Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Linkin Park an kafa shi ne a 1996 a matsayin ƙungiyar rap rock Xero: jagoran guitarist Brad Delson, mai rairayi da kuma guitarist Mike Shinoda, drummer Rob Bourdon, turntablist Joe Hahn, jagoran vocalist Mark Wakefield da bassist Dave Farrell (wanda daga bisani ya tafi yawon shakatawa tare da Tasty Snax). A cikin 1999, bayan tafiyar Wakefield, jagora mai suna Chester Bennington ya shiga cikin mambobi biyar na Xero kuma an canza sunan ƙungiyar zuwa Linkin Park. Bennington ta baya band, Grey Daze, ya kwanan nan rushe, don haka lauya ya bada shawarar da shi zuwa Jeff Blue, mataimakin shugaban A & R hadin gwiwa ga Zomba, wanda a lokacin da aka neman a manyan vocalist ga Xero. Blue ya aika wa Bennington kaset biyu na rikodin Xero da ba a sake su ba - ɗaya tare da waƙoƙin tsohon memba na Xero Mark Wakefield, ɗayan kuma tare da waƙoƙin kayan aiki kawai - yana neman "fassarar waƙoƙin". Bennington ya rubuta kuma ya yi rikodin sabbin muryoyi a kan kayan aiki kuma ya aika da kaset ɗin zuwa Blue. Kamar yadda Delson ya tuna, "[Bennington] ya kasance ainihin nau'i na karshe na wuyar warwarewa [...] Ba mu ga wani abu kusa da basirarsa a cikin kowa ba. " Bayan Bennington ya shiga, ƙungiyar ta fara sake suna da kanta zuwa Ka'idar Hybrid kuma ta fitar da EP mai suna. Matsalolin shari'a tare da ƙungiyar kiɗan lantarki ta Welsh Hybrid sun haifar da canjin suna na biyu, don haka yanke shawara kan "Linkin Park". A cikin 1999, Linkin Park ya kasance aiki na yau da kullun a kulob din Los Angeles, The Whisky.  Tambaya: Menene kungiyar ta sake suna kansu lokacin da Bennington ya shiga?
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