CHESTER BENNINGTON TALKS NEW BAND AND NEW LINKIN PARK MATERIAL

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington debuted his new band Death By Sunrise at a gig in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday. He tells RollingStone.com, “I wouldn’t call it a side project. We’re a full, ready-to-go band and so this is something we take very seriously.”  He also revealed that Linkin Park have begun writing the follow-up to 2007’s Minutes to Midnight, “We’re way ahead of the game. We’re not planning on releasing a record this year. We don’t know when it’s going to come out. But we just started working on stuff in the studio. I never want to get in the way of what Linkin Park is. That’s my baby. That’s my band. Those are my best friends. The last thing I want to do is compromise what we’re doing.” Chester says he hopes to have the first Death By Sunrise album out by 2009.