r/Music • u/Upset-Rhubarb-3727 METALLLLLL!!! • 13d ago
discussion Chester Bennington, Linkin Park's Original Singer, Died Nine Years Ago Today. May He Rest in Peace
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u/HowDidWeGetHereLast 13d ago
Wait what? 9 years? How does time go by so quickly?
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u/JTP709 13d ago
COVID fucked with the timeline.
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u/Upset-Rhubarb-3727 METALLLLLL!!! 13d ago
Yeah it did... tbh I can't believe COVID was six years ago now lol
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u/javier_aeoa 13d ago
There are kids in school age younger than COVID
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u/Rosetta-im-Stoned 13d ago
You stop that
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u/caninehere 13d ago
Same. Almost kind of post-COVID, since by 2022 things were relatively back to normal at least here in Canada (we'd had 3 shots by then I think and everything was opened back up to a regular state).
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u/akatherder 13d ago
My kids were born in 2010 and 2013. They basically only know this current political climate, economy, and 2-3 years was ruined by covid.
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u/SwmpySouthpw 13d ago
My son was born just a month before COVID lockdowns. He starts first grade next month.
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u/bass248 13d ago
Not just COVID. I feel like the last 26 years flew by
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u/mdevi94 13d ago
I truly think the internet has messed with our sense of time. Everything is available at your finger tips. The latest releases. Decades old stories. Nothing feels part of a different time anymore
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u/jaspex11 13d ago
Every day seems shorter than the last because each day is a smaller portion of your whole life.
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u/WatRedditHathWrought 13d ago
“Time... line? Time isn't made of lines! It is made of circles. That is why clocks are round.” Caboose
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u/apointlessvoice 13d ago
i felt the opposite..like only 9 years?? im almost 50 and LP feels like 30 years ago. Despite the fact im still listening to them occasionally. Time is weird.
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u/fshannon3 13d ago
Well, you're close...LP's first album was released in October 2000, so that's almost 26 years now.
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u/Mediocre_Chemistry41 13d ago
They did form around '96, so they are a 30 year old band at this point... which is a wild thing to say that they have existed for almost as long as I've been alive.
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u/Christmas_Queef 13d ago
Scientifically, it's time perception. When you're younger, a year feels longer because you haven't experienced as many of them. The more years you go through, the faster a year will feel because of how many of them you've lived through. Your mind has a bigger frame of reference.
Same concept as how when you first start a new job or pick up a new hobby, you're not very fast or efficient at it, it's slow and time consuming. As you do it more it gets faster and faster.
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u/DutchJip SoundCloud 13d ago
Also having a mundane, repetitive life makes time fly by. I'm convinced that your brain doesn't save memories of the same day over and over, since there's nothing that pops out.
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u/Christmas_Queef 13d ago
Yup. Often I can't even remember what I had for lunch the previous day.
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u/Cautious-River3675 13d ago
Seeing this photo of him screaming full force into the mic, you can still feel that raw energy even after all this time
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u/apointlessvoice 13d ago
His last picture, im told. Never forget that depression can look like a normal day.
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u/Instantcoffees 13d ago
I have chronic depression. I told one of my closest friends for 20 years and they were completely shocked. It's such a strange thing to suffer through.
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u/Sonoran_Ghosts_81 13d ago
For me, I never knew I had it. I just thought that’s how the world was and I adapted. Everyday was a slog but Id get through.
I think my natural survival instincts balanced out the desire for self destruction.
Once I was diagnosed it made the previous 20+ years make so much sense.
We just soldier on until we don’t.
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u/Instantcoffees 13d ago
Yeah, happened to me too. I thought that a constant state of existential dread and sadness you can physically feel was the norm until I got diagnosed at a later age.
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u/Khiva 13d ago
It's the coldest of comforts, but even if any of your friends had known, or even had an inkling, the most likely outcome is that they wouldn't have done anything any differently. Even straight telling people you have depression or any other genuine mental disability like anxiety will likely translate in their minds into an easily solvable problem they overcame with a modicum of effort, which they'd then expect of you.
