It wasn’t just that the magnetism of Brad Delson’s opening guitar riffs or the familiarity of Joe Hahn’s cuts and scratches that invited a kid like me who had almost exclusively been a hardcore hip-hop listener until the late ‘90s.

Societal angst intersected with my personal trepidation during that spring, as I prepared for high school graduation. The dreaded process of awaiting college acceptance serves as the formal introduction to adulthood for many and can be particularly stressful when your high school career was as mediocre as mine. The many pressures and expectations that add to the heavy load of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood bring you close to many breaking points, which is why I felt connected to the song “One Step Closer” when I heard it in the fall of 2000. I’m an ‘80s baby, so much of my childhood was spent having imaginative conversations about the possibilities that awaited beyond the year 2000. As life would have it, I mostly remember anxiety during the final weeks of 1999, instead of excitement. Widespread tension arose regarding a major glitch in computer programming and to what extent the ramifications of the “Y2K bug” would impact our daily routines. Even after our clocks tick-tocked past January 1, 2000, there seemed to be a lingering uncertainty about living on the other side of a new millennium. Mmm.Happy 20th Anniversary to Linkin Park’s debut album Hybrid Theory, originally released October 24, 2000. One More Light (Chester Forever Steve Aoki remix)

Rolling in the Deep (live from iTunes Festival: London 2011)ĭarker Than the Light That Never Bleeds (Chester Forever Steve Aoki remix) Hybrid Theory: Live at Download Festival 2014 Minutes to Midnight: Live Around the World : A Thousand Suns World Tour 2011: München, Germany

Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes Meteora (20th anniversary edition) ( box set including Meteora, Live in Texas, Live in Nottingham 2003, and various demos & live performances) Hybrid Theory (20th anniversary edition) ( box set including Hybrid Theory, Reanimation, Hybrid Theory EP, and bonus media)

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