After the death of a musician, it is customary to talk about his role in culture. However, everything is different in the case of Chester Bennington, whose legacy turned out to be more valuable, more necessary and more important not for abstract culture, and for the set specific people around.
Connected with Linkin Park and Bennington, everyone who grew up at the beginning of the 2000s should have memories: seeing a strange video with robots on MTV, how you danced with a girl to "My December", how you yearned to "Breaking the Habit", how you shook your head furiously to "From the inside". Whether you were a fan of punk rock or rap, an excellent student or a raver from the gateway - they still overtook you and remained with you forever.
The first six notes of “Numb”, the line “It starts with…” at the beginning of “In the End”, the drawling “Take everything” before the explosive climax of “From the Inside” - you can’t just part with this, it’s already forever in your head. It's like Lagutenko's drawling "leak away" or the opening chords to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - moments of catharsis and shock that have shaped the consciousness of thousands and thousands.
"Breaking the Habit"
How not to throw away the fact that the same thousands of Bennington's songs helped to survive some especially unpleasant moments in life. Hero of Linkin Park songs with his eternal struggle with himself, his demons and addictions, internal strife, difficult memories, turned out to be someone with whom every second person could associate himself. When you are 14 years old, you are restless and everything seems to be against you, you need to rely on something. The first two Linkin Park albums have become such a mainstay for many: it's amazing how different people on Thursday evening they admitted that it was under those songs that their youth-youth passed; how many people just because of Bennington decided to play music themselves, rose to their feet in a dreary time, how many people writing about music became interested in music after the “Numb” video on MTV - even if only a quarter of this stream of memories is true, it’s still amazing.
Interestingly, several people said at once yesterday: "When you listened to them, you felt cool." For many, Linkin Park turned out to be an alternative to factory pop culture and glamorous rap. Over time, many began to feel embarrassed about this coolness - so Linkin Park gradually turned into a guilty pleasure, a group for non-public consumption.
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5 out of 5Nu-metal and heavy alternative by the time of the release of the second and main album of the group "Meteora" had become a laughing stock with Fred Durst at the head. Linkin Park extended the life of the dying genre. They succeeded because they were just trying to avoid the stereotypes of the style to which they were attributed. Instead of obscene roar - subtle lyrics and catchy melodies, instead of preoccupied masculine maximalism - sincere introspection, instead of a lax and deliberately dirty sound - filigree production. But the main thing is the voice: either vulnerable with a slight hoarseness, or heart-rending and hysterical. Bennington's vocal parts are either a prayer or a cry of a confused person. He sang about the hatred of others, personal troubles, alcohol and drug addiction, the desire to find his own and calm down.
While Chester Bennington sang songs that a generation grew up with, he didn't become an icon like Kurt Cobain or a dark genius like Thom Yorke. He was seen as another good rock singer. Although he has been playing and singing for 14 years in a completely different way and can do it in different ways. He replaced exiled Scott Wayland at the Stone Temple Pilots. He sang along with Santana and Ray Manzarek. He eventually had solo project Dead by Sunrise - not the most grasping, but interesting alt-rock. His main band hasn't played nu metal for a long time. The current Linkin Park compose topical pop music in the company of Stormzy and Pusha T - and now they are accused of lightness. Bennington was very worried and reacted sharply to the criticism of the last album.
The fate of Chester Bennington, many could envy, but in vain. He was a successful performer with tens of millions of albums sold, his songs brought up and saved a lot of people - but many of these songs were then embarrassed, and their albums were heard aloud in last years only criticized. He helped others cope with troubles, but he himself fought desperately and not always successfully with his failures: a bunch of concert injuries, poor eyesight, illness, addiction - all this haunted Bennington constantly. At the same time, he could, having fallen on the stage and received a fracture, continue to sing - this was also an overcoming, a victory over himself. But, as it turned out, saving others, he could not save himself.
Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington perform "Hunger Strike". It was originally recorded by Cornell and the leader of another grunge band, Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, and is dedicated to the memory of Andrew Wood, a member of the alternative Seattle band Mother Love Bone, who died of an overdose.
