Chester Bennington RIP
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Very sad....great singer and frontman for linkin park. They used several of the bands songs for the soundtrack of Transformers. I don't like all their songs but some are excellent. You wonder what can make a successful young man and father kill himself ....
He was molested and beaten up by his friend at age 7, at age 11 Chester Bennington's parents divorced and was forced to live with his father. He has been off and on drug/alcohol addiction throughout his life...
I can feel his depression reading Chester's response during an interview with Metal Hammer 2016:
"The idea that success equals happiness pisses me off," he told Metal Hammer in 2016. "It's funny to think that just because you're successful you're now immune to the full range of the human experience. But we also realize that we're not kids any more; we're not youngsters with this teen angst and this feeling of 'why does the world piss me off?' and finding a way to express it.
"We have had a lot of success and there are a lot of great things going on for us, but there are things that really matter to us," he added. "When we talk about lyrical content we can't just go back to being that angry kid. We need to talk about something that makes sense to who we are today."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chester-bennington-linkin-park-singer-dead-at-41-w493387
RIP Chester Bennington.
He has such power in his voice at the same time, the feeling of the intense emotions with every lyric. I have respect for his music and as an artist, with his ability to mix his songs within different genres and work with a diverse group of artists.
My FAV song. Here's a good example of working with the new and the old, check it 'Encore, Jay Z vs Paul McCartney vs Chester Bennington :
Look at Jay Z's t-shirt.
Very sad to hear about a talent like Chester fall victim to his demons. We are only human. (I remember watching Paul McCartney as a kid sing Yesterday on the Ed Sullivan show).
Thats some sad news.
When it was released i used to play Hybrid Theory practically non stop in my car.
Meteora was a great album too.
RIP Chester.
When it was released i used to play Hybrid Theory practically non stop in my car.
Meteora was a great album too.
RIP Chester.
Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell wore their emotional pain on their sleeves when they sang, that they couldn't take it anymore is not surprising.
Benninigton's cry for help:
Benninigton's cry for help:
There's no justice in the world: fakery triumphs over the genuine article.
Bennington and Cornell dead while Bryan Adams and Jon Bon Gizme still live. Now I'm getting depressed - fuck.
Bennington and Cornell dead while Bryan Adams and Jon Bon Gizme still live. Now I'm getting depressed - fuck.
Now now... No need to go that far. There's lots of artists I don't like as well. If you don't like it, don't listen to it.
Can't say I have any Linkin Park in my music library, but I certainly respect the fact he was a talented singer/writer. Very sad news indeed. Obviously struggled with depression and other demons. So many people take their lives, not just famous people. Who doesn't know at least one person who's committed suicide. RIP
At first I thought it was Alice Cooper......Jay Z also says "John" in his rap. See near the end of the video, do you see who's sitting in the first row?
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"12:32 PM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bennington was home alone at the time of the suicide. We're told his family was out of town and he was found upstairs by an employee."
http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/20/linkin-park-singer-chester-bennington-dead-commits-suicide/
I feel sorry for his wife and 6 kids, they have to live with this for the rest of their lives! They are the real victims.
