Chester is a new dad
He recently married his longtime girlfriend Talinda Bentley, a former Playboy model. Bennington's wife, Talinda, gave birth in Los Angeles on Thursday 16th March 2006, to a 9-pound, 3-ounce boy named Tyler Lee, according to a statement from their publicist. Chester has a stepson with his wife, Talinda, named Jamie who is 10 years old.

THE CHESTER PLAGUE
*** Chester Bennington is really spreading himself around. Following the news of his appearance on Korn's cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole," the Linkin Park singer has lent his vocals to "State of the Art," a solo offering by Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal. A full Lethal album is not scheduled for release, according to Limp Bizkit's label, Interscope Records.
SRC TAKEN FROM WWW.MTVE.COM

Feud with label over finally!
for those who thought at one stage that it might be over for the linkin park boys, shall no longer need to panic. Linkin park have settled their feud with the record label and are no working on thier next album. (which i know we already knew.

Busy Bee Mike will be producing the bands next album!

Joe Hahn and The seed
just adding this bit of news i know it was on front page but i like to keep bits for peeps who miss out!

Linkin Park DJ Enters Film World

August 10, 2005

Linkin Park DJ Joseph Hahn has been behind the camera for most of his band's award-winning videos and has now directed his own short film, The Seed, which he hopes to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next January.

The film stars actor Will Yun Lee (Torque, Die Another Day) and involves a homeless war veteran who has trouble deciphering reality and imagination. The story was written by Hahn and his partner Chris Denham. Since it is very difficult to get short films seen in the States aside from a few cable networks, Hahn plans to make the The Seed accessible online. "Through my short career as a video director, I've gained a lot of fans," he told Rolling Stone. "I definitely want to make it easily available to all of them. So I'll give it to some people to post on their sites, and I might post it myself."

While his filmmaking career seems to be gaining momentum, Hahn's top priority is still Linkin Park. "That comes first," he said Rolling Stone. "Linkin Park has to get back in the studio and go on tour. We love playing...so we just have to make a good record, and hopefully people will come out again."

Fort minor update
Topic: Remember the name video
As Mike mentions in his latest blog entry on my space, chester, rob, brad and others were in the RTN video. Watch the video again

Sunday, October 23, 2005

RTN friends

if you know the following people, you can find them in the RTN video:
linkin park members chester bennington, brad delson, rob bourdon
DC skaters jason ellis and rob dyrdek (and security/entertainer big black)
rapppers sixx john, sean lett, trek life, and sandman
producers scoop deville and kevin sakoda
i can't name everyone, so thanks to all of our friends for coming out to the shoot!

you can copy and past this link into your browser and see the video bigger (if you haven't already):

http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/fortminor_rememberthenamexjxcjkxcjk_300-v.asx

do me a favor and start some chain emails to pass this around. the video is online-only at this point, so it's very exclusive. let your friends know.

Motley Crew and Chester single news.
Motley Crue & Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Support American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Efforts
Motley Crue will donate all proceeds from a specially recorded rendition of their hit song "Home Sweet Home" to the hurricane relief efforts of Mercy Corps and the American Red Cross.
"The chance to perform with these guys for such a great cause is something really special," said Chester Bennington. "Hopefully, people will embrace it in the way it was intended. The song really does fit the sentiment and something special happened when we pulled it together. Everyone felt as if they were doing something really important." Said Nikki Sixx, "This song, both musically and lyrically, relates to many of the things that are happening now, as the hardest hit areas set out to rebuild."
The song will be available exclusively on iTunes starting today (9/27). Distributed by The Orchard, the track will later be carried by all other major digital music services in the U.S. including eMusic, Napster, MSN, Real/Rhapsody, and Yahoo!/Musicmatch. The Orchard will also supply the single through its distribution partnerships with leading mobile companies. Motley Crue, Chester Bennington and The Orchard are donating 100 percent of their proceeds to be evenly split between Mercy Corps and the American Red Cross.
Though the sentiment applies to all areas affected by the hurricane, the music video focuses primarily on New Orleans. Crue vocalist Vince Neil said the city had a special meaning for him since it's where he first proposed to his wife. "It happened right on Bourbon Street," he said. "And to see what's happened there is just terrible. I can't believe it." Added Tommy Lee, "We tend to be desensitized by the non-stop media coverage of the relief effort, thinking there's nothing more we can do. We're just happy to have a song and a video that keeps the awareness of how monumental this task is and that we have to keep trying to do everything we can to help."
A CD single release is planned for the song for traditional retail outlets and will include exclusive behind-the-scenes "making of" documentary.