Bennington was friends with Chris Cornell of Soundgarden. Together they performed "Hunger Strike" in memory of Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood - Bennington sang in place of Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, but didn't look like a rookie called to sing with the big uncles. Cornell was friends with Wood, and Bennington had a very close relationship with Cornell himself - among other things, he was godfather his children. In May, when Chris committed suicide, Bennington sang Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at his funeral. “You have constantly inspired me without even realizing it,” he wrote in an open letter at the time.
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Soloist and guitarist popular group Linkin Park, American musician Chester Bennington was found dead at his residence. He died at the age of 42.
The band's lead singer Chester Bennington was found dead at his California residence in Palos Verdes Estates, which is located near Los Angeles. As it turned out, the musician committed suicide. Police officers found his body on the morning of Thursday, July 20. The artist turned 41 in the spring.
The Los Angeles County coroner confirmed the musician's death. Coroner's spokesman Brian Elias said Bennington's death is being investigated as "an obvious suicide, but no additional information No".
Chris Cornell of the band Soundgarden was a friend of Bennington; after Cornell's suicide in May 2017, the musician played at his funeral.
Chester Bennington's death coincided with Cornell's birth date.
Chester Bennington was born in 1976 in Arizona, he has been fond of music since childhood; his favorite bands at the time were Depeche Mode and Stone Temple Pilots - he dreamed of being a member of the latter when he grew up. When Bennington was 11 years old, his parents divorced and he began to use drugs, but he was able to overcome addiction - thanks to his mother, who once simply closed him at home - and in later interviews, already known, he condemned drug addiction.
Chester Bennington began his musical career 2 times. After leaving school, he worked a little at Burger King, then became the vocalist of Sean Dowdell and His Friends, recorded 3 tracks with her, and then, together with the founder of this team, created the group Gray Daze, which played in the post-grunge style. With Gray Daze, things went better, the musicians recorded 3 albums, but they did not reach special heights, and Bennington quit - at his own request, hoping to meet someone more successful.
And so it happened. Just at that moment, the young Californian band Xero was looking for a new vocalist. Bennington signed up for an audition, his vocals were liked by the rest of the band, and he was accepted.
True, at the beginning, the musician had to go through with new colleagues approximately the same path as in the previous group - the deal with the record company fell through, and only thanks to the efforts of producer Jeff Blue they were able to agree with Warner Bros. Release notes debut album.
True, at that time the group was looking not only for a recording contract, but also for a new name for the group. The musicians decided to abandon Xero when the previous soloist left, the option with Hybrid Theory did not work - the British electronics from the Hybrid group even managed to accuse them of plagiarism, although the former Xero did not look exactly in the direction of electronic music. The band's new name came from a newly hired Chester Bennington, who walked to the studio across Lincoln Park in Santa Monica. Well, then the case intervened - the domain of the same name on the network was already taken, the band members played a little with phonetics and the result was Linkin Park. This domain turned out to be free.
Chester Bennington has been a fixture on all of Linkin Park's albums, from 2000's "Hybrid Theory" to its release in May this year. one more Light.
Together with the group, the musician received awards - 2 Grammys (and 4 more nominations), as well as a dozen prizes from MTV. The artist acted in films - in his short filmography there are 2 parts of the action movie "Adrenaline" and the horror film "Saw 3D". Bennington managed to fulfill his childhood dream - he sang with the Stone Temple Pilots group, collaborated with other musicians of the group. Linkin leader Park confirmed his bandmate's passing and said he was "shocked and heartbroken" with an official statement to be released at a later date.
The musicians expressed their condolences in connection with the death of Chester Bennington groups Imagine Dragons and One Republic, and TV host Jimmy Kimmell. Fans of the group leave records on social networks: they cannot believe what happened.
Chester Bennington, who joined Linkin Park as the 2nd vocalist, became the link between the grunge era and modern commercial rock for the band. Despite the fact that Linkin Park was a production project, Chester Bennington remained the nerve of the team, for which crowds of people came to the band's concerts. Even while performing pop hits like "Rolling in the Deep Adele Chester Bennington continues to be 'her boyfriend' people's artist, which expresses the aspirations of the public in such a way that the bitterness at the exit is replaced by appeasement.
