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Can LINKIN PARK Sustain Their Massive Success?

August 17, 2004

Fayola Shakes of Sun-Sentinel.com writes: "Every track LINKIN PARK touches turns to gold, platinum and multi-platinum. Their debut album, 'Hybrid Theory', crashed the music industry's mainframe when it dropped in late 2000, and went on to move more than 8 million units.

"Its remixed version, 'Reanimation', earned the So-Cal sextet credibility in the hip-hop world and the respect of artists such as JAY-Z and the ROOTS frontman Black Thought.

"Tracks from their latest offering, 'Meteora', continue to ascend the charts, and ticket sales for their annual 'Projekt Revolution' tour, which stops at Sound Advice Amphitheatre today, are steady during a year that has seen massive tours like Lollapalooza crash and burn.

"So what is it with these guys? Pinning down a theory on their success has been as hard as finding weapons of mass destruction. There are two schools of thought: one that praises the band's ability to connect with their massive fan base and the other that dismisses them as a non-offensive group pretending to be original, despite bands like FAITH NO MORE and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE that already forged a link between rap and rock." Read more.

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