@John M he's always been like this, rejected from labels 44 times and still has the balls to demand full rights to their fan club so they could be closer to their supporters.
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What I like about Mike Shinoda is that he is a real music guy . He understands the current state of the industry and how music has evolved into what it is today
Yeah, he's able to speak on it very intelligently and has a good view of the big picture of music. I don't really like his stuff but I really appreciate the mind it came from and it's significance in music as a whole.
Whether you love or hate Linkin Park, Shinoda was the lifeblood and creativity behind it, without him there was no Linkin Park. Yes you need Chesters voice, you need extra input from the musicians, but it was always him putting together the concepts of each album and creating each song, then the others would add their ideas and input to it, he was always the mastermind. He's a true artist and very passionate about music and I have always been a big fan of him.
I can't say I like any of their electronic or pop leaning stuff but you are an idiot if you think hybrid theory and meteors are not absolute classic albums. I also liked their hunting party album as well. But when Mike is on point he can be a damn good rapper too. Like even some of his solo stuff with Fort Minor is actually pretty good. He's not exactly a mad wordsmith like Eminem but the dude can be a pretty good lyricist in his own right. Honestly Go back and listen to the rising tide by fort minor there's some decent stuff on that album
there are moments you can tell mike is a legit musician on the mic and on the pen, yet he makes some pretty corny creative choices at the same time... he needs to find a better, more experimental collaborator to help him reach the next level. it seems like the band is there for support, but they don't transform into anything greater than the sum
30:37 - 30:58 Actually no, Hybrid Theory was the most pirated album in 2001 according to The Guardian. Kids stole 5.3 million copies of it and it STILL outsold everyone. The reason it could take this heavy blow was because Hybrid Theory was both the first of it’s kind and music EVERYONE wanted.
@@bloojkl4520 no, he's just a Mike Shinoda hater 🤣 Likes Linkin Park, just not Mike ("His writing, his MC "skills""). It's incredible that Mike agreed to do this.
People can say they outgrew LP but every metalhead, every pop artist, every experimental electronic artist, every rock artist and every hip hop artist I personally know got into ALL those genres because of this band. LP is like the awesome 8th grade teacher who pushed musicians to follow their dreams.
Really special place in my heart. My gateway band to Metal music. Papercut is the biggest reason why Holy Wars... The Punishment Due is my favorite song. Something about fast and heavy riffs that feels so good.
Everyone here was, at least at some point, obsessed with LP. They're what got a lot of us into music. I think even if we don't vibe with the music anymore, we should at least respect it
yeah I've phased out of their music over the past 5 years but I did have a point where I was heavily into their music, I mean I probably wouldn't have had music discovery as a hobby if I didn't discover them when I was 5 'cause I mostly just listened to whatever was on the radio.
Yeah I've never been a bigger fan of any band than I used to be of Linkin Park when I was 11-14. I knew like every song on every album, every demo, Hybrid Theory was the first album that I would listen to as a whole. I couldn't stop talking about them lol I don't listen to them anymore and I have quite different perspective on some of their work, but like you've said, they got me into music.
1:01:00 I feel like we weren't ready for A Thousand Suns. Back in the day I hated that album, nowadays I geniunely think it's their best work. Maybe I've matured? idk, but I think that album has aged like fine wine
I remember people BASHED that album when it was brand new. People hated it even more than Minutes to Midnight. LP has always been unapologetically artistic ❤ They're absolutely fearless!
I wonder if Anthony's 15-year-old self was jumping for joy when he got to interview THE Mike Shinoda. Also, Mike roasting Anthony in the beginning, was hilarious.
He didnt roast him. He didnt make fun of his lack of hair, or glasses, or mishaps he may have made public. He expressed annoyment and anger at what melon has said inthe past. Very strong distiction to make.
Mike Shinoda! The man that got me into illustration, Gundam, Hip Hop, street art. He has basically been the influence all my life right next to my father. Give this man his flowers now that he’s still alive!
Honestly, this dude had so much impact on my music taste. When I was like 10 it absolutely blew my mind that hybrid theory could blend so many styles. I legitimately thought that was what people called "experimental music". I think that's such a good album to get a kid into music. It directly influenced me to check out rap, metal and electronic music when I was younger. Linkin park pretty much put the idea in my head that all genres have something good to offer.
This is true. It helps that those first two albums had no cursing or sexual content, which is rare to find in both rock and hip-hop. So yeah, I agree that Linkin Park is a great band to show kids to get them more into music.
@@RyanStorey1231 Yea, kind of an enigma looking back, as most nu metal bands seemed to make a point to be music parents would hate. I guess they had the right idea though since they ended up having more longterm success than almost any nu metal band. My mom actually liked In The End when it would come on the radio.
Absolutley! Hell, it's such a diverse and full album. It doesn't fall back on any genre, it isn't an album that flexs that it's a mix, it's a non-apologetic fusion and I do not understand the hate. I'm all for the love, and I've got a lot of love for Mike's work throughout that album.
I wish Mike started out by saying: The Needle Drop is not good. Melon was SWEATING in the beginning haha. He knew that he had said some shit before about those Mike Shinoda bars. Btw, this is cartharsis.
I didn't respect LP back in the day that much until one guy in college that only liked the most mainstream pop songs in the world also loved LP. The guy was able to listen to Chester roaring and screaming his lungs out even though he didn't care about rock or metal. That to me clicked, LP was a truly remarkable and special band, an all-around spectacle that was able to speak to so many types of music fans, no band has ever done the same. Bon Jovi my ass, LP was pop but also heavy AF. They were fucking Star Wars. Kudos to them.
