About death of Chester and Linkin Park…

Epic Failure
Jul 21, 2017 · 4 min read

At the beggining of this post, I’d like to point about this post. This is my opinion, and SJW’s can have butthurt. You were warned.

Linkin Park was started by Mike and Joe around 1996. Later they invite Rob, David and Brad. Chester join them in 1999. They were performing unusual music at the time — hybrid between rap, rock, electronic music. Like they said — it was an music experiment and project for fun. For me, they always played pop rock.

On “Sold my soul to yo mama” Mike said “This project is like for fun”. I believe it was stated for overall LP band as project. But why the pop sound? Well, they sounded like rock band. Taking the fact that heavy guitar tone was popular in 2000' pop music they don’t sound so metal right now. Let’s face the facts: Hybrid Theory was original, fusion between rap and rock, spawned new gengre: rapcore. I mean, we can agree. But Meteora? The bestselling hit? Yea, it just Hybrid Theory 2.0, why do fans care for that sound? Moving forward they released Minutes to Midnight, they tried to rip that sound apart and move forward — and it was heavenly good. Album that was telling story from A to Z. Not just random songs put on album, like the next ones: concept album A Thousand Suns, where they put songs about people going extint by nuclear war.

People didn’t get that sound change. People were scared about that. They didn’t wanted it. But why? Being a fan of that band was agreeing for they statement: “We experiment with music”. They were clear about that. Not “we are making rock and only rock”. Label want that Mike’s band would be a typical radio station, and the success was for him not letting to this happen. Fans didn’t apreaciated that.

Living Things were pop-rock like fusion between Meteora, Minutes to Midnight and a little bit of A Thousand Suns. Fans complained. Mike agreed. Told us that there so much dull pop music, even today’s so-called rock bands are not rock. So where is rock now, so popular in 90' and 2000'? Where it’s going? Then Linkin Park released The Hunting Party, like he state about rock.

What’s happened next? Mike went opposite. Like he state that there so much pop music today, he created… more pop music! Well, I don’t care — because Linkin Park was always pop — as I said, and told earlier. But man, that move… was so hypocritic. Never Mind.

People felt hate. Felt like being ransom by someone. Like this is not what they expect from them. But they didn’t understand one musical fact. INSTRUMENTAL IS FOR THE LYRIC. It’s a background for story. You should focus on lyrics.

Heavy. AKA Breaking The Habit part two. Yeah. AKA the song you used to love. From your beloved album. Get it? Song tells you about problems from life. Drug abuse, alcohol abuse, mental illness. Band states that this album is a capture of moments from their life. That’s why it’s like Breaking the Habit. Because it’s story is inspired by Meteora’s hit and Chester’s problems.

Good Goodbye. Song written by Mike to his fake fans. Yeah, fake fans. Because if you complain about their music instead of enjoying what they create you don’t care for them, you are not fan. You are HATER.
Really — listen to their stuff. Focus on lyrics. Every one from new album tells you their story. Like Invicible. Just listen…

The newest accidents with Corey and fans could also be the impact for Chester’s suicide. Chester wanted fans to move from old and focus on the new things. He was pissed about people grabbing Hybrid Theory as their trade card and forcing Linkin Park to sound like Disturbed. With the same pattern and sound. Corey Taylor responded: “ I understand where he’s at. God, I would’ve never say it the way he did, but you get frustrated and you want people to embrace the evolution. At the same time, you should probably be very, very fortunate that people this far along the line still love that music you made.”. Chester responded with words that some people like it and some people not so much. But I believe, in the end, he was still angry with that. And for Corey… People hate him for making Slipknot a clone of Stone Sour more and more. I hope he keep that in mind.

What Mike will do now? I don’t know. It’s a huge loss for him as friend, for band, and for all world. We will never find a second guy with so powerful voice, singing so perfectly like him.

Linkin Park could exist without him, but it will never be the same.
Band could split up and every band member could focus on their way. Mike staying with production, Phoenix staying with orchestra, Joe focusing on his solo career as DJ…
Linkin Park could find an replacement? I know only 2 singers who could replace Chester. But it would be a imitation only, but well… It’s Alex McMillain of Razor Red Noise/Your Iridium and Jonny Hawkings of Nothing More
Linkin Park could go back to first singer, Mike Wakefield?

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