- Born
- Birth nameMichael Kenji Shinoda
- Nicknames
- Mikey
- Spike Minoda
- Shinnizle
- Mike the spike
- Shinizzle
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Michael Kenji Shinoda was born in Agoura, California on February 11, 1977. He met guitarist Brad Delson in 9th grade and started writing songs in his bedroom. Brad and Rob Bourdon used to play for numerous bands in high school. This started Mike on the way to becoming a singer. Mike met Joseph Hahn in art school, Joe had been djing for 5 years. Brad met Phoenix Farrell in college and Chester Bennington was the last to join, in 1999. Mike designed the cover for the Hybrid Theory album.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseAnna Hillinger(May 10, 2003 - present) (1 child)
- Member of Linkin Park.
- American singer-songwriter, musician, rapper, & record producer.
- Vocalist, guitarist & keyboardist for the rock band Linkin Park.
- Graduated from Agoura High School (1995).
- Graduated from the ArtCenter College of Design (1999).
- Most of us met a long time ago. Brad and I met in junior high and we met Rob in high school, we met Joe in college.
- I am playing every instrument on there, but it's not really about me. I'm featuring a lot of great MCs that are friends of mine. I want to work with people that I'm friends with, that I get along with. I'm not just going to go out there and grab whoever's hot at the moment. I want to connect with people I see eye-to-eye with, and make great music. Like I said, it's not really about me. [about his hiphop sideproject, Fort Minor]
- Fort' is something that's heavy and militant. 'Minor' is taken one of two ways: either meaning small or meaning ... between the two basic chords in music theory, you've got major or minor, and minor is described as the darker, sadder chord. The album is about the dynamic when you put all those things together. You've got that spectrum.
- My bandmates in LP were very excited for me to be able to show the fans what I do individually. I wouldn't have done this without their complete support. In fact, I picked our guitarist Brad Delson as my A&R guy!
- Tariq Trotter, Kenna and Common were some of the first artists that I got in contact with about Fort Minor. I remember when I asked Common about doing a song on the record: I started playing for him what I had done so far and, after every song, he said, 'I want to be on that one!'
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