CHESTER BENNINGTON

Chester Charles Bennington is one of the most amazing singers I have ever heard. He is most recognized as the lead singer of Linkin Park, where his higher-pitched, emotional vocals balance out those of co- vocalist and emcee Mike Shinoda. At the age of 32 he lives a great life in Orange County (America). With his wife Talinda and his four Kids. But life hasn’t always been good for Chester. As a child he was sexually abused, (not by his family but by people around him), a few of his friends commited suicide and one died in a skateboarding accident. At the age of eleven he turned to drugs after the divorce of his parent. He turned to drugs at such a young age so he could numb his pain and memories he had. By the time Chester got into his teenage years he was heavily into cocaine and methamphetamines. Though still heavily into drug, he still wanted to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a Rock Star. So in 1993 he joined as lead vocalist, to a local band “Grey Daze”. Grey Daze became well known in Chester’s town of Phoenix and around The US. But he soon became unhappy in the band because of creative differences.

At this stage in Chester’s Life he was married to his former wife Samantha, they were to poor to buy rings so they got their wedding rings tattooed onto their fingers. (Samantha left him in 2005).
Chester Struggled to find another band, and was about to give up on his music career, when in 1999 (aged 23) he was told about an audition for a band in Los Angeles so he moved his family to L.A! Here he did a great Audition for a band called Hybrid Theory. There was another vocalist also auditioning that day, but when he heard Chester sing he knew there was no point in him auditioning so he quickly left. Chester became the final piece of Hybrid Theory. Chester soon came up with a knew name for Hybrid Theory, (which is its current name) “Linkin Park”.
(Chester was free from drugs before joining Linkin park)

Chester Benningon’s co-writer and fellow band member Mike Shinoda had been trying for a long time to right a song, called "Breaking the Habit", then when he met Chester all the lyrics needed slipped into place. “Breaking the Habit” brought back memories from Chester’s past which in many cases reduced him to tears in the middle of a performance. So until recently Breaking the Habit wasn’t able to be performed live.

Chester has a great respect for his Fans. Even to the extent that when he broke his arm by doing his famous “Monkey Jump” He did the rest of the show with a broken arm because he didn’t want to let his fans down. I quote “It’ll be just as broken in an hour as it is now” – Chester.

Chester plays the Guitar, the piano and is a vocalist.