How Linkin Park Chose Projekt Revolution Bands 2008

As with last year's Projekt Revolution tour, which featured My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday, fans are always going to have an opinion on the quality of the tour's line-up. This year Linkin Park will be heading out with mainstagers Chris Cornell, The Bravery, and Ashes Divide, and Revolutionary stagers Atreyu, 10 Years, Armor For Sleep, Hawthorne Heights, and Street Drum Corps.

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In a previous interview Mike Shinoda talked about how the band decides the Projekt Revolution line-up.

Mike Shinoda On Who Makes Projekt Rev Decisions

"Each of the guys in the band are involved in a different category of our existence. Each guy is a chairperson for different things. One of my things is art, one of my things is in the studio. Dave works a lot with sponsorships, and Chester works a lot with the shows and the tours, and Rob Bourdon is on that committee as well. So the two of those guys headed it off, and when they got to the point with a summer tour, for example Projekt Revolution, they put together all the tour, the ideas, and when they got to the point where it was possible, where they were talking to bands that were available and had open schedules and etcetera, then they presented it to the whole band."

Like it or not, Projekt Revolution 2008 tickets go on sale in certain markets starting April 11.

Check the Projektrevoltuion.com site for more information.

Comments

[LinkinParkOakle]

I love the lineup, not the best it has been but I am looking forward to this show. Much better than last years lineup!
I wish they'd bring back the nu-metal band lineups like Deftones, Static-X, KoRn, and 90's metal. But this is definitely a solid lineup.

[undeaded]

They got the most cliche emo/crap bands and said, 'You're hired, jump on board.'

¬_¬

[Dallen_007]

Hey man, Armor for Sleep is amazing, I'd go just to see them.

[Fishermann]

Why do they have to spell project w/ a k? I cant believe Cornell is doing that tour.

[chickrawker]

because its different and unique

[richiemokkiez]

I thought PR had a mix of hip hop and rock?

[AngerIsAGift06]

richiemokkiez wrote:

I thought PR had a mix of hip hop and rock?

we all did

[pouyannassiri]

ill get my tickets only to see cornell

[mosh.and.roll]

Dallen_007 wrote:

Hey man, Armor for Sleep is amazing, I'd go just to see them.

+1. They're really good, and I'd go to see them.

[broken circle]

That completely didn't answer the point.

[sithian476]

broken circle :
That completely didn't answer the point.

Sure it did... basically, Chester and Rob pick who'd they like to see and then see who from the list of possible bands is available.

I like the different types of lineups each year. Even if you don't know all of the bands/not sure if you'd like the bands, the tour introduces you to new things.

undeaded :
They got the most cliche emo/crap bands and said, 'You're hired, jump on board.'

¬_¬

Not sure what you mean by that, the only band I can honestly see being labeled as "emo" is Hawthorne Heights, and they're second stage. The main stage acts are far from emo. Also, by the way... "crap" is a completely relative opinion in case you didn't already realize that.

[spunkeymonkey36]

its a good idea, but y do they always call these things revolutions? bit cliche if u get my drift. its the same with project, though they have spelt it with a k, which makes it exciting..apparently.

[noodlegts]

Linkin Park puts on a good show.. Chris Cornell is good, although not really fitting... Atreyu is pretty good..

Otherwise this lineup is pretty crap really. Hawthorne hights is absolute garbage (the guy plays a frickin' Epi SG...) and armor for sleep is not far behind...

[Year Zero]

I can see that Linkin Park will continue to get more emo with each new album. i don't even know why Shinoda is part of the band anymore. I like his solo stuff way better tahn LP's new stuff.

[thedarkblues06]

Not sure what you mean by that, the only band I can honestly see being labeled as "emo" is Hawthorne Heights, and they're second stage. The main stage acts are far from emo. Also, by the way... "crap" is a completely relative opinion in case you didn't already realize that.

+1. Ban Tyler420 and sowhat360.

This thread will turn into an unsheathing of the ban-hammer. How many douchebags can you fit in a UG news thread.....

[David_Bowie=GOD]

All those other bands other than Cornell and Armor for Sleep can kiss my ass... yes that includes linkin park.. their new shit sucks

[NightEmbers]

It not the best lineup, Last years was better at least cause I knew who the bands where, IDK i'll only go if they come to my town but i doubt it

[saintxero]

I only went last year to their tour to see HIM and Taking Back Sunday, but my word, I really really got into Linkin Park since then. They are just amazing live.

Honestly, Linkin Park doesnt deserve all the crap they get. Great band and a great tour, Im looking forward to this year's lineup aswell, not bad at all.

[5250]

An arena full of misguided 15 year olds. No thanks.

[Axlthegreat]

hmm pretty sure i'm definitely not going to be hitting this tour up, never have before and see no reason to this year. I'd really like to see Cornell because I love Soundgarden but Ive only heard the bond song from his solo stuff so it would be pretty pointless, especially because he's pretty much the only thing Id wanna watch. Ive already had to suffer through atreyu 3 times.

