The Music Thread

[RepentantSky]

Lead Singer of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington has died of a successful suicide attempt. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/entertainm...index.html

Other members of the band like Mike Shinoda have confirmed it's real and that an official statement from the band is coming, but suffice it to say, Linkin Park as a band, is likely over. I doubt there's anyone who could replace Chester as a singer of this group.

Sad news aside, we had to know something was going on with the dude/group (whoever writes the songs). Burn It Down, Numb, Breaking the Habit, Powerless. Adding in the fact that he was a drug addict and alcoholic, he must have felt that life wasn't treating him well.

Chester was abused by his father and took it very hard when Sound Garden's lead singer Chris Cornell committed suicide back in May. July 20th is Cornell's birthday. Also, apparently Chester had also had issues with drugs and although it's not been made clear, it seems likely that the combination of all these things hitting him at once lead to the suicide.