My Chemical Romance: 'Emo Is A Pile Of Sh-t'

My Chemical Romance have hit out at the genre of emo calling it “a pile of shit.”

Frontman Gerard Way is clearly irate with media outlets bracketing his band with the tag and decided to hit out.

Way ranted: “Basically, it's never been accurate to describe us. Emo bands were being booked while we were touring with Christian metal bands because no one would book us on tours.

“I think emo is fucking garbage, it's bullshit. I think there's bands that unfortunately we get lumped in with that are considered emo and by default that starts to make us emo.”

He finished to student website The Maine Campus: “All I can say is anyone actually listening to the records put the records next to each other and listen to them and there's actually no similarities. I think emo's a pile of shit.”

Thanks for the info to Gigwise.com.

Comments

[frailpoignance]

Haha. What...?

[kalamari]

I'd like to know who he is talking about because clearly he doesn't realise his band is so crap

WHY GOD WHY?????

You guys do NOT get to use this article as your excuse to be *******s. Sorry.

[antareus]

Dirk, you've just shattered the dreams of thousands of prepubescent males.

[Aceroth]

They're not emo anymore, but I doubt they can deny that their first album had at least a few emo songs on it. With lyrics like "I think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling," unless that's like some crazy metaphor for something, that sounds fairly emo to me...

[frailpoignance]

antareus wrote:

Dirk, you've just shattered the dreams of thousands of prepubescent males.

O RLY?

But seriously, you're right.

[IlikeMetal]

Aceroth wrote:
"I think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling,"

I believe that would be suicidal, not emo. now, if it said something like: "if you don't go to prom with me, I think i'll blow my brains against the ceiling" ten i think that could be considered emo.

[Korzack]

I was half-way tempted to just start laughing here, but... Fair dooes, I guess. Let's face it though, if he needs to start been vocal & going to the press for statements instead of letting the music do the talking... I dunno, but it doesn't exactly spell much to me.

[demonhunter2]

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

[Comeback Kiddd]

demonhunter2 wrote:

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

haha

[Shabalaba]

i think this a perfect time for "lol wut"
Mcr are emo, they just need to face it

[ibanezed]

'emo is a pile of shit'

well it takes one to know one

[Mamono]

lets just let everyone live in their own little non-emo bubbles here... theres no need to go cry and cut yourselves guys...it'll be okay.

[GeekStinkBreath]

Emo isn't shit, though it is a dead genre. The bands that were emo, back in the 90s were really great. New bands labeled as emo, although they aren't, aren't so hot, no. MCR is what emo was, or what emo has come to be. They're just a rock band.

[p4wnkkthx]

demonhunter2 wrote:

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

Indeed.

[Bozjoarmstrong]

oh come on. That is the last thing they should ever have said. Then again they might enjoy having a stab at themselves...

[Ad90]

but... they are emo?!

[742627000017]

Wow sayng that your band is a pile of shit isnt prety clever

[CJRocker]

Greatest article ever?

[Mamono]

its a shame that i actually do enjoy this band's music and such, honestly its really not about ****ing labels...its about the music. if you dont like it, dont listen to it. if you do...then listen to it. its really simple. theres not need for all this genre bashing bullshit its just ****ing music... just cuzsome people think metallica sucks (which i dont agree with) doesnt mean that a generalized statement saying "metal sucks" can be close to true...people need to stop being such bitches and just enjoy the art of music and its offshoots.

[CrazyPigeon]

It appears so. Its also quite funny that they think they're "metal".

[-Funkeh-Music-]

Ha!

742627000017 :
Wow sayng that your band is a pile of shit isnt prety clever

Agreed

[imthehitcher]

wow, can some one say ;self righteous?'


BASICALLY, where the hell does he get off, being so arrogant to dismiss a genre that really doesnt exist anymore,but was still a legitimate and pretty decent
HOWEVER the idea of emo has been waterdown and there really are few good ones left

BUT how can this idiot just say, 'their shit' which also implies that his music isnt, i think this article is misleading as that suggests that MCR are anything other than guitar pop with make up like a women,

i see adolestants wearing make up, to make a statement or whatever, but im sure when their older theyll give up on it, but this guy is how old?


this is the kinda bloke thta if he was from round my way, wud get twated

[742627000017]

Wow...sayng that your band is a pile of shit is prety stupid

[guitarspoon]

hes so up his own ass

[losing battle]

Emo or not MCR always had and always will be a "pile of shit" When the hell did we get a spell checker for comments anyway?

[Mamono]

my god people....just chill....there should honestly be like a screening system for comments cuz all this needless negativity is such a downer...just enjoy music...no need to be nasty about it.

[PastaOfMuppets]

If you want people to stop labeling your band as emo then you should just ditch those things about you that conform to the public stereotype.

[doofus41]

my chemical romance IS EMO get over it

[Hobolad]

My own opinions about emo and MCR aside- isn't this gonna annoy the fans? Don't most people who listen to MCR also listen to emo music (or "other emo music" if you class MCR as emo)?

[NemX162]

I love how everybody on this site, and basically the rest of the world likes to throw the term "emo" around inaccurately. Makes me laugh at your ignorance.

[FlamingYouth]

hahahahaha

No comment. There is simply too much hypocricy in this article for me to say anything about it. Woops, I think I just did.

[zapatista89]

errrrrm, so y you play it for years and dress like it for years

[CommanderCool6]

I used to think they were just another 'emo' band to be honest but recently i ACTUALLY LISTENED to their music,I know it's crazy but stick with me,Well i actually listened to it and the songs on it and i have to say they're latest album is pretty damn good,I can't say the same for their older stuff though,I guess thats why people are so ignorant/stubborn about the black parade.

[PastaOfMuppets]

Hobolad wrote:

My own opinions about emo and MCR aside- isn't this gonna annoy the fans? Don't most people who listen to MCR also listen to emo music (or "other emo music" if you class MCR as emo)?

Yeah but a lot of those other "emo" bands would probably object to the term too.
I have seen Fall Out Boy say similar things about wanting to distance themselves from "emo"

[rush4life]

I'm not Okaaaaay!

[blackstar5]

My chemical romance just like all the other bands out there that try to be hard are all a bunch of piece of CACA....they think they are a hard rock band but all they are is a bunch a fags with makeup and scream like idiots with no sense of real emotion or feeling to the songs.They sound retarded and their guitar technique is the weakest ever their distortion does it all for them . they are nothing special just bitches..

[lyingfromyou118]

CrazyPigeon wrote:

It appears so. Its also quite funny that they think they're "metal".

Never said that; the people who read these articles and respond really amaze me. They could see one word in an article and twist it so that they can use it to go on a rant that only makes them feel good about themselves while everyone lse thinks they're immature. If you've ever listened to the music, it's not emo, it's just rock. There's nothing about killing yourself over a breakup; I mean sure, they probably have a couple softer songs but, realize the fact that they're not emo, you can still dislike them, but he doesn't wanna be lumped into that, fair enough.

imthehitcher wrote:

wow, can some one say ;self righteous?'


BASICALLY, where the hell does he get off, being so arrogant to dismiss a genre that really doesnt exist anymore,but was still a legitimate and pretty decent
HOWEVER the idea of emo has been waterdown and there really are few good ones left

BUT how can this idiot just say, 'their shit' which also implies that his music isnt, i think this article is misleading as that suggests that MCR are anything other than guitar pop with make up like a women,

i see adolestants wearing make up, to make a statement or whatever, but im sure when their older theyll give up on it, but this guy is how old?


this is the kinda bloke thta if he was from round my way, wud get twated

Not only did it pain my eyes to try to decipher this, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't wear makeup all the time, it's a stage and public appearance thing, just like KISS and a ton of 80's metal bands.

[toddos84]

Has ANY band ever said "Yep, we are an emo band", since it generally became a derogatory term?

[Lunartick]

Hahaha, the funny thing is, most of the second wave emo bands are far better than MCR will ever be.

[chris_kedro]

sounds like "The Pot Calling The Kettle Black"

[Guitar Newbie]

ROFLMAO!!!
This comes in a bitter-sweet way.
Sweet Part: Emo is shit
Bitter: They decided emo wasn't cool anymore, and they've changed!
Talk about hypocracy...

losing battle wrote:

Emo or not MCR always had and always will be a "pile of shit" When the hell did we get a spell checker for comments anyway?

Did you just start using Firefox? It has a spell check built in, whereas IE doesn't.

Checked.