For being in one of the biggest rock bands ever in the last twenty years, Mike Shinoda is probably one of the chillest and easy going dudes I’ve seen interviewed by Melon and this was just a pleasant watch
I'm so happy they navigated this conversation in a civil way as opposed to reactionary or just getting mad at each other, which very easily could've happened. This was one of the most satisfying interviews I've seen in a long time.
Here for Mike! A Thousand Suns is my favorite album. I started listening when I was a 12 year old girl and never stopped. I’m a 25 year old woman now who’s favorite band will always be Linkin Park
I really love Linkin Park. It should be a musician's band. Every band member is a beast and so talented and smart about the industry. It's wild to me that people who love music can't even admit that. Also stage presence and overall competency. People are insane.
i cant tell you how much it warms my heart seeing how much 1000 suns love i’m seeing in these comments. been saying since it came out that it was one of the most slept on albums and that years down the line people would realize how fucking good it was and god damn it i was right. shit’s fire tbh. like, seriously, if you havent listened to it since it came out, go back to it. we weren’t ready for it.
I have properly discovered LP right after ATS came out(I have heard all the singles growing up, of course), and while I started with Meteora and HT, I have later found myself enjoying their later albums way more, I bumped A Thousand Suns so much and argued about how good it is for quite a while. And it was really an unpolular opinion back then. People were looking at Minutes to Midnight the same way, even though it is so well composed and just full of well arranged and interesting songs. Even now I am enjoying HT and Meteora way less than most of the stuff that came after, excluding One More Light. Also, the Hybrid Theory EP was something else. When I have found it I was consumed by it, the darkness in the songs there is almost physically tangible. I am glad to see that people are starting to "get" ATS.
I definitely feel that their later albums are much better. Hybrid Theory and Meteora are very well-crafted and ahead of their time sonically, but they were very juvenile lyrically, and no matter how innovative their sound was, it was always going to be a product of the cringy nu-metal days. The fact that they evolved beyond the nu-metal scene, which was already on its way out, and dared to be more than just another rock band proves that they were truly a one-of-a-kind group. There was a lot of growth on Minutes To Midnight, and they matured into the band that made A Thousand Suns. If their core fanbase hadn't been angry white boys who just wanted another Hybrid Theory to angst out to, I think the album would have been received better.
It makes me happy that people came around to it finally, because I remember the ungodly amount of backlash it got on release very vividly. Broke my teen heart really, because I really liked it and everyone seemed to hate it to the core.
@@RyanStorey1231 I don't think talking about things like suicide, self-worth, depression, relationships and so on is being "juvenile lyrically". If anything LP is one of the few bands that could actually tackle these subjects and make it sound sincere and genuine unlike many bands around the time.
i love how mike is a worldwide known artist , has been in the industry for like 30 years and still aint no narcissist, unlike most musicians. keep on shining my man
Mike is such a gem, Linkin Park was my first love musically for as long as I could remember. Of course Hybrid Theory and Meteora are classic LP albums but I could argue so are the rest of them. Over the years, the more I listen to a minutes to midnight or a thousand suns or Living Things, the more I love them. At first I didn't listen to them thoroughly but now there's definitely bangers on those albums.
For sure. Millions of records sold, tons of hits, still extremely relevant and influenced TONS of new bands. In 2025 when they are eligible, I imagine 1st ballot hall of famers
holy shit 36:32 Mike talking about the moment on the one more light review where Anthony said Linkin park were just making trendy music because it was trending
It does sound like some middleaged dudes trying to recapture the spark former glorydays, but forgot how to, to put it meanly, but i'd be lying if i said i didn't enjoy it when Hunting Party came out, at least to some degree.
@@dariolema2722 People talk about The Hunting Party more than Living Things because THP is hated lol, Living things is considered a good/meh album. Personally I love both albums
35:06-35:37 - 31 seconds of Absolute Truth from a person who actually Knows what he is talking about! I mean, Ive always thought LInkin Park are cool guys who used to make music I love, but hearing some of Mikes overall takes, and Especially that half a minute it truly reaffirms my stance about, at the very least, Mike as an Actual Artist. Hopefully one day he might want to re-take his place in those charts and try to show the Other side of the art form - just like back in the early 2000s...
Linkin Park was my first and last "favorite band" growing up. I remember being like 5 and loving Hybrid Theory. I remember being confused but excited with Minutes to Midnight but then learning to love it over the year after it came out (and my mom bought me the censored copy cuz I was still younger lol). Then when ATS came out it in my mind solidified why LP will always be my favorite band. That album is one of the best albums of all time imo. I remember going on a vacation with my family to Myrtle Beach when LIVING THINGS came out and being super hype. It's just been such a wild ride. I love how genuine the band always has been with Chester and especially Mike. I'm glad this interview happened. I'm very happy right now. :)
Meteora got me into guitar when I was 12-13. Sure, the riffs were simple like Mike said, but I was still pumped to learn and practice them every day. I would pop in the CD, sit in front of the radio, and just jam the fuck out. It was great. Mad respect to Mike and all of LP.
Honestly as a huge LP fan I didn’t like A Thousand Suns for a while but I got into it again and now it’s one of my top favourite albums. Also Hunting Party is one of my favourite things ever, it got me through the hardest years of my STEM degree. Love Mike so much
I think Linkin Park has a lot of great albums, and some of them still get some recognition, but I think Reanimation is unjustly underrated. Sure, it's all remixes of Hybrid Theory, but I actually prefer a lot of them over the originals. It's more hip-hop, more electronic, it has incredible guest artists, and listening to it from start to finish is still a journey, from the opening to the closing Krwlng melody. I'm a lot more interested in hip-hop than I was in middle school, and listening to it with a more hip-hop appreciating lens really brings out new lights and nuances in its content. Reanimation was the album I had on my original Xbox, it was one of my favorite albums to listen to on my bus rides to school. Now, years later, I don't listen to LP 1/10th as often as I used to, having branched out in my musical preferences, but man, does that album hold up to this day.
