Bio

LINKIN PARK were originaly called Xero, when they were in High School in L.A., back then I think the band was made up of Mike, Rob, Phoenix, Brad and Mark. (Mark left and is now the manager of Taproot)
When Mike went to collage he met Joe (they both studied graphics) and Hybrid Theory was formed, next came Chester, from Phoenix, Arizona, who had been in the band Grey Daze they sent him a tape to sing because they thought they needed a singer, and he had been singing since he was a kid so they figured it whould work out well, (a great singer and a great rapper) he skipped his 23ed birthday party to do it. They then had an independnt release called Hybrid Theory EP (proof for all of u non belivers that they WERE NOT MANUFACTURED) Phoenix left the band to tour with Snax, the band had to change there name then AGAIN because there was some other band with the word Hybrid in it, and they did not want to share.
So they were driving past a park one day, and it was called Lincoln Park, and they thought it sounded cool, and figured there was probally a Lincoln park in every state in america so everyone whould think they were a local band, they spelt it LINKIN PARK for the web domain. Phoenix rejoned shortly after Hybrid Theory was released.

LINKIN PARK IS:

Brad Delson - Gutairs, bass, backing vocals
Chester Charles Bennington (Chaz) - Vocals
David Michael Farrel (Phoenix) - Bass
Joseph Hahn (Big Bad Mr. Hahn) - Records, Sampling, Backing Vocals
Michael Kenji Shinoda (Mike)- Emcee, Vocals, Beats, Sampling
Rob Bourdon - Drums, Backing Vocals