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Biography

Michael Kenji Shinoda, also known as Mike Shinoda, was born on February 11, 1977 in Agoura, CA. He is most recognized as one of…more

Born

2/11/1977, Agoura,California,USA

Birth Name

Michael Kenji Shinoda

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (7)

Role
- VH1's Top 20 Countdown
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 6 February 12, 2011
    2/12/11
  - S 6: Ep 50 Top 40 Videos of 2007
    12/11/07
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 244 Episode #2.244
    6/18/09
- The Grammy Awards
  Presenter
  - S 50: Ep 1 The 50th Annual Grammy Awards
    2/10/08
- Punk'd
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 6 Mike Shinoda, Brandy, Mekhi Phifer
    5/30/04
- MTV Cribs
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 0 Whips, Rides, & Dubs Edition II
    1/26/04
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 58 Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Phoenix Farrell, Joseph Hahn, & Mike Shinoda
    8/11/03
- Making the Video
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 5 Somewhere I Belong
    3/4/03

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- He can play the piano & guitar. He can rap. He paints. He likes Japanese food & after it he likes Indian food.
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- Both Mike Shinoda and bandmate Joseph Hahn claim to be unstoppable on Microsoft's video game console, the Xbox.
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- Mike can be seen playing guitar in the videos for Crawling, Somewhere I Belong, What I've Done and Bleed It Out.
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- Mike: I do actually get to do a lot of artwork in the band. I do our t-shirts and posters. I do our website with another group of friends. I do our album artwork with a friend of mine, who's an art director. Part of this – the whole picture – is just the fact that our band is very self-contained.
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- Mike: (On a possible collaboration with Bjork) The door, I think, is still open, but we haven't done anything yet. I would love to. I think that she's a very interesting musician. She's very original. And one of the beauties to Reanimation [Linkin Park's 2002 remix release with featured guests] was the ability to meet with other artists and work in the studio and learn how they work, because everybody teaches themselves to write songs in different ways. And I realized that Björk is probably – is definitely – somebody that has a very interesting way of putting together a song, just in speaking with people that have worked with her.
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- Mike: My parents must have thought that I was crazy when I was younger, because they're thinking, "How in the world is the this kid ever going to make a living? The only two things he likes to do are paint and make music. And the chances of him being able to do either are slim." I do actually get to do a lot of artwork in the band. I do our t-shirts and posters. I do our website with another group of friends. I do our album artwork with a friend of mine, who's an art director. Part of this – the whole picture – is just the fact that our band is very self-contained.
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