
band page from mychemicalromance.com 2006
THE ROCK World’s finest headed to the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on December 9 and 10 for a pre-Christmas mince pie and glass of eggnog in aid of the KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas festival.
It wasn’t all kicking back and enjoying the festive merriment though, as Foo Fighters – who headlined both nights-AFI, My Chemical Romance, Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Incubus, Papa Roach, Evanescence, Wolfmother and Saosin were all there to rock the Santa hats off the sold-out crowd.
Also on the bill were former Blink 182 members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker with their band +44, and their former bandmate Tom DeLonge, who was with his AVA posse. Unfortunately, the season of good will to all men didn’t inspire a kiss and make up session between the former friends. In fact, the two bands, who were playing on different days, made sure that they didn’t cross paths at all. Come on guys, where’s your Christmas spirit?
photo captions:
Two’s company: Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker stick together
“Shall I have another mince pie? Oh go on, then…” – Amy Lee
Smash ‘n’ grab: Billy Corgan (middle) joins MCR’s Black Parade"
Photos: Lisa Johnson, Wirelmage/FilmMagic
12/09/2006 kroq almost acoustic christmas
2006 kerrang #1136
pt. 1
earlycuntsets.org website sources – where I got all my mcr pictures
first of a series. due to tumblr limits on how many links you can post. this full idea will be continued on future posts. for now here’s 2002- ½ of 2007. this is pictures. will make a separate post for youtube/recordings.
been needing to fully source my website so here we go! wanted to share with other kool mcr fans.
old fansites/website appearances:
most popular – theimmortalityproject.com
mcr’s old website [2002, 2003, 2004, 2005]
magazine scan archive – mcrhollywood.blogspot.com
more mcr flyers here than anywhere – theydrewblood.blogspot.com
gerard pic/interview 2003 – artsucks.com
show pics:
(8/18/2003 & 04/28/2004 washington dc, 08/20/2004 gillette stadium foxborough ma and 06/13/2004 baltimore md) – brokenvoices
(09/13/2004 & 01/21/2005 birmingham academy) – blackvelvetmagazine.com
(rainbow montreal 01/06/2003, kool haus toronto ca 02/10/2003, salle lx montreal ca, 08/25/2003) – junkedcamera.com
(bottom of the hill sacramento ca 1/23/2003) – sacramentomusicarchive.com
I do not know this show, 2003 – idolize magazine
04/03/2004 majestic theater detroit mi – schwegweb.com
05/07/2004 bakersville ca – rocksandiego.com (kira olsson-trap)
10/13/2004 kansas city mo – grrphotography
03/11/2005 taste of chaos cobo arena detroit mi – schwegweb.com
03/13/2005 taste of chaos st louis – grrphotography
03/16/2005 td waterhouse arena orlando fl – jencray.com
03/20/2005 st paul mn – shatterthelens.com
07/16/2005 fairgrounds, salt lake city – trent nelson
08/07/2005 warped tour orlando fl – jencray.com
08/08/2005 warped tour verizon wireless lot charlotte nc – josh hofer
08/12/2005 warped tour tweeter center camden nj – musicmattersmedia.com
11/01/2005 wolverhampton civic hall, wolverhampton england – blackvelvetmagazine.com
03/17/2006 emos austin tx – brooklynvegan.com & andrewkendall
10/26/2006 webster hall ny – dontbescene.com
11/15/2006 nottingham uk – blackvelvetmagazine
1/21/2007 big day out gold coast australia – kylie keene
03/25/2007 cardiff – blackvelvetmagazine.com
07/03/2007 helsinki – deadflowerphotography
flickrs (show pics):
7/25/2003 farmingdale ny – gaelen harlacher
08/16/2003 toronto ca – allfalldownphotography
I do not know this show, 2004 – joel
01/13/2004 night and day cafe manchester uk – tony woolliscroft
04/28/2004 cotton club atlanta ga – mike white
06/15/2004 mr.smalls theater, milvale pa – scapularemix
08/20/2004 gillette stadium foxborough ma – futurebreed
10/26/2004 roseland ballroom nyc – alyssa
01/30/2005 cologne germany – johanna bocher
07/02/2005 warped tour piers, san fransisco ca – laurentertaining
07/06/2005 warped tour pampano beach fl – internetpirateradio
7/28/2005 warped tour quebec city, quebec @ the pepsi colisée parking lot – alec hartman photography
08/05/2005 warped tour st petersburg fl – todd cynic
08/10/2005 warped tour nissan pavillian va – jessica
08/13/2005 warped tour nyc ny – christine natanael
08/23/2005 underworld london uk – sammi hills & lauren siohan
09/02/2005 &09/03/2005 rock in idro milan italy – matteo galli
09/13/2005 station park providence ri – katie o’keefe
09/15/2005 columbus ohio – stacy chambers
09/20/2005 st paul mn – matt birhanzel
10/14/2005 tweeter center camden nj – kristin
03/17/2006 emos austin tx – nicole herbst & allison7821
