Kerrang! – July 12, 2019

taking

minutes

The facts

behind MTM...

■ LinkinPark were late

bloomers when it came

to using bad language on

record: Minutes To Midnight

is the first Linkin Park album

to carry a parental

advisory sticker.

■ There were

10 alternative

album artworks. The band

shared them with fans

a year after its release,

allowing them to use their

favourite on iTunes.

■ The‘sleigh bells’ you can

hear on Given Up is actually

the sound of Brad jingling a

set of keys.

■ Hands Held

High found the

band getting political

• Mike described it as
  a “big middle finger to
  George Bush.”
  ■During the album’s
  sessions, the band
  recorded a song called

Announcement Service

Public (later released

on the LP Underground 6

EP), which featured some

handy advice from Chester

when played backwards:

“You should brush your

teeth and you should wash

your hands.”

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Brad Delson, there,

low-key rocking

2007’s best hair