The 111 Best Songs Featuring Chester Bennington

I had a conversation with some friends this week about what artists of the past 25 years will be elected in the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in their first year if eligibility.  Recently, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Green Day all accomplished this.  We came up with five bands:  Beck, Radiohead, Eminem, The White Stripes, and Linkin Park.  Though half of our group didn't believe that Linkin Park would make it in (on the first year)...I convinced them of the opposite. In the past 17 years, Linkin Park has sold over 80 million albums worldwide, 28 million in the US.  Their debut album, Hybrid Theory, was awarded Diamond status for selling 10 million copies in the US (27 million worldwide).  It was the best-selling album of 2001, the seventh best-selling album of the 2000s, and the best-selling debut album of the 21st century. Their follow-up album, Meteora, has also sold 27 million albums worldwide (7 million in the US). While their third album, Minutes To Midnight, sold 20 million worldwide (3 million in the US). They have 6 number one albums, all of which have debuted at number one on the Billboard charts.  They won 2 Grammy awards (5 nominations), 4 MTV VMAs (18 nominations), 5 AMAs (9 nominations), and an additional 25+ international awards.  They headlined two of the five highest grossing festivals of the 2000s (Download & Rock Am Ring).  They have 3 top ten singles on the Billboard charts (In The End, What I've Done, New Divide), ten #1 singles on the US alternative charts, eight #1 singles on the US mainstream rock charts, and 21 top ten international singles. But despite all the album sales, the awards, the sold out shows, the legions of fans...there was one thing about Linkin Park that you can't take away.  They were original.  They may have been lumped in with the nu metal genre but there was no other band who sounded like them.  They were a cross between Alice In Chains, Beastie Boys, Minor Threat, Anime, and Video Games.  There was no one else like them before them and no one else since.  Even though I was a bigger Soundgarden fan, I think this death hit me harder because Chester was the first major star to pass away who was younger than me. I was a fan.  A Thousands Suns was my favorite album. Their live show was inspiring.  And unlike a lot of bands, they were creative and they took chances.  Sometimes the chances paid off...sometimes they did not.  But I would rather root for a band who took a chance and failed than root for a band that always played it safe. In order to reach the 111 mark, I've included songs from Chester's entire career. Here are the 111 Best Songs Featuring Chester Bennington:

1. In The End (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
2. Numb (Linkin Park - Meteora)
3. Crawling (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
4. Faint (Linkin Park - Meteora)
5. Breaking The Habit (Linkin Park - Meteora)
6. Burn It Down (Linkin Park - Living Things)
7. One Step Closer (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
8. Somewhere I Belong (Linkin Park - Meteora)
9. Pushing Me Away (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
10. The Catalyst (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)
11. In Pieces (Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight)
12. Runaway (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
13. Bleed It Out (Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight)
14. Lost In The Echo (Linkin Park - Living Things)
15. Lying From You (Linkin Park - Meteora)
16. From The Inside (Linkin Park - Meteora)
17. Roads Untraveled (Linkin Park - Living Things)
18. No More Sorrow (Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight)
19. Easier To Run (Linkin Park - Meteora)
20. New Divide (Linkin Park - New Divide)
21. Don't Stay (Linkin Park - Meteora)
22. Burning The Skies (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)
23. Blackout (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)
24. What I've Done (Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight)
25. A Line In The Sand (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
26. Rebellion (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
27. Figure.09 (Linkin Park - Meteora)
28. Papercut (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
29. My Suffering (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes)
30. Guilty All The Same (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
31. Given Up (Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight)
32. A Light That Never Comes (Linkin Park - Recharged)
33. In My Remains (Linkin Park - Living Things)
34. Iridescent (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)
35. Leave Out All The Rest (Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight)
36. I'll Be Gone (Linkin Park - Living Things)
37. Until It's Gone (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
38. Castle of Glass (Linkin Park - Living Things)
39. Inside of Me (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of The Ashes)
40. When They Come For Me (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)
41. Darker Than Blood (Steve Aoki - Neon Future II)
42. Hands Held High (Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight)
43. With You (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
44. Across The Line (Linkin Park - A Decade Underground)
45. Walking Dead (Z-Trip - Shifting Gears)
46. Robot Boy (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)
47. Wastelands (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
48. Wretches and Kings (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)
49. My December (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory B-Side)
50. Points of Authority (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
51. Good Goodbye (Linkin Park - One More Light)
52. Riders on the Storm (Santana - Guitar Heaven)
53. Waiting For The End (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)
54. End of the World (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes)
55. All For Nothing (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
56. Crawl Back In (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes)
57. Keys To The Kingdom (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
58. Same On The Inside (Stone Temple Pilots - High Rise)
59. It Goes Through (Linkin Park - Mall Soundtrack)
60. Shadow of the Day (Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight)
61. Hit The Floor (Linkin Park - Meteora)
62. Not Alone (Linkin Park - Not Alone)
63. Victimized (Linkin Park - Living Things)
64. White Noise (Linkin Park - Mall Soundtrack)
65. Condemned (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of The Ashes)
66. Lies Greed Misery (Linkin Park - Living Things)
67. Qwerty (Linkin Park - Songs From The Underground)
68. Nobody's Listening (Linkin Park - Meteora)
69. And One (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory EP)
70. One More Light (Linkin Park - One More Light)
71. In The Darkness (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of The Ashes)
72. Valentine's Day (Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight)
73. Powerless (Linkin Park - Living Things)
74. We Made It (Busta Rhymes - Back On My B.S.)
75. Walking In Circles (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes)
76. Let Down (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes)
77. A Place For My Head (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
78. Slow Ya Roll (Young Buck - Buck The World)
79. Mark The Graves (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
80. Forgotten (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
81. Skin To Bone (Linkin Park - Living Things)
82. Blackbirds (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns Bonus Track)
83. Out Of Time (Stone Temple Pilots - High Rise)
84. Sold My Soul To Yo Mama (Linkin Park - Songs From The Underground)
85. Talking To Myself (Linkin Park - One More Light)
86. Final Masquerade (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
87. Until It Breaks (Linkin Park - Living Things)
88. By Myself (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
89. Too Late (Dead By Sunrise - Out of The Ashes)
90. Battle Symphony (Linkin Park - One More Light)
91. The Little Things Give You Away (Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight)
92. Halfway Right (Linkin Park - One More Light)
93. Cry Cry (Stone Temple Pilots - High Rise)
94. Into You (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes)
95. War (Linkin Park - The Hunting Party)
96. Fire (Dead By Sunrise - Fire)
97. Sharp Edges (Linkin Park - One More Light)
98. Announcement Service Public (Linkin Park - Songs From The Underground)
99. Black Heart (Stone Temple Pilots - High Rise)
100. Nobody Can Save Me (Linkin Park - One More Light)
101. High Voltage (Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory)
102. System (Chester Bennington - Queen of the Damned)
103. Heavy (Linkin Park - One More Light)
104. Invisible (Linkin Park - One More Light)
105. Tomorrow (Stone Temple Pilots - High Rise)
106. Jornada Del Muerto (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)
107. Step Up (Linkin Park - In The End)
108. Sorry For Now (Linkin Park - One More Light)
109. Give Me Your Name (Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes)
110. Pretend To Be (Linkin Park - A Decade Underground)
111. The Messenger (Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns)

