Chester Does Ice Bucket Challenge With Kids On Stage

Chester did the ice bucket challenge at the end of the show on Tuesday night. He had Tyler and the twins (Lila and Lily) come out with him. :)

Here is a video:


Here's another video:


Update...Another video here. Thanks Kamila!

TheRockFM's Chester Bennington interview

Check out this interview that Chester did with TheRockFM. In it he mentions Oprah, Bono and talks a little about Talinda being pregnant with Tyler. Thanks a lot to ChesterDean for letting me know about it.


While I am here, don't forget to send in your presents to the 6th annual Chester Birthday Projekt!

Herald Sun: Linkin Park's anchored frontman

Here's a great article from the Herald Sun:

LINKIN Park frontman Chester Bennington is used to scrutiny.
However, on their last world tour, Bennington took careful note of one considered opinion - his six-year-old son, Tyler.
Bennington says: "He has travelled more in his short little life than most have done in their lifetime. He has no idea he's done that."
Bennington is also finding joy in watching Tyler try to piece together the puzzle of the music, the performance, the crowd, the reaction, and how his 36-year-old father fits in all this.
"It's so cute," Bennington says. "He saw people cheering and thought: 'They're all here to see my dad and my uncles'. "He made that connection. He knows there is something special here. He realises dad does something different from what other dads do.
"It's interesting to see kids figure out how people view their father differently."
To most others, Bennington is a songwriter and the primal howl in Linkin Park, one of the biggest rock bands of the new millennium.
Hits include In The End, Somewhere I Belong, Breaking The Habit and Numb.
Their new album, Living Things, a return to the crunching intensity of Hybrid Theory (2000) and pop structures of Meteora (2002), will be released tomorrow.
"Our goal is to challenge ourselves creatively," Bennington says.
"We want to make music that doesn't play it safe.
"That's easier said than done when you've been doing it for 12 years and it's your fifth record.
"It can get easy to become complacent in your career and deal with things you know you're good at."
Bennington says the new album is more personal than their last record, a concept work called A Thousand Suns.
He explains: "Living Things deals with more issues on a human level, a personal level."
Bennington says he and co-writer Mike Shinoda wrote about characters more than specific experiences.
"Our lives are different, so we come from two perspectives," Bennington says.
"I remember saying to Mike: 'When I was a kid, my parents got divorced and that made me really sad. I want to write a song about it.' And Mike goes: 'Well, my parents never got divorced. I have no idea what that feels like.'
"But, somehow, it works. We end up with songs with multiple layers and points of view."
Yet, in the multi-platinum world of Linkin Park, one voice is always loudest: Family.
In the liner notes of the new album, Bennington thanks his wife Talinda, and children Jaime, Isaiah, Draven, Tyler, Lily, Lila and Alyssa.
He says: "My wife and my children give me a perspective that is necessary to stay a normal person.
"They allow me to see life for what it truly is, and what is important.
"Being a rock star is awesome, but it is not a real lifestyle. It's very secluded.
"It's awesome to make music at this level, but ultimately, what we want out of life is to be regular people.
"We don't want to experience life as rock stars on a pedestal.
"Family brings you back down to earth. It keeps you tied to the things that are important," he says.
Linkin Park will tour Living Things, including yet-to-be confirmed dates in Australia.
Bennington says their ferocious live shows keep him connected to the memory of the wide-eyed fan he once was.
"A lot of people can sing, and there are a lot of talented people out there for what they do. But I'm not sure there are many people who can do what I do, the way that I do it.
"When I get up on stage scream and yell and deliver ... I feel everybody wants to do that.
"At that moment, I'm speaking for all of us."
The singer says he recognises himself in the fan in the front row shouting every word of every song.
"There is something about that one kid who got there early, got his tickets first, and ran up to the barricade and waited all day to scream as if they were in the band.
"I remember being in that place, looking up at my heroes. There is nothing better than being that for somebody."

Thank you everyone hat tweeted and emailed me the link! Much appreciated. :)

Chester's interview with The Edge

Chester called in to The Edge and did a quick interview (in his quiet dad voice) during naptime. He talked mostly about his family, like Jaime wanting to be a composer and how he feels about the kids getting tattoos...It's definitely worth checking out. :) You can stream or download it at LPTimes!

"If you had to have a dad, I'm a pretty cool one to have." -Chester

Draven and Chester at Tyler's birthday party

Samantha uploaded this photo on twitter. :)

Joe's pictures from instagram

Here;re two pictures from, what might be Joe's instagram. One pic on Tyler and one of Heidi. enjoy!

Thanks to holly and Lee from yellbox for letting us know!

Tyler

On Saturday Tyler had to be taken to a hospital because his foot was burned. Thankfully he will be fine!