[2mins2midnite]

i think hes just tired of people calling the band and him emos, therefore they r getin a bad repetation
and every1 knows emo stuff is shit so hes jsut sucking up 2 the haters of MCR to get better publicity

[lyingfromyou118]

blackstar5 wrote:

My chemical romance just like all the other bands out there that try to be hard are all a bunch of piece of CACA....they think they are a hard rock band but all they are is a bunch a fags with makeup and scream like idiots with no sense of real emotion or feeling to the songs.They sound retarded and their guitar technique is the weakest ever their distortion does it all for them . they are nothing special just bitches..

That's probably one of the most ignorant statements thus far. They're not trying to be "hard", never said they were. I also don't remember when sexual orientation came into the discussion of music either. And finally, you clearly haven't listened to enough of their music to realize it's not all distorted power chords.

[Styx]

Well i agree with MCR emo is sh!t, but even if they're not emo that dosn't save them from been more of the same sh!t that all the new bands are coming with... nothing new or outstanding.

[crash 2.0]

Emo does not suck. You guys are just too in tuned with the media that you actually believe poppy bands like red jumpsuit apparatus and Fall out boy are emo. Theyre not. Emo is Sunny day real estate, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids, Christie Front Drive, & Rites of Spring. And besides, I personally think its arguable that MCRs first album was actually pretty Post-Hardcore. It sounds like it, Its written like it, it even has some of the screaming. So why label it emo if they have no sound of emo whatsoever? I say..Fuck the media for what its worth cause all they wanna do is take something small and make it problematic

[break-me-in]

imthehitcher wrote:

BASICALLY, where the hell does he get off, being so arrogant to dismiss a genre that really doesnt exist anymore,but was still a legitimate and pretty decent
HOWEVER the idea of emo has been waterdown and there really are few good ones left

BUT how can this idiot just say, 'their shit' which also implies that his music isnt, i think this article is misleading as that suggests that MCR are anything other than guitar pop with make up like a women,

i see adolestants wearing make up, to make a statement or whatever, but im sure when their older theyll give up on it, but this guy is how old?

He's insulting the new Emo tag which the media uses to describe everything from HIM to Fall Out Boy. He's saying it's not a real genre.

As for old emo (hardcore offshoot), he doesn't even bring that into it. Also, you're a hypocrite for saying he shouldn't be allowed to slate bands then calling his band sh!t.

And if you want to discuss men in bands wearing makeup then I guess we'd better assume Green Day, Nirvana, Keith Richards, the Killers, and who knows how many other bands suck for wearing makeup too.

[devinbryndel]

the band is a pile of shit! real emo music isnt even main stream to listen to anyways! just wait for 10 more years when My Chem is on Vh1 Complaining about how they r old and tired of playing muisic!

**** my chem and mr. way!

[Bearcat510]

I think we have to give MCR some credit here, i mean step one is admiting you suck, now step two is to do something about it, which i'm guessing they won't. I guess he wrote this because he finally realized he was to old to keep crying about typical emo stuff, and had to find something else to whine about. Whats even more funny is Gerard Way probably wrote that rant dressed in all black, with eyeliner and make up on.

[no mercy]

Gerard Way had better take a look in the mirror before he speaks.

[break-me-in]

Hobolad wrote:

My own opinions about emo and MCR aside- isn't this gonna annoy the fans? Don't most people who listen to MCR also listen to emo music (or "other emo music" if you class MCR as emo)?

I listen to MCR and I call them pop-punk/rock. And I don't listen to any other "new wave of emo" bands. I like a few of the old hardcore emo bands though.

[bine]

OK, so where are the votes and voices of people like me who like this music, and don't care what its called. I class myself as emo because its just damn easier than saying "I like rock music of most sorts, wear alot of balck and am normally quite depressed" A genre is a point of view, simmilar to how speed is infcat relative to the speed that it is being observed from. (Yes Einstein's theory of relativity, read a breifer history of time by Stephen Hawkins it has some good stuff on this subject)
But really this article confuzzles me, they seem to be doing it for attention, ah well what ever they get off to.

[MUHAHAHA]

wow
i never realized how stupid people are until now

[lyingfromyou118]

break-me-in wrote:

Hobolad wrote:

My own opinions about emo and MCR aside- isn't this gonna annoy the fans? Don't most people who listen to MCR also listen to emo music (or "other emo music" if you class MCR as emo)?


I listen to MCR and I call them pop-punk/rock. And I don't listen to any other "new wave of emo" bands. I like a few of the old hardcore emo bands though.

Exactly, they really don't have any elements of real emo in their music anywhere, and I mean, let's face it, there aren't many bands that sound like this, it's kind of pop-punk/rock with a dark edge to it.

[Maverick49]

chris_kedro wrote:

sounds like "The Pot Calling The Kettle Black"

You took the words right out of my mouth! I remember when the singer from The Killers said he hated emo a while back, despite the fact that The Killers are, for all intents and purposes, an emo band. What next? Metallica saying they hate metal? Kanye West berating the genre of rap music? AC/DC dissing classic rock? Absolutely ridiculous, it shows what an egotistical moron Mr. Way really is...

[caucasian_ninja]

They have a song called "I'm not OK (I promise)."

'nuff said.

I kind of like that "teenagers" song though. It has a good beat to it.

[in*limbo]

MCR! ther music is more metal. its the lyrics man. i mean you cant go round writing songs with lyrics lyk in im not okey and dead n stuff and not expect to be labelled emo. im a fan yea (dont go hating me!) but they are emo.

[742627000017]

break-me-in wrote:

imthehitcher wrote:

BASICALLY, where the hell does he get off, being so arrogant to dismiss a genre that really doesnt exist anymore,but was still a legitimate and pretty decent
HOWEVER the idea of emo has been waterdown and there really are few good ones left

BUT how can this idiot just say, 'their shit' which also implies that his music isnt, i think this article is misleading as that suggests that MCR are anything other than guitar pop with make up like a women,

i see adolestants wearing make up, to make a statement or whatever, but im sure when their older theyll give up on it, but this guy is how old?



He's insulting the new Emo tag which the media uses to describe everything from HIM to Fall Out Boy. He's saying it's not a real genre.

As for old emo (hardcore offshoot), he doesn't even bring that into it. Also, you're a hypocrite for saying he shouldn't be allowed to slate bands then calling his band sh!t.

And if you want to discuss men in bands wearing makeup then I guess we'd better assume Green Day, Nirvana, Keith Richards, the Killers, and who knows how many other bands suck for wearing makeup too.

Who in Nirvana wore makeup???!

[crash 2.0]

lyingfromyou118 wrote:

crash 2.0 wrote:

Emo does not suck. You guys are just too in tuned with the media that you actually believe poppy bands like red jumpsuit apparatus and Fall out boy are emo. Theyre not. Emo is Sunny day real estate, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids, Christie Front Drive, & Rites of Spring. And besides, I personally think its arguable that MCRs first album was actually pretty Post-Hardcore. It sounds like it, Its written like it, it even has some of the screaming. So why label it emo if they have no sound of emo whatsoever? I say..Fuck the media for what its worth cause all they wanna do is take something small and make it problematic

Applause for you friend. P.S., blackstar, shut up and stop attacking people on a personal level, there's no reason for that or to bring in sexual orientation... again...

Gracias. I just hate it when people mislabel things off a horrible level. I mean, does it take that much time to just study somethin a little? Like honestly

[SlashNX]

Im sorr but fuump on a bandwagon u ve to accept thelae given to u!

[flambe chicken]

i really don't care if they label themselves emo, or even are emo, btu to slam an entire genre makes me think that he deserves all the shit he gets anyway.

[crash 2.0]

in*limbo wrote:

MCR! ther music is more metal. its the lyrics man. i mean you cant go round writing songs with lyrics lyk in im not okey and dead n stuff and not expect to be labelled emo. im a fan yea (dont go hating me!) but they are emo.

Hey bro, Im a fan too sorta. Like, Im into their old stuff and there is NOOOO way mcr is emo. emo isnt just the lyrics. Its the sound that counts and "Im Not Okay (I Promise)" isnt emo. The song is more of a rock song with a punk driven style. I mean, listen to the solo. How many emo bands have a hard rock/ classic rock-like solo, if any solo at all? I mean, that should cancel the whole fact that its emo.

[Bizzarosanta2]

meh if anyone thinks MCR is emo they need to listen to real emo, from the 90s. And as far as pop bands go, MCR isn't so bad.


Hey, could be Avril.

[GCT]

CJRocker wrote:

Greatest article ever?

BEST POST IN THIS PAGE.

