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)
Rebellion (feat. Daron Malakia
Linkin Park Lyrics
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The lost and the sights unseen
I want a flood, I want an ocean
To wash my confusion clean
I can't resolve this empty story
I can't repair the damage done
Who've never faced oppression's gun
We are the fortunate ones
Imitations of rebellion
We act it out, we wear the colours
Defined by the things we own
We're not without, we're like each other
Pretending we're here alone
And far away, they burn their buildings
Right in the face of the damage done
We are the fortunate ones
Who've never faced oppression's gun
We are the fortunate ones
Imitations of rebellion
Rebellion
Rebellion
Rebellion
Rebellion, rebellion
We lost before the start
Rebellion, rebellion
One by one, we fall apart
We fall apart, we fall apart, we fall apart
We are the fortunate ones
Who've never faced oppression's gun
We are the fortunate ones
Imitations of, imitations of
We are the fortunate ones
Who've never faced oppression's gun
We are the fortunate ones
Imitations of rebellion
Rebellion
Rebellion (rebellion)
Rebellion (rebellion)
The Linkin Park feat. Daron Malakian's song "Rebellion" speaks to the human desire for something beyond the mundane, wanting a flood or an ocean to wash away confusion and emptiness. The lyrics suggest a frustration with society's attempts at individuality, in which people try to stand out by owning things and wearing specific colors. The line "Pretending we're here alone" speaks to the loneliness often felt in trying to be different while not truly connecting with others. The song also acknowledges a certain level of privilege, with the repeated statement "We are the fortunate ones/ Who've never faced oppression's gun." The final lines of the song, "We lost before the start/ One by one, we fall apart," express a sense of futility in trying to rebel and stand out, as if the system is rigged against any significant change.
This song was released in 2014, on Linkin Park's album "The Hunting Party". It was a collaboration with System of a Down's Daron Malakian, who contributed guitar to the track.
Line by Line Meaning
I've seen the blood, I've seen the broken
I have witnessed the pain and suffering caused by violence and destruction.
The lost and the sights unseen
People who are forgotten or overlooked, and the issues that are not talked about or acknowledged.
I want a flood, I want an ocean
I desire a force powerful enough to cleanse my confusion and help me make sense of the chaos in the world.
To wash my confusion clean
To cleanse my mind of the overwhelming confusion and uncertainty I feel.
I can't resolve this empty story
I am unable to find meaning or purpose in this meaningless narrative.
I can't repair the damage done
I cannot fix the harm that has been caused or undo the consequences of past actions.
We are the fortunate ones
We are lucky to have not experienced the same level of oppression or injustice as others.
Who've never faced oppression's gun
We have not had to endure the extreme violence and brutality that many others have faced.
Imitations of rebellion
We are not true rebels, but merely copying or mimicking those who are.
We act it out, we wear the colours
We pretend to be rebels by adopting certain symbols or styles.
Defined by the things we own
Our identities are shaped by the material possessions we have and the consumer culture we are part of.
We're not without, we're like each other
We may feel alone or disconnected, but we are actually very similar to one another in our conformist behavior.
Pretending we're here alone
Acting as if we are isolated individuals, rather than acknowledging the interconnectedness of our experiences and struggles.
And far away, they burn their buildings
In other parts of the world, people are resorting to extreme measures of rebellion, such as burning down buildings, in response to the same kind of oppression we are replicating.
Right in the face of the damage done
Despite the harm and destruction caused by these acts of rebellion, they are still being carried out in defiance of the oppressors.
Rebellion
A call to action or resistance against the forces of oppression.
One by one, we fall apart
Our attempts at rebellion are failing, and we are slowly losing our sense of agency and individuality.
Contributed by Ryan S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@tiagokuster4918
I've seen the blood
I've seen the broken
The lost and the sights unseen
I want a flood
I want an ocean
To wash my confusion clean
I can't resolve this empty story
I can't repair the damage done
We are the fortunate ones
Who've never faced oppression's gun
We are the fortunate ones
Imitations of rebellion
We act it out
We wear the colors
Defined by the things we own
We're not without
We're like each other
Pretending we're here alone
And far away, they burn their buildings
Right in the face of the damage done
We are the fortunate ones
Who've never faced oppression's gun
We are the fortunate ones
Imitations of rebellion (Rebellion, rebellion)
Rebellion, rebellion
We lost before the start
Rebellion, rebellion
One by one we fall apart
We fell apart, we fell apart, we fell apart
We are the fortunate ones
Who've never faced oppression's gun
We are the fortunate ones
Imitations of imitations of
We are the fortunate ones
Who've never faced oppression's gun
We are the fortunate ones
Imitations of rebellion (Rebellion, rebellion, rebellion)
@LpIwik
edited a little bit :D
2003-people bitching about Meteora cuz it´s more or less the same as Hybrid
2005-people bitching cuz they don´t like these mash-up songs with Jay-Z
2007-people bitching about MTM cuz it doesn't sound like Hybrid or Meteora
2009-people still bitching cuz New Divide is not Nu metal
2010-people bitching so much cuz ATS was mellow
2012-people still bitching and keep saying "i miss old lp"
2013-Recharged - bitching of people is getting worse
2014-people bitching because they can't stop bitching even if there's no reason
@nitishsingh8679
Guilty all the Same, Rebellion, WAR, Final Masquerade and wastelands. There is a story going behind about the potential wars to take place.
