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{{short description|American singer (1976–2017)}}
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| name               = Chester Bennington
| image              = Linkin Park-Rock im Park 2014- by 2eight 3SC0327.jpg
| caption            = Bennington performing in 2014
| birth_name         = Chester Charles Bennington
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1976|3|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Phoenix, Arizona]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2017|7|20|1976|3|20}}
| death_place        = [[Palos Verdes Estates, California]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* songwriter
* actor<!-- Do not remove this; he appeared in multiple movies -->
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| years_active     = 1992–2017
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* {{marriage|Samantha Olit<br />|1996|2005|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Talinda Bentley<br />|2006<!--Don't add "his death" here per Template:Marriage instructions -->}}
}}
| children           = 6<ref>{{cite news |last=Tracy |first=Brianne |url=https://people.com/music/chester-bennington-widow-four-year-death-anniversary-tribute/ |title=Chester Bennington's Widow Recalls How He 'Always Made Everything Better' on 4-Year Anniversary of His Death |work=People |date=July 20, 2021 |accessdate=August 29, 2024 |quote=Talinda then went on to say that she and their kids, 9-year-old twins Lily and Lila and son Tyler, 15, miss Chester "every second of every day." (Chester also had children Jaime, Isaiah and Draven from previous relationships.) |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829230048/https://people.com/music/chester-bennington-widow-four-year-death-anniversary-tribute/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| instrument      = Vocals 
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* [[Alternative metal]]
* [[nu metal]]
* [[hard rock]]
* [[alternative rock]]
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* [[pop rock]]
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* [[Linkin Park]]
* [[Dead by Sunrise]]
* [[Grey Daze]]
* [[Kings of Chaos (band)|Kings of Chaos]]
* [[Stone Temple Pilots]]
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'''Chester Charles Bennington''' (March 20, 1976&nbsp;– July 20, 2017) was an American singer who was the lead vocalist of the rock band [[Linkin Park]]. He was also the lead vocalist of [[Grey Daze]], [[Dead by Sunrise]], and [[Stone Temple Pilots]] at various points.

Bennington first gained prominence as a vocalist following the release of Linkin Park's debut album, ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'' (2000), which was a worldwide commercial success. The album was certified [[RIAA certification|Diamond]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] in 2005, making it the bestselling debut album of the decade, as well as one of the few albums ever to achieve that many sales.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=White |first=Adam |date=February 16, 2002 |title=Dido, Linkin Park Lead the Global 20 of 2001 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |page=42 |volume=114 |issue=7 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> He continued as the band's lead vocalist for their next six studio albums, from ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]'' (2003) to ''[[One More Light]]'' (2017), with each charting within the top three spots of the [[Billboard 200]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/08/07/linkin-park-makes-history-by-placing-23-songs-on-the-rock-chart-simultaneously/?sh=33eff48f61ff |title=Linkin Park Makes History By Placing 23 Songs On The Rock Chart Simultaneously |magazine=[[Forbes]] |date=August 7, 2017 |accessdate=July 29, 2023 |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729134050/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/08/07/linkin-park-makes-history-by-placing-23-songs-on-the-rock-chart-simultaneously/?sh=33eff48f61ff |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/linkin-park-sales-rise-chester-bennington-death/ |title=Linkin Park's U.S. Music Sales Rise 5,332% After Death of Chester Bennington |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=July 21, 2017 |accessdate=July 29, 2023 |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729134736/https://www.billboard.com/pro/linkin-park-sales-rise-chester-bennington-death/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bennington formed his own band, Dead by Sunrise, as a side project in 2005. The band's debut album, ''[[Out of Ashes]]'', was released on October 13, 2009. He became the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots in 2013 to release the [[extended play]] record ''[[High Rise (EP)|High Rise]]'' on October 8, 2013, via their own record label, Play Pen, but left in 2015 to focus solely on Linkin Park. As an actor, he appeared in films such as ''[[Crank (film)|Crank]]'' (2006), ''[[Crank: High Voltage]]'' (2009), and ''[[Saw 3D]]'' (2010).

Bennington struggled with depression and substance abuse for most of his life, starting in his childhood. On July 20, 2017, he was found dead at his home in [[Palos Verdes Estates, California]]. The coroner concluded that his death was a result of [[suicide by hanging]]. ''[[Hit Parader]]'' magazine placed Bennington at number 46 on their list of the "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time."<ref>{{cite news|last=Bucher|first=Chris|date=July 20, 2017|title=Chester Bennington Dead: Top Linkin Park Songs & Albums|publisher=[[Heavy (website)|Heavy]]|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/07/linkin-park-best-top-songs-chester-bennington-suicide-albums/|access-date=July 29, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923201550/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/07/linkin-park-best-top-songs-chester-bennington-suicide-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref> Bennington has been ranked by several publications as one of the greatest rock vocalists of his generation.<ref name=":2" /> Writing for ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', Dan Weiss stated that Bennington "turned [[Nu metal|nu-metal]] universal."<ref name=":1" />

==Early life==
Chester Charles Bennington was born in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], on March 20, 1976,<ref>{{cite news |last=Shaw |first=Phil |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/chester-bennington-linkin-park-lead-singer-fans-death-suicide-childhood-chris-cornell-nu-metal-a7858551.html |title=Chester Bennington: Lead singer of Linkin Park remembered |work=[[The Independent]] |date=July 25, 2017 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |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> to a mother who worked as a nurse and a father who investigated [[child sexual abuse]]<ref name="rolling stone 2002" /> cases as a police detective. He had two sisters and an older brother.<ref name="kerrang-2008">{{cite magazine|last=Bryant|first=Tom|url=http://www.tom-bryant.com/linkin-park-kerrang--tom-bryant.html|title=Linkin Park, Kerrang!|date=January 23, 2008|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709235810/http://www.tom-bryant.com/linkin-park-kerrang--tom-bryant.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Bennington took an interest in music at a young age, citing the bands [[Depeche Mode]] and [[Stone Temple Pilots]] as his earliest inspirations.<ref name="mtv1" /> He dreamed of becoming a member of Stone Temple Pilots, and would later become their lead singer for a time.<ref name="elporvenir1">{{cite news|url=http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=479854|title=Celebrará Chester Bennington cumpleaños 35 con nuevo sencillo|date=March 19, 2011|language=es|newspaper=El Porvenir|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002094332/http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=479854|archive-date=October 2, 2013 |trans-title=Chester Bennington to celebrate 35th birthday with new single}}</ref> At age seven, an older male friend sexually abused him.<ref name="kerrang-2011interview2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/linkin-park/58022|title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: 'I was a raging alcoholic'|date=July 14, 2011|access-date=November 28, 2012|magazine=NME|last=Goodwyn|first=Tom|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002202124/http://www.nme.com/news/linkin-park/58022|url-status=live}}</ref> Bennington was afraid to ask for help, not wanting people to think he was gay or a liar, and the abuse continued until age 13.<ref name="kerrang-2008"/> Years later, he revealed the abuser's name to his father but chose not to [[Criminal charge|press charges]].<ref name="guardian-2011" />