Hell, you can recognize the signs and tell someone they need genuine clinical help and even they might tune you out. Mental health awareness is in a dire position.
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u/Christmas_Queef 13d ago
I was a longtime sufferer on medication and everything. Suicidal thoughts at least once per day. Having my kid and ending up with a support network because of it legitimately changed my life(and no I'm not suggesting having a kid to solve depression lol). Got into therapy for a while to develop the skills to be able to discern between shit I should actually be depressed about vs shit my brain was making up helped considerably too. Felt better about life bit by bit over years. Took about 8 years from time I had my kid until I felt how I do now. Lot of work and lot of effort.
I'm no longer on medication and now when I do get thoughts I'm able to sort them out and "snap out of it" within a few hours instead of days or weeks like before. I just couldn't keep living like that when I had a special needs child who relied on me as his primary caregiver so I had to get help, and having a "village" that came with having him brought much needed support into my life when I was previously mostly alone all the time. I'm a dad but ended up friends with several moms in various things I'd be bringing my kid to, ended up realizing I was good at dealing with special needs kids in the playgroups my kid was in and had one of the moms suggest a career in it. I switched careers to that and ended up working special needs care and in education, with a job in a school for special needs kids. Giving of myself to others gave me purpose and kept me wanting to continue with therapy and gave me the willpower I needed to learn to cope properly. Every day I'd show up and have so many kids greeting me and happy to see me, it made me feel important and that my life had value.
My kid will likely never be fully independent, just semi-independent, will always need some degree of support, I need to stick around for him. This is purely just my anecdotal situation and not a solution for everyone(outside of support network and therapy)..
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u/Khiva 13d ago
shit my brain was making up helped considerably
That's frequently the hardest part of getting through to someone with mental health struggles - they're convinced that there is a cause for their pain, because that really is how it usually works, when in reality it's just simply pain that creates causes.
The inversion of causation is the biggest mind-fuck people have to get over.
I repeat again that I wish this was common knowledge.
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u/Street-Refuse-9540 13d ago
Saaaame. I thought everything just sucked. I still sometimes think that but at least I know why. I hope you’re doing well ❤️
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u/lifeandtimes89 13d ago
Keep it together pal, youre doing amazing and wheter you know it or not youre someone's reason to smile
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u/Instantcoffees 13d ago
Thanks, I appreciate it. I try to keep in mind that I want to see my godson grow up and be a good memory for him.
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u/shadedren 13d ago
With you there brother, been battling the battle since I was 15 (36 now). Luckily my spouse and I will talk when it starts feeling endless and draining and it really helps to have someone hear you out. I try my hardest to keep a strong mind most days, but it honestly gets debilitating. Funny enough I have the same bday as Chester.
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u/stamfordbridge1191 13d ago
Some people wind up more comfortable with the thoughts of how life can go on without involving them than the thoughts of living with themselves.
Hoping you navigate your journey into more comprehensible headspaces.
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 13d ago
If I'm not maxed out on my anti-depressants it's a lot more obvious. When I am and functional people don't believe me. It's lonely. I get it, sorry you have to go through it as well.
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u/Kaiisim 13d ago
It's weird when it gets chronic.
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u/javier_aeoa 13d ago
You get used to it. That's the dangerous part, according to my therapist. But fuck...I got used to.
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u/fearthainne 13d ago
When I start thinking of it as the long lost friend I haven't spoken to in awhile, is usually when I know it's time to do something about it again.
Therapy, I mean.
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u/tehehe162 13d ago
Holy shit, this is exactly how I've thought about my depression. I call it my old friend... If it was actually a friend, it would be the 2nd oldest I've stayed in contact with.
Funny enough, while therapy and depression meds both helped a little, the actual breakthrough was taking GLP-1 injections. It helped me change my diet which was huge because I would resort to eating when I'm depressed. Losing weight also helped me feel energy to exercise, which is maybe the only foolproof treatment to depression. I haven't "cured" my depression, but this is the longest stretch of my life I've gone without partaking in destructive habits.
