Linkin Park’s revitalization has, for better or worse, been one for the ages. But the road to getting the band back together wasn’t an easy one, according to founder and co-vocalist Mike Shinoda. He says there was a period where the band members simply “wouldn’t show up or call back” when he tried to schedule private reunions.

During an appearance on the Broken Record Podcast, Shinoda explained that the band’s 2025 revival had been in the works for about five years, following the tragic 2017 death of the beloved vocalist Chester Bennington.

“Where do I even start? After 2020, I was doing Twitch live streams here, actually, on this setup, and I made songs with the fans,” Shindo said, transcribed by Ultimate Guitar. “They would throw ideas out, and I’d make tracks out of their ideas. I did

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