Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition)

Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition)
Studio album by Linkin Park
Recorded:	1997 - 2000
Released:	October 9, 2020
Length:	04:21:34
Producer:	Don Gilmore, Mike Shinoda
Label:	Warner Records
20th Anniversary Editions chronology Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020) Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)

Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) is the 20th anniversary celebratory release of Linkin Park's debut album Hybrid Theory. It was released on October 9, 2020 through Warner Records, a rebranding of Warner Bros. Records after WMG's license to the "Warner Bros." name and shield logo with WarnerMedia expired. Two songs were released in advance to promote the album: "She Couldn't" and "In The End (Demo)".

Background

In preparation for the 20th anniversary of Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park asked LP Underground members to send them material to be used in the celebration. An e-mail sent to the fan club on March 5, 2020 reads: "LP Street Soldiers, This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of HYBRID THEORY. We have some very special things planned throughout the year and want you to be a part of it. We’re looking for photos, videos, ticket stubs, merch, flyers, souvenirs and anything else you collected from the early days of the band in the late 90’s through the HYBRID THEORY era of 2000-2002. Some great examples include (but are not limited to) live concert footage and photos, pictures of band members and signed goodies from LPU meet and greets. All you have to do is click here and you will be taken to an upload site and asked to grant rights to Warner Records to use the content. Please upload by March 16, 2020."

On March 24, 2020, Joe, Dave and Mike went live on YouTube to react to a previously unreleased live concert footage from 2001 recorded at the Canes Bar and Grill in San Diego. The entire show was later uploaded to YouTube without the commentaries.

Mike Shinoda was live on YouTube on April 1st and, in celebration of the album's 20th anniversary, he created an instrumental in the style of Hybrid Theory which was later released to LPU members. He wrote, "Today I felt like making a Hybrid Theory / Meteora-inspired instrumental demo, and I wanted to give the final product to you in the LPU."

During another one of Mike Shinoda's streams, on April 13, he was questioned about the possibility of more LP Underground releases in the future to which he answered, "This year is the Hybrid Theory 20th anniversary so we are putting a lot of love into that. It'd be silly to like... we've released so many Hybrid Theory demos that I don't know that we have much more to do that with after the 20th anniversary release." On the 23rd, he accidentally showed a Dropbox folder named "Masters For Review" with 12 files of Hybrid Theory demos, 10 of which had their names visible. They were "Dialate", "PB Edit 2020", "She Couldn't", "Could Have Been", "Reading My Eyes", "Rhinestone", "Esaul", "Stick N Move", "Carousel" and "Points of Authority".

Mike Shinoda was a guest on the AWOLNATION Instagram Live on May 6th and mentioned that Linkin Park would be celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hybrid Theory with a release. "This year is the 20 year anniversary of Hybrid Theory. And we are doing a release for it and a celebration for it with the band and the fans. All of us have had to go back and watch stuff from that era. It is the cringiest stuff... I can't believe the things we were saying between songs. I was like "who is this guy?" Chester was talking like a wrestler, it was insane. I remember talking to Chester four or five years ago and we would argue about who was the most embarrassing person. But at the time, that was the shit. That's what we did." On May 19, the band started selling Hybrid Theory inspired face masks to benefit COVID-19 relief. On the 22nd, One Step Closer themed merch was added to Linkin Park's official store. They wrote, "In celebration of Hybrid Theory's 20th anniversary, we will be commemorating the album’s iconic singles with capsule collection releases throughout the year. First Up: One Step Closer".

In late June, a leaked list of upcoming Funko POP! releases listed Hybrid Theory under "Pop! Albums: Linkin Park". Pre-orders started in early August.

Amidst promotion of his Dropped Frames albums in late July, Mike started teasing the Hybrid Theory anniversary. He told ABC News, "With the 20th anniversary celebration, I expect it to be pretty big. Not big in terms of numbers or sales or whatever. I just expect it...to feel good and be important to those of us who care about the record. It is the equivalent of having a big birthday. I wanna have a big party for it." During a Kerrang! Face-To-Face interview, he revealed Linkin Park had been working closely with key people from throughout the band's history to celebrate the album's 20 years. "We’ve done our best to go to a lot of people who are family, in a sense, and say, ‘What do you think we should do? What would be a good celebration of Hybrid Theory?’ and try our best to do a bunch of those ideas."

Jeff Blue, the band's A&R executive during the recording of Hybrid Theory, launched a pre-order for his book One Step Closer: From Xero to #1: Becoming Linkin Park, set for a December 8, 2020 release. The description reads: "This against-all-odds story chronicles the early days of Linkin Park, from their first demo and Whisky a Go Go performance as Xero, through their tireless efforts to perfect their iconic sound and the discovery of Chester Bennington. Jeff Blue was there when no one else believed—first as their publisher, then as their A&R guy. This is his memoir of that incredible journey."

Composition

The release of Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) is composed of the original Hybrid Theory studio album, the Reanimation remix album, the Hybrid Theory EP, a compilation of b-sides from singles released in 2000-2002 titled B-Side Rarities, a compilation of LPU tracks dating from 1997-2002 titled LPU Rarities, a demo CD featuring previously unreleased demos, a replica of the Linkin Park Sampler Street Team cassette tape, a replica of the Frat Party At The Pankake Festival DVD, a second DVD with Linkin Park's full performances at The Fillmore and Rock Am Ring from 2001 and a third DVD featuring live and behind the scenes footage from the Projekt Revolution Tour 2002. The collection sums up to a total of 80 tracks. The front covers of all discs had the four Hybrid Theory-era "LP" logos added to them along with the number "20".

Hybrid Theory EP

As part of the "Super Deluxe Box", Hybrid Theory EP was issued for the very first time in vinyl format. Contrary to the other vinyls in the set, it wasn't available in CD format. However, it was included in the digital version of the 20th anniversary collection, making the EP available to the general public for the first time. Up to that point, it was available exclusively in digital format (since the CD was long out of print) and only to LP Underground members. The back of the LPU reissue booklet was used as the back cover for the vinyl with the tracklist being added to it. A new insert was created for the vinyl.

Hybrid Theory

Hybrid Theory is the full-length album without any additional music. All the bonus tracks for the album released in the past were included on B-Side Rarities and LPU Rarities with the exception of the live version of "High Voltage" recorded in Wantagh on August 09, 2001, which was in the 2013 deluxe edition of the album on iTunes.

Reanimation

Reanimation is the remix album of Hybrid Theory songs and b-sides.

The bonus track "Buy Myself (Manson Remix)" is found on B-Sides Rarities, but the other bonus tracks for the album, live versions of "My December" and "One Step Closer", aren't present in the Hybrid Theory 20th anniversary set. This is likely due to these b-sides being originally released respectively in the Meteora singles Somewhere I Belong and Faint before becoming digital bonus tracks on Reanimation.

B-Side Rarities

Besides tracks from Linkin Park singles, the B-Side Rarities compilation features the album version of "It's Goin' Down", a collaborative single between The X-Excutioners, Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn recorded and released in 2001. This is the first time the studio version of this song is included in a Linkin Park release. It's also the first time "One Step Closer (Rock Mix)" is released in any form outside of the United States. The track was taken from the "One Step Closer" radio single released in the US in 2000.

The live tracks recorded at the Docklands Arena in London, England on March 24, 2001 are listed in a different order from their original release. "Papercut" was the first track, released on the eponymous single, followed by "Points Of Authority" and "A Place For My Head", respectively, in the "In The End" single. They were listed in this same chronological order in the In The End: Live & Rare Japanese CD. The track "Step Up (1999 Demo)", taken from the "In The End" single as well, is exactly the same as "Step Up" from Hybrid Theory EP, making it appear twice in the tracklist on digital stores, but only once on the CDs.

"High Voltage" is also listed here in a different order from the "One Step Closer" import single and the "In The End" Japanese EP, being placed before "Step Up" instead of being after "My December". The same happens with "In The End" from the BBC performance, which was placed before "Points Of Authority" instead of after it.

"Buy Myself (Marilyn Manson Remix)" wasn't taken from a Hybrid Theory single, but from the Pts.Of.Athrty single. It is a Reanimation outtake.

LPU Rarities

For the first time, the LPU Rarities tracks were released to a broader audience through mainstream digital stores and streaming services. Previously, they were available exclusively to members of Linkin Park's official fan club, the LP Underground. "Hurry", "Grr" and "Chair" were previously only available as digital downloadable bonus tracks for LP Underground 15, so this was also the first time these tracks were issued in physical format. Due to a mistake, "Hurry" and "Chair" were incomplete in both digital and physical versions. They ended abruptly after 31 and 30 seconds respectively. This was fixed in digital stores and streaming platforms on October 9, but nothing was said about the physical CDs.

While the compilation is intended to collect all the Hybrid Theory-era material released to the LPU between 2002 and 2016, it is missing the 1998 demo "Pods". This is likely due to the fact that this instrumental was an art project Mike Shinoda created for college and was never meant for Linkin Park. "My December" from LP Underground 2.0 was also omitted from this collection and included on B-Side Rarities instead. The song was released as a b-side to the "One Step Closer" single in 2001, a year before it was released to the LPU.

Besides demos from 1997-1999, LPU Rarities includes the Reanimation outtake "Pts.Of.Athrty (Crystal Method Remix)" and two live tracks recorded at the Docklands Arena in London, England on September 16, 2001 for a cancelled live DVD. This was the second time the "Points Of Authority" remix was released outside of the LPU; the first time being the Mastered For iTunes deluxe edition of Hybrid Theory released in 2013.

Forgotten Demos

The Forgotten Demos features 12 demos dating all the way back to the Xero days up to the Hybrid Theory sessions. This means not all of them feature vocals by Chester Bennington. The tracks labeled "Xero Demo" have Mark Wakefield on vocals, making this the first official Linkin Park release with him. All of the tracks were previously unreleased by Linkin Park, but not all of them were entirely new or unheard of. The titles "Dialate" and "Could Have Been" were the only ones completely unknown to fans. Two of the songs in this collection were known about by the community for years, but they remained unreleased due to samples: "Pictureboard" and "She Couldn't". Kyle Christner is credited for providing addtional bass on the disc, but it's not specified on which tracks. This is the first and only Linkin Park release to credit him since the band was signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1999.

