Mike Shinoda
Michael Kenji "Mike" Shinoda (born February 11, 1977 in Agoura Hills , California ) is an American musician . He is a rapper , singer , keyboardist and guitarist and a founding member of Linkin Park . He is also called The Glue by the band members .
Life
Shinoda's father is American of Japanese descent while his mother has European roots. Shinoda grew up with his younger brother Jason in Agoura Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles . Shinoda was very fond of drawing and learned to play classical piano at the age of six, but experimented with jazz , blues and hip-hop at the age of 13 . At school he met the guitarist Brad Delson know and formed with him and another schoolmate, the drummer Rob Bourdon, the band Xero during high school in 1996.
Mike Shinoda enrolled at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, studying illustration and graphic design . He made friends with the artist and DJ Joseph Hahn, who shortly afterwards joined the turntables of Shinoda's band Xero. Brad Delson's roommate, bassist David "Phoenix" Farrell, completed the band.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts In Illustration in 1998, Shinoda worked as a graphic designer but continued touring with Xero. Only after the addition of Chester Bennington in 1999 did the band change their name to Hybrid Theory, which was later the title of Linkin Park's first album. Due to possible legal problems (there was already another band under this name) a second renaming was made and an agreement was reached on Linkin Park. This name goes back to Lincoln Park in Santa Monica , which today has a different name. Linkin Park signed her recording deal with Warner Bros. Records . On October 24, 2000, the first album called Hybrid Theory was released. Together with Hahn, Shinoda was involved in the artwork as well as the album production, mixing and other technical details.
He also designed a. a. the album cover of the debut album 2000 Fold by the rap band Styles of Beyond . In 2001, Shinoda and his bandmates formed Linkin Park Underground (LPU), Linkin Park's official fan club. On their website, fans all over the world have the opportunity to exchange information about upcoming projects, concerts or publications. Linkin Park also founded their concert project Projekt Revolution in 2001 , which initially toured exclusively in the USA to support bands that combine rock with hip-hop. However, the great success in 2008 led to an expansion to Europe and at the same time to being able to support the band's aid organization, Music for Relief . Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson founded the Machine Shop Recordings music label in 2002 .
In 2004 Shinoda started a scholarship at the Art Center College of Design. It is financed u. a. from selling his work on his website. In 2009 he received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from the Art Center.
In 2005 the debut album The Rising Tied of his side project Fort Minor was released . It was produced by Jay-Z , who previously worked on Linkin Parks Collision Course (2004).
In 2008, Shinoda's second public exhibition, Glorious Excess (BORN), took place at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. A second installation in this series (Glorious Excess (DIES)) followed in January 2009.
In 2018 Shinoda's solo debut album Post Traumatic was released.
Private
In 2003 he married the children's author Anna Hillinger . He has three children with her.
In 2006 he bought in Beverly Hills , the luxury villa of actor and ex-husband of Roseanne Barr , Tom Arnold , for 7.4 million dollars .
Discography
Studio albums
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| 2018 | Post Traumatic |
DE2 (8 weeks) DE |
AT4 (3 weeks) AT |
CH7 (4 weeks) CH |
UK20 (1 week) UK |
US16 (2 weeks) US |
First published: June 15, 2018
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| 2020 | Dropped Frames, Vol. 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: July 10, 2020
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| 2020 | Dropped Frames, Vol. 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: July 31, 2020
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Soundtrack albums
- 2012: The Raid: Redemption (Original Motion Picture Score & Soundtrack) (with Joseph Trapanese)
- 2014: Mall (Music from the Motion Picture) (with Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Chester Bennington & Alec Puro )
EPs
- 2018: Post Traumatic EP
- 2018: Soundcheck Sessions: Live in Moscow
Mix tapes
- 2006: rock Phenomenon - Mashup -Mixtape, later as a remix album with Roc Raida and DJ Vlad published
- 2010: MS Mixtape 1
- 2010: MS Mixtape 2
- 2010: MS Mixtape 3
