Linkin Park’s reunion is now in full swing.With new vocalist Emily Armstrong filling in for the late Chester Bennington, the nu-metal act kicked off their tour last week.
They were on Fallon this week.I’m sure plenty of people are stoked about it all, but plenty others are not.
Bennington’s family falls into the latter category.After the Mars Volta/At The Drive-In’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala called Armstrong out for having previously supported her fellow Scientologist Danny Masterson, Armstrong made a statement distancing herself from the That ’70s Show actor, who’s currently in prison for rape.
But that statement was insufficient to Bixler-Zavala’s wife, Chrissie Carnell-Bixler, who’s one of the women pursuing charges against Masterson.A few days later, Bennington’s oldest son Jaime accused Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda of “quietly [erasing] my father’s life and legacy.” Bennington’s mother Susan Eubanks feels similarly.
In an essay published on Rolling Stone today, Eubanks said that she felt “betrayed” by Linkin Park’s decision to hire Armstrong.She told the magazine that the band promised to notify her if they reunited, but she found out the news online, just like everyone else.
She wrote that she felt the members of Linkin Park were “trying very hard to erase the past,” and that hearing Armstrong singing her song’s songs was “hurtful.” Additionally, she said that Bennington’s first wife and the son they had together also weren’t notified by the band.Eubanks’ essay continues, in part: Linkin Park with Armstrong will continue their tour with shows in Hamburg, London, Seoul, and Bogota this fall.
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