| Xero | |||||||
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| Demo by Xero | |||||||
| Recorded: | 1996 | ||||||
| Released: | 1997 | ||||||
| Producer: | Mike Shinoda | ||||||
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Xero is the self-titled 1997 demo tape by American band Xero (now known as Linkin Park). The tape contains some of the band's earliest known recordings and is the earliest known Xero tape to feature artwork. The existence of this tape first came to public knowledge in 2020 with the publication of One Step Closer: From Xero to #1: Becoming Linkin Park, a biographical book written by former Warner Bros. Records A&R executive Jeff Blue that details the early days of Linkin Park.