Biography for
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Date of Birth

20 March 1976, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Birth Name

Chester Charles Bennington

Nickname

Chaz
The Chemist

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Chester was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His parents divorced when he was 11 years old. He has two half sisters and a half brother. He attended Centennial High School at the beginning of his freshman year. Then he went to Greenway High School where he started his first band, Grey Daze. He graduated from Washington High School in 1994.

IMDb Mini Biography By: LappyLP

Spouse

Talinda Bentley	(31 December 2005 - present) 1 child
Samantha Bennington	(31 October 1996 - 2 May 2005) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

One of the lead singers to the band Linkin Park

First Band: Grey Daze in 1993

Siblings: Two half sisters and one half brother, Brian

Hair: Brown.

His wife, Samantha, gave birth to a boy, Draven Sebastian Bennington. [April 19, 2002]

[May 2003] Chester was admitted to an L.A. hospital after suffering an attack of severe back and abdominal pains.

Recently had the laser eye surgery procedure done (March 2004)

Before Grey Daze, when Chester was 15 he played in a band called "Sean Dowdell and Friends" in which he was the lead singer. Currently the only existing evidence of this band is a 3 song tape that includes the following songs: "Painted Pictures" "Kill The Flies" and "God's Afraid".

Before Linkin Park, when Chester was 16 he played in a band called 'Grey Daze' which recorded two albums, 'No Sun Today' and 'Wake Me' until later breaking-up.

Chester has designed some clothing for a company called Replicant, owned by Korn's Head and Orgy's Ryan Shuck

Chester's siblings are children from one of his step-parent's previous marraige. Chester's biological parents got divorced when he was 11.

His son's name is Draven Sebastian Bennington (born April 19, 2002).

He and his wife, Talinda welcomed their new baby boy, Tyler Lee on 16th March 2006. He weighed nine pounds and three ounces.

Has an older son. He's ten years old, from another lady before his ex-wife Samantha.

Chester was the one who came up with the name Linkin Park for his band (taken from the then-name of a park in Santa Monica, California). It was originally supposed to be spelled "Lincoln" but since the band couldn't afford to buy the domain name lincolnpark.com from its owner, they changed the spelling in order to buy linkinpark.com.

Adopted his oldest son's brother. He now has four sons: Jaime, Draven, Tyler, and Isaiah.

His last regular job was working as a coffee barista in at a small coffee shop in Phoenix Arizona called the Bean Tree.

Personal Quotes

Chester on high school: "I was a geek who thought I was cool. I didn't hang out with a particular clique, but with different people from different cliques. I was a total nerd, trying to fit in. Luckily, I found music and that was my niche. That sorta took me out of my geekdom. I was never invited to parties as a teenager - I turned up with the popular people. That's where the lyrics to 'Guilty By Association' came from."

Where Are They Now

(2003) On tour with Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Deaftones and Mudvayne.

(December 2003) They are soon to be on their own Meteora World Tour with P.O.D, Hoobastank, and story of the year. It starts in January.

(November 2004) In the studio recording a solo album.

(July 2005) Philidelphia, Live 8 concert