Editing Chester Bennington (section)

==Career==
===Early acts===
[[File:Chester Bennington 1994.png|thumb|left|Bennington performing in 1994]]
Bennington first began singing with a band called Sean Dowdell and His Friends?<!---The band stylized their name with a '?' -->, and together they released an eponymous three-track cassette in 1993. Later, Dowdell and Bennington moved on to form a [[post-grunge]] band called [[Grey Daze]]. The band recorded a demo in 1993 and two albums: ''Wake Me'' in 1994, and ''...No Sun Today'' in 1997. Bennington left Grey Daze in 1998.<ref name="stone1">Rolling Stone Magazine, [http://www.lptimes.com/bio/bio_band.html Linkin Park&nbsp;– Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051224225657/http://www.lptimes.com/bio/bio_band.html |date=December 24, 2005 }} (March 14, 2002), The Linkin Park Times; retrieved on June 24, 2007.</ref>

===Linkin Park===
[[File:Chester Bennington, Linkin Park @ Sonisphere.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Bennington performing with Linkin Park at the 2009 [[Sonisphere Festival]]]]

Bennington had been frustrated and nearly quit his musical career altogether until [[Jeff Blue]], the vice president of [[artists and repertoire|A&R]] at Zomba Music in Los Angeles, offered him an audition with the future members of [[Linkin Park]] (then known as Xero).<ref name="stone1" /> He quit his day job at a digital services firm<ref name="kerrang-2008" /> and traveled to California for the audition, in which he successfully won a place in the band. He left his own birthday party early to record his audition.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morton |first=Luke |url=https://www.kerrang.com/chester-bennington-left-his-own-birthday-party-to-record-linkin-parks-lost-track-pictureboard |title=Chester Bennington Left His Own Birthday Party To Record Linkin Park's Lost Track, Pictureboard |work=Kerrang! |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2021 |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231145750/https://www.kerrang.com/chester-bennington-left-his-own-birthday-party-to-record-linkin-parks-lost-track-pictureboard |url-status=live }}</ref> Bennington and [[Mike Shinoda]], the band's other vocalist, made significant progress together but failed to find a record deal and faced numerous rejections.<ref name="stone1" /> Blue, who had since become vice president of A&R at [[Warner Records]],<ref name="stone1" /> intervened again to help the band sign with the label.

On October 24, 2000, Linkin Park released their debut album, ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'', through Warner Records. Bennington and Shinoda wrote the lyrics to ''Hybrid Theory'' based on some early material.<ref name="rolling stone 2002">Fricke, David. [http://www.lptimes.com/bio/bio_band.html "Rap Metal Rulers"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051224225657/http://www.lptimes.com/bio/bio_band.html |date=December 24, 2005 }}, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' No. 891, March 14, 2002</ref> Shinoda characterized the lyrics as interpretations of universal feelings, emotions, and experiences, and as "everyday emotions you talk about and think about".<ref name="bbc session">[[BBC Radio 1]], Evening Session Interview with [[Steve Lamacq]], June 13, 2001</ref><ref name="text bbc session">{{cite web|url=http://lptimes.com/article/BBC_061301.html|title=BBC Session Interview|access-date=September 19, 2007|publisher=LP Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123122820/http://lptimes.com/article/BBC_061301.html|archive-date=January 23, 2008}}</ref> Bennington later described the songwriting experience to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine in early 2002, "It's easy to fall into that thing&nbsp;– 'poor, poor me', that's where songs like '[[Crawling (song)|Crawling]]' come from: I can't take myself. But that song is about taking responsibility for your actions. I don't say 'you' at any point. It's about how I'm the reason that I feel this way. There's something inside me that pulls me down."<ref name="rolling stone 2002" />

Bennington was Linkin Park's primary lead vocalist, but he occasionally shared the role with Shinoda. ''[[AllMusic|All Music Guide]]'' described Bennington's vocals as "higher-pitched" and "emotional", in contrast to Shinoda's hip-hop-style delivery.<ref name="mtv1" /> Both members also worked together to write lyrics for the band's songs.<ref name="nyrock-int">{{cite news|first = Talia|last = Soghomonian|title = interview with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park|date = May 2003|url = http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2003/linkin_int.asp|work = NY Rock|access-date = September 30, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081004203828/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2003/linkin_int.asp|archive-date = October 4, 2008|df = mdy-all}}</ref>

