LET DOWN // A JOURNEY INTO DBS

[LPLStaff]

Julien-K (Ryan, Amir, Fu, Galen) recently decided to celebrate Chester's birthday by doing something they have wanted to do for a long time - do a deep dive into a Dead By Sunrise song in ProTools. This is something they have mentioned previously that they wanted to do but weren't sure what the right timing or platform was. Fortunately, their Patreon ended up being perfect and they streamed a Zoom call with their Patreon members, took questions from fans, and spoke for over an hour and a half about the song.

 

In this behind-the-scenes look at the song, they pull up the very first Let Down recording they made. This was the song that started the project for them.... the true very beginning of it all. As the story goes which a lot of you are already familiar with - Chester recorded acoustic guitar and vocals for the song and then gave it to Julien-K who pretty much overnight created a full demo, which is what they show on Patreon. It has elements in the demo that didn't make the final version (the break before the bridge), fun electronic elements, even a Led Zeppelin nod on the drums, and some really cool parts. Chester's original acoustic guitar plus Amir's 12 string guitar both make appearances in the demo.

 

Watch along as they tell the story of Dead By Sunrise, go deep into the song, and show us a glimpse at a fully-unreleased version of Let Down! And good news for those who are interested... they say they want to do this for more songs.  

 

Information-wise, this is the most info on Dead By Sunrise in one sitting in a VERY long time and we're excited to watch this over and over to help formulate the song page and pick up these tiny bits in the song that we may have not noticed originally. 

 

 

 

Of note in the middle of the stream, Amir mentions that there will be a 2027 Dead By Sunrise Rarities release for Record Store Day. He mentions unreleased Chester song seeds from 2005 that were never developed, the 20 Eyes cover, and other rare tracks. He and Fu have been working on compiling songs to go through for this release for years, and it sounds like the reception from fans about the Out of Ashes anniversary release was quite positive, which included the acoustic live songs.

 

A big thank you to Ryan, Amir, Fu, and Galen for putting this together for fans!

[Vinescence]

47 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

Of note in the middle of the stream, Amir mentions that there will be a 2027 Dead By Sunrise Rarities release for Record Store Day. He mentions unreleased Chester song seeds from 2005 that were never developed, the 20 Eyes cover, and other rare tracks. He and Fu have been working on compiling songs to go through for this release for years, and it sounds like the reception from fans about the Out of Ashes anniversary release was quite positive, which included the acoustic live songs.

 

A big thank you to Ryan, Amir, Fu, and Galen for putting this together for fans!

 

Ok, this is awesome! Can't wait!

[Soeffingnaive92]

Great news !!! 

[gorast]

Official DBS b-sides compilation...maybe there are still good things in the world. 

 

This is really cool, though. It's nice to see that Ryan and Amir are still so passionate about DBS without it feeling exploitative. 

[LPLStaff]

3 minutes ago, gorast said:

without it feeling exploitative. 

 

Really have always felt that way too. They are very authentic/genuine. Could listen to them talk about Chester and DBS all day, they are always so nice to fans and extremely respectful. Just total class. And have always wanted more music to come out.

[RentEznor]

31 minutes ago, gorast said:

without it feeling exploitative. 

 

Nailed it. Unlike certain other projects.

 

Wish DBS/OOA could've been released indepentently so it would've been easier for them to re-release even more material. As always sending all love and great vibes to Ryan, Amir and everyone involved with them, very appreciated of their time to do these sort of things for the fans and with the fans.

Edited March 24 by RentEznor

[linkindan]

11 hours ago, LPLStaff said:

there will be a 2027 Dead By Sunrise Rarities release for Record Store Day.

How am I supposed to pay for this B̶r̶a̶d̶ Ryan, Amir, Fu, Galen?!

[rqthomazini]

I was thinking about those potential releases in 2027 and a question came to mind: could Dead by Sunrise ever come together to work on instrumentals over old, unreleased Chester demos?

 

You know, Ryan was a close friend of his and seems to have a good relationship with Talinda. Maybe at some point they could prepare a tribute by working on and releasing those songs. Years ago, I used to wonder about this in relation to Linkin Park, but nowadays it feels impossible. With Dead by Sunrise, though… you never really know, right?

[RayGun4200]

Wow this is pretty amazing seeing individual parts of Let Down, honestly can't wait for the 2027 release. But I wonder if we'll get more information about the Chester Bennington Demos CD, I've been wondering for years when that CD was dated and what not.

[Trumtram]

A wild Geki appears. Again.

[RayGun4200]

Wait what why is the guy that replied to me and my response to it gone? 

[Vinescence]

1 hour ago, RayGun4200 said:

Wait what why is the guy that replied to me and my response to it gone? 

 

He's been banned from LPLive multiple times for being rude and saying bad things.

He doesn't give up and keeps creating new accounts.

I'm sure someone else can elaborate on that topic better than me

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

1 hour ago, RayGun4200 said:

Wait what why is the guy that replied to me and my response to it gone? 

you dont know what you got 

until it's gone 

UNTIL ITS GOOOOOONEEEEEEEE

[bloodbath]

6 hours ago, RayGun4200 said:

Wait what why is the guy that replied to me and my response to it gone? 

He basically has REAL mental issues and has harassed various people in the past. 

[RentEznor]

Dang it I missed out.

Edited Friday at 11:22 AM by RentEznor

[kcg]

I hope we get the original version of Let Down from the CMT Hurricane Katrina Relief show.

[RayGun4200]

On 3/26/2026 at 7:18 AM, Vinescence said:

 

He's been banned from LPLive multiple times for being rude and saying bad things.

He doesn't give up and keeps creating new accounts.

I'm sure someone else can elaborate on that topic better than me

 

On 3/26/2026 at 7:25 AM, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

you dont know what you got 

until it's gone 

UNTIL ITS GOOOOOONEEEEEEEE

Lmaoooooo

 

On 3/26/2026 at 12:23 PM, bloodbath said:

He basically has REAL mental issues and has harassed various people in the past. 

I know I'm aware of it kinda I don't know the full context but I don't really need to, I know he makes alts here and there I've seen it many times lol, I'm just confused because I thought there was a big paragraph (that was him) while the person that responded to me was someone else, I don't know if that's correct cause I wasn't paying that much attention in all honesty.

[LPLStaff]

The Let Down from the Katrina benefit is acoustic of course but is the same style demo Chester recorded at Ryan's studio that they used in this demo in the video. It would be nice to hear both on the release.