Linkin Finally Parked on iTunes
Linkin Park is at last on a collision course with iTunes.
After holding out for several years, the rap-rock outfit has clinched a deal to distribute the band's entire catalog via Apple's iTunes Music Store.
According to an announcement on Linkin Park's official Website, beginning this week fans can download all the Grammy-winning group's albums, three of which--2000's Hybrid Theory, 2002's Reanimation and 2003's Meteora--feature bonus tracks, including one exclusive to iTunes.
The band has also made available audio and video footage from two concert DVDs, Live in Texas and Collision Course.
"We were really excited when iTunes told us that we were one of their most requested acts," Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda told Billboard.com. "We will never ignore our fans and the timing seemed right to make our music available."
Linkin Park's pact with iTunes comes one month after another longtime holdout Metallica, which sued file-sharing site Napster six years ago over concerns of piracy and has hesitated to embrace digital distribution, signed a deal with Apple to make its songs available online.
Only a few A-list acts remain offline, notably the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead and Garth Brooks.
As for Linkin Park, the SoCal-based band is currently working on a follow-up to Meteora, having recorded upwards of 50 new tracks with veteran producer Rick Rubin. In a live chat last week, Shinoda revealed that the as-yet-untitled new album, which was supposed to drop by the end of the year via Warner Bros., will not hit stores until sometime in 2007.
"We're doing really well, but we just need a little more time," he said. "So far, [the new disc] has a different sound that I cannot describe. It sounds like it's older, but not vintage. More organic in some spots, like just yesterday we recorded a song with no samples that is completely raw. Other songs are full of samples."
Shinoda noted that one new tune, "Qwerty," was part of Linkin Park's set at a recent gig in Japan.
"We did those lyrics on the plane on the way to Japan," he said. "I'm not sure if it'll make the album, but we liked the song enough to play it."
Meanwhile, taking a break from the studio, frontman Chester Bennington turned up Monday night at the Key Club in Los Angeles and joined members of Metal Skool, a hair-metal tribute band, for a rollicking version of Guns N' Roses "Welcome to the Jungle."
The singer's also trying his hand at acting, making a cameo in the action film, Crank, which hits theaters on Friday.
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