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- ♪ MTV ♪

[upbeat pop music]

MTV has given fans unparalleled access

to the world's hottest artists.

Let us formally introduce ourselves.

- Brandy's in the house. - What's up?

- We're the Backstreet Boys. - Notorious B.I.G. don't move.

And created some of the most

iconic moments in music history along the way.

- My... - MTV.

Now, our cameras are at it again.

- Hey, get in here. - What's up?

Hey. Get in here.

- What's up? - Welcome.

Come on in. Let's take a seat.

As we get the inside scoop

from the ones who know these legends best

and continue their legacy today: their kids.

This the legacy right here. We are the legacy.

It was definitely not a regular childhood experience.

[vocalizes]

My mom is a fucking rock star.

- Hold on a second. - Wait, what?

We have to make a grand entrance.

My pops changed the game forever.

That was the moment when I realized

that my dad was something else.

'Cause to them, they're not just music's biggest names.

They're also mom or dad.

- Why are you busting on me? - [laughs]

- Oh. No she did not. - Ah.

- Yeah! - This is

an insane moment for my dad.

Gives me goose bumps every time.

In this episode, they're rock royalty

who redefined a generation.

- Best rockers in the universe. - Thank you.

The ultimate party band, Van Halen.

both: Linkin Park.

Right on.

Music is in my blood.

And this is my... both: "Family Legacy."

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

Hey, guys. Welcome in.

♪ Crawling in my skin ♪

Hi. My name is Draven Bennington.

I'm the son of Chester Bennington

from Linkin Park.

♪ Fear is how I fall ♪

And I am an artist, musician, and actor.

I live in Los Angeles, California.

I've grown up here my entire life.

It's been a pretty wild journey.

♪ Confusing what is real ♪

Linkin Park is a band that mixes rock and roll

and, like, hip-hop.

♪ You love the way I look at you ♪

[harsh vocalization]

Getting yelled at by that as a kid was...

[chuckles] That was the worst part

about getting in trouble. [laughs]

- [harsh vocalization] - "Draven!"

[laughs]

[laughs]

I was born in 2002

and at that time Linkin Park had already taken off.

They were already known around the world and huge.

♪ ♪

For me as a kid, I didn't really understand

the reach that they had on the world.

Right on.

Linkin Park is here in Wroclaw at the stadium.

It took us four hours to get here.

[vocalizing]

I mean, it was just my dad and that was his job.

♪ I bleed it out, dig it deeper ♪

♪ Just to throw it away ♪

This is wild to me, but Linkin Park has sold

70 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide.

♪ Just everything ♪

What matters is sitting down

and making music that's gonna ascend time.

♪ You never know, I'm looking over my ♪

That's our goal. You know what I mean?

And that's not gonna be easy or else everybody would do it.

♪ ♪

♪ Break ♪

It was really cool to

watch him do what he loved

and have those experiences.

♪ ♪

And MTV had a huge impact on his career.

♪ ♪

I wasn't even born yet, but back in 2001,

my dad and his band Linkin Park

performed at the VMAs for the first time.

Are you a little nervous about performing a live show

such as the VMAs that's so big?

Uh, I mean, it's--

it's more exciting than, like, nerve-racking.

I don't know how he's not nervous.

I get nervous over everything.

I'm even nervous on this interview.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

All right, people.

This is an insane moment for my dad.

Come on.

♪ ♪

So my dad would've taken my mom to this event,

but she wasn't able to.

She was in bed rest pregnant with me.

♪ About to break ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge ♪

♪ And I'm about to break ♪

He brings just so much energy to the stage.

That was, like, his happy place for sure. For sure.

♪ All these thoughts, they make no sense ♪

♪ I find bliss in ignorance ♪

♪ Nothing seems to go away ♪

♪ Over and over again ♪

♪ Just like before ♪

♪ Everything you say to me ♪

There's a funny, little backstory about this song.

That the reason why Dad wrote this song was because

they were hav--they were arguing with their managers

and everything and they weren't listening to him.

