Linkin Park Promise Genre Breaking New Album

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda has promised fans a genre-breaking new album saying that the band hope it will be something "really cutting edge and really different".

The band are currently half way through writing the follow up to 2007's "Minutes To Midnight" and plan for a release in early 2010.

However, Shinoda says that they won't be rushing the record and will take a step back if needed to make sure it is the best album they can possibly produce.

He told Rolling Stone: "People just want junk food. They want throw-away junk food music that’s going to make them lethargic and fat. McDonalds is great once in a while, in moderation.

"Eat it every day and you just turn into a slob. We feel the same way about music. We want to hopefully move even more into being able to make more substantial music, and we’ve always been capable of it, but sometimes, there were different things that we got excited about on each record, about what we wanted to write and what we wanted to make and what kind of statement we wanted to make.

"On this record, we’re definitely paying attention to the substance and the nuance, and we hope to make something that’s really cutting edge and really different."

Describing the record in more depth, Shinoda added: "This isn’t necessarily a record that tells a story about a character or anything like that, but I do hope the record has a sonic identity, from beginning to end, that’s distinguishable from the other stuff we’ve done and distinguishable from everything else out there.

"I would love, at the end of the day, to be able to look at this record, and say its something totally new, totally true to the spirit of the band, and it doesn’t sound like anything else. That’s what we shoot for."

"I really want a record that sounds different. I would love for this record to be something that has its own identity, and can’t easily be connected to anything else.

"This album will be the kind of food that’s foreign to you, that you haven’t had before, and when you first taste it, you’ll go, ‘This doesn’t taste like anything else I’ve had, but I think I like it.’ We’ll have to make the record and see."

Thanks for the report to Gigwise.com.

Comments

[goon316]

This is basically the same stuff they said before Minutes and that ended up sounding just like any other LP CD. I will believe this will sound different than any of their other material when I hear it.

[AEnima18]

The new song doesn't sound genre-breaking me, pretty similar to a post-punk, U2 inspired rock song. But hey, I'm sure whatever they put out I'll enjoy it. M2M grew on me a lot after repeated listens.

[UberElixir]

Is he comparing the new sound to a Big Mac?

[beelaal85]

another 'hybrid meteora' record?!

[Strat132]

goon316 wrote:

This is basically the same stuff they said before Minutes and that ended up sounding just like any other LP CD. I will believe this will sound different than any of their other material when I hear it.

Have you ever heard any other LP CD hahahaha

[kirkwannabe]

goon316 wrote:

This is basically the same stuff they said before Minutes and that ended up sounding just like any other LP CD. I will believe this will sound different than any of their other material when I hear it.

Can I buy some pot from you?

[Echoplex]

He made a great comment on the pop-music industry. Those songs come in huge on year, but the next year no one remembers them. A few months from now, no one will remember "Poker Face" or any of the other crap pop songs on top-40 radio.

[rockstaralex24]

kirkwannabe wrote:

goon316 wrote:

This is basically the same stuff they said before Minutes and that ended up sounding just like any other LP CD. I will believe this will sound different than any of their other material when I hear it.

Can I buy some pot from you?

yeah, im with Kirk. The M2M album sounded like a complete sellout. It lacked so much feeling and emotion. Meteora and Hybrid Theory were unique and instantly recognisible as LP discs. If they put out a sound like that then ill be first in line to buy. If they come out with something new, it better have that classic LP feel.

[Minion2580]

didnt they say the same thing about minuts to midnight? that album sucked compared to hybrid theory and meteora.

[jrcsgtpeppers]

Hybrid Theory was genre breaking IMO. They should recreate a similar sound, Hybrid theory is like In n Out burger..... way better than Mc Donalds hahaha I can eat that all day every day.

[Higgzy]

When Mike says ground breaking he really means ... a steaming pile of crap?

Fine, i'll buy it, just like i bought M2M *sighs*.

[LD_Luke D]

mike really knows how to sell an idea. thats why he's famous, even though not a great guitar player.

[nickrawkz1]

Sweet. I would love to hear a new sound from Linkin Park. To me they just keep getting better and better.

[tin5123]

Minutes to Midnight was the closest they got to genre breaking...I always appreciate it when bands have the ambition of making something completely different but still good, so I hope this works out for them..

[poodledoodle]

So lety me say this first,
i am a HUGE linkin Park fan.
i have all their cd's and even some demo cd's.
and i would just like to say that Minutes To Midnight was one of their best works becaus it was so different. A lot of people say that thats selling out. but i really don't think so. they just wanted to try something different. They said before they released the album that they didn't want to make a trilogy of same-sounding albums, that they wanted to do something new. and for that i think they had a lot of guts to do that. And in songs like Hands Held High,The Little Things Give You away, and Valentines Day, you can just feel the emotion and absolute sincerity just oozing from it.