Bennington's parents divorced when he was 11 years old.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=August 4, 2017|title=Chester Bennington's Last Days: Linkin Park Singer's Mix of Hope, Heaviness|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chester-benningtons-last-days-linkin-park-singers-mix-of-hope-heaviness-124862/|url-status=live|access-date=August 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729070421/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chester-benningtons-last-days-linkin-park-singers-mix-of-hope-heaviness-124862/|archive-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref> The abuse and his situation at home affected him so much that he felt the urge to "kill everybody and run away". To comfort himself, Bennington drew pictures and wrote poetry and songs.<ref name="kerrang-2008" /> After the divorce, his father gained custody of him.<ref name="kerrang-2008" /> Bennington started using alcohol, [[marijuana]], [[opium]], [[cocaine]], [[methamphetamine|meth]], and [[LSD]].<ref name="kerrang-2008" /><ref name="mtv1">{{cite news |last=Apar |first=Corey |url=https://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bennington_chester/artist.jhtml |title=Chester Bennington |agency=MTV |date=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209101729/https://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bennington_chester/artist.jhtml |archive-date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=November 18, 2021 }}</ref><ref name="guardian-2011">{{cite news|last=Simpson|first=Dave|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/07/linkin-park-moscow-interview|title=Linkin Park: 'We're famous, but we're not celebrities'|date=July 7, 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=November 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119061209/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/07/linkin-park-moscow-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> He was bullied in high school, stating in an interview that he was "knocked around like a rag doll at school, for being skinny and looking different".<ref name="nmeobituary2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/chester-bennington-obituary-1976-2017-2113700|title=Chester Bennington Obituary: 1976–2017|last1=Beaumont|first1=Mark|date=July 21, 2017|magazine=[[NME]]|access-date=July 21, 2017|author-link1=Mark Beaumont (journalist)|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410142515/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/chester-bennington-obituary-1976-2017-2113700|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1993, at the age of 17, Bennington moved in with his mother. He was banned from leaving the house for a time when she discovered his drug use.<ref name="kerrang-2008" /> He worked at a local [[Burger King]] before starting his career as a professional musician.<ref name="mtv1" />

==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===
{{further|Stone Temple Pilots}}
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>

==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>

==Personal life==
===Family and views===
Bennington had a son, born in 1996, from his relationship with Elka Brand.<ref name="orfanides">{{cite news|last1=Orfanides|first1=Effie|title=Chester Bennington's Kids: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/07/chester-bennington-kids-children-how-many-ages-photos/|access-date=July 21, 2017|publisher=[[Heavy (website)|Heavy]]|date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=July 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722063729/http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/07/chester-bennington-kids-children-how-many-ages-photos/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, he adopted Brand's other son who was born in 1997.<ref name="orfanides"/> He married his first wife, Samantha Marie Olit, on October 31, 1996.<ref name="celeb">[http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/chesterbennington.html Chester Bennington Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210143235/http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/chesterbennington.html |date=December 10, 2006 }}, celebritywonder.com; retrieved on June 27, 2007.</ref> They had one child together, Draven, born in 2002, who later came out as [[transgender]] in 2024.<ref name="orfanides"/><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/linkin-park-chester-bennington-child-draven-transgender-1235903670/|title=Chester Bennington's Child Draven Reveals They Are Transgender: 'Choosing to No Longer Hide'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Peters|first=Mitchell|date=February 16, 2025|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> Bennington's relationship with his first wife declined during his early years with Linkin Park, and they divorced in 2005.<ref>Montgomery, James, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070509021944/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558873/20070504/linkin_park.jhtml Linkin Park's ''Minutes to Midnight'' Preview: Nu-Metallers Grow Up] (May 7, 2007), MTV News; retrieved on June 24, 2007.</ref> 

In 2006, he married Talinda Ann Bentley, a former ''[[Playboy]]'' model with whom he had three children, the first born in 2006, and then twins, born in 2011.<ref name="peopledeath">{{cite news|last1=Runtagh|first1=Jordan|last2=Nelson|first2=Jeff|title=Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington, 41, Found Dead of Apparent Suicide|url=http://people.com/music/chester-bennington-dead-suicide/|access-date=July 21, 2017|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=July 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721024356/http://people.com/music/chester-bennington-dead-suicide/|url-status=live}}</ref> Chester and Talinda Bennington were harassed by a [[Cyberstalking|cyberstalker]], who was later found guilty in 2008 of tampering with the couple's email and other personal information, as well as sending threatening messages, and was sentenced to two years in prison.<ref name="usa today ap">{{cite news|title=Linkin Park singer's stalker sentenced|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-02-20-linkin-park-stalker_n.htm|access-date=April 22, 2017|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=February 20, 2008|location=[[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423070253/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-02-20-linkin-park-stalker_n.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bennington was a tattoo enthusiast.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=October 10, 2017 |title=Rip Chester Bennington of Linkin Park |url=https://www.inkedmag.com/culture/rip-chester-bennington-of-linkin-park |url-status=live |work=[[Inked (magazine)|Inked]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210703140706/https://www.inkedmag.com/culture/rip-chester-bennington-of-linkin-park |archive-date=July 3, 2021 |access-date=July 3, 2021 }}</ref> He had done work and promotions with Club Tattoo, a [[tattoo parlor]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]]. Club Tattoo is owned by Sean Dowdell, Bennington's friend since high school with whom he played in two bands.<ref>Brink, [http://etniessurf.com/blog/2007/03/21/etnies-and-chester-bennington-launch-club-tattoo-collaboration-with-exclusive-art-show-in-nyc/ etnies and Chester Bennington Launch Club Tattoo Collaboration with Exclusive Art Show in NYC!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312142926/http://etniessurf.com/blog/2007/03/21/etnies-and-chester-bennington-launch-club-tattoo-collaboration-with-exclusive-art-show-in-nyc/ |date=March 12, 2009 }} (March 21, 2007); retrieved on June 24, 2007.</ref><ref>ClubTattoo.com, [http://www.clubtattoo.com/press.html Press Room] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609110917/http://www.clubtattoo.com/press.html |date=June 9, 2007 }}; retrieved on June 24, 2007.</ref>

