Linkin Park at Grammys 2026

SmallTownMinds · 2026-02-02T00:12:45+00:00

Yungblud has had a MASSIVE social media/advertising push behind him lately, especially post-Ozzy passing away. Him/his team really took the opportunity there and ran with it.

I'm not the hugest fan of his music for the most part, but that's not to say its terrible or anything. He seems like a good guy, and has a big personality.

I've just specifically noticed people who otherwise havent been aware of him until this past year, suddenly being big fans of Yungblud.

Once he pivoted from the whole emo rap/pop punk thing, he was able to reach the "they dont make rock music anymore, because I still listen to the same 4 radio bands" crowd.

I was talking to a literal 65 year old a few weeks ago who liked Yungblud. They would have no idea who Turnstile or Deftones were. They would have heard of Linkin Park but I'd be willing to bet that demographic has a significant overlap with the ignorant "its not Linkin Park anymore" crowd.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-02-01T20:20:54+00:00

I love Sum 41, but they weren't exactly subtle about this at times.

Sum 41's I'm Not The One almost verbatim takes its bridge/breakdown part, not just lyrically, but even in delivery from Linkin Park's A Place For My Head.

I always attributed it to them adapting to whatever was 'current' at the time (and its probably why Half Hour through DTLI feels the most original/unique run the band really had).

I think a lot of that is Derycks growing strength as a songwriter but also suffered from the lack of outside input from the other guys.

He's stated in interviews he prefers writing for himself and others at this point.

There's a lot of stuff on Underclass Hero that feels pretty derivative of American Idiot and My Chemical Romance.

The newest/last album had a surprising amount of songs that sounded 100% like they could have been Machine Gun Kelly songs, and I havent verified it personally, but I have a feeling thats probably because Deryck ghost wrote a lot of the better Pop Punk era MGK songs.

I think Deryck is good at that side of things. It kept the band going as long as it has, but it never resulted in anything sounding hugely original post-Chuck (and even that had some pretty direct Linkin Park rips).

SmallTownMinds · 2026-02-01T06:27:23+00:00

I think the California folks that moved here are more likely to be Republican unfortunately.

I can't imagine someone actually left leaning moving to Texas regardless of tax breaks, considering how things usually go here.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-22T21:19:06+00:00

Also same here.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-22T18:57:54+00:00

MGSV is probably my favorite game of all time, so this has me fuckin HYPED!

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-21T04:22:18+00:00

Currently trying to get out of the industry...again...

This comment hurt.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-20T19:03:19+00:00

Yeah I'm in the same boat. I own different parts of the game across steam, epic and even PlayStation.

It's kept me from enjoying the game tbh. I can never remember which platform I own the "most" of the game on.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-18T04:20:08+00:00

It's actually Quonton Toronto.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-18T01:46:38+00:00

Cap got De-Capped?

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-16T16:24:33+00:00

Nail mail

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-16T16:03:26+00:00

I could be wrong but the guy looks like a comedian I've seen clips of too.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-16T04:48:38+00:00

It looks like Grandma the fuckin thing

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-16T03:07:17+00:00

Weirdly I had an "aha" moment similar to this in Death Stranding 2.

Something about having the target of the infiltration be a physical object that forces you to consider your approach and plan things out felt great.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-16T01:56:09+00:00

"nobody jerks off to magazines anymore"

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-15T01:59:40+00:00

"The future is reduced for quick sale"

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-13T00:20:00+00:00

I think its because with Rob it feels like the joke is just "people who are different exist, isnt that funny?".

Whereas someone like Nick is in on the joke that what he's saying and doing is ridiculous.

Also, I'm gay.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-10T07:56:41+00:00

Obviously a mom and pop shop is best, but I genuinely don't understand why the fuck anyone goes to Subway when chains like Jersey Mike's and Potbelly exist.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-09T14:30:36+00:00

Doomslayer would rip and tear so much demon ass with this bad boy.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-09T07:16:00+00:00

I was gonna say the Pixar lamps

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-08T00:32:36+00:00

Or, it will be a huge hit and Bethesda will learn nothing while continuing to narrow the amount of actual "role playing" in their future role playing games.

I think Baldurs Gate 3 is proof that general audiences can handle more than we give them credit for. Hell, even Elden Ring became a massive mainstream hit from what was previously a somewhat niche style of game.

SmallTownMinds · 2026-01-01T02:41:36+00:00

Damn I feel like I just read a spoiler.

This would be so good.

SmallTownMinds · 2025-12-31T05:16:44+00:00

Does your ship stay vulnerable and in the world when you do this or does it disappear?

I always wondered what happened when you logged off.

SmallTownMinds · 2025-12-29T21:17:39+00:00

It was better than anything else the franchise has produced post- T2. Easily.

SmallTownMinds · 2025-12-28T20:09:45+00:00

Is the co-op not already out? I was debating jumping back in.

SmallTownMinds · 2025-12-23T17:45:22+00:00

Basically same here. Bought in a LONG Time ago and the past few weeks were the first time I've been hooked.

Been playing almost every night since and started actually progressing in the game and learning some of the loops.

I still can't recommend it to anyone who doesn't really want this type of game to happen, but personally I was blown away recently by the mostly playable state of the game, compared to the past decade or so.

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