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Do you share a birthday with a rocker?

No sophomore slump here.

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda, Slash and more delve into the loss of audio from compression in the informative new short film, 'The Distortion of Sound.'

Linkin Park are one of the top bands when it comes to giving back via charitable efforts, as their Music for Relief organization has helped get communities around the world back on their feet after natural disasters. Giving their fans a more tangible idea of what Music for Relief does, the band's latest video follows Mike Shinoda as he travels to Haiti.

Jobo recently had a chat with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park about the new Transformers album, and now details begin to emerge about the fifth Linkin Park studio LP that is in the works. As reported in the current issue of

I got a chance to chat with Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park. We talked about playing with Transformers as a kid, how the band got their songs on all three soundtracks to the three Transformers movies, and more! Check out the interview after the jump!