I miss him... I never thought I'd be so sad at the news

Really wasn't that sad when I heard the news. Hybrid Theory and Meteora were huge parts of early teenage years, and those albums will always hold a special place for me. Minutes to Midnight had some tracks I could dig and I was very impressed with A Thousand Suns, but I didn't have much of an attachment to LP for like the last 5 or 6 years, so I didn't really think too much of it.

Went home that night, decided to revisit some LP tracks and 'Waiting for the End' made me fucking bawl.

No one over took the poor guy seriously and still probably won't.

>>74092721
Listening to LP tracks now is a completely different experience.

Everyone called Chester a poser and edgy but he wasn't being edgy. Those lyrics were him spilling his heart.

Theory: Chester was gay lovers with Chris Cornell. What kind of person kills themselves because their friend did, especially at 41?

He looks happy in a lot of pics. I never look happy like that.

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WHY HIM /MU/?

I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS

>>74092802
Who said he killed himself because Chris did?

He was dealing with a multitude of personal issues including his sexual abuse as a child, his drug and alcohol addiction and the death of his close friend. He was obviously suffering from deep depression.

Who knows what was going through his head at that moment.

>>74092838
Here come the LPIDF. Just admit it, Chester came across as kind of faggy, and a person who's been through what he has should be able to handle a friend's death.

>>74092531
hit me harder than I thought as well

>>74092802
I thought of the same thing.

Either way, I'm sad he's gone. I always hoped they'd find their old sound again someday.

>>74092802
Very possible

https://youtu.be/W8tDvR_fFIc
>tfw this was one of his last days
:(

>>74092862
I doubt he was gay or bi. Both he and Chris were married with kids but I guess we'll never know.

Losing a friend can hit you hard. Look at Bam Margera when Ryan Dunn died.

Anyway you're just another cunt coming to gloat at the death of an innocent man. Go fuck yourself. One day you'll lose someone that matters to you and maybe you'll learn some humility and compassion.

In the words of Mike Shinoda:

>even the people who never frown eventually break down

>>74092947
>Gloat
How am I gloating? I just said I think it's possible he and Chris were gay lovers, that's all. Speculating as to why he did it.

>>74092982
There absolutley no evidence to suggest that they were gay lovers. Why would you even consider that? They were both married men with kids. What the fuck is wrong with you?

>>74093059
Projection.

>>74093059
>speculation is mean don't do that :(

Fag.

>>74093087
You're free to speculate but usually even conspiracy theorists have SOME evidence. There's literally nothing to suggest that Chris and Chester were bum chums.

>>74093171
see>>74092838

>>74093147
Because friends typically don't kill themselves over another friend's death. Lovers, on the other hand...

>>74092531
Me too. I'm sad. :( i liked their music even though it was angsty.

Linkin Park is among the worst and most unintentionally hilarious bands of all time.

>>74093202
Not buying it, sorry. He was 30+ years removed from his abuse, extremely successful with a family and had maybe possibly relapsed into old drug/alcohol problems. He had experience with these feelings, but something sent him over the edge. Could it be they were just friends? Maybe. But the man killed himself on Chris's birthday. It was an odd send off, don't you think?

Remember folks: Don't drink excessively or get addicted, it can lead to suicide.

>>74093244
I'll say it again: they were both married with kids. Can't men be friends without idiots thinking that they're gay lovers?

Even if they were gay, why hide it? It's 2017. It's cool to be gay these days. They would have been applauded for their bravery like many musicians and artists before them.

Chester wasn't gay dude. He was just a very troubled man.

Even if I didn't like the turn they took with Minutes To Midnight and all that came after that I always tried to go to their gigs out of respect for what Hybrid Theory and Meteora meant to me in my teenage days.

I really wasn't that sad when I heard the news but now, after a couple of days, its more painful than I thought. Maybe it is the fact that he was singing those things because he was really feeling them constantly, or maybe because I thought if he could overcome all those traumas (or at least, live with them for the rest of his life) everyone could do it, but in the end, it was all for nothing.

Now I'm sitting listening to Hybrid Theory and thinking that he never felt happy with his success, with his wife, with his money, his recognition or his kids. Maybe he was Cornell's lover or maybe they were bros and had the same vision of things, I don't know.