Bennington was an avid sports fan and supported [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] team [[Phoenix Suns]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Vermelin |first=Jérôme |date=July 21, 2017 |title=10 choses... |trans-title=10 things you didn't know about Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington |url=https://www.lci.fr/musique/10-choses-que-vous-ne-saviez-pas-sur-chester-bennington-le-chanteur-de-linkin-park-2059200.html |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[La Chaîne Info]] |location=Paris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925172241/https://www.lci.fr/musique/10-choses-que-vous-ne-saviez-pas-sur-chester-bennington-le-chanteur-de-linkin-park-2059200.html |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |access-date=July 3, 2021 }}</ref> [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[Arizona Cardinals]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]'s [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Arizona Coyotes]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Stone Temple Pilots' Chester Bennington Guests On 'Ferrall on the Bench' (Audio)|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/stone-temple-pilots-chester-bennington-guests-on-ferrall-on-the-bench-audio/|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=October 24, 2013|archive-date=May 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517032520/https://blabbermouth.net/news/stone-temple-pilots-chester-bennington-guests-on-ferrall-on-the-bench-audio|url-status=live}}</ref> and English football team [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-07-21/chester-bennington-ipswich-town-pay-tribute-to-their-most-high-profile-fan|title=Chester Bennington: Ipswich Town pay tribute to their 'most high profile' fan|publisher=[[ITVX]]|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=May 19, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519141031/https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-07-21/chester-bennington-ipswich-town-pay-tribute-to-their-most-high-profile-fan|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a January 2011 interview, in response to the [[2011 Tucson shooting]], Bennington said, "There's a non-violent way to express yourself and get your point across&nbsp;– regardless of what you're saying or what your point is. In a free society, people have a right to believe whatever they want to believe. That's their business and they can speak their mind. But nobody, even in a free society, has the right to take another person's life. Ever. That's something that we really need to move beyond."<ref>{{cite news|last=Fischer|first=Reed|url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2011/01/linkin_park_chester_bennington_arizona_shooting.php|title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Responds to Arizona Shooting|date=January 11, 2011|newspaper=[[New Times Broward-Palm Beach]]|access-date=January 18, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202152035/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2011/01/linkin_park_chester_bennington_arizona_shooting.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bennington was a critic of U.S. president [[Donald Trump]]. On January 29, 2017, he tweeted that Trump was "a greater threat to the USA than terrorism".<ref>{{cite tweet | user=ChesterBe| first=Chester| last=Bennington| number=825917601125535744 | title=I repeat..... Trump is a greater threat to the USA than terrorism!! We have to take back our voices and stand for what we believe in | date=January 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Haasch |first=Palmer |date=July 20, 2020 |title=Fans of late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington are sharing his anti-Trump tweets after the president retweeted a video using the band's music |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/linkin-park-trump-chester-bennington-tweets-copyright-video-anniversary-2020-7 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814072131/https://www.businessinsider.com/linkin-park-trump-chester-bennington-tweets-copyright-video-anniversary-2020-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> This tweet resurfaced in July 2020 after Linkin Park sent Trump a [[cease and desist]] order for using "[[In the End]]" in an ad for his [[Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|re-election campaign that year]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Joanna |date=July 20, 2020 |title=Chester Bennington's anti-Trump posts resurface after Linkin Park stop him using their songs. |url=https://www.indy100.com/article/chester-bennington-linkin-park-trump-9628216 |newspaper=[[The Independent#The i|indy100]] |access-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018054321/https://www.indy100.com/article/chester-bennington-linkin-park-trump-9628216 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Health and injuries===
Bennington was plagued with poor health during the making of ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]'', and struggled to attend some of the album's recording sessions.<ref>Warner Bros. Records, "The Making of Meteora" (2003) [DVD]; released on March 25, 2003.</ref> In the summer of 2003, he began to suffer from extreme abdominal pain and gastrointestinal issues while filming the music video for "[[Numb (Linkin Park song)|Numb]]" in [[Prague]]. He was forced to return to the United States for surgery, and filmed the remainder of the music video in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1474724/surgery-may-stop-linkin-park-singer-from-vomiting-while-singing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529020453/http://www.mtv.com/news/1474724/surgery-may-stop-linkin-park-singer-from-vomiting-while-singing/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |title=Surgery May Stop Linkin Park Singer From Vomiting While Singing |agency=[[MTV News]] |date=July 24, 2003 |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Doing Fine |work=Linkin Park News |publisher=Yahoo! Music |date=July 11, 2003 |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/linkin-park/news/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-doing-fine--12061683 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=May 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524144712/http://new.music.yahoo.com/linkin-park/news/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-doing-fine--12061683 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bennington sustained a wrist injury in October 2007 while attempting to jump off a platform during a show in [[Melbourne]] at the [[Rod Laver Arena]]. Despite the injury, he continued to perform the entire show with a broken wrist, before heading to an [[emergency department]], where he received five stitches.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/0vrlf4SVSt8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018203725/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrlf4SVSt8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |author=Linkin Park |title=Chester's Broken Wrist {{!}} LPTV #16 |via=YouTube |date=October 17, 2007 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrlf4SVSt8 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Chester Bennington's Accidents">{{cite web | url=http://www.upvenue.com/article/1303-linkin-park-s-chester-bennington-is-accident-prone.html | title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington is Accident Prone | date=February 25, 2011 | access-date=February 25, 2011 | work=UpVenue | archive-date=July 17, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717173317/http://www.upvenue.com/article/1303-linkin-park-s-chester-bennington-is-accident-prone.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2011, Bennington fell ill again, and Linkin Park was forced to cancel three shows and reschedule two from the [[A Thousand Suns World Tour]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Diaz|first=Julio|title=DeLuna Fest loses Linkin Park|url=http://www.pnj.com/article/20111004/NEWS01/111004027/-No-heading-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp|access-date=October 4, 2011|newspaper=Pensacola News Journal|date=October 4, 2011|archive-date=June 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603065319/http://www.pnj.com/article/20111004/NEWS01/111004027/-No-heading-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp|url-status=live}}</ref> He injured his shoulder during the band's tour in Asia and was advised by doctors to have immediate surgery, canceling their final show at [[Pensacola Beach, Florida]], and ending their tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linkinpark.com/profiles/blogs/linkin-park-withdraw-from-deluna-fest |title=Linkin Park Withdraw From Deluna Fest |author=Linkin Park |date=October 5, 2011 |work=linkinpark.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006144046/http://www.linkinpark.com/profiles/blogs/linkin-park-withdraw-from-deluna-fest |archive-date=October 6, 2011 }}</ref>

Bennington struggled with depression and [[substance abuse]].<ref name="KG2017">{{cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=August 4, 2017 |title=Chester Bennington's Last Days: Linkin Park Singer's Mix of Hope, Heaviness |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chester-benningtons-last-days-linkin-park-singers-mix-of-hope-heaviness-124862/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422052944/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chester-benningtons-last-days-linkin-park-singers-mix-of-hope-heaviness-124862/ |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref> He overcame his drug addiction and denounced drug use in later interviews.<ref>Bradenton Herald, [http://www.lpassociation.com/forum/threads/got-news.24532/page-12#post-223370 Bradenton: Mo' Money Mo' Problems] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523145551/http://www.lpassociation.com/press/interviews |date=May 23, 2008 }} (August 13, 2004), Linkin Park Association; retrieved on June 27, 2007.</ref> He battled with alcoholism during his tenure with Linkin Park, which he overcame following an intervention from his bandmates.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gaita |first1=Paul |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: Band's Intervention Saved my Life |url=https://www.thefix.com/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-bands-intervention-saved-my-life |publisher=The Fix |access-date=March 10, 2020 |date=July 14, 2011 |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813115642/https://www.thefix.com/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-bands-intervention-saved-my-life |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, he said he had quit drinking, noting: "I just don't want to be that person anymore."<ref name="kerrang-2011interview">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/linkin-park/58022|title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: 'I was a raging alcoholic'|date=July 14, 2011|magazine=NME|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002202124/http://www.nme.com/news/linkin-park/58022|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bennington injured his ankle in January 2015 during a basketball game.<ref>{{cite news |last=Oswald |first=Derek |url=http://www.altwire.net/2015/03/12/altwire-interview-chester-bennington/ |title=[AltWire Interview] Chester Bennington – "We'll Be Playing Some Songs That We Haven't Played Before…" |work=AltWire |date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=March 18, 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> He attempted to cope with the injury and perform with the aid of crutches and a [[knee scooter]]. Linkin Park later canceled the remainder of their tour to allow Bennington to undergo surgery and recover.<ref>{{cite news |last=Childers |first=Chad |url=http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-call-off-two-dates-after-chester-bennington-leg-injury/ |title=Linkin Park Call Off Remaining Tour Dates After Chester Bennington Leg Injury |work=[[Loudwire]] |date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=January 21, 2015 |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013034035/http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-call-off-two-dates-after-chester-bennington-leg-injury/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linkinpark.com/news/238383 |title=The Hunting Party Tour – Cancelled |date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=January 21, 2015 |work=linkinpark.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310062406/http://www.linkinpark.com/news/238383 |archive-date=March 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zadrozny |first=Anya |url=http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-chester-bennington-gnarly-post-surgery-photo/ |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Shares Gnarly Post-Surgery Photo |work=[[Loudwire]] |date=January 26, 2015 |access-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130011509/http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-chester-bennington-gnarly-post-surgery-photo/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Friendship with Chris Cornell===
Bennington was a close friend of [[Chris Cornell]].<ref name="Cornell">{{cite news|last=Almasy|first=Steve|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/20/celebrities/chris-cornell-chester-bennington-friendship/index.html|title=Chester Bennington dies on his good friend Chris Cornell's birthday|agency=CNN|date=July 20, 2017|access-date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=July 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721010705/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/20/celebrities/chris-cornell-chester-bennington-friendship/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They became friends during a tour they shared in the mid-2000s.<ref name="Rothman2017">{{cite news |last=Rothman |first=Michael |date=July 21, 2017 |title=Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell: Inside the close bond they shared |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-close-bond-singers-chris-cornell-chester-bennington/story?id=48770870 |url-status=live |agency=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105052709/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-close-bond-singers-chris-cornell-chester-bennington/story?id=48770870 |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref> The chemistry between the two strengthened during the [[Projekt Revolution#2008|2007–2008 Projekt Revolution Tour]] when Bennington joined Cornell on stage to sing [[Temple of the Dog]]'s "[[Hunger Strike (song)|Hunger Strike]]", and then Cornell joined Linkin Park to sing "[[Crawling (song)|Crawling]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 20, 2018 |title=See Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell Duet on Temple of the Dog, Linkin Park Songs |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/artist-artist-video-videos/watch-chester-bennington-chris-cornell-sing-linkin-parks-crawling-2008?page=2 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711134646/https://www.revolvermag.com/artist-artist-video-videos/watch-chester-bennington-chris-cornell-sing-linkin-parks-crawling-2008?page=2 |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Rothman2017"/> Bennington was also the godfather of Cornell's son Christopher.<ref name="Cornell"/>

