RIP CHESTER BENNINGTON

BIGGEST NEWS OF THE WEEK AND IM SURE EVERYONE ALREADY HEARD IS THAT LINKIN PARK'S LEAD SINGER CHESTER BENNINGTON COMMITTED SUICIDE. I COULDNT BELIEVE IT WHEN I HEARD IT... I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE, A REALLY BAD JOKE TOO. THEN MORE AND MORE NEWS CAME OUT AND SAD TO SAY, IT WAS REAL. ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME, KNOWS THAT I AM A HUGE LINKIN PARK FAN!!! ALWAYS WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE. FOR ME IT ALL STARTED WITH "IN THE END" WAY BACK IN... 2001/2002 IM GOING TO SAY. I CANT REMEMBER BUT IT WAS BEFORE THEY MADE THEIR FIRST TOUR TO VANCOUVER. THEN IT JUST KEPT GOING WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THEY CAME OUT WITH. TRUE THERE WERE A FEW SONGS, WELL... FEW CDS EVEN THAT WERENT REALLY LIKE HOW THEY WERE IN THE BEGINNING. I STUCK WITH THEM THROUGH IT ALL. OBVIOUSLY THE BAND GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER AND THEY TRIED OTHER STYLES A BIT, EVEN IF IT DIDNT WORK, I STILL LIKE THEM. HONESTLY LINKIN PARK WAS THE GO TO BAND FOR ME THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND EVEN A LARGE PART OF MY LIFE. THEIR LYRICS AND SOUND MATCHED HOW I FELT OR WAS GOING THROUGH. IT MAKES SENSE SINCE LINKIN PARK SANG ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. IT ALWAYS FELT LIKE THEY KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING. CHESTER HAD A ROUGH LIFE AND THROUGH IT ALL MAKES IT EVEN MORE REAL AND RELATABLE. LP DEFINITELY HELPED ME GET THROUGH TOUGH TIMES IN MY LIFE. IT MADE LIFE BETTER AND SITUATIONS LOOK LESS DARK. THE AMOUNT OF OUTPOUR FOR YOU IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU HAVE TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES AND HAVE HELPED MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW. HELL, I EVEN MADE FRIENDS BECAUSE OF YOU. TALK AND SUNG ABOUT YOUR SONGS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND JUST ENJOYED EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAME UP WITH. IVE JUST BEEN BLASTING LINKIN PARK THE PAST WEEK AND THE LYRICS HIT YOU HARDER NOW THAN EVER. THERE WAS ALWAYS A SONG FOR HOW YOU ARE FEELING. DOESNT MATTER IF YOURE HAPPY OR SAD, THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING FOR YOU. ESPECIALLY FOR WORKING OUT! THERE WAS ALWAYS A SONG THAT CAN GET YOU PUMPED. I CANT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE GONE, AND I WAS GOING TO SEE YOU IN OCTOBER WHEN YOU CAME BACK BUT I GUESS THATS NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE. IM GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE YOU ONCE YEARS AGO. I WASNT ABLE TO GO THE FIRST TIME YOU WERE HERE, BUT I MADE IT THE SECOND TIME. IT WAS MY FAVOURITE CONCERT OF ALL TIME. YOURE GONE NOW, AND I HOPE YOU FIND THE PEACE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. THERES SO MANY LYRICS THAT CAN FIT HERE... BUT I THINK THE BEST IS THAT "THE SUN WILL SET FOR YOU," REST IN PEACE CHESTER.

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