'Our new album is a fight' [Rolling Stone Interview]

Gerard Way, Mikey Way and Ray Toro of My Chemical Romance recently stopped by the Rolling Stone studios to chat with senior writer Brian Hiatt about their bold new album Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys. "It's really the kind of record where you kind of need to put your money where your mouth is," says frontman Gerard. "If you made the record with the intention of trying to change something, or rebel against something, then it's a fight. So I accepted that at a certain point. This record kinda is a fight."



Source: Rolling Stones

Glenn Beck tilda de "propaganda" a las letras de My Chemical Romance

En la edición de hoy de Fox News, Glenn Beck (reconocido activista político y presentador de television), cita el episodio de Glee en el que el elenco hace el cover de "Sing". Beck llama al programa "terrible" y dijo que las letras de My Chemical Romance son propaganda.

La letra en cuestión es la siguiente:

"Cleaned up corporation progress dying in the process / children that can talk about it living on the railways / people moving sideways / sell it till your last days / buy yourself the motivation / generation nothing / nothing but a dead scene / product of a white dream."

Lo que Beck quiso decir es que los chicos de hoy (al menos los que ven Glee) están en un grave, gravisimo problema. (duh!). Pero lo que no parece entender es que la canción habla en contra de todo lo mencionado en ese punto.

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MCR Unsure If Killjoys Will Return In 'Bulletproof Heart' Video

By James Montgomery - MTV

When we last left the Killjoys, they were dead — gunned down at the conclusion of My Chemical Romance's video for "Sing." That clip was a continuation of the DayGlo outlaws' assault on the nefarious Better Living Industries, a campaign first launched in the "Na Na Na" video and one that's central to the theme of the band's Danger Days album. 

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Since the Killjoys met their untimely demise, MCR have released a J-Pop-indebted video for "Planetary (Go!)" and remained mum on plans for just where Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys would go next. Fans have been clamoring for updates, but from the sound of things, they might have to wait a bit longer. 

Because while My Chemical Romance are already making plans to shoot a video for their next single, "Bulletproof Heart," they're still not sure whether the clip will pick up the story of the Killjoys, or if they're going to keep fans waiting for the next chapter. 

" 'Bulletproof Heart' we're actually still talking about, and we're not definitely sure yet if it's going to go back to that world," MCR frontman Gerard Way told MTV News. "Actually, I think that's almost cooler to stretch it out as long as we can, because, again, the story is so not important. The things that happened in those videos are really just metaphors for the way we saw the world, or stuff that really happened. Everything from hanging out with this crazy kid to getting shot in the head to all this stuff, it's all metaphorical. 

"I like a gap [in the story]; I think it should be a gap," he continued. "And then I think that when you do get that final part, when the right song comes along, I don't know that it'll make perfect sense. It's not supposed to." 

So, yes, Way realizes fans are dying for an update on the Killjoys' condition — he's heard the complaints, after all — but he's still not sure the band will go back to California 2019 for "Bulletproof Heart." Then again, it's still early. And those complaints can be compelling. 

"[The video concept] is so green right now, and we've gone through so many things," Way said. "It's really weird: People started to get disappointed. They're like, 'Aw, I thought they were making that video!' and it's like, 'Well, no, we never spent the money!' " 

Source: MTV

La Respuesta A 'Sing It For Japan' Fue "Abrumadora" [Entrevista MTV / Español]

Cuando My Chemical Romance se entero de los desatres naturales devastadores que azotaron Japon en marzo, no se preguntaron "Deberíamos ayudar?" En cambio, su primer pensamiento fue "Como podemos ayudar?"

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Ray explica: "Japon siempre ha tenido un lugar especial en nuestros corazones, en realidad desde la primera vez que tuvimos un show alli... Acabábamos de tener una respuesta sorprendente alli, y simplemente somos fans de la cultura (japonesa), Y luego todos los fans que conocimos ahi, son tan corteses y hay una gran energía ahi. Y hemos regresado alli muchas veces tenemos una conexion muy fuerte."