Talinda Pregnant?
Mood:  don't ask
LINKIN PARK Frontman Gets Into Scuffle With Nightclub Bodyguard - Aug. 31, 2005

The New York Daily News is reporting LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington blasted a Mansion nightclub bodyguard, alleging that the security man had shoved his pregnant girlfriend. "He was forcibly pushing her away with his arm and I had to get in between them," Bennington said. "So I shoved him back." The rocker revealed that he may bring legal action against the club, and said he spit on one of the bouncers as he stormed away from the party.

Bennington is currently working on his solo debut, tentatively due in early 2006. The singer is reportedly working with producers (and ORGY members) Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck on the as-yet-untitled CD. Songtitles set to appear on the album include "Morning After" and "Walking in Circles". Bennington is said to be "especially psyched" about a new song, which a friend says "sounds like T. REX," according to RollingStone.com.

LINKIN PARK's sophomore album, "Meteora", sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, and the band's most recent release, last December's mash-up album with rapper Jay-Z, "Collision Course", debuted at the top of the chart.

Catching up on LP, credit to LPT
September 8, 2005

FM track on NBA EA game
posted by Jas, 09/08/05
Andy reports that Fort Minor's 'Remember The Name' along with Lupe Fiasco's - 'Tilted' are some of the few songs that are gonna be featured on EA Sports "NBA LIVE 2006"

Joe at the MTV Style Lounge
posted by Jas, 09/08/05
Gameshout has a report on the MTV Style Lounge 2005 - Planetwide Games, an event benefiting Project Angel Food on June 3 in L.A. which Joe attended.

Information from LP times to catch up on some stuff i missed out while away
September 9, 2005

Official FM site updated
posted by Jas, 09/09/05
FortMinor.com has been updated with Media and Bio sections added. The Bio section mention that a track called 'Believe Me' is the first single. Come on! make up your mind, which will it be?



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September 8, 2005

FM track on NBA EA game
posted by Jas, 09/08/05
Andy reports that Fort Minor's 'Remember The Name' along with Lupe Fiasco's - 'Tilted' are some of the few songs that are gonna be featured on EA Sports "NBA LIVE 2006"

Joe at the MTV Style Lounge
posted by Jas, 09/08/05
Gameshout has a report on the MTV Style Lounge 2005 - Planetwide Games, an event benefiting Project Angel Food on June 3 in L.A. which Joe attended. There's another picture of Joe at the event here. Thanks to Linkin Park Brazil for the tip.

Q & A session with Alex Rodriguez
posted by Jas, 09/08/05
New York Yankees site has posted a Q & A session with Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and mention Linkin Park

dawn13: Why did you pick the song "Numb/Encore" by Linkin Park as the song you go up to bat with?
Rodriguez: Because Jay-Z (who performed on the song) is a good friend and it gets me loose at the plate.



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September 6, 2005

Live 8 DVD release
posted by Jas, 09/06/05
EMI announced that the Live 8 DVD will be released on November 7 worlwide, Nov 8 in US. The 4-disc set contains three discs of live footage taken from the Live 8 shows staged in London and Philadelphia alongside key highlights from the seven other events staged across the world. Every artist who performed at London’s Hyde Park and Philadelphia’s Museum Of Art appear on the DVD, many of them with their full sets. The track listing has only two LP tracks, 'In The End' and LP/Jay-Z 'Numb' on Disc 2. For more details and full track listing go to www.live8livedvd.com. Thanks to Tharni for the heads up.

Video Download: Reading Festival - 'In The End'
posted by Jas, 09/06/05
JonandBT from LP Fuse sent another video of Fort Minor at the Reading Festival last month performing 'In The End', download video here or here (21 mb).



