LINKIN PARK Frontman Makes Guest Appearances On DJ Z-TRIP's New Album

April 18, 2005

Artisan News Service is reporting that LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington has collaborated with DJ Z-TRIP on a song called "Walking Dead", which appears on Z-TRIP's new album, "Shifting Gears", due in the U.S. on Tuesday (April 19).

The DJ said that the song is more a less a tribute to the pair's friendship, which dates back to their days in Phoenix, and a testament to the power of the underdog.

"The biggest point obviously with he and I — and this is something a lot of people don't know — but with that track in particular and the collaboration, he's from Phoenix, and I'm from Phoenix. So it was sort of like the whole vibe of two Phoenix guys, like getting down on a track," explained Z-Trip, who continued, "...not just two Phoenix guys, but two Phoenix underdogs. There was a time when he was in a band, GRADE A's, and I was in my thing with BOMBSHELTER, and it's like people were sort of... It was brewing. It could have went either way. People could have been like, 'Yeah, both of those guys suck, and they're going to fall off.' or 'They could have totally done well.' And we ended up doing well and it's sort of a testament to Phoenix guys doing good."

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