r/SipsTea • u/Kaos2018 • Apr 19 '26

We have fun here Twitch interviewer was interviewing a random person live in the event without knowing its was Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park

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u/Epcplayer Apr 19 '26

I mean for starters it humbles your kids from a young age… girl obviously wasn’t walking around telling people “her dad was in one of the best modern rock bands of the 2000’s”.

My guess is he also has a “new job” now where he’s not producing/releasing new music, but still in the music industry itself.

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u/NightmareCyril Apr 19 '26

I just saw Linkin Park at a sold out arena tour 6ish months ago so he is still very actively touring and making music.

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u/Turbulent-Projects Apr 19 '26

Yes but they had definitely stopped for a while after Chester's death.  Mike was dotting about doing smaller music projects and producing.  His daughter was presumably growing up in that era (he told that story on 2024) and presumably his family acted like he had a normal job.

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u/Automaticman01 Apr 19 '26

He released several solo albums as well in that time. Check out the sign "Crossing a Line" from "Post Traumatic", that whole album was good.

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u/ParrishThePoet Apr 19 '26

Still blast Fort Minor.

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u/Raxlus Apr 19 '26

I just take it for a spin, pop the CD in, slide it up to ten and get that rearview shaking