'We always just figured we were in two different worlds,' said Delson, whose head looks naked when not wrapped in his signature headphones.' He created a few samples for them but was more interested in making beats for local MCs. That was the end of Relative Degree.' Shinoda, a classmate of Delson's and Bourdon's, crashed a few Relative Degree practices and fostered a strong friendship with Delson. 'That was our big goal, so we wrote 12 songs, rehearsed for a year, played that show at the Roxy and then broke up. 'We set a goal to play one show at the Roxy ,' Bourdon said. An MTV article from 2002 said, 'It all began when Bourdon and Delson were in high school and played together in a band called Relative Degree. When the goal was reached, the band just stopped practicing and lost focus, eventually leading to a break up and a separation of ways.' Our dream for the band was to play a gig at The Roxy, a popular club for up and coming bands, located on Sunset Blvd. Relative Degree sounded a lot like the band 311- it was rock with a funky incorporation of hip hop and rap elements. He never joined the band but would occasionally put his samples into our songs. Mike was making beats for a lot of local MCs at this time, but would come by and watch us practice sometimes. In the LPU 1.0 Newsletter, Rob said, 'Brad and I, along with the bass player from Karma and some other high school friends started our own band called Relative Degree. The band consisted of Brad Delson, Rob Bourdon, Mark Wakefield, and an unknown bass player (from the band Karma). Relative Degree was a band that performed just one show, at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, CA. Mike Shinoda mentioned in August 2020 that he was at this show. Members of both bands had been friends since long before The Pricks was formed and to prepare for the show they stole stages from their local high school in the middle of the night, set them up in Doug's backyard and hired security, charging a dollar for admission. In June 1995, The Pricks opened Hoobastank's (spelled Hoobustank at the time) very first show in the summer of 1995 at Doug Robb's (lead singer of Hoobastank) parents' backyard. The Pricks played several shows during its existence, many of them taking place at college frat parties. Mike Giangreco (Brad's boss at The Roxy and Whisky A Go Go) also mentioned Rob Bourdon being in the band. Mark Wakefield is rumored to have been a member of the band. The Pricks was a band Brad Delson played in before Relative Degree and Xero. After recording their Hybrid Theory EP, releasing it in 1999, and touring, the band changed their name to Linkin Park in May 2000 in anticipation of their label debut album, now called Hybrid Theory.Р”В«efore Linkin Park, the original five members of Linkin Park were in other bands around the Los Angeles area. On his 23rd birthday on March 23rd, 1999, Chester recorded a demo for Hybrid Theory and as some say, the rest is history. After it didn't work out with the singer in Xero, the band reformed under the name Hybrid Theory in 1999. At the time, Chester was serving as lead singer in Arizona band Grey Daze. Before Linkin Park, all of the members in the band except Chester Bennington were in Xero, which existed from 1996 to 1998 with a different singer Mark Wakefield. Officially formed in 1999, the band has roots that go back to 1996 and prior.

They are currently in the studio working on their seventh full-length album, due out in fall 2016. As of 2016, Linkin Park has released six studio albums, their most recent being The Hunting Party, released in 2014. Linkin Park is an alternative band from Los Angeles, California.

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