Cornell died by suicide on May 18, 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |first=Daniel |last=Goldblatt |date=May 18, 2017 |title=Chris Cornell Dead at 52: Death Ruled Suicide by Hanging |url=https://people.com/music/chris-cornell-dead/ |access-date=June 1, 2023 |magazine=People |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601133323/https://people.com/music/chris-cornell-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bennington wrote an [[open letter]] to Cornell on [[Instagram]], stating that he could not imagine a world without Cornell in it.<ref name="Cornell"/> Shinoda noted that Bennington was very emotional when the band performed "[[One More Light (song)|One More Light]]" in Cornell's honor on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|first=Jimmy|last=Kimmel|author-link=Jimmy Kimmel|title=Linkin Park Performs "One More Light"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgwL14IDDJY|via=YouTube|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=November 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029191756/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgwL14IDDJY|archive-date=October 29, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Linkin Park – One More Light Live (Chris Cornell Tribute)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfuzFRsE4qU|date=May 20, 2017|access-date=February 14, 2022|via=YouTube|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214071754/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfuzFRsE4qU|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Jimmy|last=Kimmel|title=Linkin Park Performs "One More Light"|url=https://www.facebook.com/JimmyKimmelLive/videos/10155282910883374/|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=February 14, 2022|publisher=Facebook|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214071802/https://www.facebook.com/JimmyKimmelLive/videos/10155282910883374/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Bennington could not finish singing the song during rehearsal due to this.<ref name="Radio">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/p7hcEPtCf00 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170721001548/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7hcEPtCf00&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|last=Radio.com|title=Chester Bennington's Bandmate: Linkin Park Singer Was Hit Hard by Chris Cornell's Suicide|date=July 20, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7hcEPtCf00|access-date=July 21, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The band was due to record a live performance of their single "[[Heavy (Linkin Park song)|Heavy]]" on the show, but Bennington decided instead to play "One More Light" after hearing the news about Cornell's death.<ref name="Radio"/>

On May 26, 2017, a week after his ''Kimmel'' performance, Bennington sang [[Leonard Cohen]]'s song "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" at Cornell's funeral in Los Angeles with [[Brad Delson]] on guitar.<ref name="Cornell" />

==Death==
{{wikinews|Linkin Park's lead singer Chester Bennington dies at 41}}
On July 20, 2017, at the age of 41, Bennington was found dead at his home in [[Palos Verdes Estates, California]].<ref name="bbcdeath">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40676530|title=Chester Bennington: Linkin Park vocalist 'took his own life'|date=July 20, 2017|agency=BBC News|access-date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040134/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40676530|url-status=live}}</ref> Authorities ruled his death as [[suicide by hanging]]. No [[suicide note]] was left and toxicology reports only found a trace amount of alcohol in his system.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chester-benningtons-autopsy-report-released-128514/ | title=Chester Bennington's Autopsy Report Released | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=December 5, 2017 | access-date=April 15, 2021 | author=Grow, Kory | archive-date=October 25, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025195300/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chester-benningtons-autopsy-report-released-128514/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/07/21/coroner-chester-bennington-died-hanging/499576001/ |title=Coroner confirms Chester Bennington died by hanging; Linkin Park cancels tour |newspaper=USA Today |date=July 21, 2017 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722043052/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/07/21/coroner-chester-bennington-died-hanging/499576001/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Payne |first=Chris |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8061667/chester-bennington-linkin-park-toxicology-autopsy-report |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: Toxicology Report Released |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=December 5, 2017 |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-date=December 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206033110/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8061667/chester-bennington-linkin-park-toxicology-autopsy-report |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Linkin Park, Brixton Academy, London (35957242826).jpg|thumb|left|230px|Bennington performing on July 4, 2017, sixteen days before his death]]