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September 5, 2005

Video Download: VMA Fashion Attack - Chester Bennington
posted by Jas, 09/05/05
MTV Overdrive has posted red carpet interview with celebrities, asking about their fashion. There's one of Chester, watch it here or download clip here (3.5 mb) or here (rapidshare, thanks Wesley). Thanks to Tom from Linkin Park Israel for the tip.

Speaking of media, I would like to remind everyone please DO NOT send me audio or video clips that are not yours. If you download a clip from someone else's website and would like to share it here please tell me where you download it from so I can give proper credit. I have made friends with a lot of LP webmasters since LP Times has been online and I don't want to offend anyone. And another thing, ever since the FM player is launched a lot of people have sent me the 'Petrified' mp3, thanks alot for that I really appreciate it, I didn't post it because I am not posting the real thing :-) I will post rip from live concert, radio or tv show but not the real thing or a rip from the actual CD.



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September 4, 2005

Video Download: Reading Festival - 'Petrified'
posted by Jas, 09/04/05
JonandBT from LP Fuse captured Fort Minor performing 'Petrified' at the Reading Festival last month, download mp3 here and video here (61 mb). Thanks to Alan for the tip.

Hurricane Katrina relief update
posted by Jas, 09/04/05
MTV reports that more artists have been added to MTV, VH1 and CMT's Hurricane Katrina relief special. "ReAct Now: Music & Relief" will be broadcast commercial-free from New York, Los Angeles, Nashville and Atlanta and will air simultaneously on MTV, VH1, CMT, MTV2, VH1 Classic and mtvU, as well as on the broadband online channels MTV Overdrive and VSpot. The show will feature a mix of live and taped performances and messages from more than 30 artists. As reported earlier, Chester will take part in the event.



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September 3, 2005

Exclusive interview with Cheapshot
posted by Jas, 09/03/05
Fort Minor Brazil has posted their exclusive interview with Cheapshot where he talked about "The Rising Tied" album.

Add "Faint" to your DVD collection
posted by Jas, 09/03/05
Got this LPU newsletter too yesterday but forgot to post it, it's about a Director's Label DVD which will feature Mark Romanek's best work which includes the "Faint" video. More info from the newsletter below.

Many of you participated in the Linkin Park video shoot for "Faint" and remember standing in a crowd in front of a wall of lights, jumping and screaming at the top of your lungs while the band played "Faint" onstage. The experience was great and the finished music video even more amazing. This was the genius of director Mark Romanek.

This coming September, Palm Pictures will be releasing their next series of Director's Label DVDs featuring the work of groundbreaking directors, including Mark Romanek. The DVD will feature Romanek's best work in music videos, exclusive new works, as well as interviews and commentaries from the artists and other collaborators. This includes commentary from Mr. Hahn on "Faint."

"…We come from a visual background and we're really hard on making everything enhance where the music's going. For me, there's only a short list of directors that I would trust as far as making that happen and Mark Romanek is definitely one of them."

To help promote Linkin Park, any or all of the other artists featured above, and/or Mark Romanek's work, sign up for the Online Directors at onlinedirectorsteam.com. Spread the word and enter for your chance to win a Linkin Park Faint Promotional Plaque featuring limited edition collectible Faint cards, a Panasonic D-Snap camera, or a signed set of Directors Label DVDs. To find out more information about Directors Label and where you can preorder it, visit directorslabel.com and directorslabel.com/ecard.



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September 2, 2005

Mike Shinoda Says Linkin Park Not On Hiatus
posted by Jas, 09/02/05
MTV has posted their interview with Mike where he talked about Fort Minor, turns out that 'Petrified' will be the first single off "The Rising Tied" album. Mike also said that Linkin Park is not on a hiatus, "We're working. We're very serious about our records, and I know the guys are at home right now writing. Hopefully we are looking at next year for a record." Full interview here. Download the video clip here (1.8 mb)

2 New Fort Minor Tracks / FM Player
posted by Jas, 09/02/05
Loads of update from Fort Minor today so I'll just post the info from the Fort Minor newsletter I receive today

The new Fort Minor tracks Petrified and Remember The Name are now up for you to listen to on the brand new Fort Minor media player. This is your chance to get an early listen to the music before anyone else.