"Dialate" is an early cassette demo created by Mark Wakefield and Mike Shinoda, possibly from 1997. It samples "Meth vs. Chef" by Method Man featuring Raekwon.

"Pictureboard" was first mentioned by Mike Shinoda during an LPU chat and 2005 and, in the aftermath, became of the most hyped up unreleased songs by Linkin Park. After years of requests from fans, the band decided to release it in the LP Underground 9: Demos CD, but it had to be removed at the last minute. Shinoda later explained this happened because of samples used in the song. The outro drum loop in the song was taken from "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby", written by Barry White and performed by Jimmy Smith. A version with Mark Wakefield on vocals eventually found its way online in 2019, but the version on Forgotten Demos is the one originally meant for the LPU, with vocals by Chester Bennington.

The other track is "She Couldn't". This song had originally found its way online in 2009 after a demo CD was auctioned on eBay. The CD contained tracks from Linkin Park's canceled 8 Song EP under the name Hybrid Theory. However, the CD suffered from static as the initial pressing was faulty. Forgotten Demos brought a quality upgrade to the song. It was mastered by Brian Gardner, with the original mix by Mike Shinoda being preserved. The vocal sample of Mos Def was cleared for the release. Artwork for the 8 Song EP can be found in the book included in the Super Deluxe Box. Jeff Blue can be seen listening to the EP on Lockout.

"Could Have Been" is an early 1999 demo recorded when Chester first joined the band. Their bass player at the time was Kyle Christner, who plays a bass solo at the end of the song.

"Reading My Eyes" was taken from the Xero demo released in 1997. Mike was previously asked about doing a remaster of the tape but he revealed the songs were recorded straight to cassette, so the versions online were "almost definitely the highest quality versions." Nevertheless, this track was mastered from the original cassette demo and has better sound quality and less tape hiss than any of the existing rips online. It wasn't mixed or re-mixed.

After their debut live performance as Xero, Jeff Blue gave the band a development deal with a little financial support from Zomba Music Group, which allowed them to buy new instruments and equipment in order to get a decent recording and a better show. "Rhinestone" is an earlier version of the "Forgotten" demo on the LPU Rarities disc and was recorded with Mark Wakefield on vocals after the deal with Zomba. The track had first appeared on the New Music Sampler 1999 issued in 1998 by Zomba! Music Services which led to this exact demo being featured in the TV series The Crow: Stairway To Heaven.

"Esaul" is very similar to its LPU Rarities counterpart. The main difference being the lead singer. Despite it being one of the first songs the band ever wrote, back in 1996, "Esaul" wasn't included in the Xero cassette tape. This was the first time fans were presented to a recording of the song with Mark Wakefield. Like, "Rhinestone", it was recorded in 1998, after the Zomba deal.

In contrast, "Stick N Move" is the first version to be released with Bennington on vocals. The only other known vocal version of the song at the time was the one from the Xero cassette, which was recorded with Wakefield. According to Mike Shinoda, it was a popular song at their early shows but it was dismissed by producer Don Gilmore and had elements reworked into "Runaway" during the Hybrid Theory sessions. The beat from this demo was in the Hybrid Party Of A Thousand Things leak from August 2019 under the title "Stick2".

The demo of "Carousel" was originally found by fans in the same demo CD as "She Couldn't" in 2009 and three years later it was found in a different CD titled Demos From 02-2000. Unlike the other, this second CD didn't suffer from static.

The demo of "Points Of Authority" was originally available for free download on the band's official website shortly after they changed their name to Linkin Park and was also found by fans on a demo CD dating from April 25, 2000. This demo differs from the LPU Rarities version for already having a structure similar to the final product, with a chorus sung by Chester Bennington instead of rapped by Mike Shinoda. While the lyrics in the verses and chorus are the same as the album version, the rap lyrics in the intro and bridge are notably different.

"Crawling" and "SuperXero" were taken from the Hybrid Theory CD titled Demos, which dates from January 7, 2000, and contains the most widespread demos in the Linkin Park community. The first high quality rip of this demo made its way online in 2004, but none of them had ever received an official release by Linkin Park.

DVDs

The Fillmore 2001 was filmed during the Street Soldiers Tour, Linkin Park's first headlining tour, in San Francisco, California on January 30, 2001. A 21 minutes documentary was originally broadcasted in 2001 and included interviews with the band, crew and fans as well as full live performances of "With You" and "One Step Closer" and short clips of "Pushing Me Away", "And One", "Runaway", "Forgotten", "Points Of Authority" (featuring Ryu and Tak from Styles Of Beyond) and "By Myself". "A Place For My Head" (not included in the broadcast) features Stephen Richards from Taproot. The full show was previously unreleased.

Rock Am Ring 2001 isn't previously unseen footage. The complete performance was broadcasted live by WDR in 2001 and since then has become a popular and cherished show from the Hybrid Theory era among fans. It was, however, the first time any portion of the show received an official release by Linkin Park. As a result, this DVD brought the first official live releases of "And One", "Sweet Child O' Mine" and an unique short performance of the legendary "Pictureboard". The last two are unlisted in the DVD tracklist, but "Sweet Child O' Mine" is acknowledged in the liner notes.

The release of these shows marked the first time in Linkin Park's history that an entire and unedited show was included in one of the band's DVDs. Live In Texas (2003) was created from footage of two different shows; Collision Course (2004) features only the songs with Jay-Z; Road To Revolution: Live At Milton Keynes (2008) had three songs removed from the main film and included as hidden content unlocked after watching the concert; the A Thousand Suns+ (2011) DVD had "Wisdom, Justice, And Love" removed due to licensing issues with the Martin Luther King Jr. family; and the Living Things+ (2013) and The Hunting Party (2014) DVDs were composed of incomplete footage previously broadcasted on TV.

The Projekt Revolution 2002 disc includes an hour of unseen live footage from Las Vegas and San Diego, plus a sequel to Frat Party At The Pankake Festival, titled The Sequel To The Worst Name We've Ever Come Up With, with previously unavailable backstage footage and interviews. This marked the first release of "My Own Summer (Shove It)" and "Mr. Hahn Solo", which contains elements of "High Power Rap" by Disco Dave And The Force Of The Five MCs. It's also the first full-length live release of "It's Goin' Down". The show features guest appearances by DJ Z-Trip, Mark Chavez of Adema, B-Real and Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, and DrunknMonkey crew members Riff Raff, Ivan The Urban Action Figure and Giovanni. The audio of "Step Up" and "My December" from the San Diego show was previously released in the "Somewhere I Belong" single.

Lawsuit

Former bass player Kyle Christner filed a lawsuit against Linkin Park in 2023 seeking credit and unpaid royalties for the 20th anniversary box set edition of Hybrid Theory. Although he is credited for the Forgotten Demos disc, he didn't receive credits for other discs which include music recorded in 1999 when he was a member of the band (including songs mistakenly dated 1998). He was credited as a band member on the original 1999 release of the Hybrid Theory EP, but his name was removed from all subsequent issues of the EP.

The lawsuit states: "Though Christner was once under the misimpression that his bass parts were re-recorded on the EP after he left the band, he has, upon closer review, identified his bass playing on the edition of the EP included in the box set." Christner claims to have played on at least tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Forgotten Demos, tracks 1, 2, 7, 13, 14, 16, 17 of LPU Rarities, and track 7 of B-Side Rarities, as well as the Hybrid Theory EP. In addition to performing on the sound recordings, Christner claims that he also helped compose songs and versions of songs included in the box set.

Some of the tracks listed in the lawsuit, however, don't have any bass on them — a couple of examples being "Sad" and "Chair" which are entirely programmed beats — and Kyle only joined the band in 1999, meaning he couldn't have played bass on the Xero recordings (tracks 6 and 7 of Forgotten Demos). The lawsuit also excludes "Slip" and "So Far Away" from the LPU Rarities disc, two tracks recorded in 1999 (and mistakenly dated 1998) which potentially feature his bass work. The Frat Party At The Pankake Festival DVD includes an early rehearsal video of "Esaul" from 1999 which is believed to have Kyle Christner on bass as a couple of the band members are out of frame. Track 10 of Forgotten Demos is a demo version of "Points Of Authority", but the lawsuit doesn't mention track 5 of LPU Rarities, which is an even earlier demo of the song.

In response, Linkin Park said the lawsuit is “rife with defects.” Among them, they said the lawsuit failed to clearly identify what songs Christener was involved with and the case is clearly barred by the statute of limitations, arguing he can’t sue them ‘decades’ later. Christner disagreed with the motion and would be opposing it in a future court filing.

On March 29, 2024, it was announced that the lawsuit had been settled. A spokesperson for Linkin Park said, “We are pleased to announce that we have reached an amicable resolution with bass guitarist Kyle Christner. Kyle is a very talented musician who made valuable contributions to Linkin Park at a pivotal time in 1999. He performed with the band in several shows and many record label showcases. Kyle helped write and performed on many songs from that era, including some of the songs on the Hybrid Theory EP.” The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

Kerrang! Track By Track

For the Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition), Kerrang! Magazine did a track-by-track with Linkin Park of each song on the original album.

Papercut (Mike Shinoda)

As soon as it was a song, I knew that I wanted, personally I wanted at the front of the record. To this day, it feels like it contains so much of the DNA of the band at the time. It was like, it starts with the beat. So the beat was like, at the time, I think was probably influenced a lot by Timbaland - the producer. The guitars kick in, which were at the time very cutting edge, which you would call "nu-metal" now type of sound. It had a real bounce to it but underneath that, there was a drum-n-bass, or jungle beat, happening at the same time. So right away within the first 20 seconds, you're getting three major genre touchpoints, jams together. To me, that stuff only works when you've curated the right pieces. Those three things, when they fit together, I was like, "Damn, I don't know if I've ever put the pieces together in a way that sounds so right." Like, "This is exactly what I want it to sound like." And then the rapping and the lyrics and stuff. In fact, Chester raps the chorus. In fact it's both of us rapping the chorus but we put his vocal way up in the mix. And then it goes from that to the end of the song it goes to a real melodic thing at the end. So all of those things said, there's also a vulnerability and a toughness to it. It really was a well-rounded introduction to Linkin Park.