After Bennington's death, Linkin Park canceled the rest of their [[One More Light World Tour]] and refunded tickets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40690144 |title=Linkin Park cancel North American tour after Chester Bennington death |publisher=BBC |date=July 21, 2017 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722053759/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40690144 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bennington's funeral was held on July 29 at [[South Coast Botanic Garden]] in Palos Verdes. In addition to his family members and close friends, many musicians who toured or played with Linkin Park also attended. The service also included a full stage for musical tributes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bitette |first=Nicole |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/chester-bennington-laid-rest-private-funeral-ceremony-article-1.3369247 |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington laid to rest in private funeral ceremony near his home |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=July 30, 2017 |access-date=July 30, 2017 |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731191027/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/chester-bennington-laid-rest-private-funeral-ceremony-article-1.3369247 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Remembrances and tributes===
Bennington filmed an episode of ''[[Carpool Karaoke: The Series]]'' six days before his death. Bennington's family allowed the episode to be aired on October 12, 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Reed |first=Ryan |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/james-corden-on-chester-benningtons-carpool-karaoke-episode-w496730 |title=James Corden: Chester Bennington's 'Carpool Karaoke' Is Family's Decision |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813153309/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/james-corden-on-chester-benningtons-carpool-karaoke-episode-w496730 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |access-date=August 13, 2017 }}</ref> On August 27, during the [[2017 MTV Video Music Awards]] ceremony,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9uK8T49aLI|title=Jared Leto Pays Tribute to Linkin Park's Chester Bennington|work=YouTube|date=August 28, 2017|access-date=June 29, 2022|archive-date=July 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708124048/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9uK8T49aLI|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jared Leto]] received media attention for his tribute to Bennington and [[Chris Cornell]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stedman|first1=Alex|title=Jared Leto Delivers Heartfelt Tribute to Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell at MTV Video Music Awards|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/jared-leto-chester-bennington-chris-cornell-vmas-1202540188/|access-date=August 27, 2017|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=March 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327002033/http://variety.com/2017/music/news/jared-leto-chester-bennington-chris-cornell-vmas-1202540188/|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of his former bandmates from Dead by Sunrise and Grey Daze united to perform a tribute for Bennington during a concert on September 2 in [[Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mack |first=Emmy |url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/watch-chester-benningtons-former-bandmates-perform-emotional-acoustic-tribute/ |title=Watch Chester Bennington's Former Bandmates Perform An Emotional Acoustic Tribute |work=Music Feed |date=September 4, 2017 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908175021/http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/watch-chester-benningtons-former-bandmates-perform-emotional-acoustic-tribute/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Linkin Park also hosted a public tribute for Bennington in Los Angeles on October 27, titled [[Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington]]. The event featured the band's first performance following his death, along with performances from [[Blink-182]], members of [[System of a Down]], [[Korn]], [[Avenged Sevenfold]], [[Bring Me the Horizon]], [[Sum 41]], [[Yellowcard]], and the singer [[Kiiara]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Eisinger|first1=Dale|title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Tribute to Include Blink-182, Members of Korn, System of a Down|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-tribute-to-include-blink-182-members-of-korn-system-of-a-down-more-1202565897/|website=Variety|access-date=September 20, 2017|date=September 19, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121163417/https://variety.com/2017/music/news/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-tribute-to-include-blink-182-members-of-korn-system-of-a-down-more-1202565897/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/linkin-park-plan-public-event-to-honor-chester-bennington-w499126 |title=Linkin Park Plan Public Event to Honor Chester Bennington |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 23, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823130345/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/linkin-park-plan-public-event-to-honor-chester-bennington-w499126 |archive-date=August 23, 2017 |access-date=August 23, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Eisinger|first1=Dale|title=Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Says Rick Rubin Convinced the Band to Perform Again|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/09/linkin-parks-mike-shinoda-says-rick-rubin-convinced-the-band-to-perform-again/|website=Spin|access-date=September 20, 2017|date=September 19, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121163417/https://www.spin.com/2017/09/linkin-parks-mike-shinoda-says-rick-rubin-convinced-the-band-to-perform-again/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rapper [[Jay-Z]] paid tribute to Bennington on several occasions by performing "[[Numb/Encore]]" live. Jay-Z and Bennington (with Linkin Park) collaborated on the song. [[Coldplay]]'s [[Chris Martin]] paid tribute to Bennington during the band's North American tour concert at [[MetLife Stadium]], playing an acoustic version of "[[Crawling (song)|Crawling]]" on piano.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/02/watch-coldplay-pay-touching-tribute-to-linkin-parks-chester-bennington-with-cover-of-crawling-6822943/|title=Watch Coldplay pay touching tribute to Linkin Park's Chester Bennington|date=August 2, 2017|newspaper=Metro|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174235/http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/02/watch-coldplay-pay-touching-tribute-to-linkin-parks-chester-bennington-with-cover-of-crawling-6822943/|url-status=live}}</ref> Several other artists, including [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[Ryan Key]] (lead vocalist and guitarist of [[Yellowcard]]), [[Machine Gun Kelly (musician)|Machine Gun Kelly]], [[Imagine Dragons]], [[Billy Talent]] and [[Godsmack]], also either covered Linkin Park songs (usually "Crawling") or played their own songs during concerts as tribute to Bennington in the days and months following his death. During the [[60th Annual Grammy Awards]]'s annual in memoriam tribute, rapper [[Logic (rapper)|Logic]] performed the song "[[1-800-273-8255 (song)|1-800-273-8255]]" live alongside [[Alessia Cara]] and [[Khalid (American singer)|Khalid]] as a tribute to both Cornell and Bennington. The song's title was, at the time, the phone number of the [[988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2018/01/28/video-logic-khalid-alessia-cara-perform-1-800-273-8255-at-grammys/|title=Watch Logic, Khalid, & Alessia Cara Perform '1-800-273-8255' at Grammys|work=[[Rap-Up]]|date=January 28, 2018|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214142021/http://www.rap-up.com/2018/01/28/video-logic-khalid-alessia-cara-perform-1-800-273-8255-at-grammys/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Producer [[Markus Schulz]] made a [[trance music|trance]] remix of the Linkin Park song "[[In the End]]" as tribute to Bennington after his death, which he debuted at [[Tomorrowland (festival)|Tomorrowland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2017/07/markus-schulz-chester-bennington-end-bootleg/|title=Markus Schulz honors Chester Bennington with 'In The End' bootleg|website=Dancing Astronaut|date=July 29, 2017|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231193115/https://dancingastronaut.com/2017/07/markus-schulz-chester-bennington-end-bootleg/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bennington and other late musicians were honored in the music video for "Hold on to Memories" by [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Spencer |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/disturbed-unveil-emotional-hold-memories-222335783.html |title=Disturbed unveil emotional "Hold on to Memories" video, launch interactive video creator for fans |work=Yahoo! Music |date=December 19, 2019 |access-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719234517/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/disturbed-unveil-emotional-hold-memories-222335783.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following Bennington's death, [[Limp Bizkit]] singer [[Fred Durst]] said that Bennington "had a way of making anyone he spoke to feel heard, understood and significant. His aura and spirit were contagious and empowering. Often those types of people have so much pain and torture inside that the last thing they want is to contaminate or break the spirit of others... As real and transparent as our conversations would be, he was always the one projecting light on the shadows."<ref name="auto">{{Cite magazine|first=Anna|last=Gaca|date=July 25, 2017|title=Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst on Chester Bennington: 'He Had a Way of Making Anyone He Spoke to Feel Heard'|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/limp-bizkit-fred-durst-chester-bennington-interview-7880909/|access-date=September 1, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=October 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024122730/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/rock/7880909/limp-bizkit-fred-durst-chester-bennington-interview|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Aftermath===
Linkin Park went on hiatus following Bennington's death in 2017, during which the band did not tour or work on new music.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Mike Shinoda on a Linkin Park live return: "Now is not the time"|first=Emily|last=Carter|date=October 29, 2021|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/mike-shinoda-on-a-linkin-park-live-return-now-is-not-the-time/|access-date=October 30, 2021|magazine=Kerrang!|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030081527/https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/mike-shinoda-on-a-linkin-park-live-return-now-is-not-the-time/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=April 23, 2022 |title=MIKE SHINODA On LINKIN PARK: 'No Tours, No Music, No Albums In The Pipeline' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mike-shinoda-on-linkin-park-no-tours-no-music-no-albums-in-the-pipeline/ |access-date=April 23, 2022 |website=Blabbermouth.net |quote=The only Linkin Park news I have for you is that… Yeah, we talk every few weeks — I talk to the guys, or some of the guys, and there's no tours, there's no music, there's no albums in the pipeline. Okay, so let me just tell you that. So just keep in your minds that that is not happening. |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425235552/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mike-shinoda-on-linkin-park-no-tours-no-music-no-albums-in-the-pipeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Linzinmeir |first=Taylor |date=April 23, 2022 |title=Mike Shinoda — Linkin Park Have 'No Plans' for New Music |url=https://loudwire.com/mike-shinoda-linkin-park-no-plans-for-new-music-live-shows-video/ |access-date=April 23, 2022 |magazine=[[Loudwire]] |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425021817/https://loudwire.com/mike-shinoda-linkin-park-no-plans-for-new-music-live-shows-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The band instead released 20th-anniversary reissues of ''[[Hybrid Theory#20th anniversary edition|Hybrid Theory]]'' (2020) and ''[[Meteora (album)#20th anniversary edition|Meteora]]'' (2023), along with ''[[Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023)|Papercuts]]'' (2024), a [[greatest hits album]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://warnermusic.co.nz/news/linkin-park-album-papercuts |title=Linkin Park Presents Career-Spanning Album Papers (Singles Collection 2000-2023) |work=Warner Music New Zealand |date=April 12, 2024 |accessdate=September 8, 2024 }}</ref> On September 5, 2024, Linkin Park announced they would reunite after a seven-year hiatus to release a new album, ''[[From Zero]]'', which was released November 15, 2024. It was supported by a six-date international tour. The band also introduced two new members, new co-lead vocalist [[Emily Armstrong (musician)|Emily Armstrong]] (in place of Bennington) and new drummer [[Colin Brittain]] (in place of [[Rob Bourdon]]).<ref name="M.Sherman-2024">{{cite news |last=Sherman |first=Maria |url=https://apnews.com/article/linkin-park-new-singer-album-9259986bd153e5b70202681dd06cb015 |title=Linkin Park reunite 7 years after Chester Bennington's death, with new music |work=AP News |date=September 5, 2024 |accessdate=September 5, 2024 |archive-date=September 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905235245/https://apnews.com/article/linkin-park-new-singer-album-9259986bd153e5b70202681dd06cb015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Legacy==
Several publications have commented on the musical legacy Bennington left behind.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/chester-bennington-appreciation-linkin-park-1202502002/ |title=Chester Bennington and Linkin Park: A Musical Legacy of Darkness and Hope |last=Turman |first=Katherine |date=July 20, 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721172917/https://variety.com/2017/music/news/chester-bennington-appreciation-linkin-park-1202502002/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/36834/1/how-chester-bennington-articulated-my-generations-angst |title=How Chester Bennington articulated my generation's angst |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=July 21, 2017 |work=Dazed |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724003022/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/36834/1/how-chester-bennington-articulated-my-generations-angst |url-status=live }}</ref> While describing the success of Bennington and Linkin Park, [[AllMusic]]'s Andrew Leahey said, "Although rooted in [[alternative metal]], Linkin Park became one of the most successful acts of the 2000s by welcoming elements of hip-hop, modern rock, and atmospheric electronica into their music&nbsp;...focusing as much on the vocal interplay between singer Chester Bennington and rapper Mike Shinoda."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/linkin-park-mn0000289599/biography|title=Linkin Park – Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608125211/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/linkin-park-mn0000289599/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', Dan Weiss stated that Bennington "turned [[Nu metal|nu-metal]] universal", as he was "clearly an important conduit for his far-ranging audience".<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7873874/chester-bennington-nu-metal-essay |title=Chester Bennington Turned Nu-Metal Universal |last=Weiss |first=Dan |date=July 20, 2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 20, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021095123/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7873874/chester-bennington-nu-metal-essay |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Fred Durst]], lead singer of [[Limp Bizkit]], stated that if it were not for Bennington's voice and his words, nu metal "would never have reached the masses and affected so many lives".<ref name="auto"/>

