Linkin Park in Leipzig
The Main Stage was bustling tonight for the arrival of Linkin Park, with fans chanting and screaming in anticipation.
Just ahead of the legendary band’s arrival on the Main Stage a security guard became an unlikely hero as the cameras focused on him, with the eager mob cheering every time he appeared – he looked bemused to say the least, but when he made the signature Download devil horns he received a huge wave of cheers and basked in the adoration of the audience.
After 15 minutes of tension-building anticipation, the stage finally darkened and it was time for the arrival this year’s final headliners - Linkin Park.
The sound of Papercut emanated from the sound system, reverberating through the crowd, who lapped it up enthusiastically....
Linkin Park at KROQ Weenie Roast 2007
At some point in the mid to late 1990s, there was an interesting subcultural shift that moved through the local punk and burgeoning electronic music communities. It came by way of the hardcore scene’s gradual nexus with the Drum N’ Bass arena. What was surprising about the meeting grounds was that this did not exclude hardcore’s straight-edge followers, who have by definition aligned with a drug-free philosophy. So to see straight edge kids having a love affair with rave and drug culture was like witnessing Capulets and Montagues dancing together in forbidden corners....