MIKE SHINODA – LINKIN PARK’S EXPLOSIVE MC, BAND MEMBER, AND CO-FRONTMAN – INITIATES TWO TRACKS AHEAD OF HIS “POST TRAUMATIC” LP – A MUSICAL JOURNEY INSPIRED BY THE LATE CHESTER BENNINGTON; IF YOU WERE, OR ARE, CURRENTLY A DEDICATED LINKIN PARK FANATIC, (I.E. WHOSE HOARDED ALL RELEASES INCLUDING STUDIO RECORDINGS, LIVE SETS, COLLABS, BOOTLEGS, LIVE 105.3- MORNING MIX CASSETTE RECORDS, AND SO FORTH, AND ESSENTIALLY MEMORIZED AT LEAST EVERY WORD OF 5-10 SINGLES THAT CAME TO SURFACE SINCE THE LATE ’90S / EARLY 2K) A NEW PROJECT IS DROPPING BY ONE OF LP’S PRIMARY BAND MEMBERS. SHALL WE CALL THIS AN EXTENSION FROM ONE OF HIS EXISTING PROJECTS? MAYBE A FRESH ANGLE FOR THE TIME BEING? HOW ABOUT AN ESCAPE WELL DESERVED….THE REASONING IS NOT OUR BUSINESS, OUR PRACTICUM BEHIND THIS PUBLICATION IS TO STATE THAT POWERHOUSE VOCALIST AND MC MIKE SHINODA IS STARTING TO TURN A FEW HEADS WHILE DROPPING NEW SOLO JOINTS RECENTLY. AMIDST THE EMOTIONAL GRIM CIRCUMSTANCES AND TOUGH ADJUSTMENTS SURROUNDING THE BANDS SPLIT AND TOUGH BATTLE FOR CLARITY AFTER FACING THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THEIR MATE AND BAND LEADER CHESTER BENNINGTON, WHO TRAGICALLY LEFT US EARLY TO START A NEW JOURNEY, NOT SO LONG AGO.
LINKIN PARK’S DYNAMIC LEADER AND VOCALIST REMAINS, AND WILL ALWAYS REMAIN, DEARLY MISSED BY HIS LOVED ONES, THE CREW HE TOURED WITH, AND OF COURSE, HIS LOYAL FANS WORLDWIDE, WHO SURROUNDED HIS LIFE – ON AND OFF – THE STAGE. GRIEF THROUGH VARIOUS READINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS OF RECENT RESEARCH REPORTS OUTSIDE OF OUR INTERNAL RESOURCING, THIS PIECE HAS BEEN IMMENSELY CHALLENGING, SIMPLY BECAUSE MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS TANGLED IN MY ADMIRATION FOR THIS CREW, MY DRAFT WRITING RESULTS EQUAL DESPAIR. AS I READ BETWEEN LINES AND JUMP THROUGH SELECTIVE LYRICS, APPEARING AT ALL ANGLES IS THE TRACE OF SELDOM AND FACTUAL EVIDENCE, THAT LOSING CHESTER BENNINGTON TO THE MISUNDERSTOOD ACT OF SUICIDE, HAS HIT MIKE SHINODA BEYOND THE ABILITY OF HUMAN COMPRESSION AND CURE THAT CAN (UNMANLY OCCASIONS) WORK THROUGH SPIRITUAL POWER, PHYSICAL WEALTH, AND BRAIN ACTIVITY TO HELP OUR WOUNDS MEND RAPIDLY AND SOMEWHAT PEACEFULLY. IT’S FUNNY HOW GROWTH FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE AND THEN ADULTHOOD DICTATES A SHIFT IN OUR ABILITIES TO HEAL FROM CERTAIN FASHIONS OF EMOTIONAL BLOW AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT. AFTER CONDUCTING MY RESEARCH ANALYSES, I WAS FULL OF THOUGHT BUT EMPTY AT THE CORE. THE FREQUENT THRILL OF CHARGING THROUGH AN ARTICLE AND PRESSING ON TO PUBLISH AFTER ESTABLISHING THAT THE BACKBONE AND THEME-DRIVEN STORYLINES REMAINED UNIFIED, AND ON POINT. MY MENTALITY TOOK A HALT, AND I REMAINED CENTRALIZED IN THE DEPTHS, AND MELANCHOLY BEGAN TO TAKE OVER. I DESPISED WOUNDS OF THIS NATURE, AS THEIR ABILITY TO RUN DEEP AFTER THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL OF THIS MANNER. POINT BLANK, AS STATED FREQUENTLY BY MR. SHINODA, CHESTER BENNINGTON WAS HIS BEST FRIEND, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE UNANNOUNCED, TRAILING NO SENSE OF OBSCURITY, BUT JUST THE ESSENCE OF UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDED BY THE NOTION OF A HOPEFUL OPTION OR COMFORTING SENSE OF RATIONALE THAT COULD (OR COULD HAVE NOT) IMPOSED A CHANCE TO POSSIBLY SAVE A LIFE. PLEASE NEVER PLACE BLAME IN ANY DIRECTION AS A RESULT OF SUICIDE, THE AFTERMATH WILL PERMIT STINTS OF FRUSTRATION, AND SLOWLY EPISODES OF GRASP CAN TAKE EFFECT.
