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RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 6:34 pm
by PHATJ
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 6:40 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Goddammit we already have two RIP threads
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 6:41 pm
by washing machine
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

Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 6:51 pm
by Iholdthepain
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

Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 6:59 pm
by verb_to_trust
What were the 'issues' he had been experiencing?
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 7:00 pm
by bodysnatcher
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
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 7:04 pm
by verb_to_trust
Are we sure this wasn't an asphyxiwank?
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 7:29 pm
by Sgt. Crackpot
Oh fuck. This is too much. No words right now.
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 7:31 pm
by PHATJ
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!
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 7:33 pm
by doug rr
just a couple miles south of me..gotta admit i knew nothing about him or his music
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 7:46 pm
by PHATJ
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?
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 7:48 pm
by Jorge
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
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 7:57 pm
by VinylGuy
Im stunned.
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 8:03 pm
by whygodeepaz
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).
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 8:09 pm
by washing machine
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.
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 8:37 pm
by bada
Linkin Park wasn't for me but the song Tomorrow on the EP he did with STP was great.
Re: RIP Chester Bennington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 8:48 pm
by Bi_3
He was 41? Wow.
Re: RIP Chester Bennnington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 8:56 pm
by BurtReynolds
No one's said it yet. I'm surprised.
Re: RIP Chester Bennnington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 8:58 pm
by verb_to_trust
BurtReynolds wrote:No one's said it yet. I'm surprised.
SHUT UP WHEN IM TALKING TO YOU!!!!
Re: RIP Chester Bennnington
Posted: Thu July 20, 2017 9:18 pm
by Jorge
BurtReynolds wrote:No one's said it yet. I'm surprised.
It's a bit too easy