This week marked the tragic three year anniversary of the passing of Chester Bennington of Linkin Park. The death sent shockwaves throughout the music world, and one of the musicians deeply affected was Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn.
Flynn payed homage to Bennington in a new message, sharing a video from a concert that happened July 22, 2017, two days after Chester's death. Flynn covered "In The End" and shared a video with this message:
“3 years ago we performed this song at my birthday bash after learning of Chester’s horrible death only a couple of days before. We were shocked and saddened, and I think most of us were still recovering from Chris Cornell’s sudden and tragic death, when this came along and hit us like a ton of bricks. I know people are gonna pooh pooh this, but I don’t give a shit. I love Linkin Park, I saw them before the first record even dropped opening for Orgy at the Maritime hall. I saw them almost every time they came to the Bay Area, and they always put on a fantastic fucking show. Played numerous festivals with them, saw them in Paris France doing promotion for the blackening, and I saw them again in Belarus well getting ready to tour for bloodstone and diamonds. I know Chester‘s passing was yesterday, but it seemed appropriate to share this heartfelt cover. Shout out to J-Mac for bringing it on the chorus.”
