Amends

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Grey Daze, Chester Benningtons pre-Linkin Park band, have announced Amends, the Phoenix-born bands eagerly-awaited album featuring newly recorded music with re-mastered vocals from the groups long out-of-print, and largely undiscovered catalog. Due for release April 10th via Loma Vista Recordings.

Speaking of the video concept, Grey Daze founder and drummer Sean Dowdell explains: This is loosely based on a true story from when Chester was 15-years-old. He was being bullied at school and one day suffered a real beating. That was the day I assumed a role as protector and almost older brother figure to Chester that has lasted since, even after his passing.

Amends is the origin story of one of modern rocks most recognizable voices and also a full circle moment among friends. The album is the fulfillment of a planned Grey Daze reunion that Chester had announced prior to his untimely passing. The remaining band members Dowdell (drums), Mace Beyers (bass) and Cristin Davis (guitar) along with Talinda Bennington (Chesters widow) and his parents, made it their mission to see the project through with assistance from Tom Whalley, the founder of Loma Vista Recordings and former Warner Bros. Record Chairman during Linkin Parks tenure at the label. Dowdell, Beyers and Davis selected the tracks from the bands mid-90s, but largely unknown, catalog and re-recorded the music in 2019 to accompany Chesters re-mastered vocals. Produced by Jay Baumgardner, several musicians leant their time and talent to the album, including Korns Brian Head Welch and James Munky Shaffer, Paige Hamilton (Helmet), Chris Traynor (Bush, Helmet, Orange 9MM) and singer-songwriter, LP.

We started Grey Daze in 1993, the band ended up breaking up in 1998, explains Dowdell in a recently released documentary. Fast forward to 2016, Chesters on the road and says, I think we should put Grey Daze back together. Obviously, what happened, happened and Chester was tragically taken from us. Of course, as soon as he passed, it was like oh my God, I lost my friend, my friends wife is now a widow and my friends kids are now fatherless. There were all of these emotions. About six or seven months later, I started some conversations and said I really want to finish this album. Were not going to accept mediocrity, were going to do our friend proud, were going to make Chester proud and were going to make sure this is something he would have been elated to put out.