Bayan da Wakefield ya tafi, a shekarar 1999, mai suna Chester Bennington ya shiga cikin mambobi biyar na Xero kuma an canza sunan kungiyar zuwa Linkin Park. Kungiyar da Bennington ya gabata, Grey Daze, ta rushe kwanan nan, don haka lauyansa ya ba da shawarar shi ga Jeff Blue, mataimakin shugaban haɗin gwiwar A&R na Zomba, wanda a lokacin yana neman mai rairayi don Blue Xero. Bennington ya aika da kaset biyu na rikodin da ba a buga ba na Xero tare da muryar murya ta Thero wanda aka sake masa suna ta hanyar Xero, drummer Rob Bourdon, turntablist Joe Hahn, mai rairayi Mark Wakefield da bassist Dave Farrell (wanda daga baya ya tafi ya yi yawon shakatawa tare da Tasty Snax). Bayan da Wakefield ya tafi, mai rairayi Chester Bennington ya shiga cikin mambobi biyar na Xero kuma an sake sunan kungiyar Linkin Park. Kungiyar da Bennington ta gabata, Grey Daze, ta rushe kwanan nan, don haka lauyansa ya ba da shawarar shi ga Jeff Blue, mataimakin shugaban A&R na Zomba, wanda a
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