03/19/2006 recording academy san fransisco ca – james
05/12/2006 sun god festival la jolla ca – sam litvin
08/06/2006 nyc – heather marie ryan
08/25/2006 bramham park leeds uk – dancelike.hell
10/12/2006 virgin megastore london uk – stephen kallao
10/28/2006 & 10/29/2006 voodoo festival new orleans – mandi & voodoo music
10/31/2006 house of blues hollywood ca- veronica murietta
11/09/2006 e-werk cologne germany- sabrina & himychemicalromance
11/21/2006 milano italy – rodolfo sassano
1/24/2007 brisbane austraila – conradpayton
2/04/2007 perth australia – richard giles
03/04/2007 denver co – selene locke
03/07/2007 las vegas nv – heather marie ryan & pamela zabala
03/11/2007 anaheim – scarlet lark
03/21/2007 brighton england – peter hill
04/21/2007 seattle wa – steven friederich
04/22/2007 ft lauderdale fl – heather marie ryan
04/28/2007 williamsburg va – andrew s
05/05/2007 east rutherford nj – maria newman & mimie7981
05/01/2007 toronto ca – liz lulu
05/20/2007 vancouver ca – amy sept
05/21/2007 seattle wa- ciera walters
06/08/2007 leicestershire uk – sara bowrey
06/21/2007 bilboa spain – patriciana
06/23/2007 madrid spain – juan the fly factory
06/24/2007 lisbon portugal – mario guilherme
06/30/2007 hovefestivalen tromoya norway – kim erlandsen
07/08/2007 naas ireland – james quinton
07/25/2007 seattle wa – ciera walters
livejournals:
04/04/2004 bottom lounge chicago il – mechanical_riot
05/11/2004 san francisco ca – from strawberyxlove
01/05/2005 newcastle university england – open_heart_zoo
03/06/2005 daytona ohio – xxmeansyourhxc
03/10/2005 taste of chaos cleveland – dyanna
04/07/2005 barrowland, glasgow uk – elite_cru
part 2 here
[about i’m not okay] yknow the original version is like 7 minutes long? it’s terrible. literally like a melody that carries that whole song, the chorus melody, was in the song maybe, like 15 seconds.
from fuse september 2006 – fuse released mcr’s interviews in hd
gerard wrote the intro to this graphic novel in 2006. just got a paperback copy and wanted to share my scans!
transcription:
In 1998, I took a comedy writing class at SVA in New York City. It was my senior year as a cartooning major and I had started to tie up all the loose ends of what credits I needed. Thal year i tried everything from surrealist literature to acting, I even gol to play the devil for my final exam… a part that made me realize I loved performing but that I had a problem being serious. Any part that I excelled at was way over the top or insanc.. so I decided I was funny. I figured I would try my hand at comedy writing. I wasn’t funny.
At least to everyone else in the class, save one person… That day the assignment was to take a classic work of literature and make a joke of it. I decided to take Mark Twain’s “The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn” and write a short story exactly as Mark Twain would but add one single moment where Tom, while on a raft floating down the Mississippi River, describes the summer breeze getting him excited in a certain way. No one laughed at this… except a guy wearing an Avengers T-Shirt. Not the comic book Avengers, but the classic 60’s spy show Avengers, something I took notice of that day. Over lunch break I leaned over and broke the ice with a particularly inappropriate subject to see if this guy was legit. He was.
This began a love affair between, in my opinion, the only two people in the class that were actually funny. The next few weeks saw us pushing the envelope of what would make each other laugh. There was nothing sacred, nothing we wouldn’t try to tie a punch-line on. I had never laughed so hard in my life and we became fast friends, writing for an audience of one.
Jon and I have been friends now for 9 years. We have seen each other at various stages of our lives, through numerous relationships and turmoil, and have sat up until 6am talking about zombies and Asia Argento every single time I have come off the road. He is like a brother.
All of these stories are true, and all of them have happened to all of us …Jon and Nick are just more honest about it. We have all fallen in love, we have all had people fall out of love with us, but the stories in Heartbreak paint these moments with such authenticity it makes you remember all of the glorious self-deprecation. The blood and guts and the long drive home alone… the years spent aimlessly searching for someone.
Heartbreak is a snapshot of those years. It isn’t pretty and it isn’t glamorous… but it will make you laugh- at these guys and at yourself. At the things we do to be loved, at the depths we will sink to get someone to say those three words back to us.
And that, my friends, is funny.
-Gerard Way
Seattle 2006