The only thing about that song that I felt like, "Oh that didn't age super well", is the video. If you watch the video it's like, "I'm sorry, I don't know what we were doing, what was going on." I remember Chester showing up with all plaid, like a whole plaid outfit on. I was thinking, "That's a very weird choice." But it was the type of thing where you had to choose your battles because there was so much on the line, we were just breaking, and like there were minor disagreements on things all the time so I wasn't about to get into a conversation with him about his outfit, when we're just trying to shoot a great video. And the special effects in it are goofy. I get the point of it, I don't think it's a terrible video - I think we've made worse videos. But when I watch it now, I'm kind of like, "I look like a fucking idiot, I don't know what's going on.

One Step Closer (Brad Delson)

One Step Closer was the first song that our record label released to radio. It was actually the first time we actually heard ourselves on the radio. I think we were driving on our first tour bus through Arizona and we actually heard it on the station Chester grew up listening to in Arizona, and then we got home a week later and I heard it on our local station KROQ. And that was super wild. I remember when I was little, listening to the radio, you'd call in and request songs. To actually have a song on the radio was super surreal. I heard that song recently and because we played it live so many times, I have the live version in my head. And when I heard the recorded version recently, which I've listened to from time to time, but haven't paid much attention to - I just love how it sounded. I think Andy Wallace's mix... I think about the song being so heavy because it has so much power live and what I love about the actual song, the recording on Hybrid Theory, is it's not just heavy... it's electronic, it's melodic sounding, there's an alternative quality to the vocal performance. It's just a beautiful song. And that riff, it's probably the riff that I love the most that I've kind of just channeled. While it's the intro of the song, it really serves the backbone of the song, that really syncopated riff.

One funny thing is a lot of guitar players who have covered that song as an homage or something, even professional guitar players, who are way more talented than me, really have trouble with the syncopation. Really guys that you think just shred for whatever reason have a lot of trouble with the syncopation of that riff. It's not technically hard to play, but it's all feel. Certainly the crowd feels it every time we've played it around the world.

With You (Joe Hahn)

So the origin of the song, we worked with these guys by the name of The Dust Brothers. We wanted them to produce a song, they ended up giving us parts of a song. They had a remix that they never put out so it ended up just being samples. We took those samples and started building a track on it. It was like, some little drum breaks in there that became the rhythm track. I think it started off as a hip hop approach so it was obvious to put scratching on there, to use those moments of scratching as breaks in the song. I remember it being something that we were super excited about doing. I guess it was one of the first collaborations that we did, getting parts from someone else. I remember being really excited that song when we were done with it.

I feel like that song came together fairly quickly. Like the chorus was written, the music, and then the words, the lyrics, the melodies came together pretty natural, so that established the climactic moment in the song to strive for, which really gave the setup and intention... meaning the verse and the rapping. I think I did the remix for that on Reanimation, that was fun. With the remix, I remember I had Aceyalone rap who is one of my favorite rappers, especially at that time, and really influential in hip hop and one of the unsung heroes. A guy that not everyone knows about because of the lack of commercial singles on the radio and whatnot, but he was part of this group called the Freestyle Fellowship, which is probably one of the most emulated groups as far as rap style. A lot of what they did influenced some of the southern fast-style rapping and different rhythm flows and time signatures. So for me, it was pretty awesome to work with him along with everyone else on that Reanimation record because it was all people that we looked up to, that we really wanted to collaborate with. The people on that record weren't really the "flavor of the month" type people but really important artists that meant a lot to music at that time.

Points Of Authority (Brad Delson)

The thing about Points Of Authority that stands out to me is you can obviously play the riff and it really does highlight the band, and at the same time I think the ethos of that song is deconstructing live music, like, the guitar is chopped up. So you've basically taken live instruments, something organic, and we were really making use of the technology at the time, digital technology, which is stutters and chopping things up. So it's like taking organic ingredients, putting them in a digital blender, and Points Of Authority is what comes up. Mike is the most adept in the group at actually using recording technology. I remember him, when we were young, he'd read manuals for old gear. Like, 80-page manuals, just the most painful literature ever written. That's one of his super-powers: even when he has basic technology, he really learns how to use it. And he almost plays some of the recording technology like an instrument, I think you can hear that on this song.

One thing that's cool about that song is the bridge was different on our demo. A lot of the demos we had before we went into the studio to make Hybrid Theory were slightly different, and I think in totality the changes made the album shine, made it what it is. And as we're re-releasing the record, we went and found all these old tapes. Some of them are actually tapes. [smiles] That's how far back it goes, into the 90s. We became a band really in about 1996 and Hybrid Theory came out in 2000, so some of these songs were kind of in the ether for about five years until we actually got to record them. And there are parts on some of these demos that I think are just as cool or even cooler than the parts that we chose on the album. And I think Points Of Authority actually has a totally different bridge, and I remember listening to it recently and thinking that there's some elements in this demo that I really still love.

Crawling (Mike Shinoda)

So I always wrote my own raps but when it came to all of the singing parts, some songs I would write it, some songs he would write, and some songs we wrote together. But it was usually together. Even if I wrote a thing, which was pretty often, when I gave it to him, we'd go over it. Because I always wanted him to tweak words and make it his own, so when he sang it, his personality was in there. Now "Crawling" was the opposite, where he wrote a lot of those lyrics. He had written the line, "Fear is powerful" in the chorus. We were like (to our producer Don), "How do you like the new lyrics in the song so far?" and he's like, "It's good. I really like that song, "Fear is how I fall."" And we were both like, "Oh yeah, that line... he just heard it wrong. And he heard a really great line by accident. That was one of those things that later on down the line, that we learned to listen to a song and even if we were doing a scat vocal that didn't have real words, you could listen to someone just singing gibberish... you could hear real words in it and sometimes find good gems.

The other thing I'll say about "Crawling"... I didn't know at the time when we won a Grammy for "Best Rock Performance" for that song, I didn't know what "Best Rock Performance" meant when we won it. I thought it was like, "Best Rock Song" was what the award was for. But it was for the studio performance and it's a hundred percent because of the vocal. Like his vocal in that song... it was even hard for him to do some nights on tour and it's impossible for someone else to do it that well. I've never heard anyone else sing it that way... every other cover is a mere shadow of the Chester performance of the song.

Runaway (Brad Delson)

Runaway has almost like a punk rock riff at the beginning. That evolved from a song called Stick N Move. We started the band, we were called Xero, and then there was some other Xeros, so we called ourselves Xero 818. It's like what you do if you can't get your Gmail address or Gmail account, you just put a number - that's what bands were doing at that time. And then that didn't work, and then Chester joined the band and we changed the band's name to Hybrid Theory. And then someone told us we had to change it, which is ridiculous, and so we became Linkin Park and the album became Hybrid Theory. And Runaway really kind of tells the tale of that journey.

The original song was written by Mike and Mark, who is actually one of my best friends still, since I was tiny, growing up. He wrote a few of the earliest songs with Mike, and Stick N Move was one of them. This is a super good song. I think there's a version of it that we're including in the Hybrid Theory box set. People use names to classify music because you have to. You have to say "classical music," you have to use names to classify things, otherwise you'd have no place to start. So different classifications were put on the band really early on. The thing that was ironic about classifications is the whole idea of the band early on was to kind of defy classification and actually to take these different genres that were kind of siloed, whether it was our love for rap, love for heavy music, love for alternative music, electronic music - these kind of were more distinct classifications back then. Now we kind of take it for granted more and mash them together into something totally uniquely our own. So yeah, we just called it Hybrid Theory.

By Myself (Joe Hahn)

So, before Linkin Park we were called Hybrid Theory, that's when Chester joined the band. But before that we had a different singer for a band called Xero, and those two songs came from that batch of songs which made it to the record. Originally with Xero there were three songs that Mike had written with Mark, who was our previous singer, and they're incredible. But there was a problem that occurred. When Brad had gotten ahold of the tape (you know, being best friends with Mark at the time) and he played it for an executive at a music label, and the executive liked what he heard on that three song demo, he was like, "Okay, I want to see the band playing live," and then they were like, "Well, we gotta figure that out," because there was no band, it was two guys. And that's where the origin of the band started. And I think those three songs... I don't think they made it to Hybrid Theory. There was a goal in the type of song we were writing at the time, and a big part of that was to have songs to play live. And so those songs have very suspenseful energy going on, especially in the verses with an outpouring emotion in the choruses. They both have a similar intent as far as the energy that we wanted to convey, and part of that goal was to get this personal inner idea that has conflict. And that was really easy to do, especially because of our age at the time and that universal emotion of not fitting in, and all that kind of "teen angst" as we should call it.

The other intent was to have those songs explode at a certain point, and how that translates live into people just getting really charged up and then like eventually leading to, I guess, more of a "mosh pit" type moment, you know? And that was those early lessons as far as that suspense and release that would relate to people, especially with the right lyrics that people could personalize that type of energy. And even though we don't hear this music too often on the radio, those songs are always on some kind of workout playlist where people need to get charged up and have that energy somehow tapped into and released.

In The End (Mike Shinoda)

The two songs that have over a billion streams on YouTube are In The End and Numb” So, by the numbers, In The End is our biggest song. The funny thing is that the moment I played that demo for the other guys, they knew that song was special. Chester always said that he didn't get it, he didn't love that song. But I think, in saying that, I think he forgot that there were moments when he did really understand it. He always said like, "The guys should never let me pick singles, because I never understood that song," he's like, "I like it but I never thought it would be as big as it was." The rest of us knew and always felt like that's a huge song. But even he - there were times when we were completely aligned like, "There's something special about the song and we gotta get it right." And the main thing that changed a lot over the course of writing it were the lyrics and the verse, the rest of it stayed very similar to the demo.

