New Linkin Park?

Yep, to each his own especially when it comes to music.

I really liked classic rock stuff back in high school, The Doors, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, etc.

Over time music evolves, personally I like to follow that evolution rather than pinning myself down to just one period of time or genre of music.

I don't pin myself down to one time period or genre of music, I just don't enjoy new alternative music or "nu metal." But I pretty much listen to everything except that genre of music. I think classic rock will always be my favorite, by I also love country and rap/hip-hop, and I know there's lots of people who don't like either of those genres.

That's cool... but I don't think it's fair to say those guys aren't technically proficient or they don't rock, they just rock in a way that you don't like.

That's cool... but I don't think it's fair to say those guys aren't technically proficient or they don't rock, they just rock in a way that you don't like.

Well, I play the guitar, and I enjoy listening to music with excellent guitarists who are very technically proficient. So, compared to what I like to listen to, I'll never say that Linkin Park is technically proficient, however, if you think they rock, then yeah, you could say that they rock, but in a way I don't like.

I would say more than anything LP is a guilty pleasure. Are they anything revolutionary? Not really. Are there bands more technically sound and of a higher level of musicianship? Of course.

I do not believe in the whole genre thing. The way I look at it, a good song is a good song, and good music is good music. Example; Just because I might support Pink Floyd's early albums doesn't mean I will defend the band for the later stuff that they put out.

In Linkin Parks case. I liked their first two albums, as far as the new one, there are some good songs on it as well. But I dont like them all. But hell there isn't a single group out there that has convinced me with all of their music

I do not believe in the whole genre thing. The way I look at it, a good song is a good song, and good music is good music. Example; Just because I might support Pink Floyd's early albums doesn't mean I will defend the band for the later stuff that they put out.

In Linkin Parks case. I liked their first two albums, as far as the new one, there are some good songs on it as well. But I dont like them all. But hell there isn't a single group out there that has convinced me with all of their music

I mean Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes everybody liked. They left that to the Bee Gees.

-Wayne Campbell

Speaking of Linkin Park, here's a good story on what their lead singer has had to deal with the past couple of years.

"Sandia National Laboratories is one of the Department of Energy's three nuclear weapons research facilities. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it was created in 1949 by J. Robert Oppenheimer, former head of the nearby Los Alamos lab, as a center for developing the technology that goes into nuclear bombs. The lab is run by the Sandia Corporation, which is owned by defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

The thought of someone inside a top-secret nuke lab spending their days stalking a rock singer was ludicrous. Dimitrelos figured it must be a hacker who was using a Sandia machine as a proxy to protect their own IP address and identity. This wasn't just about a nu-metal rock star and his family anymore; it was a national security issue. He had to let Sandia know that someone had compromised one of its computers."

Linkin Park's Mysterious Cyberstalker (http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/05/ff_linkinpark)

Speaking of Linkin Park, here's a good story on what their lead singer has had to deal with the past couple of years.

"Sandia National Laboratories is one of the Department of Energy's three nuclear weapons research facilities. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it was created in 1949 by J. Robert Oppenheimer, former head of the nearby Los Alamos lab, as a center for developing the technology that goes into nuclear bombs. The lab is run by the Sandia Corporation, which is owned by defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

The thought of someone inside a top-secret nuke lab spending their days stalking a rock singer was ludicrous. Dimitrelos figured it must be a hacker who was using a Sandia machine as a proxy to protect their own IP address and identity. This wasn't just about a nu-metal rock star and his family anymore; it was a national security issue. He had to let Sandia know that someone had compromised one of its computers."

Linkin Park's Mysterious Cyberstalker (http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/05/ff_linkinpark)

That was some seriously fu**ed up shit. How in the hell did she ever get a security clearance? Its a rhetorical question. I know you don't know.