American rock band Linkin Park has recorded material for eight studio albums, the most recent being From Zero, in 2024.
The band was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1996 by high school friends Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon and Brad Delson.
[1] The group soon expanded into a six-piece when they added Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell and Mark Wakefield to the line-up.
Mark Wakefield was replaced by lead vocalist Chester Bennington prior to the release of the Hybrid Theory EP.
[2][3] After facing numerous rejections from several major record labels, Linkin Park turned to Jeff Blue for additional help.
Later in 2002, the band released a remix album, Reanimation, which would include works from Hybrid Theory and non-album tracks.
[5] Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of Black Thought, Jonathan Davis, Aaron Lewis and many others.
Meteora spawned five singles, "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "From the Inside" and "Breaking the Habit", which received significant radio attention.
[12] Warner Bros. Records officially announced that the band's third studio album, Minutes to Midnight, would be released on May 15, 2007 in the United States.
[14] Minutes to Midnight sold over 625,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the most successful debut-week albums in recent years.
[21] After completing work for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the band returned to the studio to finalize their album.
The album is the first one to have featuring artists like Page Hamilton of Helmet, Rakim, Daron Malakian of System of a Down and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.