The band formed after Ben Young, a Linkin Park roadie, stepped in as a last-minute replacement for guitarist Brad Delson during a gig in Brazil. He was called to the front in a few other shows and started writing his own material. Then he formed Knifes together with another one of the band’s roadies Warren Johnson who plays the drums.

In 2017, the duo started working for Fall Out Boy and recruited Brian Diaz, a bass technician, to the group.

Their debut EP Proof Of Concept is set to be released on October 2. The EP includes 5 tracks:

1: The Comedown
2: Disambiguation
3: Standard Issue Frustration
4: Defeated and Humiliated
5: Wise Up (Aimee Mann Cover)

Between them, the three former roadies have worked for some of music biggest names. Their credentials apart from Linkin Park and Fall Out Boy include Guns ‘N Roses, Slipknot, Deftones, Black Eyed Peas, and Pharrell Williams.

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Last week, Mike Shinoda teased that there were plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut album.

Shinoda told Kerrang!: “We’ve done our best to go to a lot of people who are family, in a sense, and say, ‘What do you think we should do? What would be a good celebration of ‘Hybrid Theory?’ and try our best to do a bunch of those ideas.”

Since then, the band has confirmed that they will be releasing a reissue of the album. Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition will be released in multiple formats including five CDs, three LPs, and three DVDs.

“It’s incredible to think it’s been 20 years since Hybrid Theory was released,” Linkin Park said in a statement. “All gratitude to our fans who made this epic journey we started 20 years ago possible. We dedicate our music to you. We rededicate our Hybrid Theory to you.”

Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition will be available October 9.

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Chester has admitted to having severe bouts of depression in between album releases. In an interview with 102.7 KIIS-FM, he told host JoJo Wright, “I always find myself struggling with certain patterns of behavior… I find myself stuck in the same thing that keeps repeating over and over again, and I’m just, like, ‘How did I end up…? How am I in this?”

“Heavy,” which is the first single from Linkin Park’s new studio album One More Light, touches upon this subject. The record became their fifth album to debut at number one.

While promoting the record, Chester caused a bit of controversy after verbally attacking people that called them sellouts for the change in music.

The singer committed suicide on what would’ve been Chris Cornell’s 53rd birthday. The Soundgarden vocalist took his own life nearly two months before Chester. At his funeral, the Linkin Park frontman sang Leonard Cohen’s classic “Hallelujah.” Both Chester and Chris have performed with each other on numerous occasions over the years, including the 2008 Projekt Revolution tour.

Chester’s death puts the future of Linkin Park on hold. The band was slated to kick off the North American portion of their world tour on July 27 in Mansfield, Massachusetts. There’s no word yet on what will happen to these and their upcoming shows in Japan.

Upon the news of his death, Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda tweeted, “Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.”

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The band formed after Ben Young, a Linkin Park roadie, stepped in as a last-minute replacement for guitarist Brad Delson during a gig in Brazil. He was called to the front in a few other shows and started writing his own material. Then he formed Knifes together with another one of the band’s roadies Warren Johnson who plays the drums.

In 2017, the duo started working for Fall Out Boy and recruited Brian Diaz, a bass technician, to the group.

Their debut EP Proof Of Concept is set to be released on October 2. The EP includes 5 tracks:

1: The Comedown
2: Disambiguation
3: Standard Issue Frustration
4: Defeated and Humiliated
5: Wise Up (Aimee Mann Cover)

Between them, the three former roadies have worked for some of music biggest names. Their credentials apart from Linkin Park and Fall Out Boy include Guns ‘N Roses, Slipknot, Deftones, Black Eyed Peas, and Pharrell Williams.

The post Former Linkin Park and Fall Out Boy Roadies Form New Band Knifes appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Last week, Mike Shinoda teased that there were plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut album.

Shinoda told Kerrang!: “We’ve done our best to go to a lot of people who are family, in a sense, and say, ‘What do you think we should do? What would be a good celebration of ‘Hybrid Theory?’ and try our best to do a bunch of those ideas.”

Since then, the band has confirmed that they will be releasing a reissue of the album. Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition will be released in multiple formats including five CDs, three LPs, and three DVDs.

“It’s incredible to think it’s been 20 years since Hybrid Theory was released,” Linkin Park said in a statement. “All gratitude to our fans who made this epic journey we started 20 years ago possible. We dedicate our music to you. We rededicate our Hybrid Theory to you.”

Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition will be available October 9.

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Chester has admitted to having severe bouts of depression in between album releases. In an interview with 102.7 KIIS-FM, he told host JoJo Wright, “I always find myself struggling with certain patterns of behavior… I find myself stuck in the same thing that keeps repeating over and over again, and I’m just, like, ‘How did I end up…? How am I in this?”

“Heavy,” which is the first single from Linkin Park’s new studio album One More Light, touches upon this subject. The record became their fifth album to debut at number one.

While promoting the record, Chester caused a bit of controversy after verbally attacking people that called them sellouts for the change in music.

The singer committed suicide on what would’ve been Chris Cornell’s 53rd birthday. The Soundgarden vocalist took his own life nearly two months before Chester. At his funeral, the Linkin Park frontman sang Leonard Cohen’s classic “Hallelujah.” Both Chester and Chris have performed with each other on numerous occasions over the years, including the 2008 Projekt Revolution tour.

Chester’s death puts the future of Linkin Park on hold. The band was slated to kick off the North American portion of their world tour on July 27 in Mansfield, Massachusetts. There’s no word yet on what will happen to these and their upcoming shows in Japan.

Upon the news of his death, Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda tweeted, “Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.”

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