Linkin Park Didn’t Pay Bassist for 1999 Tracks, He Says in Suit

Bass guitarist Kyle Christner sued members of Los Angeles alt rock group Linkin Park and their record label, alleging he’d been improperly cut out of profits and deprived of credit for contributions he made to a 1999 recording before the band became famous.

The bassist asserts he was a member of the group in 1999 when they recorded and self-released an album, titled “Hybrid Theory,” and when they played for representatives of Warner Records Inc., which ultimately gave the band a record deal, in a copyright lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Central District of California on ...