Celebrity Death: Chester Bennington

[BonMorrison]

Jesus Christ. RIP. I'm not big into LP anymore but as a 13 year old, they were a big reason why I got into music. Horrible news.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/20/linkin-park-singer-chester-bennington-dead-commits-suicide/

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[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Wow this was out of left field

 

[Mrb1p]

Is this reliable? Tmz?

 

[John Price]

RIP.

TMZ is usually pretty reliable.

 

[BonMorrison]

^It's been announced on multiple other sources since I posted, it's real.

 

[Afino]

Regardless of your opinions about LP, Chester was a talented dude. RIP.

 

[Terry Yake]

holy crap

he and chris cornell were good friends and he performed at cornell's funeral a few months back. awful, awful news

like many other teens in the early 2000s, i listened to a lot of LP so this really sucks to hear. RIP

 

[Plural]

I echo the OP. As a teen I was a fan but haven't listened LP for a long time. Sad news. RIP.

 

[BonMorrison]

I had tickets to see them in August and I was really looking forward to it, I never got to see LP as a teen and this was gonna be the first time.

 

[Qurpiz]

Hybrid Theory was huge for me. Others too.

Talented singer. Sad.

 

[PBandJ]

LP was one of the first harder rock bands I got into on my way into my current music taste.

This sucks.

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

LP were a massive band when I was a kid. RIP

 

[Mrb1p]

I had tickets to see them in August and I was really looking forward to it, I never got to see LP as a teen and this was gonna be the first time.

I saw them in 03 and they were amazing as far as I can remember.

 

[Hammettf2b]

I saw them in 03 and they were amazing as far as I can remember.

Same, I saw them with Metallica on the Summer Sanitarium tour and they kicked ass. Fast forward to a couple of years ago though, not so much.

 

[H3ckt1k]

First celeb death that's actually hit me. I looked up to him when I was younger, loved linkin park. Rip.

 

[Seb]

Sad

Was it known that he had trouble?

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

RIP

Thanks for being one of the voices of my youth

 

[belair]

Never been a fan by any means but it's always tragic seeing a young person leave far too early. I can also empathize with the fans after being so affected after Cornell's passing.

RIP

 

[The Noot]

LP has been the butt of millions of jokes, including many of mine. Joke's on us, they greatly influenced an entire generation of rock and metal listeners, wether we like to admit it or not.

An incredibly talented man has left the building. RIP.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Damn. This one hurts

 

[Puckstop40]

I was seeing them in September. Stunned to hear this. Chester was amazing. Hybrid Theory and Meteora will always be some of the best music I have ever heard.

 

[DeYarmond Edison]

So ****ed up. Definitely my favorite band in elementary school.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I still listen to Hybrid, Meteora, and Minutes to Midnight from time to time. This was a shock.

 

[Unholy]

Damn

I was at that perfect age when Hybrid came out. Never got to see them live.

I know what I am listening to today. RIP

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I too listened to LP all the time in high school

RIP