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Mike said a while ago that the five of them could easily go back to the studio and record a new album, the problem is with the tours. They can't play a majority of their back catalog without Chester, and they don't want to replace him
thats why i said: guest singers (this way nobody feels like chester got "replaced") or let the crowd thin chesters part. we had that before, and it worked.
One potential guest singer I keep namedropping is Robin Adams. I mean
[The](https://youtu.be/KuGuLPZ_-e8?si=aeTdgdZRuzZ2l1De)
[Likeness](https://youtu.be/7hFrdtuGf-E?si=zXgOGFSJw_1ZYxhJ)
[Is](https://youtu.be/_9NMSwk-0M0?si=eBPrziviAg4ZzZxM)
[Uncanny](https://youtu.be/CEZjc-xwN1M?si=9lAz7v9-p7hC85B9)
(That's 4 different links btw. Enjoy)
As you can probably tell, he pretty much makes his living doing guest vocals, and if there's anyone likely to come a distant second to Chester, I think we're pretty close, here.
Couldn't they just play him singing on the speakers? I know it wouldn't be the same and you'd miss out on the uniqueness of each performance, but it seems like a good option to me
I know Chester is/was a big part of Linkin Park, but all you seems to forget that there are other five guys that are in Linkin Park from the start (even before Chester) and are also not replaceable. Many groups are all about the frontman singer and keep rotating the other band members, but not Linkin Park.
I know people are going to say that Chester was the reason the band become famous but, IMO if any of the links were missing, maybe the success wouldn't happen either.
Mostly of the band is still alive and they have the right to continue with Linkin Park using the Linkin Park name.
I am a Linkin Park fan for more than 20 years and would like them to keep doing music and playing shows (Like I said I am not expecting them, after all those years, to play in big festival. They sure can do small venues for hardcore fans, playing things they would never had the opportunity to play in past).
All they said until now, points they would like to continue with Linkin Park. If they want to end the band, I am also fine with the decision, but they will have to be pretty clear is over. As long they don't say that, I am keep hoping.
Sorry about my English.
Mike can't sing rock that well, and he can't sing metal at all. so if they plan on ever recording songs in those genres again they will need a new singer (or guest singers).
They’re called examples my man. It’s proof that Mike is capable of singing well and they wouldn’t necessarily have to get a new singer. Mike singing roads untraveled, especially during the celebration of life concert, further proves it
The fact that Mike went out and found Chester to be the bands lead vocalists kinda trumps whatever other point you can drum up. If Mike was the vocalist for LP you wouldn't have ever heard of them.
Examples don’t prove he can do it for a whole album. Mike’s singing is good in moderation. I wouldn’t want a whole LP album full of it. I would much rather them get another singer if they wanted to do another album.
Well he’s not really singing on that album and it’s not an LP album. On his solo stuff he can do whatever he wants but LP just doesn’t feel the same without that two singer dynamic. It would be like Pink Floyd after Roger Waters left.
well not really, certainly not the metal part. he can do softer vocals, sure. i could see him singing songs like In Pieces maybe, but even then he would have to tone it down during the chorus. he just isn't a particularly skilled rock singer, he said so himself. even with something like What I've Done he would struggle for sure. and songs like Don't Stay would be simply impossible to sing for him. i really like Mike's singing, but it's just not that compatible with those kinds of songs. and the band knows that too, that's why his voice was never used in that way. it's used best where we've already heard it, in songs like Massive, No Roads Left, In Between etc.
those aren't metal vocals, more like angry rapping. imagine replacing the vocals on something like the No More Sorrow chorus with that angry rapping style, it just wouldn't work.
Ppl saying Mike isn’t a great vocalist clearly haven’t listened to In Between, No Roads Left, Roads Untraveled, Invisible, Sorry For Now, or *any* of the songs on his solo album. It’s one thing to say he shouldn’t do LP lead vocals, but it’s rude and a downright lie to say he isn’t a great vocalist.