So... [chuckles]

Then they wrote this song and

got the message pretty clear.

[laughs]

[harsh vocalization] ♪ Shut up ♪

♪ Shut up ♪

♪ I'm about to break ♪

Not everybody plays at the VMAs.

Like, that's such a big milestone.

Like, that's crazy.

It brought them a ton of new fans and longevity.

And I really think that

launched them forward in their career.

both: [vocalizes]

It's making me so happy.

Thank you, guys, for showing me this.

[cheers and applause] - ♪ Break ♪

I can't even, like, imagine

how big of a turning point that was.

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪

From there, that's when things took off

and it got so crazy.

In 2002, the same year that I was born,

my dad and Linkin Park were nominated

for a bunch of VMAs for their video "In The End."

And the winner of the best rock video of 2002.

Together, Sam. both: Linkin Park.

- ♪ I tried so hard ♪

I am not gonna lie.

It is kind of cool that they won the year I was born.

♪ But in the end, it doesn't even matter ♪

I guess I was a little luck charm.

- ♪ I tried ♪ - During my dad's career,

they won 25 MTV awards in total,

which was pretty insane. - Yeah!

His music is his baby, you know?

He nurtured it and would always show us the songs

that he was making before they released and everything.

I got to see a lot of the songs

going from their worst kind of phases

to the best versions of themselves too.

There are stories of, like, my mom and dad, like,

putting me in, like, the room where they're, like,

recording something and if my foot would tap

then it would be, like, a smash hit.

But if it didn't, they were be like,

"Okay, we got to redo this song.

"We got to figure it out.

How are we gonna make Draven like it."

There's something about this song that says hit.

[laughs]

If we could just get Jay-Z on this track

it'd be big.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

Nothing tops this appearance. This one's my favorite.

This is MTV "Cribs." It's a year before I was born.

What's up, y'all?

This is Chester from Linkin Park

and welcome to my pad. This is my crib.

♪ ♪

Here's some photos of me and my wife.

Down here, we've got some pictures of the band.

One of our first photo shoots.

We were all trying to look really cool.

What is that pose he's doing? [laughs]

Unfortunately, we don't succeed in that.

Over here we just have

some pieces that I've done.

A lot of Dad's art I've taken inspiration from

and he used to paint like crazy all the time.

We like to have as much art throughout the house

to kind of express the type of people that we are.

I feel like that's what I do all the time now,

so that's pretty cool.

Right now, I'm gonna take you into our bedroom.

Our bed is here.

This is our favorite thing in the entire house.

Oh, my gosh. [laughs]

It's crazy to see Mom and Dad so young.

That's crazy.

These wings over here

represent our fourth anniversary.

We got married on Halloween.

We have those wings in our living room right now.

We kind of decided to dress up

last year for the first time.

Over here we have my mom's wings.

He had to perform that night.

They decided to dress up and have fun with it.

And that was a part of my wife's lovely costume.

She was a fallen angel.

Where he dressed up as a devil.

They were like, "Okay, the show must go on.

We can't just stop for our anniversary."

♪ ♪

We'll move over here to the closet.

Dad had thousands of pounds of clothes.

My favorite item in here are these pants I made

because I designed these clothes

with a company called Replicant.

I have some of Dad's old clothes.

So this jacket right here

is one of his jackets that he made.

And they put, like, all these little, like,

paint scuff marks around it. It's really cool.

This was one of my dad's flannels.

This was a part of his quintessential style

and now they're making it into my style too.

[laughs]

And now, I design my own clothes too.

This is one of my jackets that I've done.

♪ ♪

It was really nice, like, seeing just, like,

a video of, like, my dad being happy.

It was a really healing video for me to be watching.

We'll have to kick y'all out,

but thanks for coming by.

In 2010, my dad and Linkin Park

performed at the VMAs.

They did the surprise show at the Griffith Observatory.

This one was fun. I remember pretty much, like,

going there a few hours earlier when it was still light out.

I had to be, like, eight years old at that time.

Oh, there I am. [laughs]

That's me and my little brother.