If our drummer Rob was here, he would tell you the story he always tells about the song. I had locked myself in our really shady rehearsal space on Hollywood and Vine. And Hollywood and Vine at that time was like drug dealers and prostitutes. Now it's like fancy restaurants, so it's really weird, but at the time it was not a place you would want to walk around at night. And so, I wanted to stay overnight and write there because it was where we rehearsed so all of our gear was there, and I wanted to write with all that stuff within arm's reach. I couldn't do that at home, I was living in an apartment with roommates, so I wanted to be insulated. So I'd stayed there overnight and there's no windows or anything, and I was in these weird days of like... I don't even know how many hours I was there. And eventually the guys showed up and they were like, "How did it go?" And I played them In The End and Rob said, "This is so weird, I was thinking last night, knowing that you were in here writing, I was thinking that we needed a melodic song that was more timeless and more universal, that would be almost bigger in a sense of the songwriting style than anything we had done so far," and he's like, "You did it. This is the song." I don't think we knew it would be this big, but we knew at the time it was the most accessible thing that we had done.

A Place For My Head (Brad Delson)

That's one of my favorite songs to play on guitar. It's got a super cool intro. That song was originally called Esaul and I think the demo is also recorded on our Forgotten Tapes as part of the Hybrid Theory box set. Esaul was... our original vocalist Mark was his roommate. So we just called the song like that. We didn't name it after him, it was nonsensically. It's a really intense song and it definitely evolved over time. And there are definitely moments on the demo that just speak for themselves, and there are moments on the Hybrid Theory version that are undeniable. And that's also a song that live has always been a fan favorite. What's super cool about that song live is when we would get to the really intense part of the bridge, we would just stop the music and Chester would be all the way out in the crowd, like crowd surfing, but probably at that point held on top of someone's shoulders, or maybe on top of a security guy, he really just had the crowd in his command and kind of could take it wherever you want. And then, when the intense scream happens in the bridge, it's just like... all hell breaks loose. I remember in the studio with Don there was a process of like, "How do we take the demo and turn it into a more cohesive song?" because the demo lyrically was very abstract. So I think there was an ethos to make it cohesive lyrically and at the same time retain the power and the energy of where the song came from originally.

Forgotten (Joe Hahn)

I mentioned that three song demo, and then after that the band came together and started writing songs. So, that song was a part of that new batch of songs and it was really an exploration on how we can use... I think at the time we had a four track sampler or not a sampler but a four-track tape machine, so you could only record four tracks at the same time, and if you had more than that, you had to bounce onto other tracks with it all on a cassette. So there were definitely limitations. And also limitations of how many seconds of recorded time on a sampler, so you have to just record really important sounds to that. If you compare that to visual art, it's a limited palette, you have a limited amount of colors to deal with. Which I think was great because we took every piece that we added into the music and maximized it. So, with that song in particular, we're in the pursuit of matching the hip-hop side of what we were doing into this heavy build up. It succeeded in a way where I feel like the music that we write these days is smoother, like things kind of meld in, but a lot of the music from the early album were like segments that were just perfectly fit together, like a puzzle, so to speak. They were like - this is the beat, this is where it comes in, this is where it drops... And it worked out perfectly with two vocalists, Chester and Mike, because it created a template for them to really play off of each other, it's like, "how does this cool rapping, that's getting you worked up, build up into this vocal," or "how can there be an A tag worked into a B tag" kind of moment and that's something that was very successful with that song. And I think the concept of that vocal collaboration, whether it be rap from one guy going to rap from another guy, or melody to melody, or rapped melody - every version of that works so well that we were able to take those ideas and take them even further with the rest of the record that we made with Hybrid Theory.

Cure For The Itch (Joe Hahn)

I remember when we were writing the record, we had a certain intention in mind, also having this mission of applying the music that we love, the influences that we love, and incorporating that into what we do, that helped define what ultimately became our sound. And I feel like there was an imbalance. As we're making the Hybrid Theory record there was way more emphasis on the hard rock side, so it wasn't like 50/50. But whenever the hip-hop or electronic side came in, it just made it like... whenever it comes in, it has to be impactful.

So, I remember Mike made that string section as part of just a general beat that he made along with a ton of other beats, and that's really liking the orchestral nature of it, the suspenseful nature of it. And we put a beat to it and then it was like, "Okay, how do we integrate scratching, and glitching, and messing with the beats, in a cool way?" So we just built the track, basically starting from the strings, and then built the rest. And I think the way it played on the record was just the perfect break away from everything else that you were hearing. I think track to track there's a lot of diversity in the type of song and it gives you a good journey, and then you get a nice break before the record finishes. And that's what it does, in the context of the record. And it also shines the light onto the beat production side of what we do. That was always our intention, it's like, "Okay, let's shake things up as much as possible." I think there was a lot of indie stuff that we were listening to, I remember Brad was really listening to - there's a band called Far, this emo band, and Sunny Day Real Estate... I mean, he grew up on heavy metal but he was really into some of that emo stuff at the time. Everyone was listening to different things, and on my side there was a lot of electronic music, particularly from Ninja Tune Records. I think if you hear Cure For The Itch, you could kind of get that vibe and that feeling from it. So, we would definitely strive to emulate the feelings of what those bands did successfully along with all the other ingredients from hip-hop to metal to punk.

Pushing Me Away (Mike Shinoda)

I don't know if I'm clear on what led to that song being the last on the record. When we were working on it, either my intention or my direction from other people (meaning probably Don and Brad) was: Crawling is really great and we don't have anything else like that, maybe it would be good to have another song that's kind of in that vein, like - melodic, no rapping, power chords but still with a lot of energy. Because there's a big difference between that and... I would have put Points Of Authority, and Papercut, and With You in a more similar... there's a lot of rhythmic stuff going on there, those were hip-hop tracks gone rock. So, to come at it from the other direction, let's write a Depeche Mode rock song or something. And that's where that came from. I think, actually, Depeche Mode - now that I said that out loud - I think that was really one of my touch points. Brad and I had this love and appreciation for Depeche Mode, so I wanted to start the song with some of those keyboard hook kind of elements. And then we translated some of those to guitar harmonics. The only hip-hop element to me in there is Chester threw in the line "why I played myself this way." When he wrote that, I knew what he was doing, I knew he was trying to use vernacular, that was a little more like... just a tiny bit hip-hop in the words. But the truth was that he would never say those words in real life. So I was always uncomfortable with that line, I was like, "That's not you talking, but I know what you're doing. I know that you’re just trying to glue..." It's smart, you know? In the sense. He's trying to glue the hip-hop component of the band into the lyrics. I just felt like it was a little disingenuous. But that's like neither here nor there, it's a very minor criticism of a song that otherwise I think is a great song, and everybody's participation in the band on it was really strong.

Pictureboard (Brad Delson)

I remember getting that and saying, 'Hey, what do you think of this guy? He just sent us this recording.' I wasn’t like crying with joy, but almost. I was like, ‘Wow, I don’t even know what that is.’ He’s so tiny and vulnerable on the verse and you can hear all those timbres and harmonics and then all the overtones on the heavy part. To me, it just blew my hat off my head. And then we were like, ‘We gotta meet this guy.’

We had made a bunch of demos and at that moment we were looking for a vocalist, and someone… a friend of a friend, had worked with Chester in Arizona. Chester's story – which I'm certain is true – is that he left his own birthday party to go to the studio and record his vocals on the tracks he had sent. That's how excited he was. He'd been in bands for years in Arizona and had basically hit the point where it was harder to get noticed out there, which was frustrating, and by that point he'd got a 9-5 job. And then he got this demo, left the party, recorded the vocals, and the rest is history. I was like, "Holy expletive." It just blew my mind. He sounds like two different people on the same song; the verses sound very, very, vulnerable. That song shows you all of his range: it's got the tiny, tiny, vulnerable verse, which we were able to channel on songs like "Leave Out All The Rest" or "Breaking The Habit" or "One More Light"... and then it’s got the big, melodic, almost-screamy but still-melodic chorus that you’d hear on "Crawling." It had all those elements there and it was like fireworks.

On What Hybrid Theory Means to the Band (Mike Shinoda)

We were just having fun, man. I mean, it was stressful and a lot of the time we didn't know what we were doing, at all. We were just being asked to do things that bands who were blowing up would do and we didn't know how to do any of those things. But the thing that got us through it all was just being ourselves, and knowing that we made a record that we were really proud of, and meeting fans who we connected with through that music. So it was like... everything was a first. I mean, what a spectacular moment in time, you know? Everything was the first, we went in the studio to record a record, first time recording a song in a proper studio, first time working with a producer and an elite engineer who knew what they were doing, who had recorded albums that we had heard of. It was our first time we got a record deal, our first time going on tour in the U.S. When we went to mix the record, it was the first time I'd ever been in New York. Three quarters of my favorite rappers were from New York and I had never even been there! I met Busta Rhymes in the studio while we were mixing, I was like, "This is fucking crazy! We're in the same studio as this guy that I've been listening to for years!" Touring Europe with Deftones for the first time we ever went there. So, that whole ride was insane. And it's shocking and a miracle that we managed to keep our heads on straight and still be good friends and decent human beings at the end of it all.

Release

Physical

Pre-orders started on August 13, 2020. Since Amazon sets its own prices, the packages were sold there for significantly less than on official Warner Bros. Records and Linkin Park stores. "She Couldn't" was made available for immediate download in mp3 320kbps format upon pre-order from the Linkin Park store.

Three different physical versions were available for Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) which consisted of:

• Deluxe CD edition with Hybrid Theory, B-Side Rarities and a 16-page booklet.
• Vinyl box set with Hybrid Theory, Reanimation and B-Side Rarities.
• Super Deluxe Box: five CDs, three DVDs and three vinyl LPs; 80-page illustrated book featuring contributions from the band and previously unseen photographs; a cassette reproduction of Linkin Park’s original two-track street-team sampler; a Chester Bennington poster; and three lithographs featuring new art from Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, and Frank Maddocks.

Fans who pre-ordered any of the Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) packages from the Warner Music Australasia store had a chance to win 1 of 60 limited edition Hybrid Theory artworks. The artwork turned out to be a second copy of the Chester Bennington poster from the box set.

The UK version of the box set have the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) rating printed on the DVD discs.

Pressing Errors

Super Deluxe Box

There are several pressing errors in the EU version of the Super Deluxe Box. The Fillmore 2001 and Rock Am Ring 2001 shows are in the Frat Party At The Pankake Festival disc while the Frat Party At The Pankake Festival content is in the The Filmmore 2001 / Rock Am Ring 2001 disc; Mike's lithograph is pixelated; and the Projekt Revolution 2002 backstage pass wasn't laminated. These problems aren't present in the US version. The lithograph is pixelated in the US version as well but the EU version reportedly looks worse. Additionaly The US version has a strap / pull tab in the box to pull out all the items, but the EU version doesn't have it.