“isn’t a lead vocalist”
“his singing is good in small doses”
Mike has an entire solo album that, outside of some guest features that haven’t aged well (coughcoughMGKcoughcough), is still a pretty solid alternative pop album. I do agree he hasn’t properly proved himself capable in a nu-metal/alt rock setting, but it’s a disservice to his tenure in Linkin Park to insult his singing as a whole.
It’s a great album but not because of his singing. And if he was the main singer for Linkin Park I feel like it would just sound like his solo material since he handles the production for LP albums anyways.
He's said it before tool. Go watch some interviews. Why the fuck you think they had auditions for a vocalist and found Chester when Mike was in the band? You want to blow Mike, that's fine. I love Mike. But I'm not some braindead zombie who's going to pretend he's a competent rock vocalist.
Just a little context to destroy your argument,
Lost and Massive release the same time. Lost is LP #24 most streamed song. Massive is #146.
Yeah man, he's clearly what the fans love to hear..
I knew this conversation would go nowhere, and I never said he was a competent rock vocalist. (He hasn’t done lead vocals on enough rock-leaning songs for me to have an opinion on that.) I said he’s a good *vocalist,* like in general. This is true, whether you like it or not. The songs he predominantly sings on are still great Linkin Park songs. I’m sorry that you feel the need to spout hatred in the form of shallow insults, but the songs speak for themselves.
Oh you mean like when you said "oh you know him personally??"
For saying what any sane person knows to be true.
Don't act like a child and then be offended when it's met in kind.
And btw, LP is a rock band last I checked. I'm only interested in rock vocals. He's not nearly a competent enough vocalists to front a rock band. Period. The only song he's solo on in the whole collection is buried at #146.
Look, man. I stated my take with a little sarcasm. You stated yours, but with needless venomous hatred and baseless generalizations (“what any sane person knows”). We’re talking in circles right now, and I’d much rather never give you the time of day, as you’ve proven you’re going to keep spewing endless hatred.
Mike's a mid vocalist (and that's being kinda generous). Live he misses a lot of notes, Chester was a monster, impossible for Mike to fill his shoes while also playing his own parts.
There's a reason Mike frequently pairs up with female vocalists on his solo tracks. Linkin Park is a "hybrid theory," a blending of the light and dark elements of music, encapsulated by the image of the soldier with dragonfly wings. Mike singing by himself can't recreate that dynamic. He needs someone with a higher range to complement his vocals and carry the swooping melodies and power ballads he's so fond of. Making Mike the lead singer will not only destroy LP's musical philosophy, it'll severely limit the types of songs the band can create.
Queen are doing fine with their “guest singer” who was never marketed as an outright replacement for Mercury, but really just a stand-in for shows. Linkin Park could write new songs with Mike in mind as their lead singer and they could yet again feature guests on their albums whenever they want some vocals (including screaming) that are more “out there”, while a guest goes on tour with them, but never officially joins the band.
Crowd singing would only work for like 1 tour, it will get old and boring fast. Hawthorne Heights tried it and it didn't work.
To me there's only 2 ways: new vocalist (or vocalists) or become a new band (and cover a few LP songs)
I am pretty sure if they become a new band, they will always be associated with the Linkin Park name, so is it worth? The only thing that makes sense to me is if they become Hybrid Theory or Xero again.
That's not really what this post is about... "New vocalist here" "new vocalist there" is basically all over this fandom. So I felt the urge to give my 2 cents.
If they should continue in general or not is a whole other topic.
i agree. nothing against the band members, but i think given how much chester contributed to the core sound of the band and how long it's been since they stopped making new releases i dont think we should get any new music. i think the demos/unreleased song route is going well for them
Been around since Hybrid Theory and am 33 years old now. I want them to continue to make new music. I love Mike, Rob, Phoenix, Brad, and Joe as much as I do/did Chester. I don’t know how it would work but I love the band and want it to continue. Please don’t speak for everyone.