[laughs] Tyler.

Geez, this is so weird being there and rewatching it.

It was so amazing to watch the sun come down,

the lights go up.

This is his biggest moment on MTV.

[cheers and applause]

Towering over Los Angeles

where the heavens meet the hills.

From the Griffith Observatory

singing their number one single, "The Catalyst."

both: Linkin Park.

♪ ♪

♪ God bless us everyone ♪

♪ We're a broken people living under loaded gun ♪

Oh, this concert was so much fun.

♪ Far from the world of you and I ♪

♪ Where oceans bleed into the sky ♪

♪ ♪

Oh, the energy from the crowd was insane.

♪ For the sins ♪

Everybody was, like, dancing.

♪ Sins of my tongue ♪

♪ Sins of my father ♪

They just rocked it out that night.

[vocalizing]

♪ When I close my eyes tonight ♪

Up there you can see all the stars and everything.

And it's just like... it's going off.

You can see the entire city

and I remember just, like, playing with my little bro,

like, on the grass field watching the concert.

And it was a fun night.

♪ ♪

I skipped school the next day because I was so tired.

[laughs]

♪ We're a broken people living under loaded gun ♪

I'm really proud of him for that show.

That was such a fun one and such a memorable one.

♪ It can't be outmatched, it can't be outrun ♪

[cheers and applause]

It was really cool to have those experiences

and it was also hard when I got older

when he was on tour and I had to stay for school.

He would leave for, like, long periods of time.

♪ ♪

That part was difficult.

Besides that, like, he's my dad and I loved him.

And we had a great relationship.

♪ ♪

[soft music]

Linkin Park singer, Chester Bennington,

has reportedly died by suicide at the age of 41.

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda

confirmed the news on Twitter saying...

♪ ♪

So when my dad passed away, I was 15 years old.

♪ ♪

I haven't watched the full video before.

This is my first time.

♪ ♪

I mean, my dad's passing was

definitely the hardest thing in my life.

Just everything has definitely changed.

♪ Should've stayed ♪

♪ Were the signs I ignored ♪

I thought he was going to be seeing me graduate high school

and, like, have my first girlfriend

and everything like that. And that never happened.

♪ Not to hurt ♪

♪ Anymore ♪

[crying]

♪ We saw brilliance ♪

♪ When the world ♪

He was the glue of the family.

Like, he kept us all, like, together

and then I think we were all, like, pretty lost without him.

♪ There are things ♪

Sorry, I can't...

[exhales] Articulate that well right now.

♪ If they say ♪

♪ Who cares if one more light goes out ♪

♪ In the sky of a million ♪

I love you.

I'm really, really proud of you.

Thank you.

- ♪ Who cares when someone's ♪

♪ Time runs out ♪

- He's proud of you. - [laughs]

♪ Who cares if one more light goes out ♪

♪ Well, I do ♪

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

What I do in my everyday life to keep his legacy alive

is I do as much as I can to make myself happy

with, like, my creativity and passion.

All right, over here we have one of my cars.

It's got a very special story to me.

It's actually been through

both my grandparents and my dad.

My dad would play music for us all the time in the car.

Not too long ago when I turned 16,

my grandpa gave this to me, so now it's been through

four generations.

My dad always had, like, all of his passion into his work

and that's what I aspire to do too.

♪ Don't get too close to me ♪

♪ The little devil on my shoulder ♪

♪ Screaming F the P ♪

So I am working on some of my own music right now.

My sound is definitely more hip-hop, more rap.

♪ Too close to me ♪

With songs and everything and art.

Similar to kind of, like, how I do my paintings too.

'Cause I'm going for more of, like,

a feeling or, like, an energy.

Here's one of the first, original pieces that I've done.

I'm not trying to follow in the footsteps all the way.

I'm trying to do, like, my own thing.

♪ ♪

There's a huge mix of emotions

when I'm rewatching these old clips.

♪ ♪

These are great accomplishments.

Just like him in his prime doing his best.

♪ ♪

It's been great talking to you guys,

but I got to get out of here.

