Chester Charles Bennington (born March 20, 1976) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist of rock bands Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise. He was originally the lead vocalist for Sean Dowdell And His Friends? and Grey Daze. He is also the current lead vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots and rock cover band Bucket of Weenies.
Bennington became known as a vocalist with Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory, in 2000, which was a massive commercial success. The album was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005, making it the best-selling debut album of the decade, as well as one of the few albums to ever hit that many sales.[1] Linkin Park's following studio albums, Meteora, Minutes to Midnight, A Thousand Suns, Living Things, and The Hunting Party, released in 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012, and 2014 respectively, continued the band's success. 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 worked on new material with Stone Temple Pilots in 2013 to release the EP High Rise on October 8, 2013 via their own record label, Play Pen LLC. Bennington has been ranked in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by Hit Parader (#46).
- Machine Shop Recordings
- Warner Bros. Records
Genre(s)
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- Hip-Hop
- Rap
- Nu Metal
- Soft Rock
RIYL
Band Members
- Chester Bennington
Includes Members of
- Linkin Park
- [[Bucket Of Weenie*Snow White Tan
- [[Grey Daz*[[Sean Dowdell And His Friend*[[Hybrid Theor
Band Biography
- Independant Songs:
- The Morning After
- Morning After (Chester Bennington Vs. Julien-K)
- Let Down
- Walking In Circles
- System
- Walking Dead With DJ Z-Trip
- Karma Killer With [[Cyclefl*Rock And Roll (Could Never Hip-Hop Like This) Part 2 With Handsome Boy Modeling School
- Home Sweet Home With [[Motley Cru*State Of The Art With DJ Lethal
- Wonderful With [[Stone Temple Pilot*Head Like A Hole [[Nine Inch Nail Cover
- Walk With Disturbed
- Giving In With [[Adem
Discography
Albums
- With [[Sean Dowdell And His Friend
- [[Sean Dowdell And His Friends? Sampler Cassette:Sean Dowdell And His Friends|Sean Dowdell And His Friends? Sampler Cassett
- With [[Grey Daz
- [[Wake Me:Grey Daze|Wake M*[[No Sun Today:Grey Daze|No Sun Toda
- With [[Hybrid Theor
- Hybrid Theory EP
- With Linkin Park
- [[Hybrid Theory:Linkin Park|Hybrid Theor*Reanimation
- [[Meteora:Linkin Park|Meteor*[[Live In Texas:Linkin Park|Live In Texa*[[Collision Course:Linkin Park & Jay-Z|Collision Cours
- With [[Bucket Of Weenie
- Currently No Released Material
- Solo Career (Snow White Tan)
- Untitled Album Coming In 2007
EPs
- With [[Sean Dowdell And His Friend
- [[Sean Dowdell And His Friends? Sampler Cassette:Sean Dowdell And His Friends|Sean Dowdell And His Friends? Sampler Cassett
- With [[Hybrid Theor
- Hybrid Theory EP
- With Linkin Park
- Underground v2.0
- Underground v3.0
- Underground v4.0
- Underground v5.0
- [[In The End: Live & Rare:Linkin Park|In The End: Live & Rar
Singles
- With Linkin Park
- [[One Step Closer (single):Linkin Park|One Step Close*[[One Step Closer USA Humble Brothers Remixes Internal Review CD-R:Linkin Park|One Step Closer USA Humble Brothers Remixes Internal Review CD-*[[Papercut (single):Linkin Park|Papercu*[[Crawling (single):Linkin Park|Crawlin*In The End Pt.1
- In The End Pt.2
- [[H! Vltg3/Pts.Of.Athrty:Linkin Park|H! Vltg3/Pts.Of.Athrt*[[Pts.Of.Athrty (single):Linkin Park|Pts.Of.Athrt*Enth E Nd + Frgt/10 USA Radio CD
- Enth E Nd + Frgt/10 (Vinyl)
- It's Goin' Down
- It's Goin' Down (Vinyl)
- [[Somewhere I Belong (single):Linkin Park|Somewhere I Belon*Faint 1
- Faint 2
- Numb Pt.1
- Numb Pt.2
- [[From The Inside (single):Linkin Park|From The Insid*[[Breaking The Habit (single):Linkin Park|Breaking The Habi*[[Numb/Encore (single):Linkin Park & Jay-Z|Numb/Encor*Numb/Encore (Vinyl)
- Enjoy The Silence 2004 Pt.1 (by [[Depeche Mod)
Appears On
Compilations
Soundtracks
- Queen of the Damned (Original Soundtrack)
- Underworld:Evolution (Original Soundtrack)
Mix CDs
- [[Mix CD Titl[[Category:Artists]]]
Radio Shows
- [[Radio Show Titl[[Category:Artists]]]
Further reading
(links to websites, label biographies, fansites, books, periodicals or any additional information on the artist)
[[Category: Artis
- ↑ Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory Review. sputnikmusic (2006-09-02). Retrieved on August 19, 2010.