Writing a song under pressure is like trying to pee with people watching you." Compositionĭue to Phoenix being out of the band at this time (1999 to October 2000) to tour with The Snax, he did not record bass on any songs on the Hybrid Theory EP or Hybrid Theory. In the studio, Don (our producer) was putting a lot of pressure on us to write more to it, and it took forever for Brad, Chester, and I to come up with it. That song didn’t have a chorus for the longest time (months). In an interview with the fan site Linkin Park Web, Mike said, "The most difficult song to do might be “Points of Authority”. We stayed at Mike’s house around the clock and wrote that album." This made the band feel comfortable enough with both songs to make them available on their website later.Īs for the rest of the album, Chester told Kerrang!, "We basically had to write a new record in two months. Brad suggested we re-write it I agreed and decided to cut it up instead." Īs the band was playing their songs to producer Don Gilmore, the only ones he liked were "Points Of Authority" and " With You". Mike explained, "The cut-up guitar on POA was originally a different, less-exciting riff. Mike is a genius, Trent Reznor-talented." that Brad had to learn his own part from the computer. Mike decided to cut it up into different pieces and rearranged them on the computer. On an article published by Rolling Stone on March 14, 2002, Rob Bourdon explained how the riff of the song came together: The bridge here was ultimately replaced by the demo chorus - our version of musical darwinism." You'll notice the bridge from the album version is actually the chorus in this early version. "One of my favorite songs from our Hybrid Theory writing sessions. internal demo CDs have the song listed as "Points And Authority".Īnother demo of the song was released on the LP Underground 12 CD on November 16, 2012. According to Mike Shinoda, "Points Of Authority" was a song that never lost its working title, however, a few Warner Bros. "Points Of Authority" originated from the drum beat of a demo called "Oh No", which was released on Novemon the LP Underground X: Demos CD. Despite not being released as a single, a music video for "Points Of Authority" was made and used to promote the Frat Party At The Pankake Festival DVD, in which it was included. The song was later intended to be the fifth and final single from the album, with a release set to January 7, 2002, but it was cancelled. A CD single for the song was set to be released on the UK on September 17, 2001, but instead, "Papercut" was released as the third single from the album on September 25, 2001. "Points Of Authority" is the fourth track on the album Hybrid Theory. Points And Authority / Points Of Authorityīrad Delson, Chester Bennington, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon Song by Linkin Park from the album Hybrid Theory
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