11/30/2009 interview with steve baltin of spinner.com
“After going the concept route – or at least making a linear work on ‘The Black Parade’ – My Chemical Romance are going in another direction on their forthcoming album, due early next year. Spinner visited the group in their L.A. studio to get an early preview and we were left suitably blown away by the nine very disparate songs we got to hear. The tracks ranged from the atmospheric ‘Light Before Your Eyes,’ a song frontman Gerard Way describes as Pink Floyd-ish, to the ’80s-flavored ‘Trans Am’ and the punk/dance party tune, ‘Death Before Disco,’ which starts off with a Judas Priest ‘Living After Midnight’ vibe and turns into a lyrical salute to the Stooges, Velvet Underground and MC5.
Way tells Spinner the as-yet-untitled album is a definite answer to ‘The Black Parade.’ “Every single record we make is a response to the last,” he says. “But sometimes it’s not only a response to the last record – it’s a response to the opinion of that record or a response to the world at the time of that record.”
What he sees and documents on the new album is a lot of rockers who are in music for the wrong reason. “There’s a definite undercurrent of fame versus working class, people having stuff handed to them with zero talent versus working class kids that start a band,” he says. “Rock ‘n’ roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends – rock ‘n’ roll is dangerous and rock ‘n’ roll should piss people off. Right now, there’s not a lot of that happening. What it is is a lot of people trying to be famous. That seems to be the goal.”
In Way’s opinion, that desire to be famous is messing up the sanctity of rock “n roll. “It’s bled into rock. It came from other places, but it’s bled into rock ‘n’ roll and kind of tainted it a bit,” Way says. “This record is really a response to that as well.”
MCR certainly have the resources and notoriety to bask in that fame as well, so how do they resist that temptation? “Instead of us panicking and trying to see where we can grab the money or grab the opportunity, we just wrote music instead,” Way says. “We tried to write a great record; that was our response to things. I think that writing a great record will sell records these days, as opposed to doing every other f—ing thing that people seem to be doing to sell a record.”
11/30/2009 interview with steve baltin of spinner.com
“INTERNATIONAL PRE-ORDER
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Available for International Pre-Order!
We are excited to announce that international fans can now pre-order the special limited vinyl edition of “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” from the My Chemical Romance Store HERE!
This is the first time ever that “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” is being released on vinyl. This edition will be released on December 16th, but this is your chance to reserve your copy in advance! This collectible edition includes:
*“Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” on a custom red vinyl record
*New jacket artwork
*Hand-written lyric sheet
*MCR gun logo stencil”
posted 11/18/2009 on the my chemical romance official myspace blog
source: web.archive.org
Some of you, who have seen my twitter about wanting a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, may be asking yourselves, “Is this for real?”
And my answer to you is one-hundred percent MFR (“Mad Fucking Real” for short).
Some of you may be asking, “Why?” , so I provided this photograph to answer your questions, and if you need further persuasion-
Quite simply, I need the vehicle for “research and exploration”. I will be researching the high-voltage hydra known as the 9th dimension , I will be exploring the barriers of speed and time, the history of heavy-metal haircuts, and the 24-Hr rest-stop cappuccino.
I will be chasing the “electric-manticore”, and unlocking the riddle of “Muscle Mystery” in this muscle-machine, and it will most likely occur in the desert.
Now that I’ve assuaged your curiosity, here’s what I’m looking for, more or less, and some might think I’m picky, but I think you should be picky when looking for such an important piece of scientific equipment.
***What I want*** First and foremost, I want a good car. It doesn’t have to be great, it doesn’t need to have been kept in an airtight garage for 30 years, but I would prefer something that’s not a piece of shit. I would like it to be in California, close to or within the greater Los Angeles area. I would also like “the fast engine” to show you how much I know about cars, though I have friends with vast automotive knowledge, and my father was a mechanic when I was a child. I want it to run, run well, and have no rust. Oh and it needs to be an automatic, as I can’t drive stick (suprise!).
***Colors and specifics*** Exteriors (in order of awesome): Silver, the color of steel, and the eye of the falcon. Faded, slightly shitty, or semi-bombed out looking Nocturne Blue. This color looks great with some age. Mad-Max Black. Shitty bombed-out Red/Orange
Obviously I am looking for something with a bit of character but I will settle for better shape for a better car.
I am open to other things but I absolutely do not want Gold, Brown, or that frigging Smokey and The Bandit car- that shit is whack.
Interiors (again in “awesome order”) Red leather (combined with a silver exterior is an ideal car for me- like a fucking Mach-5 red-velvet cupcake with Terminator 2 frosting) Black leather (of course) Blue (cuz it’s cool, but this limits what I can paint the exterior if I choose to do so) Interior material is not as much a deal breaker as a bad color.
I’ve seen the “Anniversary Edition” ‘79 Trans and I like it but something about the silver leather interior rubs me weird. Looks like pudding, and a light color will only stain when I shit my pants as I tear-ass through scorched earth.
T-Tops a BIG plus.
All of this stuff I am semi-flexible on, as I just want a great car, but I think I will know the right one when I see it.
***Important*** No scams or hustles. I won’t have cash on me, and I’m not important enough to kidnap, but if you’ve got the right car and the right “vibe” I can find us someone important enough to kidnap together- IN-THE-CAR-YOU-JUST-SOLD-ME. Like, for example, the Jonas Brothers. I have been on T.V. and I have access.
You bring the ‘bird- I’m bringing “British Steel” by Judas Priest.
xo g
PS- Thanks for everyone’s help thus far- you guys are great. I will be looking in the twitter replies for leads. ***Update*** I have noticed that some people are wondering if I am having a mid-life crisis or asking why I am not buying a station wagon or something for a baby. Answers! Firstly, I am only 31, so I have a bit of time before that whole “crisis” thing, and secondly- I’ve run the numbers on car safety and have come to the conclusion that this IS the car for the baby. This thing is a tank. Usually, when people get into accidents while driving a Trans Am they usually ask “How is the other guy?”. Trust me. I got this.“
“Have you ever seen a Rhino take a shit?
now you have ——>
you’re welcome.”
on mychemicalromance.com 07/24/2009 frank’s blog
“what’s the worst thing that could happen? …..oh I’ll tell you!
ok so i got invited to this really sweet party the other night, i was told all the hot stars were going to show up…. which was nice to hear cause i really enjoy catching up with my celebrity friends like scott baio, the sham wow guy, lucille ball y’know my homies. but when i got there this fucking jerk was wearing the same outfit as me!! and wearing it better, i might add. ugh so i just went home and cried myself into an ice cream coma.”
on mychemicalromance.com 06/08/2009 frank’s blog
“what’s the worst thing that could happen? …..oh I’ll tell you! ok so i got invited to this really sweet party the other night, i was told all the hot stars were going to show up…. which was nice to hear cause i really enjoy catching up with my celebrity friends like scott baio, the sham wow guy, lucille ball y’know my homies. but when i got there this fucking jerk was wearing the same outfit as me!! and wearing it better, i might add. ugh so i just went home and cried myself into an ice cream coma.”