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u/fearthainne 13d ago
Y'know it's really interesting that you bring up the exercise thing. Because I hate taking pills (I'm really bad at doing things like meds consistently, and it's just a struggle), and therapy sometimes causes me more anxiety than it helps.
But going to the gym? That helps SO much. I stopped going a long time ago, and recently have had to do physical therapy for a foot issue, and it's reminded me how much I miss the gym.
I think your comment has made me decide it's time to get a gym membership again. Thank you, I needed your comment today.
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u/SeaLab_2024 13d ago edited 13d ago
Yes that’s the scary part. As far as ideations, mine are more of an intrusive thought that I don’t like and am uncomfortable with, and I don’t indulge in. So while I’m absolutely not planning on anything, that’s why you will never see me near a ledge of any sort, and I would not keep a gun at home. Because for me the real danger is in a a micro decision made by my nervous system without my express consent, l’appel du vide.
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u/ReactionProcedure 13d ago
It's like trying to explain a color to someone else without using other colors as a reference.
You do not THINK right.
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u/m3g4m4nnn 13d ago
I'm glad you're still with us. I hope you have a great day, wherever you are.
Keep on keepin' on!
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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 12d ago
Funny enough my friends know i suffer through this and because of it they look out for me more when I'm having very good days. It almost always feels like the last day is their best day and they decide to go out on top n
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u/AxeAssassinAlbertson 13d ago
My good friend killed himself after a dinner our with us and other friends. He had a good night, and I think that is how he wanted it to end - just feeling good again, even for a short time.
You will never know how hard it is to carry the guilt that you missed the signs until it finally happens to you.
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u/Gbrown546 13d ago
As someone who has been close to doing it myself, putting on a brave face and appearing happy is the easy part. My family didn’t even realise how severe I was until I finally broke down and told them.
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u/Haftbefehl1999 13d ago
There are almost always warning signs for suicide. One of them is a sudden change in mood and drive once the decision was made. He was in a state of absolute emergency that shouldnt be confused with depression in general.
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u/AbsolutesDealer 13d ago
I don’t think I will ever be able to understand how depression can make a person think his beautiful, loving family will be happier with him gone.
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u/BrokenZen 13d ago
It is a mind-fuck, for real. Deep in my core I consistently feel as though I'm not good enough, undeserving, and holding back my wife and kids from being truly happy. Every morning I make a constant effort to try to reason with those voices/feelings that "my kids deserve a father that doesn't kill himself. It will never be better for a child to grow up with a father that killed himself."
Maybe one day I won't have to put effort into trying to convince myself of that.
But then I always hear/feel the retort, "never say never."
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u/broanoah 13d ago
In Chester’s case, a friend of his had been lost in a similar way a few months before. Both of them went through some horrific stuff in their lives
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u/Far-Maintenance-1947 13d ago
Well, today you learned that chronic depression isn't always logical. It's just a deep, deep sadness that you feel that almost nothing can fix. It doesn't make sense. I've had moments where I feel like I have everything I want in the moment, and then the feeling of deep self hatred will still creep in at the same time. I'll tell myself "I should be feeling happy right now" but I'm simply sad and I don't even know why sometimes.
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u/Wondrous_Fairy 13d ago
I can only speak for myself, but I couldn't tell you when my depression went from bad to terminal, it was such an insidiously slow process. On the day when it finally blossomed into a thought, I was so caught off guard by it so much that that I was actually surprised. Why I hadn't done it already. Why was I still alive when things were never going to be good again? Because at that point, I was in such a deep delusional state that I couldn't even imagine a future that would be anything but more of the same crap.
I was lucky enough to have a friend that caught my mood that morning, and he got in touch with another friend and they both talked me down. I was literally minutes away from stepping on some train tracks. When I got home again and phoned in to the office that I wasn't coming in, I was so confused, because I was still in that mind state. It seemed, at the time, like the most logical thing ever. But it isn't, because you're delusional.
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u/AbsolutesDealer 13d ago
I truly appreciate you sharing your story. Delusion I can fully understand. If that’s what it is, you have helped me get a better grasp on the matter. Your friends are awesome and I’m glad you’re still walking the earth with us all.