[Brit_Rock]

Bozjoarmstrong wrote:
Then again they might enjoy having a stab at themselves...

hahaha so ironic

[blackstar5]

ok here is somehting that is gona get some of you professional critics irate....the best real "emo" bands ever are nirvana,smashing pumpkins and radiohead(pablo honey). WHAT IS EMO ANYWAY????? all music has emotion but i think that the real emo music is the one that makes you feel every note from the song connected to the lyric. not just some what power chord and a scream....Listen to something in the way....that gives you chills down your spine...listen to creep and the genious singing talent of thom yorke....he dosent have to scream like an idiot to make his point across he just hits the note and makes you feel wet.....that is REAL EMO>>>>> some come at me haters....

[sebbsmith]

Finally, now maybe people will stop calling them emo.

Gay? Wow, I didn't know 7 year olds used UG.

[Captain Cool]

Emo bands are just one of the many bands that MCR rip off. They may think they are the ebst band on the planet (and im pretty sure they do), but they take themselves way too seriously and Id sooner listen to Emo 9which i hate) any day than MCR, and encourage them any further.

[Infuscos]

Methinks MCR just lost alot of fans by saying that lol

[Sick_Boy]

I wish he'd actually explain WHY he thinks emo is shite.

[dimebagisgr8]

i wouldn' cal them emo, i wouldn't call them a metal band, i don't think they ae punk so what the hell are they besides crap??

[sowhat360]

blackstar5 wrote:

ok here is somehting that is gona get some of you professional critics irate....the best real "emo" bands ever are nirvana,smashing pumpkins and radiohead(pablo honey). WHAT IS EMO ANYWAY????? all music has emotion but i think that the real emo music is the one that makes you feel every note from the song connected to the lyric. not just some what power chord and a scream....Listen to something in the way....that gives you chills down your spine...listen to creep and the genious singing talent of thom yorke....he dosent have to scream like an idiot to make his point across he just hits the note and makes you feel wet.....that is REAL EMO>>>>> some come at me haters....

i'm not going to rant here but have you ever heard of grunge?

[Sins Solace]

blackstar5 wrote:

NemX162 :
I love how everybody on this site, and basically the rest of the world likes to throw the term "emo" around inaccurately. Makes me laugh at your ignorance.

DID U GUYS LOOK AT THIS ONE!!!
apparently this fag is a professional critic i think he is emo to and likes it up the a$$

Blackstar5, aside from you having the SN of a 7 year olds fantasy (and you call others fags?), Nemx was right, if you've ever listened to MCR most of their songs are slapstick comedy, a few with some ok meaning, but the only one I can think of as being "emo" would be "Helena", but then again if you classify anything with meaning "emo" I guess you're going to have to start calling the classics "emo", what next? Are you gonna say Metallica is "emo" for "Unforgiven"? Bob Seager and The Silver Bullet Band is "emo" for "Turn the Page"? Seriously people grow up and stop being stereotypical drama queens.

[sebbsmith]

blackstar5 wrote:

ok here is somehting that is gona get some of you professional critics irate....the best real "emo" bands ever are nirvana,smashing pumpkins and radiohead(pablo honey). WHAT IS EMO ANYWAY????? all music has emotion but i think that the real emo music is the one that makes you feel every note from the song connected to the lyric. not just some what power chord and a scream....Listen to something in the way....that gives you chills down your spine...listen to creep and the genious singing talent of thom yorke....he dosent have to scream like an idiot to make his point across he just hits the note and makes you feel wet.....that is REAL EMO>>>>> some come at me haters....

That's because Emo doesn't mean emotional.
Emo was a music genre spawned from hardcore punk which consists of bands such as Rites of spring, Sunny day real estate and Embrace.
Emo means Emotive Hardcore.

[DR_SH]

A few months ago I would have been the 1st to start bashing MCR, but after ACTUALLY listening to them there not as bad as there made out to be. This is old news they said there not Emo any more when the realised the black parried last year. Ok I won't say that they don't have emotional lyrics because they quite clearly do but that's where the media comes in and throws in the word EMO. REM have emotional lyrics Snow patrol and a load of other bands I could think of but does that make them emo? Ok Gerard doesn't scream his lungs out ,his brother might only play root notes and the guitarists don't have 2 hour long shred duels half way through all of their songs but does that really matter? people really should stop being so close minded and labeling anything they don't personally like as shit!. If you don't like them nobody is forcing you to listen to them.

[Maverick49]

crash 2.0 wrote:

in*limbo wrote:

MCR! ther music is more metal. its the lyrics man. i mean you cant go round writing songs with lyrics lyk in im not okey and dead n stuff and not expect to be labelled emo. im a fan yea (dont go hating me!) but they are emo.
Hey bro, Im a fan too sorta. Like, Im into their old stuff and there is NOOOO way mcr is emo. emo isnt just the lyrics. Its the sound that counts and "Im Not Okay (I Promise)" isnt emo. The song is more of a rock song with a punk driven style. I mean, listen to the solo. How many emo bands have a hard rock/ classic rock-like solo, if any solo at all? I mean, that should cancel the whole fact that its emo.

By that same argument, Rage Against The Machine should be immediately relabelled as hip-hop because Tom morello does a turntable scratching solo on his guitar on Bulls On Parade. Fool. MCR are emo. End of argument.

[Lunartick]

blackstar5 wrote:

ok here is somehting that is gona get some of you professional critics irate....the best real "emo" bands ever are nirvana,smashing pumpkins and radiohead(pablo honey). WHAT IS EMO ANYWAY????? all music has emotion but i think that the real emo music is the one that makes you feel every note from the song connected to the lyric. not just some what power chord and a scream....Listen to something in the way....that gives you chills down your spine...listen to creep and the genious singing talent of thom yorke....he dosent have to scream like an idiot to make his point across he just hits the note and makes you feel wet.....that is REAL EMO>>>>> some come at me haters....

As much as I love all of the bands you just mentioned, you have no idea what you're talking about.

...emo stems from the emocore movement, which is basically Rites of Spring and Embrace. Then, Sunny Day Real Estate rolled around and the second wave of emo began. Even though the music is basically different, it got the same tag (sort of like the difference between 1st wave and 3rd wave ska bands). Emo isn't just short for emotional like some retards say; it's an actual genre that is overused as a label. It's unfortunate really; a lot of the real emo bands have actual merit.

[FlamingYouth]

flambe chicken wrote:

i really don't care if they label themselves emo, or even are emo, but to slam an entire genre makes me think that he deserves all the shit he gets anyway.

TRUE DAT!

[sebbsmith]

Lunartick wrote:

Emo isn't just short for emotional like some retards say; it's an actual genre that is overused as a label. It's unfortunate really; a lot of the real emo bands have actual merit.

Finally, someone who isn't an idiot. Thank you. +1

[crash 2.0]

blackstar5 wrote:

ok here is somehting that is gona get some of you professional critics irate....the best real "emo" bands ever are nirvana,smashing pumpkins and radiohead(pablo honey). WHAT IS EMO ANYWAY????? all music has emotion but i think that the real emo music is the one that makes you feel every note from the song connected to the lyric. not just some what power chord and a scream....Listen to something in the way....that gives you chills down your spine...listen to creep and the genious singing talent of thom yorke....he dosent have to scream like an idiot to make his point across he just hits the note and makes you feel wet.....that is REAL EMO>>>>> some come at me haters....

Hold on, now. Im no hater but I kinda disagree. I do infact agree with the whole not having to scream. But emo isnt just for any song that is emotional or can send chills down your spine. You can be calling some old classic rock bands with that statement and not know it. Emo is emotional music but its in a certain way. Nirvana is grunge, smashing pumpkins is grunge/alternative, as radiohead is just alternative with some art rock feelings. Knapsack is emo. Theres a really big diff. Calling emotional clever songs emo is kind of weird to me. Prolly more then half the modern rock songs ever written were written with emotion. Emo has a certain style just like grunge and alternative bands. Theyre all different.

[Lord-Hypnos]

After reading this I think MCR deserve all the crap people give them

[betheseppo]

MCR is so scared because RAGE is back in business!

[Macabre_Turtle]

CrazyPigeon wrote:

It appears so. Its also quite funny that they think they're "metal".

That's definitely not what they said, dude. They've never claimed to be more than a rock band.

[Metal_Rich]

I'm glad they know they aren't 'real' emo. Nothings worse than more Blink 182's calling themselves 'punk'.

[kaptink]

Lunartick wrote:

blackstar5 wrote:

ok here is somehting that is gona get some of you professional critics irate....the best real "emo" bands ever are nirvana,smashing pumpkins and radiohead(pablo honey).

