Name: Chester Charles Bennington
Nickname: Chester the Molester, Chemist, Chazzy Chaz
DOB: March 20, 1976
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Marital Status: Married to Samantha Bennington
Children: Draven Sebastian Bennington. He was born on April 19, 2002.
Role in LP: Vocals
Former Bands: Grey Daze
Likes: Cooking, skateboarding, video games, "Fight Club", Phoenix Cardinals Football Team
Interesting facts:
- Has two dogs an Australian shepherd and a Rottweiller / Labrador mix
- Has 12 tattoos
- Plays guitar and piano
- Says that STP was a great influence on him, he saw their concert when he was 14
- Like Mike, has dyed his hair many different colors and has many different styles
- Was sexually abused as a child and addicted to cocaine as a teen
- Is a big fan of Madonna
- Named his son after a character in "The Crow"
- When young, sang around the house, dreaming he was the fifth member of Depeche Mode
- Won a bet that if Hybrid Theory went gold in the US by Christmas 2000, he would get the Stone Temple Pilots Platinum display. He slept with it in his bunk when he won
- Was a geek in high school
- Was influenced by bands like Loverboy, Foreigner and Rush, thanks to his brother who is 13 years older
- Used to enjoy the hip hop genre (acts like the Sugarhill Gang and Slick Rick) between the ages of 10 and 14 before delving into the punk rock scene
Robert Plant and Scott Weiland are his musical role models
- Once road a snow saucer down a cliff and went headfirst into a brick wall.
- He had to get 47 stitches
Used to work as a coffee barista
- In Greenway High School (Phoenix, Arizona), Chester was in Thespian Troupe number 3297. Chester was also in the thespian society. Outside of the green room (which the theatre teacher rebeliously painted purple) Chester painted a mural free hand of the 2 drama faces, on the side he wrote Chester Bennington '93.