''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} [[Jon Caramanica]] commented that Bennington's ability to "pair serrated rawness with sleek melody" separated him from other contemporary singers, and also from the artists he was influenced by. Caramanica noted, "He was an [[emo]] sympathizer in a time when [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] was still setting the agenda for mainstream [[hard rock]], and a [[hip hop music|hip-hop]] enthusiast who found ways to make hip-hop-informed music that benefited from his very un-hip-hop skill set." As Bennington acquired influences from [[Industrial music|industrial]] and [[hardcore punk]] acts, the journalist believed this was the factor that made Linkin Park survive the "rise and precipitous fall of the rap-rock era", calling the musician "a rock music polymath".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/arts/music/chester-bennington-linkin-park.html |title=Chester Bennington Brought Rock Ferocity to Linkin Park's Innovations |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |date=July 20, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121163521/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/arts/music/chester-bennington-linkin-park.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Mikael Wood of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' argued, "Perhaps more than Linkin Park's influential sound, Bennington's real artistic legacy will be the message he put across&nbsp;– the reassurance he offered from the dark."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-linkin-park-chester-bennington-20170721-story.html |title=Appreciation Linkin Park's Chester Bennington was a voice of reassurance from the dark |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=July 21, 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721202634/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-linkin-park-chester-bennington-20170721-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[BBC]]'s Steve Holden called Bennington the "voice of a generation", saying his voice was arguably Linkin Park's greatest asset.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chester Bennington: Linkin Park vocalist 'took his own life'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40676530|access-date=July 21, 2017|work=[[BBC News]]|date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=March 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311161829/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40676530|url-status=live}}</ref> Jonathan McAloon of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' commented, "Bennington's death will have an impact on many millennials because his voice was the sound of their millennium."<ref>{{cite news|last1=McAloon|first1=Jonathan|title=Why the passing of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington will break millions of millennial hearts|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-outsider-struck-chord-millennials/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-outsider-struck-chord-millennials/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=July 22, 2017|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=July 21, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> While talking about Linkin Park's popularity, Corey Apar, of [[AllMusic]], commented, "Bennington's oft-tortured vocals became one of the most distinctive in the [[alternative rock]] scene."<ref>{{cite web|first=Corey|last=Apar|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chester-bennington-mn0000111882|title=Chester Bennington Bio|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119060732/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chester-bennington-mn0000111882|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'', Ben Beaumont-Thomas noted, "Bennington's decision to sing clearly and openly was, therefore, more radical than he is given credit for, and indeed more socially valuable." The journalist continued to discuss Bennington's impact, commenting,
{{cquote|His cleanly articulated tales of emotional struggle gave millions the sense that someone understood them, and the huge sound of his band around him magnified that sense, moving listeners from the psychic space of their bedrooms into an arena of thousands of people who shared their pain.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/20/chester-bennington-linkin-park-singer-legacy |title=Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington soothed the angst of millions |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=July 21, 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721000206/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/20/chester-bennington-linkin-park-singer-legacy |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
James Hingle echoed this sentiment, writing for ''[[Kerrang!]]'', "[Bennington] was one of the most honest vocalists out there when it came to his mental health".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.kerrang.com/49483/tribute-chester-bennington/ |title=A Tribute To Chester Bennington |last=Hingle |first=James |date=July 21, 2017 |work=Kerrang! |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721195359/http://www.kerrang.com/49483/tribute-chester-bennington/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the same topic, William Goodman from ''Billboard'' said Bennington and fellow musicians [[Chris Cornell]] and [[Scott Weiland]] "helped define a generation of the hard rock sound, who were tied together artistically and personally".<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7873904/chester-bennington-suicide-chris-cornell-scott-weiland-death |title=Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell & Scott Weiland: A Legacy of Pained Rock Powerhouses |last=Goodman |first=William |date=July 21, 2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814174627/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7873904/chester-bennington-suicide-chris-cornell-scott-weiland-death |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[The Straits Times]]''{{'}} music correspondent Eddino Abdul Hadi stated Bennington was an inspiration to many artists in the Singapore music scene.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/linkin-park-singer-influenced-many-in-the-singapore-music-scene |title=Recommended by Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington influenced many in the Singapore music scene |last=Hadi |first=Eddino Abdul |date=July 21, 2017 |newspaper=The Straits Times |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724095356/http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/linkin-park-singer-influenced-many-in-the-singapore-music-scene |url-status=live }}</ref> Calum Slingerland, editor of the Canadian periodical ''[[Exclaim!]]'', expressed, "[H]is influence has been felt in the worlds of rock, metal, rap, and beyond."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_world_reacts_to_chester_benningtons_death |title=The World Reacts to Chester Bennington's Death |last=Slingerland |first=Calum |date=July 20, 2017 |work=Exclaim! |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720232943/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_world_reacts_to_chester_benningtons_death |url-status=live }}</ref>

