Today is a terrible day

CaptainRex

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

ExarTheKun

He tried so hard, and got so far..

Ender22

He was right... "These wounds, they" did not heal.

Ender22

It took a while, I'm too **** logical, but it's getting to me. Linkin Park was my entire teen-hood. They have been playing Linkin Park on the radio the whole drive home, the lyrics... I used to listen to the music through my perspective on life, but now, listening to it through Chesters pain... so real, so sad.

There's a video of him singing with his best friend Chris Cornell, the connection there was palpable.

CaptainRex

Ender22 wrote: »

It took a while, I'm too **** logical, but it's getting to me. Linkin Park was my entire teen-hood. They have been playing Linkin Park on the radio the whole drive home, the lyrics... I used to listen to the music through my perspective on life, but now, listening to it through Chesters pain... so real, so sad.

There's a video of him singing with his best friend Chris Cornell, the connection there was palpable.

Right? The first time I ever heard a Linkin Park song was 6 years ago. I was 16, and was driving to Chicago by myself. I was channel surfing, and Burn It Down came on. I pulled over to the side of the road and scribbled the lyrics on a napkin so I could look them up later. The raw emotion in Chester's voice was so powerful.
You're right about the connection with Cornell. I don't think it was a coincidence that he killed himself on Chris's birthday, hanging himself just like Cornell did.

xodiack

he was just a part of growing up it's weird seing your heroes suffer like this

JY_Jelly2012

I've been a fan of LP my whole adult life... since Hybrid Theory came out.. they ushered me into rock. I connected with the lyrics in many of their songs.. the raw emotion. Most of their music (not just the hits) have resonated through my life at various points and have helped me grow as a person.

I'm sure the music has helped many a soul who were lost or confused throughout some point in life. Celebrity deaths normally do not hit that close to home and even though i didnt know him, i felt like i did. After all, we are all human beings. Depression, drug abuse, sexual abuse..... those scars do not heal. 7/20/2017 was a very painful day. Rest easy, Chester.

Boo

Very sad news indeed.

KyJoe_Cool

CaptainRex wrote: »

Ender22 wrote: »

It took a while, I'm too **** logical, but it's getting to me. Linkin Park was my entire teen-hood. They have been playing Linkin Park on the radio the whole drive home, the lyrics... I used to listen to the music through my perspective on life, but now, listening to it through Chesters pain... so real, so sad.

There's a video of him singing with his best friend Chris Cornell, the connection there was palpable.

Right? The first time I ever heard a Linkin Park song was 6 years ago. I was 16, and was driving to Chicago by myself. I was channel surfing, and Burn It Down came on. I pulled over to the side of the road and scribbled the lyrics on a napkin so I could look them up later. The raw emotion in Chester's voice was so powerful.
You're right about the connection with Cornell. I don't think it was a coincidence that he killed himself on Chris's birthday, hanging himself just like Cornell did.

Burn It Down was definitely one of my favorite songs by him. I still remember when I first knew of LP. I was watching Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen in 2009 which was 8 years ago and I was 12 at the time. I've always loved rock, but when they started to play New Divide by LP, I was like "Who is that??? The lead singer has some amazing vocals! I gotta find out." And I remember staying to the end of the credits just to find out who it was and it made me love the group. All their songs were great, especially New Divide, In The End... and probably the best imho mainly cause of his vocals was Burn It Down. When he sang it gave me chills. I could feel the raw emotion being poured out in every song he sang. He was a part of me growing up especially in my teen years and his music definitely played an important role in my love of alternative rock. So sad indeed.