LINKIN PARK Discusses Longtime Drummer ROB BOURDON’s Absence, New Vocalist’s Decision To Come Back

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you know Linkin Park has returned Linkin Park has been collected Dead Sarah vocalist Emily Armstrong ahead of the new iteration of the band Who Will release their new record From Zero on November 15th.

So how did it go? Linkin Park return after the death of the iconic vocalist Chester Bennington? in a long interview with Advertising panel, Linkin Park bass player Dave “Phoenix” Farrell said it took a while for everything to feel right again. Farrell noted that Armstrong and a new drummer Colin Britain to make Linkin Park whole again, and that he feels energized by their newfound connection.

“Now it’s a lot of fun to look at it from this perspective, but in the middle of it, we didn’t know where it was going. I honestly didn’t know if it was going to be anything but Linkin Park or a newer version of it. In my head, I was closing in when I started asking myself:

“mike [Shinoda] previously talked about his pursuit of music [after Bennington‘s death] – I was the opposite. I have been saying for a long time. “I don’t want to do music. It hurts. I want to avoid that.” It took a while to get to the stage where I started to feel like this was actually energizing. And that was the shift for me where it went from, like this Linkin Park? Is it something else? Emily feels Linkin Park, Colin feels Linkin Park. The six of us working together figure something out, it’s energizing and I want to keep doing it. It was like draining a battery instead of charging it.”

Shinoda later detailed as the decision to proceed Linkin Park and how From zero gathered. Shinoda also added that he originally wanted to Linkin Park to do a few shows with different vocalists but Farrell argued against the idea as a halfway house for the band’s comeback.

“When the songs came into focus, the DNA of the band was really thick with this piece. To call it otherwise would be strange and misleading. We teach our kids that when you fall down, you have to get back up and you have to. To go try again, right, the idea of ​​us doing something different, with this group of people and the sound of this music, in a way, I hate to say “scary.” but that would be like hedging a bet.

“Really early on, I think I was just spitting out loud, and I was like, ‘Hey!’ “If we do some shows or something like that, maybe there will be a few people on vocals.” Because we weren’t fully committed [to a new lineup] yet, and at that point I didn’t want to set my expectations too high Emily. But it was a real thought. “Maybe it’s a group of people on stage.”

“And then Dave: was one of the first who said. “I don’t want to do anything half-heartedly. If we are going to do something, let’s do it boldly. If people don’t like it, so what? As long as we like it and we’re confident, then let’s be bold with it.” So that’s what we did, and that’s part of why I felt so empowered when we were recording; Linkin Park a song

Shinoda the absence of a drummer was also discussed Rob Bourdonwho played Linkin Park during their careers and even before they were still called Xero:. Bourdon just wanted to put some distance between him and Linkin Parkand eventually bowed out of anything to do with the band.

“Rob: had told us at some point, I guess it was a few years ago, that he wanted to put some distance between himself and the band. And we understood it, it was already obvious. He was starting to show up less, interact less and I know the fans noticed that too. It Hybrid theory broadcast and Paper cuts release, he did not appear for anything. So for me as a friend it was sad, but at the same time I want him to do what makes him happy and obviously everyone wishes him the best.

“I had sessions Colin — I met him around 2021 when I was invited to a meeting with several different writers, and Colin was one of the guys in the room and I clicked with him right away. He plays drums in the live show and drums are his first instrument, but he also plays guitar, bass and keyboards and produces and mixes. We have the same way of looking at music, starting from scratch, and I really enjoyed working with him and bouncing ideas back and forth.

“I don’t know if any of these songs will ever be released, but we did something with them grandson, Bea Miller, swedish — just going into a room together to make stuff. And then when? Linkin Park started making stuff, because whatever we did, it was just like; Colin. We make things. You should come closer.’

Read the full interview here.