Countries would blame each other (Guilty all the Same)
Rebellion between the main blocs
WAR finally
Final Masquerade
Would leave a wasteland (the barren earth)
@101nemesis
"OMG Old LP is dead" "I miss Old LP" "These guys suck now. Meteora and HT were the best" "The new LP sucks" "LP sold out" "They became commercial/mainstream"
I'd love to address these comments since EVERY video has these.
1. Old LP is dead/ I miss Old LP/ New LP sucks - First off, there is no OLD LP or NEW LP. There is Linkin Park. A band who based their music on mixing different genres together. Never did they state that they were a nu metal only band. Never did they state that they will keep making the same music again forever. What you want is Linkin Park to become a stale band like Nickelback. Have you heard how Muse sounded 15 years ago? And have you heard how they sound now? Bands that have even the slightest of music sense would experiment and evolve because staying in ONE genre implies that's their limit.
2. Meteora and HT were the best/ They become mainstream/ they sold out - Now the bigger and the most idiotic of comments. Lemme start by saying, METEORA WAS A PATHETIC ALBUM. It was bland, incredibly stagnant in song pattern, featured nothing new from the band and it was EXTREMELY commercial and mainstream. Lemme say this, Meteora is not Hybrid Theory part 2. Not because it was different, no. It's because Hybrid Theory featured SO MUCH of experimentation with music while meteora featured absolutely nothing. Hybrid Theory was an amazing album but Meteora was a disgrace. Meteora was based on ONE song pattern, In The End, because of how big of a success that song became.
For those who keep saying "LP sold out" or they became "mainstream" after Meteora, you've got no fucking idea what you're talking about. LP were on top of the mainstream music in 2003. They became less mainstream with each album after Meteora with A THOUSAND SUNS being the most NON-MAINSTREAM album they've ever made. OMG, did I just say non-mainstream even though that album had "techno"? For those of you who are incapable of thinking, lemme break it down. There are always 2 forms of one genre. A Commercial form and a very non-commercial form. The commercial form is what you hear in radio these days. Just because LP went electronic in ATS, it doesn't imply that their music becomes commercial automatically.
ATS was THE best musical album LP ever made. Not one song followed the pattern of another. Every song was multi layered and it featured SO MANY new things from the band like group vocals, entire band playing percussion (when They come for me), Mike as a 2nd vocalist and duets with Chester, Stripped down acoustic song, Songs that sound like they were 2 songs at one point (Blackout and The Catalyst) and the biggest difference was that ATS WAS AN ALBUM. No no, not what you are thinking. It was an album because every song flowed into one another. There were no gaps in the music. The album, when played from start to end, kept flowing with no pause. It was an album in that way.
Meteora was the most pop-ish album the band has ever made. It was extremely radio friendly and was incredibly mainstream. Just because it was nu metal, it doesn't mean that it wasnt mainstream.
Linkin Park were famous for Chester's POP voice and Mike's rap vocals over nu metal music.
People who keep whining about the "old LP" and shit clearly have no fucking idea what they are talking about.
This album, The Hunting Party, will probably be the most non-mainstrem album they've made since ATS. What you all don't like is how incredibly non-catchy it is since you expected something extremely pop-ish and catchy like Meteora.
Half of you are stuck in nostalgia over something you heard and loved as a kid. Similar to how many nowadays hate any new variation of their old childhood cartoons.
GROW UP! Even kids can let go of things faster than you can. If I take a candy away from my nephew, he would cry about it for 10 minutes and let it go.
LP have been non-numetal than they were nu metal.
@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid
Everybody's talking about the vocals and Daron's guitar, but can we all please appreciate Rob's INSANE drumming????
@pavise6333
This album is Rob's peak
@yulinana577
literally everytime listening to it i felt like i was the most savage human being badass
@shitmultiverse1404
Literally trying to emulate John Dolmayan
@am022904
Sorry gotta go to school maybe we can talk about robs insane drumming after school
@davidnissim589
He recorded the drums for War in one take
@emmywillow6599
It's surprisingly obvious Daron Malakian worked on this. The guitars sound just like system of a down
@Darthwards-madafuka1234
Jack Rota welll duh
@rafaelcarmo5562
Omg i thought the same
@tejesedeny
Everything Daron works on sounds like System of a Down. :D It's his very well recognizable style.