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Sum 41's Deryck Whibley says replacing Chester Bennington in Linkin Park is "an impossible task"
By Liz Scarlett last updated
Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley dismissed the idea he could ever join Linkin Park when it was raised in a new interview

Listen to Chester Bennington’s spine-tingling vocal performance on previously unreleased Grey Daze demo
By Paul Brannigan published
Hear late Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington at his most impassioned on the previously unheard Grey Daze demo B12_demo.1997.aiff

Listen to Slash's previously unreleased collaboration with Chester Bennington
By Classic Rock published
Listen to Crazy, a previously unreleased Slash and Chester Bennington collaboration recorded in 2010

Chester Bennington was feeling ‘on top of the world’ in the days before his death, former bandmate insists
By Metal Hammer published
Grey Daze drummer Sean Dowdell “did not sense anything” troubling his friend Chester Bennington in the hours before his death

The Story Behind The Song: In The End by Linkin Park
By Dannii Leivers published
Linkin Park were already on the way to becoming nu metal’s biggest band. But Hybrid Theory‘s epic final single sent them spinning into the stratosphere

Machine Head’s Robb Flynn shares his cover of Linkin Park’s In The End
By Scott Munro published
Robb Flynn releases video showing him covering Linkin Park’s In The End from 2017 - just days after the death of Chester Bennington

Listen to Chester Bennington and Korn’s Head and Munky on new Grey Daze single
By Scott Munro published
Chester Bennington’s pre-Linkin Park band Grey Daze release video for B12 featuring Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch and James ‘Munky’ Shaffer

Chester Bennington’s son Jaime directs video for Grey Daze track Soul Song
By Scott Munro published
Chester Bennington’s pre-Linkin Park band Grey Daze release video for Soul Song - track taken from the album Amends which will feature Chester’s original and remastered vocals

Chester Bennington: Chris Cornell will be remembered as one of the greatest influences of our time
By Scott Munro published
Exclusive In his last-ever interview a month before his death, Chester Bennington paid tribute to his friend Chris Cornell - and the previously unpublished 2017 interview features in the new issue of Metal Hammer
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