Live In Texas is so good, I actually prefer some of the songs from that album over the originals, and this is coming from the guy who has never attended more than two concerts in his life and thinks very little of live albums in general.

Meteora has slightly less screaming, if that's what bothers you. "Somewhere I Belong", and "Numb" are scream-less tracks so you can't write Linkin Park off till you listen to that album, or at least those songs.

I'll always recommend Meteora over Hybrid Theory any day. It's my favorite LP album, ever.

Live In Texas is actually the best live album from that year it was released. It only makes sense to me that people trash this band because it's popular to. Most of the people that do, they don't even give the band any fair chance by listening to an album with an open mind or without all of that negativity against Linkin Park. It's always "there's nothing good about that band, Chester sounds like a boy band wuss, the band can't play their instruments, their music is so simple..."

Yeah, a lot of it is simple. But I think those people are completely overlooking the fact that the majority of their music has a heavy emphasis on rhythm. A Place For My Head is a good example. "I could play that song in my sleep" Yeah...ok, Linkin Park doesn't try making music that is so complex that it takes someone a month or longer to figure out how to play the guitar parts either, so...your point is?

I think people could benefit from just listening to this band without thinking they'll get picked on for it. That's something I think plays a part in why so many people trash Linkin Park. If they admitted they listened to them. Their credibility or taste in music would be put in question. Get over it and screw everyone else's opinion haha.

LP motherf*ckers!

To be fair, it's perfectly alright to not like a band, as long as you're not a douche about it. I don't care for them, but I get why some people might, and totally respect that.

Yeah, it is fine to not like the band, I've got no issue with the people that are open about not liking the band but are also not dicks about it. Those people are good in my book. It's the ones that trash the band just to get a rise from someone that annoy me.

Funny thing is that some of those people are closet listeners. So I could always throw that in their face to see how creative they get when they deny it.

Nobody should be hazed or given a hard time because of their music choices. It's sort of pathetic that I even see it here on this forum. If people want to say they can't stand a band someone listens to. Why is it so hard to do it in a respectable manner?

My favorite band is 30 Seconds To Mars, and I could give a sh*t less if people think that band is horesh*t. I don't listen to them because I think they're the best band on Earth, I've got other reasons why I say they're my favorite band. But I won't hide it. I've got a tattoo of the band on my forearm.

If someone said Nickelback was their favorite band. I'd laugh to myself about it. But I wouldn't make them feel bad about it or ashamed of it either. Not a cool thing to do to anyone.

Hey, nothing wrong with 30 Seconds to Mars.

Last time I brought them up. Pretty much %90 of the people that commented, said Jared Leto isn't the best singer and sings every song in the same key. I was like, what, how? I hear plenty of key or tone changes in their music with his singing.

But, whatever. I like the guys singing.

When I was younger I admittedly joined the crowd that said they hatedd LP. I was stupid and wish I could take those moments back because over the years, I've learned that its my own taste and nowadays I will happily defend LP. I think they're great and Meteora is one of my favorite albums. Its got a lot of great memories attached to it.

I can't say that I've ever really been part of any hate crowd toward any band. I'd trash talk some, but all in good fun mostly; Nickelback was a popular one for me, joked about how Chad Kroger can't write about anything else other than sex, relationships, money, fame, doesn't branch out and write about much of any other topics.

But even then, what I said wasn't really that bad compared to other people that just enjoyed making people feel bad over the music they enjoy.

Meteora is a good album I guess, but it didn't really stand out to me in a lot of ways. I thought Minutes To Midnight was better, lyrically and instrumentally. I thought Meteora could have been a little less repetitive, but then again, Linkin Park has always been sort of that way with their music. I still enjoy it though.

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garbage ass song through and through, 0/10