Kerrang! – July 12, 2019

...

22 KERRANG! GETTY ...

Twenty years ago, CHESTER BENNINGTONjoined the ranks of a then-little- known LA quintet going by the name Xero. The name might s ...

24 KERRANG! Before LINKIN PARK could change the course of rock history with one of the biggest debut albums of all time, they fi ...

B rad Delson had grown up on a diet of Guns N’ Roses and Metallica, chemically straightening his curly hair to look more like hi ...

26 KERRANG! people will respect the opinion of a 16-year-old songwriter fronting a band. I was pretty frustrated.” With Xero, ho ...

facts of authority Nuggets of HYBRID THEORY trivia ■ Mike, a talented graphic designer, had the idea for the album’s iconic cove ...

28 KERRANG! How do you follow up an album like HYBRID THEORY? With the eyes of the world firmly fixed upon them, LINKIN PARK sou ...

B efore 2003, the undisputed title of ‘Most Famous Meteora’ would have gone to the rock formation in central Greece. Situated ne ...

30 KERRANG! in the 30-minute documentary, which would come as part of the special edition of the album. “If you listen to [the d ...

meteora strike A shower of LP2 factoids ■ Meteorais the first Linkin Park album to feature Dave Farrell on bass. ■ Itis the most ...

32 KERRANG! Chester responds to someone calling LP ‘nu-metal’... ...

“ C alling us nu-metal now is, to me, like saying, ‘You suck.’” By 2007, it’s fair to say Chester Bennington had grown weary of ...

34 KERRANG! Their name was inspired by Chester’s fear of not living to see the next day, having started “partying” again. Origin ...

taking minutes The facts behind MTM... ■ LinkinPark were late bloomers when it came to using bad language on record: Minutes To ...

P erhaps the members of Linkin Park were simply being true to form when they told K! they didn’t want to say too much about thei ...

POSTER SPECIAL pray for the wicked EDITION SHOTS INSIDE! 10 UNSEEN exclusive BONUS PUlL-OUT MAG! COMES AS PART OF KERRANG! Issue ...

Photo: RYAN JOHNSTON SHOTS! ...

Photo: JONATHAN WEINER SHOTS! ...

Photo: NAT WOOD SHOTS! ...