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Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has committed suicide
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sixteen-bit
Member
RIP
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
It was the Bush era. A lot of young people needed LP.
Kayo Police
Member
I grew up listening to and loving his band. I still occasionally listen to their songs.
RIP
Linkin Park gets a lot of shit around here and the internet in general, they're basically a 'teenage emo' meme to a bunch of people. If they helped any young people work through feelings of depression and give them an outlet for those feelings, they've done good. Mental health and suicide is one of the most alarming problems thats getting bigger and bigger. It's not a sexy right or left wing issue so its not getting the attention it needs.
Linkin Park gets a lot of shit around here and the internet in general, they're basically a 'teenage emo' meme to a bunch of people. If they helped any young people work through feelings of depression and give them an outlet for those feelings, they've done good. Mental health and suicide is one of the most alarming problems thats getting bigger and bigger. It's not a sexy right or left wing issue so its not getting the attention it needs.
Karspankey
Banned
I really loved his contributions to bands like STP. I was sad to see him leave the band before they recorded an LP, but his reasons to leave were understandable. He wanted to spend more time with Linkin Park and more importantly, his family. Seeing the news now, I can't help but think back to that and also how long he was thinking about doing it. Depression is invisible, yet one of the greatest threats to many people. Many condolences to his family.
They were. They may be the most annoying celebrity news team on the planet, but they are surprisingly very, very good at what they do, which gives me little reason to doubt the validity of this report.
https://youtu.be/CgwL14IDDJY
A performance he dedicated to Chris a couple months back, this is terrible.
A performance he dedicated to Chris a couple months back, this is terrible.
markhimself46
Member
I know they are almost always right when it comes to this kind of news, but Linkin Park's twitter tweeted this just three hours ago:
@linkinpark
https://twitter.com/linkinpark/status/888066433438990336
Ugh I know I'm grasping, but I feel like they wouldn't have tweeted anything at all. I hope this is somehow not true. So heartbreaking
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Awful news. Condolences to his bandmates and family. Wasn't this just after Chris Cornell from Soundgarden hung himself too a month back?
Christ, talk about eerie coincidences...
Christ, talk about eerie coincidences...
I barely listen to LP these days, but fuck I grew up listening to them, first band I trully cared about back in the day. Chester's hair in the "Crawling" video made me start to care about my own hair, using products and shit, it was that awesome.
what the fuck.....what. the. fuck.
what the fuck.....what. the. fuck.
WHAAAAAT
Not even that long after Cornell's death too, fuck
R.I.P.
it's very likely chester killed himself because of cornell.
the two were decently close (I've seen talk that one of them was godfather to the other's child)
today is chris' birthday
and the suicide method is the same, hanging.
chester was really sad after the loss of his friend, and while he was able to cope when it happened, the depression likely caught up with him as he realized it was his friends birthday and....
just... so fucking depressed right now.
I know they are almost always right when it comes to this kind of news, but Linkin Park's twitter tweeted this just three hours ago:
@linkinpark
https://twitter.com/linkinpark/status/888066433438990336
Ugh I know I'm grasping, but I feel like they wouldn't have tweeted anything at all. I hope this is somehow not true. So heartbreaking
These tweets are probably made by a separate team that has no direct relation to any of the band members.
I'd love for it to not be true, but...
victreeb3l
Member
Dude WHAT THE FUCK. NOOOOO
Fuck man. RIP
Fuck man. RIP
half a moon
Banned
RIP
Sun Bather
Member
I know they are almost always right when it comes to this kind of news, but Linkin Park's twitter tweeted this just three hours ago:
@linkinpark
https://twitter.com/linkinpark/status/888066433438990336
Ugh I know I'm grasping, but I feel like they wouldn't have tweeted anything at all. I hope this is somehow not true. So heartbreaking
Whoever runs that shit probably runs about 10 bands twitter accounts, and doesn't get sensitive info like this.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
I know they are almost always right when it comes to this kind of news, but Linkin Park's twitter tweeted this just three hours ago:
@linkinpark
https://twitter.com/linkinpark/status/888066433438990336
Ugh I know I'm grasping, but I feel like they wouldn't have tweeted anything at all. I hope this is somehow not true. So heartbreaking
If it was fake they would have came out and said it by now to stop it from spreading so fast. Everyone else is picking it up as a source as well.
Khrysler Jerikho
Member
Why is everything so heavy?
K Clue iXi
Member
So sad, rest in peace Chester!
Lord British
Member
Jesus fucking christ this is terrible.
I know they are almost always right when it comes to this kind of news, but Linkin Park's twitter tweeted this just three hours ago:
@linkinpark
https://twitter.com/linkinpark/status/888066433438990336
Ugh I know I'm grasping, but I feel like they wouldn't have tweeted anything at all. I hope this is somehow not true. So heartbreaking
That was 3 hours ago. TMZ is reporting they found him dead round 9am.
Vampirolol
Member
This is so sad, I can't believe it. My brother went to a concert weeks ago. I saw a video of Chester singing Strangelove by Depeche Mode last month. Can't believe he's gone.
I know they are almost always right when it comes to this kind of news, but Linkin Park's twitter tweeted this just three hours ago:
@linkinpark
https://twitter.com/linkinpark/status/888066433438990336
Ugh I know I'm grasping, but I feel like they wouldn't have tweeted anything at all. I hope this is somehow not true. So heartbreaking
The news is less than an hour old. It's entirely possible that TMZ found out around the same time the rest of the band did.
RIP Chester :'(
I stopped liking Linkin Park like 15 years ago, but Hybrid Theory was definitely an album that changed my life - arguably the first band and album I liked outside my parents' musical influence. It was the soundtrack (for a very small while) to my teenage, hormone-fueled revolution. It kickstarted the musical journey I'm still on - and while my musical tastes have changed, LP remains an important band to me.
I stopped liking Linkin Park like 15 years ago, but Hybrid Theory was definitely an album that changed my life - arguably the first band and album I liked outside my parents' musical influence. It was the soundtrack (for a very small while) to my teenage, hormone-fueled revolution. It kickstarted the musical journey I'm still on - and while my musical tastes have changed, LP remains an important band to me.
well beyond that
the tweet was 3 hours ago.
3 hours ago it was before 9am in California meaning it would before the reported time that his body was found :/
i Stop being their fans long time ago, but still listen some songs from "live in texas"(one of the best Live album)
maybe
after all, today is cornell's birthday
maybe
after all, today is cornell's birthday
Sky Interloper
Member
Goddamn. And he was so young, too.
I can't even imagine what is going on with his friends and family.
I can't even imagine what is going on with his friends and family.
Shadow Puppetry
Member
Fuck, was going to their concert in Fresno too.
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