"Creo que estabamos en Londres, viendo la BBC, viendo como se desarrollaban los acontecimientos, y mientras mas y mas pasaba el tiempo, la gravedad de la situación realmente golpeo a todo el mundo, estaba empeorando cada vez mas", continuo. "Y hablamos de algo que podríamos hacer, y al principio estabamos pensando en escribir una nueva canción para recaudar dinero. Y en Twitter, algo que vimos fue #SINGitForJapan, y eran chicos empezando con este Twitter Feed, escribiendo mensajes de esperanza. Y eso realmente nos inspiro, y nos pusimos a trabajar, y luego de un par de semanas fuimos capaces de poner todo junto."

El resultado fue "SING It For Japan" una reelaboracion de "Sing", con una orquesta completa y un vídeo filmado durante la gira actual de la banda. Y, siendo que fueron los fans los que sirvieron de inspiracion para el proyecto, sus ilustraciones y mensajes de inspiración para el pueblo de Japon se incluyeron en el clip. Todas las ganancias de las descargas de la canción - o de la compra de una camiseta #SINGitForJapan -

iran a la Cruz Roja para los esfuerzos de recuperacion en ese pais.

Cuenta Ray: "Fue realmente emocionante, fue realmente una cosa de colaboracion. Como a cada uno a los que les pedimos ser parte, todos querian dar su tiempo - todos los musicos de la orquesta estaban buscando una forma de ayudar y nos pusimos en contacto y ellos dijeron "Absolutamente". Luego tuvimos a los chicos enviándonos vídeos, dibujos y fotografias, fue abrumador."

Y mientras las contribuciones de los fans realmente los tocaron, lo que mas inspiro a My Chemical Romance

fue el hecho de que su cancion fuera elegida para servir como mensaje de esperanza - no solo para la gente de Japón, sino para todos los jovenes del mundo. En cierto modo, una especie de prueba del que uno de los mensajes de Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys es: que la música puede ser una herramienta para un genuino cambio social.

"Empezamos a ver cosas mucho antes, con lo que estaba pasando en Egipto y Libia, todos estaban siempre tomando esta canción" dijo Gerard. "Y tomamos en cuenta eso, luego Ray vio esta gran oportunidad de decir: 'Bueno, ellos lo están haciendo por eso, ahora lo haran por Japon' Hagamos algo d eso."

Fuente: MTV

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Live @ Terminal 5 in New York 23/04 [Pictures]

Source: QRO Magazine

Gerard Apareció en Vogue

En la foto de arriba usa una chaqueta John Richmond; camiseta Prada; pantalones Lanvin. En la de abajo todo es Gazzarini.

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Q&A: Gerard Way on Vampires, Glee, And Liza Minnelli [The Village Voice]

What are your favorite post-apocalyptic movies?

Night of the Comet, Mad Max obviously--I actually prefer the first one. A Boy and His Dog. I think those are like the three main classics.

You've said the new album's "Look Alive, Sunshine" intro was inspired by A Clockwork Orange, but it also reminded me of Vanishing Point, have you seen it? It's a 1971 car-chase flick with a guy on the radio sending messages to the driver so he can escape the police.

Yes! Vanishing Point and The Warriors were two very big reference points for the album. I definitely wanted it to feel like there was this DJ out there like, inspiring these lunatics to drive around. And I also wanted it to feel a little bit like The Warriors as well. But yeah, I love both of those movies.

So what came first, Fabulous Killjoys the album or Fabulous Killjoys the comic book?

The comic actually. Me and my friend Sean Simon--who sold our merch and was a friend of ours who just kind of volunteered to do that, he was in the van with us from the beginning. We had the idea for this comic that really was in a weird way semi-autobiographical, although had nothing to do with us and we weren't in it. Just like, all the stuff we would make up and the way we viewed the world and all the metaphors we'd use for the world. So that was kind of the starting point. And then I didn't realize it until [comic book writer] Grant Morrison had pointed it out that we were in fact making that album, that was going along with the comic of us.