So i personally say BRING IT to a new sounding Cd. I am excited to see what new levels this amazing band can take their sond.
(I'm probably going to be bashed for this schpiel, Lol)

[Forsakensoul]

This statement of a brand new sound could honestly go either way o__o' Cause that's what they said about MTM, and they were right, it was much more laid back and quite different. Saying that the next coming album is even MORE different leads me to believe it could be harder/rougher and/or more electronic. Thats what hits me anyway.

[Evil Shredder]

wow. what i would do for LP to stop trying to find 'new genrebreaking music' and just go back to their roots in hybrid thheory...

[Heir Apparent]

Evil Shredder wrote:

wow. what Him would do for LP to stop trying to find 'new genrebreaking music' and just go back to their roots in Hybrid Theory...

I agree with you, I thought they already tried exploring with their last album and they ended up sounding absolutely nothing like what they used to, it sounded pussified and is watered-down rock just like U2.

I would love to see them return to the roots of their older albums with those badass sus2 chords instead of what shit M2M. I'll still buy the album, but if its the same crap as their former album, I'm done with LP for good.

[cobainAnselmo]

I miss the good ol' days from this band...

when their music is about anger, revenge, hate and some energetic musical...

M2M is not a bad album, more U2 i guess...
But they should have created their own music...

Hopefully, this album is gonna be great...
hopefully...

[Ironpriest]

Echoplex :
He made a great comment on the pop-music industry. Those songs come in huge on year, but the next year no one remembers them. A few months from now, no one will remember "Poker Face" or any of the other crap pop songs on top-40 radio

This is true.

also, for people calling M2M sell out, it was supposed to be a very different album. Hybrid theory and meteora were very very similar albums and if they had made yet another similar album then you people would be screaming for change and saying how 'all the songs sound the same'

[postmortem2006]

Theres no point in hyping up an album like this. They did the same with Minutes to Midnight and look at what a pile of crap that turned out to be.

[GuitarSymphony]

Sorry, Linkin Park.
Indie, Experimental, and Alternative are already genres.

[isolated]

rockstaralex24 wrote:

kirkwannabe wrote:

goon316 wrote:

This is basically the same stuff they said before Minutes and that ended up sounding just like any other LP CD. I will believe this will sound different than any of their other material when I hear it.

Can I buy some pot from you?

yeah, im with Kirk. The M2M album sounded like a complete sellout. It lacked so much feeling and emotion. Meteora and Hybrid Theory were unique and instantly recognisible as LP discs. If they put out a sound like that then ill be first in line to buy. If they come out with something new, it better have that classic LP feel.

You can't be serious, minutes was a step in a totally different direction, did you not notice how Chester and Mike didn't collaborate as much?

Who are you to say it lacked emotion and feeling? Valentines Day? In Between?? If by emotion and feeling you mean anger and screaming then yes, I like that they did something different, yes I do miss the old sound, but they tried something new, and it worked well in its own way.

[Oli_]

Maybe they'll take a dive and do a crunk record XD

[XtractionProces]

If it sounds like New Divide I'll buy 10 copies. If it doesn't sound like New Divide I'll buy 10 copies anyway.

[Minkaro]

To hell with you Mike. Now I'm hungry

I hope he has more of a presence on this album, actually.

[XtractionProces]

Bass of Grunge wrote:

People like you are what's wrong with the music world.

People like you are detereorating the music world further. Those are the people who have no ****ing ears and want 100 albums of the same damn thing. Go listen to AC/DC. If you can't appreciate any new music brought to the table that actually sounds good (albeit different, though if it sounds good it shouldn't make a damn difference, you wad) then feel free to listen to your favourite Britney Spears songs and the like.

Don't insult me again.

[LeadSalad182]

poodledoodle wrote:

So lety me say this first,
i am a HUGE linkin Park fan.
i have all their cd's and even some demo cd's.
and i would just like to say that Minutes To Midnight was one of their best works becaus it was so different. A lot of people say that thats selling out. but i really don't think so. they just wanted to try something different. They said before they released the album that they didn't want to make a trilogy of same-sounding albums, that they wanted to do something new. and for that i think they had a lot of guts to do that. And in songs like Hands Held High,The Little Things Give You away, and Valentines Day, you can just feel the emotion and absolute sincerity just oozing from it.

So i personally say BRING IT to a new sounding Cd. I am excited to see what new levels this amazing band can take their sond.
(I'm probably going to be bashed for this schpiel, Lol)

there will be no bashing at least not from me, i have all three LP cds and while Meteora was my favorite, i also enjoyed minutes to midnight and i must have listened to it like 30 times in summer 07. I do think their new song from the transformers movie is a load of crap so that doesn't bode well, but that's off topic and i look forward to the next album

[Kotie]

I really loved Hybrid Theory. Nothing they ever did after that really wowed me.
Good luck to them though. At least they're putting effort into it.

