 System of a Down bandmate Shavo Odadjian played bass, and Sum 41's Frank Zummo played drums.Brad Delson, Dave Farrell and Rob Bourdon, however, did not perform during the song.In a track-by-track review by "Billboard", the song was given a positive response and explained as "After a chomping intro riff — maybe the gnarliest guitar part on the record — Linkin Park once again brandish their Euro-metal broadswords and get medieval on our asses...while the song speaks to the anger of being American and having nothing to really rebel against, the band plays with the urgency of insurgents."