My Chemical Romance brand emo 'shit'

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Gerard Way and co speak about their hatred of the genre

Sep 20, 2007
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My Chemical Romance have talked of their hatred of emo music.

Frontman Gerard Way, talking to American college website The Maine Campus, branded emo music “shit” during the interview, speaking of his displeasure at his band being incorporated into the genre.

“I think emo’s a pile of shit,” said Way. “I think emo is fucking garbage – it’s bullshit.

“I think there are bands that we get lumped in with that are considered emo and, by default, that starts to make us emo. All I can say is that anyone actually listening to the records, putting the records next to each other and listening to them, [would know there are] actually no similarities.”

The singer went on to talk about his band’s upcoming support slots with Bon Jovi.

“It's a huge honour,” he said. “I grew up as a Bon Jovi fan."

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demolition_lover

Feb 4, 2008

My chem. is absolutely right, I have always thought that and being a big [i mean BIG] MCR fan it makes me smile to no we both agree. XD

SparklyButterfly

Feb 10, 2008

I agree with Gerard they are not emo, people listen and only hear the guitar and drums and think emo. But they are not they're 100% ROCK! x

mychemrox93

Feb 29, 2008

I agree. People at school think that I cut myself just because I listen to My Chemical Romance. They think that I'm emo. Its wrong to assume that just because someone listens to a certain type of music.

LaurenXMcr

Mar 6, 2008

OMG.....Im Emo and i knew MCR weren't emo. and i have looked up to gerard way kinda as a role model...i eally admired him for everything hes done......but i think hes now a bit of an arsehole for sayin that emos shit..... i cant believe it......what does he think all his fans are....im erally disapointed... now i know hes just like everyone else.....a judgemental asshole....

mychemrox93

Mar 7, 2008

Gerard is not an asshole LaurenXMcr. No one should have a label including emos.

mychemrox93

Mar 14, 2008

Maybe if Gerard explained what he meant instead of cursing the whole time, people would see that hes not a judgemental asshole. I think he means that he hates the stereotypes of emo or what emo has become.

anokaxxxmcr

Apr 1, 2008

he's right as hell. ppl think that i'm emo 'cause i'm addicted to my chemical romance and 'cause it is the only kinda music i have on my phone. he's f*ckin' right emo's are sh*t,and if u don't believe it look at tokio hotel,they look like girls!mcr are not emo, not even close.and to all the motherf*ckers that say that they are,they can all go to hell.

Demo.lov12

May 22, 2008

okay. i am in love mith gerard way. and i'ma guy. but im not gay. an when i started to listen to MCR i kinda thought they were EMo. but my friend who showed my ch3m to me is the mst not EMo person. And i saw someone who i think was EMMO wearing a MCR t-shirt. what i am trying to say is ANyone can like em and it doesn't matter. and i can totally see h0w they would have many fans that r EMO.

adrianalovesthemcr

May 26, 2008

there's no such thing as emo its all a myth!!!!!! well good emo any way

gingerboosh

Jun 7, 2008

hahahahahahahahaha

just_another_cog

Jul 6, 2008

No, no, no, no, no... that is completely NOT what Gerard meant, you know, to any emos out there. He didn't mean that true emo is bullshit. He meant that what emo has become is bullshit. Instead of what it started out as - a music genre - it pretty much evolved (in society's point of view) into black clothes and hair, tight jeans, and long bangs. And, in turn, because most people think that is what emo is, they see My Chemical Romance's black clothes, Gerard's long black hair and mascara and think, right away, "well, they're emo." And many other bands who aren't truly emo are labeled that way. That is what Gerard meant. He just did a bad job explaining himself. A lot of people misunderstood what he really meant.