Jaime Bennington, son of the late Chester Bennington, slams Mike Shinoda and Linkin Park

[varioussaints]

Jaime Bennington, the son of former Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, has criticized the band’s decision to bring in Emily Armstrong as their new vocalist.

Jaime wrote that Linkin Park co-founder Mike Shinoda had “quietly erased my father’s life and legacy in real… pic.twitter.com/jRsef6UDfO
- Variety (@Variety) September 9, 2024
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[violue]

Setting aside their choice of singer for a moment. I know plenty of bands stay together after losing their lead singer, Chester himself filled in on Stone Temple Pilots for a time... but this specific instance still bothers me so much. I think they should have renamed the band.

[for_serious13]

Honestly him filling in for stp pissed me the fuck off, Scott was so hurt and Chester claimed to be such a huge fan

I don’t mind that they kept the name, Mike started the band and Chester isn’t here anymore (unlike with stp) but replacing him with a Scientologist who supported a serial rapist and doesn’t believe in psychiatry is a kick in the face to their legacy

[violue]

right wtf is she going to do when some fan comes up to her after a show and talks about how much the songs mean to them because of their mental health struggles, pass them a copy of dianetics?

[crazyfreakyaj]

I mean quite honestly, yes.

[pin_stripe]

No I absolutely AM still trying to wrap my head around why linkin park is doing music

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[for_serious13]

Ahhh, I am begging someone to make a post about Cedric baxler zapata’s last instagram post calling Emily out even more. I tried to make it earlier but I’m so bad at shit I need detailed step by step

The pic is a response to Emily from his wife, Chris’s, and then caption is his comment, and they both go in and he even says Danny and another guy would do drive bys past Jane does houses

Jaimie isn’t wrong, but I also worry about him just because he doesn’t seem very well mentally and seems to think his dad was murdered, and I worry him speaking out is going to make co$ goons go after him

[crazyfreakyaj]

I took the post to acknowledge the death by suicide as he remarked about the audacity of the band to do this during national suicide prevention month. Surely that’s not a coincidence.

[for_serious13]

His bio in his instagram profile says differently, but maybe he’s forgotten to change it

[yurasama_love]

He's right. Getting a person who defends a rapist and denies the existence of the very thing that killed Chester to take his place? Disgusting.