Mike is such an authentic, nice and talented guy. I was a HUGE LP fan, it was the album that got me into music. RIP Chester and Mike is the best. much love.
@@woeful669 sick! Reason it's so memorable to me I think is because I hadn't heard the record, saw it at the store and recognized it as the new LP record, so I bought it and listened to it on the ride home
@@Bolstered it sure has an interesting cover too. my story is that i used to play this mobile game called Tap Tap Revenge 3 that featured Waiting for The End as one of the free songs, i fell in love with it and went and bought the album
Wow, I ended up really watching the whole thing and it didn't even feel like an hour. Guess it was the fond memories of listening to LP and Mike in general. Great interview Melon.
Man almost everything he said was so honest and insightful. The thing about young artists having an edge due to their particular propensities that would read as amateurish or low-fidelity to others is interesting. Not only is it the case when upcomers work with bigger producers does there sound become too polished or overworked, It's sometimes the extreme or gritty or low fidelity that we are want anyway. A really good recent example is the Artist Eyedress. The guitars are quite considered and especially drone which isn't crazy but what stood out to me was just how amateurish or crappy his beats are. Sometimes the kick and snare barely relate to each other tonally and they're usually quite quiet or drowned in the mix. It reminds me actually of MY bloody valentines Loveless, where the drum hits are barely there, which enhances the tubular, ambient and looseness of the proceeding sonics. I just would never think to throw some half-ass, almost ironically played out drum beat like that together, but it definitely slaps.
I got so excited when I saw this pop up, I know Melon hates what LP/Shinoda has done recently but they are literally my favorite band of all time. A Thousand Suns is my favorite album of all time, it really was such a unique and different sounding album and it inspired me to even start making music myself, thanks for this Melon
MELON Why is this Interview 1 hour long I could listen to this absolute majestic specimen remark upon his musical career for goddamn days this is a mere strip tease
Hybrid Theory was the first album I ever bought. I was fanatic for a decade, then turned my nose up at the band regrettably, and I've come full circle and respect them. Life's too short. Can't wait to re discover the albums that soundtracks my youth with no shame/guilt.
I literally listen to Meteora and The Hybrid Theory every day. Great music for driving fast and hitting pr's while working out. Probably fucked my hearing though.
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain AND A HUNDRED PERCENT REASON TO REMEMBER THE NAME
I've always felt like A Thousand Suns was the last album that Linkin Park made that was what they really wanted to do, and everything after was a response to the reception of previous albums. - Living Things "Fans think we strayed too far from the Hybrid Theory style, let's mix that old style with A Thousand Suns" - Hunting Party "Oh shit, fans didn't really like the electronic stuff, let's just make a really heavy album" - One More Light "Fans wanted heavy but didn't like Hunting Party, fuck the fans, let's just cater to radio with the most generic possible pop we can think of" As a result, those 3 last studio efforts feel incredibly forced to me. That's just my perception, and I can't fault the band if these last 3 albums were really them just doing what they wanted to do, no holds barred. But A Thousand Suns was the last studio album that felt genuine to me and I haven't been able to enjoy their latest releases as much. Rebellion is a cool song. So is Guilty All The Same. Or Roads Untraveled. Roads Untraveled is great. But that's it for me.
The drummer from Death Grips was the drummer for Hella, from Sacramento, but also Team Sleep, funny enough. A side project started by Chino Moreno from Deftones and a few other people. Had many guests. The album took forever to release due to other commitments. But it's still amazing! Zach is insane! Hella too!
A Thousand Suns is an interesting one. I didn't really listen to it at the time because it was so different from my expectation of what a LP album was supposed to be, but in recent years it's become one of my favorites.
This was amazing. Glad you guys did this. Despite the hate LP has gotten, they'll always be the band that got me into Metal music. I now listen to Tool, Meshuggah, Animals As Leaders, Mastodon, etc. It's just amazing to have gone on this journey which I'm still on. I enjoy going back and listening to everything. I've always made it a thing to listen to new LP for old times sake. I didn't love everything but that's fine. I've also learned to love other music which eventually led me to like LP stuff which I didn't before. A Thousands Suns is just so amazing to me now. And since I listened to it when it released, it's also nostalgic now. Even if I wasn't super into at the time, I gave it a few listens and now it takes me back to that time when I was listening to lots of new music for me. Anyways, thank you so much Mike! I was a massive fan as a teen, wanting to have your spikey colored hair 😂. Never permanent but I did try sprays and colored gels. Fun times the early 2000s. 🤣
Mike is so nice to someone who just sh!ts on all of their music makes me love LP even more than I do. Much respect for the band doing what they wanted to do and having a huge loyal fan base. Rest in peace Chester love you forever.....🕊
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Let’s agree: Mike has the best camera out of anyone who’s done these interviews so far
Julian Casablancas and his Nokia 3310 + Cuba prison cell setup is unbeatable.
It's because he streams
he streams almost everyday, that's why
What about dorian's camera set up
what about sasha grey's setup?
Man, Shinoda comes across as such a nice guy and I love how he doesn't take himself seriously. That was very good.
He is a phenomenal speaker/interview
Yeah he's one of the best people in music. He's like Dave Grohl levels of nice
@John M he's always been like this, rejected from labels 44 times and still has the balls to demand full rights to their fan club so they could be closer to their supporters.