♪ ♪

Bye.

And the rest is history, I guess.

[upbeat rock music]

Hey, what's up?

You guys want to come check out the studio?

♪ ♪

- Sammy Hagar here. - Andrew Hagar.

This is my youngest son, Andrew.

This is a chip off the old block.

♪ ♪

Looks like we're all set up. Want to do this?

♪ ♪

Hi. My name's Andrew Hagar. I'm a singer/songwriter.

♪ Red light appetite ♪

A voice actor and my father's Sammy Hagar.

MTV? Ah!

The lead vocalist for one of the biggest rock bands ever

in the history of rock and roll.

♪ Whoa ♪

Van Halen.

♪ ♪

♪ I want the best of both worlds ♪

♪ I want ♪

I was born June 4, 1994.

My father joined Van Halen shortly after I was born.

We're having quite a time here at Radio City Music Hall.

And you are definitely the new lead singer.

- Totally. - Yes.

This is the new Van Halen.

To be asked to come up and front the biggest rock band

in the world. Like, that's insane.

♪ Here we go round and round and round ♪

When I was a kid, my first day in, I think, second grade

all these kids were, like, asking me about my dad.

And a bunch of people were trying to be my friend,

but, like, that was the moment when I realized

that my dad was something else.

[electric guitar riff] - Yeah!

You know, I'm the typical kid,

but my dad's not the typical dad.

[laughs musically]

♪ ♪

I grew up with a very normal lifestyle with my mom

and a very abnormal lifestyle with my dad.

It was like a double life.

When I'd go visit my dad

it would be, like, all this crazy stuff.

It was wild. I had, like, some of

my first, like, sexual experiences on the road.

Roadies feeding me Jack Daniels

when I was not old enough to be doing that kind of [bleep].

Come on. [vocalizes]

It's like being a part of, like, a pirate crew

with all of the colorful characters

you would expect to come with that kind of world.

[cheers and applause] - Ow.

♪ ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

I think my dad was

the perfect front man

for Van Halen because

he was a wild man.

♪ ♪

A lot of times I'm on stage and I look at them.

I'm going, where in the hell's Sammy go?

And he's God damn upstairs in the roof.

[electric guitar riff]

♪ ♪

He's been telling me since I was kid that

that was, like, all he ever wanted was

basically to be, like, a super star.

[indistinct speech]

More than anything, he just wanted to elevate

himself out of the extreme poverty he grew up in.

He started playing music at a young age.

I remember I think he said he stole a guitar

from, like, a Sear's department store.

He did anything and everything he could to get over.

Van Halen is still to this day

one of the highest selling rock bands of all time.

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

Yeah, the '91 VMAs.

♪ ♪

Got to headline the VMAs.

Probably a lot of emotions going on here.

- You guys nervous? - You know, it's scary

playing on TV because, you know, a lot of people

just have one little speaker... - We shrink it down good.

Trying to get Van Halen. You got one little speaker

can be tough.

Yeah, the VMAs were basically brand-new

and after my dad came into the band,

that was their first time performing on live TV.

So for my pops, it's a pretty--pretty big moment.

[cheers and applause]

Van Halen performed one of my favorite songs

from the Van Hagar era: "Poundcake."

♪ ♪

This is why people love Van Halen.

There it is. Bam. Look at that.

♪ ♪

And you got to bust a power drill.

[vocalizes]

Yeah. Whoo.

The '90s gear everybody's... [chuckles]

Everybody's... damn, look at those leather pants, Mikey.

Oh, love it.

♪ Oh, she's gotta have soul ♪

I mean, yeah. The whole thing is funky.

That hair though.

Whoo. Know it well.

♪ ♪

♪ Wrapped up nice and tight ♪

[groans] Rubbing his ass.

There we go. Give it to them, Dad.

[groans]

♪ Home grown and down home ♪

♪ That makes a woman ♪

♪ ♪

God, in '91, I think my dad had already started dating

the person that would go on to become my stepmom,

so things were a little... [chuckles]

A little dicey around the house.

