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Chester Charles Bennington (born March 20, 1976) is an American vocalist. He is best known as Linkin Park's lead vocalist and front man.
Bennington was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He took interest in music at a young age, citing Depeche Mode and Stone Temple Pilots as early inspirations. Bennington's parents separated in the late 1980s, while he was still a child. He was sexually abused during his youth, and later struggled with cocaine and methamphetamine addictions. Bennington eventually overcame his drug addiction, and would go on to denounce drug use in future interviews. He worked at a Burger King restaurant before starting his career as a professional musician.
Professional music career
Before joining Linkin Park, Bennington was a vocalist in Grey Daze, a now defunct grunge band from Phoenix, Arizona. He left Grey Daze in 1998, but struggled to find another band to play in. After nearly quitting his musical career altogether, Jeff Blue, then the vice president of A&R at Zomba Music in Los Angeles, offered Bennington an audition with Linkin Park. Bennington quit his day job, and took his family to California, where he had a successful audition with Linkin Park, who were then called “Hybrid Theory”. Bennington and Mike Shinoda, the band’s other vocalist, made significant progress together, but failed to find a record deal. After facing numerous rejections, Jeff Blue, now a vice president of A&R at Warner Bros., intervened again to help the band sign with Warner Bros. Records.
Despite having prodigious success in the early 2000s, Bennington has had personal problems outside of the limelight. He suffered a severe bite from a recluse spider while touring with the OzzFest in 2001, which caused his arm to swell. Bennington was plagued with poor health during the making of Meteora, and struggled to attend some of the album’s record sessions. He fell ill during the summer of 2003, and eventually underwent surgery. Bennington sustained a wrist injury in October 2007 while attempting to jump on stage during a show in Melbourne, Australia. Despite the injury, he continued to perform, and went to the emergency room after the show. Bennington’s relationship with his first wife, Samantha Bennington, also declined during his years with Linkin Park, leading to their divorce in 2005.
Personal life
Bennington married his first wife, Samantha, on October 31, 1996. They had one child, named Draven Sebastian, who was born on April 19, 2002. After divorcing his first wife, Bennington married Talinda Bentley, a former Playboy model, with whom he has since had a child, Tyler Lee. He and his family live in a 6,000-square-foot house in Newport Beach Orange County when he is not on tour. Bennington made a cameo in the film Crank. He is also an avid tattoo enthusiast. In addition to sporting many tattoos and piercings all over his body, he has done work with Club Tattoo, a tattoo parlor in Tempe, Arizona. The parlor has received recognition from many magazines such as College Affair and Skateboard Mag, while also spawning an art show in New York City.
Independent songs
Solo
1. "Let Down" - Written by himself for his solo project (Release in 2007)
2. "Morning After" - Written by himself for his solo project, also mixed by Julien-K (Release in 2008)
3. "Dead By Sunrise" - solo project with members of Orgy and Julien-K (Release in 2008)
Featured
1. Slow Ya Roll - Young Buck (Off his new album Buck the World released March 27)
2. Home Sweet Home - Mötley Crüe performed at ReAct Now (Release in 2005)
3. State of the Art - DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit (Release in 2004)
4. Karma Killer - Cyclefly (Release in 2002)
5. System - Written by Jonathan Davis of Korn (Release in 2002)
6. Walking Dead - DJ Z-Trip (Release in 2005)
7. Rock 'N' Roll (Could Never Hip-Hop Like This) Part 2 - Handsome Boy Modeling School (Release in 2004)
8. Technical Difficulties - Julien-K
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Chester Bennington of Linkin Park sets sights on fashion world AZ Central.com, AZ - Chester Bennington. lead singer of multi-platinum-selling rock band Linkin Park, teamed with his Club Tattoo business partner and former band mate Sean ... |
Linkin Park is Back With Their Semi-Annual Revolution Lumino Magazine, IL - Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park, made a surprise appearance and sang a great rendition of “Hunger Strike,†originally a duet with Cornell ... |
 Cincinnati CityBeat | Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington talks Projekt Revolution Boston Herald, United States - Chester Bennington would love to tour with any or all of them someday. But "a lot of it has to do with the bands," he mentioned by phone last week, ... Pojekt Revolution hits Denver |
 Ultimate-Guitar.Com | Chester Bennington Plans New Linkin Park And Solo Records Ultimate-Guitar.Com - Linkin Park's Chester Bennington has his hands full these days with the Projekt Revolution tour and things don't look like they will be getting any less ... |
Linkin Park, Chris Cornell and the Bravery @ Fiddler’s Green ... Denver Post, CO - Not once flinching or turning his back on the hundreds of devoted fans, I think Chester Bennington is a bit of a rarity in music these days, ... |
Thousands of Fans Join the Revolution Skyline View (subscription), CA - ... their 19-song set comprised mostly of songs off that album, which sees Chester Bennington taking on a larger vocal role than band emcee Mike Shinoda, ... |
 St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Linkin Park screams out for fans St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - Near the top of Linkin Park’s headlining set of the Projekt Revolution tour at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Thursday night, singer Chester Bennington ... |
 Prefixmag | Are these the 23 most annoying frontmen in rock Prefixmag, NY - Yes, we get the likes of Chester Bennington, Adam Duritz, and Tom DeLonge, but we also get some critical faves such as Conor Oberst, Paul Banks of Interpol ... |
Linkin Park efficiently delivers another Projekt Revolution at Blossom The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - ... songs found vocalist-keyboardist-guitarist Shinoda deftly rattling off rap verses, while vocalist Chester Bennington sang cathartic refrains. ... |
Keith Urban, Natasha Bedingfield & Usher Concert Kicks Off NFL Season Access Hollywood - Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington and music collaborator, Ryan Shuck, attend “The Beatles: LOVE†show at The Mirage in Las Vegas. ... |
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