Why did you decide to play Nine Inch Nails “Wish” on Projekt Revolution?
Mike Shinoda: We’re playing it because I really like the song. It’s really hard for our band to agree. Even though I know a lot of the people, especially the younger people, who are in the crowd who aren’t as familliar with that song as for example ‘Closer’ by Nine Inch Nails. It’s just a song we really like and feel strongly about and it’s a lot of fun to play live because it’s so energetic. Enjoy it, I hope. Brad Delson: And the drumming is very fast. Mike Shinoda: Rob has fun with it. Actually, one of the hardest parts about putting that song together live, was rebuilding all the sample sounds, because I tried to replicate all sounds that you hear in the song, I think I did. Actually, one of our techs used to work for Nine Inch Nails, and I played it for him, and I said “Dude you gotta hear this, I can’t believe I made all these sounds, it sounds so similar” and he confirmed that they were, in his expert opinion, very similar. If I have his vote, then it’s similar, because he’s a di