After Bennington's death, his widow Talinda Bennington launched a campaign called 320 Changes Direction in honor of her husband to help break the stigma surrounding mental illness.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=DeWald|first=Mike|date=May 6, 2020|title=Riff Radio: Talinda Bennington turns adversity into strength with 320 Changes Direction|url=https://riffmagazine.com/podcast/talinda-bennington-320-changes-direction-chester-bennington/|access-date=April 13, 2021|magazine=RIFF|quote=In July 2017 she lost her husband, Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, to his battle against addiction and depression. Through that experience, she founded 320 Changes Direction, a nonprofit, named for her husband's birthdate, to raise the issue of mental health awareness and to connect people to the resources they need.|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413015026/https://riffmagazine.com/podcast/talinda-bennington-320-changes-direction-chester-bennington/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, during a [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] live-stream, [[Mike Shinoda]] confirmed the existence of an unreleased Linkin Park song, titled "[[Friendly Fire (Linkin Park song)|Friendly Fire]]", which features vocal tracks Bennington recorded during the ''[[One More Light]]'' sessions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike_shinoda_on_unreleased_linkin_park_song_featuring_chester_bennington_vocals_youre_gonna_have_to_wait_literally_years_to_hear_it.html|title=Mike Shinoda on Unreleased Linkin Park Song Featuring Chester Bennington Vocals: 'You're Gonna Have to Wait Literally Years to Hear It'|publisher=Ultimate Guitar|access-date=July 12, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625035540/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike_shinoda_on_unreleased_linkin_park_song_featuring_chester_bennington_vocals_youre_gonna_have_to_wait_literally_years_to_hear_it.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was released on February 23, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkes |first=Emma |date=2024-02-19 |title=Linkin Park announce new, unreleased song 'Friendly Fire' featuring Chester Bennington |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/linkin-park-announce-new-unreleased-song-friendly-fire-featuring-chester-bennington-3589635 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=February 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220025115/https://www.nme.com/news/music/linkin-park-announce-new-unreleased-song-friendly-fire-featuring-chester-bennington-3589635 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the time of his death, Bennington just finished a collaboration with [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] guitarist [[Mark Morton (guitarist)|Mark Morton]] for Morton's solo album ''[[Anesthetic (album)|Anesthetic]]'' entitled "Cross Off"; Morton later said in interviews that Bennington was "very, very excited about the idea of screaming and doing something heavier than what he's been doing lately".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lamb-of-god-guitarist-says-chester-bennington-was-very-excited-about-screaming-and-doing-something-heavier-than-linkin-park/|title=LAMB OF GOD Guitarist Says CHESTER BENNINGTON Was 'Very Excited' About Screaming And 'Doing Something Heavier' Than LINKIN PARK|date=January 11, 2019|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=September 1, 2022|archive-date=September 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929214824/https://blabbermouth.net/news/lamb-of-god-guitarist-says-chester-bennington-was-very-excited-about-screaming-and-doing-something-heavier-than-linkin-park|url-status=live}}</ref> The music video for "Cross Off" later featured an empty microphone as a tribute to Bennington.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/mark-morton-and-chester-benningtons-cross-off-video-is-eerily-haunted/|title=Mark Morton And Chester Bennington's Cross Off Video Is Eerily Haunted|website=Kerrang!|date=March 5, 2019|access-date=September 1, 2022|archive-date=September 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901123631/https://www.kerrang.com/mark-morton-and-chester-benningtons-cross-off-video-is-eerily-haunted|url-status=live}}</ref>

During an interview with [[Zane Lowe]] in 2024, Bennington's successor in Linkin Park, [[Emily Armstrong]], called the band's debut album ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'' her favorite album and specifically cited Bennington's performance in the song "[[One Step Closer (Linkin Park song)|One Step Closer]]" as her inspiration to be a singer, commenting, "That was the moment I was like, 'I want to sing and scream', you know? 'One Step Closer', I was like, 'I could do that'. At the time I wasn't even a good singer. I was a guitar player in a band, you know? . . . And obviously, on the side of the feelings and the emotions of it, like, I would love to do him proud."<ref>{{cite web |title=Linkin Park: The Emptiness Machine, New Album & Return to Music with Apple Music's Zane Lowe |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otxt-VTYgmU |website=YouTube |access-date=November 23, 2024 |date=September 6, 2024}}</ref>

==Discography==

===With Linkin Park===
{{Main|Linkin Park discography|List of songs recorded by Linkin Park}}
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* ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album)|Minutes to Midnight]]'' (2007)
* ''[[A Thousand Suns]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Living Things (Linkin Park album)|Living Things]]'' (2012)
* ''[[The Hunting Party (album)|The Hunting Party]]'' (2014)
* ''[[One More Light]]'' (2017)

===With Grey Daze===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-

! rowspan="2"| Album
! rowspan="2"| Album details
! colspan="7"| Peak chart<br>positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Lists of UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts number ones|UK<br />Rock]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''Wake Me''
|
* Released: October 1994<ref>{{Cite news|first=Ed|last=Masley|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/12/chester-bennington-early-life-phoenix-grey-daze-new-music-amends-linkin-park/5392814002/|title='Raw talent from day one': How Chester Bennington found his voice as a Phoenix teen|newspaper=The Arizona Republic|date=July 12, 2020|access-date=July 12, 2020|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712234647/https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/12/chester-bennington-early-life-phoenix-grey-daze-new-music-amends-linkin-park/5392814002/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Formats: CD
| — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''...No Sun Today''
|
* Released: May 23, 1997
* Formats: CD
| — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Amends (album)|Amends]]''
|
* Released: June 26, 2020
* Formats: CD, [[LP record|LP]], download, [[Streaming media|streaming]]
| 30 || 29 || 9 || 17 || 62 || 1 || 75
|-
! scope="row"| ''The Phoenix''
|
* Release: June 17, 2022
* Format: CD, LP, download, streaming
| — || — || 27 || 87 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

====Singles====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album
|-
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%;"| [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|US Main.]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Mainstream Rock Charts: Week of May 23, 2020 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/2020-05-23 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625212414/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/2020-05-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%;"| [[Hot Rock & Alternative Songs|US<br>Rock]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hot Rock Songs Chart: Week of May 23, 2020 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-date=July 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725050236/https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs |url-status=live }}</ref>
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard charts#Rock|US<br>Rock<br>Air.]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rock Airplay: Week of May 30, 2020 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-date=July 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725050236/https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "What's In the Eye?"
| rowspan="5"| 2020
| — || — || —
| rowspan="5"| ''Amends''
|-
! scope="row"| "Sickness"
| 2 || 35 || 11
|-
! scope="row"| "Sometimes"
| — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Soul Song"
| — || 40 || —
|-
! scope="row"| "B12"
| 29 || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Anything, Anything"
| 2021
| — || — || —
| rowspan="4"| ''The Phoenix''
|-
! scope="row"| "Saturation (Strange Love)"
| rowspan="3"| 2022
| — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Starting to Fly"
| — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Drag"
| — || — || —
|-
|}

====Music videos====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Album
|-
|rowspan=6| 2020
|"What's in the Eye"
| Zev Deans
|rowspan=6|''Amends''
|-
|"Sickness"
| Nico Poalillo and Brandon Rottman
|-
|"Soul Song"
| Jaime Bennington
|-
|"B12"
| {{Unknown}}
|-
|"In Time"
| rowspan="2"| Daniel Silva and Danilo Silgepe
|-
|"Shouting Out"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2022
|"Saturation (Strange Love)"
| Marc Silverstein
| rowspan="3"|''The Phoenix''
|-
|"Starting to Fly"
| rowspan="2"| Heidi Gadd
|-
|"Drag"
|}

