Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Says 'Nobody Knew' the Depths of Bandmate Chester Bennington's Depression
etonline.comMike Shinoda recalls the emotions he felt after losing bandmate Chester Bennington in 2017.During a recent episode of SiriusXM's, the Linkin Park co-founder said losing Bennington to suicide led to a dark time and a roller coaster of emotions.«There were points where I felt that way… and that's natural,» he tells Stern of feeling angry.Bennington died on July 20, 2017 from suicide.
He was 41. Just five months prior to his death, the Linkin Park frontman opened up about his depression in a podcast. Still, Shinoda says those closest to Bennington were unaware of the severity.«Nobody knew the depths of it,» says Shinoda before revealing why his life as an outsider allowed him to relate so well with Bennington. «Let's go back to the beginning when I met Chester.
I didn't know his stories. As I got to know him, I would find myself oftentimes saying, 'I've never heard such a crazy upbringing, such a crazy childhood.' Like, running wild in the streets and doing hard drugs on the roof of his high school, just like barely staying out of jail.
That's what made our dynamic what it was. I didn't live like that. I felt like I was an outsider because I was a mixed-race kid that didn’t have a community to belong to.
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