The Music Thread

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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.

I never liked very much "mainstream" music.  If my friends listened to it or other kids at school heard of it, I hated it.

But I had always made an exception for Linkin Park.  As someone who was abused in several pretty vile ways as a child and still deals with some horridly vivid memories of those moments, knowing that Chester had dealt with some similar things always somehow gave me a little hope.

I know that people will make jokes about being music for edgy kids and what not, but hearing someone else, someone in a position of authority say that they had been molested and abused as a child gave some comfort and hope to us with similar backgrounds.  No matter how strong the memories and the pain still is, just keep going on and don't be afraid to mention the pain you feel.
RIP Chester.