He’s always seemed like a very humble and genuine guy. It’s nice to see fame hasn’t turned him into an ass
@John M Is there a video of this story?
It was actually Hybrid Theory that got me into rap music.
Same. I was about 5 when they dropped the music video for 'in the end'. To see that as a child in the early 2000s was pretty mind blowing.
That’s really kinda sad..
Me too bro, and I'm very thankful
@@DIYTFY Don't be sad, be happy.
@@DIYTFY stfu lmao
This is ten percent luck. Twenty percent skill. Fifteen percent concentrated power of will. Five percent pleasure. Fifty percent pain. And a hundred percent reason for the best teeth in the GAME.
Underrated
Nice
Damn, you got bars.
This comment will be the only 10/10 this year
YES!!! :) :) :)
What I like about Mike Shinoda is that he is a real music guy . He understands the current state of the industry and how music has evolved into what it is today
Yeah, he's able to speak on it very intelligently and has a good view of the big picture of music. I don't really like his stuff but I really appreciate the mind it came from and it's significance in music as a whole.
Whether you love or hate Linkin Park, Shinoda was the lifeblood and creativity behind it, without him there was no Linkin Park. Yes you need Chesters voice, you need extra input from the musicians, but it was always him putting together the concepts of each album and creating each song, then the others would add their ideas and input to it, he was always the mastermind.
He's a true artist and very passionate about music and I have always been a big fan of him.
All those rap mags.
I can't say I like any of their electronic or pop leaning stuff but you are an idiot if you think hybrid theory and meteors are not absolute classic albums. I also liked their hunting party album as well. But when Mike is on point he can be a damn good rapper too. Like even some of his solo stuff with Fort Minor is actually pretty good. He's not exactly a mad wordsmith like Eminem but the dude can be a pretty good lyricist in his own right. Honestly Go back and listen to the rising tide by fort minor there's some decent stuff on that album
there are moments you can tell mike is a legit musician on the mic and on the pen, yet he makes some pretty corny creative choices at the same time... he needs to find a better, more experimental collaborator to help him reach the next level. it seems like the band is there for support, but they don't transform into anything greater than the sum
30:37 - 30:58 Actually no, Hybrid Theory was the most pirated album in 2001 according to The Guardian. Kids stole 5.3 million copies of it and it STILL outsold everyone. The reason it could take this heavy blow was because Hybrid Theory was both the first of it’s kind and music EVERYONE wanted.
@@stonecodfish2365 You're somebody! 😃
Insane to think they got passed over by so many different labels, some higher ups really cannot tell what good music is
That last part is dubious, nu metal was a thing since the 90s already
To be honest, I could have never imagined Anthony interviewing Mike Shinoda BUT I’m extremely excited about it.
I don’t know the channel owner. Is he a Linkin Park hater? I was confused by the intro
@@bloojkl4520 Same I'm confused too...
They look like two besties just chatting over a zoom
@@bloojkl4520 no, he's just a Mike Shinoda hater 🤣 Likes Linkin Park, just not Mike ("His writing, his MC "skills""). It's incredible that Mike agreed to do this.
@@bloojkl4520 I feel like it's more because fantano isn't the big mike fan
People can say they outgrew LP but every metalhead, every pop artist, every experimental electronic artist, every rock artist and every hip hop artist I personally know got into ALL those genres because of this band. LP is like the awesome 8th grade teacher who pushed musicians to follow their dreams.
💯
What if I told you only a handful of my friends even liked Lincoln park? I guess it's cool Chester knew chris cornell.
I forgot to mention hip hop, my bad.
Really special place in my heart. My gateway band to Metal music.
Papercut is the biggest reason why Holy Wars... The Punishment Due is my favorite song.
Something about fast and heavy riffs that feels so good.
that's such a good analogy, I love that so much (it's also very true)
Everyone here was, at least at some point, obsessed with LP. They're what got a lot of us into music. I think even if we don't vibe with the music anymore, we should at least respect it
They were never my favourite, but they definitely helped shape my taste.
yeah I've phased out of their music over the past 5 years but I did have a point where I was heavily into their music, I mean I probably wouldn't have had music discovery as a hobby if I didn't discover them when I was 5 'cause I mostly just listened to whatever was on the radio.
Yeah I've never been a bigger fan of any band than I used to be of Linkin Park when I was 11-14. I knew like every song on every album, every demo, Hybrid Theory was the first album that I would listen to as a whole. I couldn't stop talking about them lol
I don't listen to them anymore and I have quite different perspective on some of their work, but like you've said, they got me into music.
I don’t listen to them as often as I used to but I still like Hybrid Theory, Meteora and Reanimation and listen to them sometimes.
I was definitely one. Hell they were my favorite band at one point at the time. Them and Surprisingly The Rolling Stones were my Gateway to music
LP should be in the rock n roll hall of fame
Without a doubt
I don't think they've reached the required time to be considered yet. But for sure they should
@@markc266 yeah for sure. When the time comes it’ll be the right time
They arent?! What the hell
They will be eligible in 2025 but they are for fucking sure HOF guaranteed
M Shinoda seems like such a positive, wholesome, and genuine individual. I would love to have friends like him!
he just seems so nice
1:01:00 I feel like we weren't ready for A Thousand Suns. Back in the day I hated that album, nowadays I geniunely think it's their best work. Maybe I've matured? idk, but I think that album has aged like fine wine
Probably their most consistent album. Even the interludes are cool.
I remember people BASHED that album when it was brand new. People hated it even more than Minutes to Midnight. LP has always been unapologetically artistic ❤ They're absolutely fearless!
