January 11, 200817 yr GERARD WAY - WAY SHUNS NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Rocker GERARD WAY has given up making New Year's resolutions - because he never manages to keep them. The My Chemical Romance frontman resolved to give up cigarettes in previous years but failed to keep his promise - and has now abandoned the tradition altogether. He explains, "I always say, 'quit smoking', but I know I won't, so there is no point. "I feel really strong at the moment, a strong spine supporting me, so I can't think of anything I need to change." But the 30-year-old insists he isn't adverse to personal transformation. He adds, "I always just try to be a better person." http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/artic...lutions_1055564
January 12, 200817 yr i dont think many people do news years rwsolution any more,i know i do different resolutions through out the year,i tried to quit smoking a few times for new year but then last year i tried around march time and have been lucky enough to stay of the smokes since,my usual resolution is to lose weight and luckily my girlfriend has thee same resolution so we support each other which is always a huge help
January 19, 200817 yr Maybe it's just me but I think Billy Corgan looks alot like Gerard in the Smashing Pumpkins video of "Tonight" EsZYqaSc4cU&rel
January 19, 200817 yr Seems you're not the only one wanting that Grami :( :lol: wS8sXO19tQE http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/LiTTl3_3M0/My%20Chem/i_love_his_intelligence--large-msg-.jpg Edited January 19, 200817 yr by *Nicky*
January 21, 200817 yr Author God that song is f***ing awful :rofl: Aww Nicky :( Way to make me feel insecure with all this competition for Gerard's swimmers. :drama: But I love youzz :wub: Can I have your babies instead? :heehee:
January 21, 200817 yr Sure you can :rofl: I have to face the fact that Robbie isn't gonna give them to me :(
January 21, 200817 yr Author EWWW. Robbie looks awful nowadays anyway. I'd rather father George Michael's kids than his and that's saying something. :smoke:
January 22, 200817 yr US rockers play to record crowd VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-five thousand fans packed the city's Military Zone 7 Stadium last night in Vietnam's biggest ever rock concert, headed up by American band My Chemical Romance. The concert in Phu Nhuan District was billed as Rock Tiger Unite 08 and featured alternative rock and so-called "dangerous pop "music. Two local bands, UnlimitedD and Ngu Cung (Five Tones), also played in last night's concert. The MCR band performed a selection of songs from its popular albums, including The Black Parade that was released in London in 2006. During the show, thousands of fans screamed in unison: "Alone, if you have never felt" - the words from an MCR song. "Music connects people," said Gerard Way, lead vocal singer, after the show. "We see that Vietnamese rockers are creative. We really like their music." Other players in MCR are Ray Toro and Frank lero on guitar, Bob Bryar on drums and and Mickey Way on bass. Beginning its career in 2001 in New Jersey, the band has won many music prizes and has toured around the world. Nguyen Hung Cuong, leader of the Hanoi-based band Ngu Cung, said the Vietnamese rockers were not intimidated playing alongside MCR. "We're confident about our performance," Cuong said. "Through us, we hope American rockers learn more about Vietnamese music." Cuong's band beat more than 50 competitors in last month's national contest for rock bands, the Tiger Translate-Rock You Passion competition. Ngu Cung's musical style was more romantic than it is given credit for in Vietnam, and was not just "hard rock", judges said. Last night's show was sponsored by Tiger Beer and its partners, and attracted 10 American sound and lighting effects specialists. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200801/original/images1486105_Rock-NguCung.jpg http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2008/01/765137/
January 24, 200817 yr My Chemical Romance plans return to "punk rock" In a new interview with the NME, My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way expressed a desire to return to the bands more traditional roots. The band's previous album, The Black Parade, was notable for over-the-top theatricality. For the next record, Way explains: It’s nice because it’s a return to punk rock music. It feels like a rock song. I think (the next album) will definitely be stripped down. I think the band misses being a rock band The band's next album is expected sometime this year.
January 24, 200817 yr Gerard Way: 'I Miss Being In A Rock Band' My Chemical Romance man speaks... My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has admitted that the band’s exuberant stage show has caused them to miss being in a conventional rock band. The group won praise throughout 2007 for their Black Parade spectacle – which took its inspiration from their 2006 album ‘The Black Parade’. However, the group downsized the show towards the end of their live commitments for the album – something which Way says will reflect in their future material. “I think (the next album) will definitely be stripped down. I think the band misses being a rock band,” he said. “That doesn’t mean we won't explore really crazy ideas on the next albums, or do something even crazier.” He continued: “It doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll start to take steps backwards creatively. But it felt in a live sense, this is what we do great live. “And we’re better musicians for having written and played 'The Black Parade', so you're dealing with (the fact that) everybody's better as musicians and singers.” “So to have that to play with in a live sense is really thrilling. We can cut loose more,” he added. Way also told NME that their new material, including one song which has been road tested already, was a return to “punk rock music” for the band. http://www.gigwise.com/artists/Image/gerard-wenn.jpg http://www.gigwise.com/news/40238/gerard-w...-in-a-rock-band
January 24, 200817 yr I won't like it then :( Ohhh you sneaked in when I was making another post :kink: I'm just curious what it's gonna be like. I don't mind the new record sounding like Three Cheers. Another theatrical one could become slightly boring.
