Robb Flynn (Machine Head) Pays EMOTIONAL Tribute to Chester Bennington & Linkin Park
Robb Flynn shares his thoughts on Chester Bennington and Linkin Park’s debut album “Hybrid Theory”
Robb Flynn, the iconic lead singer from Machine Head, took on social media to pay an emotional tribute to the legacy of Chester Bennington and Linkin Park. Robb calls Chester “one of the best modern singers” and explains his love for the band’s legendary first album “Hybrid Theory” on a lengthy Facebook post.
Robb Flynn wrote the following on Facebook:
“THE GENERAL JOURNALS: DIARY OF A FRONTMAN... AND OTHER RAMBLINGS
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HYBRID THEORY TURNS 20
Congrats to 20 years of this album. Love this album. It has stood the test of time amazingly well. And how many bands has this record influenced of the younger generation....countless.
Saw LP open for Orgy the week it dropped, in the small downstairs club of the Maritime Hall which rarely got used. I’ll be straight, it didn’t really translate at the time, and Orgy (whose debut album Candyass I also loved) definitely were a lot better. But by that time “One Step Closer” was ALL OVER the radio, and let’s face it, how do you not like that song?
But even at that point I still didn’t take the dive, I was vibing on Incubus “Make Yourself” for this style. Fast forward to the next summer, and were setting up camp at Putah Creek at Lake Berryessa for 5 days of alcohol fueled birthday debauchery, and another campground is blasting this album, and both Genevra and I were like “man, this record is really, really good”. In fact, the entire weekend it seemed like every campground and every boat we passed by was blasting the album.
We saw them again at the Warfield or year or so later for a fan club-only show and they blew the freakin' roof off the place. It was so heavy, and so exciting, all of the touring had really gelled them as a band. People will poo-poo this, but they were on fucking fire that night, as heavy or heavier than many of the heaviest bands I’ve toured with. Chester could belt it out when he wanted to, one of the best modern singers around. And they had the hooks… man… the fucking HOOKS!
I’ve seen LP in Paris, Belarus, a few more home shows, and had the pleasure of playing several festivals with them. Chester would come over and said hello to me while I was watching from the side of the stage, and then came and watched our show. I wouldn’t say we were friends by any stretch, but they knew who I was, and would get me into the shows.
The world is a lot darker place without Chester in it. I wouldn’t pretend to know if this is a bittersweet moment for the rest of the guys or not, but it is a moment they should be very, very proud of.
I’m gonna crank me up some Linkin Park today and probably try and learn one of these songs for the acoustic happy hour on Friday.”
See the full post below:
Linkin Park’s “Hybrid Theory” returns to number 2 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.
“Hybrid Theory” is back to the top of the charts. The amazing album re-enters Billboard's Album Sales chart at No. 2, giving the album its highest placement since 2002 when it peaked at No. 2. on the Billboard 200 chart. “Hybrid Theory” saw a 2251 percent sales increase, with over 17000 copies sold in America last week.
Linkin Park have just released the 20th anniversary edition of the album which led to the huge spike in sales. The record features all the classic Linkin Park songs including the hits “One Step Closer”, “Crawling” and “In The End”.
The original album was released on October 24, 2000 and it features the following songs:
"Papercut"
"One Step Closer"
"With You"
"Points of Authority"
"Crawling"
"Runaway"
"By Myself"
"In the End"
"A Place for My Head"
"Forgotten"
"Cure for the Itch"
"Pushing me Away "
The band members credited in the album are:
Chester Bennington: vocals
Mike Shinoda: vocals, guitar , keyboard and piano
Joe Hahn: sampler, programming and backing vocals
Brad Delson: guitar , bass and backing vocals
Dave Farrell: bass
Rob Bourdon: drums and backing vocals
Linkin Park has assembled a massive collection of rarities for the new edition “Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition”, which arrived on October 9, 2020.
“Hybrid Theory”, reputed as the most successful debut album of this century, is at the heart of this collection that brings together a huge number of unreleased demos from that time, rarities, B sides, DVDs (including over 95 minutes of footage) and other extras. In order to prepare this special edition, Linkin Park got involved with fans all over the world, asking for their contribution to gather images, photos and various memories from the band's early days. The reissue will be available in several formats (Super Deluxe Box, Vinyl Box Set, Deluxe CD and Digital). It will be the first collector's box ever of “Hybrid Theory”. To mark this important announcement, Linkin Park shared the famous 1999 demo version for “She Couldn’t”.
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