CHESTER BENNINGTON

• He was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, known for being
the lead vocalist and songwriter for the band Linkin Park, as well as other bands
such as Dead By Sunrise, Gray Daze, Stone Temple Pilots.

• Chester Charles Bennington nació el 20 de marzo de 1976 en Phoenix, Arizona.

Su madre era enfermera, mientras que su padre era un detective de la policía
que trabajó en casos de abuso sexual infantil.

• Bennington began his singing career with a band called Sean Dowdell and His
Friends , releasing an eponymous three-track cassette in 1993. Later, Dowdell
and Bennington moved to form Gray Daze, a post-grunge band from Phoenix,
Arizona.

• Falleció a causa de suicidio por ahorcamiento el día 20 de julio de 2017, en su

residencia de Palos Verdes, California, a los 41 años de edad.

Linkin Park
• Bennington was frustrated and almost ready to quit his music career when Jeff
Blue, vice president of artists and repertoire for Zomba Music in Los Angeles,
offered to audition with future Linkin Park members.14 Bennington quit his
job5 and took his family to California, where he had a successful audition with
Linkin Park, who at the time was called Xero.

• El 24 de octubre de 2000, Linkin Park lanzó su álbum debut, Hybrid Theory, a

través de Warner Bros. Records. Bennington y Shinoda escribieron las letras
de Hybrid Theory basadas en algunos materiales pasados.

• Bennington was the lead vocalist for Linkin Park, but he occasionally shared the
role with Shinoda. All Music Guide described Bennington's voice as "sharp" and
"emotional", in contrast to Shinoda's hip-hop style.
 CHESTER BENNINGTON

March 20, 1976–July 20, 2017

BREAKING THE HABIT

• Contains elements of electronic music, piano and guitar. There are no distorted
guitar riffs, and it is the first single released by Linkin Park that does not include
vocals by Mike Shinoda.

• The song was based on a drug addiction that a close friend had. Something
common that people believe is that it was based in Bennington, due to its
widespread drug abuse, although as previously mentioned Shinoda started
writing the song before she met Chester.
Disco: Meteora
Liryc:
Memories consume like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again
I don't want to be the one the battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for

Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight