Nu Sober Linkin Park Post by: Eddie Ruckus - Rockin' Blogger 20 July, 2009 - 7:53 AM

Linkin Park co-frontman Chester Bennington puts his success down to alcohol, drugs and divorce, but not in a good way.

The singer has revealed that he’s now sober, but being wasted for so many years provided the inspiration for a lot of his music and success, as well as ruining his private life.

In an interview with Noisecreep, Bennington explained how one of Linkin Park’s biggest hits, “Crawling”, is about “feeling like I had no control over myself in terms of drugs and alcohol. That feeling, being able to write about it, sing about it, that song, those words sold millions of records, I won a Grammy, I made a lot of money.” [And his point is …?]

Now Bennington, who’s about to release the debut album with his sideproject Dead By Sunrise, says he’s turned his life around. “It’s not cool to be an alcoholic,” he argues [now that he’s sold millions of records and won a Grammy]. “It’s not cool to go drink and be a dumbass. It’s cool to be a part of recovery.”

What do you think – is it a good or bad thing when rock stars go sober?

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• Lenny says

  I reckon whenever stars go sober it means they will make boring music.

  Posted Monday 20 July, 2009 9:39 AM