In an interview with MTV, Bennington stated that "we're actually going to be jumping in the middle of Linkin Park's set, playing a few songs, then jumping out and letting LP finish out the set." During their debut European tour the band took time out to send a message to the German Armed Forces. In addition, this band toured with Linkin Park in Europe, Japan, and America. This was the first time that Bennington had "officially" performed the song under a new name-Dead by Sunrise. Bennington also performed Morning After with his cover band entitled Bucket Of Weenies in many shows throughout 20.
The song titled "Morning After" was written by Chester Bennington and originally performed on Septemat the Live in Berlin concert. On May 10, 2008, Dead by Sunrise performed three songs ("Walking in Circles", "Morning After", and "My Suffering") at the 13th anniversary party for Club Tattoo in Tempe, Arizona. The name kind of evolved from that lifestyle, and the title of the record, Out of Ashes, is kind of coming out of that self-destructive path I was on, and rising from the ashes, so to speak. And there was a lot of times where I was kind of in a really self-destructive place, and sometimes it felt like you weren't sure if you were going to make it to the next day. It wasn't much fun, but we partied a lot. I came up with the band name because in the beginnings of making this album, I was partying. The band's name, which was previously "Snow White Tan", reflects the time during the album's recording. And I always thought to myself, 'Oh my God, these are such good songs.'" In an interview, Shuck states that "I always used to go to his house and hear him play acoustic guitar. So I decided to work on them on my own rather than turn them over and have them transformed into Linkin Park tracks." However, the foundation for Dead by Sunrise was laid much earlier, when future bandmate Shuck met Bennington during the recording of Linkin Park's first album Hybrid Theory. They were darker and moodier than anything I’d come up with for the band. According to Bennington, "I came up with a few songs that felt and sounded really good, but I knew they weren’t right stylistically for Linkin Park. History Out of Ashes (2005–2009) ĭead by Sunrise started to form in 2005 while Chester Bennington was writing songs for Linkin Park's album Minutes to Midnight. 1.2 Later career, hiatus, and death of Chester Bennington (2010–2018).