-Chester went to Greenway Highschool BUT graduated from Washington High School in 1994.

Chester's Tattoos

1) Upper Left Arm - (Pisces)
An original done by Jody from Club Tattoo in Tempe, Arizona. The color was done by Wes from Club Tattoo as well. This was Chester's 1st piece ever.

2) Upper Back - (Six arms spread out)
Done by his friend, Derrick, in Arizona. It was Derrick's interpretation of Chester on stage. He said that Chester had an overwhelming power to take over the audience and pull them in and he thought that Chester needed more then two arms to do that so he gave him six. The placement of his backpiece was orginally supposed to be around his diaphragm extending from his belly button but Samantha didn't want to look at that every day of her life.

3) Lower Back - (Linkin Park lettering in old English)
Done by Jeff Tilman from Tattoo Deluxe in California. Chester made a bet with Jeff that if Linkin Park went Platinum he would do his lower back for free. Supposedly this tattoo is not done, it's also supposed to have dragons as well.

4) Upper Right Arm - (Japanese Coi Fish)
Done by another friend, Wookie, from Club Tattoo in Tempe, Arizona. It's an orginal that Chester drew.

5) Lower Left Calf - (Hybrid Theory Soldier)
Done by Dee from Jacksonville, Florida. You can watch Chester getting this tattoo done in his dressing room of the Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida on the Frat Party DVD. Dee has become a good friend of Chester's (he's a guy by the way) and did this piece for free. Chester did this tatoo on a whim and didn't discuss it with Samantha first. She saw it though and "fell in love with it" but said "Don't ever do that again!"

6&7) Left and Right Arms - (flames)
Done by Jeff Tilman from Tattoo Deluxe in California. This is Chester's favorite piece and the inspiration for the flames coincides with his upper arms (which are based on fish and ocean creatures) and represents his Pisces sign. Chester was born on March 20th, the cusp of Aries, a fire sign, so they symbolize both sides of his personality: fire and water.

8) Right Calf - (dragon)
Chester was born in the year of the dragon so he wanted a dragon on his right calf. Chester said that this was the same dragon that "is on [his] wife's ass, only 42 times the size."

9) Right Finger on Left Hand - (engagement band)
Done by Derrick and designed by Samantha. She also has the same tattoo on her finger. The reason for the tattoo rings was that Chester was too poor at the time to purchase a real ring and since his friend, Derrick, owned a tattoo shop he did the tattoos for free. They had those tattoos done before Pamela and Tommy Lee had theirs done.

10) Pinkie Finger on Right Hand - (birthstone in gold ring)
That's Chester's birthstone for March in a gold ring, given to him as a gift for his 21st birthday.

-Chester is very picky when it comes to his tattooists.

-Chester got his first tattoo at the age of 18.

-Chester's tattoos tell a story and have meaning to him.
"Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marraige. I figure if I'm gonna make a lifelong commitment with a person then I need to respect their boundaries. I've actually discussed every piece I've had done except the first because that was done before I met her. But at the same time I'm still my own person and I wanted to get the album cover done and I didn't discuss that with her. She saw it and fell in love with it but she said 'Don't ever do that again!' I'd definately recommend tattoos for everyone, but just respect yourself and respect the idea of what you're doing to yourself." - Chester

-Before Linkin Park's success, Chester didn't want to go too overboard with tattoos because he knows that no matter how stupid it is for people to pass judgement on his tattoos, he knew it would happen and he needed to keep a job and make money. Now that he has money though, he will do what he wants, as long as Samantha is cool with it.

-When Chester was young, he'd sing around the house, dreaming he was the fifth member of Depeche Mode.

-Chester has been known to moon people

-Chester says that Stone Temple Pilots had the most influence on his career. He first saw them when he was 14.

-Chester is from Phoenix, Arizona. He lives in LA now

-Chester says he was a geek in high school.

-Thanks to his brother ( 13 years older) Chester was influenced by bands like Loverboy, Foreigner and Rush.

-Chester got married at the age of 20 to his wife, Samantha.

-Chester used to enjoy the hip hop genre (acts like the Sugarhill Gang and Slick Rick) between the ages of 10 and 14 before delving into the punk rock scene.

-The first album that made an impression on Chester was the Misfits.

-Chester's first instrument was the piano.

-Chester has his own "unique" thoughts on religion.

-Chester's career highlight so far is making the "One Step Closer" video.

-Chester's favorite albums are Black Celebration, Purple, and Led Zeppelin #4.

-Chester's musical role model is Robert Plant and Scott Weiland.

-Chester will never part with his guitar.

-Chester can't imagine being on the road without lubricant.

-Chester loves good beer.

-The latest record (as of oct '00) Chester bought was STP #4.

-The strangest request Chester ever got from a fan was to have his clothes.

-If Chester could be someone for a day, he'd be Orgasmo.

-If Chester could repeal one law it would be the legalization of marijuana.
 

-Chester has two dogs: an Australian shepherd and a Rottweiller / Labrador mix.

-Chester once road a snow saucer down a cliff and went headfirst into a brick wall. He had to get 47 stitches.

-Chester had a couple of friends commit suicide when he was growing up. 
 

-Chester owns every Madonna record on the planet.

-Chester's top five albums are: 1)Fugazi-13 Songs 2)Al Green-Greatest Hits 3)Led Zeppelin-IV 4)The Beatles-The White Album 5)Stone Temple Pilots-Purple

-Chester is the only member that needs a carrying-kit cargo case for his wardrobe. All of his clothing items must match everyday.

-In airports Chester has to take off all his metal spike bracelets, and necklaces and he has a little bag that he arranges them all on. They must be in the same place every time.

-Chester likes the movie the "Fight Club".

-Chester likes to cook.

-Chester's previous day job was as a coffee barista

-Chester's a fan of the Phoenix Cardinals football team.

-A good night out for Chester, back in Phoenix, is to go to a place like Axis Radius for dancing or Club Rio on Thursdays, for 25-cent beers.

-Chester says Mr Hanky the Christmas Poo is the cartoon character that represents him best.

-Chester was sexually abused as a child and addicted to coccaine as a teen.

-Chester has done some radio ads for something called CAPP, whose intentions are to help sexually abused boys.

-Chester says he gets a hard on when fans sing along so he has an erection for the whole show.

-Chester's brother taught him to sing 'Hot blooded' when he was 2 and learning to talk and taped him when he was doing it. This tape is still somewhere but he says its lost. He told a kid about this because he had nothing clever to say and is amazed that everyone around the world now knows about it and everyone asks about it.

-Chester needs glasses but takes them off on stage so they don't fall off. Without them he can't actually see the front row.

-Chester and Samantha have designed some clothes for Replicant Clothing, the company owned by Korn's Head and Orgy's Ryan Shuck. The stuff can be found at stores like Hot Topic.

-Chester's first band was called Grey Daze in 1993.

-Grey Daze was actually pretty popular and getting airplay in the Phoenix,AZ area but they never got signed. Eventually Chester got tired and had to move on. Chester was also upset because he was writing the lyrics, and the rest of the band was taking credit for them.

-In Greenway High School (Phoenix, Arizona), Chester painted a mural free hand of the 2 drama faces, on the side he wrote Chester Bennington '93.