Celebrity Death: Chester Bennington

[Bjorn Le]

Sad

Was it known that he had trouble?

Don't think so, but he's been vocally extremely angry about the negative reception to his last album.

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

Sad

Was it known that he had trouble?

... have you heard a Linkin Park song?

 

[PBandJ]

Sad

Was it known that he had trouble?

He's been open about having depression issues in the past.

He was also very good friends with Chris Cornell, and today would have been his birthday. No speculation, but the coincidence is haunting,

 

[Spring in Fialta]

... have you heard a Linkin Park song?

 

[DCDM]

Meteora was my favorite album for a long, long time. Basically all of Jr. High.

This stings. RIP Chester.

 

[The Night King]

Wat.

Was never a big Linkin Park fan, although I did enjoy some of their early stuff as a young teenager. I remember "One Step Closer" being played repeatedly during lunch at my middle school.

 

[EpochLink]

High school feels, LP was dope for my time early 2000's.

Sad to hear he's gone now.

 

[Wood Stick]

I still listen to LP to this day. Damn

 

[Cassano]

I had tickets to see them in August and I was really looking forward to it, I never got to see LP as a teen and this was gonna be the first time.

Same here. Feels bad man.

RIP.

 

[The Night King]

Geez, another suicide. Being a musician ain't easy.

 

[Cloned]

Geez, another suicide. Being a musician ain't easy.

To write some of these inspired lyrics we listen to, you have to have a tortured soul.

 

[Dogewow]

Shocking to say the least.

Was a bigger fan of them when I was a kid. Regardless of your opinion of them, they were definitely a huge influence in the music scene.

Honestly couldn't believe it when I heard it. RIP.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Hybrid Theory and Meteora were damn good albums, in my opinion. This sucks.

 

[Tuggy]

Brutal. One of their older songs was playing on Octane last night on my drive home...not the news I would expect today.

RIP

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

RIP.

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

Sad

Was it known that he had trouble?

I saw an article that mentioned he battled alcohol & drug problems over the years, but nothing lately from what I could see.

The rest of the article only said he had hung himself at his residence, and had 6 kids with 2 wives, very sad indeed.

 

[kingsholygrail]

They were one of my favorite bands in high school. There's still a couple songs I like to hear now, though not nearly as many as when I was younger. I still like My December. Saw them at Blizzcon a couple years ago. Not sure about them live.

That's some pretty rough news. Another suicide.

 

[silkyjohnson50]

I still have the Linkin Park/Jay-Z collaboration on my pregame playlist when I play hockey.

Like many here, when LP came out during my teenage years they were huge. Chester always had a great rock voice that could sing and scream.

 

[93gilmour93]

Man I'm getting tired of hearing stories like this. RIP Chester

 

[Warden of the North]

Band of my highschool years.

RIP

 

[Paris in Flames]

Linkin Park was the biggest band in the world (or at least the world I lived in) when I was in young formative years and while they likely were never my favourite band - they had a huge impact on me shifting towards rock music.

Chester was a mega talent vocally. Very sad.

 

[Sacha Baron Corbin]

Meteora and Hybrid Theory were the albums of my childhood. Sad day

 

[66-30-33]

RIP! Loved LP since i was a kid.

 

[pb1300]

LOVED LP! Got into some heat at work for using a personal day so I could go see them in West Palm Beach. Terrible news!

 

[Siamese Dream]

First band I ever saw live. Had a pet rabbit I named after him as a kid.