Former Linkin Park bassist Kyle Christner filed a lawsuit in opposition to the band in November 2023 over writing credit and unpaid royalties from materials written within the late ’90s.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court docket for the Central District Of California on November 8, the place Christner stated he’s a former member of Linkin Park who “collaborated on and recorded quite a few songs with the band.” Furthermore, Christner claimed that the bonus materials contained within the 20th-anniversary field set version of Linkin Park‘s 2000 album Hybrid Concept options his writing and taking part in on “greater than twenty songs”, together with a previously-unreleased monitor referred to as “May Have Been”.
Now Linkin Park has issued an announcement by means of their label Warner Information, saying an “amicable decision” with Christner. No additional particulars can be found concerning the decision.
“We’re happy to announce that we have now reached an amicable decision with bass guitarist Kyle Christner,” stated a spokesperson for Linkin Park. “Kyle is a really proficient musician who made priceless contributions to Linkin Park at a pivotal time in 1999. He carried out with the band in a number of exhibits and lots of file label showcases. Kyle helped write and carried out on many songs from that period, together with among the songs on the Hybrid Concept EP.”
Linkin Park just lately moved to dismiss the lawsuit, saying Christner‘s claims are “rife with defects,” questioning why Christner selected to sue the band over 20 years later, and stating that Christner didn’t establish what songs he claimed to have written. Moreover, Linkin Park‘s legal professionals acknowledged that Christner‘s claims are barred by the statute of limitations, and that copyright disputes have to be filed inside three years.
A portion of Christner‘s lawsuit listed tracks he “appeared” to have written, stating: “Christner seems to have performed on no less than tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Forgotten Demos, tracks 1, 2, 7, 13, 14, 16, 17 of LPU Rarities, and monitor 7 of B-Aspect Rarities, in addition to the Hybrid Concept EP, [within the box set].”
Christner claimed on the time he “has by no means been paid a penny for his work with Linkin Park, nor has he been correctly credited, whilst [his former bandmates] have benefitted from his inventive efforts,” additional stating that Linkin Park eliminated his identify way back to the 2001 “fan membership version” reissue of the Hybrid Concept.
The lawsuit claimed that Christner was initially knowledgeable his bass elements have been changed, which he found later to not be the case: “Although Christner was as soon as underneath the misimpression that his bass elements have been re-recorded on the EP after he left the band, he has, upon nearer evaluation, recognized his bass taking part in on the version of the EP included within the field set,” learn a portion of the lawsuit.
Linkin Park members Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, and Joseph Hahn have been listed as defendants alongside Machine Store and Warner Information.
Christner is listed as a session and touring musicians who performed for Linkin Park between 1998 and 1999 as they modified their identify from Xero to Hybrid Concept. That is additionally the time when vocalist Chester Bennington joined the band, changing Mark Wakefield who left in 1998.
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