I lol'd you' name three bands completely un-emo and without much in common.

MCR is a pop band anyway and frankly just because they can sell millions of records to teenage girls it doesn't give them the right to piss over a sub-genre like Emo.

[Emocrusher]

MCR, not emo? Right, and Mike Tyson isn't black.

[tilleking]

sebbsmith wrote:

Lunartick wrote:

Emo isn't just short for emotional like some retards say; it's an actual genre that is overused as a label. It's unfortunate really; a lot of the real emo bands have actual merit.

Finally, someone who isn't an idiot. Thank you. +1

Also agreed.

I can't believe how many immature people there are on Ultimate Guitar. I ain't too keen on them, but I can still step back and actually look at how popular they are worldwide.

[crash 2.0]

Metal_Rich wrote:

I'm glad they know they aren't 'real' emo. Nothings worse than more Blink 182's calling themselves 'punk'.

Hahahahhahahhahahah That was actually funny xD

[lyingfromyou118]

Maverick49 wrote:

crash 2.0 wrote:

in*limbo wrote:

MCR! ther music is more metal. its the lyrics man. i mean you cant go round writing songs with lyrics lyk in im not okey and dead n stuff and not expect to be labelled emo. im a fan yea (dont go hating me!) but they are emo.
Hey bro, Im a fan too sorta. Like, Im into their old stuff and there is NOOOO way mcr is emo. emo isnt just the lyrics. Its the sound that counts and "Im Not Okay (I Promise)" isnt emo. The song is more of a rock song with a punk driven style. I mean, listen to the solo. How many emo bands have a hard rock/ classic rock-like solo, if any solo at all? I mean, that should cancel the whole fact that its emo.


By that same argument, Rage Against The Machine should be immediately relabelled as hip-hop because Tom morello does a turntable scratching solo on his guitar on Bulls On Parade. Fool. MCR are emo. End of argument.

You're the fool sir, you're argument is inversely invalid. What he said was, they WEREN'T emo because they had elements of classic rock and hard rock; you're saying RATM IS hip-hop because they have hip-hop elements. These are two very different things. Not that I think they're metal, but they're rock, they have many different elements of many different genres, which makes them so diverse and makes me like them, but they really don't have much to do with what real emo is.

P.S. Gerard Way is just doing what so many people on here are doing, voicing their opinion on music! Granted, it was immaturely, but so is most of the criticism done on UG.

[lukeedelston]

Well he just shot his own band in the foot there! What he has said could only possibly give MCR bad press. What a dick. Does he think we are all going to realise that his band is actually not emo just coz he says so? Nope. They are the best example of emo i can think of really, sorry Gerard....

[El_Bozo]

Haha...
All i can say is (in booming voice) PWNED!!!
And if readers are intelligent, they'll know to who i'm refering to.
Take THAT!!

[AdemaOnYourHead]

Wow MCR, for not being emo, you sure are whining like an emo.

[Macabre_Turtle]

leeprechaun wrote:

“I think emo is ****ing garbage, it's bullshit. I think there's bands that unfortunately we get lumped in with that are considered emo and by default that starts to make us emo.”

how are mcr any diffrent to any other 'emo band'? they're definitley no better

The fact that they're not emo makes them different from every other emo band.

All you guys in hear ranting about how emo they are, your really unnaturally immature. Sure they may have a few depressing, not-so-positive songs, but so does **** Black Sabbath. Does Paranoid make Sabbath an emo band?

[blackcatz]

Can someone please give me a valid definition for "EMO" ??

[lyingfromyou118]

lukeedelston wrote:

Well he just shot his own band in the foot there! What he has said could only possibly give MCR bad press. What a dick. Does he think we are all going to realise that his band is actually not emo just coz he says so? Nope. They are the best example of emo i can think of really, sorry Gerard....

Emocrusher wrote:

MCR, not emo? Right, and Mike Tyson isn't black.

Doesn't get much more ignorant than that, you have no idea what real emo is, and race is no issue here...

[-SpasticInk-]

yep i can solve everyones problems

MCR are Nu-Emo (H)

arguments solved

[willy_99]

yeah. they are pretty much emo

[incockgnito]

Gerard Way from MCR: emo is a pile of s**t
Angus Young from AC/DC: rock is just crap
Yngwie Malmsteen: shred is for p***es
Kurt Cobain: grunge is dead
Eric Clapton: I was never a bluesman
Zakk Wylde: Heavy, guitar music suckz ballz, da hiphhop is da best!

[crash 2.0]

lukeedelston wrote:

Well he just shot his own band in the foot there! What he has said could only possibly give MCR bad press. What a dick. Does he think we are all going to realise that his band is actually not emo just coz he says so? Nope. They are the best example of emo i can think of really, sorry Gerard....

Do you not read the comments above you? Mcr is not emo for the last time. I mean Im no one to say we cant have personal opinions but shouldnt that come handy when someone is talking about if a band sucks or not? Musical genres are just another thing where everyone should just agree on something

[rlp11]

dimebagisgr8 wrote:

i wouldn' cal them emo, i wouldn't call them a metal band, i don't think they ae punk so what the hell are they besides crap??

agree..!

[The Man Himself]

"If you were here I'd never have a fear.
So go on live your life.
But I miss you more than I did yesterday." -(Give em Hell Kid). I don't think it really matters what genre it is, it still sucks and whether he calls emo shit 50 times or calls it the greatest shit ever I still don't like them, their songs are written for the chorus so its more catchy and they whine to media about what people label them, c'mon now.

[Serjem]

ahahahaah xD

[sam b]

LOL!

[Toilets]

Just when I thought I'd worked out what genre is what, here comes this.

[duke_lion]

Heyy, Sunny Day Real Estate isn't shit!!

So f*ck MCR!

[crash 2.0]

duke_lion wrote:

Heyy, Sunny Day Real Estate isn't shit!!

So f*ck MCR!

Thank you! Thats my fav band actually! =D

[LegsOnEarth]

hypocrites. cant they just shut up be pigeonholed?

[savingthursday]

Wow it's nice to hear a popular "emo" band claim their not emo. To many bands are placed in that genre these days, Know why? Because when emo hit the mainstream not enough people knew what it meant so they redifined the word. Now the whole genre is chaotic.

[JesusSlap]

742627000017 wrote:

Wow sayng that your band is a pile of shit isnt prety clever

+100000

[blackcatz]

Okay... WHAT THE FUCK is Emo?

[GeetarsAreRock]

Categorizing all crappy music as "emo" is unfair... why not just say that most contemporary teen mainstream rock sucks?

[ghostofhendrix]

Although I don't like Gerard Way...no wait thats an understatement I'll start again... Although I think Gerard Way is a twat with his head shoved up his own ass who sold out his band and then thought it'd be smart to call emo sh*t wen he is in fact one of the biggest trend setters 4 all the emo scene kids, i think people are missing the point. We should'nt bash them, we should welcome them into our worldwide clan of rock music and kick all the RnB and hip hop peoples asses! Not that a bunch of emos wud be much help but...the more the merrier! lol

[ChikiChikiwa]

Read about 1/5'th of the comments on this and most are just saying mcr are shit.

but the 1 or 2 comments ARE right.. they're not emo anymore.. just rock. imo anyway..

just people like somthing to hate, and so they have a reason as 'legsOnEarth' said "cant they just shut up and be pigeonholded" (s.p lol!) no they wont because that pigeon hole is giving people a reason to shout abuse+ derogatory comments at them

(and no im not an mcr fan before you say 'haha, mcr lover'..)

[tim311mahoney]

They are just and absolutely AWFUL band. The black parade is a joke and i'm sick of people calling that album a "rock opera". Green Day's last album was only a rock opera because the media dubbed it that. Lets keep in mind that there is nothing good that can come of anything related to opera.

[ghostofhendrix]

tim311mahoney wrote:

They are just and absolutely AWFUL band. The black parade is a joke and i'm sick of people calling that album a "rock opera". Green Day's last album was only a rock opera because the media dubbed it that. Lets keep in mind that there is nothing good that can come of anything related to opera.

...Except Queen of course lol

[forwhomthebells]

same as above

[billiethesquid]

So wait, MCR aren't emo... so then what IS emo? I wish Gerard had told me what to put his CD next to. MCR are agressive, emotional, harder faster punk. I thought that was what Emo was. I dont get this, nobody wants to be called emo, I'm wondering what it even is anymore. Although I guess Hawthorne Heights list themselves as Emo on their Myspace. They rock. And they're not too dissimilar to MCR, am I right folks?

