Mike Shinoda Didn’t Want Reunited Linkin Park to Sound Like a Cover Band: “It’s Creepy”
Mike Shinoda has opened up about the decision to pick Emily Armstrong as the singer for a reunited Linkin Park instead of a Chester Bennington sound-alike.
The announcement of Armstrong was greeted with some backlash, in part due to drama surrounding her ties to scientology and Danny Masterson; however, some fans were simply upset that the band didn’t pick someone who sounds just like Bennington.
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Shinoda compared it to the Linkin Park cover bands he’d seen on YouTube, defending the choice of Armstrong as the singer for the reunion in an interview with Los Angeles radio station Alt 98.7.
“We just want Emily to be Emily,” he said. “The songs are the songs. Emily is Emily… There was a time early on, like 2020-ish, 2019, whatever — like, I remembered I was watching videos… I think a video of a cover band, a Linkin Park cover band,...
The announcement of Armstrong was greeted with some backlash, in part due to drama surrounding her ties to scientology and Danny Masterson; however, some fans were simply upset that the band didn’t pick someone who sounds just like Bennington.
Get Linkin Park Tickets Here
Shinoda compared it to the Linkin Park cover bands he’d seen on YouTube, defending the choice of Armstrong as the singer for the reunion in an interview with Los Angeles radio station Alt 98.7.
“We just want Emily to be Emily,” he said. “The songs are the songs. Emily is Emily… There was a time early on, like 2020-ish, 2019, whatever — like, I remembered I was watching videos… I think a video of a cover band, a Linkin Park cover band,...
- 11/26/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
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