About Chester Bennington

Name: Chester Charles Bennington
Nicknames: Chaz, Chazy Chaz, Chester the Molester
Birthdate: 20. march 1976
Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona/USA
Sign: Pices
Domicile: Los Angeles, California/ USA
Haircolor: brown
Eyecolor: brown
Family: His father's name is Lee Bennington. He is/was a cop and his mother is/was a nurse. They divorced when Chester was 11 years old. His mother left the family. He's got 4 older siblings.
Family status: In 2005 he divorced from his wife Samantha after 10 years of marriage. Since 31. december 2005 he is married to Talinda Bentley.
Children: He's got a son with Samantha called Draven Sebastian, birth on 19th april 2002. He's got a second son with Talinda called Tyler Lee, birth on 16th march 2006. Than he's got a son called Jamie, 10 years old. His mother is a releationship (?) before Samantha. Later in 2006 Chester adoptet Jamies brother too.
Job in LP: Singer
School: Chester visited the Greenway High School in Phoenix/Arizona and graduated in 1994 on the Washington High School
Jobs before LP: Waiter in a coffee bar, employe at a digitalservice company, waiter at Burger King
First Bands: Grey Daze. They released two records called �No Sun Today� (1994) and �Wake Me� (1997. In 1999 he joined Hybrid Theory.
First Instruments: Piano and Guitar
Idols: Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots), Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
Hobbys: cooking, tattoos, piercings, playstation, watching TV, reading, partys, touring, relaxing, playing guitar, writing songs, painting, listening to music
Favourite Bands: Stone Temple Pilots, Led Zeppelin, Deftones, Madonna, Nine Inch Nails, Taproot Depeche Mode, Aaliyah, Al Green, Alice In Chains, A Perfect Circle, Beatles, Bunnybrains, Candlebox, Coldplay, Dido, DJ Z-Trip, Front 242, (hed) P.E., Jane�s Addiction, Jay-Z, John Lennon, Kylie Minogue, Metallica, Nirvana, Orgy, OutKast, Pearl Jam, Pete Yorn, Pixies, Public Enemy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Cure, The Smiths
Favourite food: Fast and junk food, things, he cooked
Favourite drink: Beer
Favourite movie: �Fight Club� with Brad Pitt, �The lord of the ring�
Favourite book: �Vampire Chronicles� from Anne Rice, �Hannibal�, �Es� from Stephen King
Favourite videogame: Tony Hawk�s Pro Skater II
Favourite footballteam: Phoenix Cardinals
Other: Chester was addicted to drugs after his parents divorced and after a sexual abuse. He was on Acid and Crack. So, when he was aighteen he arrested because he had dope with him. He had to do some hours of community work. But he didn't quit drugs. Than he met his ex-wife Samantha and she helped him to quit drugs.

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Upper right arm: A japanese Koi-Fish he painted. Wookie, a friend of Chester at Clup Tattoo did it.
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Upper left arm: Pisces - Chesters zodiak sign. It's his first tattoo. Jody from �Club Tattoo� did it.
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Right and left wrist: Flames. This is his favourite tattoo. Jeff Tilman from �Tattoo Deluxe� in california did it. The idea for this tattoo is, his upper arm tattoos are water animals. Chester was born on 20th march, also known as �cusp of Aries�, a firesihn. So these tattoos show his personality: fire and water.
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Upper back: 6 �spreading arms�. Derrick from Arizona did them. This tattoo was to illustrat Chester on stage. Derrick gave the picture six arms to show how he holds his audience with his music. Since 2004 he's got a fullback-piece. There are other things like dragons, flowers and tribals.
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Lower back: Linkin Park in old english letters. From Jeff Tilman of �Tattoo Deluxe�. Chester did a bet with Jeff, if Hybrid Theory went platinum, the tattoo would be free. If not, Chester had to pay the full prize.
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Lower left calf: Hybrid Theory-Street Soldier. Dee from Jacksonville/Florida did it. Chester did it in his Chester lie� sich dieses Tattoo in seinem dressing room at �Hard Rock Live� in Orlando/Florida. Dee is a good friend of Chester and did it for free. Chester did it, without talking with Samantha. When she saw it, she loved it but said: "Don't to this without my permission!"
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Right calf: A dragon. Chester was born in the year of dragons. He says this dragon is about 42 times smaller on Samanthas butt.
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Ringfinger on left hand: Engagement band. Samantha and Derrich designed it. She's got the same one on her ringfinger. The reason of this tattoo: Chester was to poor to buy her a ring. Derrick did the tattoos for free.
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Pinkie finger on right hand: This is Chesters Birthstone in gold ring. He got it as a present to his 21. birthday.
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Right ellbow: Chester did it in 2005. Nobody knows what it really looks like. It looks like a skull with a rose or something. Chester didn't give a comment yet.
Left ellbow: Chester didn't give a comment yet, eighter. It looks like a pirate or skull.
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Chest: A big tattoo with the initials "CB" and "TB" (Chestern and Talinda Bennington) with roses and rumors say, there are the names of his boys too.