Linkin Park Transfer Their Pain Into Powerful Music

Whether moaning about divorce, howling about bad relationships or screaming about domestic abuse, Linkin Park transfer their pain into powerful music. “We spend a lot of time on our lyrics,” frontman Chester Bennington tells MTV News. “It’s a good way to confront a lot of things that we’ve dealt with in the past that our fans can relate to. On this album, I reacted to how I dealt with a lot of pain in my life and how I was sexually abused when I was young, and what I went through after that [with drugs and rebellion]. And then I look at where I am today, and take those negative experiences and turn them into positives.” The full story and video clips at MTV.com have since been removed.