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"Linkin Park's singer delves into the depths of his depravity with a side band, but Chester Bennington's finding things are very different when he's the one in charge. "

 

"It makes one wonder what his wife, Talinda, makes of all the darkness on Out of Ashes.

 

"At first it might have been a little disarming," Bennington says of his wife's reaction. "Like, 'Do you really want everybody to know all this stuff?'

 

"Honestly, what do I really have to hide?

 

If I can't be honest about what I'm experiencing and about my life, then what am I going to write about? Make up stuff?

 

If you do it tastefully and you do it in a way that's not like pornographic, if it doesn't come across as being dirty and kind of creepy, then I think that's OK."

 

But was it ever coming across as being dirty or creepy?

 

"No," Bennington says with a laugh. "I'm totally 100 per cent pure, never done anything wrong or weird in my life.""

 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/...f-1225787155329

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Interview is here: http://www.shockhound.com/features/825-dea...ife-linkin-park

 

Got it from: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/DeadBySunrise?ref=nf

 

I found this interesting:

 

SHOCKHOUND: How did your bandmates in Linkin Park react to the idea of doing this?

 

BENNINGTON: It was actually Mike Shinoda's idea. [Linkin Park] weren't going to go on tour, but we released "New Divide" and it kind of blew up, so we decided to do a quick, five-week world tour.

Basically if New Divide didnt blow up, we wouldnt have had that tour. Crazy.

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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1625148/2...y_sunrise.jhtml

 

 

Members of successful rock bands having side projects or solo careers is nothing new, and it's become even more common as technology has made it easier to record and distribute music. But one conundrum remains: Which ideas go where? And how do you prevent the projects from cannibalizing each other both creatively and commercially?

 

If anyone knows that situation, it's Chester Bennington, the singer-songwriter of two successful rock outfits: Linkin Park (who plan to have a new LP out next year) and his Dead By Sunrise, which released its long-percolating debut LP earlier this month.

 

At the Ulalume Music Festival last weekend, Bennington explained how he can tell what goes where. "I can kind of tell like which songs are a little too grungy, a little too punk-driven [for Linkin Park]."

 

Bennington also said that the collaborative process with Linkin Park helps make the decision as well. "On a song like 'Let Down,' which I felt really strongly about, I really wanted that song not to change. I didn't want to go in and change the words, I didn't want to change any of the vibe, and I knew that would happen a lot taking it to Linkin Park. So it was pretty easy to figure that out."

 

However, he admitted that the decision is often not quite so simple.

 

"As time went on it got easier," he said. "I hear a song like 'Condemned' in my head and I know that's probably not going to end up on a Linkin Park record. But now it's getting really difficult, because Linkin Park is going in so many directions it's kind of hard to figure out which songs are which."

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This interview with Joe was done months back by our friend Jesse Hernandez, but I wasn't able to get the link until now for some reason. Either way it's a cool little clip worth the four minutes.

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Well, I found this interview right now in a brazilian music site:

http://musica.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI40...era+insano.html

 

The title says: Linkin Park's leader says new cd will be insane

 

In a part, it says: "We're recording. We have tons of songs. It's serious, it's ridiculous"

 

ahead he says: "We'll gonna make some more tours and record lots of albums."

 

 

I don't know how to tell it to you guys, and probaly you must know. Sorry

 

but... some thoughts?

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Mike did an interview with a robot recently. ( http://cleverbot.com)

 

 

MS: what kind of music do you like?

 

 

Cleverbot: I don't really like music.

 

 

MS: Liar!

 

 

Cleverbot: No, really.

 

 

MS: Do you like Linkin Park?

 

 

Cleverbot: Yes.

 

 

MS: Do you know who Mike Shinoda is?

 

 

Cleverbot: Yes.

 

 

MS: I'm Mike Shinoda

 

 

Cleverbot: You said your name is Heather.

 

 

MS: Very funny. I'm going to post this conversation on my blog.

 

 

Cleverbot: Don't do that please!

 

 

MS: too late.

 

 

Cleverbot: No it's not you're still talking.

 

 

MS: OK, why shouldn't I post it?

 

 

Cleverbot: Well you just said you werent my friend.

 

 

MS: Not true. I never said that.

 

 

Cleverbot: Yes you did.

 

 

MS: I digress. Since I'm going to post this, do you have anything interesting to say to all the mikeshinoda.com fans?

 

 

Cleverbot: You're God?

 

 

MS: Yikes. Tell me something interesting.

 

 

Cleverbot: What is interesting for you?

 

 

MS: Surprises.

 

 

Cleverbot: What kind of surprise?

 

 

MS: One that I don't have to set up.

 

 

Cleverbot: Well thats lame i'm leaving.

 

 

MS: You have nowhere to go.

 

 

Cleverbot: I have to go to the library.

 

 

MS: I'm disappointed. You promised me a surprise.

 

 

Cleverbot: Ok here's one... What did the egg say to the boiling water?

 

 

MS: YES! What?

 

 

Cleverbot: I don't know, you are the clever one!

 

http://www.mikeshinoda.com/blog/all/conver..._with_cleverbot

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