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"LINKIN PARK ARE NOT A BOYBAND!!!!!"

Let me just get one thing straight: I am extremely FED UP to hear people constantly critisising Linkin Park and their music, even when they've hardly listened to any of their music, let alone their album Hybrid Theory, which is amazing!!! And they certainly ARE NOT a manufactured boyband like Westlife or Nsync for example!!!!

It's hard to manufacture a group of friends who've known each other for most of their lives and have been in a band together for several years now!! The only exception is Chester Bennington, who came along to complete the jigsaw puzzle as they changed their name from Xero to Hybrid Theory. Then when they discoverd there already was a band called Hybrid Theory, they changed to Linkin Park signed up with (in my opinion) a bad choice in a record label. They could become a much heavier band, but the contract they've signed with WBA (not West Brom!!) only allows them to create certain styles of music. Yes they write everything, music and lyrics as they're no some weak pop group who need a manager while the group learns to dance with random people!!

I also hate Slipknot!!! And I think Blink 182 are gay!!! Especially after they run around naked with each other and they sound really annoying!! And how can 9 men in masks be ONE band??? That includes 4 drummers!!!!

Solskjaer_24 wrote:
And I think Blink 182 are gay!!!


dont you think its a bit hypacritical having a hissy fit when people say the boyband (er sorry) group you like, suck and then go doing exactly the same with other peoples fav groups

shaaaaame on you
i wave my finger at you

So? Whats the problem with boybands? Nirvana are a boyband. The Strokes are a boyband. Muse are a boyband. The Hives are a boyband. Slipknot are a boyband. D12 are aswell. Limp Bizkit are getting a female guitarist but they used to be a boyband. S Club 7 aren't a boyband.

Listen to 'Kill all the white man' by NOFX! It's hilarious!!!

And yeah, your 'defending' Linkin Park by saying they could be better but their record label won't let them be any heavier. In my opinion that makes them worse. Greenday are labelled sellouts, but they have never given in to record label pressure (say what you will about 'Warning' but it was natural progression of the band), and this band, if what you said in your 'defense' of them is true, are real sell outs. Why sign up with a big record label if they won't let you make the music you want to make?

They could be much "heavier" but their contract doesn't allow them? Sellouts? Oh, and here them "rap" about their white boy pain...

They're just another conveyor belt, manufactured band signed up to take advantage of Limp Bizcut's success. Doesn't make a bit of difference if they've known each other all their lives or not - if they let their record company dictate to them their musical style then they're manufactured.

They're also one of the dullest bands I've ever had the displeasure to hear. Feel free to dismiss me as someone who's never heard the band - but I still claim to be the first N.I. DJ to play them (to an audience of about 20 people :/)long beofre most people over here had a clue who they were. Pitty they couldn't follow up the strong first single with anything remotely creditable.

Solskjaer_24 wrote:
They started out with 5 members (probably ONLY 2 drummers) and as they
> released their debut album, titled Slipknot, there were all of a sudden 9
> MEMBERS!!!!!

Actually their first album was called, Feed. Mate. Kill. Repeat.

Hybrid Theory is too short, and the lyrics make no sense. Two distinctive marks of a boy-band there.

The only way you can call Linkin Park a boyband is that they're a BAND consisting of 6 males (BOYS). And in NO OTHER WAY WHATSOEVER!!! In THIS way you could also call Limp Bizkit, Staind, Korn, Green Day, Slipknot, Blink 182, and a whole load of others, boybands. But ONLY in the above mentioned way!
Hybrid Theory is an amazing album!! And if anyone's a manufactured boy band, it's Sipknot!! They started out with 5 members (probably ONLY 2 drummers) and as they released their debut album, titled Slipknot, there were all of a sudden 9 MEMBERS!!!!! And the clown bloke is useless, cuz all he does is roll/'dance' around on stage, with no musical talent!!!!

If they signed up with a major label that's their own damn fault. If they wanted freedom of creativity they would have the sense to sign up with a smaller label. But they obviously didn't want that freedom in favour of getting the chance to become an instant hit, or they just didn't read the small print. Many bands have signed up with major labels and still keep their freedom of creativity, because they make sure that the label WILL give them that, and not say they want a chart topping album.

Oh, but in my opinion Linkin Park are not a great band, and seem to be (although it's far too early to tell definitively) just jumping on the recent 'nu-metal' bandwagon.

So there.

Heh... I just wrote a review of Hyrid Theory. You won't be pleased.

Why are they limited to what styles of music they can make? Is nu-Limp Bizkit all that sells these days?