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Linkin Park: An Operator's Manual
Showing how one of the most popular American rock bands of the third millennium has superseded the ambitions, talents, and durability of all their original “Nu-Metal” contemporaries, this is the first-ever chronicle to investigate the career of Linkin Park. Demonstrating how they have found such success, this account begins with a group biography before moving into a discussion of the band’s music and detailing all of their albums and songs. Guides to past and present band members are also included, as well as information on recording and touring guests, music videos, tours, and films. The handbook concludes with a more personal collection of hundreds of quotes from and interviews with the band. Beautifully illustrated with photographs and band paraphernalia and featuring sidebars detailing intriguing tidbits, this is a visually stunning survey of a group that has been compared to legends such as Bon Jovi, U2, and Nirvana.
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300 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Neil Daniels
92 books17 followersBased in the UK, Neil Daniels has written about rock, metal and pop culture for a wide range of magazines, fanzines and websites.
He has penned books on Judas Priest, Robert Plant, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi and Journey, and co-authored Dawn Of The Metal Gods: My Life In Judas Priest & Heavy Metal with original Judas Priest singer/co-founder Al Atkins. His third book on Judas Priest is Rock Landmarks: Judas Priest's British Steel.
His acclaimed series, All Pens Blazing: A Rock & Heavy Metal Writer's Handbook Volumes I & II, collects over a hundred original and exclusive interviews with some of the world's most famous rock and heavy metal scribes. His other duel collection, Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries - Interviews With Rock Stars Volumes I & II, compiles over sixty interviews with many well-known rock stars and rock writers.
His books have so far been translated into Brazilian, Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Swedish with more foreign titles in the works.
2012 saw the publication of his books on Metallica, Iron Maiden and You Me At Six.
2013/14 saw the release of his books on AC/DC, Pantera, UFO, ZZ Top, Bon Jovi and Iron Maiden.
It's not just rock 'n' roll. Matthew McConaughey – The Biography was published in November 2014 by John Blake Publishing. 2015 saw the release of more film biographies, including actor Martin Freeman and film director J.J. Abrams.
His Createspace books include AOR Chronicles, Rock & Metal Chronicles, Hard Rock Rebels - Talking With Rock Stars, Rock 'N' Roll Sinners - Volumes I, II & III, Rock Bites, Love It Loud and the fictional rock 'n' roll novel, It's My Life, amongst several more weighty tomes. And then there's a book on former American Idol contestant turned Queen frontman Adam Lambert. Also, In A Dark Room - Exploits Of A Genre Fan collects his articles, features and reviews on books, comics, TV and film and is also published by Createspace. His 'Casual Guide' series (also published by Createspace) includes titles on Neal Schon, Bryan Adams, Richie Sambora, Rob Halford and Brian May. Further Createspace works are planned for 2015/16.
His reviews, articles and interviews on music and pop culture have been published in The Guardian, Classic Rock Presents AOR, Classic Rock Presents Let It Rock, Rock Sound, Record Collector, Big Cheese, Powerplay, Fireworks, MediaMagazine, Rocktopia.co.uk, Get Ready To Rock.com, Lucemfero.com, musicOMH.com, Ghostcultmag.com, Drowned In Sound.com, BBCNewsOnline.co.uk, Carling.com, Unbarred.co.uk and Planet Sound on Channel 4's now defunct Teletext service.
He has also written several sets of sleeve notes for Angel Air and BGO Records.
He can be found on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Tumblr. He has author pages on both Amazon US and UK sites. Further details can also be found on Wikipedia.
His primary interests are music, films and books. He has a degree in Film Studies.
His official website is www.neildanielsbooks.com.
Please take some time to check out his latest business venture - an online reselling business called otherrealmscollectibles primarily dealing with action figures, toys and superheroes merch as well as t-shirts, books, CDs and DVDs. Favourites include Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Toy Story and Disney. There are hundreds of items for sale.
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He has penned books on Judas Priest, Robert Plant, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi and Journey, and co-authored Dawn Of The Metal Gods: My Life In Judas Priest & Heavy Metal with original Judas Priest singer/co-founder Al Atkins. His third book on Judas Priest is Rock Landmarks: Judas Priest's British Steel.
His acclaimed series, All Pens Blazing: A Rock & Heavy Metal Writer's Handbook Volumes I & II, collects over a hundred original and exclusive interviews with some of the world's most famous rock and heavy metal scribes. His other duel collection, Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries - Interviews With Rock Stars Volumes I & II, compiles over sixty interviews with many well-known rock stars and rock writers.
His books have so far been translated into Brazilian, Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Swedish with more foreign titles in the works.
2012 saw the publication of his books on Metallica, Iron Maiden and You Me At Six.
2013/14 saw the release of his books on AC/DC, Pantera, UFO, ZZ Top, Bon Jovi and Iron Maiden.
It's not just rock 'n' roll. Matthew McConaughey – The Biography was published in November 2014 by John Blake Publishing. 2015 saw the release of more film biographies, including actor Martin Freeman and film director J.J. Abrams.
His Createspace books include AOR Chronicles, Rock & Metal Chronicles, Hard Rock Rebels - Talking With Rock Stars, Rock 'N' Roll Sinners - Volumes I, II & III, Rock Bites, Love It Loud and the fictional rock 'n' roll novel, It's My Life, amongst several more weighty tomes. And then there's a book on former American Idol contestant turned Queen frontman Adam Lambert. Also, In A Dark Room - Exploits Of A Genre Fan collects his articles, features and reviews on books, comics, TV and film and is also published by Createspace. His 'Casual Guide' series (also published by Createspace) includes titles on Neal Schon, Bryan Adams, Richie Sambora, Rob Halford and Brian May. Further Createspace works are planned for 2015/16.
