Linkin Park’s New Singer
Linkin Park has introduced Emily Armstrong, co-founder of Dead Sara, as their new co-vocalist (with Mike Shinoda). The band made the announcement Thursday during a live performance event.
Armstrong, born and raised in L.A. started writing songs and playing guitar when she was 11 and began singing when she was 15. By the time Armstrong dropped out of high school; she knew she wanted to be in a Rock band.
Armstrong, who has been called the “Janis Joplin for the arena Rock age” has said music was the one thing that kept her motivated in life.
Colin Brittain, a songwriter and producer, has been added on drums.
At the event Linkin Park debuted a new single, “The Emptiness Machine,” the band’s first new music in seven years and the lead track for the upcoming album “From Zero,” which will arrive November 15th. It’ll be Linkin Park’s first full-length effort since ’17’s “One More Light,” – the last Linkin Park album before lead vocalist Chester Bennington’s death.
Linkin Park band members “quietly began meeting up again in recent years” and “rather than ‘trying to restart the band,’” they worked with numerous musicians and “found a special kinship with Armstong and Brittain.
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