There are errors in the credits of every pressing of the Hybrid Theory EP vinyl. Mike Shinoda isn't credited for producing and mixing "Technique (Short)"; instead, he is credited for "And One" twice. Phoenix is credited for writing "Carousel" and "Technique" despite him not being in the band at the time these songs were created.

In the credits of B-Side Rarities, both in the book and back of the CD, it is written that "Papercut (Live At Docklands Arena, London)" (track 11) was taken from the "In The End" single, but it's actually taken from the "Papercut" single. Still according to the credits, the three Docklands Arena tracks on this disc were recorded on September 16, 2001, but they were actually recorded at an earlier show on March 24, 2001 at the same venue. On "My December", Joe Hahn is credited for additional ProTools, but this was actually done by Joe Hand, a producer from Nashville.

The tracklist of Forgotten Demos has the song titles written in bold while the notes in regular font, but the last two letters of "Points Of Authority" and the final letter of "Crawling" are written in regular font. On B-Side Rarities, the same problem happens in the last letter of "A Place For My Head" and "Buy Myself Remix".

"Hurry" and "Chair" are incomplete in every CD of LPU Rarities.

There was at least one report of the on disc 2 of the Reanimation vinyl being switched. The tracks from side 1 were pressed on side 2 and the tracks from side 2 were pressed on side 1.

Hybrid Theory Vinyl

A test pressing was issued both in the Vinyl Box and Super Deluxe Box. The inner ring of the vinyl presents a "!" etched onto it. This is a symbol often used in the mixing and mastering process to indicate that a mix is "too hot" and should be reduced to -6dB before mastering. There is a lot of clipping in the vocals, drums and guitars.

Deluxe CD

The booklet was advertised as having a 16 page booklet, but it comes with a 12 page booklet instead.

The booklet insert doesn't have the "]" after "[Hybrid Theory".

On the track list on the back, all titles are written in bold lettering while the descriptions are not. However, on Track 2, "It's Goin' Down", the last letter of Mr Hahn's name is in bold while the rest of his name isn't.

Delivery Problems

Several fans reported delivery delays of orders from the official Warner Music / Linkin Park stores, order status' weren't updated and messages to the customer support have gone unanswered. Packages were still arriving through the rest of 2020.

Replacements

On October 23, 2020, Linkin Park announced they would provide replacements of the mislabeled DVDs, the laminate and Mike Shinoda's lithograph to fans who purchased the European pressing of the Super Deluxe Box Set as well as digital downloads of corrected versions of "Hurry" and "Chair". No corrected version of the LPU Rarities CD was issued, meaning the corrected tracks remain unreleased in physical format. There was also no replacement for the Hybrid Theory vinyl. The error in the vinyls was only noticed by fans four days after the replacement announcement. The replacement items were taken from the US pressing and because of this, the lithograph is darker but still pixelated.

At some point in late 2020, the LPU Rarities CD was fixed for some fans but it is unknown if the LPU Rarities CD was pressed in another run outside of the package or was sold in new Hybrid Theory 20 box sets. Information is unavailable for the exact details on the 2020 LPU Rarities new CD, but an entry appeared on Discogs that winter for the new CD.

In November 2022, fans received emails about another replacement that said, "We're getting in touch with you, following your contact with us previously, regarding some issues you'd experienced with your original purchase of the Linkin Park Hybrid Theory boxset. We want to apologise for the length of time it has taken to get this resolved for you. So that we can process your complimentary replacement just for you, please provide your details on the Linkin Park Replacement sign up page." These packages were shipped out in December 2022, but the Warner UK/EU website extended their form to request a replacement until January 2023. The replacements do not appear to be available for all fans globally - but European, South American, and Mexican fans report being sent replacements. The United States' purchasers of the box set did not receive an email from Warner Music about a replacement despite having the misprinted LPU Rarities CD.

Digital

Digital downloads and streaming for Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) were available in a single collection consisting of Hybrid Theory, Reanimation, Hybrid Theory EP, B-Side Rarities, LPU Rarities and Forgotten Demos.

On October 2, 2020, Amazon announced a partnership with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to remaster thousands of songs and albums to Ultra High Definition, upgrading the digital streaming audio quality of these songs to the highest available. In addition, music from Linkin Park, among other artists, was remixed in 3D Audio formats including Dolby Atmos and Sony 360RA. Linkin Park’s 20th anniversary edition of Hybrid Theory was available to stream in 3D Audio exclusively on Amazon Music HD. Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos and Lossless Audio were released to Apple Music subscribers beginning June 2021, but only the standard edition of Hybrid Theory was available in this format.

Track Listing

Disc 1: Hybrid Theory Vinyl

Main article: Hybrid Theory

Side	No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
A	1	Papercut	Bennington Chester Charles, Bourdon Robert G, Delson Brad, Hahn Joseph, Shinoda Mike	3:04
	2	One Step Closer	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	2:35
	3	With You	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, King John Robert, Shinoda, Simpson Michael	3:23
	4	Points Of Authority	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:20
	5	Crawling	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:29
	6	Runaway	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield Mark	3:03
B	1	By Myself	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:09
	2	In The End	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:36
	3	A Place For My Head	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell David Michael, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield	3:04
	4	Forgotten	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield	3:14
	5	Cure For The Itch	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	2:37
	6	Pushing Me Away	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:11

Disc 2: Reanimation Vinyl

Main article: Reanimation

Side	No.	Title	Featuring	Remixer(s)	Length
A	1	Opening		Mike Shinoda	1:07
	2	Pts.Of.Athrty		Jay Gordon	3:45
	3	Enth E Nd	Motion Man	Kutmasta Kurt	3:59
	4	Chali	Chali 2na		0:23
	5	Frgt/10	Chali 2na	The Alchemist	3:31
	6	P5hng Me A*wy	Stephen Richards	Mike Shinoda	4:37
B	1	Plc.4 Mie Hæd	Zion	AMP Live	4:20
	2	X-Ecutioner Style	Black Thought	Sean C & Roc Raida	1:49
	3	H! Vltg3	Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu	Evidence	3:30
	4	Riff Raff	Riff Raff		0:21
	5	Wth>You	Aceyalone	Chairman Hahn	4:12
C	1	Ntr\Mssion		Mike Shinoda	0:29
	2	Ppr:Kut	Rasco & Planet Asia	Cheapshot & Jubacca	3:26
	3	Rnw@y	Phoenix Orion	Backyard Bangers	3:13
	4	My<Dsmbr	Kelli Ali	Mickey Petralia	4:17
	5	Stef	Stephen Carpenter		0:10
	6	By_Myslf	Stephen Carpenter	Josh Abraham & Mike Shinoda	3:42
D	1	Kyur4 Th Ich		Chairman Hahn	2:32
	2	1stp Klosr	Jonathan Davis	The Humble Brothers	5:46
	3	Krwlng	Aaron Lewis	Mike Shinoda	5:40

Disc 3: Hybrid Theory EP Vinyl

Main article: Hybrid Theory EP

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	Carousel	Bennington Chester Charles, Bourdon Robert G, Delson Brad, Hahn Joseph, Shinoda Mike	3:02
2	Technique (Short)	Hahn, Shinoda	0:39
3	Step Up	Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:54
4	And One	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	4:29
5	High Voltage	Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:29
6	Part Of Me	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	12:44

Disc 4: Hybrid Theory CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	Papercut	Bennington Chester Charles, Bourdon Robert G, Delson Brad, Hahn Joseph, Shinoda Mike	3:04
2	One Step Closer	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	2:35
3	With You	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, King John Robert, Shinoda, Simpson Michael	3:23
4	Points Of Authority	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:20
5	Crawling	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:29
6	Runaway	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield Mark	3:03
7	By Myself	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:09
8	In The End	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:36
9	A Place For My Head	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell David Michael, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield	3:04
10	Forgotten	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield	3:14
11	Cure For The Itch	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	2:37
12	Pushing Me Away	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:11

Disc 5: Reanimation CD

No.	Title	Featuring	Remixer(s)	Length
1	Opening		Mike Shinoda	1:07
2	Pts.Of.Athrty		Jay Gordon	3:45
3	Enth E Nd	Motion Man	Kutmasta Kurt	3:59
4	Chali	Chali 2na		0:23
5	Frgt/10	Chali 2na	The Alchemist	3:31
6	P5hng Me A*wy	Stephen Richards	Mike Shinoda	4:37
7	Plc.4 Mie Hæd	Zion	AMP Live	4:20
8	X-Ecutioner Style	Black Thought	Sean C & Roc Raida	1:49
9	H! Vltg3	Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu	Evidence	3:30
10	Riff Raff	Riff Raff		0:21
11	Wth>You	Aceyalone	Chairman Hahn	4:12
12	Ntr\Mssion		Mike Shinoda	0:29
13	Ppr:Kut	Rasco & Planet Asia	Cheapshot & Jubacca	3:26
14	Rnw@y	Phoenix Orion	Backyard Bangers	3:13
15	My<Dsmbr	Kelli Ali	Mickey Petralia	4:17
16	Stef	Stephen Carpenter		0:10
17	By_Myslf	Stephen Carpenter	Josh Abraham & Mike Shinoda	3:42
18	Kyur4 Th Ich		Chairman Hahn	2:32
19	1stp Klosr	Jonathan Davis	The Humble Brothers	5:46
20	Krwlng	Aaron Lewis	Mike Shinoda	5:40

