GreenDay的资料：
The history of Green Day started a long time ago in Rodeo, California when the young friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard) formed their first band Sweet Children. Soon the band got its first drummer Al Sobrante who considerably helped the band’s development by booking a lot of shows. In 1989 they released their first EP 1,000 Hours, which brought the band more fans, more gigs and eventually a record deal. They got signed to an independent label Lookout! Records, which released their first 2 albums.
Right before the release of 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, their first album, Sweet Children changed their name to Green Day. Soon after the release another change came - Al Sobrante quit the band and was replaced by Tre Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III) who became Green Day’s permanent drummer. Green Day were becoming more and more popular and soon after the release of their second album Kerplunk! in 1992 their success was so obvious that the band began getting offers from major record labels. Eventually, Green Day decided to sign a contract with Reprise Records after getting impressed by the work of the label’s Rob Cavallo, who became the producer and close friend of the band for many years to come.
In the spring of 1994 Green Day released their major label debut Dookie, which was a huge success. Longview and Welcome to Paradise were Green Day’s first promoted video singles and with the help of MTV Dookie turned into an ultimate hit selling over 5 million copies in US only. It eventually sold 8 million in the US and over 12 million internationally. The singles Basket Case and When I Come Around increased the success of the band and still remain among the most well-known Green Day songs. The 1994 gig in Woodstock showed that Green Day were undoubtedly the most successful and loved band of the year.
However, the success and popularity of the band brought not only joy and thousands of new fans. Unfortunately, the punk community rejected Green Day because of their world-wide success and labeled them as sell-outs. The notorious Gilman Street, a place that used to be their home now 86ed Green Day, and a lot of the band’s old fans turned their backs on them. The confusion and disappointment caused by the rejection served as an inspiration for a lot of songs on Green Day’s next album.
Insomniac came out in 1995 and sold over 2 million copies by spring of the next year. However, none of its singles were as successful as the ones from Dookie and the album itself wasn’t as big as its predecessor. Besides, the band cancelled the European tour claiming exhaustion.
But they lost no time and immediately started working on the new album. Nimrod came out in 1997 and was well received by both fans and critics. It sold 80,000 copies in the first week after the release, and is still considered one of the best albums ever released by the band. The first single Hitchin’ a Ride became very popular, but the real success of Nimrod was the second single - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). Even though the song never reached the top of the charts, it was played during most weddings and graduations that year and still remains the most well-known Green Day song. Nimrod wasn’t a huge success in sales, but it gained a lot more respect towards the band than any of their previous albums.
After the promotion of Nimrod was over, Green Day took a pause that lasted almost 2 years. They came back into the spotlight in late 1999 by playing an acoustic show at Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit concert. Soon after that they began working on their next album, which would be released in the fall of 2000 and named Warning. During the work on the album the band fired their new producer Scot Litt and decided to produce the album themselves. Warning turned out to have a new sound and deeper, more meaningful lyrics than those on their earlier records. The album also proved to be extremely successful as its first single Minority reached the top of the Billboard Modern Rock chart in just 4 weeks after its release - faster than any other single of the band.
After 10 years of a successfully developing carrier it made sense to release a hit collection, which Green Day did. International Superhits! came out in the fall of 2001 and included all of the band’s most famous and loved hits plus 2 new songs - Maria and J.A.R. Now, while this super-hits compilation is perfect for someone who’s only finding out what Green Day is and wants an overview of the band’s career, the next album the band released is a perfect gift for the most devoted Green Day fans. Shenanigans is a collection of rare demos, outtakes and cover version, and even though it is technically not an album but only a compilation, a lot of the band’s fans consider it their favorite record.
After the release of Shenanigans Green Day took a long break to have some rest from work and dedicate more time to their families, hobbies and side projects. Not much was heard about them, except for maybe some publicity that was brought to the band because of the notorious band The Network that was signed to Armstrong’s record label Adeline Records.