I wonder if Anthony's 15-year-old self was jumping for joy when he got to interview THE Mike Shinoda. Also, Mike roasting Anthony in the beginning, was hilarious.
He didnt roast him. He didnt make fun of his lack of hair, or glasses, or mishaps he may have made public. He expressed annoyment and anger at what melon has said inthe past. Very strong distiction to make.
@@greeksdorok the fuck is "annoyment" dude?
@@Ten_Thousand_Locusts ?
@@Ten_Thousand_Locusts bruh is this reply really necessary
@@FirstnameLastname-nd9wx yes, dude said some dumb shit and needs to be called out on it.
Mike Shinoda! The man that got me into illustration, Gundam, Hip Hop, street art. He has basically been the influence all my life right next to my father. Give this man his flowers now that he’s still alive!
Love the reference at the end
Felt this
I'm that guy who will never shut up about A Thousand Suns lmao
felt
Every day!!!! I feel like an insane person for going to bat for that album all the time
A Thousand Suns is such an underappreciated album, I think it's their best stuff.
It's so fucking good and cinematic in vibe. Like it has that same Hybrid Theory spirit in musical exploration.
Love that
The interview we didn’t ask for but all needed
those fruits on your profile pic thicc as hell from far away
Lemons
arguably alot of these we didnt ask for
@@noelc8927 Hahahhaha
I certainly have been asking for this one!!!!
amazing
Hi Aries
Yo Aries! Fools Gold is fr best track of 2020z Playing it for all my friends, and by the “fear of talking” they all nod to the beat.
Been bumpin welcome home consistently since it came out. Your next album is one of my most anticipated tbh. Can’t wait to hear it dude
yes he is
Geez I wonder what your star sign is?
I feel like Mike hasn’t aged in 10 years.
Yeah it’s crazy he’s 43 and looks 33 lol.
Him & Pharrell
It's his half asian gene❤️😂
so true
Hybrid Theory and Meteora will forever be some of the greatest music albums ever made.
Minutes to Midnight too!
I listened to meteora again recently and it totally holds up
Yeh but, Reanimation though.
A Thousand Suns is still my favorite thing Linkin Park has ever done
@@corgio1260 totally underrated album.
I still think a thousand suns is underrated
I think it's fantastic. It's not perfect but it's a great Linkin Park album
A thousand suns was good. I felt like afterwards it got really hit and miss with their records
its probably my fav of all time
I dont know about that dawg
It's amazing
Mike's one of the most chill people in the entire industry. How after what happened he still so upbeat and positive.
Shinoda is really thoughtful and well-spoken. I didn't know how much I'd enjoy this interview.
Honestly, this dude had so much impact on my music taste. When I was like 10 it absolutely blew my mind that hybrid theory could blend so many styles. I legitimately thought that was what people called "experimental music". I think that's such a good album to get a kid into music. It directly influenced me to check out rap, metal and electronic music when I was younger. Linkin park pretty much put the idea in my head that all genres have something good to offer.
Same. Like 80% of my musical taste and all its branches can be traced back to Linkin Park first 4 albums lmao.
90s kid reporting
This is true. It helps that those first two albums had no cursing or sexual content, which is rare to find in both rock and hip-hop. So yeah, I agree that Linkin Park is a great band to show kids to get them more into music.
@@RyanStorey1231 Yea, kind of an enigma looking back, as most nu metal bands seemed to make a point to be music parents would hate. I guess they had the right idea though since they ended up having more longterm success than almost any nu metal band. My mom actually liked In The End when it would come on the radio.
Absolutley! Hell, it's such a diverse and full album. It doesn't fall back on any genre, it isn't an album that flexs that it's a mix, it's a non-apologetic fusion and I do not understand the hate. I'm all for the love, and I've got a lot of love for Mike's work throughout that album.
I wish Mike started out by saying:
The Needle Drop is not good.
Melon was SWEATING in the beginning haha. He knew that he had said some shit before about those Mike Shinoda bars.
Btw, this is cartharsis.
I don't have any friends because they are ashamed of the videos I upload. Are they really that bad, dear qlex
@@AxxLAfriku you don't have any friends because you do shit like this...
@@AxxLAfriku Stop. Reported for spam.
@Alexander Chilton it's catharsis*
@@konataizumi5829 but it's not spam, I've never seen him repeat a message?
Them uniting over Deathgrips is kinda cute
Which part
time stamp?
@@kryvox1 literally the first 3 minutes what the fuck is your attention span??
@@jpegmarek LOOL
@@jpegmarek They didn't watched the video, maybe just here for the meme comments.
Mike's bringing the wisdom, passion and enthusiasm to this interview. It's really palpable, and keeping our boy on his toes! Loving this!
Yes 🙂
I didn't respect LP back in the day that much until one guy in college that only liked the most mainstream pop songs in the world also loved LP. The guy was able to listen to Chester roaring and screaming his lungs out even though he didn't care about rock or metal. That to me clicked, LP was a truly remarkable and special band, an all-around spectacle that was able to speak to so many types of music fans, no band has ever done the same. Bon Jovi my ass, LP was pop but also heavy AF. They were fucking Star Wars. Kudos to them.
For being in one of the biggest rock bands ever in the last twenty years, Mike Shinoda is probably one of the chillest and easy going dudes I’ve seen interviewed by Melon and this was just a pleasant watch
Probably the last big rock band
@@user-bx1hn1fu5f I'd argue Foo Fighters and Green Day are still somewhere around there
@@user-bx1hn1fu5f Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead
@@user-bx1hn1fu5f Guns n roses is still performing.
@@garretth8224 ehh but they peaked so long ago
I could listen to Mike Shinoda ramble all day and never get bored of it.