>>74092531
FUCK OFF!!!

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>boo hoo my uncle diddled me so I'm going to leave 6 kids without a father

>>74093243
This. It's sad that he died but he was an edgy, talentless hack.

>>74093413
Now you are the edgy one

>>74093468
For having family values? Don't kid yourself. Don't have any either.

I stopped listening to LP after MtM, but damn this news hit me hard. When I was 12, I would blast Hybrid Theory in my room and pretend I was beating the shit out of my middle school bully.

Their later career was shit, but I feel like the suicide puts a lot more meaning into their songs. like Given Up sounds crazy as fuck

>>74093317
>They were both married with kids
>Implying beards aren't a thing
>Implying people aren't closeted
>Implying bisexuals aren't a thing
>Implying Chester wouldn't lose a huge audience if he was gay

>>74093548
Bisexuality isn't real.

>>74093514
Yeah. For all these years (after growing out of) we thought that songs were edgy. But in reality we are the edgy ones.

>>74093548
>>Implying Chester wouldn't lose a huge audience if he was gay
Would he? I don't think people would care. I know I wouldn't unless he started to wave rainbow flags around and shove it down people's throats.

I couldn't care less about his sexuality.

You're going out on a limb by assuming that these two married fathers are gay.

It's more likely that he was having issues in his marriage. Maybe his wife was gonna leave him or some shit...

>>74093583
>But in reality we are the edgy ones.

Damn...

>>74093630
Linkin Park are MtV tier, being gay would have made absolutely no difference (in fact it could have magnified their fame, wince they're now C-list celebrities).

>>74092531
pleb

>>74093681
Exactly.

It's not like your typical LP fan is a homophobic frat boy.

Now if Fred Durst came out as gay that might impact his audience...

So I guess we can all agree he was a queer.

>>74093630
Linkin Park is a fucking MASSIVE band. I know you little /mu/tants exist in a bubble where reality isn't at play, but Linkin Park has tons of average people fans. Not to mention their fans globally, who come from all walks of life. Look at their view counts.

Just because YOU don't care doesn't mean those people wouldn't. You're being incredibly myopic and also downplaying Linkin Park's relevance.

>>74093681
C-list in your mind, but Linkin Park veritably had a huge fanbase. One of the biggest bands you could find in their genre. Normies love LP. This includes normies who hate fags, which happen to be a decent subset of the population globally, which means LESS MONEY FOR CHESTER AND CO. IF THEY KNOW HE'S A FAG.

>easier to run is one of the saddest songs theyve made now

>the cure for the itch is scratching :^)

>breaking the habit was like a sign of the band changing for good

>they probably never went back to their old style because it reminded chester of painful memories (and edginess)

>given up is literally a suicide threat, and among one of the most famous of all time

>>74093858
Do you think Freddie Mercury or Elton John lost fans because they're gay?

Nobody gives a fuck these days dude. Normies aren't homophobic. This isn't the 1950's anymore.

>>74093983
>leave out all the rest is chester's suicide note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZIummTz9mM

>>74092531
I was sat on my break at work crying when I heard the news
My manager (another massive LP fan) came in asking what was up. I told him
He just sat their in silence

A unique voice and a unique man. There'll never be another one like him, /mu/

F

>>74094031
oh shit, i forgot about that one

>>74094004
In America maybe. There are countries with many LP fans (who don't even know English), and they hate gays with a passion.

>>74094004
>normies aren't homophobic
You don't know a lot of normies

>Do you think Freddie lost fans
Definitely. But Freddie was always kind of flaming so maybe we knew inherently and he had all the fans he was going to get anyway. He also died young and after he came out so maybe his career isn't a comparable one.

>>74094004
Youre crazy if you dont think the majority of gay or bi men are still in the closet. Especially ones with a wife and kids.

>>74094122
I'm from England. It's the same thing in Europe. Nobody gives a fuck if a singer is gay.

>There are countries with many LP fans (who don't even know English), and they hate gays with a passion.
Do you think poor villagers in Afghanistan listen to Linkin Park or what?

>>74094159
Where do you live where normies are homophobic?

