Still missing Chester

[LPoldie]

Hi there,

I'm following LP for 25 years now. I'm sill missing Chester. Don't get me wrong, Emily is great. However Chester had a lot more intensity, was living the songs. When I see Emily, she's performing, doing, even great sometimes, with a bunch of new aspects, but I never saw her sweat or being exhausted like Chester.

Any opinion to get me out?

[Shifter]

I understand you very much in this matter, I preferred to stay in the old era of the band.

Only listen to the new instrumentals.

It's less traumatizing.

 

You have to decide who you are with and where you are, then it will be easier.

 

Prayer is also good.

 

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Edited April 19 by Shifter

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

"but I never saw her sweat or being exhausted like Chester."

 

Thats a powerful quote man, i get what you mean and its hard to put words on it but i understand and i agree.

 

The key is to not compare them its totally unfair but how could you not compare ? It's always a struggle.

 

I feel you and that's fine its okay to say what you actually think.

 

My only advice is that you should enjoy the ride man, this band has an expiration date, Mike is 48 he wont be onstage for a long time probably he will keep going for like 10 years and that will be the actual end of Linkin Park.

[LPoldie]

Thanks @Shifter and @JZLP-Benningstrong

Listening to instrumentals only is not the option. Its not her voice. I'm glad they found her. Its her presence on stage. Like doing a job. (And yes, I only saw her concerts on YT so far). But it's probably not about her but about me.

And it's impossible not to compare, when you see the same songs now and then. LP for me was always not only about the sound but also the lyrics AND the impression that they became alive with Chester and Mike. A kind of therapy that brought me in at the beginning.

LP has changed through the years, that's normal. Everyone does. And I will not stick to the "old days", I'm still fascinated to see what they do next, and I'm glad they found a way to go on.

5 hours ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

 

My only advice is that you should enjoy the ride man, this band has an expiration date, Mike is 48 he wont be onstage for a long time probably he will keep going for like 10 years and that will be the actual end of Linkin Park.

Maybe this is the best advice ever 😉.  LP still exists without Chester but Mike is the engine, impossible to replace, that's sure. But I guess he can't be without making music.

We'll see.

 

[LPMaskMan]

I still miss him too.

Honestly I do not care about the new LP and didn't like From Zero. Except a few old audio recordings I haven't listened to any LP since From Zero came out. This is why I'm not really active in this forum nowadays.

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

40 minutes ago, LPMaskMan said:

I still miss him too.

Honestly I do not care about the new LP and didn't like From Zero. Except a few old audio recordings I haven't listened to any LP since From Zero came out. This is why I'm not really active in this forum nowadays.

Its interesting to know the opinion of people who abandoned the new era, which is fair.

Why you dont care about LP2? what you didnt like?

[Subs]

Im the exact same, sorry to say but for me no chester no LP. FZ has 2 maybe 3 excellent tracks, but this new era just doesnt feel right to me. Its like a cheap copy.

 

Im not against mike and the others being happy, but the new era just doesnt feel natural to me.

[Qwerty18]

Missing Chester is only natural. An amazing, one-in-a-million vocalist, with a voice anyone could recognize, with a warm personality, lots of charisma, a kind heart, you name it.

 

There will always be a void that can't be fully refilled, and that's okay to acknowledge that. I miss Chester too.

 

With that said, for the most parts, I've decided to look at it from an "acceptance" perspective, as really, it simply is something where nothing can be done, except moving forward.

 

And looking ahead, I'm really glad there is a future with the band - of course, a new, different iteration of it - rather than without the band.  In the end, it should all come down to "do you enjoy the music? are you better off with that new music than without"?.

 

If not, that's fair. For some, most of the magic was in Chester vocals, and in that case, we'll always have the old material to enjoy, and maybe new Chester demos in the future (hopefully). It's totally fine to let LP be a thing of the past, I think, although, preferably, I wish it was done without the occasional bitter comments about the new iteration ("cheap copy").

 

For others, the new material is quite a jam, and it feels great to be enjoying that ride. It's not exactly the same band, yet it's familiar. Like apples and pears, somewhat similar, somewhat different, but I like both.  Personally I think LP came back with their strongest release since ATS, and that's something I'll always be happy about.

 

 

 

[thigolpbr]

I hope the band keeps releasing boxsets
at least MTM 20 and ATS 20
it will always be amazing to see some never-before-released songs sung by Chester, concerts never seen before, etc...
just like I mentioned in another post, I asked the band to release some iconic shows from the band's old era so fans can buy them.
I liked the band's new phase and I'm happy for them, but my favorite era is another one.

[ChaseChief]

Don’t we all miss Chester? And I believe Mike and the guys still undoubtedly do as well. But there’s nothing we can do to change what has been done and we can only move forward. 

[xxHybridXeroxx]

1 hour ago, ChaseChief said:

Don’t we all miss Chester? And I believe Mike and the guys still undoubtedly do as well. But there’s nothing we can do to change what has been done and we can only move forward. 

THIS. 100000000% THIS!!!! 

[LPMaskMan]

On 4/22/2025 at 10:27 PM, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

Its interesting to know the opinion of people who abandoned the new era, which is fair.

Why you dont care about LP2? what you didnt like?

LP for me was the six guys, and only the half of them remained now. The album was good instrumentally and rap parts, but I can't stand Emily's voice. Also the transposed live songs really bugged me and doesn't feel like I'm watching and listening an LP show, it's a different band.

Edited Thursday at 07:49 PM by LPMaskMan

[Trumtram]

1 hour ago, LPMaskMan said:

Also the transposed live songs really bugged me and doesn't feel like I'm watching and listening an LP show, it's a different band.

Yeah, I feel you. I'm not a fan of these, either.