[7DaySkeptic]

Bozjoarmstrong wrote:

oh come on. That is the last thing they should ever have said. Then again they might enjoy having a stab at themselves...

I see what you did there...

[killswitchCurse]

lmfao oh man i cant stop laughing at this, its just too good to be true lol see both MCR and The Used were pretty EMO when they started out, i give them props now they grown outta that shit, i never thought that i'd hear those words coming out of Gerard lol *bows down*

[these_crimes]

I have a stupid question for all the MCR haters...If you hate them that much, then why did you bother to click on the new update? Don't you think it's a bit child-ish?

[James116]

MCR has never been emo, you get the impression he's just sick of continually being branded with the same iron that so many of the newer emo bands are being branded with, when from the sounds of it MCR and emo bands don't really get along. I don't think he's referring to, or even that wise about original emo, e.g. Sunny Day Real Estate etc. Given the influences they list, its not the sort of thing they listen to.

And to all the people 'rofling' because he's just insulted so many of their fans, I think that says a lot about MCR's prioritys. Sounds to me like he'd rather use his position to voice problems and issues with the music world and be hated for it than just suck up to potential consumers and make more money. Guys like Corey Taylor do exactly the same. But he's hard, so no-one ****s with Corey.

MCR were never ever emo, if you think they suck, thats fine, but not all crap bands are emo (hard to believe I'm sure!!) :p

Checked.

[Bassdude101]

denial is the first step before acceptance, although i actually quite like them

[Bassdude101]

i also think people need to change their definition of emo. 10-15 years ago it was Sunny Day Real Estate... but now its My Chem, The Used etc

[Yngwi3]

crash 2.0 wrote:

Emo does not suck. You guys are just too in tuned with the media that you actually believe poppy bands like red jumpsuit apparatus and Fall out boy are emo. Theyre not. Emo is Sunny day real estate, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids, Christie Front Drive, & Rites of Spring. And besides, I personally think its arguable that MCRs first album was actually pretty Post-Hardcore. It sounds like it, Its written like it, it even has some of the screaming. So why label it emo if they have no sound of emo whatsoever? I say..Fuck the media for what its worth cause all they wanna do is take something small and make it problematic

This guy knows what he's on about.
MCR are not emo and hever have been

[Bloody Headache]

Well they've just gone and lost the only fans they ever had.

[lessthandylan]

demonhunter2 wrote:

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

lmfao. so true.

[tiltmode2]

“Basically, it's never been accurate to describe us. Emo bands were being booked while we were touring with Christian metal bands because no one would book us on tours."

that is what this kid said. Maybe he doesnt realize that the reason he wasnt getting booked was because his band sucks

[dieloony2]

when i think emo i think kids from the suburbs, two toned hair, retro and goth clothes, myspace, people taking pictures of themselves in the bathroom, and black red and white color schemes. and when i think of emo music no band comes to mind sooner then my chemical romance..they are the poster boys.

blackcatz wrote:
Can someone please give me a valid definition for "EMO" ??

Most music is emotional. But Emo is more a term for people and anyone whos sucked into that fad. Emo bands are emo dudes who sing about what regular emo kids complain about all day. It's just music that goes along with the fad, u can figure it out, its not that deep.

[Wheel]

Shabalaba wrote:

i think this a perfect time for "lol wut"
Mcr are emo, they just need to face it

how are they emo? explain to me how their emo.

[LosVatos88]

lessthandylan wrote:

demonhunter2 wrote:

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

lmfao. so true.

i also agree with that lol

[Aceroth]

imthehitcher wrote:

wow, can some one say ;self righteous?'


BASICALLY, where the hell does he get off, being so arrogant to dismiss a genre that really doesnt exist anymore,but was still a legitimate and pretty decent
HOWEVER the idea of emo has been waterdown and there really are few good ones left

BUT how can this idiot just say, 'their shit' which also implies that his music isnt, i think this article is misleading as that suggests that MCR are anything other than guitar pop with make up like a women,

i see adolestants wearing make up, to make a statement or whatever, but im sure when their older theyll give up on it, but this guy is how old?


this is the kinda bloke thta if he was from round my way, wud get twated

I suppose round your way they don't got none o' them thar grammars, huh?

[Rodders]

Emo is great. MCR is not Emo.

[Led Head]

lmao MCR just classified themselves as shit lmao, how in their right mind can they think songs like "Welcome to the Black Parade" arent emo...although they are emo so they arent in their right mind lmao

[Draken]

That's very ironic really as they are considered the poster boys of modern emo.

[samerika]

wow this is different, ok.....good but weird article.

[di4gram]

lol look at them trying to be hard rockers.

[StueyALBB]

MCR are a perfect example of the badly branded 'Emo scene'. The tabloid filth brand. True Emo is how Jimmy Eat World was a few years back, or how Taking Back Sunday are. They aren't Suicidal, slightly whiney songs

It's exactly the same as what tabloids did to punk rock in the 70's. A few people dressed slightly weirdly and the tabloids exaggerated it, next thing you know you have a stereotypical punk. Now you have all the tabloid reading sheep kids intentionally becoming camp, putting on a bad hairstyle and crying and whining about problems that don't even exist

[liss6565]

isnt it a bit emo for them to say that emo is shit?

maybe i jst know a differen bunch of emos to evryone else?

[Aceroth]

742627000017 wrote:

Wow sayng that your band is a pile of shit isnt prety clever

here we go with them grammars again...

Furthermore, I never did get why people who dislike a given band feel the need to read the articles about them and post a bunch of immature netspeak about "lol emo fags rofl" and the like. But I suppose if that makes you happy, then have at.

[Winsbury]

wow... i knew they were crap but jesus... they're stupid as well... jet black hair... first single named "Im not okay"... those lame ass costume things... id say theyre emo...

[blackcatz]

so "emo music" is nothing but deeply emotional music? Why is that so bad?
Flowers need the rain, poets need the pain.

Check.

[schecter006]

theyre emo. period.

[MX4Life]

Hypocrite.

[Dead_End]

hah, i knew they werent really made into an emo genre (although they did have some emo songs) but i'd rather them be called emo than punk, i hate people saying bands like MCR, paramore, greenday, etc. are punk =/ although greenday used to be awesome when they first started ^_^

[MX4Life]

I just saw, haha, he's whining in the article that he didn't get book to play with other emo bands. Poor guy. Maybe he'll go blow his brains out on the ceiling, or whatever those lyrics were. Calling emo bad + whining about not booking with emo bands = hypocrite.

[Aceroth]

Winsbury wrote:

wow... i knew they were crap but jesus... they're stupid as well... jet black hair... first single named "Im not okay"... those lame ass costume things... id say theyre emo...

Actually, their first single was "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For the Two of Us," which is about his former girlfriend who was apparently very controlling. The next three were as follows: "Vampires Will Never Hurt You," which is a metaphorical song about people in society who use others for profit with no regard to the person they're using; "Headfirst for Halos," a song about resisting suicide; and "Our Lady of Sorrows," which is about standing up for and supporting your friends. THEN came the singles from Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. "I'm Not Okay," is the second single off of that album, and it's about Gerard's high school life.

I'm kind of a dick when it comes to correcting people, so I appologize...

[Krisp]

They are indeed emo.

[soccermom]

I don't see why he cares, so people think he is emo, he has a shitload of money to comfort him.

[Nightfyre]

you could ALMOST say black parade is devoid of "emo"... but it's not, they're still "emo". and by that i mean emopunk or emopop or whatever you call it... not true emo music. true emo isn't all that bad on the whole, but it's gotten a bad rap because the media calls bands like fob, aar and mcr emo.
and gerard was laughably hypocritical there. they're darker than many emopop bands, but still emopop with some alt rock thrown in.

[Nightfyre]

blackcatz wrote:

so "emo music" is nothing but deeply emotional music? Why is that so bad?
Flowers need the rain, poets need the pain.

poets need the pain? what?

Yngwi3 wrote:

crash 2.0 wrote:

Emo does not suck. You guys are just too in tuned with the media that you actually believe poppy bands like red jumpsuit apparatus and Fall out boy are emo. Theyre not. Emo is Sunny day real estate, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids, Christie Front Drive, & Rites of Spring. And besides, I personally think its arguable that MCRs first album was actually pretty Post-Hardcore. It sounds like it, Its written like it, it even has some of the screaming. So why label it emo if they have no sound of emo whatsoever? I say..Fuck the media for what its worth cause all they wanna do is take something small and make it problematic


This guy knows what he's on about.
MCR are not emo and hever have been

got it in one! like i said, the media's screwed emo over and made everyone think these emopop bands are what emo really is. sad.

