Reminiscences for idle time part II: most of you must have seen this video, but the classic never gets old. Breaking The Habit - the song that Linkin Park loves so much they decided to put its live version on a zillion of LPU CDs. No matter how cliché, it's still an epic song nonetheless. Linkin Park's concert at Smokeout Festival, National Orange Show Events Center, San Bernadino, California, November 15, 2003 was the first time Chester and the band performed this song.

Some famous quotes from Chester about this experience

"When Mike wrote it, I said, 'I swear to God you wrote this song about me.'" says Bennington.

"It took me a long time to be able to perform the song," Bennington says, "because I had such an emotional connection. I would break down in tears."

From LPL: "A fan that went to the show remarked, "And yes, Breaking the Habit was quite a suprise....even Chester said before they started the song that they were never going to play it live."

Check out this performance, recorded professionally by Fremont Studios


Or you can download the video HERE (29.7 MB, .AVI file)

At the end of the song, Chester got really emotional. This is one of the rare performances of the band that touches me deeply. Chester's passion and pain exuded during this song makes the fans understand how much Linkin Park have put themselves into their work and pushed their own boundaries for the sake of music. Hopefully we can see such emotions again in their upcoming record.

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