The first projects, Crank and Crank: High Voltage, brought episodic roles they were not top-grossing. Chester Bennington in CrankĪpart from music, Chester discovered the interest in acting his filmography is not long, though. Fans still love the group’s hits perhaps, every music lover had Chester Bennington’s and his colleagues’ posters. The following albums of Linkin Park were diverse and combined many genres, from hard rock to hip hop and light music only Chester’s powerful vocal remained. The latter track was created by Mike Shinoda it was very personal and described the ordeals young Chester had had to face: childhood problems, addiction, and the pain that could be expressed only in music. The next album, Meteora, was notable for the songs “Somewhere I Belong”, “Numb”, and “Breaking The Habit”. The next two years, the group was working on the remixes to those songs. The first album was released in 2000 it was a triumph. “Linkin Park” derived from Chester’s offer “Linkoln Park”: it was necessary for the musicians to register their own website, and the domain “linkolnpark” had already been taken. Once again, the group name had to be changed: another team had the rights for “Hybrid Theory”. Producers quickly noticed their talent the band signed a contract with Warner Brothers Records. The group changed its name from “Xero” to “Hybrid Theory” the first album of the renewed team had the same title. The second audition showed that the singer’s voice perfectly suited the project, and he joined the group. The audition happened via phone, and the artists were impressed immensely they invited Bennington to the next stage in Los Angeles. Some acquaintance recommended them to contact Chester Bennington. One day, the group Xero (future Linkin Park) posted an ad: they wanted a new vocalist. Soon, Chester and Sean Dowdell, the former member of Grey Daze, opened their own tattoo salon: tattoos were another passion of Bennington, and he had more than ten pictures on his body. At some point, he had too many arguments with the group and left Jodi Wendt replaced him. MusicĬhester Bennington was a vocalist in Grey Daze for five years and recorded two albums. It was the first step to success and fans’ love. He changed several instruments, bands, and genres until 1993 when he joined Grey Daze. Young Chester BenningtonĬhester began to develop his music skills from the piano. As the young man graduated from school, he got hired at Bean Tree Coffee House. Work and interest to music saved Bennington they were the only reason to wake up for him. I think I was 11 when I started smoking pot”. I started smoking weed and going to parties. In one of his interviews, the musician said: “I was an athletic kid, but I just stopped caring about it, and I stopped doing well in school. However, Bennington had to endure much more: one of the family’s friends sexually harassed him the child could have been raped. The situation seemed to be as worst as possible. Some of the would-be artist’s friends did not survive to their legal age: they committed suicide, and one of them died accidentally. Perhaps, young Chester only wanted to grab the adults’ attention: he lacked it desperately after the divorce. The boy abused alcohol and drugs and had endless scandals with his dad.
Left by his mother, the teenager got into a suspicious company.
Chester and another sister stayed with the father. When Chester was eleven, the parents divorced, and the mother left the house with the kids: Chester’s sister, and brother, Brian. The boy’s father worked as a police detective, and the mother was a nurse. The future singer was born in the provincial town, Phoenix, Arizona, on March 20, 1976. The artist’s life was far from being cloudless. Perhaps, even those who do not like rock are familiar with his voice. Chester Bennington’s name is closely connected with a significant epoch of international rock music he was the legendary soloist of Linkin Park, a talented musician, and a charismatic person.