The band on "Vampire Money" sounds very different from the band that made "Vampires Will Never Hurt You." Are you bored with the oversaturation of vampire culture in general, or just Twilight?

You know, it's interesting because I really have no problem with the Twilight franchise, it's just not for me. And I think I'm mature enough now to realize when something's not for me, as opposed to attacking it. But the interesting thing about "Vampire Money" is it's about anything you don't want to do, like anything people assume you're going to do for the money and you don't want to do it. It's about saying no over and over and over again. Basically, saying no with a song. But you're right, when we started out as a band we very much used that horror-movie imagery. To me it was different imagery though, it was drawing upon bands like the Damned and the Misfits and the classic horror films.

I wanted to know if you're more of a Buffy fan.

Joss [Whedon] is amazing, I love Joss. I'm actually not that familiar with Buffy, my wife is. I've always had a very hard time watching TV; I still do, like I can't get on schedule to watch stuff. Not that familiar with it, but I'm very familiar with a lot of his work. And the Buffy episodes I have seen are incredible.

I love how after a whole concept record dealing with cancer [The Black Parade], you threw in this one line "And all the good times/ They give you cancer" on "Party Poison." I feel like each one of your albums is making fun of the one that came before it.

Totally! We're definitely a self-referential band, and like, I especially, always end up abhorring what we did in the past. And I don't know why that is, I think the only way I can move forward is attacking it. I like how bands growing up... like, the Beatles were extremely self-referential and at times poking fun at who they used to be. I think it's healthy because if you dwell on who you used to be and you always cherish it and you always talk about how amazing that was, then you're not gonna grow. You're always going to be like, "Remember when we were the Black Parade and we were blowing up pyro and we were playing 10,000-person arenas?" And if you get caught up in that it's no good.

Killjoys also contains lyrical references to "Search and Destroy" and "Ballroom Blitz," and a lot of the sounds in "The Kids from Yesterday" remind me of Bowie's "Heroes." Are there any other 70s bands you slipped in there?

The Sweet... oh, you got that one! A lot people don't get that one and think I'm referencing like, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, which is funny because he must have been referencing the Sweet. Mainly, it was cinema. So it was like, John Carpenter, or the sounds in Escape from New York, how he would kind of play his own music. That was kind of an influence for sure. And Bowie, with Danger Days, even the title itself was inspired by Diamond Dogs. And that was also a dystopian, kind of future-glam-punk record. Damned Damned Damned was a big influence on this record. Hmm, what else. MC5. Definitely Detroit-kinda rock.

"Sing" was recently used on Glee, which a few bands (Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon) have recently come out against. How do you feel about the show?

It's a show about music, and we're not ever opposed to that sort of thing. In a lot of ways, it's the radio. So if it gets your message across, to use that kind of platform, then we'll use that kind of platform and still say no to Twilight. 'Cause to me that's not a platform, that's hawking a lifestyle whereas this is a show about music. It's really racy and it pushes a lot of things--I know it bothers a lot of Republicans too.

It's interesting because a lot of bands come out against it in certain ways, but I end up hearing a lot of these same bands using their songs in car commercials and stuff like that. I find that very interesting--where do you draw the line and with what? Get your music out there and get it heard, I thought that was always the point. And still you want to do that with a tremendous amount of integrity, too. Something like Glee, we don't have any control over how they're going to use it, but we knew that they would try and do a great job with it, so we knew it was in good hands--

Good jazz hands.

--but you might end up doing other things you feel gross about, you know?

Any plans to follow Green Day to Broadway?

That came up very early when Black Parade came out. There were a lot of offers for Broadway, for animated versions of the songs. Lots of different things came our way, and we said no because it wasn't right for us. American Idiot it's right for, it's very topical. I think it works well being a young record that got that, whereas Black Parade needed to be something that lived for a long time before that happens. Or, rather than do something on Broadway I'd much rather see Black Parade be a show the way Roger Waters went and did The Wall.