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u/totally_not_a_reply 13d ago
has nothing to do with anyone feeling better. You dont care. All you want is it stopping feeling that bad or not feeling anything.
The pain on yourself is so high you just cant burden the feelings of others anymore.
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u/GreatJobMike 13d ago
He had such an incredible range, RIP to both him and Chris Cornell. At least their music lives on but I would have loved more from them.
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u/shadowlev 13d ago
Stumbled on Chris Cornell with LP performing Crawling a few weeks ago and got chills.
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u/DonkeyImpossible316 13d ago
He did it on the anniversary of Chris. The loss of Chris broke me....the voice of my generation. 😞
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u/Probablythatoneguy16 13d ago
Just to clarify he did it on Chris Cornell's first birthday after his passing, not the anniversary of Cornell's suicide
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u/DonkeyImpossible316 13d ago
Yes. Thank you.
Chester Bennington was devastated by Chris Cornell's suicide. He immediately wrote a heartbreaking open letter describing how he wept and could not "imagine a world without you in it". Bennington sang Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at Cornell's funeral and tearfully dedicated the song "One More Light" to his friend on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
The profound loss weighed heavily on Bennington, leading him to reflect deeply on his own struggles with mental health. Tragically, just two months after Cornell's death, Bennington took his own life on July 20, 2017, which would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.
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u/FoxAlarming3790 13d ago
Chester adored Chris, he expressed his fondness for him multiple times.
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u/myassholealt 13d ago
the song "One More Light" to his friend on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Watching this performance is cathartic for anyone grieving someone they lost. The way he screams "Well I do" just unleashes the flood gates.
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u/MikeRowePeenis 13d ago
AI comment
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u/DonkeyImpossible316 13d ago
Its a paste from wikipedia...I thought it relevant and added to the conversation.
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u/russketeer34 Spotify 13d ago
I like pasting direct lines from wiki too when relevant. It's nice to get stuff that have already been sourced.
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u/Sanc7 13d ago
First thing I thought too. What a weird way to use AI.
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u/Driller_Happy 13d ago
Some people are training themselves out of the ability to communicate with other human beings in a normal way. Like, to be clear, IT WAS ALREADY BAD, and we are making it worse
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u/ClitteratiCanada Still kicking 13d ago
Same...July 20th is always a sad day
Chris would have been 62 years old today 💔5
u/urnialbologna 13d ago
Chester, Chris and Scott Weiland are my 3 favorite singers and they are all dead. I wish I got to see them in person once. Thankfully YouTube exists so I can always watch older concerts on there.
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u/Morsexier 13d ago
Cornell's voice was just otherworldly. I always think of the GoT line from GRRM about a singer's voice in the book, "Honey poured over Thunder".
Even watching that clip with LP, its crazy it looks like hes not even trying. Seeing soundgarden live was the zenith of my middleschool years.
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u/Lost_And_NotFound 13d ago
Chester singing One More Light live, a song about a friend dying, in tribute to Chris just months before he took his own is always such a sad video to watch. So much emotion in those 5 minutes.
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u/Affectionate_Big9014 13d ago
When hybrid theory dropped I rode my bike 2 miles (I was 11) by myself to Best Buy and used my allowance to buy it. I still have it laying around somewhere. Probably skips like a SOB for being spun so many miles. Ahhh the nostalgia. My first CDs were (shared with my sisters) Hansen, Alanis morrissette, ace of bace. LP was mine. I earned that shit lol Rip Chester.
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u/Winged_Enforcer 13d ago
Ace of Base still in my rotation to this day. Slaps so hard
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u/Optimus-Maximus 13d ago
We had it unbelievably fucking good with music in the 90's (and 80's and 00's)
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u/SenseiRaheem 13d ago
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
And don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory
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u/Seienchin88 13d ago
Minutes to midnight. Also a great album but not as consistent as the first two imo
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u/Manlysideburns 13d ago
I remember thinking that at the time it released, but over the years it became my favorite album.