[Amito]

I'm pretty sure the lineup we get for the UK date is something like:
Linkin Park
Jay-Z
Pendulum
N*E*R*D
Enter Shikari
The Bravery

better don't ya think?

[CJRocker]

Too bad Julien-k isn't on it this year. They are a KILLER band, but I'm glad I saw them by themselves and not on this tour.

checked

[edflinkinp]

I think the tour is supposedly including artists who play different styles, it's not like they are going to put just one style on both main and alternate stages. I think the word "Revolution" doesn't refer to the fact that is "unique" but to the fact that that want to mix things up and put a variety of artists to play there so is could fit "more that one taste". That's why they had hip-hop artists as well.. At least that's what i think.. Anyway, I've never had the chance to see them live (and I would do pretty much anything to see them) so I don't pay this much of attention to the PR tours, they just won't show up around here..

[DennisIsAwesome]

emo/gay bands? whatever those bands may be, you know there is going to be ass loads upon ass loads of girls. enough reason for all of us to go.

[ready2breakdown]

I'd rather see them and Snoop any day. And also, WHEN DOES THIS TOUR EVER END? WEREN'T THEY JUST DOING PROJECKT WITH COHEED? I thought it was a summer tour thing, but every tour that I've seen them do has been Projeckt Revolution ever since it started.

[the1]

I didnt know that The Bravery were that big

[__Ronnie__]

10 Years and Ashes Divide are both amazing. Chris Cornell, while a great singer, only has a few decent songs. Everything else sucks.

[GBnhis_les paul]

this better not be the line up for milton keynes cuz it doesn't sound that good except for jay z and linkin park ofcourse

isn't the line-up for milton keynes like enter shikari, pendulum etc..

[punkforlife93]

Its cool, but I live in the UK, so...

[IcePh0enix]

This is a pretty bad line up tbh. I went last year and it was awesome but Linkin Park haven't released anything since then and the supporting bands aren't so good so I'm not going to go this year.

[cuminmymouth]

I sure do love Linkin Park! Sometimes I curl up on the couch and touch my child pretending its the lead singer.

[Thienskater]

not liking the line up

[manb3arpig]

Year Zero wrote:

I can see that Linkin Park will continue to get more emo with each new album. i don't even know why Shinoda is part of the band anymore. I like his solo stuff way better tahn LP's new stuff.

LP is good. as with cornell... rest suck i think :/

[a7xsoad]

chickrawker wrote:

because its different and unique

Are you serious????? :S
(Reality check in need)

[Bobbito315]

noodlegts wrote:

Linkin Park puts on a good show.. Chris Cornell is good, although not really fitting... Atreyu is pretty good..

Otherwise this lineup is pretty crap really. Hawthorne hights is absolute garbage (the guy plays a frickin' Epi SG...) and armor for sleep is not far behind...

What does him playing an epiphone have to do them being garbage? I've seen him play gibsons as well.

[ib4n3zz3r]

I love 10 Years, but I really, really don't wanna be able to say I went to "Projekt Revolution."

[guiatarist59]

i may get a lot of shit for this but i think i might go to this show...depends if i can get a ride tho =P

[zackk]

i'd like to go for chris cornell as well as a few others but lp being there makes me not want to. i know they are the main stage of the show, but it think they are the worst out of the lineup.

[skinneh]

Ashes Divide is good. They are not emo sorry.

[qotsa1998]

Putting Cornell on this tour, along with LP, The Bravery, and Atreyu seems pretty cool.I really liked last years line-up, with MSI, Taking Back Sunday, and Saosin, but i wasnt able to go. i might go to this, but it seems like this, along with Warped (judging by line-ups) just dont seem as good as last year.

[Zwabber]

Sounds lika a pretty good line-up

btw, does anyone else notice the picture on the frontpage looks like voldemort? lol

[Guitar_Jester]

Hahaha, no :P

Well, I'd love to see LP again, bit none of those other bands except for Chris Cornell.

[pouyannassiri]

emo bands? Chris Cornell isnt emo!! hes been singing for 20 years when he started there were no such things as emos.

[kamjam7]

Who the heck are the rest of the line up? No Offense but I know LP, Atreyu, and Hawthorn Heights, but I've never heard of any of the other bands. Papa Roach would be Great with them, and so would P.O.D. I wish they would keep going with HIM and Saosin.

[CrabSoldier X]

nobody's mentioned the bravery....id go just to see them, but honestly i think a smaller show for the bravery suits them better...i dont think the tour will be that great tho

[Amito]

GBnhis_les paul wrote:

this better not be the line up for milton keynes cuz it doesn't sound that good except for jay z and linkin park ofcourse

isn't the line-up for milton keynes like enter shikari, pendulum etc..

yeh i listed it earlier

[skinneh]

Ashes Divide is A Perfect Circle's guitarist new band.

[Ebatcountry]

I would go just to see Cornell, Atreyu and 10 years but the other bands pretty much suck in my opinion. I guess it could have been worse. They could have got some really gay ass bands like panic at the disco. That crap ain't even music just like rap. They're posers.

[E-dogg66]

Linkin park is the worst band on that tour!!!!!

