My Chemical Romance

musicismylife78

Just read a Spin article from last year, and it seems Spin is suggesting that MCR and Gerard Way are this generations spokesman.

Anyone else hear this?

Evidently alot of fans of MCR say the band "saved their lives".

I am really into music and was into Cobain and of course Ed, when they were "Gen x" spokesmen, but I had never heard of MCR being some kind of saviors of rock.

I have been changed and my life has been saved by music, but are millions of teens no longer responding to the Nirvanas and pearl jams of the world and are now identifying with MCR?

Whats the deal with this band?

CHANGEinWAVES

Cheguevara6 wrote:

are millions of teens of the world now identifying with MCR?

I would hope not....but probably:(

deadnothingbetter

my chemical romance suck....

if they saved the kids lives and all well good for them.... but they suck.

lucylespian

It's the band and the style for their generation.

FAiling to get that shows you are headed for old geezerdom fast.
I don't actually mind MCR, sure it's theatrical, but what's new about that.

BUt then I have succeeded in negotiating teh jump to a new generation of music a few times now, and I actually quite enjoy it.
I prefer that over becoming one of those dudes that only ever listen to the music from their glory days.

deadnothingbetter

lucylespian wrote:

I prefer that over becoming one of those dudes that only ever listen to the music from their glory days.

yeah, i totally know what you mean.

but dammit there's a crapload of other great "modern" bands much better than mcr.... bloc party, nine black alps, moving units... i could go on.

catefrances

Cheguevara6 wrote:

Just read a Spin article from last year, and it seems Spin is suggesting that MCR and Gerard Way are this generations spokesman.

Anyone else hear this?

Evidently alot of fans of MCR say the band "saved their lives".

I am really into music and was into Cobain and of course Ed, when they were "Gen x" spokesmen, but I had never heard of MCR being some kind of saviors of rock.

I have been changed and my life has been saved by music, but are millions of teens no longer responding to the Nirvanas and pearl jams of the world and are now identifying with MCR?

Whats the deal with this band?

this is why you shouldn't read SPIN magazine. people will read that and actually believe it.

boroff89

As a former high school teacher and somebody who has spent a lot of time at concerts like Warped and Taste of Chaos, this is actually quite true. That's part of why I hate it when people on this board trash My Chemical Romance. This band connects with a lot of teenagers (and beyond). Their mentality and lyrical themes strike a chord with the shit that kids are going through. Also, when I wrote music reviews, I got a chance to interview their lead guitarist. Out of all of the people I interviewed, nobody was nicer, more down to earth, and offered up better answers than Ray Toro. He, and the rest of the band, are in music for all of the right reasons and have a huge amount of respect for the bands that have laid the foundation for them (Queen, Face to Face, Green Day, etc). I actually like some of their songs quite a bit (others not so much). "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us in Prison" is a really catchy song, as are "Cemetary Drive" and "The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You." They aren't, in my opinion, a great band, but they have redeeming qualities a lot of other current mainstream acts lack.

nickcat0

Of course today's kids are going to have their own bands to admire and listen to .

I do find it slightly unappealing when a 30 year old man is considered to the spokesman of the teenagers . Aren't you a little old to be "connecting" with the problems of kids ? Shouldn't a 30 year old be writing more mature songs ?

Peter C

Good job i don't listen to them,i'll would probably want to kill myself..;)

soulsinging

Cheguevara6 wrote:

Just read a Spin article from last year, and it seems Spin is suggesting that MCR and Gerard Way are this generations spokesman.

Anyone else hear this?

Evidently alot of fans of MCR say the band "saved their lives".

I am really into music and was into Cobain and of course Ed, when they were "Gen x" spokesmen, but I had never heard of MCR being some kind of saviors of rock.

I have been changed and my life has been saved by music, but are millions of teens no longer responding to the Nirvanas and pearl jams of the world and are now identifying with MCR?

Whats the deal with this band?

millions of teens haven't been responding to nirvana and pearl jam for over 10 years dude.

Hitch-Hiker

soulsinging wrote:

millions of teens haven't been responding to nirvana and pearl jam for over 10 years dude.

That's not really true. I'm 21 now, but when I was in my early teens and started getting into music, me and my friends would listen mainly to the music of the early nineties and before - Seattle stuff, Pumpkins, Metallica, RATM, Tool, Radiohead etc. Mainly bands that had been long established. The only new stuff coming out was Limp Bizkit, POD and a bunch of other nu-metal crap. Thank god it didn't take off in the same way grunge did.
Now though, the new scenes do seem to be making a bit of an impact, although I'm not a fan of it personally.

nickcat0

I must admit , I quite like a lot of My Chemical Romance's music .

Are there any bands around today , and I'm thinking new bands , that the teenagers can have as their own , whose songs are of a political bent ? I would have thought that with the war in Iraq , the fight against global warming etc . that there'd be plenty of issues for a political band to get their teeth into , and to become the "spokesmen" of this generation .

Indian Summer

lucylespian wrote:

one of those dudes that only ever listen to the music from their glory days.

