
Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell Preview Projekt Revolution Linkin Park’s annual Projekt Revolution Tour kicks off tonight outside of Boston, so Rock Daily sat down with LP’s Chester Bennington and co-headliner Chris Cornell to talk about this summer’s jaunt. “What I like about doing a touring festival, especially Projekt Rev, is the fact these are bands that I can get really excited about since I’m part of the reason they’re there. For me to be able to bring out Mindless Self Indulgence — a band that I’ve always liked and I’ve felt that they’ve never really gotten the love that they deserve — to see them show up and play with another band like Saosin and 5,000 kids are showing up at noon, just like, ‘Yes, it’s happening.’” Click below for more on Projekt Revolution (which also features the Bravery, Busta Rhymes, Ashes Divide, Hawthorne Heights and Atreyu) and check back in tomorrow for Rock Daily’s full report on opening night. • Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell Preview Projekt Revolution [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-07-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour
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Ready for RevolutionHow does being around all these different artists on the
Projekt Revolution tour inspire you?
Chris Cornell: Being on tour can sometimes be less
complicated than being at home because your day is regimented. You
wake up in the morning, you warm up, you do a soundcheck, you play
your show, you sleep or get on the bus — every single day is
like that. There's someone putting a sheet of paper under your door
telling you what time you're gonna do what. But a festival tour
like this is very different. It's much less predictable and a lot
of different things can happen. And seeing other bands perform for
me changes my whole mood in terms of what I end up bringing
onstage. I've often watched live performance footage from any band
before I go onstage just 'cause it gets me in that mindset.
Chester Bennington: What I like about doing a
touring festival, especially Projekt Rev, is the fact these are
bands that I can get really excited about since I'm part of the
reason they're there. For me, last Projekt Revolution was probably
the best touring experience I've ever had. For me to be able to
bring out Mindless Self Indulgence — a band that I've always
liked and I've felt that they've never really gotten the love that
they deserve — to see them show up and play with another band
like Saosin and 5,000 kids are showing up at noon, just like, "Yes,
it's happening." And I felt really proud that they got to do that
and that Gerard [Way, of My Chemical Romance] and Lyn-Z [Mindless
Self Indulgence bassist Lindsey Ballato] reignited their friendship
and then ended up getting married backstage on the last show. I was
like, "This is freaking awesome." When we did Ozzfest I couldn't go
to the main stage because I had the wrong pass. I felt like I was
segregated from everybody else. The main stage guys were in their
superstar land and it was just like, "I don't feel comfortable
here." Everyone needs to feel respected and everyone needs to be
able to go wherever they wanna go and do whatever
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Published: 2008-07-21 Provider: Rolling Stone
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