Photo Credit: Melinda Oswandel
It has been 3 years since Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington took his life and to honor his memory Machine Head’s Robb Flynn posted a live cover of “In The End” from his birthday bash on July 22, 2017, which was two days after Chester’s death. Flynn took to Instagram to express his thoughts and reminisce about the first encounter with Linkin Park.
“3 years ago we performed this song at my birthday bash after learning of Chester’s horrible death only a couple of days before. We were shocked and saddened, and I think most of us were still recovering from Chris Cornell’s sudden and tragic death, when this came along and hit us like a ton of bricks. I know people are gonna pooh pooh this, but I don’t give a shit. I love Linkin Park, I saw them before the first record even dropped opening for Orgy at the Maritime hall. I saw them almost every time they came to the Bay Area, and they always put on a fantastic fucking show. Played numerous festivals with them, saw them in Paris France doing promotion for the blackening, and I saw them again in Belarus well getting ready to tour for bloodstone and diamonds. I know Chester‘s passing was yesterday, but it seemed appropriate to share this heartfelt cover. Shout out to J-Mac for bringing it on the chorus.”
Check out the “In The End” cover below:
