Mark wakefield biography

As unearthed single “Lost” continues topping charts and connecting with fans, the band members discuss their pivotal second album, recent studio work and the gratitude they feel for all of it.

For a while, Mike Shinoda had known that longtime Linkin Park fans would have an emotional experience listening to “Lost” for the first time, from the moment they heard Chester Bennington’s tidal wave of a voice crash down onto the previously unreleased headbanger.

Recorded during the sessions for the band’s 2003 sophomore album Meteora, the haunting hard-rock anthem represents the rare demo featuring Bennington’s completed, mixed lead vocals – a long-standing request from the band’s active online community for new music featuring the late lead singer, which Shinoda and his bandmates were thrilled to finally meet.

More surprising to Shinoda: the many, many other listeners who connected with “Lost.” Upon its February release, the single blew up on social media, provoked seve