Remembering Chester Bennington Part 3

Published: Dec. 15, 2017, 5:06 p.m.

b'If anyone were to look at Linkin Park around 2011, there no reason to think that anything was going wrong\\u2026\\n\\nIn the ten years since the band was formed, they\\u2019d sold over 80 million albums\\u2026they had millions of fans all over the world\\u2026they were in firm control of their career, planning to release a new album every 18 months or so, a schedule they, not the record label, set out\\u2026\\n\\nPlus they had time to indulge in all kinds of side projects, some musical, some not\\u2014like remix albums, soundtracks, even movies\\u2026DJ Joe Hahn had started to direct films \\u2026not a bad position to be for a bunch of guys still in their 30s, right?...\\n\\nThat was the view from the outside\\u2026and for the most part, that rosey view was correct\\u2026but if anyone had taken the time to really get to know Chester Bennington, there might have been some warning signs\\u2026they would have been subtle, slow-burning, almost undetectable\\u2026but in hindsight, something was going on inside, something that would end tragically about six years later\\u2026\\n\\nThis is the third and final part of our remembrance of Chester Bennington\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'