His twitch is just the thing for you, then :)
And youtube channel.
Yes
This is probably the most entertaining interview from Fantano so far
"Mike Shinoda: I just never ever EVER cared for his lyrics, his skills as an emcee"
- Melon, July 8, 2012
how the turntables
It's Going Down is pretty good from a rapping standpoint, and well every other standpoint.
I love how suddenly everyone's digging out those LP reviews and statements from him lmao
Well this is awkward 😬😬😬
bruh this comment was real, right?
I'm so happy they navigated this conversation in a civil way as opposed to reactionary or just getting mad at each other, which very easily could've happened. This was one of the most satisfying interviews I've seen in a long time.
Mike is literally the best. No one's as cool as him. Thanks, that was my hot take.
Here for Mike! A Thousand Suns is my favorite album. I started listening when I was a 12 year old girl and never stopped. I’m a 25 year old woman now who’s favorite band will always be Linkin Park
I really love Linkin Park. It should be a musician's band. Every band member is a beast and so talented and smart about the industry.
It's wild to me that people who love music can't even admit that. Also stage presence and overall competency. People are insane.
i cant tell you how much it warms my heart seeing how much 1000 suns love i’m seeing in these comments.
been saying since it came out that it was one of the most slept on albums and that years down the line people would realize how fucking good it was and god damn it i was right. shit’s fire tbh.
like, seriously, if you havent listened to it since it came out, go back to it. we weren’t ready for it.
I have properly discovered LP right after ATS came out(I have heard all the singles growing up, of course), and while I started with Meteora and HT, I have later found myself enjoying their later albums way more, I bumped A Thousand Suns so much and argued about how good it is for quite a while. And it was really an unpolular opinion back then. People were looking at Minutes to Midnight the same way, even though it is so well composed and just full of well arranged and interesting songs.
Even now I am enjoying HT and Meteora way less than most of the stuff that came after, excluding One More Light. Also, the Hybrid Theory EP was something else. When I have found it I was consumed by it, the darkness in the songs there is almost physically tangible.
I am glad to see that people are starting to "get" ATS.
I definitely feel that their later albums are much better. Hybrid Theory and Meteora are very well-crafted and ahead of their time sonically, but they were very juvenile lyrically, and no matter how innovative their sound was, it was always going to be a product of the cringy nu-metal days. The fact that they evolved beyond the nu-metal scene, which was already on its way out, and dared to be more than just another rock band proves that they were truly a one-of-a-kind group.
There was a lot of growth on Minutes To Midnight, and they matured into the band that made A Thousand Suns. If their core fanbase hadn't been angry white boys who just wanted another Hybrid Theory to angst out to, I think the album would have been received better.
It makes me happy that people came around to it finally, because I remember the ungodly amount of backlash it got on release very vividly.
Broke my teen heart really, because I really liked it and everyone seemed to hate it to the core.
@@RyanStorey1231 I don't think talking about things like suicide, self-worth, depression, relationships and so on is being "juvenile lyrically". If anything LP is one of the few bands that could actually tackle these subjects and make it sound sincere and genuine unlike many bands around the time.
@@RyanStorey1231 Fully agree, really unfortunate that the fan base was just too edgy to appreciate Linkin Park changing their sound
I think this is the best RUclips video ever. I occasionally rewatch this, because this is so wholesome. Thanks, Melon
Linkin park is responsible for a large chunk of my taste in music. Influential isnt a strong enough word man
I just wanna give Mike Shinoda a big hug and thank him for my adolescent soundtrack.
Meteora is a ten and a classic. Admit it, Fantano!
Really loved Meteora, even more than Hybrid Theory.
Meteora was literally flawless.
i love how mike is a worldwide known artist , has been in the industry for like 30 years and still aint no narcissist, unlike most musicians. keep on shining my man
Yep he is so humble, I'll always love him
Mike is such a gem, Linkin Park was my first love musically for as long as I could remember. Of course Hybrid Theory and Meteora are classic LP albums but I could argue so are the rest of them. Over the years, the more I listen to a minutes to midnight or a thousand suns or Living Things, the more I love them. At first I didn't listen to them thoroughly but now there's definitely bangers on those albums.
Linkin park deserves to be in the Rock n roll hall of fame
For sure. Millions of records sold, tons of hits, still extremely relevant and influenced TONS of new bands. In 2025 when they are eligible, I imagine 1st ballot hall of famers
Ummmm no.
Ummmm yes.
100% it’s insane they haven’t already been inducted and accepted
@@shiftyjim4138 they’re not eligible until 2025.
holy shit 36:32 Mike talking about the moment on the one more light review where Anthony said Linkin park were just making trendy music because it was trending
I immediately thought of that I was losing my shit
Yeah me too 😬
My video is literally paused for a while minute now because I have to take a breather when I realized.
DAAAAAMN SON
Mike Shinoda is such a great guy he's always entertaining in interviews
I still listen to Meteora, Hybrid Theory and Minutes to Midnight every now and then from beginning to end.
Hunting Party was underrated.
It does sound like some middleaged dudes trying to recapture the spark former glorydays, but forgot how to, to put it meanly, but i'd be lying if i said i didn't enjoy it when Hunting Party came out, at least to some degree.
*overrated by many fans. Living Things is way better but I don't see people talking about that
@@dariolema2722 People talk about The Hunting Party more than Living Things because THP is hated lol, Living things is considered a good/meh album. Personally I love both albums
All fairness aside. The Rising Tied is a severely underrated album, and definitely ahead of it's time
35:06-35:37 - 31 seconds of Absolute Truth from a person who actually Knows what he is talking about!
