Here are some facts about Linkin Park that you can use to impress your friends.
(1) Before he moved to LA to join Linkin Park, Chester Bennington had a job slinging Whoppers at a Burger King in Phoenix.
(2) Drummer Rob Bourdon decided he wanted to play the drums when he was ten. His mom was best friends with Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer. Mom got them both backstage, where Joey gave Rob his first-ever drum pedal.
(3) In August 2001, during an early Linkin Park tour—they were part of Ozzfest and playing Boston—Chester was bitten by a poisonous recluse spider at the band’s hotel. His reaction was so bad that he got a fever and endured delusions during a week-long hospital stay. A couple of shows had to be cancelled
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