01/05/2005 newcastle university england – open_heart_zoo on lj
Tag: my chemical romance
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11/23/2004 coffee with cojo interview with gerard for artsucks.com
11/23/2004 gerard’s interview from coffee with cojo on artsucks.com
“It’s really cool when people you know, and knew from obscurity become famous in a field you would have never guessed that they were even involved in.
Here is some back story…My freshman year of college (SVA) I became fast friends with this kid named Gerard Way. It was our "foundation year” where they lump students into “general blocks” of courses, reguardless of major. The people you are grouped with, you are stuck with, because they will be in about seventy percent of your classes your foundation year. Being that Gerard was a cartooning and illustration major with a line-art-cartoonish-comic-book style, and I had been working at Marvel Comics for the past two years; we had a lot in common. He was actually a really good cartoonist (One of the top in our class).
Well, Gerard was best friends with this guy Todd. Todd was a funny guy, but I didn’t really hang around with him. I was a DJ for our school’s radio station (WSVA) at the time and I was dating this girl Cheryl.
A few months later I broke it off with Cheryl…Time passed and somewhere along the line (I can’t remember how long exactly) Todd started seeing Cheryl. Of course that’s when Todd would want nothing to do with me (being that he was with Cheryl now), and it’s also where I lost touch with Gerard (Naturally, he being Todd’s best friend and all).
Well, I would run into Gerard in school over the years from time to time, and I remember seeing one of his cartoons printed in "THE BIG BOOK OF THE WEIRD WILD WEST" which was part of one of my favorite graphic novel series’ (THE BIG BOOK OF).
Then in 2003 sometime I ran into Gerard walking down Third Avenue right off of St. Marks Place. I hadn’t seen him in like seven years and his name slipped my mind, but I was sure it was him.
I followed him, he was going pretty fast “MARK!” I yelled to him, and he turned around. He looked at me with the expression of searching one’s memory to place a face.
“Cojo?” He said, then corrected me “It’s Gerard by the way, where did you get Mark from?”
“I don’t know, maybe St. Marks? I was just drawing a blank on your name, I’m sorry, but I knew it was you and I had to stop you, how ya been man?” I asked.
I rarely run into old classmates so I offered to buy him a cup of coffee. We were right in Cooper’s Square so we hit a Starbucks (If you’ve never been in Cooper’s Square, you will be amused to learn that there are three Starbucks Coffee shops within sight of one another…it’s really freakish).
I paid for his coffee and we shot the shit. He blew my mind telling me that he’s the lead singer for a band called “MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE” and that they just got back from touring Europe. What the fuck? A far cry from cartooning.
I told him about all the weird work I’ve been doing. It’s so rare that I actually run into someone from school who is successful and doing something they love. It was really refreshing. I took a few photos of him as we talked. I’m weird with documenting things- as if you haven’t noticed.
We left Starbucks and kept shooting the shit. Having nothing to do he decided to join me for the rest of the afternoon. We walked over to the Virgin Megastore on 14th and he pointed out the magazines his band had been spotlighted in and what music he’s into and what not.
It was funny cause he’s like: “We’re in Alternative Press all the time” and I was like, “Hey, I worked for A.P., I did stuff for the Warped Tour a few years back and actually visited their office in Cleveland!” (-author’s note: you will read about this Cleveland trip in the past updates after the site hard launches in Feb-). It was cool cause we knew the same peeps.
I showed him the magazines I was in, and turned to the pages to show him the artwork. One neat thing about being in magazines is that you have a mini portfolio of your work at any magazine shop you walk into in the country.
Well, he invited me to see his band perform at THE KNITTING FACTORY the next week. I told him I would try to make it, but I was really slammed with work so I probably wouldn’t be able to make this one, but I’d really like to do an interview with him or him and the band sometime where I could record our conversation.
Like just hang out and shoot the shit with them (cause he’s just a down to earth Jersey born kid like myself) and pitch it to magazines afterwords, accompanied by a portrait I would do of their members. He was like: “Man, I wish you had a tape recorder on you now, the stuff I’ve been saying is good shit, totally printable shit!” And he was right, I really was digging at him about what happend that got him to make the transition from art into music and was getting the “real” answers, not the way a rockstar talks to a reporter, but the way an old bud you goofed off with in drawing class and you haven’t seen in years talks to you.
I told him I’d look out for his band in the mags and if I saw something or could help em’ out I’d spotlight it or give him a buzz. He thanked me for payin’ for the Starbucks and then I caught a train uptown.