===With Dead by Sunrise===
* ''[[Out of Ashes]]'' (2009)

===With Stone Temple Pilots===
* ''[[High Rise (EP)|High Rise]]'' (2013)

===Album contributions and singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Artist !! Song !! Release
|-
| rowspan="1"|2001 || [[DJ Lethal]] || "Cry To Yourself"|| N/A – originally intended for DJ Lethal's unreleased album "State of the Art"
|-
| rowspan="1"|2002 || [[Stone Temple Pilots]] || "Wonderful (Live)" || ''[[The Family Values 2001 Tour]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"|2002 || Chester Bennington || "System" || [[Queen of the Damned (soundtrack)|''Queen of the Damned'' soundtrack]]
|-
| [[Cyclefly]] || "Karma Killer" || ''[[Crave (Cyclefly album)|Crave]]''
|-
| | 2004 || [[Handsome Boy Modeling School]] featuring [[DJ Q-bert]], [[Grand Wizard Theodore]], [[Jazzy Jay]], [[Lord Finesse]], [[Mike Shinoda]], [[Rahzel]] & Chester Bennington / [[Tim Meadows]] || "Rock N' Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) (Part 2) / Knockers" || ''[[White People (album)|White People]]''
|-
| rowspan=2|2005 || [[DJ Z-Trip|Z-Trip]] || "Walking Dead" || ''[[Shifting Gears (DJ Z-Trip album)|Shifting Gears]]''
|-
| [[Mötley Crüe]] || "[[Home Sweet Home (Mötley Crüe song)#Cover versions|Home Sweet Home]]" <small>(remake)</small> || Non-album charity single
|-
| rowspan=2|2006 || Chester Bennington || "Morning After (Julien-K Remix)" || ''[[Underworld: Evolution#Music|Underworld: Evolution (soundtrack)]]''
|-
| [[Mindless Self Indulgence]] || "What Do They Know? (Mindless Self Indulgence Vs. Julien-K & Chester Bennington Remix)" || ''Another Mindless Rip Off''
|-
| 2007 || [[Young Buck]] || "Slow Ya Roll" || ''[[Buck the World]]''
|-
| 2008/2010 || [[Chris Cornell]] || "[[Hunger Strike (song)|Hunger Strike]] (Live at [[Projekt Revolution]] 2008)" || ''[[Songs from the Underground]]''
''[[A Decade Underground]]''
|-
| 2010 || [[Santana (band)|Santana]] featuring Chester Bennington & [[Ray Manzarek]] || "[[Riders on the Storm]]" <small>([[The Doors]] cover)</small> || ''[[Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time]]''
|-
| 2019 || [[Mark Morton (guitarist)|Mark Morton]] featuring Chester Bennington || "Cross Off" || ''[[Anesthetic (album)|Anesthetic]]''<ref name="Morton solo">{{cite web |last1=Kaufman |first1=Spencer |title=Lamb of God's Mark Morton to release album featuring Chester Bennington, Randy Blythe, Myles Kennedy, and more |url=https://consequence.net/2018/12/lamb-of-god-mark-morton-album-chester-bennington-randy-blythe-myles-kennedy/ |website=[[Consequence of Sound]] |date=December 14, 2018 |access-date=December 14, 2018 |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408144813/https://consequence.net/2018/12/lamb-of-god-mark-morton-album-chester-bennington-randy-blythe-myles-kennedy/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2018/12/18/lamb-of-gods-mark-morton-announces-solo-collaborative-album-anesthetic-featuring-a-stack-of-guests/|title=Lamb of God's Mark Morton announces solo collaborative album 'Anesthetic' featuring a Stack Of Guests!!!|last=brownypaul|date=December 18, 2018|website=Wall Of Sound|access-date=January 8, 2019|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109062750/https://wallofsoundau.com/2018/12/18/lamb-of-gods-mark-morton-announces-solo-collaborative-album-anesthetic-featuring-a-stack-of-guests/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===Music producer===
Bennington executive-produced the 2012 debut EP ''Us–You'' for Los Angeles [[hard rock]] band Hellflower, which is fronted by his long-time friend and Director of Activities (D.O.A.) Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanvoodoorecords.com/?page_id=22 |title=Hellflower |publisher=American Voodoo Records |access-date=August 19, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707133209/http://www.americanvoodoorecords.com/?page_id=22 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 }}</ref>

==Filmography==
Bennington made a cameo appearance in the 2006 film ''[[Crank (film)|Crank]]'' as a customer in a [[pharmacy]].<ref name="Minutes To Midnight not ready and iTunes">{{cite magazine |first=Johnathon |last=Cohen |title=Linkin Park Hits iTunes, New Album Not Quite Ready |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=August 29, 2006 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57396/linkin-park-hits-itunes-new-album-not-quite-ready |access-date=June 20, 2008 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613154618/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57396/linkin-park-hits-itunes-new-album-not-quite-ready |url-status=live }}</ref> He later appeared as a horse-track spectator in the film's 2009 sequel, ''[[Crank: High Voltage]]''.<ref name="Crank 2 Chester">{{cite news |first=Alexandra |last=Greenberg |title=Maynard James Keenan & Cester Bennington Make Cameo In 'Crank: Hich Voltage' |date=April 3, 2009 |publisher=Mitch Schneider Organization |url=http://www.msopr.com/?q=node/4531/print |access-date=August 6, 2009 |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729132132/http://www.msopr.com/?q=node%2F4531%2Fprint |url-status=live }}</ref> Bennington also played the role of the ill-fated racist Evan in the 2010 film ''[[Saw 3D]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barton |first=Steve |title=New Saw 3D Image Tortures Linkin Park's Chester Bennington |work=DreadCentral |date=August 31, 2010 |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/39454/new-saw-3d-image-tortures-linkin-parks-chester-bennington |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=September 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915045907/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/39454/new-saw-3d-image-tortures-linkin-parks-chester-bennington |url-status=live }}</ref> He was one of several rock musicians who spoke about the industry in [[Jared Leto]]'s 2012 documentary, ''[[Artifact (film)|Artifact]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mobarak|first1=Jared|title=Artifact|date=December 2, 2013|url=https://thefilmstage.com/reviews/review-artifact/|publisher=Film Stage|access-date=September 19, 2017|archive-date=May 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511012616/https://thefilmstage.com/reviews/review-artifact/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bennington was working with Church on developing an upcoming television show, ''Mayor of the World'', with executive producer Trip Taylor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://reapersforge.com/motw.html |title=Reaper's Forge |publisher=Reapersforge.com |access-date=August 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129064731/http://reapersforge.com/motw.html |archive-date=November 29, 2010 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Crank (film)|Crank]]''
| Pharmacy Stoner
|<ref name="Minutes To Midnight not ready and iTunes" />
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Crank: High Voltage]]''
| Hollywood Park Guy
|<ref name="Crank 2 Chester" />
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Saw 3D]]''
| Evan
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Warner |first=Kara |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/735wq6/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-explains-how-he-ended-up-in-saw-3d |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101202618/https://www.mtv.com/news/735wq6/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-explains-how-he-ended-up-in-saw-3d |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Explains How He Ended Up In 'Saw 3D' |work=MTV |date=October 28, 2010 |accessdate=January 26, 2024 }}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|1057933|Chester Bennington}}
* [https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/chester-bennington Chester Bennington] on [[Grammy Award]]s

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