''[[Hybrid Theory]]'' (2000) was certified [[RIAA certification#List of certifications|diamond]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in 2005.<ref>Recording Industry Association of America, [https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblDiamond RIAA Record Sales] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725044833/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblDiamond |date=July 25, 2013 }}. Retrieved June 13, 2007</ref> The band's second album, ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]'' (2003), reached number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart,<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504180241/http://www.soundspike.com/news/main/article/788/album_chart_linkin_parks_meteora_shoots_to_the_top.html |archive-date=May 4, 2009 |url=http://www.soundspike.com/news/main/article/788/album_chart_linkin_parks_meteora_shoots_to_the_top.html |website=Soundspike: Album Chart |title=Linkin Park's 'Meteora' shoots to the top |last=Zahlaway |first=Jon |date=April 2, 2003 |access-date=June 14, 2013}}</ref> as did its third album, ''[[Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album)|Minutes to Midnight]]'' (2007).<ref>Billboard.com, [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=linkin park|chart=Billboard 200}} M2M holds the top slot for the current week]. Retrieved May 28, 2007</ref><ref name="billm">Billboard.com, [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051972/linkin-park-scores-years-best-debut-with-midnight Linkin Park Scores Year's Best Debut With 'Midnight'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706120624/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051972/linkin-park-scores-years-best-debut-with-midnight |date=July 6, 2017 }}. Retrieved May 28, 2007</ref> Linkin Park has sold more than 70 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide.<ref name="Independent sales">{{cite web|first=Phil|last=Shaw|title=Chester Bennington: Lead singer of Linkin Park remembered|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/chester-bennington-linkin-park-lead-singer-fans-death-suicide-childhood-chris-cornell-nu-metal-a7858551.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=July 25, 2017|access-date=August 8, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731193149/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/chester-bennington-linkin-park-lead-singer-fans-death-suicide-childhood-chris-cornell-nu-metal-a7858551.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, [[MTV2]] named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium.<ref name="Negri">{{cite news |first=Andrea |last=Negri |title=22 greatest bands? Something 2 argue about |work=Houston Chronicle |date=October 10, 2003}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked Linkin Park No.&nbsp;19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart.<ref name="Artists Of The Decade">Billboard Artists Of The Decade, [https://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/artists-of-the-decade?year=2009&begin=11&order=position] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710030942/http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/artists-of-the-decade?year=2009&begin=11&order=position|date=July 10, 2012}}. Retrieved August 15, 2011.</ref> In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on [[VH1]].<ref name="vh1.com">{{cite web|title=BRACKET MADNESS: Linkin Park Is The Greatest Artist Of The 00s |url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/tag/bracket-madness/page/2/ |date=September 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205155510/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/tag/bracket-madness/page/2/ |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 28, 2017 }}</ref>

===Dead by Sunrise===
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[[File:Chester Bennington, Dead By Sunrise.jpg|thumb|Bennington performing with Dead by Sunrise in 2009]]
In 2005, Bennington co-founded Dead by Sunrise, an [[electronic rock]] band from Los Angeles, California, with [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] and [[Julien-K]] members [[Amir Derakh]] and [[Ryan Shuck]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundspheremag.com/news/world/dead-by-sunrise-release-new-video/|title=Dead By Sunrise Release New Video|publisher=SoundSphere Mag|date=September 8, 2009|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116174949/http://www.soundspheremag.com/news/world/dead-by-sunrise-release-new-video/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Gregory|last=Heaney|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dead-by-sunrise-mn0002076474/biography|title=Dead By Sunrise Bio|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120059/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dead-by-sunrise-mn0002076474/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> Dead by Sunrise made their live debut in May 2008, performing at the 13th anniversary party for Club Tattoo in [[Tempe, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chester-bennington-talks-new-band-dead-by-sunrise-next-linkin-park-album-20080512|title=Chester Bennington Talks New Band Dead by Sunrise, Next Linkin Park Album|last=Fuoco|first=Christina|date=May 12, 2008|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730114932/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chester-bennington-talks-new-band-dead-by-sunrise-next-linkin-park-album-20080512|url-status=live}}</ref>

The band released their lone album, ''[[Out of Ashes]]'', on October 13, 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Graff|first1=Gary|title=Linkin Park's Bennington Talks New Band, Debut|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267355/linkin-parks-bennington-talks-new-band-debut|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=September 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909121958/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267355/linkin-parks-bennington-talks-new-band-debut|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Stone Temple Pilots===
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In February 2013, [[Stone Temple Pilots]] parted ways with long-time lead singer [[Scott Weiland]]. The band recruited Bennington to replace Weiland in May 2013. On May 18, 2013, Bennington took the stage at [[KROQ Weenie Roast|KROQ's Weenie Roast]] with the band. The setlist included original Stone Temple Pilots songs, as well as their first single with Bennington on vocals called "[[Out of Time (Stone Temple Pilots song)|Out of Time]]", which debuted on May 19 and was available for free download via their official website. It was later announced by Bennington and the band in an exclusive [[KROQ-FM|KROQ]] interview that he was officially the new frontman of Stone Temple Pilots and discussed the possibility of a new album and tour. The song "Out of Time" is featured on their EP ''[[High Rise (EP)|High Rise]]'', which was released on October 8, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |url=http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-joe-hahn-cool-with-chester-bennington-stone-temple-pilots/?trackback=tsmclip |title=Linkin Park DJ Joe Hahn Cool With Chester Bennington's Stone Temple Pilots Gig |work=[[Loudwire]] |date=October 2, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005115340/http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-joe-hahn-cool-with-chester-bennington-stone-temple-pilots/ |archive-date=October 5, 2016 |access-date=July 20, 2017 }}</ref>

