Why Linkin Park and Chester Bennington will always mean everything to Latinx emo kids
 

Why Linkin Park and Chester Bennington will always mean everything to Latinx emo kids
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For a particular sort of Latinx emo kid coming of age in the early naughts, Linkin Park was a refuge.

Older siblings had Morrissey, a beloved emo-ballad-slinging favorite of depressed Mexican-Americans. A younger generation had Linkin Park and, to a greater extent, Chester Bennington. It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly where this relationship comes from, but it’s probably best to begin at the beginning.*

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, to working class parents, Bennington’s life was marked by early childhood trauma, abuse and subsequent battles with serious drug and ******* abuse. Still, as his career as Linkin Park’s frontman launched to incredible heights, his love for the Hispanic community he called home never faded.* Read more...

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