He destroyed the shit out of it.' Brian Gardner mastered/sequenced Hybrid Theory on July 6th. Don Gilmore, the producer, explained to Jeff, 'We built this fort for Chester to sing in. The first song was 'Plaster' without a bridge and the second song was a very rough beat and guitar demo of 'Papercut.' When Jeff went to the studio in late April, the band presented him with an updated version of 'Plaster' with the 'shut up' bridge. The first week of March, Mike and Brad went to Jeff's office with a two track demo of new tracks they were working on. In Jeff Blue's book 'One Step Closer: From Xero to #1: Becoming Linkin Park', he explained that recording for Hybrid Theory began on Maat NRG Studios. Mike and Chester mentioned both songs as being b-sides to 'One Step Closer' at their headlining show at London's Docklands Arena that September. Just after Linkin Park went to Europe for the first time in early January 2001, the band released the single there on Januwith their first two true b-sides, ' My December' and Mike's remix of ' High Voltage' (commonly referred to as the 'Reprise Version'). It has gone on to become one of Linkin Park's biggest songs ever. The single was released on Septemand immediately was picked up by rock radio, getting massive airplay and getting Linkin Park nationwide recognition. It was the album's first single and Linkin Park's first single overall. 'One Step Closer' is the second track on the album Hybrid Theory. Brad Delson, Chester Bennington, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda

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