I mean, Ive always thought LInkin Park are cool guys who used to make music I love, but hearing some of Mikes overall takes, and Especially that half a minute it truly reaffirms my stance about, at the very least, Mike as an Actual Artist.
Hopefully one day he might want to re-take his place in those charts and try to show the Other side of the art form - just like back in the early 2000s...
Linkin Park was my first and last "favorite band" growing up. I remember being like 5 and loving Hybrid Theory. I remember being confused but excited with Minutes to Midnight but then learning to love it over the year after it came out (and my mom bought me the censored copy cuz I was still younger lol). Then when ATS came out it in my mind solidified why LP will always be my favorite band. That album is one of the best albums of all time imo. I remember going on a vacation with my family to Myrtle Beach when LIVING THINGS came out and being super hype. It's just been such a wild ride. I love how genuine the band always has been with Chester and especially Mike. I'm glad this interview happened. I'm very happy right now. :)
This is the first interview I actually watched start to finish
Same
Honestly, Mike Shinoda is above this kind of self deprecation for Fantano and his fans’ sake
Meteora got me into guitar when I was 12-13. Sure, the riffs were simple like Mike said, but I was still pumped to learn and practice them every day. I would pop in the CD, sit in front of the radio, and just jam the fuck out. It was great. Mad respect to Mike and all of LP.
Honestly as a huge LP fan I didn’t like A Thousand Suns for a while but I got into it again and now it’s one of my top favourite albums. Also Hunting Party is one of my favourite things ever, it got me through the hardest years of my STEM degree. Love Mike so much
I think Linkin Park has a lot of great albums, and some of them still get some recognition, but I think Reanimation is unjustly underrated. Sure, it's all remixes of Hybrid Theory, but I actually prefer a lot of them over the originals. It's more hip-hop, more electronic, it has incredible guest artists, and listening to it from start to finish is still a journey, from the opening to the closing Krwlng melody. I'm a lot more interested in hip-hop than I was in middle school, and listening to it with a more hip-hop appreciating lens really brings out new lights and nuances in its content.
Reanimation was the album I had on my original Xbox, it was one of my favorite albums to listen to on my bus rides to school. Now, years later, I don't listen to LP 1/10th as often as I used to, having branched out in my musical preferences, but man, does that album hold up to this day.
I actually like the Crawling remix over the original.
Mike is such an authentic, nice and talented guy. I was a HUGE LP fan, it was the album that got me into music. RIP Chester and Mike is the best. much love.
this is cool and all, but when are we getting the Mike Wazowski interview??
I’m watching you wazowski, always watching
No, he needs to interview Mr. incredible
he needs to interview squidward
@@MarcoPolo-py4lv squidward would play him a Clarinet and Anthony would he like IS MAYONNAISE AN INSTRUMENT?
@@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6 maybe Elastigirl can join too
I found it crazy that A Thousand Suns is the first record I ever bought, just like in Mike's example!
Going back and listening to Iridescent now thanks to that
first album i bought on itunes i always come back
@@woeful669 sick! Reason it's so memorable to me I think is because I hadn't heard the record, saw it at the store and recognized it as the new LP record, so I bought it and listened to it on the ride home
Same here!
@@Bolstered it sure has an interesting cover too. my story is that i used to play this mobile game called Tap Tap Revenge 3 that featured Waiting for The End as one of the free songs, i fell in love with it and went and bought the album
Wow, I ended up really watching the whole thing and it didn't even feel like an hour. Guess it was the fond memories of listening to LP and Mike in general. Great interview Melon.
Mike Shinoda seems like one of the nicest guys in the world, he's so happy and goofy yet thoughtful
A Gerard Way interview would be interesting.
Could you imagine
Or Bert McCracken from The Used
It would be WAY too interesting
Do that
imagine Billie Joe Armstrong
Man almost everything he said was so honest and insightful. The thing about young artists having an edge due to their particular propensities that would read as amateurish or low-fidelity to others is interesting. Not only is it the case when upcomers work with bigger producers does there sound become too polished or overworked, It's sometimes the extreme or gritty or low fidelity that we are want anyway. A really good recent example is the Artist Eyedress. The guitars are quite considered and especially drone which isn't crazy but what stood out to me was just how amateurish or crappy his beats are. Sometimes the kick and snare barely relate to each other tonally and they're usually quite quiet or drowned in the mix. It reminds me actually of MY bloody valentines Loveless, where the drum hits are barely there, which enhances the tubular, ambient and looseness of the proceeding sonics. I just would never think to throw some half-ass, almost ironically played out drum beat like that together, but it definitely slaps.
It's sorta lame that people can't actually engage in music-related discourse because they're too busy recycling tired, old memes in the comments
yee I been feeling that recently
Welcome to theneedledrop fanbase, don’t forget your monthly cancer checkup...
Facts, old fantano videos were so so much better. Now all these dead jokes are just fishing for likes and upvotes on reddit
@@samuelmercier3635 it could be worse, at least we aren't toxic elitists
I get what you're saying, but maybe it's time to be the change you hope to see ya know. I don't think people CAN'T engage in conversation like that.
Maaaaaaaan, Mike is such a MAGIC guy 💕
Heh
Did you mean "Magic Mike"?
an hour long video about how you shot abe linkin is not really what i was expecting when i clicked, but i’m pleasantly surprised.
Hey Melon, you're growing as an interviewer really quick and I'm proud
I love Mike he’s so nice.
