One Step Closer (Linkin Park song)
September 28, 2000
One Step Closer is a song by American nu metal band Linkin Park. On 28 September 2000 it was released as the first single from the debut album Hybrid Theory. There remained a total of 18 weeks in the U.S. charts.
Background
After Kyle Christener during the change of name from Hybrid Theory to Linkin Park left the band Scott Koziol was hired as the new bass player. He played a leading role in the development of One Step Closer. It was a huge success: Just four weeks before the official release of the song was on all major U.S. radio stations on heavy rotation. One Step Closer was also the soundtrack of the film The Experiment, published by WEA. The song is similar stylistically some songs from the Hybrid Theory era, such as Carousel and Part of Me and And One contained on a year earlier appeared Hybrid Theory EP. Similarities are both instrumentalisch and content can also be found in the songs and Papercut With You, who are on the same album.
A demo version of One Step Closer is called Plaster.
Instrumental design
At the beginning of the song is heard only a single electric guitar. It will be played simple chords; One Step Closer applies to guitarists as a beginner piece. Supported the electric guitar of solid drumming. The overall effect is better described as distraught, the song has almost no quiet places. Every now and then record - scratches are recorded. The song is rather quiet in the verses, but the chorus can be most aptly describe with aggressive shouting. Towards the end screamt Bennington.
Text layout
One Step Closer is written from the perspective of an outsider. Chester Bennington is trying to be heard and to express his pent-up emotions. These consist in One Step Closer mainly from rage. The text makes it clear that bullying Bennington solid was exposed: Everything you say to me / takes me one step closer to the edge, and I'm about to break! In the bridge is continuously screamed shut up, which particularly emphasizes the longed stop bullying and anger. Bennington sings or screams the song by going alone, only at live concerts, he is assisted by Mike Shinoda, because in some places the studio recording the vocal tracks one above the other copies.
Chart position
Music Video
Joe Hahn developed a concept for the video. The original version of the video was originally intended to be recorded at a live concert with fans, much as is the case with the video for the Faint. The Director of the final video was then led by Gregory Dark, the recordings took place in a 19m deep abandoned LA subway tunnel in Los Angeles, adjacent to a derelict hospital. Scott Koziol, who was not an actual member of the band is to be seen in the music video. As the only Linkin Park - One Step Closer music video was recorded in 480p only and is not available in HD.