[7_seven_7]

Personally I think UG just posted this one so everyone can have a bash at the so called "emo" bands. If you think they're emo you don't know your music.

Do your research before you go rattling off bullshit like "OMGZ THEY'RE SEW EMO!11!!". Emotive hardcore.. i believe is what emo is short for.. not emotional. That being said, as some of you have already mentioned, the true emo bands aren't around anymore. MCR is just pop that's been lumped into the emo category.

I SO can't wait til this whole emo phase is over. This isn't even news.. come on UG.. surely there's something a tad more interesting to post here. The only reason this article has 150+ posts is cos it's ****ing MCR.. pretty much no other band would get this much attention on this site.

[Nor'Easterbass]

wow...won't even read through to see how many ppl got themselves banned on this comment board. All i have to say is queue the "LOL WUT?" pair at this one.

[7_seven_7]

Nightfyre wrote:

blackcatz wrote:

so "emo music" is nothing but deeply emotional music? Why is that so bad?
Flowers need the rain, poets need the pain.
poets need the pain? what?Yngwi3 wrote:

crash 2.0 wrote:

Emo does not suck. You guys are just too in tuned with the media that you actually believe poppy bands like red jumpsuit apparatus and Fall out boy are emo. Theyre not. Emo is Sunny day real estate, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids, Christie Front Drive, & Rites of Spring. And besides, I personally think its arguable that MCRs first album was actually pretty Post-Hardcore. It sounds like it, Its written like it, it even has some of the screaming. So why label it emo if they have no sound of emo whatsoever? I say..Fuck the media for what its worth cause all they wanna do is take something small and make it problematic


This guy knows what he's on about.
MCR are not emo and hever have been
got it in one! like i said, the media's screwed emo over and made everyone think these emopop bands are what emo really is. sad.

+11111. he speaks the truth haha.

[darkfire_storm]

billiethesquid wrote:

So wait, MCR aren't emo... so then what IS emo? I wish Gerard had told me what to put his CD next to. MCR are agressive, emotional, harder faster punk. I thought that was what Emo was. I dont get this, nobody wants to be called emo, I'm wondering what it even is anymore. Although I guess Hawthorne Heights list themselves as Emo on their Myspace. They rock. And they're not too dissimilar to MCR, am I right folks?

you saying Hawthorne Heights rocks automatically discredits anything you say, because clearly you're clueless. sorry buddy.

[kss13]

Dont bite the hand that feeds.

[Sound_Garden_X]

I dont really have any problems with MCR, I dont like them at all but I just tend to ignore them, the thing that pisses me off is people at my school that say "Ahh man Ray Toro new style on Teenagers is so sick he's totally inventing a new style of guitar playing!" Fuckin kids it's a god damn blues proggression!

[SGRipper]

Sounds kinda Oxy-Moronic to me

[delmarindy]

XD

My Chemical Romance is not emo. That's a fact

I'm not even a big fan of theirs, but it's pretty obvious that the large majority of you guys haven't even bothered to listen to "The Black Parade". Queen would be proud

[7_seven_7]

darkfire_storm wrote:

billiethesquid wrote:

So wait, MCR aren't emo... so then what IS emo? I wish Gerard had told me what to put his CD next to. MCR are agressive, emotional, harder faster punk. I thought that was what Emo was. I dont get this, nobody wants to be called emo, I'm wondering what it even is anymore. Although I guess Hawthorne Heights list themselves as Emo on their Myspace. They rock. And they're not too dissimilar to MCR, am I right folks?

you saying Hawthorne Heights rocks automatically discredits anything you say, because clearly you're clueless. sorry buddy.

so.. "emotional" is a music genre now? wow let's just think for a second... read ANY lyrics out of ANY song.. PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE BAND'S lyrics illicit EMOTION in some way.. anger, sadness, happiness... music is made with EMOTION. so then i guess pretty much every band in the world is emo then? LOL

[Pistol_N_Petal]

thing is emo originally was nothing like MCR or Fall our Boy. and it seems MCR don't quite know what 'emo' specifically is and are not influenced in anyway by it. im not sure how the emo genre got to be fixated with MCR, because first of all how Gerard phrased that sentence was like he thought emo was a new genre created in the past few years. to all of you that thought emo was a genre revolved around bands like MCR you are wrong. MCR are commercial and succesfull from writing catchy songs. Emo wasnt about how you looked, dressed, or being 'in' it was all about the music.

[pratt121]

Whether or not MCR is emo or not is irrevelant.

[pratt121]

Whether MCR is emo or not is irrelevant, because to me they're still a band that's more based on the visual spectacle of the stage show than really anything else.

Also sorry for the double post, if you can delete the first one that'd be great.

[Beanie_Ben]

a) youre not emo but 'YOURE NOTTTTT OKKKKKAYYYY'

b) anyone else imagine him crying about this?

[Radagascar]

He said "while we were touring with Christian metal bands because no one would book us", was that a crack at Christian metal bands...

[mcyeah]

f*ck, mcr arent emo? well why the hell have i been wearing makeup and crying all the time for???

MCR = the root of all EMO

[drummerdawg77]

this is so full of crap. being "emo" has become so offensive, that the people and bands that actually ARE emo, dont want to be emo. but since they're still emo no matter what they say, they're emo. i seriously dont see why they even bother; their music, clothes/make-up, etc. makes them what they are: EMO. we all know it, they're in total denial of it. either change your type of music, lose the black and the make-up, or just deal with being emo. cause they ARE emo.

[dimebagsmygod]

To think emo started with Embrace . . .

Too many label heavy metal emo. The pricks! But MCR are emo!!!

[dimebagisgr8]

so what genre are mcr then??

[crash 2.0]

akudmsktulu wrote:

since the frontman himself said that his band is a pile of shit..let me make the statement simple and clear..
`My Chemical Romance is a pile of shit`

Oh my god...
That is not what he said
He is saying his band is not emo and even he is sick of the tag and in his personal opinion he thinks emo music sucks. I dunno if hes bashing real emo or media****ed emo. But he is not calling his band a pile of shit. For the last time. MCR is not emo. Get over it.

[/-Vince-\]

oooooh fuuuuuck....poor Mr WAy....sooooo sad

[fridge_raider]

whoops, looks like I made a bit of a fool of myself, with that italic lol.

[crash 2.0]

I have the strangest feeling that half the emo bashing people are just metalheads who find it cool to do it

[drummerdawg77]

7_seven_7 wrote:

so.. "emotional" is a music genre now? wow let's just think for a second... read ANY lyrics out of ANY song.. PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE BAND'S lyrics illicit EMOTION in some way.. anger, sadness, happiness... music is made with EMOTION. so then i guess pretty much every band in the world is emo then? LOL

dude, emo is NOT the direct definiton of "emotional", though the word does come from it. "emo music", as a genre, is based upon sadness, sometimes anger, suicide, and basicall about a girl they can never have, and must resort to slitting their wrists to give them a sensation equal to screwing that girl. emo is NOT every emotion in the world. was metallica's St Anger emo? it talks about suicide, anger. but its not. its metal bud. "oh happy day" is Cristian rock, not emo, even though it talks about happiness and fulfillment. emos totally different from what you think it is.

MRC is emo. =]

[Black Hole Sun]

drummerdawg77 wrote:

7_seven_7 wrote:

so.. "emotional" is a music genre now? wow let's just think for a second... read ANY lyrics out of ANY song.. PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE BAND'S lyrics illicit EMOTION in some way.. anger, sadness, happiness... music is made with EMOTION. so then i guess pretty much every band in the world is emo then? LOL

dude, emo is NOT the direct definiton of "emotional", though the word does come from it. "emo music", as a genre, is based upon sadness, sometimes anger, suicide, and basicall about a girl they can never have, and must resort to slitting their wrists to give them a sensation equal to screwing that girl. emo is NOT every emotion in the world. was metallica's St Anger emo? it talks about suicide, anger. but its not. its metal bud. "oh happy day" is Cristian rock, not emo, even though it talks about happiness and fulfillment. emos totally different from what you think it is.

MRC is emo. =]

N-n-n-no! Emotive Hardcore. That's what emo means. Was originally punk that dealt with personal issues I think. Emo's totally different to what you think it is.