The media player is also home to the "Be A Fort Minor Producer" promotion that gives you the chance to step inside the studio with Mike and see what it's like to be a producer on this record. For the next four weeks, Fort Minor will release sounds from 'Remember The Name', one by one, so you can build the track from scratch. Check back every Monday for new layers to the song. Collecting all the pieces each week will unlock the exclusive NEW Fort Minor single... ENTER THE STUDIO HERE.

Join the FM Street Team


We also wanted to keep you up to date on an opportunity to win 1 of 50 Fort Minor vinyl copies of Remember the Name and Petrified, signed by Mike Shinoda and Styles of Beyond. All you have to do is sign up for a personal link for Petrified and send it to as many people as possible, and the top 50 people to get the most clicks to listen to the track win. SIGN UP HERE. Subject to official rules (open to US citizen only). No purchase necessary.

If you are a fan of Fort Minor and want to join the exclusive Fort Minor Street Team, sign up for the Petrified Promotion and fill out an application at www.FMstreetteam.com. Keep checking out www.fortminor.com for more info on Fort Minor and upcoming promotions and new music!

Video Download: Mike at the VMA
posted by Jas, 09/02/05
Wesley from Linkin Park Brazil sent in a short clip of Mike at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. Download clip here



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Linkin Park at Liveatpaintball
Defy magasine reports that Linkin Park are among the celebrities to attend the Live at Paintball 3-day festival (September 16th, 17th, and 18th) at the San Diego Qualcomm Stadium Grounds, to show their support for the Paintball sport.

Live @ Paintball unfolds as one of this year's most unique events. A festival spanning three days in sunny San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, Paintball celebrates sport and music in a way never before seen. With two stages, seven fields, 302 registered teams, free admission, and free parking, there's no reason to sleep on this event. With the likes of Linkin Park, Ozzy Osbourne, Nicholas Cage, Arnold Schwarznegger, Frankie Muniz, and Brittany Snow all coming down and showing support for the sport and the young bands blowing the lid off the event, one thing is certain: this ain't your father's concert event.

Bands scheduled to perform include LA's Bleed the Dream, Vegas' Feverbox, Philly's Snoozebox, and Orlando's Natural among many others. Stay tuned to Defy for exclusive backstage coverage of the event and updates leading to the event. For more information visit the official Live @ Paintball homepage: http://www.liveatpaintball.com

LP frontman debut album update
Online edition of Rolling Stone magazine has posted their short article about LP and Chester's solo album. Heres the article again:

With Linkin Park in the early stages of writing the follow-up to 2003's blockbuster Meteora, frontman Chester Bennington is readying his solo debut. "We took Nineties rock, mixed it with Eighties pop like Depeche Mode, the Cure and Bauhaus and smashed them together," says Bennington. "It's f***in' driving beats and walls of guitars."

Songs like "Morning After" and "Walking in Circles" are in the can, and Bennington is especially psyched about a new song, which a friend says "sounds like T. Rex." Linkin Park hope to preview new material on the road next summer. Meteora sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, and the band's most recent release, last December's mash-up album with rapper Jay-Z, Collision Course, debuted at the top of the chart.

Pics of Mike at the Nisei Week Japanese Festival
Splatsomething has posted on the FM board some nice pictures of Mike at the Nisei Week Japanese Festival on Sunday, he was the honorary parade marshal.

LP about their upcoming album
According to Spin magazine: Linkin Park have announced that they will release a new album with a DVD showcasing their music videos to every song on the album, concert footage and much more, ready for December or January and it will be called Linkin Park presents The Revolution. The album cover will be all black with LP sprayed in green...They promise it will be another great album!

Wow Im so excited can't wait for it!

Chester Bennigton's solo album officially confirmed
Source - Rolling Stone.

