Linkin Park reunite 7 years after Chester Bennington's death, with new music
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The band kicked off a livestream showcasing new singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, who will join returning members in Linkin Park’s new lineup.

As someone who grew up loving Linkin Park, I am hesitantly excited. The single they released is actually pretty good - The Emptiness Machine.

  • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    565·
    2 months ago

    Hot take: I hate when bands switch their singer or a lot of their members and still stick to the old band name.

    The only reason to do it is to get the instant reach, but you will always be sandbagging on a name that means something else and a lot of fans will only compare your new lineup to the old one.

    Making a new band name means you have to start fresh, but sometimes you can already take some relationships and prestige into your new project (Mike shinoda is a household name outside of Linkin park) and no one will expect a specific style out of you. It just feels like the better thing to do in most circumstances.

    I’m torn. I wanna like them and I wish them the best, but this name brings back memories and also expectations. It sticks like tar to every new release and even though that’s not fair, it won’t change until they rebrand into something new.

    • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
      17·
      2 months ago

      yeah, 70% of what made linkin park linkin park was like just chester. i’m skeptical.

      • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        That’s fair, but I would prefer that over Linkin Park sounding like a completely different band.

        Or Dream State, where 3/5 members got switched out and they stuck to the name, and now they sound completely different.

    • SoJB@lemmy.mlEnglish
      64·
      2 months ago

      System would never.

      (Can’t wait for this one to age poorly)

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Hopefully they are all secretly immortal. Also hopefully I haven’t missed any news about them and you’re just bringing them up because they are adjacent to Linkin Park in your headspace.

    • Notyou@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I haven’t even given Sublime (with Rome) a chance. I just stick to old Sublime.

    • VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I agree completely. Alice in Chains is my favorite band, but I really don’t think seeing them live would be worth it because they’d be doing all of Layne’s songs without him. I know that in that case, Jerry also contributed a great deal to the lyrics and sound, but without Layne something feels missing…