[Kotie]

Oh, and you guys can defend M2M to the teeth and say how they were trying something different, and the album was really unique. The album was boring, and nothing that a hundred other bands haven't done before. It didn't stand out like their first record did, just as none of their future albums ever will.

[randyaintdead82]

jrcsgtpeppers wrote:

Hybrid Theory was genre breaking IMO. They should recreate a similar sound, Hybrid theory is like In n Out burger..... way better than Mc Donalds hahaha I can eat that all day every day.

dude you must live in California!! thats the only place ive seen In N Out theyve got beastly burgers lol

[MUSICFIEND21]

LOOK m2m was suppose 2be a different album. they said in every gd magazine that it would sound nothing like their first 2. mind u with the exception on "given up" and "little things give you away" i think m2m sucks, and they should explore on their OWN sound.not u2's sound.or whatever the hell u call m2m's sound.

[MUSICFIEND21]

and u cant get mad at a band 4 trying different things. and i am sure there r some people who really like m2m, and god bless them. i am just not one of them.

[ThatWouldBeJon]

give me another "crawling in my skin" kinda song and ill be happy haha im not a big LP fan after hyrbid theory came out because cmon thats like master of puppets nothing compares haha

[Raven_Flight]

I love they try to sound different
But come on... songs like Leave out all the rest or The shadow of the day (i think i t was called that way) can be heard from a lot of bands.
The only song that was like something new was Bleed it out, but I didn't like it sadly :P
Still have hope on LP, once my fav band

[LittUp666]

Hes got a great way with words, you can really understand where hes coming from,

Personally i hope its alot better than Minuets To midnight

[loganpwns]

\m/(-_\m/ wrote:

I'm calling him out on this one.

Lies.

same here bro.

if its anything like MTM, i will burn it, literally.

[KnotParkDay]

XtractionProces wrote:

Bass of Grunge wrote:

Those are the people who have no ****ing ears and want 100 albums of the same damn thing. Go listen to AC/DC.

Haha, it's funny because it's true.
M2M is not a bad album, it's just a different album. There's quite a few really good songs on there and the ironic thing is, if LP just remade Hybrid Theory over and over fans would complain they're not progressing. Some people are just never satisfied.

[n00barmy]

I don't like how bands keep trying to reinvent themselves. They became popular for a reason and it seems that they are alienating their fans when they do this. I will never complain when a band I like releases a record that sounds similar to their original style because that was the reason I liked them in the first place (Bad Religion, Streetlight Manifesto). I not a huge fan of LP but I did like Hybrid Theory and Meteora. M2M on the other hand, I was not a fan of because it took away the sound I liked from them. Unless you are a band that was known for being off-the-wall (Mr. Bungle, Dog Fashion Disco) then I don't see the problem with sounding the same.

To all of you people who cry "it's more of the same", screw off. People like you are the reason that bands don't sound "like they used to".

[rockguyuk]

Hopefully this won't just be the same weak, shallow, money-making rubbish that Minutes to Midnight was. I almost cried when i heard it because Meteora and Hybrid Theory (And even Reanimation) were mind blowing.

[GenerationKILL]

Linkin Park have alot of potential but with their sound they're beginning to take on the role of bands like Korn, and even Rage Against The Machine in the sense that all their records sound the same and they're not progressing very far musically. In my opinion Shinoda is the only true brains of the operation, everyone else doesn't even compare, I like Chesters' vocal style in small doses but the rest of the band sounds very stock.
If they wanna mix things up a little, they shouldn't rely on structualization so much or even shinoda doing the DJ thing, instead they should tell their ****ing guitarist to take some lessons to expand his repertoire or hire another guy to put some ****in balls back into the band.
LP have occasionally been lumped into "metal" they should stick with that and run with it, and if they need some inspiration from something relevant, they should look towards the scandinavian bands, they could learn a lesson from ones like dark tranquillity when it comes to melding prog with metal and even electronica.
THEN LP would sound amazing.

Kotie wrote:
just as none of their future albums ever will.

Im fuckin sick of comments by complete morons like this.

How the fuck do you know that non of there future albums will be good? Can you fuckin time travel and see that?
No,
So before you go posting a load of bull again, stop and think.

idiots

[downvictim]

If LP wants to bring something new and cutting edge, why should they re-invent themselves? Their "lost-it-all-caught-in-negativity" electronic/metal/screaming/rapping sound from Hybrid Theory and Meteora IS Linkin Park. Why don't they focus on improving THAT sound instead of recording shit like "Shadow of the Day" etc. Take what you did before M2M and lock yourselves in a room and starting thinking and bang out something that furthurs LP's established identity!