thesaucetastic
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I'm really bummed about this. 
May he rest in peace.
May he rest in peace.
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Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has committed suicide
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Yeah I understand that and I know that's reality. I wasn't like angry at people asking them this early. Just saying reality sucks. To have to move on so quickly or maybe not like that really sucks.
yup, reality sucks
everyone deals with loss differently.
some people just become sad and want to curl up into a ball and wait for the sadness to pass.
some people want to get angry and that isn't wrong either.
others want to throw themselves into other things they love to help ease the pain and that isn't wrong either.
I mean is it really that crazy to think that in order to cope with the loss some of the band might want to throw themselves into what they have devoted most of their life to, to allow them to actively do something to honor chester and help deal with the loss?
I know I am typically more in the later group. When something bad happens in my life I rarely sit down for long feeling bad, I tend to just throw myself into ways to fix it or honor what I had lost.
I mean I spent a decent amount of time last night finding posts from other people about chester to post in here just to help share the honoring of his memory.
If they continue the tour, they'll most likely still cancel the first few weeks of shows.
Edit: Corey Taylor dedicated Through Glass to Chester last night, you can hear the emotion in his voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R87F9eqdiFc
Edit: Corey Taylor dedicated Through Glass to Chester last night, you can hear the emotion in his voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R87F9eqdiFc
VincentMatts
Member
St. John's Wort
If they continue the tour, they'll most likely still cancel the first few weeks of shows.
Edit: Corey Taylor dedicated Through Glass to Chester last night, you can hear the emotion in his voice.
also that one has better audio but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feo24cVzV_0 gives a much better look at how much he is hurting
Jawbreaker
Member
St. John's Wort has been shown to help in some milder cases of depression, so it's not completely unreasonable to believe it helped you. That being said, if I recall correctly, the studies aren't entirely conclusive.
Edit: See the link above.
FlaygletheBagel
Banned
I completely understand the sentiment. I'm sure everyone in the band will cope in a lot of different ways. I'm absolutely ravaged by the news myself... Linkin Park was bar none my favorite band.
What I was trying to say is that, at this point, their setlist has been rehearsed and performed under the assumption that Chester would be performing with them. For them to turn around immediately from this tragedy and bring in another vocalist to rehearse their enitre setlist with them, or retool all of their performances to adjust for Chester's absence, all within a week (not counting travel time) would be nothing short of a monumental, if not impossible task. More power to them if they're able to pull all of that off, but it doesn't seem likely.
VincentMatts
Member
Well It worked for me so im happy
Kiiaras response to Chester passing away: (She was on their last album on the song heavy)
This one broke me down.
possibly true, but I feel like the fact that they haven't outright cancelled the tour yet could be indication that they are thinking of doing it.
I never listened to LP but I've watched a few interviews yesterday and today and Chester seemed like a great guy. Very sad to see him go.
I wonder if they can just play the audio. I still want to see them, just to support the band in these awful moments. I had my tickets purchased already anyway.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
Good point. That would be very moving.
so not that it will help much with the loss but unsurprisingly LP's music is climbing up the amazon rankings.
in top selling albums in general (digitally)
one more light - 1
meterora - 6
hybrid theory - 7
minutes to midnight - 12
in digital alt rock albums
in physical cds and vinyl
in rock
I think it only indicates that a tragedy happened and that you can't instantly process it. I wouldn't read more into it than that.
in top selling albums in general (digitally)
one more light - 1
meterora - 6
hybrid theory - 7
minutes to midnight - 12
in digital alt rock albums
in physical cds and vinyl
in rock
I think it only indicates that a tragedy happened and that you can't instantly process it. I wouldn't read more into it than that.
The single baddest, fiercest, coolest singing voice of the 21st century just force quit the game of life.
Not one artist in America has been able to duplicate his skill in the last 17 years. His voice was the perfect combination of energy, fire and silk.
