Little did Linkin Park know that their debut album would go on to sell 27 million copies. Our friends at The New Fury wrote a great piece on this influential album that countless bands ripped off. You can hate on this band all you want but don't act like you didn't jam this band back in the day.

It’s easy to see why the album was incredibly successful. It merged accessible song structures, instantly relatable lyrics, and was released at the peak of the nu-metal era, making it a launching pad for their career after years of toiling away in their home state of California.