Chester Charles Bennington - American musician, who received the greatest popularity as the vocalist of "Linkin Park". Winner of two Grammy awards.
Hard childhood
The future musician was born on March 20, 1976 in the city of Phoenix, located in US state Arizona. His father was a child abuse cop and his mother was a nurse. Chester's passion for music began in early age; his first idols were Depeche Mode and Stone Temple Pilots. 
The boy's parents divorced shortly after he was 11 years old. Chester took this news very hard, began to appear less often at school and became addicted to drugs. By a somewhat frightening coincidence, Bennington's story largely repeats the biography of musician Chris Cornell, his close friend, who was also worried about his parents' divorce and was addicted to cocaine, and in 2017 he hanged himself.
Studying in regular high school(first in Phoenix, then in Washington, where he and his mother moved after the divorce), Chester abused marijuana, alcohol and LSD. Being thin and strange, according to peers, teenagers, he was often subjected to physical violence: “I was beaten like a rag doll because I was skinny and different from others.”
In one of the interviews, the musician admitted that at the age of 7 he was raped by a friend who was several years older than him. This continued until he was 13. Chester did not seek help because he was afraid that he would be called gay or, worse, not be believed. Later, he nevertheless revealed the name of the offender to his father, but insisted that he not make the case public.
The tense atmosphere at home and constant bullying drove the young man crazy. He felt that a little more - and he would kill someone and start running. To cope with emotions, he began to draw and write poetry. Many of them later formed the basis of the songs of the world famous group. 
When Bennington was seventeen, his mother caught him using drugs and he left home. To pay the rent for his new home, he took a job at a restaurant. fast food Burger King.
Passion for music. Birth of Linkin Park
Despite his drug problems, Bennington never forgot his childhood dream of becoming a rock star. In 1993, he became the vocalist of the group Gray Daze, which after a while became quite popular in Phoenix. However, Bennington felt out of place in it and decided to leave the group in the late 90s due to creative differences. 
In 1996, Chester moved to Los Angeles, where he joined the Xero rock band founded by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson. Shortly after Bennington became the band's primary vocalist, it was renamed "Hybrid Theory". However, aspiring musicians had problems with the Hybrid team, who accused them of plagiarism.
Evolution of Linkin Park (1996 - 2017)
It was Chester who came up with a different name - "Lincoln Park" (in honor of the park of the same name in Santa Monica, which he often visited), but due to the fact that the corresponding domain was occupied, the group became known as "Linkin Park".
worldwide popularity
After repeated rejections from various studios and the emergence of a rather impressive fan base, the musicians of Linkin Park still managed to sign a contract with Warner Bros and release their debut album Hybrid Theory in 2000. It was a huge success and received the status of a multi-platinum record, as well as the title of the best-selling debut album of the decade. 
The group's unique style, which combined rock, rap and electronic music, made "Linkin Park" one of the most popular bands of the beginning of the new millennium. The piercing vocals of Chester Bennington became calling card groups.
Linkin Park
Outside of Linkin Park, Bennington worked on the side project Dead by Sunrise (founded in 2005) with musicians Amir Derakh and Ryan Shaq. The band's first album, Out Of Ashes, was released in 2009.
In 2013 from Stone bands Temple Pilots, of which Chester has been a fan since childhood, the vocalist has left. The musicians invited Bennington to take his place. He performed with his idols for half a year, performing their old songs in his corporate identity. He also participated in the recording of their new album "High Rise".
Chester Bennington in movies
In 2006, the musician appeared with a cameo (played himself) in the film Adrenaline with Jason Statham, and in 2009 in its sequel. In the first part, he played a visitor to a pharmacy; in the second part, he can be seen among the spectators at the hippodrome."Adrenalin". Scene with Chester Bennington
In the horror film "Saw 3D" (2010), he played the unsuccessful racist Evan, who, along with his friend and girlfriend, was waiting for death in a scrap yard.