You know what I mean?

♪ Shake it up ♪

Damn, look at him.

♪ ♪

Everybody in this band

was such a powerhouse.

And the performance...

♪ ♪

Wow. What a moment.

[vocalizes]

♪ That's my woman ♪

♪ ♪

Hard not to be pumped after a performance like that.

You know what I mean?

Thank you. Van Halen.

♪ ♪

[tires screech] - Before Van Halen,

my dad had a pretty big impact

on pop/hard rock as a solo artist.

♪ ♪

This is the iconic "I Can't Drive 55" Ferrari.

♪ ♪

The police got to shut off the road and I got to

take this thing flat out to 180 miles an hour.

And your ass is five inches off the ground

when you're sitting in that car.

♪ ♪

The concept for "55," I actually wrote myself.

♪ One foot on the break and one on the gas ♪

♪ Hey ♪

And it's almost true to life. [chuckles]

So it's funny. My pops has always talking

about these crazy stories about speeding and I guess

I'm a chip off the old block in more ways than one.

And I got pulled over by this cop.

You know, he asked me for my license and registration

and I gave it to him.

♪ Go on and write me up for 125 ♪

And in my mind I had this moment 'cause I never

tell people that I'm related to my dad.

But I remember my dad always told me,

"Hey, if you ever need to get out of, like, any kind of

"situation with a speeding ticket, you just drop my name.

"And most of the cops are hip to it 'cause of

'I Can't Drive 55.' They'll probably let you walk."

♪ Post my face, wanted dead or alive ♪

Think of the prototypical, like, California State Trooper.

This was the guy.

He goes, "Hagar, huh? You related to Sammy?"

And I'm like, "Yeah, he's actually my dad."

♪ I can't drive ♪

♪ 55 ♪

And he got this weird grin on his face.

This guy goes, "You know, you're not gonna believe this,

I pulled your dad over."

This is a terrible story.

People are gonna be mad at me for this.

I was driving, like, about 150 miles an hour

and he was right back here in this little cubbyhole.

- [laughs] - In his car seat.

He didn't even see Andrew in the back in the car seat.

I was like, "Oh, did you give him a ticket?"

He goes, "You're fucking right I did."

♪ ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

And then he walked off and wrote me up.

And I was like, I can't believe this shit right now.

The one time I try to pull this card I get totally fucked.

all: ♪ I can't drive ♪

♪ 55 ♪

♪ ♪

Oh, man, winning an award on MTV is

probably one of the best things

that could happen to you as a band.

♪ ♪

The biggest moment on MTV for Van Halen

was the '92 VMAs.

♪ ♪

Okay, Becca, here are our special guests right now

are Van Halen, is Van Halen, are Van Halen?

- Yeah, we are Van Halen. - [laughs]

Oh, man. My dad's got to see this.

Oh, my God.

These are real mics. This is great.

♪ ♪

Oh, look at that suit.

What was I thinking with that outfit?

It's kind of like... - I mean...

hey, man, I don't know.

You guys are up for an award tonight.

Are you excited? - It's exciting

because this is the first year we've ever been acknowledged

for anything, so like... Oh, when you went to the VMAs,

it was like all the hit people

in the business were all there.

MTV made us all famous.

It was really groundbreaking.

So "Right Now" video's that are, you know, Pettineo art

to the usual Van Halen thing.

The message thing that was going on now.

Yeah. It brings up some important issues

that are really kind of what makes us most proud

because for the ultimate party band, Van Halen, right?

To all of a sudden be not only accepted but, you know...

[laughter] Also kind of acknowledged.

It kind of gives you encouragement to maybe

think a little more and not just go out and

pull your pants down every night, you know?

You guys were all keyed up, ready to go.

- Yeah. - You hear?

- Yeah, yeah. All right. - [whistles]

- Were we always like that? - Yeah.

You guys always had good interplay.

It was fun. [laughter]

♪ ♪

And the winner is...

Van Halen.

- Whoa. - Damn, all right.

