Chester{who I only knew as the blonde guy and the dark haired one then}. I thought they looked really angry and they actually scared me at first. Crawling was interesting cos I kept getting it mixed up with a song by Papa Roach. It took a while for me to get into that song but now I love it.

LPAddicted

04-11-2008, 10:07 PM

I heard "In The End", then I loved Linkin Park. And now I'm obssessed with it. =]

welcome2mv

04-12-2008, 01:51 AM

i hated LP at first.
then now if i see LP on tv i would jump and scream as loud as possible.
and anyone who mentioned LP at school then i would go so mad and cant stop talking abt how hot Rob is and how cool is the band

:P

Anstice

04-12-2008, 01:53 AM

I loved In The End...

And then...uhmm...I was really stupid for about...*counts*...3 years...and got into country...*smashes head into things*...and then came back to LP.

Titan50

04-12-2008, 08:38 AM

I loved In The End...

And then...uhmm...I was really stupid for about...*counts*...3 years...and got into country...*smashes head into things*...and then came back to LP.

Johnny Cash is awesome, don't diss!

diff

04-12-2008, 02:55 PM

It was today I last thanked aloud LP for making What I've Done's vid. That vid made me think like "wow, finally a band that thinks the same as I". Plus I liked the song a lot. I had heard LP's songs before but hadn't paid attention to 'em. During those few months I listened to WID I got interested in band's other music and soon (in July 07) bought HT and Meteora.

Ashley_loves_Chester_Bennington_

04-16-2008, 10:54 PM

The first LP song I heard was Breaking the Habit. LOL I got Hybrid Theory today! lol

LinkinPete

04-17-2008, 12:48 PM

Kinda difficult to remember other than it started about the time when Reanimation was out I think. I borrowed Hybrid Theory from my friend and got into them more and more. LP was the first band that I really got into and always the one I come back to. It´s cool to see how the old songs still get new meanings or you find different things in them (as a kid I didn´t really understand that much, naturally). So I´ve grown up my teen years with the band and so even though the oldies kick hard still, I "grow" into/with the "new style" too.

Also I think the versitility of the band and changing of the band makes it easier for an LP fan to get into more and very diferent kind of music.

(referring to what Mike or someone said somewhere) Stick the nu metal in your ass!:cool:

lpbrowncoat

04-19-2008, 04:04 PM

I didn't become a full-blown LP fan until I heard "Crawling" on MTV (of all places.) Linkin Park was the first band to open my eyes to the genre of rock music.

Charmy

04-19-2008, 05:01 PM

Haha I remember the first time I heard Linkin Park was on MTV UK Select back in the day when Select was still a show. I remember they were #1 on the Select chart for about three weeks with One Step Closer. The first time I heard One Step Closer - I absolutely hated it! Hahaha but, for some reason I felt compelled to find out more about the band (I thought Chester had an amazing voice) a quick search online led me to find Crawling. I downloaded it out of curiosity and was literally blown away. Fan ever since.

Granted, in recent years I've grown out of my insane diehardLPfan ways, but they're playing near me soon and it made me all nostalgic, so I wandered back on here :)

Jen_1012

04-22-2008, 02:31 AM

My first reaction wasn't a great one.

The very first introduction I had to them was through Video Hits, and One Step Closer was a new video release. I quite liked the song (which was odd, because back then I was a massive teeny bopper) but the band scared the hell outta me! Chester and Mike were really freaky in the chorus, so I always used to change the channel when the video came on! Of course, many years later, I can say that I am no longer afraid of the video. haha!

In The End was the first song that really got me into them.

sarah6

07-12-2009, 02:08 AM

i saw the music video NUMB for the first time and i thought chester is singing about me the lyrics are perfect and painful and chester looked hot in his blonde hair so i loved since then

clovermaelp

10-23-2009, 05:05 AM

i first heard of linkin park when i was 9 years old .. the first song i heard from them was "somewhere i belong" .. as a kid of course my taste for music was different . i thought LP's songs are "noisy" and crappy .. but 3 years later i realized heck, they are not crappy and they are awesome! :D

weirdkid

10-23-2009, 08:36 PM

If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be so much into rock right now. So for me, they opened up a whole new genre for me. Cause I used to think that rock was just noise and screaming. I didn't know that some rock had a sentimental side to it which almost any one can relate to!