  R.I.P. Chester Bennington

The 11 Best Songs By Scott Weiland

For six seasons, the TV show Lost survived on viewers being unable to understand the show.  Being unable to see what was coming next, kept the show fresh and exciting.  You never knew who would die, you never knew if they were really alive or dead, or if they were all dead the whole time!  In a world of generic, same old shit, it was nice to have something that always left you guessing, even until the bitter end.  And frankly, long past it.  It was a personal favorite, and I'm sad to see it go.  But it went out on top.  Unlike 24, which overstayed its welcome and I just wanted to go away.

Here are the 11 best songs by Scott Weiland:

1.  Somethings Must Go This Way (Happy in Galoshes)
2.  Mockingbird Girl (12 Bar Blues)
3.  But Not Tonight (Not Another Teen Movie)
4.  The Man I Didn't Know (Happy in Galoshes)
5.  Where's The Man (12 Bar Blues)
6.  Missing Cleveland (Happy in Galoshes)
7.  Reel Around the Fountain (Happy in Galoshes)
8.  Tangle With Your Mind (Happy in Galoshes)
9.  Son (12 Bar Blues)
10.  Barbarella (12 Bar Blues)
11.  Pictures and Computers (Happy in Galoshes)

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The 11 Best Songs By Stone Temple Pilots

STP was always the red-headed step-child of 90s alternative rock.  When they first came out, they were belittled for being a Pearl Jam knock-off.  Despite the negativity, Core was a hit.  But it was their follow-up, Purple, where they stood up for themselves.  That album, in my opinion, is one of the most underrated albums of the 90s.  It belongs up there with the likes of Ten, Nevermind, Siamese Dream, Dirt, and Badmotorfinger.  Fifteen years later, the music is still as sharp and as exciting as it was in its prime.  And I still can't get over that awesome riff in Vasoline.

Their new album, re-establishes their rock star nobility.  After giving it a few spins, it's easily the best thing they've done since Tiny Music.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The Stone Temple Pilots:

1.  Trippin on a Hole in a Paper Heart (Tiny Music)
2.  Vasoline (Purple)
3.  Big Empty (Purple)
4.  Sex Type Thing (Core)
5.  Army Ants (Purple)
6.  All in The Suit That You Wear (Thank You)
7.  Interstate Love Song (Purple)
8.  Big Bang Baby (Tiny Music)
9.  Unglued (Purple)
10.  I Got You (No. 4)
11.  Andy Warhol (MTV Unplugged - Purple B-Side)

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