If only Chester knew how irreplaceable he is.
Not one artist in America has been able to duplicate his skill in the last 17 years. His voice was the perfect combination of energy, fire and silk.
If only Chester knew how irreplaceable he is.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
I haven't listened to a Linkin Park album since Minutes to Midnight, but if they continued their tour I just may actually buy a ticket and go just to show my support. I owe these guys a lot for their music getting me through my awkward teenage years.
valkillmore
Member
Damn dude the is a beautiful idea. Beautiful.
Linkin Park was huge for me when i was in high-school with their first album (Hybrid Theory).
This will not sound all that positive, but during this period i started to drink heavily and they were part of my first "drunk playlists", my girlfriend at the time (mother of my child now) gave me the record as a gift. Basically the band was part of the soundtrack of my life at that time. So many memories..
Rest in peace.
This will not sound all that positive, but during this period i started to drink heavily and they were part of my first "drunk playlists", my girlfriend at the time (mother of my child now) gave me the record as a gift. Basically the band was part of the soundtrack of my life at that time. So many memories..
Rest in peace.
yeah if they decide to continue touring I might have to get some tickets.
the closest one to me is in chicago on a monday, I happen to be flying back from scottland and will be landing at 6:15pm in chicago... wonder how stupid it would be to go to a concert an hour later >.<:
If they decide to continue with the tour, I assume the first few weeks will be canceled. The first date would have been mine.
They're in a terrible position, obviously. Some people might look down on them if they decide to continue as a band but they're a big band who are all very close and love playing music together.
I hope they decide to continue but I absolutely don't expect them to continue this tour.
On another note, they filmed an episode of the Carpool Karaoke standalone show only a few days prior to Chester's death. It should premiere in October.
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/linkin-park-chester-bennington-carpool-karaoke-1202502503/
They're in a terrible position, obviously. Some people might look down on them if they decide to continue as a band but they're a big band who are all very close and love playing music together.
I hope they decide to continue but I absolutely don't expect them to continue this tour.
On another note, they filmed an episode of the Carpool Karaoke standalone show only a few days prior to Chester's death. It should premiere in October.
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/linkin-park-chester-bennington-carpool-karaoke-1202502503/
thehypocrite
Member
The moment you realize that the one more light album was his suicide note.......
Damn....
Damn....
hmmm
eh.... Chester influenced the album but Mike wrote most of it.
beyond that Chester likely wasn't planning on killing himself while working on the album... well sort of. he does mention quite a few times in interviews he had a very "fuck the world" attitude while working on it, but he channeled that into the album and was feeling better during it.
the trigger was most likely Chris Cornell's death which occurred after the album was finished, thus it is unlikely the album was meant as a suicide note.
The Dodger's organist played Numb before their game last night.
https://twitter.com/suejo825/status/888189436789276672
https://twitter.com/suejo825/status/888189436789276672
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Man, still super sad about this. Linkin Park and Hybrid Theory/Meteora pretty much defined my teenage years, and Shadow of the Day was like, my song during my University days. And then A Thousand Suns helped me in particularly dark times in my life circa 2010 or so. The band means so much to me, and I can't see them continuing without Chester.
Saddest news of the year. Think I'm going to create a Linkin Park playlist on Spotify and listen to some of their old tunes and that'll be my way of honouring him.
Linkin Park and Hybrid Theory/Meteora pretty much defined my teenage years, and Shadow of the Day was like, my song during my University days. And then A Thousand Suns helped me in particularly dark times in my life circa 2010 or so. The band means so much to me, and I can't see them continuing without Chester.Saddest news of the year. Think I'm going to create a Linkin Park playlist on Spotify and listen to some of their old tunes and that'll be my way of honouring him.
It is quite eery how many high profile last albums we had. George Michael, Leonard Cohen, LP....
Painful to watch this. The lyrics, music, having seen it dedicated to Cornell just weeks earlier...
