Kerrang! – July 12, 2019

KERRANG! 55

stranger

things

Five factoids for

album five

■ LinkinPark certainly had

an ear for a musical hit,

but perhaps not so much

when it came to films. They

allowed single Powerless

to be used during the end

credits of big screen

dud Abe Lincoln:

Vampire Hunter.

■ Mike has

suggested that

several songs on

the album were

influenced by the work

of Bob Dylan, and bands

influenced by him.

■ Weall know that Brad

Delson is good at guitar,

but he can sing, too.

On Until It Breaks

he gave his first lead

vocal performance on

a Linkin Park song.

■ Always one to put the

fans first, Mike allowed

Linkin Park Association,

the band’s unofficial

fansite, to leak the track

Lies Greed Misery.

■ OwenPallett, famed

for his work with Arcade

Fire, created the string

arrangements for I’ll Be

Gone. FYI: Owen has a

solo album called He

Poos Clouds.

Some 15 years later, Linkin

Park were finally ready for

their school prom