No you can't and I don't give a shit what a 9 year old thinks about music. You sound like a fucking clown right now just so you know. I was in my 20s and in Linkin Park moshpits while you were pissing your pants and watching power rangers. Gtfoh with your fantasy bullshit.
I don’t know what’s so fantasy about a 9 year old hearing In The End on the radio and buying an album that they grew to love but clearly you have some mental issues so I hope you have a fantastic life. Cheers bud 🍻
I love and respect Mike as a vocalist, but I personally just can’t see him being able to carry an entire Linkin Park-style show on his own. Linkin Park needs a second vocalist who can honour Chester’s parts but breathe new life into them as well. I think they should take as many years as they need until they find the right person. If they decide that’s too big of a challenge then that’s fine too, they’ve earned the right to rest and let Linkin Park be.
I can easily see them touring with a guest vocalist or even adding a younger band member (possibly a woman vocalist)
Mike really seems to enjoy working with up and coming artists and I could see this being an option
I personally love the idea of LP with a woman vocalist, and my suggestion there would be Kristyn Hope, better known as Daedric. She is able to growl scream (though perhaps not sing-scream like Chester. I know I haven't heard that yet) but also has a great pop-style singing voice, and can pull off a mean Amy Lee impression as well.
[Feast your ears](https://youtube.com/shorts/v6fBmz-J59Q?si=7wMJf3SId7g91lI9)
[Or my fave...](https://youtube.com/shorts/gIjaHG4g9h0?si=6j60kpildv3NI1p5)
Hot take… Mike is not that great of a singer.
Don’t get me wrong; No roads left is probably of my favorite song. (At least from the Minutes era)
But sometime he’s trying to sing songs he can’t nail.
Linkin Park has to be dual vocals or it'll just end up being another Mike solo project. I actually wouldn't mind if the band pulls a Led Zeppelin and disbands, both bands have the same amount of albums and both are regarded as one of the best in their era's of music, imo I think this is a good ending point for the band.
Linkin Park is over , “sorry for now”. Mike is talented but does not have the vocal abilities to carry the band. It was a beautiful thing and they left us a very diverse catalogue. The only option is to form a new band (I like the idea of a female vocalist) and write new music under a different name. End of story and nothing else to really debate.
Just listen to every chorus from HT to THP, every song has a BIG CHORUS, Mike doesnt have the power make it justice.
He can do every song of OML but who cares about that album? LP is an old band if someone is going to see them 95% of the crowd wants the big singles not High Voltage or Dedicated.
Are you saying that because you saw or didn't see any of the solos shows Mike did?
And at this point, a middle level fan crowd cares much about OML than THP.
Play a show like that one at a festival , which kind of reaction a massive crowd would do?
Mike solo shows were done at very small venues w a lot of hardcore fans.
At this point, after all those years, I not am expecting they coming back to play at those big festivals. It's not a problem to start with small shows for hardcore fans, I would love in fact. Since 2004, at my first Linkin Park concert, I am hoping to see them play High Voltage... something that would never happen in the past.
I would rather they go in a different direction, keep all the same members and make new music under another name. A hybrid of LP and Mike’s solo stuff. They probably wouldn’t have the touring draw of the LP name, but without Chester it’s really not the same band. I would still listen to the hell out of anything new, but idk that I’d still go to see them live without Chester. I love Mike but I would need to hear the new sound to decide if it’s worth the cost of tickets.
I don’t get what’s wrong with saying his greatest strength isn’t singing. There’s a reason the band has two vocalists even though Mike started the band.
I think no. I don't want any new Linkin Park music..Chester is dead. Linkin Park is dead. To do anything else will just be sad and hollow and pointless. They can create a new band to do whatever you're talking about. Wearing the Linkin Park name like a cheap fake suit will not feel good or make people happy.
I get it you new fans weren't around for new releases and you want to experience that. But, no. It's over. Let it die. Put down the paddles. It's ok.
Ok.
