R.I.P Chester Benningtion from Linkin Park

[e30davie]

The live in Texas DVD is quite good.

[supermansocks95]

Hybrid Theory and Meteora were the first two albums I ever had on my first MP3 player in elementary school. It's music that I can always listen to. Their album with Jay-Z and the Reanimation album are sick. They're my favorite band of all time and I've wanted to go to one of their concerts for years. What sucks even more is my girlfriend told me that she was looking at getting tickets to one of their concerts for our two-year in December :( I don't really like their new stuff, but any songs from the first two albums would've sufficed... I Prevail better be damn good live to be able to fill that void...

[2mAn]

[Exodus_2pt0]

This put a smile on my face so I thought I'd share.

Gotta tip my hat to the guy put the time in to make this.

[bmwm42]

Matts crys for attention are pathetic at best

[ELVA164]

well someone bought the mannequin. sorry guys

"Someone"

Uh huh.

[Matt-B]

well someone bought the mannequin. sorry guys

[MR E30 325is]

Not to get extra personal, but speaking from experience...I wouldn't wish this shit on anyone. Ever. It's like you wake up and every day is worst than the last. I know what I have going on through my head and can only imagine what was going through Chester's.

Sorry to hear that Brother.

Not to get overly personal either, but if you ever need to chat, let me know.

[ELVA164]

Not to get extra personal, but speaking from experience...I wouldn't wish this shit on anyone. Ever. It's like you wake up and every day is worst than the last. I know what I have going on through my head and can only imagine what was going through Chester's.

:( Sorry to hear that, Austin.

[e30austin]

Wow, that's such a candid interview. I can't imagine what living like that must be like.

Not to get extra personal, but speaking from experience...I wouldn't wish this shit on anyone. Ever. It's like you wake up and every day is worst than the last. I know what I have going on through my head and can only imagine what was going through Chester's.

[Das Delfin]

re: that interview clip

that whole explanation was in reference to only two lines from a song.. obvs something huge to him that he needed to talk about with someone.. anyone

It's hard to know what he's talking about without going through it yourself. He's leaving a lot of details out you just have to know first hand to be able to piece together. The moments of clarity he's talking about are harder to have as an adult so I can understand why he was frustrated with his own mind.

Meteora was one of the first CD's I bought, as a 13 year old kid. At the time I thought the lyrics were just teenage angst or about a manipulative ex girlfriend but I suppose it was more than that.

Any time you put that much pain in the public eye you're going to exact extreme reactions.. mental illness and its inverse association to "being a man" is a huge taboo in the western world. He's brave for trying to be honest about it.

[Matt-B]

if you think this thread is bad, pop over to PNW chat. Trying to get some 70 yr old guy on CL to reveal if he has made sticky with his daughter

[ELVA164]

Wow, that's such a candid interview. I can't imagine what living like that must be like.

[GunnarE30]

It is unfortunate to see some of the derogatory comments finding their way into this thread. We all have the right to say what we want, but I believe there is a time and place for that....and reflecting on a singer/musician death by suicide is not one of those times. Show some decency or take it to FaceBook where such banter flourishes daily (and why I don't visit FB any more these days).

I was an LP fan during their early years (first 2 albums)....their sound and style was unique to anything else getting air time on the radio and I was really drawn to it. I had read/heard about some of Chester's demons that made its way to the public eye.....the drugs, the drinking, the abuse as a child. Very sad and disturbing. Since his passing, I've spent some time on YouTube watching and listening to LP songs and interviews. Chris Cornell's death really hit Chester hard and I believe that was the tipping point that has brought us where we are today. Below is a recent interview clip I found of Chester with some radio DJ. Chester's comments about his mental health is very eye opening and I found it troubling that the DJ just laughed at it. To me, what Chester was saying was almost like a plead for help. He was in a very bad place mentally....and this was before his friend Chris Cornell killed himself. Suicide is no joke and if any of us know of a family member, a friend, or a colleague from work making comments about their current state of well being or mood that make you feel concerned, reach out and try to offer some help. Depression is a disease none of us can readily see but there are ways of spotting it if you really open your EARS and EYES.

Wow. That's insane. He seriously just said that there is something in him that makes him want to kill himself and the dj didn't pick up on it. Had I seen that or heard it even before he did it, it would've thrown red flags.

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[Jon325i]

It is unfortunate to see some of the derogatory comments finding their way into this thread. We all have the right to say what we want, but I believe there is a time and place for that....and reflecting on a singer/musician death by suicide is not one of those times. Show some decency or take it to FaceBook where such banter flourishes daily (and why I don't visit FB any more these days).

I was an LP fan during their early years (first 2 albums)....their sound and style was unique to anything else getting air time on the radio and I was really drawn to it. I had read/heard about some of Chester's demons that made its way to the public eye.....the drugs, the drinking, the abuse as a child. Very sad and disturbing. Since his passing, I've spent some time on YouTube watching and listening to LP songs and interviews. Chris Cornell's death really hit Chester hard and I believe that was the tipping point that has brought us where we are today. Below is a recent interview clip I found of Chester with some radio DJ. Chester's comments about his mental health is very eye opening and I found it troubling that the DJ just laughed at it. To me, what Chester was saying was almost like a plead for help. He was in a very bad place mentally....and this was before his friend Chris Cornell killed himself. Suicide is no joke and if any of us know of a family member, a friend, or a colleague from work making comments about their current state of well being or mood that make you feel concerned, reach out and try to offer some help. Depression is a disease none of us can readily see but there are ways of spotting it if you really open your EARS and EYES.