''Frat Party at the Pankake Festival'' is the first documentary DVD by Linkin Park, released on November 20, 2001 through

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and Warner Reprise Video. The DVD was produced by Bill Berg-Hillinger,

Joe Hahn Joseph Hahn (born March 15, 1977) is an American musician, DJ, director and visual artist best known as the DJ of the American rock band Linkin Park, doing the scratching, turntables, sampling, and programming for all seven of Linkin Park's ...

, David May and Angela Smith.

Synopsis

The release documented the band on its touring cycle throughout to support the debut album, ''

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''. It also features all four of the band's music videos up to that point, plus the "Cure for the Itch" and "

Points of Authority "Points of Authority" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the fourth track on their first studio album, ''Hybrid Theory''. Mike Shinoda's verses originally had different lyrics, and Chester Bennington's parts became no different f ...

" music videos (the latter was used to promote the DVD). It also includes bonus special features and several hidden

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that unlock even more bonus special features.

Chapter listing

Guest appearances

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members

David Draiman David Michael Draiman ( he, דוד מיכאל דריימן; born March 13, 1973) is an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distorted, operatic, baritone voice and percussive singing style, he is best known as the lead vocalist of the ...

and

Dan Donegan Daniel Joseph Donegan (born August 1, 1968) is an American musician who serves as the guitarist and keyboardist for heavy metal band Disturbed. Donegan began playing guitar as a teenager and eventually formed a band called Vandal, which was ...

appears in one scene for the DVD, where Draiman tries to guess how the name "Linkin Park" is pronounced next to Donegan saying "Lick My Part". Slipknot turntablist

Sid Wilson Sidney George Wilson (born January 20, 1977) is an American musician. He is the turntablist for the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #0. Wilson was the youngest member of the band until bassist Alessandro Venturella and dr ...

appears on the DVD, where he is testing out

's turntables and disc jockeys in one scene.

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, including members

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and

Stephen Carpenter Stephen "Steph" Carpenter ( /ˈstɛfən/ ''STEF-ən''; born August 3, 1970) is an American musician, known as the co-founder and a guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones. His guitar technique makes use of both ringing open strings an ...

, appear in a few shots of one scene, where they were taking a photo before they played at a concert when

Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji Shinoda (; ja, 篠田賢治, Shinoda Kenji; born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Linkin Park in 1996 and was the band's collaborative vocal ...

was going undercover for the KGB, as

Chester Bennington Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of the bands Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, ...

explained in one scene for the DVD that (as a joke) they were gonna destroy the Deftones by "...replacing their water...with Vodka...".

Personnel

Linkin Park

– lead vocals *

Rob Bourdon Robert Gregory Bourdon (born January 20, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founding member of the American rock band Linkin Park. Early life Bourdon was born in Calabasas, California. He received classical piano l ...

– drums * Brad Delson – lead guitar *

– DJ, sampling * Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass *

– MC, vocals, beats, sampling, rhythm guitar

Production

* Produced by Bill Berg-Hillinger for Id Playground and Mr. Hahn * Executive producer: Mr. Hahn * Edited by Bill Berg-Hillinger * DVD-video producers: David May for Warner Bros. Records and Angela Smith for Metropolis DVD * Menu design and animation: Sean Donnelly, Metropolis DVD * Technical director: James Moore, Metropolis DVD * DVD authoring by Metropolis DVD, NYC * Worldwide representation: Rob McDermott for the Firm * Additional representation by: Carey Segura and Ryan DeMarti * Booking agent: Mike Arfin for Artist Group International * Legal: Danny Hayes for Selvern, Mandelbaum and Mintz * Business manager: Michael Oppenheim and Jonathan Schwartz for Gudvi, Chapnick and Oppenheim * Photography for package: James Minchin III * Art direction and design: Tom Peanutz

Chart performance

Certifications

References

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