I've sadly become "that guy" over the past few years...never thought it would happy to me, but new music is just so blah...I don't feel like digging deep anymore to find decent stuff.

DOSW

Well, good for them. I don't listen to them personally, but if they're genuinely helping teenagers get through the tough shit that they go through, then I can't argue with that.

If you ask me though, the Arcade Fire has got to be the closest thing to "the voice of this generation" for me. But I guess they're not quite big enough yet to get that tag nationwide.

surferdude

Indian Summer wrote:

I've sadly become "that guy" over the past few years...never thought it would happy to me, but new music is just so blah...I don't feel like digging deep anymore to find decent stuff.

I'd suggest Arcade Fire, Rise Against for starters. Hell even Velvet Revolver.

Indian Summer

surferdude wrote:

I'd suggest Arcade Fire, Rise Against for starters. Hell even Velvet Revolver.

Haven't really explored Arcade Fire, or Rise Against....only heard of a couple of singles from each.

but after being a huge STP fan...Velvet Revolver was the biggest letdown ever.

genie

Cheguevara6 wrote:

Just read a Spin article from last year, and it seems Spin is suggesting that MCR and Gerard Way are this generations spokesman.

Anyone else hear this?

Evidently alot of fans of MCR say the band "saved their lives".

I am really into music and was into Cobain and of course Ed, when they were "Gen x" spokesmen, but I had never heard of MCR being some kind of saviors of rock.

I have been changed and my life has been saved by music, but are millions of teens no longer responding to the Nirvanas and pearl jams of the world and are now identifying with MCR?

Whats the deal with this band?

well, they are emo band for deaf kids, who wouldn't know a good music if it bit them in their emoarses

boroff89

genie wrote:

well, they are emo band for deaf kids, who wouldn't know a good music if it bit them in their emoarses

This is precisely the shit I was referencing in my post. Could we have a less intelligent post? Can you even define "emo?" As it is essentially a media construction (as was grunge), I am guessing not. The bands that get tagged as EMO (a label none of the bands actually accept) have about as much in common musically as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, etc. did. Look, when a band/artist inspires as many people as My Chemical Romance does, they can't be all that bad. For whatever reason, they don't connect with you. So many people on this board are stuck in the music of about a five-year period in the early 90s, and music that heads in other directions is shit. I can't stand that attitude, but if that's the only music that inspires you, so be it. Rock in this decade has gone in a variety of new directions. Many of those directions are far more desirable than the rock of the late 90s-early 00s (Creed, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock). One of those directions is what I think of as post-punk. That is a much more meaningful and accurate term than EMO to describe a variety of bands, including MCR, Thursday, Thrice, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional. If you actually take a step back and throw aside your previous conceptions about what "good" music is, I think you can find a lot of value and good music in the world of post-punk.

Them-Bones

There merchandise is sprinkled all over the high school I go to, It's not the type of music I like but the thing that bothers me is a lot of there fans seem more concered with there look than with there music.

12345AGNST1

pearl jam saved teens lives in the 90's...so did alice in chains and im sure there were bands before that did the same. i hate my chemical romance and all of those bands. what botheres me are these kids that think no music exists past the radio. its not that hard to find other bands and music and yet they just listen to what ever is on the radio and end up saying im sick of this...or this band sucks....so look around and find other bands jackass. and also how every kid i know only relates to bands by their hits. its like cmon there are other songs. i got kind of off topic but whatever.

genie

boroff89 wrote:

This is precisely the shit I was referencing in my post. Could we have a less intelligent post? Can you even define "emo?" As it is essentially a media construction (as was grunge), I am guessing not. The bands that get tagged as EMO (a label none of the bands actually accept) have about as much in common musically as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, etc. did. Look, when a band/artist inspires as many people as My Chemical Romance does, they can't be all that bad. For whatever reason, they don't connect with you. So many people on this board are stuck in the music of about a five-year period in the early 90s, and music that heads in other directions is shit. I can't stand that attitude, but if that's the only music that inspires you, so be it. Rock in this decade has gone in a variety of new directions. Many of those directions are far more desirable than the rock of the late 90s-early 00s (Creed, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock). One of those directions is what I think of as post-punk. That is a much more meaningful and accurate term than EMO to describe a variety of bands, including MCR, Thursday, Thrice, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional. If you actually take a step back and throw aside your previous conceptions about what "good" music is, I think you can find a lot of value and good music in the world of post-punk.

what a big response to my very short comment, which is as intelligent as the band mentioned in this thread, haha
yeah, i guess my and some other peoples dislike to this band and the whole genre must eat you up inside a lot.
dude, 90 music is the best i grew up on it. sure i listen to new bands, but it's defenitely not those mentioned above.

lucylespian

Them-Bones wrote:

There merchandise is sprinkled all over the high school I go to, It's not the type of music I like but the thing that bothers me is a lot of there fans seem more concered with there look than with there music.

Merchandising is a fact of life these days, like it or not. I don't really like it meself, but it's hardly an invenetion of MCR.

