So they have replaced Chester Bennington, a rape survivor, with Emily Armstrong, a rape apologist? They waited 7 years from Chester's death to piss on his grave with this replacement? Seriously?

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[–] PotentiallyApricots@beehaw.org 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)

This sucks.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

100%. It's made me rethink all of my support for the remaining members of the band. This choice aside: if they truly respected Chester's legacy, why not rename the band? You can still play a Linkin Park song or two at shows for your new band, no one will care. To me, all of this just smacks of "Mike Shinoda and friends didn't want to set aside the fame and album and ticket sales that come from having the Linkin Park name." It feels like they spent seven years honoring Chester's legacy so fans wouldn't revolt when they replaced the irreplaceable.

I'm not saying any of that is necessarily true, but the air of deception around this move makes one start to wonder if they have been deceived in other ways.

[–] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago

There's nothing that I can point to definitively, but watching videos performances after Chester's death, and seeing Shinoda speak about it all, I honestly got the vibe that he's resentful that everyone focuses so much on Chester in a "this is actually my band, why can't you just let him go" type of thing.

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