The History Behind Chazy Chaz
Name: Chester Charles Bennington
Date of Birth: 20th March 1976.
Nickname: Chazy Chaz
Marital Status: Married since 31th October 1996 to Samantha.
Children: One son called Draven Sebastian (born in 19th April 2002). Location: Originally from Phoenix, Arizona but lives in Los Angeles, California now.
Height: ?
Ethnic Origin: American
Siblings: One older brother.
Pets: A couple of interesting animals ;-)
School: First - Greenway High School, but after a few time moved to Washington High School, which graduated in 1994.
Instruments played: Audio Technica Wireless Mics, Yamaha SPX 990, Takamine guitars, DVS/Matix action figure steelo BIATCH!.
On Chester: His idols are Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) and Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots). When Chaz was a little boy, he was often running along the house singing Depeche Mode songs (he was dreaming that he is the 5th member of the band).The bands that were the greatest inspiration for Chaz are Stone Temple Pilots (they inspired him most - the first STP album which really impressed him was "Misfits") and three other bands, which he knows by his brother (who is 13 years older): Loverboy, Foreigner and Rush. His favourite albums are: Fugazi - "13 Songs", Al Green - "Greatest Hits", Led Zeppelin - "IV", The Beatles - "The White Album", Stone Temple Pilots - "Purple".
He was a singer of Grey Daze before (1993). GD became quite popular (their songs were played in local broadcasting stations, they made 2 CDs, but have never signed a contract). Chester left the group because they were taking credits for his own lyrics; GD were just becoming popular in Arizona (USA), but they haven't rose to dizzy heights. They have a new vocalist now (this time it's a woman), they've also changed band name to Waterface. Mike Shinoda sent him a demo and offered to record his vocals to the music. Chaz left his birthday party to do that (!). When he finished, he called Mike and told him about it. Mike satisfied himself that the tape-recording is just brilliant. Next day Chester arrived to LA and became band member.
Chester wears glasses and has got many tatoos: Hybrid Theory soldier-tatoo on the right calf, green dragon-tatoo on the left one, red-blue flames on his hands, two japanese carps on the shoulders, a black creature-tatoo in his back and a wedding ring-tatoo on his right hand - and has recently had a new tatoo of a dragon done on his back. He's got a lipring - which he recently removed at his wifes request - whilst they were retaking their wedding vowes in Hawaii.

Quotes
"What I enjoy most about being in the band is having the opportunity to create and perform music with amazing musicians who have also become closest of friends. I would like to thank all who support us and make all of this possible." -Chester

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