Complete Demos

Complete Demos
Demo by Hybrid Theory
Recorded:	1998-1999
Linkin Park demos chronology Xero Instrumentals (1998) Complete Demos (1999) Hybrid Theory EP (1999)

Complete Demos is one of many internal review CDs compiled by Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory at the time) to showcase their songwriting progress leading up to the recording of their debut album. The CD contains demo versions of songs from the album as well as unreleased songs.

Background

Complete Demos was described in Jeff Blue's One Step Closer: From Xero to #1: Becoming Linkin Park book as the very first demo recorded with Chester Bennington in early May 1999, soon after the band changed their name to Hybrid Theory.

Writing and Recording

A couple of songs on the disc, namely "Fiends" and "Slip" were recorded in 1998 when the band was still called Xero and had Mark Wakefield on vocals. Following Chester Bennington's audition for the band in March 1999, they changed their name to Hybrid Theory and recorded the first songs with the new vocalist. The songs "Rhinestone", "Esaul" and "Pictureboard" were originally Xero songs recorded with Mark Wakefield in 1998, but were re-recorded with Chester on vocals.

Composition

This CD offers some insight into where Hybrid Theory was as a band at this point, still working on their debut album. Songs from the Hybrid Theory EP were still in consideration for the album, and the band were starting to consider some Xero songs for it too.

Track Listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	Points & Authority
2	Super Xero
3	Untitled
4	Carousel
5	Part Of Me
6	And One
7	Rhinestone
8	Esaul
9	Pictureboard
10	Blue
11	Could've Been
12	Turn To Grey
13	Ashes
14	Fiends (Previous Vocalist)
15	Slip (Prev. Vocalist)