[SoASinger]

Forreals its kinda hard to escape your first single, cuz thats all anyone will ever know you as.
I mean cmon he sings about emo sh*t i'll blow my brains against the ceiling"
He looks like a emo kid, anyone happen to catch Stevens Untitled Rock Show, where he showed Steven how to do the make up, and actually told him which make up was a good brand.
He's gotta face facts, if anyone read upon his past he used to pop pills and think about suicide all the time. Only way this guy can save himself is if he tries something that isnt emo, so we can say he's half emo or laugh at him trying so hard not to be like we are now
Watch theres going to be some East emo vs West emo going down now, lol

[7_seven_7]

drummerdawg77 wrote:

7_seven_7 wrote:

so.. "emotional" is a music genre now? wow let's just think for a second... read ANY lyrics out of ANY song.. PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE BAND'S lyrics illicit EMOTION in some way.. anger, sadness, happiness... music is made with EMOTION. so then i guess pretty much every band in the world is emo then? LOL

dude, emo is NOT the direct definiton of "emotional", though the word does come from it. "emo music", as a genre, is based upon sadness, sometimes anger, suicide, and basicall about a girl they can never have, and must resort to slitting their wrists to give them a sensation equal to screwing that girl. emo is NOT every emotion in the world. was metallica's St Anger emo? it talks about suicide, anger. but its not. its metal bud. "oh happy day" is Cristian rock, not emo, even though it talks about happiness and fulfillment. emos totally different from what you think it is.

MRC is emo. =]

i didn't say emo meant emotional..?

[Soul_Fly]

How can he say that MCR isn't emo, when you can switch on the tv and see a music video by them where Gerard is practically crying while he's singing the lyrics...

[the boogieman]

he is correct in saying that many bands are getting incorectly lumped into the emo genre, however, he is an arrogant prick to say that emo sucks

it also proves he has no idea about what he is talking about

[Aceroth]

crash 2.0 wrote:

I have the strangest feeling that half the emo bashing people are just metalheads who find it cool to do it

You know, I get that same feeling, and it's kidna pathetic.

[Aceroth]

*kinda

damn you unfortunate typos that occur right after I've complained about poor grammar...

[7_seven_7]

dude, emo is NOT the direct definiton of "emotional", though the word does come from it. "emo music", as a genre, is based upon sadness, sometimes anger, suicide, and basicall about a girl they can never have, and must resort to slitting their wrists to give them a sensation equal to screwing that girl. emo is NOT every emotion in the world. was metallica's St Anger emo? it talks about suicide, anger. but its not. its metal bud. "oh happy day" is Cristian rock, not emo, even though it talks about happiness and fulfillment. emos totally different from what you think it is.

MRC is emo. =]

I'm guessing you either didn't catch on to my sarcasm... or you just don't want to face facts that emo doesn't mean emotional.

I know it's hard to take all at once.. and that you've been lead to believe that MCR is emo and that it's all lies.. don't worry man you'll be okay.

[Aceroth]

7_seven_7 wrote:

don't worry man you'll be okay.

No, dude, he's not okay...



God that was lame, but I had to do it.

[nzeese]

I believe his revelation wient down something like this.....

"Oh shit, I just realized, by dressing like fags and wearing makeup and jeans tighter than most gloves, we were acutally conforming to what everyone else was doing."

"So, what should we do about it? Change our lifestyles, and music to actually be more nonconformist?"

"**** that, let's just belittle everyone else and deny we were ever part of it."

[hywelgreg]

your song lyrics include I'm not okay!!!!! how is that not emo

[Jawkster]

Wow @ some of you 'people' here, if making fun of a band with your 'awesome' jokes boosts your self esteem then pfft, that my friends is sad. Way obviously doesn't class his band as part of the 'emo' genre, and that's fair enough- i'm sure he's gone over this topic dozens of times. The fact that some of your narrow-minded elitist ****ers don't understand what differs from what the media distributes and what a band thinks towards themselves, i do wonder why you exist here, hence thinking that you are the 'pile of shit'. An opinion is an opinion, but with comments like "EMOS are gay
MCR suck!!!", I see no point in discussive comments, I also do doubt this site's aim for 'utopia' (mentioned in The Pit), as I feel that not only is the site's reputation being withered away, but the community's relationship between 'regulars' and pure pricks that come on here to cause trouble.

[Casta44]

lyingfromyou118,

We all know you're emo, and you're being a crybaby because other people don't like your favourite band.

It really shouldn't make a difference to you. just listen to whatever you like and stop freaking annoying people.

[Robert Judkins]

The thing is, the reason people call them emo is because of the way they sound. That's the fault of themselves and not the general public.

Why does he have that stupid red tie and black shirt if he doesn't want to be called emo? What a dickhead!

[nzeese]

Jawkster wrote:

Wow @ some of you 'people' here, if making fun of a band with your 'awesome' jokes boosts your self esteem then pfft, that my friends is sad. Way obviously doesn't class his band as part of the 'emo' genre, and that's fair enough- i'm sure he's gone over this topic dozens of times. The fact that some of your narrow-minded elitist ****ers don't understand what differs from what the media distributes and what a band thinks towards themselves, i do wonder why you exist here, hence thinking that you are the 'pile of shit'. An opinion is an opinion, but with comments like "EMOS are gay
MCR suck!!!", I see no point in discussive comments, I also do doubt this site's aim for 'utopia' (mentioned in The Pit), as I feel that not only is the site's reputation being withered away, but the community's relationship between 'regulars' and pure pricks that come on here to cause trouble.

Don't you need to go self loathe or something right now?

[mister_crowley]

NEW NEWS!: Dimmu Borgir frontman says "Black metal is bollocks now."

Quick! jump on the genre hating bandwagon while the trend is still fresh! Secret stereotype haters UNITE!

[Aceroth]

Robert Judkins wrote:

The thing is, the reason people call them emo is because of the way they sound. That's the fault of themselves and not the general public.

Why does he have that stupid red tie and black shirt if he doesn't want to be called emo? What a dickhead!

You just directly contradicted yourself in the same comment. Congratulations.

[TupacIsDead]

Honestly, how can he say that they aren't emo?? Look at his picture...eye liner, black clothes with a little red tie. How about the song "I'm not okay", I consider that pretty damn emo

[therussian]

O the irony.

[MasterofOrion]

Well, this is rather odd. Hes obviously trying to appeal to the hard rockers, metalheads. But at the same time, hes really insulting his die-hard fans, which most of whom are Emo.

But oh well. I dont like this band. Because I dont like the music. Not because they look emo. I have nothing against the people who do like this band though, good for you guys, everyone has a style of music that pleases them.

& Emo's are not gay, well maybe some of them are, but "normal" people can be gay as well. Emo's are not afraid to be different and show emotion, and be who they really are. I respect that. Take a look at some of the Glam Metal bands like Motley Crue and twisted sister. These guys went on stage in total Drag. The queerer they looked, the better it was for them. Because it made people talk. They wanted that, just like emos who dress and act they way they do, they are who they are because thats how they want to be, you either like it or you dont.

MCR, does not suck, most of you people judge them before you hear any of their songs. They do have talent but maybe their music just doesnt appeal to you.

[Aceroth]

MasterofOrion wrote:

Well, this is rather odd. Hes obviously trying to appeal to the hard rockers, metalheads. But at the same time, hes really insulting his die-hard fans, which most of whom are Emo.

But oh well. I dont like this band. Because I dont like the music. Not because they look emo. I have nothing against the people who do like this band though, good for you guys, everyone has a style of music that pleases them.

& Emo's are not gay, well maybe some of them are, but "normal" people can be gay as well. Emo's are not afraid to be different and show emotion, and be who they really are. I respect that. Take a look at some of the Glam Metal bands like Motley Crue and twisted sister. These guys went on stage in total Drag. The queerer they looked, the better it was for them. Because it made people talk. They wanted that, just like emos who dress and act they way they do, they are who they are because thats how they want to be, you either like it or you dont.

MCR, does not suck, most of you people judge them before you hear any of their songs. They do have talent but maybe their music just doesnt appeal to you.

Sweet Jesus, a voice of reason!

[zayG]

He doesn't even know what emo music is, he should stop whining about it.

[MasterofOrion]

Oh BTW. TIGHT JEANS\CLOTHES and BLACK does not make a person emo..

OBVIOUSLY, Errmm Hello duh, look at all the heavy metal bands who wore and still do wear tight black clothes. I wear tight jeans and black, cuzz I Like it and it makes people look at me weird. And thats just how I want it to be.

[Bad_Karma333]

i might get a kicking for this, but Mr. Way just said what I've been thinking for so long. They aren't Emo, Emo is sh*t, and if you listen to the music, they've got more in common with bands like Pink Floyd and Queen, than any emo poo.

