LINKIN PARK Gets Eclectic on Album

October 19, 2006

LINKIN PARK's Dave "Phoenix" Farrell and Mike Shinoda have told AOL Music that the band's long-awaited next album is taking form. "As of maybe a week and a half, two weeks ago, we went from 30 down to 17-ish, song-wise, and that's an exciting point for us," Phoenix told AOL Music. "The album is starting to take a little bit more of a shape."

The band credits its experimentalism on this album in large part to producer Rick Rubin (AUDIOSLAVE, SLAYER, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, JOHNNY CASH, BEASTIE BOYS). "Rick is one of those guys where you can go through any door you want to go through," Shinoda said. "We're trying everything, just messing around with it until it sounds good."

Phoenix said that's created an album that will confound expectations of the band.

"The thing for me with Rick is that he's open to whatever happens, and I think for us it's created a very different album than what we were expecting," he said.

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