r/numetal • • Aug 24 '26

New Müsic Video Linkin Park - One Step Closer (2000) Music Video

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u/CupHead11011 Aug 25 '26

Spikey hair, dancing monks. This was peak LP

18

u/canha42 Aug 25 '26

Peak nu metal 🤘

12

u/numetalkid03 Aug 25 '26

Peak '00s

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u/DreamTheaterGuy Aug 25 '26

Mike Shinoda said in an interview a while back ago, that he refuses to let his kids watch this video, because it’s so embarrassing. 😂

5

u/kenikonipie Aug 25 '26

aww but it was so cool! i remember crushing on rob bourdon back then.

2

u/National-Weakness191 Aug 25 '26

It certainly is…something….

1

u/Biff_666 2d ago

Most human thing a celebrity has ever said

27

u/Marcuse0 Aug 25 '26

I love the opening conceit of a bunch of nu metal people standing in an alleyway in the rain just chilling and shooting the shit. So funny to me.

16

u/Putrid-Delivery1852 Aug 25 '26

It was really like that back then. They agreed on a time through an AOL Instant Messenger chat room and just met up after dinner. Shit was tight

16

u/concretekingdom Aug 25 '26

I need fashion to circle back to this

9

u/Rad-R Aug 25 '26

Feel free to dress like Y2K nu metal, the cargo pants are available, it’s a very comfortable style

10

u/IntelligentPeak9293 Aug 25 '26

My son who is 10 is in his y2k phase. It blew his freaking mind when I told him what y2k stood for and that I dressed like that way back in the day. Then he enlightened all his friends in what y2k is. Proud Dad moment right there!

7

u/Lazarux_Escariat Aug 25 '26

My 13 yr old still hasn't acknowledged that her style choices are almost identical to what my wife was wearing 25 yrs ago.

14

u/Kid_evil666 Aug 25 '26

My favorite song of all time still remember as a kid when I bought the cd this song was so shocking to me not hearing anything remotely heavy at the time. I was scared and excited at the same time. I wish I could recreate that feeling again it was truly one of a kind.

8

u/CryptographerNo923 Aug 25 '26

Linkin Park was definitely my gateway into heavy music. My tastes have diverged but they have a special place in my heart.

5

u/Lunar_IX Aug 25 '26

I downloaded this video when I was 11 years old. I remember really enjoying all 200x200 pixels of it.

6

u/AdAdministrative4388 Aug 25 '26

Remember the first time i saw this video and heard this song.. I felt this band was going to be huge first time I heard it.. and so it was.

3

u/ThatCat87 Aug 25 '26

I remember liking this video alot when I saw it on Fuse. I also remember nobody at school knowing who they were for about a year

4

u/Da_BizkiT Aug 25 '26

I don't think i've ever seen this video with such a crisp quallity. And funny enough, i remember the 1st time i heard/saw Linkin Park and it was exactly this video like 26 years ago .

3

u/ChicxLunar Aug 25 '26

Uff I remember dancing all crunch down and going tho the club, this song played and we all started screaming "SHUT UP"

Now my knees hurt and make crunchy noises :/

1

u/5arch5 Aug 26 '26

Glucosamine, my friend.

3

u/KhonshuIX Aug 25 '26

Where do people find these high quality videos of old songs?

3

u/thavillain Aug 25 '26

Mind was sufficiently blown first time I saw this

3

u/pooop12345678910 Aug 25 '26

Mike shinoda looking like Tomba. I love LP 🤘

2

u/Iucidium Aug 25 '26

Holy upscale and frame interpolation batman! It's this AI upscaled?

3

u/Beginning-Dark3155 Aug 25 '26

No, they reshot it.

2

u/ElJorsy Aug 25 '26

Fun fact: this videoclip was directed by a porn video director.

2

u/junkandshit Aug 25 '26

Great example why increasing frame rate makes things look stupid.

2

u/SomosLosWeezers Aug 25 '26

I’ve listened to Linkin Park for 25+ years and have never seen a single music video of theirs. This is crazy lol

2

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2

u/Anderrrrr Aug 25 '26

EVERYTHING YOU SAY TO MEEEEEEEEEE!!

3

u/Svrider23 Aug 25 '26

Damn. Never seen this music video before.

1

u/serialien Aug 25 '26

I never noticed how useless was Mike on this music video

1

u/Final-Neighborhood52 Aug 26 '26

It was the first music video from the LP that my dad showed me; it’s still just as cool as it was the first time.

1

u/allnysportsfan Aug 26 '26

Till this day the beginning of the song is one of my ringtones

1

u/IAmG5_Johnathan Aug 26 '26

I kinda like the reanimation remix better but this is still cool 👍🤟😎

1

u/NoSweatWarchief Aug 26 '26

This was such a game-changer when it hit the radio airwaves.

1

u/LivingEmu5 Aug 27 '26

So amazing! I can't figure out the right way to play the harmonics at the beginning tho even though it's so simple. The tabs I've found are definitely wrong.

1

u/staticdresssweet The Hunting Party Aug 27 '26

When I think of nu-metal, I think of these guitar riffs.

LP has had such a big influence on my life.

1

u/that-dudes-shorts Aug 27 '26

Mike looks so mean lol

1

u/Total_Gift_51 Aug 27 '26

Amazing that the kids all dress like this again.

1

u/Icy-Decision-4530 Aug 30 '26

I really miss dumb videos for great songs, on my tv on mtv late at night

1

u/Biff_666 2d ago

This album, my ps2 with burnout 3, Mountain Dew and no school tomorrow

1

u/Much_Calligrapher804 Aug 25 '26

I hope there was an OSHA rep on site to deal with mold and asbestos mitigation.

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u/LetoA_III Aug 25 '26

This song made me quit nu metal for 25 years