Jason LipshutzHachette It Starts with One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park

This book means the world to me. Linkin Park was and is still my favorite band. When Chester passed I cried a lot. I still tear up listening to certain songs & I’m happy the band is back even though it is bittersweet. So when I saw an arc review of this book I jumped on NetGalley as fast as I could to see if it was still available. It was. I went on a rollercoaster of emotions throughout the journey this book takes you on. First it was happiness & excitement of seeing how the band formed. There was frustration & anger when reading about how the label wanted them to change their sound & especially when they proposed getting rid of Mike. I laughed out loud reading about how One Step Closer came to be. Naturally I cried & even had to pause reading to collect myself when we reach July 20, 2017. I have nothing but love for this book. I bought the audio & physical copy as well. This is a must read for any fan of Linkin Park. It’s just a beautiful thing.Thank you NetGalley & Hachette for the advance copy.

The first ever written book on Linkin park is a stellar Marvel covering their whole career. Must have and must read for a a true fan.

This book will be extremely interesting to any Linkin Park fan, but even for a non-LP fan this is an excellent biopsy of what goes on behind the making of one of the biggest rock bands of the 21st century. The first 1/4 of the book really lays out how extremely committed and talented Mike and Brad are, yet despite being exceptionally brilliant it required many slim chances daisy-chained in succession for LP to break out. The odds against them becoming anything more than a local talent were 1000:1. Lucky draw after lucky draw got their foot only in the door. After that it was Jeff Blue truly believing in them and what they could become. If they had never met Chester you would never ever knew who any of these guys were. The entire book then proceeds to really lay out the story behind every major song and album they constructed, and the amount of work and brilliance it took. The entire lead up to Chester’s death paints a very good picture of how things came to pass and perhaps why. The last 30 pages or so after the death and legacy are kind of hastily written it seems and the book kind of ends with a fizzle. Overall this was an excellent read and I tore through it.

It Starts With One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park is essentially the history of the band and the impact their music has had over the past two decades.As a fan of Linkin Park since they released their first single, I was super excited to read this book. From learning about how the group got together and became Linkin Park to how they wrote their songs and what the meanings were, the reader is taken on a journey that inevitably leaves you in the present wondering what could be next. The author explored how each band member fit into their roles and what they brought with them. The hardest part was reading about Chester and how he struggled but then ending on the band’s tribute to him. Although I felt like the book was maybe a little too long, it was still well written and paid homage to, in my opinion, one of the greatest bands.

Wow!! Every Linkin Park fan must read!