His reviews, articles and interviews on music and pop culture have been published in The Guardian, Classic Rock Presents AOR, Classic Rock Presents Let It Rock, Rock Sound, Record Collector, Big Cheese, Powerplay, Fireworks, MediaMagazine, Rocktopia.co.uk, Get Ready To Rock.com, Lucemfero.com, musicOMH.com, Ghostcultmag.com, Drowned In Sound.com, BBCNewsOnline.co.uk, Carling.com, Unbarred.co.uk and Planet Sound on Channel 4's now defunct Teletext service.
He has also written several sets of sleeve notes for Angel Air and BGO Records.
He can be found on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Tumblr. He has author pages on both Amazon US and UK sites. Further details can also be found on Wikipedia.
His primary interests are music, films and books. He has a degree in Film Studies.
His official website is www.neildanielsbooks.com.
Please take some time to check out his latest business venture - an online reselling business called otherrealmscollectibles primarily dealing with action figures, toys and superheroes merch as well as t-shirts, books, CDs and DVDs. Favourites include Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Toy Story and Disney. There are hundreds of items for sale.
Here is the link: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/otherrealmsc...
And here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aag/main/...
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August 27, 2018
This book doesn’t bring anything new and I don’t think it is worth buying.
What I noticed first, were mistakes. For example, the places where some of the band members were born or facts about their families. Maybe you can think such details are not so important, but people buy books like this to learn something new, so they should be reliable. And when I find a mistake on the first page, I know something is wrong and I have to be cautious.
The second weak point are subjective opinions of the author that don’t belong to a book which should give objective facts. Moreover, mainly fans will read it and they don’t want to read criticism and sometimes even rude words about their favorite band. They will likely get mad and close the book after a few pages, just like me.
I also think that the book is too brief and many important facts are missing. The author wanted to include almost everything connected to the band, such as charity, labels, albums, or people and artists that have something to do with LP. Since he wasn’t able to collect more than just few pieces of information about each subject, I believe he should have focused on some certain things and study them deeply. What we read in the book, are mostly just information we can find on the Internet and read even more about it there. With photographs there is the same problem – you can see them everywhere.
So if you don’t know a lot about Linkin Park and want to learn something, I don’t think this book is a good option, because it could give you incomplete or even wrong information. There aren’t any better books covering the whole biography of the band yet, though.
What I noticed first, were mistakes. For example, the places where some of the band members were born or facts about their families. Maybe you can think such details are not so important, but people buy books like this to learn something new, so they should be reliable. And when I find a mistake on the first page, I know something is wrong and I have to be cautious.
The second weak point are subjective opinions of the author that don’t belong to a book which should give objective facts. Moreover, mainly fans will read it and they don’t want to read criticism and sometimes even rude words about their favorite band. They will likely get mad and close the book after a few pages, just like me.
I also think that the book is too brief and many important facts are missing. The author wanted to include almost everything connected to the band, such as charity, labels, albums, or people and artists that have something to do with LP. Since he wasn’t able to collect more than just few pieces of information about each subject, I believe he should have focused on some certain things and study them deeply. What we read in the book, are mostly just information we can find on the Internet and read even more about it there. With photographs there is the same problem – you can see them everywhere.
So if you don’t know a lot about Linkin Park and want to learn something, I don’t think this book is a good option, because it could give you incomplete or even wrong information. There aren’t any better books covering the whole biography of the band yet, though.
September 1, 2018
I had to stop reading this book, because it's just bad. To all you Linkin Park fans like me - don't waste your time, find you something else to read about the band.
What I didn't like most about it is a very brief description of the lives of all members of the band - what families they come from, what places they lived, how they found their passions in music, I wanted to see interviews with parents, siblings, classmates, roommates... It's "an operator's manual", after all, so flood me with information and different sources!
Instead, Neil Daniels floods you with lists of all live shows the band has ever played, because, I guess, you are not a true fan until you know that they played a show in, say, Cincinnati, on July 23, 2004. What am I supposed to do with this information?
In my opinion, bands' biographies like this one become outdated pretty quickly - a lot of information is accessible online, so Wikipedia can replace the above mentioned list of all their live shows. It makes sense to write an extensive work on a band when they are old and gray and have achieved almost everything there is to achieve. But why write one in as early as 2009?! How hard would it be now for Mr Daniels to categorize all the band's tv appearances and live shows - that could be a separate book in itself, I believe.
What I didn't like most about it is a very brief description of the lives of all members of the band - what families they come from, what places they lived, how they found their passions in music, I wanted to see interviews with parents, siblings, classmates, roommates... It's "an operator's manual", after all, so flood me with information and different sources!
Instead, Neil Daniels floods you with lists of all live shows the band has ever played, because, I guess, you are not a true fan until you know that they played a show in, say, Cincinnati, on July 23, 2004. What am I supposed to do with this information?
In my opinion, bands' biographies like this one become outdated pretty quickly - a lot of information is accessible online, so Wikipedia can replace the above mentioned list of all their live shows. It makes sense to write an extensive work on a band when they are old and gray and have achieved almost everything there is to achieve. But why write one in as early as 2009?! How hard would it be now for Mr Daniels to categorize all the band's tv appearances and live shows - that could be a separate book in itself, I believe.
May 12, 2021
The book is full of errors. I don’t know what the author used as sources, but it seems the author did not fact check before sending the book to the publisher.
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