He became known as a singer of one of the most famous bands of nu-metal.
He was the voice of one of the best known bands in nu-metal. The singer of the group Linkin Park, was found dead Thursday, July 20, announced the medical examiner of the county of Los Angeles. He was 41 years old.
The California city authorities were contacted shortly after 9 am (4 pm GMT) about his death at home. His death is treated "as a possible suicide," said Brian Elias, head of operations for the forensic department.
One of the group's founders, Mike Shinoda, said he was "shocked and heartbroken".
Great success in the 2000s
Married and father of six children of two different women, Chester Bennington also sang in two other bands, Dead by Sunrise, which he founded in 2005, and the Stone Temple Pilots, which he joined from 2013 to 2015.
Trained in the late 1990s, Linkin Park enjoyed tremendous success in the 2000s with the Hybrid Theory and Meteora albums. Symbols of the wave of the nu-metal, these albums sometimes mix elements of heavy metal with hip-hop, even electro.
The group had recently released its seventh studio album, One More Light, and a North American summer tour was scheduled to begin in late July. Recently, Linkin Park had performed in France on the stage of Hellfest, the country's biggest metal music festival.
Chester Bennington has encountered many addiction problems with drugs and alcohol, addictions that he has regularly talked about in an interview. " I dont drink. I chose to be sober now. I've been drunk for the past six years, but I do not want to be that person anymore, "he said in 2011 in an interview with Kerrang magazine!
Several personalities of the pop to the nu-metal have expressed their sorrow to the announcement of the death of the musician. "The greatest talent I've ever seen in concert! A vocal beast, "hailed the pop star Rihanna on his Instagram account. "You will miss me," said Fred Durst, singer of Limp Bizkit.
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