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Chester Bennington (born March 20, 1976)[1] is an American vocalist. He is best known as Linkin Park's lead vocalist.

Biography

Early years

Bennington was born in Phoenix, Arizona.[1] He took interest in music at a young age, citing Depeche Mode and Stone Temple Pilots as early inspirations.[1] Bennington's parents separated in the late 1980s, while he was still a child.[1] He was sexually abused during his youth, and later struggled with cocaine and methamphetamine addictions.[1] Bennington eventually overcame his drug addiction, and would go on to denounce drug use in future interviews.[2] He worked at a Burger King restaurant before starting his career as a professional musician.[1]

Professional music career

Before joining Linkin Park, Bennington was a vocalist in Grey Daze, a now defunct grunge band from Phoenix, Arizona.[3] He left Grey Daze in 1998, but struggled to find another band to play in.[3] 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.[3] 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”.[3] Bennington and Mike Shinoda, the band’s other vocalist, made significant progress together, but failed to find a record deal.[3] 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.[3]

Despite having prodigious success in the early 2000s, Bennington has had personal problems outside of the limelight. He suffered a severe bite from a recluse spider while touring with the OzzFest in 2001, which caused his arm to swell.[4] Bennington was plagued with poor health during the making of Meteora, and struggled to attend some of the album’s record sessions.[5] He fell ill during the summer of 2003, and eventually underwent surgery.[6] Bennington sustained a wrist injury in October 2007 while attempting to jump on stage during a show in Melbourne, Australia. Despite the injury, he continued to perform, and went to the emergency room after the show.[7] Bennington’s relationship with his first wife, Samantha, also declined during his years with Linkin Park, leading to their divorce in 2005.[8]

Personal life

Bennington married his first wife, Samantha, on October 31, 1996.[9] They had one child, named Draven Sebastian, who was born on April 19, 2002.[9] After his divorcing his first wife, Bennington married Talinda Bentley, a former Playboy model, [9] with whom he has since had a child, Tyler Lee.[9] He and his family live in a 6,000-square-foot house in Orange County when he is not on tour.[10] Bennington made a cameo in the film Crank.[11] He is also an avid tattoo enthusiast.[10] In addition to sporting many tattoos and piercings all over his body, he has done work with Club Tattoo, a tattoo parlor in Tempe, Arizona. The parlor has received recognition from many magazines such as College Affair and Skateboard Mag, while also spawning an art show in New York City.[12][13]

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)

Featured

  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 2004)
  4. "Karma Killer" - Cyclefly (Release in 2002)
  5. "System" - Written by Jonathan Davis of Korn (Release in 2002)
  6. "Walking Dead" - DJ Z-Trip (Release in 2005)
  7. "Rock 'N' Roll (Could Never Hip-Hop Like This) Part 2" - Handsome Boy Modeling School (Release in 2004)
  8. "Technical Difficulties" - Julien-K

Image gallery


Bennington performing live

Bennington at MTV Asia Aid in Bangkok, Thailand

Bennington at MTV Asia Aid in Bangkok, Thailand


References

1. ^ Apar, Corey, Chester Bennington | Biography, mtv.com, Retrieved on June 27, 2007.
2. ^ Bradenton Herald, Bradenton: Mo' Money Mo' Problems (August 13, 2004), Linkin Park Association; retrieved on June 27, 2007.
3. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine, Linkin Park - Biography (March 14, 2002), The Linkin Park Times; retrieved on June 24, 2007.
4. ^ USRN, Linkin Park's Bennington Suffering From Bite (August 13, 2001); retrieved on June 24, 2007.
5. ^ Warner Bros. Records, "The Making of Meteora" (2003) [DVD]; released on March 25, 2003.
6. ^ USRN, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Doing Fine (July, 11, 2003), Yahoo! Music; retrieved on June 24, 2007.
7. ^ The Official Linkin Park YouTube Channel, Chester's Broken Arm (October 17, 2007), YouTube, Retrieved on October 17, 2007.
8. ^ Montgomery, James, Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight Preview: Nu-Metallers Grow Up (May 7, 2007), MTV News; retrieved on June 24, 2007.
9. ^ Chester Bennington Profile, celebritywonder.com; retrieved on June 27, 2007.
10. ^ Kushner, David, Linkin Park's Mysterious Cyberstalker (May 15, 2007), Wired magazine; retrieved on June 27, 2007.
11. ^ McKenzie, Shawn, Crank Review (September 2, 2006), Entertain Your Brain!; retrieved on June 24, 2007.
12. ^ Brink, etnies and Chester Bennington Launch Club Tattoo Collaboration with Exclusive Art Show in NYC! (March 21, 2007); retrieved on June 24, 2007.
13. ^ ClubTattoo.com, Press Room; retrieved on June 24, 2007.

External links

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Chester Bennington Rob Bourdon Brad Delson Dave "Phoenix" Farrell Joe Hahn Mike Shinoda
Discography
Studio albums: Hybrid Theory Meteora Minutes to Midnight
Other releases: Hybrid Theory EP Reanimation Live in Texas Collision Course
Singles
"One Step Closer" "Crawling" "Papercut" "In the End" "Pts.OF.Athrty" "Frgt/10" "Somewhere I Belong" "Faint" "Numb" "From the Inside" "Lying From You" "Breaking the Habit" "Numb/Encore" "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" "What I've Done" "Bleed It Out" "Shadow of the Day"
Other notable songs
"A Place for My Head" "Cure for the Itch" "It's Goin' Down" "P5hng Me A*wy"
Videography
Frat Party at the Pankake Festival The Making of Meteora Live in Texas Breaking the Habit Collision Course Minutes to Midnight
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Dead By Sunrise Fort Minor Grey Daze Julien-K Linkin Park Underground Machine Shop Recordings Music for Relief Projekt Revolution Relative Degree Styles of Beyond Tasty Snax Xero


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