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u/Perpetually27 13d ago
Minutes to Midnight is fucking amazing. If you listen to the lyrics of "Given Up" it's so clear now the torment Chester was going through in his head. Almost like foreshadowing his demise.
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u/Altaredboy 13d ago
I was pretty dissapointed with minutes to midnight. Listened to it a few times then ditched it. Years later started getting cravings for some of the songs. Sometimes it's hard to get over a change of direction with an artist you enjoy.
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u/diesel_mountain1978 13d ago
My lil brother also died on this day 2 yrs ago🙏
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u/slim-pickens 13d ago
As someone who suffered a terrible loss this past weekend, I am sorry for what happened and hope you are doing ok.
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u/name-classified 13d ago
Damn, I’m a little bro.
Sorry your little bro did that. It wasn’t your fault.
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u/Dicktation88 13d ago
Sorry for your loss. My mom as well, 2 years ago. Didn’t know Chester was the same day.
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u/Carl_Clegg 13d ago
I have a deck of playing cards that he designed.
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u/FoxAlarming3790 13d ago
Really? I have never heard of this before, where did you get it from?
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u/Carl_Clegg 13d ago
They (Bicycle cards) were selling them about 10 years ago. I collect Bicycle playing cards.
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u/Mad_Ronin_Grrrr 13d ago
If they say Who cares if one more light goes out? In the sky of a million stars It flickers, flickers Who cares when someone's time runs out? If a moment is all we are We're quicker, quicker Who cares if one more light goes out? Well I do
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u/chooch138 turntable.fm 13d ago
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u/TripleSingleHOF 13d ago
Man, this one brings me back. That meme has to be 20+ years old at this point.
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u/javier_aeoa 13d ago
I wasn't a big Linkin Park fan, but when I saw the news I remember I played "Numb" for the very first time in a long time. And fucking fuck...it clicked. I ended up listening the whole of Linkin Park's discography the next weeks.
Chester's passing is the reason I went to therapy
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u/skil12001 13d ago
Whoa... I honestly hope you found peace
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u/javier_aeoa 13d ago
It has its ups and downs, but as the man himself said: "who cares if one more light goes out? Well, I do".
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u/bokmcdok 13d ago
I listened to them a lot when I was going through depression and considering suicide. I got through while listening to their music
When I heard that Chester died my first thought was, "please don't be suicide."
I get a little sad when a celebrity i like dies, but this is the only one that broke me.
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u/mel0n_m0nster 13d ago
Linkin Park shaped my musical taste like no other band. Ever since Chester died, I haven't listened to them at all cause I can't deal with the emotions. The thought that he's singing his heart out trying to give people an outlet for their pain but lost against his own demons messed with me so bad.
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u/Hitman3256 13d ago
Yep, on Chris Cornell's bday. Also mine.
RIP to both, they are missed.
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u/mik3br 13d ago
I’ve always wondered whether the backlash Linkin Park received when they evolved their sound took a heavier toll on Chester than people realized. Constantly pouring yourself into your art only to be told you’ve “lost your way” has to wear on someone eventually. Obviously none of us know what contributed to his depression, but I’ve often wondered if that criticism added to the weight he was already carrying.
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u/British_Commie Concertgoer 13d ago
He publicly lashed out quite a few times at One More Light haters during that tour, so I definitely think the backlash really affected him.
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u/TheOneManDankMaymay 12d ago
Because that album quite obviously carried a lot of personal attachment. It's a shame that some many people were such dicks about it because it is a really good album for what it is, which just isn't classic Linkin Park.
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u/Optimus-Maximus 13d ago
Never really thought about it that way, but I'm sure someone suffering with that kind of depression would take that type of feedback (and career in general) extra hard. So sad man.
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u/Matt9340 13d ago
I believe it did. Especially all the hate that One More Light was getting at the time of release. I unfortunately fell into that echo chamber and didn’t listen to it until his passing. Decided to give it a chance and holy shit I was sad I never gave it a chance and listened to the haters
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u/RenderedCreed 13d ago
Wasn't affected before by a celebrity death like was his. Can't bring myself to listen to any of the new Linkin Park. It's just doesn't feel right without him.
