RIP Chester Bennington

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu July 20, 2017 6:34 pm

Dead from suicide at 41.
http://m.tmz.com/#article/2017/07/20/li ... s-suicide/

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Thu July 20, 2017 6:40 pm

Goddammit we already have two RIP threads

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Thu July 20, 2017 6:41 pm

Very sad news, especially after his meltdowns lately. This one feels really weird, considering the connections to other recent deaths. Two dudes involved with singing for STP are now dead. There's also the memory of the time I saw him and Cornell on the same bill back in 2008 or so. Never liked Linkin Park, but that show was full of energy.

RIP

Iholdthepain · Post by **Iholdthepain** » Thu July 20, 2017 6:51 pm

Damn! This is sad on so many levels... Leaving behind six kids, on cornell''s birthday, too. Here's a link to the open letter he wrote to CC after his suicide:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChesterBe/st ... te-2073635

So sad

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Thu July 20, 2017 6:59 pm

What were the 'issues' he had been experiencing?

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Thu July 20, 2017 7:00 pm

wow nuts. i have no feelings towards Linkin Park, but that's sad. almost feels like a copycat sort of situation considering closeness with Cornell and that today was CC's b'day

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Thu July 20, 2017 7:04 pm

Are we sure this wasn't an asphyxiwank?

Post by **Sgt. Crackpot** » Thu July 20, 2017 7:29 pm

Oh fuck. This is too much. No words right now.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu July 20, 2017 7:31 pm

Iholdthepain wrote:Damn! This is sad on so many levels... Leaving behind six kids, on cornell''s birthday, too. Here's a link to the open letter he wrote to CC after his suicide:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChesterBe/st ... te-2073635

So sad

I've been reading through that twitter feed for the last 10-15 minutes. So sad. Six kids without their father is heartbreaking. Doing it on CC's birthday definitely seems premeditated. I've never been a fan of LP, but gained a lot of respect for Chester when he was singing for STP. I saw him with them once and he did a great job.

Suicide sucks. Please stop killing yourselves, people!

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Thu July 20, 2017 7:33 pm

just a couple miles south of me..gotta admit i knew nothing about him or his music

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu July 20, 2017 7:46 pm

washing machine wrote:Very sad news, especially after his meltdowns lately. This one feels really weird, considering the connections to other recent deaths. Two dudes involved with singing for STP are now dead. There's also the memory of the time I saw him and Cornell on the same bill back in 2008 or so. Never liked Linkin Park, but that show was full of energy.

RIP

What "meltdowns" are you referring to?

Post by **Jorge** » Thu July 20, 2017 7:48 pm

I don't know if this is exactly what he's referring to, but I remember something about Bennington lashing out against fans who didn't appreciate their newer, poppier music

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu July 20, 2017 7:57 pm

Im stunned.

whygodeepaz · Post by **whygodeepaz** » Thu July 20, 2017 8:03 pm

I wasn't really a die-hard Linkin Park fan, but I absolutely respected the music that they made. Plus Hybrid Theory was one of those albums that was literally everywhere my sophomore and junior years of high school.

Also he apparently had admitting to thinking about committing suicide due to abuse he suffered as a child (this article from RS goes a little bit more into that: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 41-w493387).

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Thu July 20, 2017 8:09 pm

theplatypus wrote:I don't know if this is exactly what he's referring to, but I remember something about Bennington lashing out against fans who didn't appreciate their newer, poppier music

Yeah, that.

bada · Post by **bada** » Thu July 20, 2017 8:37 pm

Linkin Park wasn't for me but the song Tomorrow on the EP he did with STP was great.

Bi_3 · Post by **Bi_3** » Thu July 20, 2017 8:48 pm

He was 41? Wow.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Thu July 20, 2017 8:56 pm

No one's said it yet. I'm surprised.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Thu July 20, 2017 8:58 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:No one's said it yet. I'm surprised.

SHUT UP WHEN IM TALKING TO YOU!!!!

Post by **Jorge** » Thu July 20, 2017 9:18 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:No one's said it yet. I'm surprised.

It's a bit too easy

Red Mosquito

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