LINKIN PARK LOOKS EAST AND TO NEW ALBUM

Linkin Park talks about their plans post Projekt Revolution.

Linkin Park is currently out on the road in support of Minutes To Midnight headlining their own Projekt Revolution tour. The band is touring with Chris Cornell, Atreyu, The Bravery and others, but they have their sights set to the east.

Linkin Park bassist Phoenix said their plans after Projekt Revolution include a trip out east and a trip to the studio.

“Yeah, we finish Projekt Revolution at the end of August, and then in October we have two weeks that we’re doing in China. Aside from that I think the plan really is to continue writing. We started writing in March, April, May, those three months those three months and got a good start on new material. And we’re going to continue that and hopefully have a new project out by 2009. So, yeah, get back in the studio and keep writing.”

Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda joined Phoenix to talk about when fans can expect the new effort to be done.

[Shinoda] “Yeah, it won’t take as long as the last record, I don’t think…” [Phoenix] “We’re like saying that now, but then we’re just going to screw ourselves again,” [Shinoda] “Two years from now we’ll be, like, ‘Uh, Sorry.'” [Phoenix] “If you’ve been following the band for a while you know not to listen to anything we say as far as when something will come out. We’re never a good judge of how long something may take us to do. With that said, we did a good job pacing ourselves on this touring cycle. We’re not burnt out. We’re still excited about writing music. We’re excited about being creative and looking forward to getting back in the studio and working. So that at least all points in the direction of things being able to happen earlier rather than later.”