LINKIN PARK Frontman Performs With JULIEN-K In Hollywood; Video Available

April 10, 2009

LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington joined his friends JULIEN-K on stage at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California Thursday night (April 8) to sing the songs "Maestro" and "Technical Difficulties".

Watch fan-filmed video footage of the performance below.

JULIEN-K is the brainchild of two of the founding members of the platinum-selling group ORGY — Amir Derakh (also ex-ROUGH CUTT) and Ryan Shuck.

The band released its debut full-length LP, "Death To Analog", on March 10 via Metropolis Records. A limited-edition version of the album includes a bonus disc titled "Death To Digital", featuring remixes of album tracks by such electronic luminaries as Paul Oakenfold, Deadmau5, SHE WANTS REVENGE, Photek, among others.

According to a press release, JULIEN-K "fuses elements of dark electronic club music with styles of modern rock and pop. JULIEN-K fills a void that exists between genres without leaning too heavily in any direction." "Why is there no band that's really rocking my world," asks vocalist Shuck. "Where are the revolutionaries? I haven't seen any bands stirring that up, bringing a new look, a new everything, kids buying guitars because they want to sound like that band. With JULIEN-K that's what I'm going for. I want to start a movement — a new religion."

Joined by drummer Elias Andra and studio collaborator and cohort Brandon Belsky on keyboards and vocals, JULIEN-K pushes the boundaries of what traditional electronic music is supposed to be. "Death to Analog" introduces listeners to a world where technology is fused with artistic expression in a way that has not been attempted before.

Executive-produced by Chester Bennington (LINKIN PARK) and mixed by Tim Palmer (THE CURE, HIM, U2),"Death To Analog" provides a sweeping landscape of musical influences and themes that pull the listener into their world on first listen. From expansive epicness of "Forever" that harkens mid-era DEPECHE MODE coupled with a futuristic center, to the deconstructed quasi-cover of ROMEO VOID's "Nvr Say Nvr", to the swirling synthpop of the first single and video "Kick the Bass", this debut sounds both eternally familiar but completely new and refreshing.

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