When Green Day started working on their next album, it was surrounded by rumors right from the start. It’s been said that the original demos of the album were stolen and the band decided to record a completely different album without repeating anything from the stolen tracks. Then when the rumors about the album being a punk-opera spread among the fans, there were all kids of reactions, from apathy to hate, but in the end, the album that the band released was way beyond anything anyone would expect. American Idiot was released on September 21st, 2004 and began a whole new era in Green Day’s career. In a way, it was a lot like what happened after the release of Dookie - the band got thousands of new fans, was on covers of all possible music magazines and became unbelievably famous; but at the same time a lot of their fans turned their backs on them because Green Day became so popular that being their fan was almost a part of fashion. However, the high quality of the album was proved not only by the multi-platinum status of the record, but also by a shocking number of awards that American Idiot earned for Green Day. Three European Music Awards nominations, seven Video Music Awards nominations (one of which was won by the director of all American Idiot videos Sam Bayer), the Recording Academy Honor; plus American Idiot got a number of Grammy nominations both in 2005 and 2006 and won Best Rock Album and Record of the Year.
After all the awards, touring and unbelievable success, the American Idiot era has come to a logical conclusion, and now Green Day are taking time off. The rumors about the next album are inevitable, but only time will tell what the band is going to come up with next.
LinkinPark资料：
Linkin Park is a band from Los Angeles, California.
They are often considered the most famous and most commercially successful exponents of the nu metal genre. This is mainly due to their first studio album Hybrid Theory (2000), which has sold 20 million copies worldwide to date.
Band history
Early history
In 1996, MC Mike Shinoda and guitarist Brad Delson graduated from Agoura High School in the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills, California. Upon graduation, they formed a side band with their friend, drummer Rob Bourdon, under the moniker "SuperXero". Previously, Delson and Bourdon were in a band together for about a year called Relative Degree. Delson had also been part of a band called The Pricks.
The three members of SuperXero played archaic forms of their music together while at college. Delson attended the University of California, Los Angeles. Shinoda went to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. While at UCLA, Delson met bassist Dave Farrell. Delson and Farrell were roommates and often practiced and played together. Previously, Farrell used to play in a band called Tasty Snax with Mark Fiore, who later changed their name to "The Snax". Fiore later became Linkin Park's cinematographer. While at the Art Center College of Design, Shinoda met Joe Hahn. Farrell and Hahn later joined SuperXero, and the name was shortened to "Xero". The five men were later joined by lead vocalist Mark Wakefield and, together, they recorded their first, self-titled demo tape. The tape was sent out to various record labels but it was never considered and the band was never signed. Shortly thereafter, Wakefield left the band.
Hybrid Theory EP album cover (1999)Wakefield left, Shinoda began auditioning for a new vocalist and at the same time Delson began interning for a Warner Brothers Records A&R representative named Jeff Blue as part of his communications degree. Blue alerted Delson and Shinoda to Chester Bennington, a young vocalist from Phoenix, Arizona who was looking to join another band, after being the vocalist for Grey Daze (formerly known as Sean Dowdell and His Friends) from 1993 to 1997.
Shinoda and Delson sent Bennington a tape containing instrumentation for a song and he recorded vocals for it. He then called Shinoda and played the song over the phone. This was the start of things to come as the band was instantly impressed by the vocal abilities of Bennington and it did not take long to realize the advantages of his voice and his ability to mould it to be both soft and thought-provoking as well as hard and attention-grabbing.
Once Bennington had joined the group, they attempted to have the band signed. Unfortunately, the name was already taken by a 70s and 80s band from Australia so they changed their name to Hybrid Theory and the band's line-up solidified — almost. Farrell temporarily left the band due to previous commitments with The Snax/Tasty Snax and, as such, wasn't able to record bass for their first, self-titled EP. Instead, Delson and a bassist named Kyle Christner played bass. Released in mid-1999, only one thousand copies of Hybrid Theory EP were pressed. Several copies were sent to various record labels, including Warner Brothers Records. The rest of the copies were given to early members of the band's newly formed street team. Farrell was temporarily replaced by Scott Koziol. Scott appears in the video for "One Step Closer" from the Hybrid Theory album.
