The Making of Minutes to Midnight

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The Making of Minutes to Midnight
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Linkin Park
ReleasedMay 14, 2007 As a limited edition bonus DVD
Recorded The Mansion and NRG Recording Studios
Genre Alternative rock, nu metal, alternative metal
Length39:42
Label Warner Bros. Records, Machine Shop Records
Director Mark Fiore
Producer Films Di Bovino
Rob McDermott (exec.)
Micheal Perlmutter (Band Interview Footage)
Linkin Park chronology
Collision Course
(2004)
The Making of Minutes to Midnight
(2007)
Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes
(2008)

The Making of Minutes to Midnight is the sixth DVD by Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007 through Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop Records. [1] [2]

Contents

The release documented the band while recording their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. It was included in the limited edition of the album. It also features the band recording some demos like "QWERTY", "No Roads Left" and "Across the Line", which were later released in the LP Underground extended plays and in the EP, Songs from the Underground .

Chapter listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:18
2."Introduction of Rick Rubin as the producer"1:05
3."Writing of the new Linkin Park music" (Recording of Grecian (QWERTY Demo), Japan (Across the Line Demo), Fear (Leave Out All the Rest demo))8:15
4."Introduction to The Mansion"1:33
5."Comparison between The Mansion and NRG Recording Studios"4:05
6."Recording at The Mansion" (Recording of Ebow (No More Sorrow Demo))3:27
7."Drum recording at The Mansion and the studio" (Recording of the drumming for No More Sorrow)2:30
8."Drums, Guitar and Bass Recording"5:17
9."Elimination of few songs recorded by Mike and Chester" (Elimination by the other band members and Rick, Mike and Chester having fun upstairs)4:09
10."Rewriting the songs" (Recording of No Roads Left)2:58
11."Vocals by Chester and return to NRG Studios" (The making of Given Up, In Pieces)6:40
12."Production by Mike and Rick" (Recording of Drum Song (The Little Things Give You Away demo))3:35
13."Naming the Record" (Admitting that they are bad in naming titles by the name of Frat Party at the Pankake Festival )3:33
14."Minutes to Midnight description by the band members"3:09

Personnel

Linkin Park

Production

Band Interview Footage

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References

  1. "Minutes to Midnight (MVI DVD + Bonus CD)". Amazon. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  2. Linkin Park - The Making of Minutes to Midnight HD on YouTube