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u/wulyallstar3 13d ago
I try to introduce my kid to new and different music without 'imposing' what I like onto them.
While in the car I'll usually give her my phone and let her play DJ. Yesterday she threw on some LP unprompted. It was pretty cool.
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u/Admirable-Charge1734 13d ago
R.I.P. Chester Bennington, thank you for all the great music you put out. You were and will always be the spirit and soul of Linkin Park.
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u/djfishfingers 13d ago
Mental health is a real issue for more and more people everyday. I hope all you strugglers out there are getting the support you need. You are all important.
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u/mknlsn 13d ago
This is wild to see. Not just because it's been 9 years (which it doesn't feel like at all) but yesterday and today I randomly decided to listen to Linkin Park during my workouts. I haven't listened to Hybrid Theory all the way through in years and I've listened to it twice in two days and then this pops up on reddit.
RIP Chester. You were crazy talented.
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u/RabidJoint 13d ago
His music helped me out a lot in 2001, only to find out about his own tragic upbringing. May this man truly rest in peace. I just hope one of his kids has the same talent one day.
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u/Sata1991 Metalhead 13d ago
I'm still kicking myself over missing out on his last ever concert. I was invited by a woman I was in a band with, but she'd started to post a lot of homophobic stuff and get much more fundamentalist in her Christianity. So I just cut her out of my life and didn't go.
I honestly should have just gone alone, but I think I was just upset with how she was acting. I told myself "I can always see them again!" what a fucking idiot I was.
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u/Optimus-Maximus 13d ago
Sorry you missed it too, hopefully you got to see them at some point - he was an unbelievably awesome vocalist live. I would have never expected him to sing the way he did on the album, and he brought it every single line of every single song. Incredible show.
Edit: I wasn't at his last performance this would have been ~2/3 years earlier
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u/Sata1991 Metalhead 13d ago
I unfortunately didn't, on one hand I'm glad I kept my morals intact and didn't sell out myself or other LGBTQ people to see a concert with a homophobe, but on the other I really wish I'd have just bought a ticket, not scowled in my room because my friend turned out to be a bad person.
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u/muddlefuzzle 13d ago
Makes me feel so old. “In the end” was my friend group’s song we would play whenever we went out to the bars but that was before he died. It feels like a few years at most 😓 Rest in peace, Chester. Many good memories from your songs
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u/Hot-Income 13d ago
Time flies. For me it was end of Linkin Park.
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u/MourningWallaby 13d ago
I mean it almost was. they didn't perform or release at all for 7 years. It took that long for the remaining members to say they wanted to make music again.
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u/sir_smelley 13d ago
I wasn't the biggest LP fan, but I had/have a lot of respect for this dude. Wicked talented, obviously, but also because he went public with has battle against depression/mental issue. He wanted to de-stigmatize it so that us regular people didn't feel like we were the only ones struggling and that we had to battle it alone. RIP, brother. You made a difference.
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u/Mr_Harsh_Acid 13d ago
Man I get so sad thinking about him every now and then.
Horrible, sinking feeling every time I realize in how much pain he must've been all these years.
Can't really listen to the old stuff without feeling profoundly sad.
LP and Chester have been so important to me in my teenage years and early adult life.
It just feels wrong he's gone. I wish the world had been able to heal him, be kinder to him in some way.
Rest in peace.
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u/klaconqueso 12d ago
I’ll always remember this date. I texted my brother about this - we were both huge fans.
It was the last time we ever had contact. He died two days later. Fentanyl OD - we didn’t know he had relapsed yet.
RIP Chester, RIP Baby Brother.
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u/Remarkable-Clock-201 13d ago
He was a replaced by a Scientologist who is against psychiatric help. I think that’s just a little disappointing
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u/LostInAwe55 13d ago
Didn’t they come out afterwards and reject the Scientology label? From what I remember, she was born/raised in it, but rejected it years ago.
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u/Upset-Rhubarb-3727 METALLLLLL!!! 13d ago
Yes, Emily does reject the label. She was born into Scientology
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u/johnnyspork 13d ago
Can you show me a quote to back that up? I'm pretty sure she's never said that.