January 24, 200817 yr Yeah sorry Nicky :P Well 'I'm Not OK' and that like are ok, but I much prefer the singles off this album :(
January 24, 200817 yr Interview - My Chemical Romance - A-Z Part.1 Rock Sound brings you an in-depth guide to My Chemical Romance. Part 1 – A - M A is for…Acceptance My Chemical Romance wouldn’t be here without it. Frank Iero (guitar): “It’s what I felt about punk rock growing up. A show was a place where you could go and feel accepted for who you were. So when I started a band I wanted to create an environment where people could feel like there was somebody else out there who understood them and had their back no matter what.” Gerard Way (vocals): “Acceptance is a huge part of this band. Punk rock accepted us as kids and in a sense saved our lives because of that. Punk shows gave us a place where we wouldn’t get shot or stabbed.” Frank: “It’s about encouraging self-worth and self-respect.” B is for…Bullet-proof vests An indispensable part of the band’s onstage attire. Gerard: “The bullet-proof vest is a metaphor. It symbolises the fact that this band feels indestructible.” Frank: “It’s really based on the way we feel onstage. You get into a certain mindset where nothing really matters – you can’t get hurt and nothing fazes you. Together we feel unstoppable.” Gerard: “It’s also about us relating to hip-hop artists. We come from the same world as a lot of them (Newark, New Jersey) and we relate to their drive and the way they don’t give a f*** about what anyone else thinks.” C is for…Concept albums Breakthrough album ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge’ put a whole new spin on the concept record. Mikey Way (bass): “The album started out as this fictional story but then kind of melded itself into our lives. It’s like a comic book story about a man who comes back from the dead to avenge himself. But on moving to LA we had so many experiences that without us knowing it the album became a fifty-fifty mix between the story and us.” D is for…Disney World MCR drummer Bob Bryar has a secret past… Bob: “When I was in school in Florida I got a job at Disney World to earn extra money. I thought I was going to do something cool but when I went to my initiation day and opened up the packet it said I was working on The Little Mermaid theme show. I was so pissed. My first costume was white pants, a blue and white striped shirt and a sailor hat. Later I played drums for the Aladdin stage show. I finally quit because they yelled at me about my sideburns.” E is for…Everyday living It’s not half as glamorous as you think. Gerard: “Wake up, walk around, look for a book store, look for a coffee shop, come back, start to focus, do some press, get ready to perform, reflect, cool down and go to bed. Then get up the next day and start again.” Frank: “My everyday living consists of Epstein-Barr virus. It’s chronic fatigue syndrome. I got it from touring. It means my immune system is always really low, I always feel sick and I have to take a bunch of vitamins every day.” F is for…Fans Otherwise known as ‘The MCRmy’. Frank: “We have the best fans ever. They’re brutal, crazy kids. Our fans love, they hate, sometimes they’re angry, sometimes they won’t give you a chance to go pee, but they give it their all. I think The MCRmy existed even before people used street teams.” Mikey: “Those kids would photocopy fliers for our local shows and go to other Jersey shows and put them on cars, guerrilla-style. It all began with those kids.” G is for…Great Britain Much more than just a home from home. Mikey: “In the States we had a problem with distribution on our first record (‘I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love’). But in the UK it was released on a subsidiary of a major label, so you could buy it everywhere. It really took on a new life over here. We thought we were going to have to move here, like if we didn’t get big in America it wouldn’t be so bad. Even now we can play songs off the first album and you wouldn’t know the difference; kids here are into all of them.” H is for…Harry Houdini The legendary escape artist who’s a key inspiration for Gerard and co. Gerard: “Houdini is very important to the first record. He’s also important to the next record because there’s a song about him and his wife on there, so it’s me going back to the story. For some reason he’s on the cover of ‘…Bullets’ hanging over New York City. Something about him was just so romantic and mysterious. There was something about the idea of an escape artist, about someone escaping what he came from and all the hurdles he had to overcome. It’s such a fantastic metaphor. To me, it really fitted in with our band, because this band is our escape.” I is for…Irvine Welsh The Trainspotting author is the reason they’re called My Chemical Romance. Mikey: “I used to work in a book store and one day my manager brought over a stack of Irvine Welsh books. I was bored so I started flipping through a couple of them and reading the blurb on the back. A quote from a critic caught my eye. It said that Irvine Welsh’s books were ‘chemical romances’. I thought it would be a really good name for a