What's the story behind getting Liza Minnelli to sing on The Black Parade?

There was a line that was the only spot on the record that I wanted a guest vocal--I wanted a voice to finally talk back to me. And I wanted somebody kind of motherly, but who was also a survivor, had been through a lot, but was rooted in theater. And so... she was in! She was the first person that came to mind, and then [producer Rob] Cavallo had made a phone call to her assistant, and that was it. She did it for free and she was happy to do it.

What's the future of your hair color?

It's definitely uncertain. I have days where I love having it; it's the maintenance that's a pain in the ass. But it's funny... having just turned 34, and having people wanting to fit us into thirtysomething rock culture, my only form of rebellion left is to fuck my hair up and look like a 16-year-old. So, it's kind of all I got.

Source: The Village Voice

Tour Dates [Updated] - Mas fechas agregadas

Viernes 22 de Abril de 2011: Terminal 5, New York, NY, USA.


Sábado 23 de Abril de 2011: Terminal 5, New York, NY, USA.


Jueves 5 de Mayo de 2011: House Of Blues Boston - Boston, MA, USA.


Viernes 6 de Mayo de 2011: Tower Theater - Philadelphia, PA, USA.


Sabado 7 de Mayo de 2011: Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ, USA.


Domingo 8 de Mayo de 2011: Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ, USA.


Martes 10 de Mayo de 2011: 9:30 Club - Washington, USA.


Miércoles 11 de Mayo de 2011: The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA, USA.


Domingo 15 de Mayo de 2011: BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend - Carlisle, UK


Martes 17 de Mayo de 2011: Revolution - West Palm Beach, FL, USA.


Miércoles 18 de Mayo de 2011: House Of Blues Orlando - Orlando, FL, USA.


Viernes 20 de Mayo de 2011: House Of Blues Houston - Houston, TX, USA.


Sábado 21 de Mayo de 2011: House Of Blues Dallas - Dallas, TX, USA.


Domingo 22 de Mayo de 2011: House of Blues Dallas - Dallas, TX, USA.


Miercoles 25 de Mayo de 2011: Majestic Fox Theater - Bakersfield, CA, USA


Viernes 27 de Mayo de 2011: Palladium - Hollywood, CA, USA.


Sabado 28 de Mayo de 2011: The Palladium - Hollywood, CA, USA.


Domingo 29 de Mayo de 2011: House of Blues Las Vegas - Las Vegas, USA


Viernes 17 de Junio de 2011: Orange Warsaw Festival - Warsaw, Poland.


Viernes 24 de Junio de 2011:  Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Madrid, Espana.


Domingo 26 de Junio de 2011: Sonisphere - Bologna, Italy.


Lunes 27 de Junio de 2011: Arena - Vienna, Austria


Miercoles 29 de Junio de 2011: Volt Festival - Sopron, Hungary


Viernes 1 de Julio de 2011: Werchter Festival - Sopron, Hungary


Lunes 4 de Julio de 2011: Rock For People - Czech Republic, Czech Republic


Jueves 7 de Julio de 2011: Optimus Alive - Lisbon, Portugal


Viernes 8 de Julio de 2011: Oxegen Festival - Kildare, Ireland


Domingo 10 de Julio de 2011: T In The Park - Balado, United Kingdom


Viernes 26 de Agosto de 2011: Reading Festival - Reading, UK


Sabado 27 de Agosto de 2011: Leeds Festival - Leeds, UK

Live @ House of Blues in Cleveland, OH 17/04 [Pictures]

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MCR to Play Werchter and Rock For People Festivals

My Chemical Romance will be playing the main stage at the Werchter Festival in Belgium on Friday, July 1st . On Monday, July 4th MCR is scheduled to play the Rock for People Festival in the Czech Republic.

Live @ Aragon in Chicago, IL 15/04 [Pictures]

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Live @ Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI 13/04 [Pictures]

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