Linkin Park
Following the shooting, friends of Williams said on NBC's Today that Williams was a huge fan of the rock band Linkin Park. The Today host then read the lyrics "'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge, and I'm about to break" from "One Step Closer", one of Williams's favorite tracks on the band's album Hybrid Theory. (Also, in a note to his father attempting to explain his actions, Williams wrote, "I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end, it doesn't even matter," from the song "In the End.") The supposed connection between the shooting spree and Linkin Park was subsequently widely reported in the media.
In an official statement, Linkin Park stated that "Like everybody else, we are extremely saddened by these events and our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims". They denied responsibility, commenting that the type of music a murderer listens to has no relation to the reasoning behind his actions. "You might as well say, it's because he ate mayonnaise that day", frontman Chester Bennington commented. Bennington also stated that "There's not enough attention paid to the problems of sensitive young men in our society."
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