Research into linkin park

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Research into Linkin Park

Who are they?

• Linkin Park is an American rock band from California. First formed in 1996, the band became an international sensation with their debut album "Hybrid Theory", which was certified 'Diamond' by the RIAA in 2005 and 'multi-platinum' in many other counties.

Members

• Chester Bennington• Rob Bourdon• Brad Delson• Dave Farrell• Joe Hahn• Mike Shinoda

They work on the following genres

• Alternative Rock• Nu Metal• Alternative Metal• Rap Rock

Style of Music video

Their music videos are generally in low level lighting and including these frequent flashes between the story and the band/lead singer but music videos mainly focus on the band.

Furthermore, their music videos also include some sort of science fiction scenery with sort of special powers with the band members.

Website

Their website follows a simple but beautiful pattern where the user has all navigation in front them with pictures, videos and scrolling feature which allows them to scroll through pages.

Album Art

Similar to their website, their album cover follows a simple but beautiful code which shows the band as creative and mainstream.

How do they come across?

From their well presented website and album cover, Linkin Park come across to a user as very well known, professional, multi genre and so attracts fans of a various different amount of genres such as: Metal, hip hop/rap, rock, etc.