The project was released on July 30, 2002, and its first and only single was “Pts.of.Athrty” (“Points of Authority”) remixed by Jay Gordon. Linkin Park Lyrics
In November, the second edition of the LPU launched as “Underground 2.0″ and the second package was revealed. The new fan club-only EP features the Crystal Method’s remix of “Points of Authority” and a song called “Dedicated”. Also included is fifty-second instrumental track entitled “A.06″. The band headed back to the studio in mid-2002 to record their follow-up to Hybrid Theory. The name of the album was kept a secret until December, where it was revealed to be named after Meteora, a series of monasteries high atop rock formations in Greece, which they learned about from looking at pictures in a travel magazine. “It’s this really spiritual, mythical place,” Delson said, “Just looking at those pictures was inspirational to us in terms of how epic it felt. I think some of the guys hadn’t even seen the pictures when they heard the name Meteora, and they just really responded to the energy of the name. We think that suitably matches the spirit we tried to create with the record.”[1] The album’s first single, “Somewhere I Belong”, was released in February of 2003 to critical acclaim. Linkin Park Playlist On March 25, 2003, Meteora was released and debuted at number one on Billboard’s music chart after selling 810,000 copies in its first week. It has sold nearly 11 million copies worldwide, more than 5 million in the US alone. Following the release of the album, the band embarked on its second Projekt Revolution tour with blindside, Mudvayne and Xzibit. “Faint” was released as a single toward the end of the tour. Following the second Projekt Revolution, the band joined Metallica on their Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003 with Limp Bizkit, Deftones and, once again, Mudvayne. Shortly after the Sanitarium tour came to a close, the band released “Numb” as a single. They shot a video for the single in Prague, Czech Republic. Simultaneously, the band shot a video for the song “From the Inside”. Oddly enough, the video for “From the Inside” was shot before the video for “Numb”. Bennington became ill before the video for “Numb” could be completed, so the remainder was filmed in a church in Los Angeles. On November 18, 2003, Linkin Park released a brand-new DVD/CD live set entitled Live in Texas. The footage was shot while on the Sanitarium tour in Dallas and Houston, Texas. The DVD combined two live shows together; the video and audio from both shows was edited together. Because of this, the band had to wear the same clothing for both shows on consecutive days. The DVD featured seventeen songs and the CD featured a selection of twelve of those. Linkin Park Songs mp3
In November, the third edition of the LPU launched. The package’s CD contained the five tracks that were cut from the Live in Texas DVD for its CD. This did not sit well with many fan club members, who claimed that the band should have placed rare songs on the CD (as with year two) instead of the live tracks.