Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's singles' heavy airplay on MTV led the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The lattermost also crossed over to the nation's Billboard Hot 100. Their second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success. The band explored experimental sounds on their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). By the end of the decade, Linkin Park was among the most successful and popular rock acts.
The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types on their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound, and their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a substantially more pop-oriented record. Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died in July 2017. In April 2022, Shinoda revealed the band was neither working on new music nor planning on touring for the foreseeable future.
Linkin Park is among the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. They have won two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade list. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park
Studio albums
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Meteora (2003)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2010)
Living Things (2012)
The Hunting Party (2014)
One More Light (2017)
Announcement Service Public
Linkin Park Lyrics
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You should brush your teeth
And
You should wash your hands [x4]
The lyrics to Linkin Park's Announcement Service Public are very straightforward and simple to understand. However, in the song, the lyrics are played backward, making them more difficult to interpret. The reversed lyrics are "You should brush your teeth" and "You should wash your hands" repeated four times. These lyrics are actually health-related advice for listeners, suggesting that they maintain cleanliness to avoid diseases and stay healthy. In addition, the reversed nature of the lyrics could also symbolize a sense of confusion and chaos in the world, suggesting that even simple things like personal hygiene are being neglected during difficult times.
Announcement Service Public is a hidden track on Linkin Park's album Minutes to Midnight, and it was originally featured as an iTunes exclusive release. The song has a length of only 2 minutes and 49 seconds, making it one of the shortest tracks the band has ever recorded. Despite its short length, Announcement Service Public has become a fan favorite due to its catchy rhythm and unique lyrics. Moreover, the song has been used by the band as an intro to some of their live shows.
Line by Line Meaning
You should brush your teeth
Maintain your dental hygiene by regularly brushing your teeth
And
Furthermore
You should wash your hands [x4]
Keep away from germs and bacteria by washing your hands consistently
Contributed by Dylan V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Nick Tasy
Those gibberishy screams speak volumes to me. I can hear the pain in those screams - Chester's entire dark past boiled up into one unidentifiable noise (even if it's him just saying "You should brush your teeth and you should wash your hands"). Rest in peace and rock on, Chester. We'll miss you more than you could ever have imagined....
Van Lyndel Tolentino
@cinamonfire YO THIS HIT DIFFERENT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
XING WANG
Chazy Forever!
Manav jain
@cinamonfire dude this is really confusing and deep
Meine Namen
@Sweeping Sweeper Not just in hindsight or they wouldn’t have millions of fans
cinamonfire
brush your teeth (regret what you say) wash your hands (regret what you do)
Nym
i will, Chester. i will brush my teeth and wash my hands. rest in peace u amazing man 💖❤️🌹
HipnikDragomir
I remember hearing this when it came out and I was hyped af. Good ol' days.
Danny Brandon
@HipnikDragomir Me too. Heard all the unreleased demo and underground stuff over YT. Later my stepdad torrented me some albums like LPU 6 where this and Qwerty was on. Man, those were the times. Funny thing is: This music still makes me feel something I really miss with "modern" music.
It sticks.
MrVortz
@HipnikDragomir I used to listen to their music from their official website. I remember ''Meteora'' was the newly released album at that time with their official cover picture of that masked man painting a graffiti and the playlist was on the right side.