A for worrying about teh "look", how is dressing MCR different form wearing a flanny ? Every concert I have ever been to has had about 80% of peeps there in the "right look". NOthing new there wither, be it AC/DC shirts or flowers in your hair wiht acid tabs in your pocket.

Rhinocerous Surprise

lucylespian wrote:

Merchandising is a fact of life these days, like it or not. I don't really like it meself, but it's hardly an invenetion of MCR.

A for worrying about teh "look", how is dressing MCR different form wearing a flanny ? Every concert I have ever been to has had about 80% of peeps there in the "right look". NOthing new there wither, be it AC/DC shirts or flowers in your hair wiht acid tabs in your pocket.

The flannel... It's just so practical.:D

MattCameronKicksButt

I don't get it myself but a lot of people have said the same thing about my generation's music.

Blackeyedangel

12345AGNST1 wrote:

pearl jam saved teens lives in the 90's...so did alice in chains and im sure there were bands before that did the same. i hate my chemical romance and all of those bands. what botheres me are these kids that think no music exists past the radio. its not that hard to find other bands and music and yet they just listen to what ever is on the radio and end up saying im sick of this...or this band sucks....so look around and find other bands jackass. and also how every kid i know only relates to bands by their hits. its like cmon there are other songs. i got kind of off topic but whatever.

lol. what a jackass. I can say the same thing about you not doing anything but listening to the same ten grunge albums you have spanning the diverse period of 1991 to 1995. Maybe you should be the one to start looking for other music.

Blackeyedangel

The problem is 85% of you are too old or too closed minded, or some combo of the too, to really get it. What makes it funny though is I'm always seeing the same names complaining about this band. I can just imagine some angry 30 to 40 something typing angry about those damned kids in MCR, having nothing better to do but surround themselves in negativity. GROW UP ALREADY!!

Oh, also about the thing with Gerard being 30 or whatever, who cares? I don't see what that has to do with anything.

pjoasisrule

boroff89 wrote:

This is precisely the shit I was referencing in my post. Could we have a less intelligent post? Can you even define "emo?" As it is essentially a media construction (as was grunge), I am guessing not. The bands that get tagged as EMO (a label none of the bands actually accept) have about as much in common musically as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, etc. did. Look, when a band/artist inspires as many people as My Chemical Romance does, they can't be all that bad. For whatever reason, they don't connect with you. So many people on this board are stuck in the music of about a five-year period in the early 90s, and music that heads in other directions is shit. I can't stand that attitude, but if that's the only music that inspires you, so be it. Rock in this decade has gone in a variety of new directions. Many of those directions are far more desirable than the rock of the late 90s-early 00s (Creed, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock). One of those directions is what I think of as post-punk. That is a much more meaningful and accurate term than EMO to describe a variety of bands, including MCR, Thursday, Thrice, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional. If you actually take a step back and throw aside your previous conceptions about what "good" music is, I think you can find a lot of value and good music in the world of post-punk.

Its all just whiny garbage now go away

boroff89

pjoasisrule wrote:

Its all just whiny garbage now go away

lol As I always do when these ridiculous EMO comments come up, I bring up the blues, the foundation of all rock. Thematically, blues songs are no different than the music that gets labeled as EMO by those on this board. For that matter, let's throw in quite a bit of Pearl Jam's catalogue into that mess. People tend to write music about the shit they are going through. It's just the nature of humanity and of music. Now go away and listen to the only good Oasis song, Talk Tonight. Burn the rest of their stuff, as it is unoriginal, uninspiring, and in the grand scheme of things, meaningless.

lucylespian

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

The flannel... It's just so practical.:D

True, which is the only reason starving musos in a cold city like Seattle preferred it. It's still funny to rock up to a concert ans se thousands of peps being determined individuals by all wearing flanny's. That was Bush BTW, 1996.
Thousans of AC/DC fans all in black AC/DC shirts caught my eye in Sydney one time too.
It's all good, I like new music, and at 43, am certainly not too old to learn a few new tricks.
The emo crowd seems to have a lot of good natured fun playing dress-ups. I saw a bunch in Brisbane city mall recently, and they were having a ball. More fun than the "leave me alone" swampies that used to listen to The Cure when I was at Uni.

sleeplikeadog

I'm not really into "emo", but I think MCR are an alright band. They write some catchy songs. That "Teenagers" song or whatever it's called is a pretty good song. I think that alot of the hipsters and people who think they're too cool diss on this band because they think they have to, because the people they represent (which is the people who play emo-dressup). But in all reality they are a good band. And I think they have a message. Maybe not the same message as Pearl Jam or Nirvana, but it's definately better than some of the mindless crap like Fall Out Boy, etc.
Give them a break, lol

12345AGNST1

Blackeyedangel wrote:

lol. what a jackass. I can say the same thing about you not doing anything but listening to the same ten grunge albums you have spanning the diverse period of 1991 to 1995. Maybe you should be the one to start looking for other music.

OK....clearly i only listen to "grunge".