Linkin Park Interview: Mike Shinoda talks to Absolute Radio

[SpeedySound]

16:10 "you remind me of the british band Muse" I also coughed!

[SocratestheFate]

i ve been a fan since hybrid theory and this is by far their worst album in my fully honest opinion Mikes a cool dude and hope he goes back to hybrid and meteora

[averinhotmailcom]

who the FUCK disliked this?!?!

[joejar5]

I love this guy he's so humble.

[ridemegirlrideme]

someone give mike a comb and a shaver.

[ReinStorming]

They havent "changed" they are grown!

[Zer0sHere]

Is he... high?

[yoyoma1428]

I don't know if it's just me, but MIke reminds me of Dave Grohl.

[alex18007]

I would be Angel Wickham or Angel Lance ( lives two different places are different times).

[JuneofJuly]

LOL its funny how they DID end up putting their song in Transformers 3

[JuneofJuly]

LOL it looks like Mike was about to say 'porn" at 1:25! ahahaha

[TheHouseOffice]

THE INTERVIEWER NEEDS TO LET MIKE TALK.

Stop interrupting him you oaf.

[TheHouseOffice]

When the camera sets on Mike talking...

I'm just staring at his lower lip..

*drool*

[TheHouseOffice]

I would be Charlie Coconut. lol.

[MICASABLANCA]

Emmanuel Del Real from cafe tacuba??? O.o ah no.... is mike shinoda xD

[MinistryOfPhreakz]

wow, he's so Badasss..

[sxcbabezere]

Can you please, please, please, please, please load this up in two parts so I can download it. It would mean the world to me. Please!

[MinistryOfPhreakz]

@sxcbabezere

u download interviews?

[sxcbabezere]

@MinistryOfPhreakz Yes course I can watch them whenever I want to then rather then having to sit here and watch on on a computer

[aaronavidon]

chichi marsala

[MCdawww]

god I'm so addicted to mike's voice *.*

[Eriksken]

look behind the interviewer, they put tabasco in his coke!!!

[mcrmygirl111]

I'd be Tia chapelhouse XD

[MsUlquiorra4]

@MrBoti4 Let's go kill him :D

[jodelleferlandfan1]

@MsUlquiorra4 You guys are fcking psychos.

[Donnelly182]

Linkin Park is one of those bands that are 1 in a million. They give so much back to their fans and they are truly grateful for all the support. They haven't stayed in one genre and have done their own thing and wont let anyone tell them other wise.

But please, cut your hear, Mike.

[TheBflow2010]

I love how they've made another song for Transformers 3, after he says they won't, lol

[CellmateBlueEyes13]

i was half expecting chester to walk over and sit down next to mike :P

[FullMetalFerret6]

Ear Candy.  THANK U MIKE! PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF A THOUSAND SUNS! <3<3

[CellmateBlueEyes13]

@FullMetalFerret6 my ears love it. :3

[HalofanX95]

Barney San Carlos.

he's right, it works.

[SouzieRawrs23]

Hmmmm just tried to sit the way mike is sitting. Very comfortable :D

[TheBreakbattle]

I really want more Fort Minor.... It was just soooooo good :D

[MatthewFalcon73]

@TheBreakbattle hell yea man

[PacJac911]

buster mellock

[MrsChemistry89]

actually its hard for me to understand american people (im german)because to me they sound like ..erm.. like if they would have a hot potato in their mouth..but somehow its easy for me to understand what mikes talking about!

[TheMarilyne1978]

Mike is a genius and it is always nice to see an interview of him. :)

[LPUvix]

@nikksxLPx IT's just an interview... In this video it's about: you liek the info or not? So dislike this vid is lame.

[pinkycheeks]

i like how he said their run with transformers is over LOL 

[eekeey]

Wow, they have 26 million fans now, versus 11 million fans 8 months ago. Damn. Their fanbase is growing.

[ChazzyChou]

Mike always looks happy and cheerful.

That's why I like him a lot.

[9winters5]

Mine would be Max Howard....awesome

[LnknPrkSUFIDC]

Mike Shinoda My Inspiration! <3

[MCdawww]

I'd be thunder hebron! LOL

[KiniaInia112]

Lol, I would be Star Varsaw. XD It sureouly works.

