Broken Foot

Background

"Broken Foot" is an instrumental demo from the Meteora sessions released in November 2011 on the LP Underground Eleven CD. On the booklet, Mike Shinoda wrote: "This was what I imagine all our Meteora demos sounded like. I always thought this might have sounded cool with some rapping in the verses."

The title of the demo is a reference to when Brad stormed offstage after becoming very mad at the technical problems he had during the Chula Vista, CA September 28, 2001 show with his pedals and amps. An MTV article about the incident said, "At the end of the set he stormed offstage and expressed his rage by kicking a large steel door. The guitarist was taken to the hospital, and his foot was placed in a soft cast, the band's management said."

In the DVD titled The Sequel To The DVD With The Worst Name We've Ever Come Up With from the Hybrid Theory 20 box set, Brad shows that he has to wear a brace on his foot while on the Projekt Revolution 2002 Tour in January and February 2002.

In April 2023, Linkin Park released another demo from Meteora referencing the situation, titled "Healing Foot."

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Broken Foot (Meteora Demo)	LP Underground Eleven	2:43		November 15, 2011

Personnel

• Chester Bennington
• Rob Bourdon
• Brad Delson
• Joseph Hahn
• Phoenix
• Mike Shinoda