Got back from a day out, still in disbelief a little bit.
If they do continue the tour, there's no way in hell I'm going to miss it.
yeah... I am trying to figure out if it would be better to try to hit a concert 1 hour after I get back from an international flight, or if I should drive home, and then the next day drive 5 hours to a different location, see the concert and get home around 3am to go to work at 7am the next day >.<:
thehypocrite
Member
Maybe. However, just because Mike wrote it it doesn't mean that he wasn't putting the way Chester felt into words. Albums are a collaboration and they stressed during interviews that they wanted the album sound to fit the lyrics instead of the opposite. This was a new way to approach the process that they hadn't done before. That means to me that what they wanted to "say" took priority over everything else. He also said that the album lyrics represent the feelings he had, do you think Mike is going to betray his bro by writing things he didn't felt?
There's also the cover, there's six kinds featured in it, not confirmed to be Chester's kids, but he does have 6 offsprings. If you think about it's his explanation to them of his struggle and now his suicide.
Linkin Park was a big part of my life in my teenage years. I listened to every piece that Chester and Mike was involved in, whether it was the LP Underground tracks, Fort Minor, Dead by Sunrise, deleted / beta songs or collaborations with Busta, Jay Z and more. I was obsessed.
All I can think of now is this LP Underground song by Chester called Bubbles. It's spontaneous and puts a smile to my face.
RIP Chester. I'm going to undertake a LP marathon this weekend.
All I can think of now is this LP Underground song by Chester called Bubbles. It's spontaneous and puts a smile to my face.
RIP Chester. I'm going to undertake a LP marathon this weekend.
I got to meet them after a show in Boston. Mr Hahn gave me one of the vinyls he spun during the show and my wife and I got to talk to them and each member signed it. Chester wouldn't shake my hand because he was sick and didn't want to ruin our coming weekend by getting sick so he bowed respectfully and just talked about normal life.
I really need to get that record framed now. So fucking devastated.
I really need to get that record framed now. So fucking devastated.
This broke me
So on June 29th I attended one of LP's shows at the Bråvalla Festival in Sweden. I didnt expect much, Hybrid Theory was a huge part of my teens (as well as many others i've gathered), coming of some other lackluster performances that day. But they blew me away! Especially Chester with his Voice - I had just witnessed Glenn Danzig doing what can only be described as a car crash of a performance (especially on the voice-end) and hearing Chester's ability to perform in a setting like that in the way he did it was absolutely mind blowing. Even more impressive - They brought up a guy from a supporting band they toured with in Sweden ages and ages ago, and he sang "One Step Closer" with them on stage. The whole band seemed to have such a good time up there - Chester coming down to embrace the crowd during an encore-part of the show.
It was such a great concert overall and I left rejuvinated in the band and sure thing - i've been listening to One More Light alot since then. Its a great record.
Damn it, huge bummer. RIP Chester
It was such a great concert overall and I left rejuvinated in the band and sure thing - i've been listening to One More Light alot since then. Its a great record.
Damn it, huge bummer. RIP Chester
RipperGrim
Member
Chester didn't write any of the lyrics, they actually brought in other artists to specifically write lyrics for them for One More Ligght. Chester did go on record saying though the lyrics felt like they were written directly for him.
I mean you are free to read into things how ever you want.
I mean chester has dealt with depression most of this life and you can really go through any of the CDs and find quite a few lines that are hauntingly fitting for the current situation.
I'm personally of the opinion that if chris cornell didn't kill himself, chester would also be alive right now.
given that he killed himself after the album was finished, there is no possible way that it was a suicide note. The lyrics just fit well because chester was decently suicidal at the start of making the album but by his admission in the interviews was in a much better place after working on the album. He wanted to pour those feelings into the album, but it wasn't intended to be a suicide note. HE didn't write the songs himself, and he only helped on two of the songs. Neither of which were Heavy or One more light.
but alas that is just my interpretation of the events.
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