Tyler is doing better today, he'll be as good as new in a few weeks!Thank u to Dr.Curran and Cardon's Children Hospital! 17 Oct /via @Talindab

Glad to hear he will be ok! :)

Los Angeles Times Interview

LA Times:

“I made my mind up three years ago: I don’t want to scream anymore,” said Bennington, 34, stepping into the studio after a drive up from home in Orange County, his hair cut close to the scalp. “I think all of us at that point were going, ‘If I keep doing this, this is just what I’m going to keep doing for the rest of my life.’”

He attributes his willingness to step into new emotional territory to his experience raising four boys (ages 4, 8, 13 and 14 years), along with a widening of his musical tastes: “I’m a father now. I’m inspired to sing that way.”

“When I was 20 years old, I would have told you ‘I hate the Beatles. There is no way I will listen to that,’” added Bennington, whose personal model then was the roaring creep show punk-rock of the Misfits. “Now, I would tell you that I love the Beatles, and I didn’t figure it out until I was 27: ‘Oh. This is what everybody … talks about.’ It was weird. It was like all of a sudden I like broccoli. Now I love broccoli.”

Via LPTimes.

Linkin Park to play at F1 race in Abu Dhabi

Here's a bit from an interview with Chester where he talks about the upcoming concert in Abu Dhabi.

“I love cars, I don’t care what kind of fast car it is. The Formula One is the most technically advanced motor race in the world and I am really excited to be part of it some way. This will not only be my first time in the UAE but my first time at Formula One.”
The singer said he would be bringing his wife Talinda Bentley, a former model, and their four-year-old son Tyler Lee with him to the UAE.

-The National, via LPTimes

Talinda tweets about Tyler

He told me the other night " We can say frickin...but we can't say f***ing...right mommy!" I about died!! LOL
9:13 PM Mar 9th via web

I can't believe my baby will be 4!I'll miss his being so little but am looking forward to this year and all the new cute things he'll say!
9:13 PM Mar 9th via web

Thank God for internet shopping!I've tried to find a specific Transformer toy for Tyler's birthday everywhere.Then I thought to look online!
9:12 PM Mar 9th via web

KROQ's Almost Acoustic Chrismas Backstage

While Chester is talking you can listen to Talinda and Tyler. And then they pass by, Tyler's a cutie.

SCREEN CAPTURES

Rockstar dads update

TalindaB: The photo shoot is for a book of Rockstar dads & kids and it will be out around fathers day
22 minutes ago from Echofon

Rock Dads and Their Kids photo shoot

TalindaB: Watching Chester and Tyler do a photo shoot for rock dads & their kids. Wish we could've had them all here!
about 3 hours ago from Echofon

Sounds so cute!

KROQ Show

@Talinda: We are getting ready to leave Vegas for LA! The KROQ show is tonight!! Tyler gets to watch his dad!

Gratitude & thanks! - Samantha's blog

Samantha posted a blog with a list of things she is thankful for. It's really sweet and I loved reading it. You can read it HERE!

Tyler is a mini Chester + Halloween

Chester posted this on twitter earlier in response to someone:

@HurtFamily yes he is a total mini-me.He sings ALL the time just like me at his age!about 4 hours ago from Echofon in reply to HurtFamily

@HurtFamily and he actually sounds good.Great pitch for a a 3yr old
about 4 hours ago from Echofon in reply to HurtFamily

Happy Halloween everyone! Stay safe, have fun! So we know Tyler is going to be Optimus Prime, what about Chester and Talinda...?

@luvnlp Shes a butterfly and I'm playing a singer in a band for a show tomorrow night:)about 3 hours ago from Echofon in reply to luvnlp

Let me know what you dress up as (if you do) in the saybox or on twitter!

Kids On Stage

Here's a quote from Chris Cornell's twitter:

Cant find a youtube of the kids at wiltern but we just found this one at project rev with Chester B+ his son Tyler>http://tinyurl.com/qwzxqq

Here's the video:

Quotes about Tyler and a few pics...

"he looks like me when I was his age!"

"Tyler had known how to swim with no floaties since he was 2yr 9 mo. He lives to dive to the bottom of our pool 12 ft!"

-Thanks to everyone who sent stuff in. Especially ChesterDEAN for helping me keep up with their tweets.

Tyler gets excited for new Linkin Park - LOL

Chester did an interview on DC 101 to talk about the new album. During the interview you can hear Tyler playing around and making noise, and then Chester apologizes for it. Download at LPTimes. Thanks Bubbles!

Sarah's video from Irvine

Sarah uploaded her video for us, where you can see Draven and Tyler dancing around and Chester and Talinda hugging and dancing. :)