>>74092947
i'm PRETTY sure it was confirmed he was bi ageeeees ago, too lazy to find a source tho.

>>74092531
HE'S FUCKING DEAD HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

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>>74093243

THIS. I can respect how people could like the music and image LP created over time, but they've been a joke since in the end. Tear stained nu metal will be remembered like adult contemporary in the 90s. Sure it filled up time and was popular for awhile, but looking back at it a lot of the music is cringe worthy and sappy at best.

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>>74094244
You don't understand just how popular linkin

park was. Check out this pic. 50 million sales between two albums. Only Adele and Eminem are more popular than them this century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_of_the_2000s_(century)

There has to be a ton of spillover in non english nations when you are that popular. Anyone that popular is popular globally.

>>74092531
Man was that a perfect punchline though. You just can't leave such a discography behind and not off yourself.

>>74094385
oh wait fuck, I missed a third album there. they have 57 million sales, making them THE most popular of this century

>>74094417
>57 million
77 million*

>>74094417
>lel edgelord music, so shit
>57 million album sales, making them the most popular artist of the 2000's
LP critics btfo.

>>74094385
I didn't know Minutes to Midnight sold so well.

>>74094244
Of course there are Afghans who listen to American music and wear Nike shoes.

>>74093413
suicide is never rational. he had a mental illness

>>74094244
Russia.

>>74094472

>trying to justify that popularity = quality on /mu/

Man i liked LP when I was 15, but I wouldn't consider any of their music as being anything but above average at best.

>>74093208
The weird thing about suicide is that it can spread and generate copycats. I knew someone in the army had PTSD, killed himself then almost a year to the day his best friend killed himself. People depend on other people man, and when a lifeline is gone, people who are struggling eventually snap. It has nothing to do with their sexuality.

>>74094244
China

>>74094559
>i liked LP when I was 15
t. late bloomer

>>74092531
I remember entering a meet and greet they had a few years ago. I'm very sad I didn't get to meet him or greet him....

>>74095151
Maybe you coulda talked some sense into the young man.

>>74094643
>trying to explain inherent social dynamics to isolated losers on 4chan

Experience is how these people learn, anon, just like you were trying to say >>74092947 here.

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>>74092531
>investigate chestergate

you know i dismissed LP as a shitty band from my adolescence but after relistening they aren't too bad, and this is from someone who likes listening to Stockhausen and Bach

>>74092531
Same same...

RIP
>>74092721
Waiting for the End is their best track

>>74092838
This post will probably be ignored but the takedown of AlphaBay and Hansa further contributed to his death.

>>74094559
>dismissing anything that's popular as trash
cool

>>74095367
i was thinking dfr. Drew

why did linkin park need so many members

>>74093581
it's very real. wan sum fick?

>>74092721
A Thousand Suns is unironically a very good album, in my opinion

>>74094281
xp fuck LP!

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>>74094378
Yes, cringeworthy and sappy. That is what the degenerate generation will think of this music. They are excessive shut-ins, of course. Society has has lost their sense of emotional identity since the age of electronics and internet culture. Anything that is emotionally powerful and deals with difficult subjects = cringe. It's a sad world we live in today.

>>74092531
I feel bad for taking Linkin Park for granted. Haven't really listened to them for the past ten years, but whenever I checked out their new MVs I thought they still got it. Chester had amazing work ethic and was a touring beast. Mad respect.

>>74094652
Linkin Park is definitely known in China; in fact I bought Meteora there and blasted it for a summer at my relatives' place lol. As an Asian kid who grew up in California in the early 00s, LP were basically the hometown heroes.

Enjoy Nickelback while you still can guys. Death comes sooner than you think.

>>74100080
HOW YOU REMIND ME OF WHAT I REALLY AM

>>74095321
>isolated losers on 4chan
Very interesting thought considering you are also on 4chan. "Copycat suicides" aren't exactly a widespread phenomenon

WHEN MY TIME COMES, FORGET THE WRONG THAT I'VE DONE. HELP ME LEAVE BEHIND SOME REASONS TO BE MISSED.

AND DON'T RESENT ME, WHEN YOU'RE FEELING EMPTY, KEEP ME IN YOUR MEMORIES, LEAVE OUT ALL THE REST.