[mountaindew920]

They were right about a thousand suns it is different but it was amazing the time I listen to it it was ok bit then I did again it gets better every time you listen to it I don't know wat I'd do without linkin park I honestly listen to them every single day

[Natiusdrock]

@mountaindew920 join the club :P

[9winters5]

@mountaindew920 exactly how i was

[krwling0605]

they should make another song for the movie Transformers 3, i think because i would like to hear a new song from this excelent Band, I really think that they have to make another, because they started this in the 1st movie and 2nd movie, they should finish that they started ^^

[ABFan010]

@krwling0605 They have. Iridescent is the new single for Transformers 3

[JimCurryWurst]

Can´t wait for their next album! LP for EVER!! <3

[mrsmusiclover94]

Hahahaha Mine is Mike Westside xD Sound's quite G-like xD

[99Jaygreen]

A Thousand Suns show how amazing Linkin Park is. The word "amazing" doesn't do them justice. I don't even think there are words to describe them.

[KimmyKittyKats]

hottiee<33

[DearCupcake39]

he looks so cuddly and cute! ^_^

[DearCupcake39]

Mine would be Gizmo Naden... LOL

[Amynator89]

Mr. Linkin Park. Hahahaha! thats funny.

[misshunkapoo]

He is my favourtie :D My name would be Sasha Jenkins!! SEXY!!

[NickTorrance237]

@misshunkapoo I'm pretty sure that's already taken, lol. Mine is Jack Tree, hahahaha.

[TheCrayzeeMan]

I don't really like their new album (I like the pissed off Linkin Park), but fuck yes I'd pump it up if a song from ATS was on the radio AND I'd go see them live. And truth be told I didn't take to much time to listen to it, usually I just scroll through the song to see if it's worth any effort, and, as usual, if it's a soft song I just move to the next one (by that I mean NO SCREAM, NO GUITAR = NOT WORTH LISTENING TO). But gona listen to it a bit this weekend.

[THEDRGNOF14]

@TheCrayzeeMan don't worry, you'll see some day that it really is awesome in a different way.. good luck

[TheCrayzeeMan]

@THEDRGNOF14 Well I know it's a good album, it's just not my style.

[xiluvjtx]

he is so freakin cute!

[hazardiz101]

we need a new fort minor album please 

[2calavera8]

the story about rick rubins drum machine :D hahahaha you gotta love mike shinoda ♥

[twikie258]

What a big mike!

[maatzelicious]

I really don't know what people complain about. A Thousand Suns is different - for sure. But listening to the radio, I also don't give a f**k about which genre a song is. If the songs is good? Then it's good... And the songs from Linkin Park are good. Don't really care about if it's nu metal, pop or hip hop... RESPECT LP FOR BEEING REAL!

[ethan2209]

I respect Mike a lot! He just and Linkin Park just make music in the way they want and that's so good about them: they are their selfs!!

[TheHrebo]

cut your hair and put red colour please mike :)

[itsintheclouds]

he's so cute when he laughs !

[linkplaya]

We can has Fort Minor record? 0.0

[toxichotel]

aww that Mike Shinoda so cute

[yoda3609]

alot of people didnt like this i thought it was a brilliant album , in fact it gets better when you listen to it more . so all you " fake fans " get use to it becuase its still music from the heart and thats what linkin park are about , so think outside the box or be left behind !

[ferman28rules]

i like some of the songs from the new album but seriously? it took them like 2 years to realese it and theres nothing on it..

songs are like 18 seconds long and there are only a few full songs.

[mastae]

@ferman28rules quality over quantity

[JAL2K]

The album is awesome, there's some really interesting stuff on it.

It's mad they've started to have a less mainstream outlook on their music, it's for them and not just catering to fans like other mainstream bands just throwing albums that sound exactly the same.

[leiysky]

the more i listen to the record, the more i'm addicted to it

[sanedo0]

4:28

i love how he is comfortable enough to be just who he is and be in an interview :)

that is why LP is different, all of them are just being themselves

LP 4ever <3 <3

[bandiommovies]

wanna check in Mr Linkin Park? xD

[stereosound321]

21:19 - 21:32 ...... i really and seriously hope Linkin Park would make another song track for Transformer 3....it would b AWESOME if they did

[DONTMAKEMEBITEYOUU]

kasper homestead... that would be my name :L

[DONTMAKEMEBITEYOUU]

15:00 i saw them live. they over-achieved it! it was fucking amazing!!!!!!!!

[DONTMAKEMEBITEYOUU]

love his new hair, yum.

[MrKiDo93]

mike's actually a cool guy.that beard fits him very well i think :)

[truckerandslimboy]

my name would be  gonzo prince

[Burh17]

I saw this guy last night at a party in studio city ca.. He's cool

[LPfan007S]

haha 1 dislike, you stupid fool :)

[MrLucasD123]

Dukie Silver hahaha that's an awesome pornstar name

[residentevil4ish]

Please of any of the Linkin Park members see this comment please come up to Scotland when you come back to the UK you have alot of fans waiting for yous guys to come up and play for scottish fans including me so please please please come up to scotland best place to start playing in scotland is the 02 Academy in glasow thats i great place i recently seen bowling for soup playing live there aweseome place rock dudes out, Good like Linkin Park (LP 4live dudes)

[LPfan007S]

corretion not 11 million, right now there are 17 million fans on facebook (!!! holy shit love u all !!!)

linkin park is just awesome, wayyy better than lady gaga!!!!