I got so excited when I saw this pop up, I know Melon hates what LP/Shinoda has done recently but they are literally my favorite band of all time. A Thousand Suns is my favorite album of all time, it really was such a unique and different sounding album and it inspired me to even start making music myself, thanks for this Melon
MELON Why is this Interview 1 hour long I could listen to this absolute majestic specimen remark upon his musical career for goddamn days this is a mere strip tease
This guy has a DIAMOND CERTIFIED ALBUM! Humbleness goals.🔥
1:25 I'm glad that Mike had said that to let it be known that he could handle it because those hateful crowds back then was just wild and petty.
Hybrid Theory was the first album I ever bought. I was fanatic for a decade, then turned my nose up at the band regrettably, and I've come full circle and respect them. Life's too short. Can't wait to re discover the albums that soundtracks my youth with no shame/guilt.
I have never seen a single video from you but when I see an hour long interview with Mike Shinoda in my recommend, I WATCH!
I literally listen to Meteora and The Hybrid Theory every day. Great music for driving fast and hitting pr's while working out. Probably fucked my hearing though.
Shinoda sounds so passionate, I fucking love it
I probably wouldn't have done this interview if I was in Mike's shoes. Very mature of him I guess.
while you were busy partying, Mike Shinobi was busy studying the blade
ive watched this several times.....mike will forever be one of my idols
Dude, I love almost all of LP's music. So much of it is incredible.
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
AND A HUNDRED PERCENT REASON TO REMEMBER THE NAME
God bless you, Mike!
Thanks for the interview, Anthony!
I have so much love and respect for Mike! How is he so down to earth after all the things he has experienced?
I could listen to Mike talk forever. He's been inspiring me for more than a decade at this point.
It's time to revisit A Thousand Suns, which is, in fact, Linkin Park's best album.
I wouldn't go that far but it's good.
preach brother
Yess sirrrr
I've always felt like A Thousand Suns was the last album that Linkin Park made that was what they really wanted to do, and everything after was a response to the reception of previous albums.
- Living Things "Fans think we strayed too far from the Hybrid Theory style, let's mix that old style with A Thousand Suns"
- Hunting Party "Oh shit, fans didn't really like the electronic stuff, let's just make a really heavy album"
- One More Light "Fans wanted heavy but didn't like Hunting Party, fuck the fans, let's just cater to radio with the most generic possible pop we can think of"
As a result, those 3 last studio efforts feel incredibly forced to me.
That's just my perception, and I can't fault the band if these last 3 albums were really them just doing what they wanted to do, no holds barred. But A Thousand Suns was the last studio album that felt genuine to me and I haven't been able to enjoy their latest releases as much.
Rebellion is a cool song. So is Guilty All The Same. Or Roads Untraveled. Roads Untraveled is great. But that's it for me.
Living Things is my favorite. I feel its underrated
I was just listening to Meteora last night for the first time in years. Still just as good. No idea who the interviewer is but Mike is a badass!
Starts off funny knowing how much Anthony has shit on them, but man Mike's such a nice guy, this is a really great conversation overall.
rock on melon
I never realised how ugly Anthony looks when he’s next to a normal person
@@Benjlmao1996 aHHahHhaWhAT
@@Benjlmao1996 anthony lookin like The Judge from Blood Meridian
@@ColombianThunder Yo, this sent me to the moon hahahahaha
@@Benjlmao1996 to be fair mike shinoda is hot lmao, anyone looks kinda meh next to him
Linkin Park was my absolute first love of music. Hybrid Theory and Meteora are still records I go back to all the time.
Mike always has been the biggest role model for me, cause of such a great guy he is.
The drummer from Death Grips was the drummer for Hella, from Sacramento, but also Team Sleep, funny enough. A side project started by Chino Moreno from Deftones and a few other people. Had many guests. The album took forever to release due to other commitments. But it's still amazing! Zach is insane! Hella too!
Sir, this is a Linkin Park interview
@@andyspendlove1019they do mention Death Grips quite a lot in this interview tho?
A Thousand Suns is an interesting one. I didn't really listen to it at the time because it was so different from my expectation of what a LP album was supposed to be, but in recent years it's become one of my favorites.
Linkin Park was the first ever music group/artist that I was ever a fan of. All thanks to Transformers.
Same, man. Same
Damn didnt expect that from Draymond Green, thats a kicker
Yup.
@@devindraco3594 yuh
This was amazing. Glad you guys did this. Despite the hate LP has gotten, they'll always be the band that got me into Metal music. I now listen to Tool, Meshuggah, Animals As Leaders, Mastodon, etc. It's just amazing to have gone on this journey which I'm still on. I enjoy going back and listening to everything. I've always made it a thing to listen to new LP for old times sake. I didn't love everything but that's fine. I've also learned to love other music which eventually led me to like LP stuff which I didn't before. A Thousands Suns is just so amazing to me now. And since I listened to it when it released, it's also nostalgic now. Even if I wasn't super into at the time, I gave it a few listens and now it takes me back to that time when I was listening to lots of new music for me. Anyways, thank you so much Mike! I was a massive fan as a teen, wanting to have your spikey colored hair 😂. Never permanent but I did try sprays and colored gels. Fun times the early 2000s. 🤣
The whole point of genre is to understand what it is that you do or do not like about the music you just listened to or are about to listen to.
Awesome interview, Mike seems like a great guy. Now spending the rest of the day listening to Linkin Park
Meteora is my personally most important album i've heard. shaped my taste in music all the way from my childhood
A great interview. Love Mike so much
This interview started off stronger than any other
Mike is so nice to someone who just sh!ts on all of their music makes me love LP even more than I do. Much respect for the band doing what they wanted to do and having a huge loyal fan base. Rest in peace Chester love you forever.....🕊
It seems like Fantano and Mike would've been really good friends in school in another world.
I will take it to my grave that A Thousand Suns will be their best work of all time