Flaming. That has no other proof or even explanatory biased opinion to back it up.
I do admit that their newest album has quite a difference from the other two. Now the line that clearly divided them from other bands is much blurred and distorted, but that doesn't mean they aren't good. I've come to find that many of their newest work is rather quite good. I'm actually listening to Leave Out All The Rest on Minutes To Midnight right now.
Linking Park sucks, all there songs are the same. This guy took all the music from there songs, and put them on each other to compare the melody and beats and what not, and it was all the same general pattern. They Suck. Also, there voices are buried in OD's of voice editing.
Dang I shouldn't have even started the Jonas Brothers thing. I just said that because I was surprised people were questioning Linkin Park when there are bands out there like The Jonas Brothers which are obviously just Disney slaves.
Yes, they actually are pretty good live, better than many bands. They use all sorts of effects in their music, so it is really surprising that it turns out as well as it does.