- 2010: MS Mixtape 4
- 2010: MS Mixtape 5
- 2010: MS Mixtape 6
- 2012: Mixtape 7 - Rap Rock Nu Metal
Singles
- 2018: Crossing a Line
- 2018: Make It Up as I Go ( feat.K.Flay )
- 2019: Prove You Wrong
- 2019: What the Words Meant
- 2019: fine
- 2020: Open Door
Chart placements as a guest musician
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| 2002 | It's Goin 'Down Built From Scratch |
DE56 (7 weeks) DE |
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CH69 (5 weeks) CH |
UK7 (9 weeks) UK |
US85 (11 weeks) US |
First published: March 2002
Sales: 200,000; X-Ecutioners feat. Mike Shinoda & Mr. Hahn of Linkin Park |
Further collaborations
- 1998: Drop - Mike Shinoda & Joe Hahn (as Kenji & Artofficial of Xero); on Rapology 13
- 2004: Rock 'n' Roll (Could Never Hip-Hop Like This) Part 2 - Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda; on White People from Handsome Boy Modeling School
- 2004: Mike Calling to Say Hi ( Skit ) - KutMasta Kurt & Mike Shinoda; on Redneck Olympics by KutMasta Kurt
- 2004: Standing in the Middle - Mike Shinoda & Motion Man; on Linkin Park Underground 4.0 by Linkin Park
- 2007: Second to None - Styles of Beyond feat. Mike Shinoda; on Transformers: The Album (soundtrack) and Razor Tag by Styles of Beyond
- 2007: Hey You - Styles of Beyond feat. Mike Shinoda; on Razor Tag from Styles of Beyond
- 2008: Barack Your World - Mark Wakefield & Mike Shinoda (as White Pegacorn ); Promotion song for Barack Obama
- 2009: Carry Me Away - Cypress Hill feat. Mike Shinoda; on Rise Up by Cypress Hill
- 2012: NOC Out ( video game music ) - Ramin Djawadi & Mike Shinoda; on Medal of Honor: Warfighter (Soundtrack)
- 2012: Saa'iq (video game music) - Ramin Djawadi & Mike Shinoda; on Medal of Honor: Warfighter (Soundtrack)
- 2016: Like Riding a Bike - Hot Karl feat. Mike Shinoda, Intuition & Abnormal
- 2018: Waiting for Tomorrow - Martin Garrix & Pierce Fulton feat. Mike Shinoda
More productions
- 2002: Opening - on Linkin Park's remix album Reanimation
- 2002: P5hng Me A * wy (Mike Shinoda feat. Stephen Richards) - remix of Pushing Me Away by Linkin Park; on Linkin Park's remix album Reanimation
- 2002: Ntr \ Mssion - on the remix album Reanimation by Linkin Park
- 2002: By_Myslf (Josh Abraham & Mike Shinoda) - remix of By Myself by Linkin Park; on Linkin Park's remix album Reanimation
- 2002: Krwlng (Mike Shinoda feat. Aaron Lewis ) - remix of Crawling by Linkin Park; on Linkin Park's remix album Reanimation
- 2005: Score at the MTV Video Music Awards 2005
- 2007: What I've Done (Distorted Remix) - remix of What I've Done by Linkin Park; on the tour edition of Minutes to Midnight and B-side on the single Bleed It Out by Linkin Park
- 2008: LOATR - remix of Leave Out All the Rest by Linkin Park; B-side on Linkin Park's single Leave Out All the Rest
- 2009: Death to Analog (Mike Shinoda Remix) - remix of Death to Analog by Julien-K ; on Julien-K's remix album Death to Digital
- 2010: Gold Guns Girls (Mike Shinoda Remix) - remix of Gold Guns Girls by Metric ; on the compilation Download to Donate for Haiti
- 2010: What I've Done (Mike Shinoda Remix) - remix of What I've Done by Linkin Park; on the EP Underground X - Demos by Linkin Park
- 2013: Castle of Glass (M. Shinoda Remix) - remix of Castle of Glass by Linkin Park; on Linkin Park's remix album Recharged
- 2013: Victimized (M. Shinoda Remix) - remix of Victimized by Linkin Park; on Linkin Park's remix album Recharged
Web links
- Mike Shinoda's official website
- Mike Shinoda on linkinpark.de
- Mike Shinoda on linkinpark.com
- Mike Shinoda at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Transformers 3 - Chart topper Linkin Park contribute theme song
- ↑ a b Alumni Stories: Mike Shinoda. Art Center College of Design , accessed August 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Mike Shinoda's House on Virtual Globetrotting
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany Switzerland UK
- ↑ Mike Shinoda Mixtapes ( Memento from February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on mikeshinoda.com
- ↑ All Mike Shinoda mixtapes on Soundcloud.com
- ↑ It's Goin 'Down in the German charts at OfficialCharts.de
- ↑ It's Goin 'Down in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
- ↑ The X-Ecutioners: "It's Goin 'Down" in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ It's Goin 'Down on the US Billboard Hot 100
- ↑ Mike Shinoda (Twitter)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shinoda, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shinoda, Michael Kenji (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician and record producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Agoura Hills , California , United States |