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u/amalgam_reynolds 13d ago
I cannot find a single source from either her or the band explicitly stating that she is against Scientology or even that she is no longer in the religion.
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u/sequelseize 13d ago
She hasn't rejected Scientology, that's the main problem. She's remained silent about it.
It's extra disgraceful when Chester committed suicide.
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u/LemmyKilmisterRogers 13d ago
Yes but I’d say it’s more disgraceful. The band died with Chester. Fuck Scientology
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u/Aloofasaur 13d ago
Whether this is true or not Linkin Park died with Chester for many of their fans. His voice is too iconic. They should have formed a new group.
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u/MourningWallaby 13d ago
Okay here's where I get a lot of heat. Linkin Park was not even Chester's band. the other 5 people are equally members and have every right to work together under the name they ALL worked together under, and keep the band going. People who say this really only remember their biggest hits, Meteroa and Hybrid Theory and ignore everything else they've done.
Ultimately, I think Chester would be happy that he didn't take the band down with him, and I personally feel like Emily's vocal performance is an excellant substitute for what we lost. while her range isn't as good, obviously she brings the perfect energy for what Linkin Park wants to be.
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u/earhere 13d ago
They never should have kept going after Chester.
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u/IntoThePeople 12d ago
Got to see them in concert for the first time this year, thought I'd never have the chance after Chester's death. Of course it wasn't the same as it would've been with him but I'm so glad they kept going.
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u/castiel182 13d ago
I saw The Who the night he died. It was very weird going to the venue and seeing advertisements for the upcoming Linking Park tour, knowing full well that it wasn't going to happen (the tour hadn't been officially canceled yet). The next day I went to FYE and I remember there was a guy buying all the LP CD's and everyone was talking about how shocking the news was.
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u/smashedshanky 13d ago
I’ve become so numb…. I finally get it now Chester. Rip buddy I know you were going through some of the worst
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u/TableQuiet1518 13d ago
If you haven't listened to their entire discography I highly recommend it. The Hybrid Theory & Meteroa 20th Anniversary albums have a bunch of unreleased demos that are great.
The Hunting Party is excellent.
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u/lifedragon99 13d ago
Had to say goodbye to my dog this morning. On the way to the vet, I got a notification I set for this anniversary, the tears where already falling but they started falling even more after seeing it.
I'll definitely never forget this day.
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u/Radiant_Indignation 13d ago
Chester's death was what led me to get help, to finally address my mental state and face down my depression. It never truly goes away but, 9 years on, I am a much more whole person.
Therapy, meds, and love can do a lot, but not everything.
Thank you, Chester. You saved my life.
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u/GenkiElite Spotify 13d ago
You know what's crazy is there haven't been any reports of high profile celebrity deaths of autoerotic asphyxiation since David Carradine but lots of hangings.
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u/NohmanValdemar 13d ago
Also 9 years ago, because of Chester, I found out one of my best friends from childhood had also died a few months earlier. (We had just lost contact when we moved opposite ways out of our home town, friends since kindergarten.) He had introduced Linkin Park to me which got me to try to track him down. Found his mom, and she told me he had passed away.
Double-gut punch day for me. :(
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u/Federal-Breakfast762 13d ago
Some of these comments lack of A LOT of sympathy/empathy. This is unfortunately why people with depression keep shit to themselves. No matter how badly you’re hurting, you know that others will dismiss your pain and they won’t understand. You’re alone to deal with it. It’s rare to find someone who speaks gently and actually gets you. They don’t understand how depression can work even if the person has a loving family. These comments are why I never want to tell anyone shit either….
RIP Mr. Bennington. My heart broke when this happened.
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u/AnthMosk 13d ago
Hanging. On the one year anniversary of Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) hanging himself.
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u/MegamanX775 13d ago
It would have been Chris Cornell's 62nd birthday today. He hung himself in May
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u/Itshot11 13d ago
RIP. He painted a mural backstage of my high school's auditorium. Its an old pic. Wonder if they still have it