Grey Daze Hits 100,000 Subscribers as its Fifth Anniversary Approaches, New Album Nears Release

     It's been an exciting time to be a Linkin Park fan since 1996, when the band was formed under the name "Xero," and 2022 is no exception.

     Next Friday, Grey Daze will release its fourth studio album, The Phoenix. Several songs have already been released over the past year, including "Anything, Anything," "Saturation (Strange Love)," and "Starting to Fly." Personally, the former of the three is my favorite Grey Daze song ever released. The band released two studio albums between 1993 and 1998 with frontman Chester Bennington (of Linkin Park fame), best friend Sean Dowdell (with whom Bennington co-owned a tattoo parlor), and a varied lineup of others. The band announced it would be reuniting after nearly two decades in June 2017, just a month before Bennington tragically took his own life. They finished the album in his honor, an album that became Amends (released in June 2020). 

     Just today, less than a week before the album's release date, the band enjoyed another major success when their YouTube channel hit 100,000 subscribers, enough to qualify for a silver play button and the first subscriber threshold on YouTube. Next year represents 30 years since the formation of Grey Daze; 2022 will mark the fifth anniversary of the Grey Daze relaunch as well as the fifth anniversary of Chester's untimely death. 

     Even with these anniversaries approaching, Grey Daze continues to release exceptional music and build on the legacy of one of the greatest musicians to ever live. The members of Grey Daze have earned the milestones they've achieved and more, and I look forward to listening to their new album the day it is released.