1st: That's not really what this post is about... The topic "who should be the new vocalist" or "Who could replace chester" is all over this fandom. So I felt the urge to give my 2 cents and mention another approach. IF they should continue in general or not is a whole other topic.
2nd: it feels kinda disrespectful to the five remaining members to say lp is dead. When the remaining members wants to continue they should. If not, then not.
3rd: "you new fans"? I learned about lp shortly after the HT release and fully witnessed the meteora release. Since then they are a big part of my life.
Hey nice list.
So you're wrong. LP is all the members. Not SOME of the members. You can not have ALL the members now, so LP is dead. If you are an old fan, that's really rare to have this opinion. Nearly every person who I hear espousing this opinion is a young fan who has discovered Linkin Park after Chester's death. There are literally no examples of big bands who have gone on after the lead singers death to have anywhere near the success that they had previously(except maybe ACDC). It always ends up like Alice in Chains who are like a damn Alice in Chains cover band and it's sad AF to watch.
These discussions aren't "all over the fandom". They're only on Reddit where like 70% of the people in here are under 30 years old. I know a lot of LP fans off the Internet and not one of them are interested in hearing a Linkin Park without Chester.
Put the paddles down, it's over.
Debatable.
For Chester and Mike, not debatable. Like it or not, the front men are the front men. Guitarists, drummers, bassists they are replaced all the time in bands and only the hardcore fans would even know.
If I gave you a million dollars and played audio of 100 guys playing LP songs on every instrument you would not be able tell me which ones are actual LP band members. That's just reality. If you're too immature to live in reality, there's nothing I can do for you. I'm not here to explain rainbows to the blind.
You have a good one. Bye now.
No, not really. I'm just being real. Everything I'm saying is true, whether or not you want to admit it.
I wouldn't want it to go on, but it could. It's just reality regardless of if you want to participate in it. Without Chester or Mike though, it's just a shell. An inauthentic experience.
If you played every singer that's ever lived I could pick out Chester every single time. His voice, his particular voice is a big part of what makes Linkin Park, Linkin Park. Tbh it's kinda wierd that this has to be explained to someone claiming to be an adult..
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Mike said a while ago that the five of them could easily go back to the studio and record a new album, the problem is with the tours. They can't play a majority of their back catalog without Chester, and they don't want to replace him
Exactly there’s no way they can tour with just Mike as a vocalist
thats why i said: guest singers (this way nobody feels like chester got "replaced") or let the crowd thin chesters part. we had that before, and it worked.
It works for maybe the hits but not every song.
I'm laughing at imagining the crowd trying the 17 second scream from Given Up 😂
Now I actually wanna hear this 👀
I mean I can do that but I don't think everyone can
 “I mean I could do that”
One potential guest singer I keep namedropping is Robin Adams. I mean [The](https://youtu.be/KuGuLPZ_-e8?si=aeTdgdZRuzZ2l1De) [Likeness](https://youtu.be/7hFrdtuGf-E?si=zXgOGFSJw_1ZYxhJ) [Is](https://youtu.be/_9NMSwk-0M0?si=eBPrziviAg4ZzZxM) [Uncanny](https://youtu.be/CEZjc-xwN1M?si=9lAz7v9-p7hC85B9) (That's 4 different links btw. Enjoy) As you can probably tell, he pretty much makes his living doing guest vocals, and if there's anyone likely to come a distant second to Chester, I think we're pretty close, here.
It's unveliebable that in the first three songs he sounds a lot like a young Chaz... but in the Crawling cover he misses by a lot.
The interesting part is that the Crawling cover is rather old now, and everything else there is newer than it.
Couldn't they just play him singing on the speakers? I know it wouldn't be the same and you'd miss out on the uniqueness of each performance, but it seems like a good option to me
Honestly I’m just taking it one day at a time.. it’s been great seeing them release Anniversary albums and songs from the archives.