"Linkin Park screamer Chester Bennington will release a solo record, and he breaks the news in the Smoking Section. "We took Nineties rock, mixed it with Eighties pop like Depeche Mode, The Cure and Bauhaus and smashed them together", says Bennington. "It's fucking driving beats and walls of guitars." Song like "Morning After" and "Walking In Circles" are in the can, and Bennington is especially psyched about a new song, which a friend says "Sounds like T.Rex"

Our site now has its own message board!
ATTENTION!! Our site now has its own forum. I'm still working on it, its not at its best, but PLEASE JOIN! This is going to be how we will keep track of existing members. If you would like to be a mod, please post that in the "intros" and I will upgrade you.

TO DANNI please sign up and I will make you admin too. You dont have to do anything obviously, it will be just your status.

New FM coded message
Theres a new coded message on the Fort Minor website.

'The Rising Tied' contains a song called 'Back Home". It features Styles of Beyond and Common, although the four vocalists are not all from the same home city. This song was an opportunity to reflect on what gives their respective home towns identity and in doing so discover the similarities.

Chester at Body Art Expo
I finally got hold of this photo. On 18th of July Chester was at the Body Art Expo in Los Angeles. Take note people: he's got new tiny tats round the fish on his right arm. So far we're unable to distinguish what they are.



See all the photos here

Live 8 DVD out on Nov 28th
The DVD of the Live 8 concerts is due out November 28th and it is going to be a mix of different concerts, Philadelphia included.

DJ Hahn and the "Seed"
Rolling Stone reports Joe Hahn has recently directed a short film, The Seed, which he hopes to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next January. You can now read full article here

Mike to attend Nisei Week Japanese Festival

Mike Shinoda has been named the Honorary Parade Marshal for the 65th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival grand parade which will take place in Little Tokyo, LA on Sunday, August 14 starting at 4 p.m.

The 65th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival's Grand Parade will be held in Little Tokyo on Sunday, August 14 starting at 4 p.m. The parade route starts at Central Avenue traveling west on 2nd Street, north up Los Angeles Street, then east on 1st Street and finishes at Central Avenue. Parade participants will include the newly crowned 2005 Nisei Week Queen and court, many local community groups, high schools, elected officials and representatives from Nagoya, Los Angeles' sister city, as well as queen and court members from Hawaii, San Francisco and Seattle communities. This year's Grand Marshall is Frances Hashimoto, owner of Mikawaya and long time supporter of Nisei Week and the Little Tokyo community. Colonel Young Oak Kim (Ret.), chairman emeritus of the Go For Broke Educational Foundation was named Honorary Grand Marshal. The 2005 Parade Marshal is David Ono, anchor of KABC-TV's 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. news; and Honorary Parade Marshal is Mike Shinoda, guitarist of rock band Linkin Park.

"It is important that we honor those pillars in our community who have really gone above and beyond to ensure Little Tokyo is around for generations to come, yet also recognize those who represent diverse segments of the community," said Hayato Tamura, president of the Nisei Week Foundation. "We are extremely pleased to recognize France Hashimoto, Col. Young O. Kim, David Ono and Mike Shinoda. They truly represent our rich and diverse community and we are honored they are a part of this year's Nisei Week Festival. We encourage everyone to come out to the parade as well as other fun, family oriented events."

To introduce a new audience to Nisei Week, Mike Shinoda was named Honorary Parade Marshal. Shinoda attended the Art Center College of Design, and found that juggling art and music was exhausting. He attended band practice after school every night, but his diligence paid off. More than 35 million albums later, Shinoda is known as rapper, part-time guitarist, and beat-maker for Grammy award-winning rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda is very philanthropic, and in the last five years he started a scholarship at his alma mater, and been involved with the United Way, AIDS Project Los Angeles, Densho, Japanese American National Museum, Arthritis Foundation, and Make-A-Wish Foundation. Last year Linkin Park started Music For Relief to aid the rebuilding of South East Asia, raising more than $2 million for relief efforts.

The 2005 Nisei Week Japanese Festival takes place in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo District from August 13-21. For calendar of events and volunteer information on the 65th Nisei Week Festival, please log onto www.NiseiWeek.org or call the Nisei Week Festival office at 213/687-7193 or fax at 213/687-6510. The Nisei Week office is located at 244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 303, Los Angeles, Calif., 90012. -