Linkin Park
Road To Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes

Campus Correspondent Review By Jim Simmons,
Arizona State University


While there’s no substitute for actually being in the crowd for an explosive Linkin Park concert, Road To Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes (Warner Brothers) does its best to package the effort and bring the show home. The live DVD/CD captures the massive Projekt Revolution Tour in England and features 18 tracks, spanning a mixture of Linkin Park’s efforts over the years.
 
The 80-minute offering opens strong with “One Step Closer,” flowing into “From The Inside” and “No More Sorrow,” but loses steam along the way, much like its latest album Minutes To Midnight. The band progresses into a mild mannered “Leave Out All The Rest” and fizzles into “Numb.”

As the set progresses, the band regains some energy building into “What I’ve Done,” leading a collaborative segment with Jay-Z (“Numb / Encore,” “Jigga What / Faint”) that features both acts turning it a fine performance. The disc ends fairly strong with the political and aggressive “Bleed It Out,” backed by crowd participation, but is unfortunately marred by an unnecessary and average drum solo.

Throughout the set, front man Chester Bennington’s voice is mediocre and he struggles along the way with a couple sour notes, even coming across as nasally and borderline emo at times. Even so, Road To Revolution features 50,000 fans in attendance, confirming Linkin Park’s ability to continue thriving on a worldwide platform, despite its imperfections.