The band was subsequently signed to Warner Brothers in 1999 thanks to Blue. However, they were forced to change their name again due to a trademark issue with a British electronic group called Hybrid.[citation needed] There were several suggestions for the bands new name, including Clear, Probing Lagers, Ten P.M. Stocker (an inside joke for the band since they were always recording and practicing material late at night). When the band was creating Hybrid Theory they used to park their cars outside and there was a time limit, 1 am, until which they could park. As Bennington said, "We've probably spent more money on parking tickets than Warner Brothers makes annually!"
Bennington eventually suggested the use of Lincoln Park because he would drive by it in Santa Monica, California (now known as Christine Reed Park). He drove past the park on his way to the recording studio every day when the band was recording demos for its debut album. Bennington thought that since there are Lincoln Parks all over the country, the band would be recognized as a local band no matter where they went. He also liked the name because it had no meaning, allowing the music to describe itself. The group bore the name Lincoln Park for a few months, but when they decided to register a domain name, they found that "lincolnpark.com" was already taken. Because the band couldn't afford to purchase it, they simply changed the spelling from "Lincoln" to "Linkin" and purchased the domain name "linkinpark.com".
Breakthrough success
Hybrid Theory album cover (2000)On October 24, 2000, Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory, was released in the United States. The only track cut from the album was the remake of "High Voltage", a hip hop song that appeared on the Hybrid Theory EP. Several songs from the EP were re-recorded as demos for Hybrid Theory, but it is unknown whether the tracks will ever appear as official B-sides or not. The record's first single was "One Step Closer".
The band performed in its first nationally-recognized concert on December 17, 2000 as a part of KROQ Radio's Almost Acoustic Christmas concert special. Shinoda wrote a new song entitled "My December" for the occasion. The song was released as a B-side on the single for One Step Closer and on several versions of Hybrid Theory released internationally. It was later featured on a Christmas album released by KROQ DJs Kevin and Bean.
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In early 2001, Farrell joined Linkin Park once again and the band's second single, "Crawling", was released and won the band a Grammy Award for "Best Hard Rock Performance" in 2002. The band embarked on its first ever national festival tour, the Ozzfest, with other acts such as Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, and Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society. In mid-2001, the band released its third single, "In the End". The song would prove to be the band's biggest hit and was one of the most-spun songs of 2001. The video for the song was directed by Nathan "Karma" Cox and Hahn, and featured the band playing atop a massive statue in the rain. The video had a massive amount of CGI compared to most music videos at the time.
On November 21, 2001, the band released its first DVD humorously titled Frat Party at the Pankake Festival. The DVD featured all of the band's videos up to this point in their career and featured a documentary of the band touring in support of Hybrid Theory. There are also a lot of hidden Easter eggs allowing viewers to access hidden videos on the DVD, including a 1999 garage-like performance of a demo of "Esaul" later redone and renamed "A Place For My Head".
In the same month, a friend of the band, Jessica Bardas, suggested forming a fan club. The band thought that it was a good idea, and the Linkin Park Underground (LPU) was born. Members of the fan club receive a package every year (assuming that they renew their membership) containing a T-shirt, a CD and several odds and ends, including guitar picks, stickers and posters. The first CD featured was a re-issue of Hybrid Theory EP, with new artwork.
In early 2002, the band put together its first headlining tour called Projekt Revolution. The first leg of the tour featured Adema, Cypress Hill, the Apex Theory, and DJ Z-Trip. During the course of the tour, Shinoda and Hahn collaborated with The X-Ecutioners on the song "It's Goin' Down". Shortly after the tour ended, the band headed back to the studio for the first time since early 2000. After being sent several remixes of Linkin Park songs, Shinoda decided to release a remix album. Initially, Shinoda only wanted to remix a couple of songs and release an EP. However, thanks to encouragement from his bandmates (Delson and Hahn especially), Shinoda decided to take the project a step further.
