Wayne Static is dead. Scott Weiland and Chris Cornell even though they weren’t Nu Metal were the same era and they’re gone. Slipknot’s bassist…
High fatality rate for being a turn of the century rock artist.
I’ve never listened Linkin Park actively but their hit songs were okayish when I was a child.
Now as an adult, Numb’s lyrics awkwardly reminds me of self-criticism I’ve had all my life.
I think limp bizkit had a reunion and toured for a while like 3 or 4 years ago.
And sometimes no amount of talking with friends/people trying to work out problems will help. A lot of times people just ignore the problem and hope everything just “blows over and it’s forgotten about”. Only after something bad happens will a lot of people try to do something about it then. A lot of people will not try to prevent a problem. Only after. Sometimes people never change and will forever only do things on there terms. Expecting people to always come to them first. Where you have to speak to them first to get a word out of them most of the time. Sure you can hang out with them but they never bother to ask you that. A lot of people will only talk to you and hang out with you because they have a use for you. And yes those I know are fake friends that aren’t worth your time. I’ve felt a lot of depression over many years myself. I lost a brother 14 years ago because of the same thing. And my father 5 years ago. Yes I know I’m far far from perfect. Always learning and trying. I’ll make mistakes.
I’ve not been a fan of the music Linkin Park but been just neutral to it. But I know how this stuff feels all too well. Really hate seeing this happen regardless of who it is. There’s always another better way.
This sucks. I remember play LP while playing DOA and Ninja Gaiden on XBOX with friends. I remember all those shitty Naruto/Bleach AMVs people made using LP music. I went years not listening to them after that. And about a couple years back, I started listening to them again. Almost every week I play a LP song at work or on the road. And what sucks is that I never took the time to learn who was really behind the music.
RIP Chester.
Just came out of psychotherapy for depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. I truly feel for his family and fans at this time. Never was the biggest Linkin Park fan, but their cross over with Jay-Z really made me appreciate the beauty of their sounds.
dbz linkin park anime music videos were my guilty pleasure growing up, actually not even guilty - i blasted that shit in the dorms. dont even care what the haters think. CRAAAAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIN
now those lyrics have chilling depth behind them. RIP CHESTER
It’s gonna be a long-ass time before the remaining LP members come around to replacing Chester. It’s not like they’re Journey or Van Halen that they can pick up a new frontman/lead vocalist at the drop of a hat.
Majority of their discography hinges on Chester’s distinct vocals so getting somebody else to sing them would be unfair for all the fans. Also, not a lot of people would have that similar sounding voice to begin with so it does look bleak for the band’s future. Bummer.
I don’t think the fans would be OK with them replacing Chester anyway. Not for a long while, at least. That’s just me though.
If they have any respect for the man, they’ll let it be.
But money is gonna fuck it up at some point, and they’ll drag the carcass of LP out on stage for some hackneyed “Farewell” tour and piss all over Chester’s work.
I listened the Hybrid Theory album a lot in my younger days but somehow lost interest in later albums other than the awesome Breaking the Habit song and video.
Once I grew older, they gave me the impression of being quite and somewhat nerdy guys behind the scenes, who would play the teen angst themes for the public but remain cool otherwise. Little I imagined that Chester himself actually suffered of the demons which he would exorcise on stage. Sounds like an awkward situation: your success as a frontman, your alterego needing to feed and sustain on the anguish that is slowly draining the life of the rest of yourself and dragging your soul to despair. Bad deal: I guess he could have reached enlightenment and have the band do a 180 ° on its style but the uncertainty of the result makes it a daunting task.
There is some quote out there about him going “through a gallon of Jack Daniels and down some antidepressants in one night and keep on going”. Even if it is probably an intended exaggeration, alcohol and antidepressants are certainly a dangerous combination and of the two of them alcohol is the least suspect of the two: nothing out of the ordinary if he was on a low point of antidepressant withdrawal or stabilization so he is probably yet another entry for the SSRIstories.
You know they would, maybe synthesized Chester’s voice and add a on stage hologram
Like they do now with Tupac
Kind of sucks all my favorite bands are pretty much almost all gone, no one can replace Chester, even if you didnt like their music, Chester was a really nice person.
AC/DC replaced bon Scott within a year and dropped back in black, probably their most iconic album. Sure, some fans were pissed but they got over it.
If they want to play music like “Heavy,” now they could get anyone as it’s not really Linkin Park any more.
You’d be surprised at how many nu-metal bands are still touring and headlining shows. Korn and the Deftones immediately come to mind.
to me it seemed clear that the person who wrote their lyrics had some issues. with “in the end.” that’s a pretty grim song in terms of lyrics. a lot of friends who i felt were very depressed (and later on in life had developed drug problems) really liked the song and linkin park.
In fact, nu metal in general seems to have a theme of self hatred/feeling inferior going right back to the beginning with Korn writing about such topics extensively. I’m actually really happy that I found “true” metal early on as I feel the high energy of most metal bands encourages people to feel like a stronger person.
I’m a pretty musical person, and I’ll say that what you put in your ears does influence you on a subconscious level. so keep in mind what you listen to. if life gets you down, you don’t need to be reminded of it through songs. listen to something that builds you up, put some maiden on.