Place In The Band: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Production, Art
As well as Linkin Park records (Mike actually got a co-producing credit on Minutes To Midnight) Mike has also produced tracks for Styles of Beyond, Lupe Fiasco and more. Mike also remixed Depeche Mode's Enjoy The Silence, which was released in 2004.
Mike also has a hip hop project under the name Fort Minor, he released Fort Minor's first album "The Rising Tied" in November 2005 (more information on Fort Minor).
Mikes other passion is art (he graduated from the Pasadena College of Art and Design in 1997 , with Bachelor of Arts in Design and Illustration), Mike hosted his first art show in 2006, entitled Diamonds Hearts Spades Clubs, and his second entitled "Glorious Excess (Born)" under the theme of ""vanitas"...and pop culture, Japanese imagery, street culture...many things." which opened on the 12th of July 2008 at the Japanese American Museum in California, the conclusion to Glorious Excess, named Glorious Excess (Dies) will open in January 2009. Mike also incorporates his art into Linkin Park cd covers, web design, logos and tshirts for Linkin Park and Music for Relief. Mike has also designed 2 shoes with DC Shoe USA, as part of their remix series.
Mike also blogs regularly on mikeshinoda.com (and formerly on the Fort Minor myspace page), he tends to blog about the band, music and youtube clips.
Mike is a big fan of Xbox, and was invited to play Halo 3 (his favourite game) before its release, Mike has also mentioned in interviews that he used to have Nintendos, and that he enjoys snowboarding.
Mike also does a lot of charity work and founded the Michael K. Shinoda Endowed Scholarship, offering scholarships for Pasadena Art Centre, and has also donated to the Japanese American Museum which hosted Glorious Excess (Born) and (Dies).
Mike's LPN Profile
Stuff Mike Likes:
Music
Anthrax
Apathy
A Perfect Circle
Aphex Twin
A Tribe Called Quest
Beastie Boys
Billy Idol
Black Eyed Peas
Black Moon
Blahzay Blahzay
Boogie Down Productions
Celph Titled
Chris Cornell
Cypress Hill
Death Cab For Cutie
Dido
Disturbed
Eminem
Far
Fugazi
Gang of Four
Guns 'n' Roses
Helmet
Heltah Skeltah
House Of Pain
(old) Ice Cube
Incubus
Jay Z
Jeff Buckley
Jimi Hendrix
Juelz Santana
Jurassic 5
Katrina and The Waves
Killing Joke
Kittie
Led Zeppelin
LMNO
Lupe Fiasco
Madonna
Metallica
Method Man
MIA
Michael Jackson
Ministry
Ministry Of Thieves
Motley Crue
Nine Inch Nails
Northern State
NWA
Oingo Boingo
Outkast
Pennywise
Portishead
Public Enemy
Quicksand
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Man
Refused
Rise Against
Run DMC (& Aerosmith)
Scars on Broadway
Smashing Pumpkins
Sneaker Pimps
Soundgarden
Stone Temple Pilots
Styles of Beyond
Sunny Day Real Estate
System Of A Down
Taproot
Tears For Fears
The Cure
The Deftones
The Jackson 5
The Misfits
The Pharcyde
The Police
The Roots
The Who
Thrice
U2
Vampire Weekend
Violent Femmes
Wu-Tang Clan
Television Shows
Entourage
Family Guy
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Gay Robot
Laurel and Hardy Cartoon
Lost
Saturday Night Live
The Natural Geography Channel
The Simpsons
Tom and Jerry
What's Happening
Movies
All We Are Saying
Anchorman
Full Metal Jacket
Pirates Of The Caribbean
The Dark Knight
The Sixth Sense
Transformers
Zoolander
Art
Craola
Jeremy Fish
Damien Hurst
Kris Kuksi
Antony Micallef
Mark Ryden
Corey Sandelius
Greg Simkins
The Decapitator