Reanimation album cover (2002)The project, which would take on the name Reanimation, featured one remix for each song from Hybrid Theory, as well as remixes of the songs "My December" and "High Voltage". Each song was remixed by a different artist and there were rumors that there were over fifty remixes that Shinoda received during the course of the project. Shinoda went through and listened to each remix, hand-picking the best ones. Only two of the remixes that didn't make the album were ever released, those being the Crystal Method's remix of "Points of Authority" (featured on the second CD issued to the LPU) and Marilyn Manson's remix of "By Myself". The only other confirmed remix was of "My December" by Team Sleep. The remix was turned away because it made the song even darker; Shinoda went with the version on the CD because it made the song seem more up-beat and happier. Artists featured on the album include Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, Stephen Richards of Taproot, Kelli Ali of Sneaker Pimps, Aaron Lewis of Staind, the Humble Brothers, Jonathan Davis of Korn, Aceyalone, Pharaohe Monch, The X-Ecutioners, Black Thought and Jay Gordon of Orgy. The project was released on July 30, 2002, and its first and only single was "Pts.Of.Athrty" ("Points of Authority") remixed by Jay Gordon.
"Pts.of.Athrty" (Jay Gordon) (2002)In November, the second edition of the LPU launched as "Underground 2.0" and the second package was revealed. The new fan club-only EP features the Crystal Method's remix of "Points of Authority" and a song called "Dedicated", which is thought to have been cut from the Hybrid Theory EP. Also included is a fifty-second instrumental track entitled "A.06". It was originally a demo for their future studio album, Meteora.
Meteora, Live In Texas, Collision Course
Meteora album cover (2003)The band headed back to the studio in mid-2002 to record their follow-up to Hybrid Theory. The name of the album was kept a secret until December, where it was revealed to be named after Meteora, a series of monasteries high atop rock formations in Greece, which they learned about from looking at pictures in a travel magazine. "It's this really spiritual, mythical place," Delson said, "Just looking at those pictures was inspirational to us in terms of how epic it felt. I think some of the guys hadn't even seen the pictures when they heard the name Meteora, and they just really responded to the energy of the name. We think that suitably matches the spirit we tried to create with the record."[1] The album's first single, "Somewhere I Belong", was released in February of 2003 to critical acclaim. On March 25, 2003, Meteora was released and debuted at number one on Billboard's music chart after selling 810,000 copies in its first week. It has sold nearly 11 million copies worldwide, more than half of that in the US alone.
Following the release of the album, the band embarked on its second Projekt Revolution tour with Blindside, Mudvayne and Xzibit. "Faint" was released as a single toward the end of the tour. Following the second Projekt Revolution, the band joined Metallica on their Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003 with Limp Bizkit, Deftones and, once again, Mudvayne. The band also headlined on Friday of the 2003 Reading Festival in the UK with co-headliner blink-182, playing a highly energetic set to some 65000 fans (other headliners included Metallica, System of a Down, Blur and AFI.)
Shortly after the Sanitarium tour came to a close, the band released "Numb" as a single. They shot a video for the single in Prague, Czech Republic while simultaneously shooting a video for the song "From the Inside". Bennington became ill before the video for "Numb" could be completed, so the remainder was filmed in a church in Los Angeles.
Live in Texas album cover (2003)On November 18, 2003, Linkin Park released a brand-new DVD/CD live set entitled Live in Texas. The footage was shot while on the Summer Sanitarium tour in Dallas and Houston, Texas. The DVD combined two live shows together; the video and audio from both shows were edited together. Because of this, the band had to wear the same clothing for both shows on consecutive days. The DVD featured seventeen songs and the CD featured a selection of twelve of those.
In November, the third edition of the LPU launched. The package's CD contained the five tracks that were cut from the Live in Texas DVD for its CD. This did not sit well with many fan club members, who claimed that the band should have placed rare songs on th
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