God the feels..

>>74093243
Wow. You sure convinced me to stop liking them with those opinions of yours.

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>>74092531
RIP to an anime legend. Legit, AMVs will never be the same. I've outgrown them, but it was nice to revisit the shit I watched as a dumb teenager.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Xp0fhf390&ab_channel=iPetesta

>>74101494
yup, shout out to www.animemusicvideos.org
i used to vote in their yearly contests

>>74101494
That brings me back.

I think my favourite AMV back in the day was a Trunks AMW with Crawling.

>>74096363
what do you mean?

>>74101494

>be 12 years old
>watch naruto amv's with linkin park music after school

damn... rip.

>>74095783

They definitely were never really a good band, but their first two albums are iconic for angsty teenage music of the 2000's. A few other songs they've had since were okay too.

>>74092531
I'm honestly sorry

I was never a hater and I just kind of laughed about your music in passing but still

If I could turn back time I'd write him a verbose letter telling him he's a great person and that his music is special

>>74101868
Search either of those and it will give you a story bout dark Web blackmarket busted shit.
Dunno what the correlation is tho.. care to chime in inxy

Oh btw..
>fucking inxy even uses a handle on 4chin!
>fucking inxy is everywhere!
>shout out DG sub reddit

>>74101494
damn you guys were teens when you watched this shit? i was at most 9.

>>74102457
you should not be on here

Daily Reminder that NONE of you like LP's last album.
Daily Reminder Chester said that because of this he wants to stab you all in the face.

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>>74094491
>suicide is never rational
this guy...

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>>74092778
Who cares if he was spilling his heart out? That doesn't make them less edgy.

The dickhead killed himself on the cusp of a huge tour with multiple bands, fucking over his own bandmates (who I assume are his good mates) and his fans who wanted to see him.

>B-but depression

He literally sang about it for 20 years. He couldn't tell his band mates he needed a break? He didn't even have to say "brb hanging myself don't start the tour", he could have just said he needed a break. He let the tickets sell and let everything book.

He made no indication that he was in distress. Honestly I think this faggot wasn't even planning it, he just had too much to drink and was sad about his friend's hanging that night cause it was his birthday and just decided "lol gonna kill myself".

It's clear this was not planned and he was just being a pussy that night.

What a weak bitch. I was a fan of their music and still am of their older stuff, but this IS edgy and pathetic.

>>74101988
why you gotta do it on my fucking birthday, you babyvoice faggot, why just right after the shittiest album ever?
Hope he was actually murdered by the greedy producer. Otherwise, no sympathies.

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>>74102847
Retard.

killuminati

they took out both Chris and Chester

>>74102847
While I usually don't agree with shit like this, you make a very good point. On top of all this, six kids, man. He just showed that he's selfish as fuck.

>>74102847
It's okay anon.

Part of me is angry at him as well. It's a shitty thing to do to your fans and especially your loved ones.

But at the end of the day we're not in his headspace. We don't know what he was going through.

>>74101494

not technically anime, but my favorite Linkin Park fan video based on Japanese media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr5oHkSxEi8

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A-q4tsbzSH0

holyshit who watches this manchild?

>>74101494
Why does it seem like every other anime fan used to love AMVs, I always hated them ever since being introduced to them by a Naruto/LP one, despite me liking both of those things at the time. I think I remember a lot of Drowning Pool too.

>>74102847
I don't understand the human condition: the post

I cried listening to points of authority

>>74102533
I didn't even know they released a last album. LP streams have risen 780% from 1.5million a month, that is insane and shows they just were old stuff. No reason to kys but it did kind of make me feel bad as a fan.

>Someone willingly commits suicide
>Boohoo I miss him
Shouldn't you be glad he got what he wanted?

>>74103987
I thought about this but no. Killing yourself over temporary ass emotions is a waste, he had so much to live for. The cycle of pain and suffering will continue with his kids and probably some fans now.

>>74100130
They were at my high school

>>74102847
His music wasn't for you

It was for people that actually deserved to be alive

linkin park was my favorite band in middle school? But I eventually outgrew them as my emotions andtaste became more diverse and refined. I wouldn't say his death didn't affect me in some way

>>74100080
Why couldn't have it been Chad instead of Chester?

