Linkin Park have revealed that they still have unreleased material featuring late frontman Chester Bennington tucked away in the archive.
During a recent Twitch stream, Linkin Park co-founder Mike Shinoda delved into an unreleased song featuring Bennington in the treasure trove.
The track is called ‘Friendly Fire’, and was set to appear on Linkin Park’s 2017 record, One More Light, that ultimately didn’t make the cut.
“There was a song, a One More Light song” Shinoda shared (via AltPress). “We mixed more [songs] than [are on] the finished album and we mixed a couple [of] other songs just to see if one of them would make the cut or whatever. [Or] if we could use it for a B-side and it was ‘Friendly Fire’.”
The track was co-written with One More Light collaborator, Jon Green. “I still love that song,” he says. “Is that out somewhere? Did we put ‘Friendly Fire’ out at some point? We didn’t, did we?”
Naturally, Shinoda’s comments incited a influx of comments from fans, pleading with the guitarist to release the track. Much to their dismay, Shinoda admitted that fans shouldn’t anticipate hearing the track anytime soon.
“You literally are going to have to wait years to hear that song FYI,” Shinoda says.
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Mike talking about an unreleased Linkin Park song from One More Light called “Friendly Fire” that he really likes. He says we will hear it eventually. pic.twitter.com/NKc0TgKNEa
— Linkin Park Live (@LPLive) June 18, 2020
On June 12th, Grey Daze, the band Chester Bennington was in prior to Linkin Park, shared a new video for ‘B12’. The emotional video features clips and photos of Bennington from throughout his life. It also features appearances from Korn guitarists Brian “Head” Welch and James “Munky” Shaffer.
“In this video, we not only brought his [Bennington’s] lyrics to life, but we also were able to feel his presence as we performed alongside his vocal track,” drummer Sean Dowdell shared.
Chester Bennington passed away on July 20th, 2017. He was 41.
