“at the recent bloomfield ave show, me and my friend steve were waiting in line for the bathroom. gerard comes over and gets in line with us. we were talking about various things such as his lack of leather, the scene, etc. meanwhile, the rest of the band were halfway through setting up. when it’s steve’s turn for the bathroom, gerard was like
"dude, i really gotta be on stage, but i don’t want to seem like a rockstar or nothing by cutting you in line.. do you think i could piss in the sink while you go?”
well, needless to say, i was very careful about my business when it was my turn, so i wouldn’t have to use that sink.
a month later, at hellfest, i caught gerrard on his way to the port-a-potties. and informed him that there were no sinks to urinate in.“
gerard: to us, it’s the greatest band in the world. and that’s all that matters to us and it’s always been that way. it’s been that way since the first practice, through the good times the bad times, everything. through the rough schedules and the no sleep. it’s still the greatest band to us. so, um, we’re in a band that’s much more than a band. and I don’t think a lot of people get to do that. we can be whatever we want we can play whatever we want we can sing about whatever we want. and we can be extremely creative doing it, because we’ve never given an explanation or an apology for being the way we are.
“mikey’s way” before hitting the road again, heading for Germany, the band members take a lunch break… The waiter asks them if they prefer sandwich bread or a “French baguette”? The Way brothers choose French bread. Once served, Mikey Way’s face falls in front of his roast beef sandwich. “It’s raw!”, the bassist wonders. (the only time of the day when he spoke…) “That’s normal, it’s eaten like that!”, his brother replies. “Oh? Okay…”
“It was unmanageable on the day of the concert. It’s too much stuff in one day. As a result, we rarely have time to enjoy the places where we stop for more than a day.” Gerard then joins the rest of the group in front of the Carrousel du Sacré-Cœur. Together, the five of them happily indulge in a photo shoot organized for an English teen magazine. The photographer is keen to take advantage of the very ‘Frenchie’ setting of the Montmartre district. Under the astonished gaze of a few tourists who wonder what is going on, the group takes their place in front of the merry-go-round. “This is the first time we’ve been asked to smile for a photo shoot!” laughs Ray Toro, guitar. A fan of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film, the group then recognizes a few places seen in the film Amélie Poulain. The tour continues, with a few comments on French architecture and culture. As soon as they arrive at the first comic book store, everyone forgets their fatigue and doesn’t waste a second rushing to buy the new Star Wars figurines and other comics.
A customer stares at Frank before asking him if he’s in a band: “Do you play in The Cure?” Frank bursts into laughter and answers in the negative before going to tell the others his little story. After a few purchases (Misfits figurines, etc.), it’s already time to get back on the tour bus. “We write a lot on our tour bus. We’ve practically converted the ‘lounge area’ into a studio! We’ve already written a few songs. We might even go back into the studio after the tour. It’s a bit different, but it’s a logical evolution since Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge,” says Gerard Way, who recently did some backing vocals for Every Time I Die’s new album. But the band’s current news is on the road. “We’re thinking of doing another tour in the United States in September,” Frank continues. “For the moment, nothing is certain, but it could well be that we open for a big band with whom we’ve already played…” Green Day? “We can’t say anything,” smiles Gerard. In any case, playing with Green Day has taught us a lot. Just by watching them. They can fill stadiums and keep a constant communication with the audience. Billie Joe is an incredible frontman. We are much better on stage today, partly thanks to opportunities like these. It’s amazing to go from 300 people to 10 or 20 times more. A real challenge for us and also the best learning for a young band. […] Otherwise, we really want to do splits with other bands. We were talking about a split 45 with Alkaline Trio, it will be done according to our schedules.“ Time is on your side!”
more shots from that day from “97x 2007 a look back” and mcrs recount of the game
frank: ahh shoot. that sucks
gerard: wow.
frank: yeah. that was me laughing at him
gerard: I was probably terrible. I was always terrible at kick ball. oh look at that hair though. It doesn’t really matter how good I am
frank: [laughs] when you got locks like that
frank: oh wow what is that? oh that’s like a burger king crown of some sort. how’d that happen?
(below is about a different kickball game from around the same time)
gerard: oh yeah so we show up and they’re like “you guys are gonna get to play kickball and we had done this one and had a lot of fun. and we were like cool we’re gonna play kickball again alright? and uh it was right around this time actually. because this was like warped era I guess it looks like
frank: yeah. I think we went through like a kickball.. thing
gerard: thing. yeah. and so we show up and there is a team. a professional.. team
frank: a professional kickball team
gerard: of 45 year olds drunk dudes. and their only objective was to completely destroy us. we thought we were gonna get to play with fans
frank: [laughs] yeah. we were like "so wheres the kids that we’re supposed to play with and they where like "oh. they’re here. these-these old men that are throwing up in the corner. when they’re done throwing up they’re gonna beat you in kickball. and we were like "ok” and they were like [the radio censored what ever frank said lollll]
gerard:I remember I wiffed.
frank: [laughs] it was awesome
gerard: there was a ball that came at me and I kicked and I wiffed. and they just laughed. I think I walked off
frank: I think you did.
gerard: yeah. I walked away.
frank: at some point we convinced them that we were yknow changing places on the team and we just left. and they ended up playing the rest of the game by themselves
gerard: yeah. basically
frank: they didn’t even know
gerard: no idea
frank: and I think they didn’t win. [laughing] I don’t know
My Chemical Album
My Chemical Romance are nearly done recording their upcoming debut album “I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love”. The group suffered a few setbacks in the studio due to some illnesses but have now recovered and plan to finish up work in the studio next week. A July 23rd release through Eyeball is being planned. In other news, the group have added guitarist Frank Iero to their lineup and will be playing a show at Club Krome in South Amboy, NJ on June 14th. Keepsake, Random Task and more are also on the bill.
Jessica: Can you give us a brief synopsis of the past two years, like how it all got started?
Mikey: Basically, we went to this evil magician and we told him to make us rock & roll superstars. So he took a pint of each of our blood and put it in a cauldron.
Ray: Obviously he fucked up, cause look at us.
Mikey: We’re not rock & roll superstars, but we’re sweet little dudes.
Frank: It’s been really good. We’re really lucky.
…
Mikey: He wouldn’t answer because he’s dead. I’d probably ask Morrissey how it feels to be a sweet little dude.
