Phoenix-based post-grunge band Grey Daze was formed in the 1990s by Chester Bennington and drummer Sean Dowdell. After recording a pair of albums in 1994 and 1997, the group went their separate ways and Bennington would become the inimitable voice of Linkin Park and, later, Stone Temple Pilots and Dead by Sunrise. Two decades after their debut, Grey Daze scheduled a reunion, but plans were cut short by Bennington's death in July 2017. To honor the late vocalist and his legacy, the surviving bandmembers forged ahead with the help of some famous friends, delivering the re-recorded 2020 compilation Amends and 2022's The Phoenix.