Lots of memories, lots of talks, emotions regarding mighty Chester Charles Bennington … I don't know how or where to begin!
I can recall it when I read articles about Chester's attempts, watched his interviews, all those days fighting against drug and alcohol abuse, recovering from marijuana addiction. Once chazzy said it was the track ‘breaking the habit', writing the lyrics then recording it made a great turn. ‘It makes me energetic every time while I perform it' he used to say. When he married Talinda I began to believe that he would never do such things. Then I came to meet some folks on Internet or every where claiming themselves as metalhead, or ex-Lp fans, who continuously booed him every where. Though from the very beginning when LP was named as xero, Chester made one thing clear that LP isn't a heavy band rather its an alternative rock or nu-metal band with many experimental issues, like the band has a rapper. It undergoes many generic changes from Hybrid theory to One more light.The matter is that, it was a heavier sound in the earlier albums like Hybrid theory and Meteora, which were the band's most successful ones too. But, its also a matter that, every musician or band can have a tough time, nothing goes the same all the way through. Chester himself was getting older, with a surgery, with shocking voice changes, and most importantly he was loosing his screaming ability like before. I think that's why he was making more rooms for Mike, in the later albums like Living things or One more light, which was continuously changing the band sound to a softer direction. I think that was a greater issue for the ‘best screamer ever on earth'. Despite all these matters, those people were demanding that old sound from LP, even they threw stones at LP in the recent hellfest. In a response to it, Chester adds: “Does anyone else find it funny that the same people calling us sellouts are suggesting that we change our set to conform to Hellfest?” I dont know if it's a reason behind it or not. tight dress that looks great in homecoming season
The second thing with Chris Cornell's suicide- it might have an influence on him or not. Though it was Cornell's birthday but that doesn't clarify it well.
Finally I'll say that we should respect every musician of every taste and genre. We should not forget that they have their personal lives,choices too. Being a musician isn't like other professionals. It almost isolates them from rest. Many musicians lose their grades, career, everything; on the contrary we, the fans- lose nothing but gains. After all these, some of them shines - & that what makes us mad!!
However, Thanks Chester Bennington for ‘In the end', ‘Numb', ‘Faint', ‘Leave out all the rest', ‘A place for head, ‘New Divide', ‘Lying From You', ‘What I've Done', ‘Crawling', ‘Breaking the habit', ‘Papercut', ‘Burn it down', ‘Iridescent', ‘Points of authority', ‘Shadow of the day', ‘Lost in the echo ', ‘Somewhere I Belong ', ‘In my remains ' ‘The Catalyst', ‘Castle of glass' ‘Powerless', ‘Waiting For the end', ‘Until it's gone', ‘No more sorrow', ‘Heavy', ‘Talking to my self', ‘My December', ‘Skin to bone' ‘Cure for the itch', ‘Given up', ‘Bleed it out', ‘Sharp edges', ‘Burning in the skies' ‘Dont stay', ‘She couldn't, ‘One step closer', ‘Battle symphony', ‘From the inside', ‘Guilty all the same', ‘A Line in the sand', ‘Runaway', ‘With you', ‘Blackout', ‘Pushing me away', ‘Valentin's day', ‘The messenger', ‘I'll be gone', ‘Robot boy', ‘Qwerty', ‘Rebellion', ‘Lies greed misery', ‘Wretches and kings', ‘Final masquerede', ‘Not alone', ‘All for nothing ', ‘Roads untravelled', ‘Halfway right', ‘Wastelands ', and so many more tracks!
Thanks for the devil like screaming and for the angel like singing!
Thanks for making my mornings energetic, my days joyful and for washing away my pains every night.
Thanks for making my childhood awesome.
Thanks for being my hero, for making me believe that recovery is possible from any crackdown.
Thanks for what you told once, ‘‘It's cool to be a part of recovery.…I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.''- which always been a fav qoute of mine.
R.I.P. sir.
Without you, LP won't be the same again.
Without you, DBS won't be able to stand again.
Without you, STP won't be that energetic again!
‘Keep me in your memory,
leave out all the rest …''
Yes, You'll be remembered forever & ever , crazy chaz!
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Credit :
Al Sahriar Hridoy
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