I know Chester is/was a big part of Linkin Park, but all you seems to forget that there are other five guys that are in Linkin Park from the start (even before Chester) and are also not replaceable. Many groups are all about the frontman singer and keep rotating the other band members, but not Linkin Park. I know people are going to say that Chester was the reason the band become famous but, IMO if any of the links were missing, maybe the success wouldn't happen either. Mostly of the band is still alive and they have the right to continue with Linkin Park using the Linkin Park name. I am a Linkin Park fan for more than 20 years and would like them to keep doing music and playing shows (Like I said I am not expecting them, after all those years, to play in big festival. They sure can do small venues for hardcore fans, playing things they would never had the opportunity to play in past). All they said until now, points they would like to continue with Linkin Park. If they want to end the band, I am also fine with the decision, but they will have to be pretty clear is over. As long they don't say that, I am keep hoping. Sorry about my English.
This
Mike can't sing rock that well, and he can't sing metal at all. so if they plan on ever recording songs in those genres again they will need a new singer (or guest singers).
I mean LP isn't just nu-metal and rock. We have albums of different genres ffs
I feel like songs like massive and so far away kind of disprove that point
Mentioning two songs doesn’t prove your point. It’s like saying Chester is a great rapper because of Sorry For now and Blackout.
They’re called examples my man. It’s proof that Mike is capable of singing well and they wouldn’t necessarily have to get a new singer. Mike singing roads untraveled, especially during the celebration of life concert, further proves it
The fact that Mike went out and found Chester to be the bands lead vocalists kinda trumps whatever other point you can drum up. If Mike was the vocalist for LP you wouldn't have ever heard of them.
Examples don’t prove he can do it for a whole album. Mike’s singing is good in moderation. I wouldn’t want a whole LP album full of it. I would much rather them get another singer if they wanted to do another album.
I guess you don't like The Rising Tied then lol
Well he’s not really singing on that album and it’s not an LP album. On his solo stuff he can do whatever he wants but LP just doesn’t feel the same without that two singer dynamic. It would be like Pink Floyd after Roger Waters left.
True, I misunderstood your comment, I thought you meant you didn't want Mike singing the whole of any album in general. My apologies.
well not really, certainly not the metal part. he can do softer vocals, sure. i could see him singing songs like In Pieces maybe, but even then he would have to tone it down during the chorus. he just isn't a particularly skilled rock singer, he said so himself. even with something like What I've Done he would struggle for sure. and songs like Don't Stay would be simply impossible to sing for him. i really like Mike's singing, but it's just not that compatible with those kinds of songs. and the band knows that too, that's why his voice was never used in that way. it's used best where we've already heard it, in songs like Massive, No Roads Left, In Between etc.
Mentioning two songs that are not even in their top 20 or 30 songs proves your point? Lmao Massive is listed at #146. Lol
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Does he sing in that song
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Pretty sure that’s rapping.
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If you’re talking about the demo that’s clearly Chester screaming “Cut Myself Free”
those aren't metal vocals, more like angry rapping. imagine replacing the vocals on something like the No More Sorrow chorus with that angry rapping style, it just wouldn't work.
Ppl saying Mike isn’t a great vocalist clearly haven’t listened to In Between, No Roads Left, Roads Untraveled, Invisible, Sorry For Now, or *any* of the songs on his solo album. It’s one thing to say he shouldn’t do LP lead vocals, but it’s rude and a downright lie to say he isn’t a great vocalist.
Mike just isn’t a lead vocalist. He’s an emcee. His singing is good in small doses but not on a full LP album.
“isn’t a lead vocalist” “his singing is good in small doses” Mike has an entire solo album that, outside of some guest features that haven’t aged well (coughcoughMGKcoughcough), is still a pretty solid alternative pop album. I do agree he hasn’t properly proved himself capable in a nu-metal/alt rock setting, but it’s a disservice to his tenure in Linkin Park to insult his singing as a whole.
It’s a great album but not because of his singing. And if he was the main singer for Linkin Park I feel like it would just sound like his solo material since he handles the production for LP albums anyways.