Disc 6: B-Side Rarities

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally Released	Length
1	One Step Closer (Rock Mix)	Bennington Chester Charles, Bourdon Robert G, Delson Brad, Hahn Joseph, Shinoda Mike	"One Step Closer" US Single	2:37
2	It's Goin' Down (feat. Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn) - By The X-Ecutioners	Aguilar Rob, Bailey Keith, Hahn, Joiner Alvin, Jones Melvin, Shinoda, Williams Anthony	Built From Scratch	4:09
3	Papercut (Live From The BBC)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	"Crawling" Single	3:07
4	In The End (Live BBC Radio One)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	"In The End" Single 1	3:25
5	Points Of Authority (Live BBC Radio One)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	"Papercut" Single	3:24
6	High Voltage	Bennington, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	"One Step Closer" UK Single	3:44
7	Step Up (1999 Demo)	Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	"In The End" Single 2	3:54
8	My December	Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	The Real Slim Santa	4:21
9	A Place For My Head (Live At Docklands Arena, London)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell David Michael, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield Mark	"In The End" Single 2	3:10
10	Points Of Authority (Live At Docklands Arena, London)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	"In The End" Single 1	3:29
11	Papercut (Live At Docklands Arena, London)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	"Papercut" Single	3:12
12	Buy Myself (Marilyn Manson Remix)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	"Pts.Of.Athrty" Single	4:27

Disc 7: LPU Rarities

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally Released	Length
1	In The End (Demo)	Bennington Chester Charles, Bourdon Robert G, Delson Brad, Hahn Joseph, Shinoda Mike	LP Underground Eleven	3:48
2	Dedicated (1999 Demo)	Bennington, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	LP Underground 2.0	3:11
3	With You (Live At Docklands Arena, London)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, King John Robert, Shinoda, Simpson Michael	LP Underground 2.0	3:22
4	High Voltage (Live At Docklands Arena, London)	Bennington, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	LP Underground 2.0	4:02
5	Points Of Authority (Demo)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	LP Underground 12	3:00
6	Stick And Move ("Runaway" Demo 1998)		LP Underground 9: Demos	0:55
7	Esaul ("A Place For My Head" Demo)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell David Michael, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield Mark	LP Underground Eleven	3:06
8	Oh No ("Points Of Authority" Demo)		LP Underground X: Demos	2:04
9	Slip (1998 Unreleased Hybrid Theory Demo)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield	LP Underground Eleven	3:28
10	Grr (1999 Demo)		LP Underground 15	0:26
11	So Far Away (Unreleased 1998)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell, Hahn, Shinoda	LP Underground 12	2:50
12	Coal (Unreleased Demo 1997)		LP Underground X: Demos	3:37
13	Forgotten (Demo)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield	LP Underground 12	3:44
14	Sad ("By Myself" Demo 1999)		LP Underground 9.0: Demos	1:08
15	Hurry (1999 Demo)		LP Underground 15	2:34
16	Blue (1998 Unreleased Hybrid Theory Demo)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Farrell, Hahn, Shinoda	LP Underground Eleven	3:27
17	Chair (1999 "Part of Me" Demo)		LP Underground 15	1:56
18	Pts.Of.Athrty (Crystal Method Remix)		LP Underground 2.0	4:58

Disc 8: Forgotten Demos

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	Dialate (Xero Demo)	Diggs Robert Fitzgerald, Shinoda, Smith Clifford, Wakefield, Woods Corey	3:24
2	Pictureboard	Carter Barrence Eugene, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield	4:01
3	She Couldn't	Baker Brad, Bennington, Berger Milo, Bey Yasiin, Delson, Lewis Donnie, Meltzer Erik, Quinn Lance, Shinoda, Thomas Joe	5:05
4	Could Have Been	Bennington, Delson, Shinoda	4:37
5	Reading My Eyes (Xero Demo)	Shinoda, Wakefield	2:59
6	Rhinestone (Xero Demo)	Delson, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield	3:40
7	Esaul (Xero Demo)	Delson, Hahn, Shinoda, Wakefield	3:07
8	Stick N Move (Demo)	Shinoda, Wakefield	3:17
9	Carousel (Demo)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	2:58
10	Points Of Authority (Demo)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:20
11	Crawling (Demo)	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	3:49
12	SuperXero (By Myself Demo)	Bennington, Delson, Shinoda	3:18

Linkin Park Sampler

Side	No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
A	1	One Step Closer	Bennington Chester Charles, Bourdon Robert G, Delson Brad, Hahn Joseph, Shinoda Mike	2:36
	2	With You	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, King John Robert, Shinoda, Simpson Michael	3:23
B	1	One Step Closer	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Shinoda	2:36
	2	With You	Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, King, Shinoda, Simpson	3:23

DVD 1: Frat Party At The Pankake Festival

Main article: Frat Party At The Pankake Festival

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1	Intro	Bill Berg-Hillinger and Mr. Hahn	1:51
2	Papercut	Nathan "Karma" Cox and Mr. Hahn	3:12
3	Beginnings	Bill Berg-Hillinger and Mr. Hahn	5:24
4	Points Of Authority	Nathan "Karma" Cox	3:30
5	The Live Show	Bill Berg-Hillinger and Mr. Hahn	3:17
6	"Crawling" Video Shoot	Bill Berg-Hillinger and Mr. Hahn	1:21
7	Crawling	The Brothers Strause	3:35
8	Touring	Bill Berg-Hillinger and Mr. Hahn	9:28
9	Cure For The Itch	Brian Won and Mr. Hahn	0:54
10	The Band	Bill Berg-Hillinger and Mr. Hahn	7:56
11	One Step Closer	Gregory Dark	2:55
12	The Future	Bill Berg-Hillinger and Mr. Hahn	2:43
13	In The End	Nathan "Karma" Cox and Mr. Hahn	3:36
14	End	Bill Berg-Hillinger and Mr. Hahn	0:16

DVD 2

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1	Projekt Revolution 2002	Bill Berg-Hillinger	57:40
2	The Sequel To The DVD With The Worst Name We've Ever Come Up With	Mark Fiore	42:29

DVD 3

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1	The Fillmore 2001		52:44
2	Rock Am Ring 2001		53:55

Personnel

Hybrid Theory

Produced by Don Gilmore
Executive Producer: Jeff Blue
Recorded at NRG Recordings, North Hollywood, CA
Engineered by Don Gilmore
Additional Engineering & Pro Tools: John Ewing Jr.
Assistant Pro Tools: Mike Shinoda
Assistant Engineer: Matt Griffin
Mixed at Soundtrack, New York City, NY
Engineer: Steve Sisco
Mixed by Andy Wallace
Mastered and Digital Editing by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
Vinyl Lacquers by Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CA

Chester Bennington: Vocals
Rob Bourdon: Drums & Backing Vocals
Brad Delson: Guitars, Bass & Backing Vocals
Joseph Hahn: Records, Sampling & Backing Vocals
Mike Shinoda: Emcee, Vocals & Beats

Additional Beats on "With You" by The Dust Brothers
Ian Hornbeck: Bass on "Papercut," "A Place For My Head" and "Forgotten"
Scott Koziol: Bass on "One Step Closer"

A&R: Jeff Blue
A&R Coordination: Natalie Preston & Ariana Murray

Art Direction & Design: Frank Maddocks
Photography: James Minchin III
Soldier Drawing: Mike Shinoda
Line Art Sketches & Drawings: Joseph Hahn & Mike Shinoda

01. Papercut
02. One Step Closer
03. With You
04. Points Of Authority
05. Crawling
06. Runaway
07. By Myself
08. In The End
09. A Place For My Head
10. Forgotten
11. Cure For The Itch
12. Pushing Me Away

All Songs Written by Linkin Park ©2000

Except
"With You" by Linkin Park & The Dust Brothers (M. Simpson/J. King) ©2000

"Forgotten" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2000

"A Place For My Head" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2000

"Runaway" by Linkin Park & Mark Wakefield ©2000

Reanimation

Hybrid Theory Reanimated by:
01. Opening
02. Pts.Of.Athrty/Jay Gordon
03. Enth E Nd/Kutmasta Kurt featuring Motion Man
04. [Chali]
05. Frgt/10/Alchemist featuring Chali 2na
06. P5hng Me A*wy/Mike Shinoda featuring Stephen Richards
07. Plc.4 Mie Hæd/AMP Live featuring Zion
08. X-Ecutioner Style/featuring Black Thought
09. H! Vltg3/Evidence featuring Pharoahe Monch and DJ Babu
10. [Riff Raff]
11. Wth>You/Chairman Hahn featuring Aceyalone
12. Ntr\Mssion
13. Ppr:Kut/Cheapshot and Jubacca featuring Rasco and Planet Asia
14. Rnw@y/Backyard Bangers featuring Phoenix Orion
15. My<Dsmbr/Mickey P. featuring Kelli Ali
16. [Stef]
17. By_Myslf/Josh Abraham and Mike Shinoda
18. Kyur4 Th Ich/Chairman Hahn
19. 1stp Klosr/The Humble Brothers featuring Jonathan Davis
20. Krwlng/Mike Shinoda featuring Aaron Lewis

01. Opening/Mike Shinoda
Violin and Cello by Phoenix
Recorded at The Stockroom

02. Pts.Of.Athrty/Jay Gordon
Reinterpreted by Jay Gordon/Nova for The Astro Americans
Additional Programming and Production: Doug Trantow
Additional Production by Brad Delson
Engineered by Doug Trantow and Jay Gordon
Recorded at Division One Studios
All Programming by Jay Gordon/Nova

03. Enth E Nd/Kutmasta Kurt featuring Motion Man
Reinterpreted by Kutmasta Kurt
Recorded at Total Recall Studios and The Stockroom
Motion Man Appears Courtesy of Threshold Recordings, LLC

04. [Chali]

05. Frgt/10/Alchemist featuring Chali 2na
Reinterpreted by The Alchemist
Recorded at The Stockroom and DND Studios
Scratches by Mr. Hahn
Chali 2na Appears Courtesy of Interscope Records

06. P5hng Me A*wy/Mike Shinoda featuring Stephen Richards
Reinterpreted by Mike Shinoda
Guitar by Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda
Recorded at The Stockroom
Stephen Richards Appears Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

07. Plc.4 Mie Hæd/AMP Live featuring Zion
Reinterpreted by AMP Live for 418 Hz Productions
Recorded at Blue Room Studios and The Stockroom
Zion Appears Courtesy of Live Up Records

08. X-Ecutioner Style/featuring Black Thought
Elements of "One Step Closer" & "Fortgotten" Reinterpreted by Sean C & Roc Raida
Recorded at Adiar Cor Studios and The Studio
Additional Recording at Purple Velvet Studios
Engineer at The Studio: Jeff Chestek
Assistant Engineer at The Studio: Ray Wilson
Black Thought Appears Courtesy of MCA Records

09. H! Vltg3/Evidence featuring Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu
Reinterpreted by Evidence
Additional Production by Porse 1
Mixed by Troy Staton
Editing by DJ Revolution
Cuts by Babu for Dilated Junkies
Recorded and Mixed at American Recordings and The Cutting Room Studios, New York, NY
Pharoahe Monch's vocals Recorded at The Cutting Room and Millenia Music
Pharoahe Monch Appears Courtesy of Rawkus Records
DJ Babu Appears Courtesy of Capital Records, Inc.

