Tag Archives: Chester Bennington

Mark Morton of Lamb of God releases “Cross Off” music video

Posted by on March 5, 2019

Mark Morton has been busy away from Lamb of God working on his solo record Anesthetic, which was just released on March 1st (read our review here). A video for the next single from the record, “Cross Off” has just dropped and features the late Chester Bennington on vocals. Bennington worked with Morton on “Cross Off” […]

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Mike Shinoda gives update on status of Linkin Park

Posted by on February 21, 2019

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Mike Shinoda has made a new statement about the state of Linkin Park and the possibility of performing together again.

During an interview with German radio station ‘Rock Antenne,’ Shinoda said that though the band doesn’t see each other that often, he is open to the idea of working together again. When asked what the future holds for the band, he said:

“I don’t know. Right now, I’m very flexible. These [solo] shows [in Europe in March] are the only shows that I’ve planned so far. I don’t have any other tours planned. So I’m keeping things open right now to experiences and conversations.” He does, however, believe that they will get together eventually. “I see the other guys here and there—not all together usually. Usually it’s just one on one. But I’m sure we’re gonna get together soon and just hang out—hang out and see what’s up.”

Even if they do start making music together again, replacing late frontman Chester Bennington would not be a priority. Said Shinoda:

“That’s not my goal right now. I think it has to happen naturally. And if we find somebody that’s a great person that we think is a good personality fit and a good stylistic fit, then I could see trying to do some stuff with somebody. Not for the sake of replacing… I wouldn’t wanna ever feel like we were replacing Chester.”

However, if the band does reunite, finding a new singer might become a necessity.

“I know the other guys, they love to get onstage, they love to be in the studio, and so to not do that would be—I don’t know—almost unhealthy. If doing that means that we need to have some other people in the mix in order to do it and do it well, then we would do that.”

Ultimately, Shinoda says that any reunions would be for the fans:

“I think there are many fans that want to continue to see the guys onstage and wanna continue to hear the music, and if we put a show up online, they’ll wanna come. So as long as that connection and interest is there, I think that’s a driving force to figure it out.”

He continues:

“But, like I said before, it has to happen naturally. I’m not running out and putting up ‘vocalist wanted’ posters. I think that’s wholly inappropriate and probably a terrible idea.”

Bennington passed away in July 2017. The last time Linkin Park performed together was during a special tribute concert in his honor, which took place in October 2017.

Shinoda released his debut solo album Post Traumatic in June 2018 following an EP of the same name in January 2018. He will continue to tour behind the album in Europe starting March 2 in Berlin, Germany.

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Mike Shinoda responds to Mark Morton’s new song featuring Chester Bennington

Posted by on January 11, 2019

Earlier this week, Lamb of God’s Mark Morton released the song “Cross Off” featuring the late Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington. Mike Shinoda responded to the track via Twitter as he made the following comment: “I remember when Chester played this song for me in his car, almost finished. He was really happy with it. […]

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Hear Chester Bennington featured on Lamb of God’s Mark Morton’s new song “Cross Off”

Posted by on January 8, 2019

For roughly two years, we knew Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton and Chester Bennington were working on a collaboration. Unfortunately, any additional collaborations or projects were cut short after the late Linkin Park singer took his own life back in July 2017. On March 1st, 2019, Morton’s debut solo album Anesthetic will be released […]

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Mark Morton of Lamb of God says musical collaboration with Chester Bennington will be heard

Posted by on October 29, 2018

Back in April 2017, Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton and the late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington teamed up with producer Josh Wilbur (Lamb Of God, Gojira) to work on a mysterious project. Unfortunately, the collaboration came to a tragic end after Bennington committed suicide just two months later in July 2017.  A fan […]

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Surviving Linkin Park members remember Chester Bennington on anniversary of his death

Posted by on July 20, 2018

It’s difficult to believe a year has passed since Chester Bennington’s death. The Linkin Park singer hanged himself at his private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in L.A. County exactly one year ago from today, July 20th, 2017. Earlier this morning, surviving Linkin Park members have paid a tribute in honor of their lost bandmate. […]

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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda surprise EP ‘Post Traumatic’ now available

Posted by on January 25, 2018

Following the untimely death of Chester Bennington who took his own life last July, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda decided to transfer the grief from the loss of his friend/bandmate to create new music. Today (25th), Post Traumatic, the new EP written and produced by Shinoda is now digitally available and it includes three songs – “Place […]

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Linkin Park were originally scheduled to play at 2018’s Download Festival

Posted by on December 28, 2017

Download Festival promoter, Andy Copping was the latest guest on The Jasta Show. The two spoke about Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington’s death, which led to Copping revealing that the group were originally scheduled to play at next year’s Download Festival. He stated that they were in the process to finalize the deal shortly before […]

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Metal Insider’s 11 most shocking moments of 2017

Posted by on December 20, 2017

For a while now, we’ve been recapping the year in metal by looking at some of the most surprising, sad, ridiculous or generally WTF moments that have taken place over the prior 12 months. With things like Tim Lambesis’ and Randy Blythe’s brushes with the law, Baroness’ near-fatal bus crash and Lostprophets Ian Watkins being […]

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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has been in the studio

Posted by on December 15, 2017

Linkin Park’s live album that is dedicated to the late Chester Bennington, One More Light Live, has arrived today (15th). The group have spent a lot of time to promote this release, including unveiling the live video just yesterday (14th) for the song “Sharp Edges.” According to Mike Shinoda’s recent Instagram post, it looks like […]

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