Obviously the people that say that all their songs sound the same have not heard there whole albums. Listen to "points of authority" "crawling" "easier to run" and "pushing me away" Yes, some songs sound similar on their first album but over the years they have grown into such talented artists.
Listen to "my december" from them, its is such a beautiful song and just because it isnt full of amazing guitar solos does not mean it didn't take alot of work and talent to make it. Chester Bennington is one of the best songwriters ever, just read the lyrics to their songs and you will see. BTW he has an amazing voice, id like to see anyone be able to sing like him.
This band works their asses of, they spent over two years making the meteora album and the time and work totally shows in it. Everysingle song on the album is amazing, not like alot of bands that only have 3 hits and the rest of their songs are ****.
I know not everyone has the same taste in music, there are bands out there that i really dont like *cough* alexisonfire *cough* but i atleast give them credit for what they are doing, they must have some talent for them to get this far. So all i am saying is give linkin park credit cuz really they are a kickass band if you listen to them.
ahh now that I have let that all out :)
Id have to say that I am a big Hendrix and led zepplin fan. Oh and i am starting to fall in love with Def Leppard :) Two steps behind is an awsome song