Mike Shinoda “unsure” if Linkin Park will make new recordings of Chester Bennington songs

Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park is “unsure” if the band will make new recordings of older songs which characteristic the late Chester Bennington.

This comes after the band introduced their comeback via a livestream occasion final Thursday (September 5) – debuting Emily Armstrong, previously of Useless Sara, as their new singer.

The announcement got here after weeks of anticipation, sparked by a cryptic countdown the band teased to followers. Their surprising return featured a efficiency of a brand new monitor titled ‘The Vacancy Machine’ together with some Linkin Park classics. In addition they revealed a brand new album referred to as ‘From Zero’ and supplied details about a world tour.

Armstrong joins the line-up instead of late vocalist Chester Bennington, who died in 2017. Followers questioned if Armstrong’s arrival will influence the band’s older materials. One individual asked online “are we going to get new recordings of a number of the older songs”, to which Mike Shinoda stated he’s “unsure”.

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At first, the response from each followers and fellow artists about Armstrong’s arrival was largely constructive, however controversy quickly erupted when it was revealed that the singer appeared to have connections to Scientology and convicted rapist Danny Masterson. This got here to consideration after a message despatched to Armstrong by Cedric Bixler-Zavala, frontman of The Mars Volta and former At The Drive-In, resurfaced over the weekend.

In response, Armstrong issued an announcement on her Instagram Tales. “I needed to clear the air about one thing that occurred some time again. A number of years in the past, I used to be requested to assist somebody I thought of a buddy at a courtroom look, and went to at least one early listening to as an observer. Quickly after, I realised I shouldn’t have,” she wrote.

“I at all times attempt to see the nice in folks, and I misjudged him. I've by no means spoken with him since. Unimaginable particulars emerged and he was later discovered responsible. To say it as clearly as attainable: I don't condone abuse or violence in opposition to ladies, and I empathise with the victims of those crimes.”

In one other publish shared by Bixler-Zavala over the weekend, he wrote: “I fucking advised you.”

Jaime Bennington, the son of the late frontman, has now expressed his ideas on social media relating to the band’s reunion with Armstrong, and accused Shinoda of “betraying” Linkin Park followers with the choice.