My Chemical Romance Band • Page 391

lol

 

har har har!

:P

 

Why? Why in God's name do people like this band? I ask genuinely. I seriously do not get it

 

Wild.

 

What kind of response would genuinely satisfy your question? Not sure what you want people to say.

 

Stylistically, let's say. What draws you in ? What do you find leaves a sense of staying power when thinking of this band? Guilty pleasure?

 

Dramatic & grandiose storytelling in their songs. Great concepts for albums (The Black Parade, Danger Days). Stage presence & live energy. Fantastic music videos. Relatable lyrics, especially to those dealing with depression. The band members are relatively unproblematic compared to a lot of their counterparts in the scene. Oh yeah, and the scene which they had a huge hand in pushing into the mainstream.

 

They just wrote some very solid rock songs. Famous Last Words is one of the best-written, straight-forward rock songs I know. Gerard has a very unique voice, great stage presence, and Ray is an incredible guitarist who plays super cool and technical riffs. They put on a hell of a show. They've changed stylistically so often that they have a song that fits most people's tastes. Idk, plenty of reasons.

There's also something to be said for their story telling ability over concept albums and touring. That takes talent to pull off effectively

 

Dropping this here because it's one of my favorite things to ever watch:

 

I know plenty of people that don't like the band, but I've never heard of anyone questioning why people do. I always thought their appeal is pretty self-evident.

 

See, perfect answer. I was asking to find out what I should look for next time I see em around tv or something so I get the appeal. I promise for once in my life I want being a pric lol Thank you

 

Pardon the mobile tendency towards typos

 

What’s some of you’re favorite bands?

 

Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Clash, sex pistols, nine inch nails, Autolux, beck, dead boys, Elliott Smith, old green day, secret machines, Phoenix, velvet underground, choking victim .. would you want for me to list more? Happy to :)

 

Oh my fault I answered the gent below prior to yourself. But same sentiments, perfect answer and thank you now I know what to look for next time :)

 

hell yeah autolux

 

Drooool. Haha

 

The previous series was a sequel to the album’s story, but this one will be based on the album. I’m excited because I felt like the concept album didn’t really tell the story that well.

The Killjoys return in Gerard Way and Shaun Simon’s ‘National Anthem’ comic

 

Nice, loved the first series.

 

Never got around to reading the original series, but definitely need to now!

 

that's exciting ^

but, also the fact that IMCRD (July 23) is just around the corner!!! (I always celebrate. anyone else? lol)

 

Danger Days is still my favorite MCR album. BP is sick too but I only really listen to it around Halloween bc it’s perfect lol.

 

The fact the Brian May of Queen played a Queen song and WTTBP with them just goes to show that this band really is this generations Queen.

 

I was actually having this kind of conversation a couple weeks ago with friends. For whatever reason, I always compare them to the Smiths*. I think the bands have some (albeit superficial) similarities, and the reverence for MCR now reminds me a lot of how the Smiths were looked at about ten years ago.

*Obligatory "Fuck Morrissey."