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Originally Posted by nalini-dahlia
^Wow...I knew he had done a lot of drugs and that some seriously messed up stuff happened to him but I didn't know about that.
 Still really torn up about this. There is only one comfort and that's knowing the legacy he left behind, especially considering that he was so young. I really think his voice is something people, especially his fans, won't forget for a very, very long time if ever. |
I just never expected Chester to be someone who'd commit suicide. He was so completely invested in the music, in his ideas. I read somewhere that Chester had started having problems a few years back with his voice -- he wasn't able to do a lot of the scream-singing that had been his hallmark since Hybrid Theory. I also heard from someone that that's a lot of the reason Linkin Park tried such a radically different sound for One More Light.
You know, Chester is an icon. He's not just a music icon, but he's an icon for scrawny looking guys who society tends to think aren't as cool as the more fashionably muscular and well dressed guys. Chester became a sex icon by not being a sex icon. And I can only thank Shinoda and the rest of Linkin Park for really keeping their shit together and staying level-headed for the last 17 years. Almost every other band has fallen apart, most of them in really nasty conflicts and horrible things... but Shinoda and the guys respected each other's places in the group.
Still, Linkin Park is nothing without Chester. It's like losing Left Eye for TLC. I can really like the new TLC album, but it's just not TLC. And while I'd like the band to end things on a memorable note for Chester (please don't let One More Light be the last thing this band does), I hope the group goes quietly into the night afterward. Please don't drag this out like T-Boz and Chili have with TLC. It's the end of an era, but it's been one we will all remember for many decades to come.