Personal life of Chester Bennington
From 1994 to 1995, Chester Bennington, yesterday's schoolboy, dated a girl named Yelka Brand. After the breakup, she gave birth to a son, Jamie (born 1996), from a musician. In 2006 he adopted her younger son Isaiah.In October 1996, he married Samantha Olit. It was that ill-fated period when Chester worked at Burger King and lived on miserable pennies. The newlyweds had no money for wedding rings, and they had to tattoo them on their ring fingers.
In the photo: Chester Bennington with his second wife, Talinda Bentley
In 2005, six months after the divorce, the musician married Talinda, who bore him three children: son Tyler (born in 2006) and twins Lily and Lila (born in 2011).
Although the musician overcame drug addiction, one addiction was replaced by another - he began to abuse alcohol. In 2011, he quit, stating that he could not stand the man he had become.
Death of Chester Bennington
On July 20, 2017, it became known that Chester Bennington hanged himself - on the 53rd birthday of his friend Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden, who committed suicide two months earlier. Chester was found at his home in Los Angeles. "It's shocking, heartbreaking, but it's true," Mike Shinoda tweeted. After 9 days, the musician was buried in California, in the South Coast Botanic Garden. 
When Chester Bennington committed suicide, fans around the world couldn't believe it had happened. Now, a year later, many of them have started talking about mental health and how important it is to recognize anxiety symptoms in yourself or your loved ones in time.
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Death of Chester
A year ago, on July 20, Chester Bennington committed suicide. The musician was found dead at his home in Los Angeles. This happened two months after the death of his friend Chris Cornell, the frontman of the band Soundgarden, who also committed suicide.
The first that Bennington committed suicide by hanging,. This source, known for its "yellow" materials, was not immediately believed on the network. Later that day, Linkin Park bandmate Mike Shinoda confirmed Chester Bennington's death on Twitter. The police also confirmed the suicide.
The death of Chester Bennington was a great shock to his wife and six children. And also for the members of Linkin Park, who had a group event scheduled for July 20 and planned to go on tour in a week.
Bennington's wife and mental health talk
After the incident, neither the Bennington family nor the Linkin Park musicians spoke of condemning Chester's act. On the contrary, relatives of the musician shared memories that Bennington had suffered from depression all his life and.
In how Bennington's children, as well as the musician's fans around the world, perceived the musician's death, important role played by his wife Talinda. She openly raised the topics of mental health and the importance of taking care of it.
“When we met, me and Chester - each in our own way - were emotionally unhealthy. He fought depression drug addiction and two more things that I had never encountered before. I also had my own difficulties, and each of us dealt with them in our own way. For 12 years life together we grew up together, and over time, I came to understand that mental health needs to be taken care of in the same way as physical health.
“Chester suffered from depression since childhood, this problem was not solved. He had childhood traumas that many people deal with. But as he continued on his way, they turned into a disaster. And until the very moment of death, to be normal and just happy - it was hard work for him.
According to Talinda, last time she saw Chester on a family trip. Her husband had to return home early to start working with Linkin Park: "He was very happy that they were working on a new album, and said goodbye to me and the children with a kiss." After his departure, Talinda received a call about the death of her husband.
“The phone call I received the next day changed my life and the lives of my children…I knew I had to go home, where my husband committed suicide. And I had to pull myself together for the sake of the children, because they would react to what was happening in the same way as I did. And that was the beginning of my journey, which is my mental health stabilization work.”
After the death of Chester Bennington, Talinda created an initiative to talk about mental health. She founded a resource called Campaign to Change Direction, not only for those who are experiencing emotional discomfort, but also for family members and friends who are looking for answers to questions about this disorder and how to support a loved one.
Group
Nearly a year after Chester's death, Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda released a solo album, Post Traumatic. In it, the musician spoke about his feelings after the death of a close friend and colleague of Bennington.
“This is a journey out of sadness and darkness, not into sadness and darkness. If anyone has been through this, I hope you don't feel alone."
On the anniversary of Chester Bennington's death, Linkin Park musicians Joe Hahn, Brad Delson, Rob Bourdon, David Farrell and Mike Shinoda posted their message on social media.
