Mike Shinoda Minchin III, Nick Spanos, and Joe Hahn for the artwork of the band's second studio album "Meteora". Shinoda also produced the album, with his bandmates and Don Gilmore which was his first production experience. By the release of the Jay-Z and Linkin Park collaborative mashup EP, entitled "Collision Course" in 2004, Shinoda's involvement in the creation of the albums continued to grow. He produced and mixed the album, which won a Grammy Award for "best rap / song collaboration" in 2006. The band released their next album, "Minutes to Midnight", on May 14, 2007. On this album, Shinoda shared a
Midnight Peacocks & vocals) and form the Midnight Peacocks. The new band immediately flew to Germany to record the group's first album "It's a Brutal Machine". The album was released in 2006, with such songs from the album as: "Brutal Machine", "Indian Sun", "Island of the Sun" and "Ganja to the Chairman". In the end of 2006, Matan decided to leave the group to focus on his work with punk rock band Got No Shame, and the guitarist position was taken over by Ron Bunker (ex-member of Squid). In 2007, the group released its second studio album "Shalosh" (from the Hebrew word