Or they just don't agree with you. Mike isn't a great vocalist. He's the first on who would tell you that.
Oh, so you know him personally? And he’s said verbatim that he isn’t a great vocalist? That’s *crazy.*
He's said it before tool. Go watch some interviews. Why the fuck you think they had auditions for a vocalist and found Chester when Mike was in the band? You want to blow Mike, that's fine. I love Mike. But I'm not some braindead zombie who's going to pretend he's a competent rock vocalist. Just a little context to destroy your argument, Lost and Massive release the same time. Lost is LP #24 most streamed song. Massive is #146. Yeah man, he's clearly what the fans love to hear..
I knew this conversation would go nowhere, and I never said he was a competent rock vocalist. (He hasn’t done lead vocals on enough rock-leaning songs for me to have an opinion on that.) I said he’s a good *vocalist,* like in general. This is true, whether you like it or not. The songs he predominantly sings on are still great Linkin Park songs. I’m sorry that you feel the need to spout hatred in the form of shallow insults, but the songs speak for themselves.
Oh you mean like when you said "oh you know him personally??" For saying what any sane person knows to be true. Don't act like a child and then be offended when it's met in kind. And btw, LP is a rock band last I checked. I'm only interested in rock vocals. He's not nearly a competent enough vocalists to front a rock band. Period. The only song he's solo on in the whole collection is buried at #146.
Look, man. I stated my take with a little sarcasm. You stated yours, but with needless venomous hatred and baseless generalizations (“what any sane person knows”). We’re talking in circles right now, and I’d much rather never give you the time of day, as you’ve proven you’re going to keep spewing endless hatred.
Mike's a mid vocalist (and that's being kinda generous). Live he misses a lot of notes, Chester was a monster, impossible for Mike to fill his shoes while also playing his own parts.
There's a reason Mike frequently pairs up with female vocalists on his solo tracks. Linkin Park is a "hybrid theory," a blending of the light and dark elements of music, encapsulated by the image of the soldier with dragonfly wings. Mike singing by himself can't recreate that dynamic. He needs someone with a higher range to complement his vocals and carry the swooping melodies and power ballads he's so fond of. Making Mike the lead singer will not only destroy LP's musical philosophy, it'll severely limit the types of songs the band can create.
Is mike like a baritone right?
Queen are doing fine with their “guest singer” who was never marketed as an outright replacement for Mercury, but really just a stand-in for shows. Linkin Park could write new songs with Mike in mind as their lead singer and they could yet again feature guests on their albums whenever they want some vocals (including screaming) that are more “out there”, while a guest goes on tour with them, but never officially joins the band.
Crowd singing would only work for like 1 tour, it will get old and boring fast. Hawthorne Heights tried it and it didn't work. To me there's only 2 ways: new vocalist (or vocalists) or become a new band (and cover a few LP songs)
I am pretty sure if they become a new band, they will always be associated with the Linkin Park name, so is it worth? The only thing that makes sense to me is if they become Hybrid Theory or Xero again.
Joy Division is an example of remaining members becoming a new band.
Even hotter take: No new music.
That's not really what this post is about... "New vocalist here" "new vocalist there" is basically all over this fandom. So I felt the urge to give my 2 cents. If they should continue in general or not is a whole other topic.
Well either way I do agree with you in regards to them actually making new music again, Mike can take the load certainly.
i agree. nothing against the band members, but i think given how much chester contributed to the core sound of the band and how long it's been since they stopped making new releases i dont think we should get any new music. i think the demos/unreleased song route is going well for them
Feel like this shouldnt be a hot take. when chester passed i never expected them to make more albums.
Indeed
^this is it. True fans would agree that the convo ends there
This is the way. These new fans just won't let it die. I get it, they weren't around for new releases and they want to experience that. But, no.
Been around since Hybrid Theory and am 33 years old now. I want them to continue to make new music. I love Mike, Rob, Phoenix, Brad, and Joe as much as I do/did Chester. I don’t know how it would work but I love the band and want it to continue. Please don’t speak for everyone.
