American
rock band
Linkin Park has recorded material for six
studio albums. The band was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1996 by three high school friends;
Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and
Brad Delson. The group later expanded to a six piece when they added
Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to the line-up. Mark Wakefield was later changed by lead vocalist
Chester Bennington. After facing numerous rejections from several major
record labels, Linkin Park turned to Jeff Blue for additional help. After failing to catch
Warner Bros. Records on three previous reviews,
Jeff Blue, now the vice president of Warner Bros. Records, helped the band sign a deal with the company in 1999. The band released its breakthrough album,
Hybrid Theory, the following year. The album produced four singles, "
One Step Closer", "
Crawling", "
Papercut" and "
In the End". The album included a total of twelve songs in addition with two special edition tracks available in Japan. Later in 2002 the band released a
Remix album Reanimation, which would include works from
Hybrid Theory and non-album tracks.
Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of
Black Thought,
Jonathan Davis,
Aaron Lewis, and many others.
Reanimation claimed the second spot on the
Billboard 200, and sold nearly 270,000 copies during its debut week. The remix album included twenty remixed songs, mainly hip-hop influenced.