“To our brother Chester. It's been a year since you left us - it's been a surreal streak of grief broken heart, denial and acceptance. And it still seems that you are near, surrounding us with your memories and light. Your one-of-a-kind soul was the author of indelible imprints on our hearts - these are our jokes, our joy and our sensitivity. Eternally grateful for the love, life, and creative passion you shared with us and the world. We miss you more than words can express."
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Soloist famous group Linkin Park was found dead at his home in Los Angeles. The cause of Chester Bennington's death is not completely clear and leaves many questions for fans of his work.
Chester Charles Bennington was born on March 20, 1976 in Phoenix (Arizona, USA) in the family of a police officer and a nurse who, after a divorce in 1987, divided the children. The future illustrious frontman stayed with his father.
It is not known how old he was when he tried it, but before the age of seventeen the young man tried all kinds of drugs. When he came to his mother as an exhausted drug addict, she put the young man under house arrest. Drug addiction was replaced by another addiction - alcohol.
Another passion was tattoos, with which he “hammered” his skin on his chest, back and arms. Among artistic images his zodiac sign (Pisces), the name of the group, their last wife initials and initials of all children.
First musical instrument which he managed to master - the piano. The guy got to play different instruments but it was the vocals that drew me in the most. The singer's track record in his youth included participation in local amateur groups, but fame came only in 1992 with the addition of Gray Daze.
Performances as part of Gray Daze continued until the group broke up, after which Bennington moved to the Xero group, which, after two subsequent name changes, became known as Linkin Park. The current name comes from a specific location on the map - Lincoln Park in Santa Monica. Together with this team total seven albums were released, and after his death, a Live version of the last one, One More Light, was released.
October 13, 2009 saw the world Chester Bennington's solo record "Dead By Sunrise", work on which lasted for three years.
Why did Chester die?
On July 20, 2017, Linkin Park lead singer Chester Charles Bennington was found dead in own house. He committed suicide by hanging without leaving suicide note. There was a bottle of alcohol on the table. Doctors who examined the body of the deceased, stated the absence of drugs in his blood.
It is noteworthy that Bennington died on the birthday of his friend, who also died by suicide two months earlier, Chris Cornell. After the death of the latter, the lead singer of Linkin Park wrote a touching letter expressing grief for the departed friend. “I can't imagine life without you,” he wrote in his message. There is a version that this is one of the reasons for the decision to voluntarily die.
Friends of the vocalist and musicians with whom he worked told about what could have pushed him to commit suicide. The first thing they mention is addiction to alcohol and drugs. The struggle with addictions took place with varying success. For some time, due to alcohol, the frontman even moved in his bus, separately from the rest of the musicians.
He himself mentioned that he sometimes thought about killing himself, motivating such thoughts with childhood trauma: at a very young age, the guy was bullied by an adult.
There is also information that Lately Chester Bennington was in a state of prolonged depression. According to his producer, the singer “gave too much to the public”, gave everything he could, and when the public demanded more, he simply broke down, could not withstand the pressure.
Family
Chester Bennington has been married twice in his life. He met his first wife, Samantha, before he became famous. At that time, he worked at Burger King during the day, and in the evening he sang in a band, using a skateboard as a means of transportation, since there was no money even for a cheap car. This relationship lasted from 1996 to 2005. A son was born in marriage, who, after a divorce, remained with his mother.
The singer's two older children were born out of wedlock in a relationship with Elka Brand. He even adopted her youngest son. 
The last marriage was concluded in 2005 with Talinda Ann Bentley, former model male Playboy magazine who bore him three children (a son and two daughters).
Parting
After such a terrible news, the band canceled their planned tour, and in social network a letter from musicians to the deceased appeared, expressing sorrow and gratitude for the fact that he was present in the life of each of them. Fans from all over the world expressed their support and condolences to friends and family. 
When died legendary soloist known and popular all over the world of the group, hundreds of fans rushed to his house with flowers, photographs and candles in their hands in order to honor his memory. After him there was a voice, there was music that will live forever. His life story is the story of how he died talented person by losing his war with reality.