TO CONCLUDE ON THAT NOTE, RESPECTFULLY SHIFTING LITERARY GEARS, DUE DILIGENCE COVERED BEFORE DEVELOPING THIS ARTISTIC UPDATE AND NEWS PIECE, SHADOWBOX MVMNT, AN AFFILIATE OPERATION OF THE SHADOWBOX CORPORATION SINCERELY AND OPENLY RESPECTS A KEY DECISION REQUESTED ON BEHALF OF MR. SHINODA, WHICH CLEARLY REJECTS AND REFUSES TO DISCLOSE AND/OR DISCUSS ANY, AND ALL, INFORMATION REGARDING THE STATUS THE BAND LINKING PARK, AND WILL NOT ENTERTAIN OR DISCUSS MATTERS PERTINENT TO THE BANDS CURRENT/FUTURE PLANS. AS FANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO SUICIDE, WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS TRYING ON ANY LEVEL, AND WE WILL SUPPORT THE STANCE IMPOSED BY THE BAND (150%) UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. CHESTER BENNINGTON MASTERED THE ABILITY TO HARMONIOUSLY TRANSITION VOCAL FX THROUGH THE VARIANCE OF TONE; WHEN SHINODA AND BENNINGTON COLLIDED IT WAS NOTHING BUT ALGORITHMIC FIRE THAT SLOWLY OPENED UP EVOLVING BREAKS FOR FAN INVOLVEMENT. FROM GENTLE TO VIOLENT; SWEET TRANSITIONS FROM THRASH METAL PITS TO BOUNCE PATROL 911 BEFORE THUMPING TO VICIOUS BEATS FROM ANOTHER PLANET COURTESY OF JOSEPH HAHN; AND ONCE THEY MURDERED ANOTHER LP CLASSIC OF THE SET, IT WAS RIGHT BACK AROUND AGAIN -ASSURING YOUR EARBUDS WERE TWISTED, AS SECONDS LATER IT WAS A FRESH PATTERN AND CLASSICAL COMPOSURE – SKILLS DIDN’T SEEM TO COME HARD FOR THE BIGGEST ROCKERS ON THE PLANET.
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IN ORDER TO APPROACH THE GRIEVING PROCESS, WHILE RESPECTFULLY UPDATING OUR READERS ON NEW MUSIC COMING OUT BY MIKE SHINODA, SURROUNDED BY INTERNAL CRISIS AND COMPLEXITY THAT REMAINED FILLED WITH INTERVENTIONS YET TO BE UNDERSTOOD, THIS TIMELESS ORIGINATOR; (PLEASE NOTE: MR. SHINODA FOUNDED THE IMPRESSIVE/ALTERNATIVE METAL-RAP CREW FORT MINOR, ALONG WITH THE RECORD LABEL MACHINE SHOP, AMONGST OTHER IMPRESSIVE ENDEAVORS VIA INTERACTIVE MEDIA, MUSIC, AND SO FORTH); MANIFESTED AN EXEMPLARY PROJECT OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF DISENGAGEMENT AND DISTRESS. TO RISE ABOVE IN A BRAVE MANNER SUCH AS THIS DESERVES ONGOING RECOGNITION.
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