The Meeting of a Thousand Suns

The Meeting of A Thousand Suns
Video by Linkin Park
Released	September 08, 2010 (as a limited edition bonus DVD)
Recorded	NRG Recording Studios
Genre	Electronic rock, alternative rock, industrial rock, experimental rock, rap rock
Length	29:46
Label	Warner Bros. Records, Machine Shop Records
Director	Ghost Town
Producer	Bill Boyd, Matthew Primm, David May (DVD Post Producer)
Linkin Park chronology
Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes (2008) The Meeting of A Thousand Suns (2010) A Thousand Suns+ (2011)

The Meeting of A Thousand Suns (also known as The Making of A Thousand Suns) is the eighth DVD by Linkin Park, released on September 08, 2010 through Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop Records.^[1]

The release documented the band while recording their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns. It was included in the limited edition of the album. It also features the band recording some demos like "Dingleberry", "Meadowlands", "Pac-Manny" and "Violent Lullaby". All of these demos are still left unreleased. But all the demos are modified and released as singles and tracks "When They Come for Me", "Waiting for the End", "Blackout" and "The Catalyst" respectively for the album.

Chapter listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	1:29
2.	"All the band members"	3:02
3.	"Rick Rubin"	0:50
4.	"Recording songs and searching for some new music"	3:15
5.	"Sampling for Blackout by Mike and Joe"	0:58
6.	"Writing Lyrics and recording some vocals" (Recording of Waiting for the End)	2:33
7.	"Listening to "Violent Lullaby" (The Catalyst Demo)"	3:08
8.	"Recording and listening to various songs" ("Wretches and Kings", "When They Come For Me", "Blackout" and "Burning in the Skies")	0:45
9.	"Talking about the songs"	1:00
10.	"Finding music from various instruments" (Band Members seen playing various instruments like "Harmonium", "Bongos", "Guitar", etc. (Even from some toys).)	2:09
11.	"4 Months until Album delivery Deadline" (The recording of extra outro of "When They Come for Me")	1:32
12.	"3 Months until Album delivery Deadline"	0:49
13.	"2 Months until Album delivery Deadline" (The band is worried about the deadline)	4:51
14.	"Climax and End Credits"	5:35

Personnel

Linkin Park

• Chester Bennington – lead vocals
• Rob Bourdon – drums, backing vocals
• Brad Delson – guitars, backing vocals
• Joe Hahn – DJ, sampling, backing vocals
• Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass, backing vocals
• Mike Shinoda – MC, vocals, beats, sampling, guitar

Production

• Produced by: Bill Boyd, Matthew Primm
• Executive Producers: Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, The Collective
• Director: Ghost Town
• Associate Producer and Cinematography: Mark Fiore
• Additional Footage: Mike Shinoda
• Edited by: Mandy Brown, Mariana Blanco, Ryan Bartley
• DVD-video producers: David May, Ghost Town Media
• Technical director: Linkin Park
• Sound Design: TK Broderick
• Art direction and design: Mike Shinoda
• Production Services: Films Dibovino
• Analog Effects: Ryan Bartley, TK Broderick
• Digital Effects: Brandon Parvini
• Effects Editing: Ryan Bartley, Brandon Parvini
• Color: Brandon Parvini
• Title Design: Josh Vanover
• Special Thanks: Rick Rubin, Warner Bros., NRG Recording Studios

References

1. "A Thousand Suns [Limited Edition, Deluxe Edition, CD+DVD]". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 21, 2012.