Oh, look at that.

Come on, Sammy, climb out of there.

- [laughs] - There you go.

- ♪ Right now ♪

♪ It's a magic moment ♪

Mark Fenske.

♪ Do it right here and now ♪

This was his idea.

The funny thing is "Right Now" was the first video

that had writing on it. - Right.

I got to thank Sammy for not beating me up.

[laughter]

Oh, man. What are you gonna do to that guy?

He's a head taller than you, man.

I threatened this man for this video.

But he's great. Mark made this video happen.

The director to make the video, he gave us a story board

and it had all these messages.

He put words over the song and I'm going,

"Hey, dude, man. What do you think you're doing?

Print the lyrics on there if you're gonna do it."

It had never been done.

♪ ♪

A song like "Right Now" had a message.

A tuning into the moment, the Zen.

Be here, right here, right now.

- ♪ Right now ♪ - ♪ Hey ♪

♪ It's your tomorrow ♪

♪ Right now ♪

I mean, got to talk about legacy,

that's probably one of the biggest songs he's ever done

and I mean, it's still relevant today.

If you see the "Right Now" video,

I did it reluctantly.

You'll see me, like, not singing.

Oh, my God.

I said, "No, just play the words."

Play--I was an asshole.

- Like a petulant child. - I was an asshole.

♪ Right now ♪

♪ ♪

John Buge, head of Warner Bros.,

and Moe Austin, and my manager Ed Leffler,

they all said this is a genius idea.

This is gonna win awards. This is groundbreaking.

And I went... really?

And the winner is...

And then it wins every award. [chuckles]

Van Halen. [cheers and applause]

I owe that guy an apology. [laughs]

♪ Right now ♪

♪ It's everything ♪

"Right Now" is really about the appreciation of reality

and right now this is reality.

And we fucking up shit.

[laughter]

Keeping it classy.

Those were the days, ladies and gentlemen.

- [laughs] - Anything goes.

This is Van Halen. Big winners tonight.

How does it feel? - In my house,

my VMAs are right front and center.

- Get the little moon man. - Yeah, moon man.

They were badass trophies.

We've been winning this year.

♪ Do it right here and now ♪

♪ ♪

Okay, here you go.

My favorite picture of Andrew and I.

He started young.

He's the only one stupid enough to want to be...

- Really. - Really do this.

I got rocks in my head, I guess.

[laughter]

- Got rock in your blood. - Yeah.

♪ ♪

I started playing music when I was younger at school,

but it took me a long time before I actually

started performing on my own.

Growing up in a musical family,

just seeing all those things for what they were.

Not any of the fluff that you might think

from seeing it from the outside.

That was really important because my expectations

were kind of more realistic

when I actually did start doing it.

And then I started developing my sound more.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

We put together a full-length record under my own name

and I'm really, really happy with the result.

I mean, I wrote all the lyrics. I've released one single.

It's called "Red Light Appetite."

♪ 'Cause we're up all night ♪

♪ With the red light appetite ♪

When I wrote that song,

I was talking about being kind of in the throws of addiction.

Most people that come from famous families

have a tremendously difficult time

building their own identity

and figuring out really who they are.

And a lot of times you end up self-medicating

and there's tons of crazy stuff that comes with that.

♪ ♪

♪ Red light appetite ♪

♪ ♪

I think the Hagar legacy musically

is certainly about quality,

longevity, hard work.

Nothing came easy for me and it ain't gonna come easy for you.

Yeah. I mean, I think one of the best qualities I got

from my old man is just, like, rugged determination.

This guy literally came from nothing.

You know, sleeping on dirt floors to being

one of the best rock stars

in the history of, you know, rock and roll.

♪ Hey ♪

♪ It'll last forever ♪

That's the best thing that this guy ever gave me.

♪ ♪

I'll do this till I'm 75, dude.

[laughter] - Me too.

I got next week. - Yeah, I'm telling you.

[vocalizes]

♪ It's your own ♪

[cheers and applause]

God bless you, man.

♪ ♪

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ MTV ♪