>>74104810
>?

He had to fall to lose it all

But in the end, it doesn't even matter

:(

>>74092802
The kind of person that's apparently been on the edge of suicide has been and singing about it for 2 decades.
This could very likely just have been the trigger that pushed him over the edge.

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>>74100323
Holy fuck

>>74092802
Maybe they both got eachother through some tough times and without him he felt like he didn't have anyone to lean on

>>74103987
are u 12? what an edgelord

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>>74105116
He found a Place for his Head

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>>74103761
I can't listen to any of their songs without tearing up now. The lyrics are the realest with this new context.

Most of you are gullible idiots who take media headlines as truth. You think him being a victim is responsible for suicide? The guy lived with severe depression and probably bpd. You can feel amazing 24hrs before you kill yourself with the right kind of mental disorders. It doesn't help when you are a recovering addict.

There are surely some other minor influences to stoke the flames, like the futility of trying to be positive in a world of small minds.

Chester was a very sensitive guy, that's for sure. Linkin Park aside, I'd gladly replace most people with a dude like him.

Bad music and shallow lyrics will be the legacy of this guy

>>74107073
Says some nobody from behind his mom's computer.
Linkin Park's peers and fans outnumber everything in your vapid worthless life Autismo.
He may not have been the greatest musician ever but he will be remembered for his contributions. For the many lives he changed in a positive way. His music gave strength to thousands of fans who had to fight their own battles and found comfort in his words, energy and heart. Even with him gone now, his words will outlast every single thing you have ever done.

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I feel like a cunt for not supporting LP through the recent years. I never put too much time into anything past the first 2 albums but still followed what they were doing. Now the new stuff is all I want to listen to.
I think whats getting us is that we never took any of this seriously. I always just liked the songs but never the message. There's no way I would have liked the new album if I even heard it before this.

>>74094559
Have you actually seen them live? They were pretty fucking good.

>>74107073
He also helped a lot of people to cope with their own depression I mean they are a normie band but so what at least he accomplished something in his life

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This is obviously their best work

>being sad a coward killed himself

>>74092531
Im glad he's dead :^

I didn't really like them either but it hit me hard too. For one, he lived like 10 minutes away from me. Another thing, I listened to Breaking the Habit so many fucking times growing up playing Counter Strike 1.6 it's almost absurd. I remember it was also the song in a compilation of the same game like over 10 years ago...

The Hunting Party is the only record I couldn't get into.

Reanimation is so fucking underrated.

>>74104233
Then why did he kill himself?

It started with one thing

He didn't know why

It didn't even matter how hard he tried

>>74095367

Damn they look the same

>sings the verses "Do you feel cold and lost in desperation / You build up hope but failure's all you've known / Remember all the sadness and frustration / And let it go"
>doesn't let it go and kills himself

>>74110414
Really makes you think.

>>74092802
This is so wrong but my sides are leaving the Earth's orbit.

>>74110414
In the end, it mattered...
Damn...

So many times in my life i was going through several depression and was his musics in many times, that saved me. I was saved by Chester so many times, i owe him so much, you guys have no idea. Im listening LP a lot and crying a lot those days, im stronger now, i will never kms but its so sad to see that it happened with one of my heros :/ The pain will get weak, i know, im just sharing my feelings. LP changed my life, for better.

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Gentlemen I'm looks for a thread image where they are posting about the Linkin Park guy with the lyrics.

>Crawling in Grave
>These worms will have a good meal

>>74102847
>heh, only a coward would take his own life.
Please explain to me how chester's nuerchemistry worked on the day of his death, cause it would really clear up some questions i have.

>>74111586
Syllable count doesn't check out

>>74111687
>everyone is a weak willed faggot like me

>>74112465
No one will ever care about you. The only thing you do all day is post on 4chan. The difference here is that millions of people loved him and no one will give a fraction of a shit when you did you enormous faggot.

>>74113125
Sorry faggot, I'm shit posting while hanging out and playing rock band with my mates and girlfriend.

Have fun projecting your insecurities on to people who have different opinions to yours.

>>74092802

suicide contagion is a well-documented phenomenon

>>74102847
>/mu/ too dense to get this