10. [Riff Raff]

11. Wth>You/Chairman Hahn featuring Aceyalone
Reinterpreted by Chairman Hahn
Guitar by Mike Shinoda
Recorded at The Stockroom and Joe's parents' house
Aceyalone Appears Courtesy of Project Blowed Recordings

12. Ntr\Mssion/Mike Shinoda
Violin and Cello by Phoenix
Recorded at The Stockroom

13. Ppr:kut/Cheapshot and Jubacca featuring Rasco and Planet Asia
Reinterpreted by Cheapshot and Jubacca
Recorded at The Pressbox Studios
Planet Asia Appears Courtesy of Interscope Records

14. Rnw@y/Backyard Bangers featuring Phoenix Orion
Reinterpreted by Backyard Bangers
Additional Production: Mickey Petralia
Recorded at Rowena Projects and The Stockroom
The Backyard Bangers are Josh Kouzomis and Eric Moss

15. My<Dsmbr/Mickey P. featuring Kelli Ali
Reinterpreted by Mickey Petralia
Programming: Mickey Petralia and Mike Fitzpatrick
Keyboards: Mickey Petralia and Greg Kurstin
Recorded at The Stockroom, Rowena Projects and Olympic Studios
Kelli Ali Appears Courtesy of One Little Indian Records

16. Stef

17. By_Myslf/Josh Abraham and Mike Shinoda
Reinterpreted by Josh Abraham
Engineered by Ryan Williams
Second Engineer Jonas G.
Additional Guitar by Stef Carpenter
Additional Programming by Erik Gregory of XSM
Bass by Phoenix
Remixed at Pulse Recordings, Hollywood, CA and The Stockroom
Stef Carpenter Appears Courtesy of Maverick Recording Company

18. Kyur4 Th Ich/Chairman Hahn
Reinterpreted by Chairman Hahn
Recorded at Joe's parents' house

19. 1stp Klosr/The Humble Brothers featuring Jonathan Davis
Reinterpreted by The Humble Brothers
Recorded at The Humble Bros. Studio, Elementree Studios and The Stockroom
Jonathan Davis Appears Courtesy of Epic/Immortal Records

20. Krwlng/Mike Shinoda featuring Aaron Lewis
Reinterpreted by Mike Shinoda
Additional Vocals by Aaron Lewis
Violin and Cello by Phoenix
Recorded at The Stockroom and Bus #2
Aaron Lewis Appears Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group

All tracks except 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15 & 16 originally appear on the Warner Records album Hybrid Theory
Produced by Don Gilmore
Mixed by Andy Wallace
Original versions of "My December" and "High Voltage" produced by Mike Shinoda

All Songs Written by Linkin Park ©2002

Except
"Wth>You" by Linkin Park & The Dust Brothers (M. Simpson/J. King) ©2002

"Frgt/10" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2002

"Plc.4 Mie Hæd" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2002

"Rnw@y" by Linkin Park & Mark Wakefield ©2002

"H! Vltg3" by Linkin Park, Derek Murphy, Lorenzo Dechalus & Maxwell Dixon ©2002
Contains elements from "All For One" (D. Murphy/L. Dechalus/M. Dixon). Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP). Used by permission. All rights reserved. Performed by Brand Nubian. Produced Under License from Elektra Recording Corp.

Sample Clearance Services: Music Resources, Inc., Nancie Stern

Produced by Mike Shinoda
Mixed by Mike "Spike" Stent at Olympic Studios, London
Assisted by David Threahearn
Protools Engineer: Paul "P-Dub" Walton
Mastered and Digital Editing by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
Vinyl Lacquers by Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CA

Chester Bennington: Vocals
Rob Bourdon: Drums & Backing Vocals
Brad Delson: Guitars, Bass & Backing Vocals
Joseph Hahn: Records, Sampling & Backing Vocals
Mike Shinoda: Emcee, Vocals & Sampling
Phoenix: Bass & Backing Vocals

A&R: Tom Whalley, Kevin Sakoda & Jeff Blue
A&R Coordination: Natalie Preston
Marketing Directors: Peter Standish & Kevin Sakoda

Photography: Clay Patrick McBride
Art Direction & Design: Mike Shinoda & Frank Maddocks
Art: Mike Shinoda & Joseph Hahn
Page Design: Frank Maddocks

Hybrid Theory EP

01. Carousel
02. Technique (Short)
03. Step Up
04. And One
05. High Voltage
06. Part Of Me

Tracks 1 & 2 by Linkin Park & Dave Farrell ©1999

Tracks 3 - 6 by Linkin Park ©1999

Produced by Mike Shinoda
Tracks 1,4,6 Produced and Mixed by Mudrock and Mike Shinoda
Tracks 2,3,5,7 produced and mixed by Mike Shinoda
Track 7 by Mike Shinoda
Mastered by Pat Kraus
Mastered for vinyl by Brian Gardner Mastering
Vinyl Lacquers by Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CA
Art Direction by Mike Shinoda
Cover Art by Mike Shinoda and Joseph Hahn
Design: Frank Maddocks

B-Side Rarities

01. One Step Closer (Rock Mix)
02. It's Goin' Down - The X-Ecutioners featuring Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn
03. Papercut (Live From The BBC)
04. In The End (Live BBC Radio One)
05. Points Of Authority (Live BBC Radio One)
06. High Voltage
07. Step Up (1999 Demo)
08. My December
09. A Place For My Head (Live At Docklands Arena, London)
10. Points Of Authority (Live At Docklands Arena, London)
11. Papercut (Live At Docklands Arena, London)
12. Buy Myself Remix (Marilyn Manson)

Tracks 1, 6 & 8 originally appeared on "One Step Closer" promo singles
Track 2 originally appeared on The X-Ecutioners album "Built From Scratch" on Loud Records
Track 3 originally appeared on "Crawling" single
Tracks 4, 7, 9 & 10 originally appeared on "In The End" singles
Tracks 5 & 11 originally appeared on "Papercut" single
Track 12 originally appeared on "Pts.Of.Athrty" single

All Songs Written by Linkin Park ©2000

Except
Track 2 by M. Shinoda, J. Hahn, A. Williams, K. Bailey, R. Aguilar, M. Jones & A. Joiner ©2000

Tracks 6 & 7 by Linkin Park ©1999

Track 9 by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2001

Track 2
Produced by Mike Shinoda
Co-produced by Roc Raida & Sean Cane (Sean C)
Scratches by The X-Ecutioners and Mr. Hahn
Recorded at Adiar Cor Studio and Linkin Park's Studio
Mixed at The Record Plant by Michael Patterson
Mix Assisted by J.D. Andrew
Contains a sample of "Year 2000" written by Melvin Jones & Alvin Joiner, Published by WC Music Corp Obo Itself and Hard Working Black Folks and Hennessy for Everyone/Voco Music (BMI) and Performed by Xzibit. Used courtesy of Loud Records.
Executive Producers: X-Ecutioners, Sean Cane and Peter Kang

Tracks 3-5
Recorded Live at BBC Radio One UK
Produced by Miti Adhikari
Engineered by Jamie Hart
Released by Arrangement with BBC Music from Radio One's "Evening Session"
First Transmission Date: January 11, 2001

Track 6
Produced and Engineered by Mike Shinoda

Track 7
Mixed and Produced by Mike Shinoda

Track 8
Produced and Engineered by Mike Shinoda
Additional Pro Tools by Joe Hand
Recorded at The Loft in Nashville

Tracks 9-11
Recorded live at Docklands Arena, London UK - March 24, 2001
Produced by Radio 1 by Andy Rogers
Engineered by Simon Askew
Released by Arrangement with BBC Music

Track 12
Reinterpreted by Marilyn Manson
Engineered and Mixed by Marilyn Manson and Tim Skold
Co-production by Tim Skold

LPU Rarities

01. In The End (Demo)
02. Dedicated (1999 Demo)
03. With You (Live At Docklands Arena, London)
04. High Voltage (Live At Docklands Arena, London)
05. Points Of Authority (Demo)
06. Stick And Move ("Runaway" Demo 1998)
07. Esaul ("A Place For My Head" Demo)
08. Oh No ("Points Of Authority" Demo)
09. Slip (1998 Unreleased Hybrid Theory Demo)
10. Grr (1999 Demo)
11. So Far Away (Unreleased 1998)
12. Coal (Unreleased Demo 1997)
13. Forgotten (Demo)
14. Sad ("By Myself" Demo 1999)
15. Hurry (1999 Demo)
16. Blue (1998 Unreleased Hybrid Theory Demo)
17. Chair (1999 "Part Of Me" Demo)
18. Pts.Of.Athrty (Crystal Method Remix)

Tracks 2-4,18 originally appeared on LPU2.0
Tracks 6,14 originally appeared on LPU9
Tracks 8,12 originally appeared on LPUX
Tracks 1,7,9,16 originally appeared on LPU11
Tracks 5,11,13 originally appeared on LPU12
Tracks 10,15,17 originally released as LPU15 Downloads

All tracks Produced and Mixed by Mike Shinoda
Mastered by Brian Gardner Mastering

Except
Tracks 3 & 4
Recorded live at Docklands Arena, London UK - September 16, 2001
Mixed by Mr. Colson

Track 18
Remixed by The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method Appears Courtesy of Geffen Records

All Songs Written by Linkin Park ©2000

Except
Track 2 by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Joseph Hahn and Chester Bennington ©2002

Tracks 6, 7, 9 & 13 by Linkin Park and Mark Wakefield ©1998

Forgotten Demos

01. Dialate (Xero Demo)
02. Pictureboard Demo
03. She Couldn't Demo
04. Could Have Been Demo
05. Reading My Eyes (Xero Demo)
06. Rhinestone (Xero Demo)
07. Esaul (Xero Demo)
08. Stick N Move (Demo)
09. Carousel (Demo)
10. Points Of Authority (Demo)
11. Crawling (Demo)
12. SuperXero ("By Myself" Demo)

Tracks 1 & 5-7
Vocals by Mark Wakefield

All tracks Produced and Mixed by Mike Shinoda
Mastered by Brian Gardner Mastering
Additional Bass by Kyle Christner

All Songs Written by Linkin Park ©2020

Except
"Dialate" by Mike Shinoda and Mark Wakefield ©2020

Contains elements from "Meth Vs. Chef" (Clifford Smith/Robert Diggs/Corey Woods) Performed by Method Man ft. Raekwon. Licensed Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises. Published by Universal Music - Careers/Wu Tang Publishing, Inc./Ramecca Publishing (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved.

