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Chester Bennington

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Chester Charles Bennington is an American vocalist. He is best known for being Linkin Park's frontman and lead vocalist.

Chester Bennington

Background

Before joining Linkin Park, Bennington was a vocalist in Grey Daze, a now defunct grunge band from Phoenix, Arizona.[1] He left Grey Daze in 1998, but struggled to find another band to play in.[1] After nearly quitting his musical career altogether, Jeff Blue, then the vice president of A&R at Zomba Music in Los Angeles, offered Bennington an audition with Linkin Park.[1] Bennington quit his day job, and took his family to California, where he had a successful audition with Linkin Park, who were then called “Hybrid Theory”.[1] Bennington and Mike Shinoda, the band’s other vocalist, made significant progress together, but failed to find a record deal.[1] After facing numerous rejections, Jeff Blue, now a vice president of A&R at Warner Bros., intervened again to help the band sign with Warner Bros. Records.[1]

Despite having prodigious success in the early 2000s, Bennington has had personal problems outside of the limelight. He suffered a severe spider bite while touring with the OzzFest in 2001, which caused his arm to swell.[2] Bennington was plagued with poor health during the making of Meteora, and struggled to attend some of the album’s record sessions.[3] He fell ill during the summer of 2003, and was eventually underwent surgery.[4] Bennington’s relationship with his first wife, Samantha, also declined during his years with Linkin Park, leading to their divorce in 2005.[5]

Work outside of music

Bennington made a cameo in the film Crank.[6] He has done work with Club Tattoo, a tattoo parlor in Tempe, Arizona, which has received recognition by many magazines such as, College Affair and Skateboard Mag, while also spawning an art show in New York City.[7][8]

Independent songs

Solo

  1. "Let Down" - Written by himself for his solo project (Release in 2007-2008)
  2. "Walking In Circles" - on his solo album/written by himself? (Coming out in 2007-2008)
  3. "Morning After" - Written by himself (Release in 2003)
  1. "Slow Ya Roll" - Young Buck (Off his new album Buck the World released March 27)
  2. "Home Sweet Home" - Mötley Crüe performed at ReAct Now (Release in 2005)
  3. "State of the Art" - DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit (Release in 2001)
  4. "Karma Killer" - Cyclefly (Release in 2002)
  5. "System" - Written by Jonathan Davis of Korn (Release in 2000)
  6. "Walking Dead - DJ Z-Trip (Release in 2005)
  7. "Rock and Roll (Could Never Hip-Hop Like This) Part 2"-Handsome Boy Modeling School (Release in 2004)


References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Rolling Stone Magazine, Linkin Park - Biography (March 14, 2002), The Linkin Park Times, Retrieved on June 24, 2007.
  2. ^ USRN, Linkin Park's Bennington Suffering From Bite (August 13, 2001), Retrieved on June 24, 2007.
  3. ^ Warner Bros. Records, "The Making of Meteora" (2003) [DVD], Released on March 25, 2003.
  4. ^ USRN, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Doing Fine (July, 11, 2003), Yahoo! Music, Retrieved on June 24, 2007.
  5. ^ Montgomery, James, Linkin Park's Minutes To Midnight Preview: Nu-Metallers Grow Up (May 7, 2007), MTV News, Retrieved on June 24, 2007.
  6. ^ McKenzie , Shawn, Crank Review (September 2, 2006), Entertain Your Brain!, Retrieved on June 24, 2007.
  7. ^ Brink, etnies and Chester Bennington Launch Club Tattoo Collaboration with Exclusive Art Show in NYC! (March 21, 2007), Retrieved on June 24, 2007.
  8. ^ ClubTatto.com, Press Room, Retrieved on June 24, 2007.
 

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