band so I told Gerard and then we just added the ‘My’.” J is for…Billie Joe Armstrong The Green Day frontman taught Gerard Way everything he knows Gerard: “Billie Joe was the first person to inspire me to pick up a guitar, learn how to play it and learn how to sing at the same time. He made it look so fun and effortless – there was no pretence about Billie. In the first band I ever started, Raygun Jones, I sang exactly like him because that was all I knew. With Billie, it’s all about the eyes. He couldn’t use his hands because he was playing guitar, so I learned to use my eyes to express things just like he did. He’s a huge inspiration.” K is for…Killing the rock ‘n’ roll myth Groupies, diva behaviour and over-indulgence are not where it’s at. Frank: “We’ve mutilated, killed and disembowelled rock ‘n’ roll clichés! We’re not about anything that the “rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle” is about.” Ray Toro (guitar): “This life is so crazy that the last thing you want to do after a show is party. We’re boring as hell!” Gerard: “People definitely miss the Mötley Crüe antics but that’s not what we’re about because of the negative elements that go with it – mainly homophobia, racism and sexism. Punk rock and grunge made a difference but nu-metal set things back again because it was all, ‘Let’s beat the $h!t out of each other, get girls to show us their t*ts and f*** groupies’. So yet again, we’re trying to reverse that.” L is for…Loved ones Hit song ‘Helena’ was written for the Way brothers’ much-loved grandma Mikey: “When we were growing up she taught us all of our extra-curricular activities, hobbies that kids our age and from our upbringing wouldn’t normally get to do. She taught Gerard how to sing and she taught us both how to draw and paint. We pulled some of our most important aspects from her. We didn’t see her for the last year of her life (the band were on tour). I didn’t even know she was sick. She was supposed to have some routine surgery. We came off tour for three days and she died then. It was so spur of the moment.” M is for…Media hype There’s no denying MCR are this year’s rock press darlings. Ray: (Looking aghast) “I’ve never seen the words ‘media hype’. Are we over-exposed?” Frank: “We’re in a lot of places. At first it was cool that my mom could buy 16 different magazines and we’d be in all of them. But then it got to the point where it’s just hype and bull$h!t. A lot of people are missing the point. It’s not about the hair and the make-up, it’s more about the message and keeping ourselves alive.” Mikey: “It’s termed hype if you don’t live up to it, but our band lives up to it and then some. The reason we’re still in magazines is because anyone who tries to knock us down has no ground to stand on. That’s why we’re still the buzz band.” http://www.rocksound.tv/articles/807/Inter...-A-Z-Part1.html
January 24, 200817 yr Let's not weap for now :drama: I have a feeling it's gonna be good, solid rock songs and the lyrics will be amazing and touching like they always are.
January 24, 200817 yr My Chemical Romance Get Rough And ReadyRead My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way has told Rock Sound that he expects the band's next album to be more stripped down and raw than 'The Black Parade'. "I think the next record will probably be smaller and cheaper!" he told us. "With 'The Black Parade' we just tried to make the biggest record of the year. It was nothing to do with whether it was a commercial success or not. We just wanted to make the biggest record we could. Now it's probably about reversing that and making a record that's, maybe, tracked live. Something more raw but not necessarily more punk. It'll be simpler but not necessarily more aggressive." "We put everything into 'The Black Parade'," drummer Bob Bryar added. "And I don't think we can top that in that direction. We tried every single thing we had, every idea and every instrument. So it's going to be something that's completely different. We need to finish this touring and then just take a break because we went right from doing the touring on the last record into the studio and then we started touring again." The band also told us that their increasing popularity means that it's harder to meet their fans than it used to be. "When the number of people that's coming to your shows increases, the number of people waiting outside afterwards increases,” bassist Mikey told us. "Sometimes you can't do it because it's not safe. It's really all about the safety of the kids. Sometimes you'll go out there and kids will start rushing towards you or start climbing on top of each other and it's a situation where people can get hurt. Venue security and our guys assess whether it's safe to go out but we still do it as much as we can because those are the people that support us and keep us going. Without them we're nothing." http://www.rocksound.tv/articles/63/My-Che...-And-Ready.html
January 24, 200817 yr Something more raw but not necessarily more punk. It'll be simpler but not necessarily more aggressive." I like the sound of that :wub:
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