"Pictureboard" by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Joe Hahn & Mark Wakefield ©2020

Contains elements from "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby" (B. White) Performed by Jimmy Smith. Produced Under License from Atlantic Recording Corp., by Arrangement with Rhino Entertainment Company. A Warner Music Group Company. Published by Unichappell Music Inc./Sa-Vette Music (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved.

"She Couldn't" by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson & Chester Bennington ©2020

Contains elements from "B Boy Document 99" (B. Baker/L. Quinn/J. Thomas/M. Berger/E. Meltzer/D. Lewis/Y. Bey) Licensed Courtesy of The High & Mighty. Published by Alotagood Music Publishing Inc./Next Decade Music (ASCAP)/Figs D Music (BMI)/Empire SF (ASCAP)/EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved.

"Could Have Been" by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson & Chester Bennington ©2020

"Reading My Eyes" & "Stick N Move" by Mike Shinoda and Mark Wakefield ©2020

"Rhinestone" and "Esaul" by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Joe Hahn and Mark Wakefield ©2020

DVD 1

Frat Party At The Pankake Festival

01. Intro
02. Papercut
03. Beginnings
04. Points Of Authority
05. The Live Show
06. "Crawling" Video Shoot
07. Crawling
08. Touring
09. Cure For The Itch
10. The Band
11. One Step Closer
12. The Future
13. In The End
14. End

Special Features Include:
Making Of "In The End"
Crawling (Live) From The Dragon Festival
Mike And Joe's Art & Chester's Tattoos

Plus Many More Surprises...

Produced and Directed by Bill Berg-Hillinger and Mr. Hahn
Executive Producer: Mr. Hahn
Edited by Bill Berg-Hillinger
DVD Production: David May

DVD 2

Projekt Revolution 2002

01. With You
02. Runaway
03. Papercut
04. Points Of Authority
05. Step Up
06. Pushing Me Away
07. In The End
08. A Place For My Head
09. Forgotten
10. It's Goin' Down
11. Crawling
12. My December
13. Mr. Hahn Solo
14. By Myself
15. My Own Summer
16. One Step Closer

All Songs Written by Linkin Park ©2000

Except
"With You" by Linkin Park & The Dust Brothers (M. Simpson/J. King) ©2000

"Runaway" by Linkin Park & Mark Wakefield ©2000

"Step Up" by Linkin Park ©1999

"A Place For My Head" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2000

"Forgotten" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2000

"It's Goin' Down" by M. Shinoda, J. Hahn, A. Williams, K. Bailey, R. Aguilar, M. Jones & A. Joiner ©2000
Originally Recorded by X-Ecutioners featuring Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn

"My December" by Mike Shinoda ©2000

"Mr. Hahn Solo" Written by Joe Hahn ©2000
Contains elements of "High Power Rap" Written by Barry Bailey, George Belton, Charles Fleming, Larry Miller, Reginald Payne

"My Own Summer" Written by Deftones ©1997
Originally Recorded by Deftones

Filmed at Cox Arena, San Diego, CA - February 23, 2002 and Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV - February 24, 2002
Directed, Edited & Produced by Bill Berg-Hillinger
Audio Mixed by Ethan Mates
Pro Tools Editing by Chris Henry

The Sequel To The DVD With The Worst Name We've Ever Come Up With

Directed and Edited by Mark Fiore
Shot by Linkin Park, Eric Brown and John Lucanic
Band Interviews by Josh Sindell

DVD 3

The Fillmore 2001

01. With You
02. Runaway
03. Papercut
04. By Myself
05. Points Of Authority
06. High Voltage
07. Crawling
08. Pushing Me Away
09. And One
10. In The End
11. A Place For My Head
12. Forgotten
13. One Step Closer

All Songs Written by Linkin Park ©2000

Except
"With You" by Linkin Park & The Dust Brothers (M. Simpson/J. King) ©2000

"Runaway" by Linkin Park & Mark Wakefield ©2000

"A Place For My Head" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2000

"Forgotten" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2000

Filmed at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA on January 30, 2001

Rock Am Ring 2001

01. With You
02. Runaway
03. Papercut
04. By Myself
05. Points Of Authority
06. High Voltage
07. Crawling
08. Pushing Me Away
09. And One
10. In The End
11. A Place For My Head
12. Forgotten
13. One Step Closer

All Songs Written by Linkin Park ©2000

Except
"With You" by Linkin Park & The Dust Brothers (M. Simpson/J. King) ©2000

"Runaway" by Linkin Park & Mark Wakefield ©2000

"A Place For My Head" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2000

"Forgotten" by Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield & Dave Farrell ©2000

"Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses ©1987 Guns N' Roses Music
Originally Recorded by Guns N' Roses

Filmed at Rock Am Ring, Nurburgring, Germany on June 3, 2001
Licensed by WDR Mediagroup GMBH

DVD Production: David May

Credits

Worldwide Representation: Machine Shop Entertainment - Bill Silva, Jessica Sklar, Ryan DeMarti, Trish Evangelista and Ana Ginter

Booking Agency: Dennis Arfa and Michael Arfin of Artist Group International
Europe Booking Agency: Scott Thomas, Jennie Wells and Sarah Medley of X-Ray Touring
Legal for Linkin Park: David Lande, David Byrnes, Mitch Tenzer and Irina Volodarsky for Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Business Affairs for Warner Records: Pam Klein
Business Managers: Todd Gelfand, Jeff Gillman, Gloria Balanay and Sheila Surmani for Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman. LLP
Publicity: Laura Swanson for Warner Records
UK Publicity: Lauren Hales
A&R Coordination: Ryan DeMarti and Robin Hurley

Marketing Director: Peter Standish

A&R Administration: Jonna Terrasi

Art and Video Administration: Daniele Taska & Ashton Chryssicas

Warner Archive: Mike Wilson, Andy Fischer & Ian Seal

Creative Direction and Design: Frank Maddocks

Photography: James Minchin III
Except
Pages 9, 24, 31-33, 37, 46, 52, 59, 63, 66, 70, 76-77 by Clay Patrick McBride and Page 56 by Brad Miller

Lithographs: Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn and Frank Maddocks

Sample Clearance Services: Danny Zook, Ron Cabiltes and Tracy Lynch-Sanchez for Alien Music

DVD Production: David May

Additional Archival Content: Jessica Sklar and Patty Bourdon

Linkin Park Thanks: Rob McDermott, Mark Wakefield and everyone who helped make Hybrid Theory a reality.

Special Thanks: LPU and LP Street Soldiers everywhere

Archival References: LPLIVE.NET / LPCATALOG.COM / LINKINPEDIA.COM

Promotion

On August 7, Linkin Park launched a new 2000's computer themed website on linkinpark.com. The band's first post asked, "Anyone know anything about 20 year old computers?" The website was updated daily to reveal more information about the Hybrid Theory project, involving emails to and from band members and hidden clues placed across the site. On each update, the band gave clues through social media on how to find the new content on the site. By August 10, it had revealed the full tracklist Mike had leaked on in April on Twitch, with the last two demos being "Crawling" and "Super Xero". The site also included low quality or blurred pictures of early ideas for the Hybrid Theory cover art; the Hybrid Theory photoshoot in Pittsburgh; and Xero and Hybrid Theory (band) show flyers submitted by LPLive. The August 11 update was considered a bombshell by fans - it confirmed rumours that the "In Yourself Jam" played during the Rock Am Ring 2001 show is part of the long-awaited demo "Pictureboard".

On August 12, Linkin Park confirmed an announcement coming for #HybridTheory20 on August 13 with an email from Joe on the website saying, "Hey guys I think we're all set. Let's drop the announcement tomorrow at 7am PST via WebMeeting."

Starting on October 5, 2020, SiriusXM's "Turbo" (channel 41) was temporarily converted into "Linkin Park Radio" to celebrate the anniversary of the album. "Dialate", "She Couldn't", "Could Have Been", "Reading My Eyes", "Rhinestone", "Carousel", "Points Of Authority" and "SuperXero" from the Forgotten Demos disc were played that day.

Gallery

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  Deluxe CD cover

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  Deluxe CD with sticker

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  Deluxe CD back

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  Hybrid Theory vinyl

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  Reanimation vinyl

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  Hybrid Theory EP vinyl

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  Hybrid Theory front

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  Hybrid Theory back

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  Reanimation front

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  Reanimation back

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  B-Side Rarities front

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  B-Side Rarities back

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  LPU Rarities front

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  LPU Rarities back

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  Forgotten Demos front

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  Forgotten Demos back

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  Frat Party At The Pankake Festival front

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  Frat Party At The Pankake Festival back

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  Projekt Revolution 2002 front

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  Projekt Revolution 2002 back

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  The Fillmore 2001 / Rock Am Ring 2001 front

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  The Fillmore 2001 / Rock Am Ring 2001 back

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  Book cover

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  Mike Shinoda lithograph

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  Joe Hahn lithograph

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  Frank Maddocks lithograph

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  Deluxe CD

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  Digital Download

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  Vinyl Box Set

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  Super Deluxe Box

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  Merch Collection

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  Banner

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  Banner

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  Scott Koziol with the Super Deluxe Box

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  Posters in Frankfurt

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  Sidewalk in Hamburg

External Links

• Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary Edition: YouTube
• She Couldn't (Official Audio): YouTube