Bennington reflected on joining Stone Temple Pilots, stating, "Every band has its own kind of vibe. Stone Temple Pilots has this sexier, more classic rock feel to it. Linkin Park is a very modern, very tech-heavy type of band. I grew up listening to these guys. When this opportunity came up, it was just like a no-brainer." Bennington stated in interviews that singing lead vocals in Stone Temple Pilots was his lifelong dream. He left the band on good terms due to his commitments with Linkin Park in 2015 and was replaced two years later by [[Jeff Gutt]].<ref name="elporvenir1" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Stanisci |first=Grace |url=https://ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/sound-check/stone-temple-pilots-bash-lead-singer-linkin-park-171532244.html |title=Stone Temple Pilots fans bash new lead singer, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington |work=Sound Check |publisher=[[Yahoo! Music]] |date=May 23, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609015305/http://ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/sound-check/stone-temple-pilots-bash-lead-singer-linkin-park-171532244.html |archive-date=June 9, 2013 |access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Young|first=Alex|url=https://consequence.net/2017/11/stone-temple-pilots-debut-new-singer-jeff-gutt-with-new-single-meadow-stream/|title=Stone Temple Pilots debut new singer Jeff Gutt with new single "Meadow": Stream|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=November 15, 2017|access-date=September 21, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018172505/https://consequence.net/2017/11/stone-temple-pilots-debut-new-singer-jeff-gutt-with-new-single-meadow-stream/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other works===
In 2005, Bennington appeared on "Walking Dead", the lead single from turntablist [[Z-Trip]]'s debut album ''[[Shifting Gears (Z-Trip album)|Shifting Gears]]''. Bennington also made a surprise guest appearance during [[Z-Trip]]'s performance at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Don |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/live-at-coachella-05-2139883 |title=Live at Coachella '05 |work=LA Weekly |date=May 2, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720222924/http://www.laweekly.com/music/live-at-coachella-05-2139883 |archive-date=July 20, 2017 |access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> Bennington re-recorded the [[Mötley Crüe]] song "[[Home Sweet Home (Mötley Crüe song)|Home Sweet Home]]" as a duet with the band as a charity single for the victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in the fall of 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Motley Crue to Donate All Proceeds From 'Home Sweet Home' Remake to Charity |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/m-tley-cr-e-to-donate-all-proceeds-from-home-sweet-home-remake-to-charity/ |website=Blabbermouth |date=September 27, 2005 |access-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-date=December 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226134233/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/m-tley-cr-e-to-donate-all-proceeds-from-home-sweet-home-remake-to-charity/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also joined [[Alice in Chains]] and performed the song "[[Man in the Box]]" at [[KROQ]]'s [[LA Invasion|Inland Invasion Festival]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guns N' Roses Take On Aguilera, Chester Bennington Joins Alice In Chains At Inland Invasion|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1541675/guns-n-roses-take-on-aguilera-chester-bennington-joins-alice-in-chains-at-inland-invasion/|website=MTV|access-date=July 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022093935/http://www.mtv.com/news/1541675/guns-n-roses-take-on-aguilera-chester-bennington-joins-alice-in-chains-at-inland-invasion/|archive-date=October 22, 2014|date=September 25, 2006}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/0ZKjKru7Ta4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070218133531/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZKjKru7Ta4 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Chester rockin with Alice in Chains| website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZKjKru7Ta4|access-date=July 28, 2017|date=October 11, 2006}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Bennington performed with [[Kings of Chaos (band)|Kings of Chaos]] during their six-show 2016 concert tour.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/linkin-park-chester-bennington-dont-call-kings-of-chaos-a-supergroup/ |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: Don't Call Kings Of Chaos a 'Supergroup' |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=December 1, 2016 |access-date=December 2, 2016 |archive-date=December 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202085356/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/linkin-park-chester-bennington-dont-call-kings-of-chaos-a-supergroup/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2007, he was featured on [[Young Buck]]'s song "Slow Ya Roll" from his ''[[Buck The World]]'' album.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jeffries |first=David |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/buck-the-world-mw0000567774 |title=Buck the World Review by David Jeffries |publisher=AllMusic |date=2006 |accessdate=October 10, 2023 |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010220915/https://www.allmusic.com/album/buck-the-world-mw0000567774 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bennington recorded a track for [[Slash (musician)|Slash]]'s 2010 eponymous [[Slash (album)|debut solo album]] entitled "Crazy" but it was blocked from release due to his commitments to [[Linkin Park]] with Slash stating that the band "wasn't having it". Slash rerecorded it with [[Lemmy]] on vocals and the retitled "Doctor Alibi" was added instead. In May 2021, a snippet of the original Bennington track was finally released.<ref name="hadusek">{{cite web|last=Hadusek|first=Jon|title=Previously Unreleased Slash Song "Crazy" Featuring the Late Chester Bennington Has Been Unearthed: Stream|url=https://consequence.net/2021/05/slash-chester-bennington-crazy-unearthed/|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=May 21, 2021|access-date=May 21, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521170353/https://consequence.net/2021/05/slash-chester-bennington-crazy-unearthed/|url-status=live}}</ref>