10 Legendary Rock Songs That Were Insanely Controversial

10. One More Light - Linkin Park

With a few years of hindsight, it's time that metalheads stop giving Linkin Park so much bile for what happened on One More Light. This was far from the kind of aggro rock band that we got to know back in the '00s, but not everything can be Hybrid Theory either, and this was an honest attempt for the band to blend their sound into the world of pop. A lot of it may seem generic or even cynical in some spots, but the title song seemed to take on a whole different meaning just a few months after its release.

Originally written as a tribute to one of their friends at their record label who had passed away, One More Light is a very thoughtful look at someone struggling with their own demons, taking the opposite perspective and seeing the kind of pain that comes with seeing your friend go through pain with nothing to do about it. There's a good heart at the center of this song, but it got all too real when Chester Bennington was found dead by suicide in between legs of the tour, making this seem like a premature goodbye to the fans.

While it's still questionable how much creative input Chester had in the writing of this song, what he brings to the performance is what's more important. This was a man who had an endless amount of empathy for those around him, but it was only a matter of weeks before that one more light got snuffed out.