Well, September Maxim’s Blender did a whole page on MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, showcasing them as the next big thing. Then last week I was out with my girl and we walked by a magazine rack, and on the cover of AP (Alternative Press) was Gerard and his band in some serious Rigamortis style dead make-up.
“No SHIT!” I exclaimed, and picked it up. I explained to Tracy (my girlfriend) the story of how I knew this guy. That night I was flipping through the channels and I came upon MTV and what the fuck, there was a MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE video! Same day as I saw the cover! The song was catchy as hell. I couldn’t believe it. I was like: “No crap… they are gonna be huge!” Just after their song, a yellow card video started. I guess that’s their genre. I asked Ink’s brother (17 year old semi-pro skateboarder) Mikey if he knew of My Chemical Romance. He told me he’s a fan, has their albums. I asked Jain, and she was like, “Um yeah, they are actually a really popular band! They’ve been out for a while.”
So I guess this update is long overdue, and so is a congrats to Gerard. Keep kickin’ ass man! Next time you are back in town, give me a buzz.
Just another day in the life of an Art Juggernaut.
-Cojo"
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trying to plan for life changing concert:
been meaning to do this. before a major mcr event like going to a concert, I get anxious as it gets closer. I feel like I won’t be ready. I won’t be at the right place at the right time to get a good spot. I’m worried about parking and navigating a festival from a cartoon map making me late and missing one note. I cannot miss a note. oohhhh the fear.. that they could be out in the open and i’m pissing in a portapotty i stg. not an option.
- make sure to ask off work properly. I need a day before and a day after the event (if work allows)
- get your car oil changed and checking tire pressure before a big drive. or not nothing bad will happen probably but prob healthy for your car and you don’t want anything putting you out of schedule.
- festivals – analyze map and try to form a spatial understanding. it’s hard to picture it before you get there. but when you do get there, breathe and hope to see signs indicating what/where the stages are. or one of those blessed “YOU are HERE” map signs.
- getting there early and planning on waiting is what i’m doing at least. I have to feel that rail on my hand.
- recording their sweet faces.
- recording while not watching the camera because you literally can look at the real thing
- potentially (with much respect to their privacy and general comfort) meeting a band. found this on reddit and thought it was insightful
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12/09/2006 kroq almost acoustic christmas kerrang #1136
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 christmas2006 kerrang #1136
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killjoy comic contest from mychemicalromance.com 2012
killjoy comic contest template (2012)
“above, is an empty comic strip for you to complete with your very own imagined Killjoys story, featuring the characters Party Poison, Jet Star, Fun Ghoul and Kobra Kid.
Make sure to complete your comic strip by adding your own original prefix to the title – and entries that incorporate ‘Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys’ references, are sure to be judged favourably.
Coup De Main will pick our top twenty favourites… then Gerard Way’s ‘The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys’ comic book co-writer SHAUN SIMON – click HERE to read our 2010 interview with him – will select the Top Ten entries, who will each win a double-pass to our My Chemical Romance meet and greet!
To enter, please print out and mail your original Killjoys comic strip entry with the below entry form [before January 14th, 2012] to: COUP DE MAIN, 120 New North Road, Eden Terrace 1021, Auckland.”
FAQ’s:
Do I have to use the supplied template?
No – it’s supplied as a guideline, but you do have to be able to mail us a print-copy of your comic strip entry.Am I allowed to enter with a friend?
Yes you may enter as a team of two – each winning comic strip entry will be eligible for two people to attend our meet and greet event.Am I allowed to have more characters than Party Poison, Jet Star, Fun Ghoul and Kobra Kid in my comic?
Yes as many you like – but you must include all of the characters Party Poison, Jet Star, Fun Ghoul and Kobra Kid in your comic at least once each.12/22/2011 mcrhollywood.blogspot.com
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official black parade stationary sold at hot topic from mychemicalromance.com 2008
official black parade stationary sold at hot topic (2008)
hour glass paper pack 3.99
gas mask notebook and folder 6.99
hour glass pencils 2.99
hour glass pens 4.99
from my chemicalfreak.com
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07/27/2008 win a macbook air painted by gerard way
“win a macbook air painted by gerard way” (2008)
“Hot Topic is running a contest to win a MacBook Air Painted by Gerard! If you win it, you will also get everything that My Chemical Romance has ever done loaded ON the laptop! How awesome is this?!
You must be a U.S. resident to enter the contest.
CLICK HERE to enter for your chance to win!”
Credit: Mikeywayonline.net for the info!
NOTE: Hot Topics website is freaking out when you try to enter so keep trying it does eventually let you enter lol“
from my chemicalfreak.com 07/27/2008
