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Chester is left-handed.

My friends and I have figured this out by constantly watching concert vids and stuff, and then looking at how he holds the microphone [didn't want to say 'how he holds the mike'...you might get a wrong idea].

It's not like we were LOOKING for what hand he uses, we just figured it out while looking for other details.... blaugh

yeah uh, chester was ina band called grey daze. at this time, he like others got caught up by drugs. he met up with mike and joe (i think) after they sent him a demo of papercut. he loved it so he left grey daze. he stopped the drugs, and made the band hybrid theory was created. they made their first albulm hybrid theory ep, but never got to see the price labels because thy soon found out there was another band named either the same or almost the same.....
later on, they changed their name tothe glorious linkin park. then they recomposed some songs n put em onto the albulm hybrid theory. this was a massive hit and is still sellin to this day. it has went multi platinum over time....
a remix albulm, reanimation, another normal albulm, meteora, later, chester is hospitalised becuase of drugs. the drugs tk acome back on him, even without takin them for years. he comes out of hospital safe n sound then they play live and record it. live in texas is born and sells by the ship load. uh what more can i say.... quite a bit, i have sore fingers... i will update this at another time...

hope this is usefull. the info. is from many sites.

- Lincoln Park Was There original name, Named after a park Chester liked as a kid
- The name "Linkin" Came into effect when at a concert, the girl that signed them in spelled it wrong, They liked it and kept it
- Mike and Chester are the closest (not sexually)
- Mike and Brad (I think) Knew each other since middle school
- "Hybrid" was the band that almost sued when the released Hybrid Theory EP

I used memory xp

Chester appears on the Queen of the Damned soundtrack (y'all probably know that... sweatdrop check it out it's awesome!)

mine too... but my Mom thinks is stupid and hates the QoTD movie cuz there's blood and violence and vampires... rolleyes

~Mike Facts~

Name: Mike Kenji Shinoda

Age: 27

Birth date: 11/2/77

Star Sign: Aqarius

Birthplace: Agoura CA.

Instrument: Vocals, Beats + Samples, Keyboards, Guitar

Gear: (On Stage) Audio Technica wireless mic
PRS guitars, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier heads
Mesa Boogie cabinets
(Studio) Digidesign Pro Tools software & hardware
Anteres software, Waves software,Emagic hardware Roland keyboard modules, AKAI S-900 & MPC 2000 samplers

Mike's the producer for .simplistic, a band signed to LP's own Machine Shop Recordings in November of 2002.

Mike is a very distant relative of the legendary Russian musician, Pyotr Tchaikovsky. According to him, Tchaikovsky is his "cousins great great great uncle."

Mike went to school with a few of the members from hoobastank

Mike has his own label, called 'The Shinoda Imprint'. The first band he signed is named "Simplistic".

Mike works with Sparkart designing Linkin Park's official site

Mike went to Aguora High School and graduated from the Art College of Design in Pasadena

Mike has created the cover artwork for both Linkin Park album covers plus, he designed the cover for Styles of Beyond's 2000

Mike produced both 'Hybrid Theory EP' and 'Reanimation' albums for the band as well as the hit single, on which he's featured, 'It's Goin Down' for the X-Ecutioners

Mike is married to his long time girlfriend Anna and supposedly got married in May of 2003

Took classical piano for ten years

He wears contact lenses sometimes wears glasses

Mike is the one that takes the most crap from the other guys yet he still remains in one piece


more to come....