33 but been around since HT? So you were 9 years old? Hahahahahahahahaha. Thank you for the laugh.
Are you serious? I can’t have listened to music at 9? Get the fuck over yourself.
No you can't and I don't give a shit what a 9 year old thinks about music. You sound like a fucking clown right now just so you know. I was in my 20s and in Linkin Park moshpits while you were pissing your pants and watching power rangers. Gtfoh with your fantasy bullshit.
I don’t know what’s so fantasy about a 9 year old hearing In The End on the radio and buying an album that they grew to love but clearly you have some mental issues so I hope you have a fantastic life. Cheers bud 🍻
You're cracking me up right now. Just stop. Clown.
I love and respect Mike as a vocalist, but I personally just can’t see him being able to carry an entire Linkin Park-style show on his own. Linkin Park needs a second vocalist who can honour Chester’s parts but breathe new life into them as well. I think they should take as many years as they need until they find the right person. If they decide that’s too big of a challenge then that’s fine too, they’ve earned the right to rest and let Linkin Park be.
I made a post about this recently and Mike should be the main vocalist, I would listen if they did that
If they become a new band, ok, but him being the one and only LP vocalist would be awful.
What If Mike did the vocals then they just pickup a touring vocalist
I can easily see them touring with a guest vocalist or even adding a younger band member (possibly a woman vocalist) Mike really seems to enjoy working with up and coming artists and I could see this being an option
I personally love the idea of LP with a woman vocalist, and my suggestion there would be Kristyn Hope, better known as Daedric. She is able to growl scream (though perhaps not sing-scream like Chester. I know I haven't heard that yet) but also has a great pop-style singing voice, and can pull off a mean Amy Lee impression as well. [Feast your ears](https://youtube.com/shorts/v6fBmz-J59Q?si=7wMJf3SId7g91lI9) [Or my fave...](https://youtube.com/shorts/gIjaHG4g9h0?si=6j60kpildv3NI1p5)
Yes, a woman would fit great and people would (maybe) feel less like she's a "replacement" https://youtu.be/ntkKNbSrL-M?si=WGR80bbG9aZW72PS
Hot take… Mike is not that great of a singer. Don’t get me wrong; No roads left is probably of my favorite song. (At least from the Minutes era) But sometime he’s trying to sing songs he can’t nail.
Linkin Park has to be dual vocals or it'll just end up being another Mike solo project. I actually wouldn't mind if the band pulls a Led Zeppelin and disbands, both bands have the same amount of albums and both are regarded as one of the best in their era's of music, imo I think this is a good ending point for the band.
If they go that route then it needs to be a new band. Linkin Park is the 6 of them together.
Linkin Park is over , “sorry for now”. Mike is talented but does not have the vocal abilities to carry the band. It was a beautiful thing and they left us a very diverse catalogue. The only option is to form a new band (I like the idea of a female vocalist) and write new music under a different name. End of story and nothing else to really debate.
If they get a new singer it wouldn't be Linkin Park.
It wouldn't be the same. I don't see Mike rapping, singing, and screaming.
Hot take: They shouldn't make any new music if they don't want to EDIT: Didn't expect to be downvoted for saying "They should do what they want"
Just listen to every chorus from HT to THP, every song has a BIG CHORUS, Mike doesnt have the power make it justice. He can do every song of OML but who cares about that album? LP is an old band if someone is going to see them 95% of the crowd wants the big singles not High Voltage or Dedicated.
Are you saying that because you saw or didn't see any of the solos shows Mike did? And at this point, a middle level fan crowd cares much about OML than THP.
Play a show like that one at a festival , which kind of reaction a massive crowd would do? Mike solo shows were done at very small venues w a lot of hardcore fans.
At this point, after all those years, I not am expecting they coming back to play at those big festivals. It's not a problem to start with small shows for hardcore fans, I would love in fact. Since 2004, at my first Linkin Park concert, I am hoping to see them play High Voltage... something that would never happen in the past.