[Germany21061993]

Mr. Linkin Park...

[IceMetalPunk]

"You INVENTED rap!" So we know now that the Beastie Boys are/were one of Mike's idols :P .

LP (every one of them) is just so down-to-earth; it's so refreshing to hear it! When he was talking about losing focus in favor of contributing art, or this, or that, I could imagine Chester snapping his fingers in front of Mike's face going, "Mike! *snap* Come back to us. *snap* Back to Earth, Mike!"

xD

-IMP ;) :)

[IceMetalPunk]

Everyone who "hates LP's new sound" should listen to what Mike said around 7:47.

Just sayin'.

-IMP ;) :)

[missyme1995]

Hahahaha Mr. Linkin Park!

[manuelkk2]

f5 fail me dam you comercials

[AndresSylvinho]

Mike doesn't look very well with this long hair.He'd better cut his hair like in Minutes to Midnight.

[FullNelson569]

Mike, Short hair suited u better mate.

[Ghost1993Rider]

23-minute interview OMG!!!I just know this is gonna be awesome :D

[MrLazyi]

i can relate to waiting for the end soo so much! best linkin park track yet.

[hasjavosa]

Mike sounds so badass in his rap songs and when he talks he sounds like so kind,"i love nature,cute kittens........"

[Nitram916]

@hasjavosa :D

[pinkycheeks]

a thousand suns is art.

[JAYJAG57]

I truly enjoy Linkin Park and I was pretty skeptical of Minutes to Midnight. I think it took some getting used to but I truly think the new album is horrible. I find the messages very philosophical (yes im actually a philosopher) but it makes M2M seem like gods gift to humanity and then I question god and so I question the album. You can only expect musicians or any creators to do what they want but from an objective point its rly bad in terms of music.

[MILMoProductions]

Good interview :)

[monster187mh]

59th!!!!!!! lol

[DanielQuinteroO]

Mike :D ahahah the best! Linkin Park 4ever

[Jidster01]

Great interviewer/interviewee (or however you word it) combo. Love the indepth questions and asking question that everyone is yearning for answers to. Mike is awesome no doubt but you are a fan's fan. Congrats!

[yumyumz]

hahahha!! --- YUMYUMZ.COM

[hyola]

That's what i said. The album sounds different from their other outings but it still sounds like Linkin Park at its core and personally, has more in common with Hybrid Theory.

[ThePacifistWarrior]

@hyola Exactly. Its almost like Hybrid Theory wrapped up in Minutes To Midnight.

[aprilgrl69]

LINKIN PARK they are real ARTISTS

[MattyMurderous]

@SamiFFXII actually theyd do what their fans wated to hear if they WERENT in it for the money

theyre all over mtv and the radio ow

face it, they sold out

[MattyMurderous]

too bad theyre in it for money now

i miss linkin park from back in the day

[jayarcidiacono]

@MattyMurderous ha, you just got schooled.

[ThePacifistWarrior]

@MattyMurderous They are less popular now than they were back with Hybrid Theory and Meteora. And its because of Minutes To Midnight and This album. If they were in it for the money they would have stuck with the exact same sound. God knows its helped Lady Gaga and other real sellouts make bank.

[jonnyg1267]

none of the music put on this album was made for the charts listen to it they experimented with their sound man they broke out of their boundries to make music thats good and this music is good im not a fan of "The Catalyst" but everything else is awsome if people can't appreciate their talent and music, or just music in general because they're so caught up on one sound then that truly is a loss for you because you missed out on enjoying a new genre of music thats never been done

[ThePacifistWarrior]

@jonnyg1267 Thats exactly my point. I didnt make it clear enough i suppose...LP has never been about the money.

[cwsly]

I'd be Anniver Indiana :/

[LPglennLP]

awesome interview. Thumbs up if youre not one of the people who complain bout A THOUSAND SUNS and like LP music haha HYBRID THEORY=AMAZING.METEORA=AMAZING­.MTM=AMAZING. A THOUSAND SUNS=AMAZING

[komodokient]

LOL what happened to the badass short hair mike?

nah i love linkin park either way

[EmoGurl711]

FUCK ALL OF U WHO THINK LINKING PARK SUCKS...linking park is one of the best bands i've ever heard...

[kplusq2]

@EmoGurl711 lol its linkin park but i love your enthusiasm =)

[cwsly]

@EmoGurl711 Linking park??? Who's that???

