

While they were immensely popular, a sizable group grew that wasn't keen on all the screaming and sadness, leading to the common stereotype and endless bevy of memes regarding Linkin Park being the band du jour of "whiny, angsty teenagers with no good reason to be" the world over. They've also sampled Basil Poledouris' score for 1987's No Man's Land for "Frgt/10" on ReAnimation.
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They are also a popular music source for anime music videos, inevitably featuring shonen series like Dragon Ball Z (and occasionally not-so-shonen series, namely Neon Genesis Evangelion). In addition to providing singles for the first three movies and the video game Rise of the Dark Spark, they collaborated with Steve Jablonsky and Hans Zimmer on the score for Revenge of the Fallen. While their music has been featured in dozens of films, Linkin Park has a particularly strong association with the Transformers series. Their fanbase has been continuously split as a result of this, but it hasn't deterred the band any from continuing to do what they want with their music, leading to reactions that are more predictable in their hysteria than whatever they choose to put out next. Nearing the end of the decade, as the genre started falling out of public favor, the band eschewed the sound in favor of genres like Alternative Rock and Electronic Music from Minutes to Midnight onward (though they did return to their metal roots with The Hunting Party).

They achieved mainstream success come the Turn of the Millennium as one of the most popular bands in Nu Metal, with their debut album Hybrid Theory and its follow-up Meteora receiving some of the biggest success the genre has ever seen. Wakefield eventually left in the wake of tension among the band from their lack of success Chester Bennington was chosen as his replacement, and his vocal chemistry with Shinoda revitalized the band. After graduating, the three then recruited the other current members of the band, with the exception of their original vocalist being Mark Wakefield. The band was originated by members Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon and Brad Delson, all high school friends. Since their formation in 1996, the band has sold more than fifty million albums and won two Grammy Awards. is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Prior band names were Xero and Hybrid Theory their label told them that the latter name would cause confusion with the British electronic music group Hybrid. Linkin Park note The name was chosen as a nod to Santa Monica's Lincoln Park, originally spelled "Lincoln Park" but modified to secure the domain "".
