Happy bday, Chester the Jester (aka "Everyone Lived at 4:20, man")

Happy 32nd birthday, Chester Bennington!

Let’s see… I did some idol searching in the Hello! Project Idol Database at Hell! Project and the Hello! Project member born in the same year as you is…

RuRu Honda of Taiyo & Ciscomoon (T&C Bomber)

Present Age: 32
(Wait… didn’t she graduate from H!P ages ago? BTW her bday was Cake Day!)

The only H!P members older than you are Inaba Atsuko (34), Nakazawa Yuko (34), and Miho Shinoda (ironic since a member of Linkin Park shares the last name). Shinoda-san (35) is also the only member who is not remaining within the Hello! Project at this time (though she, Ruru, and Atsuko were group mates at one time).

Now that we know the Hello! Project members older than you, time to find out the members who were born in the same decade that are younger than you:
Kobayashi Azusa (Country Musume) - January 30, 1977
Present age: 31

Kominato Miwa (Taiyo to Ciscomoon) - February 15, 1977
Present age: 31

Arai Saki (Sheki-dol) - March 8, 1978
Present age: 30

Aya Ishiguro (Morning Musume) - May 12, 1978
Present age: 29

Heike Michiyo (Soloist) - April 6, 1979
Present age: 28

Miyoshi Chinatsu (Soloist) - August 14, 1979
Present age: 28

Maeda Yuki (Soloist) - August 28, 1979
Present age: 28

Now, Chester, you are the second oldest in Linkin Park (and the “clown” of the group) but what about the other members?:

So, this actually makes Chester the oldest in Linkin Park (yikes! It’s fitting that he’s one of the front men). I knew you were an elder but I did know you were that old. Okay, okay, I’ll stop.

But I have good news (that doesn’t involve saving money on car insurance by switching to Geico): a new year comes a new age. Hopefully, less stalkers harass you and more fans and good karma continue to rain on you.

Now for some randomness: Can you believe that I, at one point, fantasized that Michiyo Heike rejoined the music business as a member of Linkin Park (making her the band’s first -and, so far, only- female member)? (I even thought Tanaka Reina would be a better choice but Michiyo would better fit the chemistry of the group). She might get in the way due to the “singer” position being filled by you but I’ll leave the rest of the rock-loving wota who are reading this entry (besides, I doubt Michi-chan’s doing much “rock”-oriented music but I haven’t really heard much outside of Teenage Dream, a few singles, and some post-H!P stuff). Heck, I'll even leave the same wota to imagine what it'd be like if H!P members (past and present) joined the ranks of American bands and groups (not in their respective groups, I might add, a la the "Michiyo in LP" thing. Man, that'd be a new blog entry, if not for the fact it's similar to the explosive "H!P in the West" controversy and my desire to leave it to interpretation and the imagination of more experienced wota and fans).

Now, in tribute to you, here’s some videos that fans uploaded as a testament to you and your glory (Along with some additional comments from moi!

(He also has a blog, though I linked to the posts marked "Chester" since the rest are just from his label: http://www.cbennington.com/search/label/chester)