ON THIS DATE IN 1976 IN PHOENIX ARIZONA, CHESTER BENNINGTON WAS BORN…HE TOOK AN INTEREST IN MUSIC AT A YOUNG AGE AND CITES DEPECHE MODE AND STONE TEMPLE PILOTS AS EARLY INSPIRATIONS, EVEN DREAMING OF BECOMING A MEMBER OF STP…AND THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED FOR A TIME. HE SUFFERED SEXUAL ABUSE AS A KID AND WAS SCARED TO TELL ANYONE FOR MANY YEARS AND THAT AFFECTED HIM NEGATIVELY IN MANY WAYS INCLUDING BURYING HIS EMOTIONS IN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, BUT HE ALSO USED SONGWRITING AS A WAY TO COPE AND THAT LED HIM TO QUIT HIS DAY JOB AT A DIGITAL SERVICES FIRM AND TRY OUT FOR A NEW CALIFORNIA BAND CALLED XERO…LATER KNOWN AS LINKIN PARK. ON JULY 20 2017, CHESTER BENNINGTON WAS FOUND DEAD AT HIS HOME AT THE AGE OF 41…CAUSE OF DEATH WAS SUICIDE BY HANGING…REMININCENT OF HIS IDOL AND FRIEND’S DEATH JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE, SOUNDGARDEN’S CHRIS CORNELL…AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS WIDOW TALINDA LAUNCHED THE CAMPAIGN 320 CHANGES DIRECTION IN HONOR OF HER LATE HUSBAND IN AN EFFORT TO HELP BREAK THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS. CHESTER BENNINGTON LEFT BEHIND A LEGACY OF AMAZING SONGWRITING AND PERFORMANCES…SOME OF THOSE SONGS JUST BEING RELEASED IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS…TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF CHESTER BENNINGTON…IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY DEALING WITH LIFE…IF YOU NEED AN EAR TO BEND AND TALK OUT YOUR FEELINGS, PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL 988…A FREE AND ANONYMOUS NATIONAL HOTLINE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION…YOU ARE WORTHY AND YOU DO MATTER TO SO MANY…THERE IS NO SHAME IN ADMITTING DEPRESSION…TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN CHESTER’S 48TH BIRTHDAY…LET’S CELEBRATE HIM WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL VOCALS AND EMOTIONAL LYRICS THAT ABSOLUTELY ROCK…OFF LINKIN PARK’S 2000 DEBUT ALBUM…”IN THE END”…IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
