9 Bands You Used To Love (But Can No Longer Listen To)

7. Linkin Park

Linkin Park €“ the American rock band from Agoura Hills, California €“ have experienced something of a conundrum when it comes to fan respect. When most people think of the time when they absolutely loved the band they think of songs like One Step Closer from 2000's Hybrid Theory or Breaking The Habit from 2003's Meteora. This was back when the band was less straight rock and more nu metal or rap metal, a genre that rose to prominence at the turn of the millennium.

Unfortunately for the band, nu metal was a genre that thrived almost exclusively on its novelty, and soon its popularity began to decline. Like all trends, not only did the genre's popularity wane but so did its reputation, with many considering the whole thing to have been rather cringe-worthy and embarrassing. The fact that Linkin Park were tied up in this stigma turned many off the band's music.

As time moved on the band began writing more stripped back music that was mostly alternative rock, albums like Minutes To Midnight and A Thousand Suns. With this change in style came gargantuan commercial success, which only served to further alienate the band's first wave of fans. These days, finding an actual passionate fan of the band is practically impossible.