Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington
Chester Charles Benningtonis an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist of rock bands Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise, and live rock cover band Bucket of Weenies. He was originally the lead vocalist for Sean Dowdell And His Friends? and Grey Daze. From 2013 to 2015, Bennington was also the lead vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 March 1976
CityPhoenix, AZ
CountryUnited States of America
It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.
When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there.
I thought it sounded great, but at the same time I said, 'I think I am going to puke,' because you can't mess it up. Either you go out and you nail it or you quit the business, pack up and move to some strange country where no one knows who you are. It was really that much pressure, but what was really interesting was that once I met Sir Paul McCartney, all of that went away and ... he brought everything down to a level that made it more real rather than surreal. And that was very helpful because in my mind he is one of the greatest legends of rock and roll.
Well, we promised our fans that we'd put out records faster, and that's what we're doing. We figured out a way to condense our cycle, so to speak, by... continuing to write, trying to keep the creative ball rolling as often as possible.
We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'
We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band.
We like playing smaller venues, but we know how many people want to come and see us so we don't ever want to stop anyone who wants to come to a show from coming.
We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America.
This is a business of love and labor.
Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special.
The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do.
All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions.
Considering they had a show the night before and then another the night after, it's a testament to how awesome a rock band they are and how much this cause means to them.
If fans come up to me, I talk to them.