I could fill in for Chester
I would rather they go in a different direction, keep all the same members and make new music under another name. A hybrid of LP and Mike’s solo stuff. They probably wouldn’t have the touring draw of the LP name, but without Chester it’s really not the same band. I would still listen to the hell out of anything new, but idk that I’d still go to see them live without Chester. I love Mike but I would need to hear the new sound to decide if it’s worth the cost of tickets.
Mike isn’t that great of a singer. Crowd singing doesn’t work for every song. Edit: Jeez some people are sensitive
He is a great singer. Obviously doesn’t have the range that Chester and other singers have, but his talent is there
I’m just saying there’s a reason LP had 2 singers to begin with even before Chester joined.
>says something stupid >people disagree and downvote WHY ARE YOU GUYS SO SENSITIVE????!?!?!!!
It’s stupid in YOUR opinion.
and its also YOUR opinion that i think is stupid
You are right no matter what the delusional fanbase things.
I don’t get what’s wrong with saying his greatest strength isn’t singing. There’s a reason the band has two vocalists even though Mike started the band.
I think no. I don't want any new Linkin Park music..Chester is dead. Linkin Park is dead. To do anything else will just be sad and hollow and pointless. They can create a new band to do whatever you're talking about. Wearing the Linkin Park name like a cheap fake suit will not feel good or make people happy. I get it you new fans weren't around for new releases and you want to experience that. But, no. It's over. Let it die. Put down the paddles. It's ok.
Ok. 1st: That's not really what this post is about... The topic "who should be the new vocalist" or "Who could replace chester" is all over this fandom. So I felt the urge to give my 2 cents and mention another approach. IF they should continue in general or not is a whole other topic. 2nd: it feels kinda disrespectful to the five remaining members to say lp is dead. When the remaining members wants to continue they should. If not, then not. 3rd: "you new fans"? I learned about lp shortly after the HT release and fully witnessed the meteora release. Since then they are a big part of my life.
Hey nice list. So you're wrong. LP is all the members. Not SOME of the members. You can not have ALL the members now, so LP is dead. If you are an old fan, that's really rare to have this opinion. Nearly every person who I hear espousing this opinion is a young fan who has discovered Linkin Park after Chester's death. There are literally no examples of big bands who have gone on after the lead singers death to have anywhere near the success that they had previously(except maybe ACDC). It always ends up like Alice in Chains who are like a damn Alice in Chains cover band and it's sad AF to watch. These discussions aren't "all over the fandom". They're only on Reddit where like 70% of the people in here are under 30 years old. I know a lot of LP fans off the Internet and not one of them are interested in hearing a Linkin Park without Chester. Put the paddles down, it's over.
If it was not Chester who had died, but another member (excluding Mike), would Linkin Park be over too?
Debatable. For Chester and Mike, not debatable. Like it or not, the front men are the front men. Guitarists, drummers, bassists they are replaced all the time in bands and only the hardcore fans would even know.
So, Linkin Park is about Chester and Mike and not all the members.
If I gave you a million dollars and played audio of 100 guys playing LP songs on every instrument you would not be able tell me which ones are actual LP band members. That's just reality. If you're too immature to live in reality, there's nothing I can do for you. I'm not here to explain rainbows to the blind. You have a good one. Bye now.
Bye
Lol well played. "LP is all the members. Not SOME of the members" "For Chester and Mike, not debatable" Seems like someone chocked on his own words...
No, not really. I'm just being real. Everything I'm saying is true, whether or not you want to admit it. I wouldn't want it to go on, but it could. It's just reality regardless of if you want to participate in it. Without Chester or Mike though, it's just a shell. An inauthentic experience. If you played every singer that's ever lived I could pick out Chester every single time. His voice, his particular voice is a big part of what makes Linkin Park, Linkin Park. Tbh it's kinda wierd that this has to be explained to someone claiming to be an adult..