Editing Chester Bennington (section)

==Musical style and influences==
Bennington was described as being a "warm [[tenor]]",<ref name="Legaspi2017">{{cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=July 21, 2017 |title=Flashback: Chester Bennington Sings Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-chester-bennington-sing-adeles-rolling-in-the-deep-w493441 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214001427/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-chester-bennington-sing-adeles-rolling-in-the-deep-w493441 |archive-date=December 14, 2017 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |quote=warm tenor's impressive vocal range and agility}}</ref> with his voice showing "tremendous durability" for the entirety of his career.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nelson |first=Brad |date=July 26, 2017 |title=Remembering Chester Bennington Through His Most Important Musical Moments |url=https://www.spin.com/featured/chester-bennington-linkin-park-best-songs/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225013349/https://www.spin.com/featured/chester-bennington-linkin-park-best-songs/ |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=July 3, 2021 }}</ref> Althea Legaspi of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Bennington's voice embodied the anguish and wide-ranging emotions of the lyrics, from capturing life's vulnerable moments to the fury and catharsis found in his belted [[screaming (music)|screams]], which he would often move between at the turn of a dime."<ref name="Legaspi2017"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rolling In The Deep Cover [Live from iTunes Festival 2011]|author=Linkin Park|date=July 12, 2011|via=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtwZ07N1ic|access-date=October 26, 2022|archive-date=October 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004111316/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtwZ07N1ic|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bennington stated that he was influenced by [[Stone Temple Pilots]], [[Alice in Chains]], [[Arcade Fire]], [[Circle Jerks]], [[Descendents]], [[Deftones]], [[Jane's Addiction]], [[Metallica]], [[Fugazi]], [[Refused]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Minor Threat]], [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]], [[the Naked and Famous]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[Skinny Puppy]], [[Soundgarden]], and [[A Tribe Called Quest]].<ref name="farrier">{{cite news|last=Farrier|first=David|title=Chester Bennington talks Linkin Park's The Hunting Party|url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/chester-bennington-talks-linkin-parks-the-hunting-party-2014042817|access-date=July 20, 2017|work=[[Newshub|3 News]]|date=April 28, 2014|archive-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730022030/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/chester-bennington-talks-linkin-parks-the-hunting-party-2014042817|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="oswald">{{cite news|last1=Oswald|first1=Derek|title=Chester Bennington – 'We'll Be Playing Some Songs That We Haven't Played Before...'|url=http://www.altwire.net/2015/03/12/altwire-interview-chester-bennington/|access-date=July 20, 2017|work=AltWire|date=March 12, 2015|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317092715/http://www.altwire.net/2015/03/12/altwire-interview-chester-bennington/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bennington also considered himself as "a huge [[Madonna]] fan", crediting her for making him grow up wanting to be a musician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elvisduran.iheart.com/content/2017-07-20-remembering-our-time-with-chester-bennington/|title=Remembering Our Time with Chester Bennington|work=[[Elvis Duran and the Morning Show]]|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901203241/http://elvisduran.iheart.com/content/2017-07-20-remembering-our-time-with-chester-bennington/|url-status=live}}</ref>