Linkin Park is a fucking awful band. A triumph of uninspired, commericialized formula marketed to appeal to angsty teenagers who cut themselves with Daddy's shaving razors because some 15 year-old skank won't give them any play.
If you listen to that band, then you are simply not looking hard enough for quality music. They are compositionally inferior, generic and do nothing to advance music. Also, they lack any sense of fun or cheeriness, which makes up for lack of innovation.
Bad stuff.