Linkin park is an alternative rock band, it incorporates rock with hip hop, electronica, and pop. It is among the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best selling music artists. Their name is a play and homeage of Santa Monica's then named "lincoln park". I listened to them for the first time thanks to my older brother. At the time I did not speak english but through the music I think I felt the emotional meaning in it and I found such incredible comfort in them. I thought they sounded the exact same way I felt in my soul, it was surprising to have grown up and be able to understand what they were saying and realize that I was right. I think that no matter what i would have ended up being in love with music, but I am grateful Linkin Park was the thing that made me get into it.

After Chester Bennington passed away in 2017 I was not able to listen to them, until several years after. I think its possible I still can't listen to Breaking The Habit, but I have not yet tried. I don't think I could pick a favorite album at all, every single one is perfect for its own reasons, and one of my favorite things of them is that they all feel distinctly linkin park, despite the fact that they're very different and vary in genres. When I was a child, I was not able to get much music and alternative/punk rock was not played on the radio, and I did not have my own computer so I couldn't listen to music on youtube as much as I wanted to (it was pretty helpful for discovering new music though) but my older brother used gift cards he got for the holidays to get the albums, and we still have them!

The first song I got obsessed with was "In the End" and after we got the cds I could not stop playing them. I loved to listen to all of their songs and imagine I had incredible powers that would help me get away and help me escape. This year when they released "Lost" I felt that once again, my life was perfectly channeled by their music, somehow...music is a magical thing.