Behind the Covers

Linkin Park

1 album cover in our archive

Linkin Park is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 2000s. Released on Warner Bros, the artwork sits in the rock tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering debut album, stencil art, iconic, hand drawn, street art. Below you'll find the full story behind each Linkin Park cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park — album cover art

Hybrid Theory (2000)

Frank Maddocks collaborated with the band to create this iconic stencil-graffiti soldier with dragonfly wings, inspired by Banksy. Mike Shinoda drew the original soldier illustration, while Maddocks executed the stenciling and added the wings.

Label
Warner Bros
Designer
Frank Maddocks
Genre
Rock
Decade
2000s
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