Even the lyrics, which nonetheless maintain the same kind of bubblegum-angst present in nearly any widely successful "alternative" band, manage to surprise simply by the fact that the band seems to have gained a wider vocabulary, both in terms of individual words and the metaphors used. Put another way, burning "like the fire of a thousand suns" is simply a more enjoyable image than "one step closer to the edge / and I'm about to break," even if both convey generally the same theme within either song.
Following the release of A Thousand Suns, Linkin Park has, as it did previously, focused on charity work alongside the writing of the next album a promotional tour. Most recently, the band has played benefit concerts for victims of the earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear fallout which hit Japan earlier this year, with the first being in Los Angeles alongside the band B'z, a massively popular two-man group from Japan ("B'z, Linkin Park rock fans in Los Angeles to aid disaster-hit Japan" 2011). Following that, the band continued on its promotional tour, beginning its Asian tour by playing in Jakarta, Indonesia, a country it had not been to since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit in 2004.
Linkin Park's international following can be seen as analogous to its variety of musical influences and origins, and by examining a few of the songs from throughout the band's career, one is able to chart the evolution of the band's sound, from its relatively mundane roots as a Southern California nu metal band to the entirely unique entity that it is today. In fact, the true testament to the band's successful progression can be seen in the fact that it remains difficult to accurately categorize the band according to any normal generic conventions, as it has managed to effectively create its own genre of music over the course of a decade alongside other progressive metal and punk bands such as AFI and Coheed...
As Farrell (June 14, 2000) states: "The idea is to make milk the "cool" drink. The "mustache" still runs, with current stars such as Britney Spears." The success of such milk advertising to teens, it seems, represents an especially skillful endeavor, since milk is otherwise so much (and traditionally) associated with babyhood and early childhood, life stages (and self-images and reflections by others) that teens in particular generally yearn
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