[DeathInTheAnime]

WTF?? i miss the redhead mike shinoda...

[XeroPrime7]

@DeathInTheAnime Wtf to you man.. jesus he's in his 30's... hes not a kid anymore

[netbox01]

i'm still a a big of LP for Hybrid Theory, Meteora and Reanimation but i have to say this to be honest with myself: A Thousand Suns is BULLSHIT!

[rahne23]

@netbox01 : you're BULLSHIT..

[internadicta]

mike is my favorite linkin park member :)

[BlindMunkyHead]

@Neeto941208 uh-huh, I see you already did. Nevermind, I don´t want to fight. . . that was just a line I heard from "shane dawson tv" ... and i dont like his hair this way, so I posted it.

[chavo2k7]

man i hope mike makes another fort minor album

[rocksession555]

wat is wrong with u ppl!!!! crap or no crap they make more money than all of u and they enjoy wat they do. theyre not robots, if they wnt change they change. done and done! jeez, leave them alone!!!!

[AppleOfDischord]

LOVE the new album :)

[Albino300]

I got so sad when i heard this record. But I understand them trying to make new music and mixturing with sounds and beats. I hope they will release a new album soon where they keep more to rock which they are so much better at:)

[PurpleMousepad]

What a nice guy. Both of them.

[Neeto941208]

@BlindMunkyHead Cut your pennis, you look like a trasvestii whooker 

[ilyktosk8]

@Neeto941208 i lol'd

[Neeto941208]

@ChaserHUN your mom is crap now

[ChaserHUN]

@Neeto941208

Dude did I say anything bad about your mother? I think no.

Linkin Park was a fucking great band, and now they play shitty pussy music. Ten Thousand suns is even worse than MTM

[ShiverShOcK]

this album was no challange !!! This Album is just Crap !!!

[Neeto941208]

@ShiverShOc you are crap dude, you are just another poser who thinks its just metal and screaming voices, let me tell you something, linkin park didnt wanted to get repetiviuous like al of you wanted, they wanted to try out new stuff, and that's goos, cause if they would gone safe they you guys would be like, naah its just another HT or meteora record you guys suck, YOURE A COMPLETE ASSHOLE

[ShiverShOcK]

@Neeto941208 the truth is, hat this music is no talent ... I listen to everyday at radio , they lost the Special ... I am sorry

[Rblancob88]

@Neeto941208 well put i like the new album 

[metfan4l]

@DJMoonX3 call it whatever you want, but that song is weak.

@nayoppu if the rest of the album is radically different from the catalyst and has more guitar work and power like the first 2 albums, I'll be the first one to go get it, but somehow I doubt that'll happen.

@XxRyan41xX I don't want to start argueing what pop is and what not, fact is most of MTM was disappointing, weak sounding mainstream radio material.

[StefanieNicholls]

whats up with the justin bieber hair? ;D

[Darth3xus]

@StefanieNicholls That's 2 years of hard work and not caring about your appearance. He's ragged!!! Meanwhile Justin Bieber a styled up sad sack of unmentionables

[metfan4l]

great guy, too bad their new stuff sucks balls.

but hey, you can always listen to hybrid theory and meteora and enjoy those...

[linkinlady06]

@metfan4l how can u say their new stuff sucks balls when you've only heard one song? you shouldnt judge until you actually her the whole thing :/

[metfan4l]

@linkinlady06

pretty much everything after meteora was just pointless radio rock/pop, including this new song, so why should the rest of the album be any different all of a sudden.

[DJMoonX3]

@metfan4l The catalyst is not even rock. And it's DEFINATLEY not pop.

[nayoppu]

@metfan4l just to tell you one thing: in meteora, there was this one song called numb. and that was very unique and not at all the usual angry lp. same with hybrid theory, that has one of chester's softest songs my december. so yeah, judging from one song is a bit too early. besides, haven't u heard blackout?

[XxRyan41xX]

@metfan4l Tell me one song on MTM that's pop :P

[Boky505]

Wow when you compare this to any interview with a pop musician, you realise how smart these guys are, THEY ARE NO GENRE THEY ARE LINKIN PARK

[Neighborsband]

@Boky505 Well said my friend!!!

[sanedo0]

@Boky505

sono tori !!!! TT_TT

[sanedo0]

@Boky505

the bottom line...he knows what he is talking about :3

[MsGagan123]

nice interview.. mike

[Slowlearner32]

Haha, nice mic Mike!

[ThatFineLine]

haha perfectionistic!

[IrishRail123]

awsome interview... great

[KoRnLPMaggot]

LMAO mr Linkin Park

[ComunidadJosePardo]

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