Things you don't know about Linkin Park

in #linkenpark7 years ago

(1) Chester Bennington worked at a Burger King in 1996. Brad Delson, meanwhile, was a bouncer at The Roxy during the early days of the band.

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(2) The band's first ever gig was at The Whisky a Go Go, in LA, which was also the launching pad for a plethora of legendary bands like Motley Crüe, The Doors and Guns 'N Roses.

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(3) Linkin Park were the first rock band to achieve over one billion hits on YouTube. They hit the landmark with their 2009 single 'New Divide', which acted as the lead-off single to the Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen soundtrack scoring 131 million views on its own.

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(4) At the time of Chester and his ex-wife’s wedding, they were too poor to afford rings (he was working at BK at the time), so instead got matching tattoos on their ring fingers.

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(5) Talk about popular. Linkin Park are the biggest band on Facebook, with over 64 million fans and counting.

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