Plenty of celebrities have died during my time alive and actually paying attention to that sort of thing. But Chester Bennington's passing is the first one that really hit "close to home" as much as a celebrity can.
I'm 25 now. Hybrid Theory dropped in 2000, Meteora in 2003. I remember what turned me on to Linkin Park - I was watching MTV for a few minutes before I went to school one day, I don't remember what grade, but it was when they still played a lot of music videos. Breaking The Habit came on, I had never seen or heard anything from them before. I thought the animation was dope and the music catchy as hell, and for then-kid me, deep as hell. It was awesome. I wanted Meteora right then; and they had an album before that? Hell yeah I'm all about that too. And I've more or less stuck with them since. To be honest I just today learned about their latest album, I hadn't heard of it before, but I've listened to everything else other than that and at one point or another it has all grown on me. It's not really one of the **core genres** that I listen to nowadays, but I really enjoy their music for being what it is. And I like the big side projects too. As of the past year and a half Fort Minor had grown on me big time. I bought Dead By Sunrise's "Out Of Ashes" the day it dropped and loved it immediately - I still do; appropriately enough I am listening to it right now.
My point being, other than me being a few years late on Hybrid Theory, I grew up with this shit. And unlike the majority of what I listen to nowadays (whatever Google Play Music queues up for me), that shit was fresh, and it was actually relevant. I can't say for certain or not that music from these guys have pulled me out of some bad places like it has others - I legitimately don't remember - but I know for a fact that I've listened to it through the good times, and it's resonated with me through the bad, and it's always had a certain place in my life.
There's a comment in /r/news about his passing which pretty accurately sums up my thoughts on the whole thing.
It's just, it really struck a chord with me, and I am legit a bit upset about it. I never got the opportunity to see Linkin Park live (and you can't say that Chester and Mike don't have the entire spotlight of the band). For years I'd been hoping for a second Dead By Sunrise album. And on a less self-centered note, all of the family that he has left behind, how devastated his kids must be.
I just wanted to write something down about it all. Get something off my chest for once.
I don't know if there's any life after death, I don't know if that's something he believed in or not, but wherever he is now, I hope he is free of all of his demons and everything that haunted him.
Rest in paradise dude. *raises glass*
I'm 25 now. Hybrid Theory dropped in 2000, Meteora in 2003. I remember what turned me on to Linkin Park - I was watching MTV for a few minutes before I went to school one day, I don't remember what grade, but it was when they still played a lot of music videos. Breaking The Habit came on, I had never seen or heard anything from them before. I thought the animation was dope and the music catchy as hell, and for then-kid me, deep as hell. It was awesome. I wanted Meteora right then; and they had an album before that? Hell yeah I'm all about that too. And I've more or less stuck with them since. To be honest I just today learned about their latest album, I hadn't heard of it before, but I've listened to everything else other than that and at one point or another it has all grown on me. It's not really one of the **core genres** that I listen to nowadays, but I really enjoy their music for being what it is. And I like the big side projects too. As of the past year and a half Fort Minor had grown on me big time. I bought Dead By Sunrise's "Out Of Ashes" the day it dropped and loved it immediately - I still do; appropriately enough I am listening to it right now.
My point being, other than me being a few years late on Hybrid Theory, I grew up with this shit. And unlike the majority of what I listen to nowadays (whatever Google Play Music queues up for me), that shit was fresh, and it was actually relevant. I can't say for certain or not that music from these guys have pulled me out of some bad places like it has others - I legitimately don't remember - but I know for a fact that I've listened to it through the good times, and it's resonated with me through the bad, and it's always had a certain place in my life.
There's a comment in /r/news about his passing which pretty accurately sums up my thoughts on the whole thing.
It's just, it really struck a chord with me, and I am legit a bit upset about it. I never got the opportunity to see Linkin Park live (and you can't say that Chester and Mike don't have the entire spotlight of the band). For years I'd been hoping for a second Dead By Sunrise album. And on a less self-centered note, all of the family that he has left behind, how devastated his kids must be.
I just wanted to write something down about it all. Get something off my chest for once.
I don't know if there's any life after death, I don't know if that's something he believed in or not, but wherever he is now, I hope he is free of all of his demons and everything that haunted him.
Rest in paradise dude. *raises glass*
