Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ Chester Beningtons Life..(Lead Singer-LINKIN PARK), Its so....sad....

[samrulez]

HEy.....its Chester Benington's life,the lead singer in linkin park....I was really touched after reading this............Really he had to go through so much trauma..

Good thing he is so successful now>!!!

Bennington was born on March 20, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona. Bennington's first instrument was the piano. While Bennington was growing up he was in a number of bands and played various instruments, but mainly was a vocalist. He never settled in a full time band until 1992, when he joined Grey Daze. The band disbanded in 1997 and Bennington moved on to Linkin Park.

Bennington had a rather unpleasant life right through adolescence. He was sexually abused as a child, by a close family friend[1]. A few of his friends committed suicide, and one of his friends died in a skateboarding accident.

Bennington's parents divorced in 1987, leaving him with his two half sisters and a half brother. Bennington was the youngest of four children at 11 years old, and he stayed with his father who was a police officer and detective. His brother introduced him to bands like Loverboy, Foreigner and Rush which he claims as his influences.

Before his parents parted, the family frequently moved around Arizona, from cities such as Scottsdale, Tolleson, Tempe, and others. "I was an athletic kid but I just stopped caring about it, and I stopped doing well in school," Bennington states in a Kerrang! article. "I started smoking weed and going to parties. I think I was 11 when I started smoking pot." [2] Bennington attended Centennial High School, Greenway High School, and later graduated from Washington High School. Bennington said that while he was in high school he was bullied and he described himself as a geek. When Bennington was younger he had a day job working as a coffee barista. Bennington worked at Bean Tree Coffee House and said it was that what kept him going, and that coffee houses are very understanding and this was the base of his inspiration. Through his late teens and early twenties Bennington battled an addiction to crystal meth, LSD, and cocaine; however, he managed to overcome his addictions and is currently clean.

He is one of the few people who came out of drug ediction.....

PLZ

FromTO

[ymhatre]

oyee.....great..
THIS IS LIFE.....
they way it has to be lived..
Never give Up

[Rocky]

I learned something from his life..
Just a big differance from his before image & After...
Thats his success...

[ajaykataram]

yes ur right

[samrulez]

^^
Was just wondering..

Is it *necessay* to spam?