Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Shares Sweet Throwback Photo With Chester Bennington

Mike Shinoda took to Instagram Tuesday to remember his friend and fellow Linkin Park bandmate Chester Bennington, who died last week in California. 

The singer shared a photo of the band from the late ’90s, when they were still called Xero. As Shinoda recalled in the caption, it was taken after the guys had told Bennington they wanted him to join their band. 

“He said he was ready to move out from Arizona to L.A. We went to a pizza place near UCLA to hang out and talk about what to do next,” Shinoda wrote in the caption. “The band was called Xero at the time, and we probably had less than a half a dozen songs. No flame tattoos yet, no red hair yet, most of us were still in college.” 

The photo comes just a day after Linkin Park released a touching statement  in honor of Bennington.