[Chaingarden]

I'd seriously consider going just for Chris Cornell.

[Kenny_NJ]

mike shinoda at a focal point.

Checked.

[mgthebest]

i wudnt go to this at all but i wud only see Chris Cornell and Ashes Divide- Billy Howerdel is awesome!

Bring back APC!

[Blackholesun00]

What's Cornell doing there? This should be interesting....

[soundgardner]

I might go just to see Chris Cornell. I saw him at a small bar-type place on his solo tour last fall and he was amazing. I'd like to see him on a bigger stage.

As for everyone else on this tour, well let's just say i may only show up for Cornell. I don't like any of Linkin Park's new stuff and I've not heard a good thing about any of the other bands.

I don't get why Cornell's going to be there. He's probably twice as old as some of the people there. The great thing about his show was that he incorporated stuff from his whole career instead of trying to shove his new album down our throats(he only played 4 of his new songs in a 2.5 hr show).

[tsunami bomb]

QOTSA backing, BACKING them at dublin?

[dedicated_2]

no madina lake??
>=[

[Shazazmic]

skinneh wrote:

Ashes Divide is good. They are not emo sorry.

QFT. A bald guy can't front an emo band. It's just not possible.

Billy Howerdel ftw.

[LP4EVR]

ATREYU, LP, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS IM GOING

[Zebra_Planet]

DennisIsAwesome wrote:

emo/gay bands? whatever those bands may be, you know there is going to be ass loads upon ass loads of girls. enough reason for all of us to go.

[+1] i second that dude.

[jakeslick]

There's a typo in your link. I'm sure it's not "Projektrevoltuion.com"

[roarinflames]

Shazazmic wrote:

skinneh wrote:

Ashes Divide is good. They are not emo sorry.


QFT. A bald guy can't front an emo band. It's just not possible.

Billy Howerdel ftw.

he didnt say they were emo dude
and yes they do kick ass

[boxcarblink94]

glad to see hawthorne recovering after losing casey. RIP.

[MetalMegaMan]

LinkinParkOakle wrote:

I love the lineup, not the best it has been but I am looking forward to this show. Much better than last years lineup!
I wish they'd bring back the nu-metal band lineups like Deftones, Static-X, KoRn, and 90's metal. But this is definitely a solid lineup.

id actually go if deftones went

[GodbowstoMath]

wow that's reallly ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZz.....

[savory_softy]

Rofl don't you just love the fact that everyone elses music tastes should be able to dictate yours? I mean, everyone of these news threads gets a bunch of ****holes saying "YOUR BAND SUCKS" like it's a solid argument. I have three words for that, 'what the ****?'

And to LinkinParkOakle I never payed much attention to Projeckt Revolution but anything involving Deftones, Static-X, Korn and (in my opinion) Disturbed would definitely be a kick arse nu-metal show.

[olliemo]

if the fans get such a good choice then y does the UK one suck totally? apart from LP and pendulum there are no other good bands! the US get MCR, TBS and placebo, i mean wtf

[farhan_zul]

Linkin Park??

[Chadicus]

All i had to read was Chirs Cornell and i was sols. But then to see atreyu and 10 years following that...Sometimes i wish i was an american just for the concerts you guys get

[Felkara]

ready2breakdown wrote:

WHEN DOES THIS TOUR EVER END? WEREN'T THEY JUST DOING PROJECKT WITH COHEED?

That was just an album tour, Projekt Revolution is different, it's kinda like LP's Taste of Chaos.

[Nathan_393]

cuminmymouth wrote:

I sure do love Linkin Park! Sometimes I curl up on the couch and touch my child pretending its the lead singer.

Um...what? That honestly doesn't sound...right.

[Shazazmic]

roarinflames wrote:

Shazazmic wrote:

skinneh wrote:

Ashes Divide is good. They are not emo sorry.


QFT. A bald guy can't front an emo band. It's just not possible.

Billy Howerdel ftw.
he didnt say they were emo dude
and yes they do kick ass

I was backing him up.

[dylandavies]

noodlegts :
Linkin Park puts on a good show.. Chris Cornell is good, although not really fitting... Atreyu is pretty good..
Otherwise this lineup is pretty crap really. Hawthorne hights is absolute garbage (the guy plays a frickin' Epi SG...) and armor for sleep is not far behind...

how does that have anything to do with their music. hendrix could of made a walmart guitar sound good.
their instruments make no difference in their music + the guitarist who played the epiphone died so shut up

[Blackjax]

I've been a HUGE LP fan since the start but this line up is kind of painful for me to look at. I'm thinking Warped Tour this year. TDWP, August Burns Red, Rise Against, The Audition, Alesana, Mayday Parade, All That Remains, the list goes on...

[qwerty_555]

Year Zero wrote:

I can see that Linkin Park will continue to get more emo with each new album. i don't even know why Shinoda is part of the band anymore. I like his solo stuff way better tahn LP's new stuff.

WHAT THE HELL?

Linkin Park aren't emo, and they never have been! I'm sick of reading posts about all this emo stuff. Let it die out.

[icesk8erqueen8]

atreyu is the only good band in that line up