Frank Iero: It’s similar to what happened…I remember we were on tour once with My Chem. We stopped at a Walmart, as you do in a band in a van, you get your toiletries and whatever the fuck you need. And at that point we were really really poor. Ray Toro needed two AA batteries for some sort of shitty fucking 8-track that we had, like a traveling 4-track or something, you know what I mean? And so he went in and he opened a pack of batteries and took two batteries out, put them in his pocket, left the store, and got arrested immediately. Benny Horowitz: Oh, shit. FI: So I ran back in, I stole a fucking disposable camera, took pictures of him in the car, and then– BH: I love how your instinct in this situation is to be like Bob Woodward, and just, like, let me get this down! FI: I was the Ansel Adams of my friends getting arrested. So, not only did I steal the camera, but then I ran back and I stole the sign from the wall that said ‘Shoplifters Will Be Prosecuted.’ And then we picked him up from the fucking police station and I gave it to him as a gift. BH: Wow. That’s pretty gangster! Fi: Right? BH: That’s pretty gangster.
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