A
nu-metal band who combine the following attributes to appeal to the mainstream:
- Vocals ranging from whimpering-to-screaming
- Rapping
-
Computer generated music (particularly for song intros)
- Repetitive and extremely simplistic
guitar playing
- Contrived
dj scratching
- Lyrics stressing "pain, wounds (unhealing wounds in some cases), - memories and running away" without justification so as to appeal to the majority of teenagers or anybody who has ever felt a
bit sad in their life.
- Songs strictly 2:30 to 3:30 minutes in length to fit radioplay standards rather than show musical expression.
- Gimmicky albums where songs are
re-arranged and
re-performed are put out more than their actual studio albums with original music (of which they have two, 'Hybrid Theory' and 'Meteroa')
Some typical linkin park lyrics
- "memories consume like opening the wound"
- "crawling in my
skin, these wounds they will not heal"
- "it's easier to
run replacing this pain with
something numb"