Chester Bennington’s Mom Says ‘I Feel Betrayed’ by Linkin Park: ‘They’re Trying Very Hard to Erase the Past’
variety.comSteven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer After Chester Bennington’s son criticized Linkin Park for bringing in Emily Armstrong as the new vocalist, the late singer’s mother has spoken out against the band, claiming that she feels “betrayed” and that they’re “trying very hard to erase the past.” In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bennington’s mother Susan Eubanks explained that the band had promised to notify her if there were any plans to continue as a group. “I feel betrayed,” she said. “They told me if they were ever going to do something, they would let me know.
They didn’t let me know, and they probably knew that I [wasn’t] going to be very happy. I’m very upset about it.” Eubanks explained that she had bumped into Linkin Park members Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn over the years, but neither mentioned a reunion.
She said that at one point, Shinoda did reach out when they were going to release new songs that had Bennington’s vocals, but that she was blindsided by the announcement of Armstrong joining the group. “I found out about Emily Armstrong joining the band on Google,” she said. “When I go to Google to look for something, the first thing that often pops up is Linkin Park.
And I saw that whole thing of, ‘We have an announcement.’ That whole week, they were at the top if you go enter anything into Google.” She says she turned on the group’s livestream performance when they announced Armstrong as Bennington’s replacement earlier this month “not on purpose.
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