21st century rock bands don’t come any bigger than Linkin Park. They might not have the pioneering cachet of Korn or Deftones, and their initial critics churlishly wrote them off as a nu metal ‘boy band’, but their sound – which drew on rock, hip hop, EDM and industrial metal - proved irresistible to the public to the tune of 70 million records and a ton of blockbuster world tours.
The second half of their career saw them take a few stylistic diversions, some more successful than others, but everything was tragically bought to a halt by the death of co-vocalist Chester Bennington in 2017.