[Acrimony]

"Emo is a pile of shit." Well, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?

[DEVILMAN 2012]

IlikeMetal wrote:

Aceroth wrote:
"I think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling,"


I believe that would be suicidal, not emo. now, if it said something like: "if you don't go to prom with me, I think i'll blow my brains against the ceili
ng" ten i think that could be considered emo.

how bout "if my chemical romance doesnt blow thier brains out, i will!!!" lol

[Lunartick]

TupacIsDead wrote:

Honestly, how can he say that they aren't emo?? Look at his picture...eye liner, black clothes with a little red tie. How about the song "I'm not okay", I consider that pretty damn emo

There's a difference between emo music and the clothing style that shares that name.

[TheHunter13]

Let me start off with I despise emo music because it really is basically all whining. And I do not consider MCR emo. Even tho I am a numetal musician, I include MCR as an influence in my writing process. I'm gonna have to go so far as to say that they are rock with borderline-metal elements, particularly in the leads that their guitarist can bust out. Honestly, listen to early hairmetal and you'll hear a lot of similarities. I'm also gonna have to compare "The Black Parade" with "The Wall" in almost every respect - and if anyone wants to call MCR emo, they might as well call Pink Floyd, Metallica, Linkin Park, Korn, Disturbed, and just about every other metal/rock band out there emo, cuz the lyrical style is pretty much identical.

[nzeese]

Oh dear god, please don't tell me you just compared MCR to Pink Floyd.

[thndrstrck85]

"Emo bands were being booked while we were touring with Christian metal bands because no one would book us on tours."

Don't blame the emo bands Gerard...people didnt book you because you suck

[IcePh0enix]

I'm not okay...

lol. I honestly don't care whether MCR is emo or not. I think they make good music. I don't care if any band is emo or not. If they make good music, I like it. And honestly, I think it's stupid for them to say emo is shit. They are pretty much the steryotypical emo band. If emo isn't what the media calls it, what is it?

P.S. their are a lot of semi-bi (bi above the belt) emos.

[PaperStSoapCo]

ok people. let me start by saying that any of the people bitching about "tru emo" like rights of spring or whatever... please pull your head out of your ass. that genre that you speak of is so irrelevant and unimportant that IT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. now there is a new genre of emo that exists today. MCR is apart of that genre... and Mr. Way just called the current genre of which he is apart of "sh*t." they look like emos, they dress like emos, they wear make up like emos, he sings like an emo, many of their songs are emo, and you can bet you ass that almost every emo kid i know says, "MCR, is like, one of my favorite bands! DERRRR?"

so people, pull your head out of your ass. the old genre is dead... and it was never popular to begin with, so it must have sucked pretty bad. the new genre of emo is what is being discussed. please get over yourselves, you pretentious, self-loathing, asses.

and seriously, MCR is so unaware of who they are, what they do, or who their fans are, that they actually have the nerve to call themselves "metal" on their myspace page. so clearly this ******* here has no f'n clue about what he is talking about. its like asking a blind guy to perform open heart surgery.

[IcePh0enix]

Oh yeah, and christian metalcore ftw!

[IcePh0enix]

Why did they post his old pic? He looks much less emo now. Sorry for posting 3 times lol.

[Kotex]

So he called his band a pile of sh!t? heh

[radioplay]

Shabalaba wrote:

i think this a perfect time for "lol wut"
Mcr are emo, they just need to face it

you clearly have never seen them live

their music my seem emo to the untrained listener, but if you see them live youll know what im talking about

[radioplay]

TheHunter13 wrote:

Let me start off with I despise emo music because it really is basically all whining. And I do not consider MCR emo. Even tho I am a numetal musician, I include MCR as an influence in my writing process. I'm gonna have to go so far as to say that they are rock with borderline-metal elements, particularly in the leads that their guitarist can bust out. Honestly, listen to early hairmetal and you'll hear a lot of similarities. I'm also gonna have to compare "The Black Parade" with "The Wall" in almost every respect - and if anyone wants to call MCR emo, they might as well call Pink Floyd, Metallica, Linkin Park, Korn, Disturbed, and just about every other metal/rock band out there emo, cuz the lyrical style is pretty much identical.

as much as i love both these bands.....what?

[Exius]

XD Dumbass just called his own band a pile of ****in shit

[radioplay]

thndrstrck85 wrote:

"Emo bands were being booked while we were touring with Christian metal bands because no one would book us on tours."

Don't blame the emo bands Gerard...people didnt book you because you suck

if they suck then why do they still sell millions of copies....o wait.....Fall Out Boy

nevermind

[Nightwatchman10]

yeah Gerard way doesnt know what he's saying cos when his band has an album called "welcome to the BLACK parade and songs about death. u wonder why he think they arnt emo

cos they OBV are

[stephenbadland]

Nice try, Gerard. To me, you and youre band is still shite.

[I am punk "BF"]

Well this is stupid. wats with all the curses anyway

[Mojo89]

LMAO are you kidding me?!?! "im not okay" ?!?! this band has always been emo. one of the most emo bands there are! hahahhaha. This band is another sad example of how some thing so terrible can sell so many records just because people think "its cool"

[DREAM EVIL 1138]

well by my definiton, any band that 99% of their fans are emo is probably an emo band.

[Emergencyyy]

THANK YOU GERARD
this needed to be said
i love MCR, they are hands down my favorite
and they are definitely not emo

[Aceroth]

Nightwatchman10 wrote:

yeah Gerard way doesnt know what he's saying cos when his band has an album called "welcome to the BLACK parade and songs about death. u wonder why he think they arnt emo

cos they OBV are

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Album

S o according to you, any album with the word "Black" in it qualifies a band as "emo"? I always suspected that Jay-Z and Metallica were actually emo...

[Roedy0309]

so i guess he's claiming his own band is a pile of sh*t since they are emo just look at their rythmn guitarist

[FoolOnThePlanet]

I completely agree, MCR really isn't emo at all. If you listen, there is nothing emo about them...

[drumbum4life]

wow, most of you guys are dicks.

emo doesnt neccissarily mean slitting ur rists and crying in a corner while writing about how you want someone to love you in ur diary. emo is just short for emotional. thats it. and its ignorant people thinking that if your emotional then you want hurt urself or whatever that gives 'emo' a bad rep. being 'emo' just makes you human. and if any of their songs sound like 'emo' songs, they shouldnt be ridiculed for it. it takes a lot of guts to spill out your emotions and wear your heart on your sleve.

now honestly, im not a huge MCR fan. the black parade kinda really sucked. but still, they write good music. most of their other songs are good and very passionate. 3 cheers for sweet revenge would prolly make my top 10 favorite cds. and even though a lot of ppl hate them for one reason or another, mostly the emo tag, when i saw them at projekt revolution, they owned that stage. no one could touch them when they were performing. and im sure the last thing on their minds when they were up their was how many ppl hate them, or how their labled, bc they know who they are, and they know that a lot of ppl love them. there was evidence of that when everyone was on their feet cheering them on and singing along with them.

so i guess my main point is, labels shouldnt judge why you like a band or not. all these 'scenes' and what not mean nothing.

[llama_slap]

i couldnt agree more

[Waterboy799]

Nightwatchman10 wrote:

yeah Gerard way doesnt know what he's saying cos when his band has an album called "welcome to the BLACK parade and songs about death. u wonder why he think they arnt emo

cos they OBV are

i think i could name about...40234234581230498234 death or thrash metal bands that write songs about death, so are those bands emo too?

[2late2know]

I never considerd MCR emo, but shit i lost respect for a band when they have to call out an entire genre

[RHCP94]

They aren't emo. Just being such insecure littles bastards and go complain somewhere else. I don't like the music at all, but I hate all the annoying people who have said the same joke 157 times more.

[SnowMan1]

if u have to, then label gerard and the others as emo.
but Ray is a cool dude. and hes not to bad at guitar either. his hair is to awesome to be emo.

[CoHead]

I think he doesn't like the word because it limits the creativity of his band. An emo band can only be SO influential, and I think he wants more than the "emo" title can offer him. So he bashes it.

[.smudged.]

that's like spitting to the sky.

they're emo. i feel sorry for the gerard dude

[paSTAR]

MCR isn't exactly emo. Some of their songs are, and used to hate them for thinking there emo. After seeing them twice live, not intentionally, one at Warped Tour and the other at Projekt Revolution, they aren't half bad. I like their music, but based on the way they dress I would never hang out with them if they were a kid at my school.

Still looks is not music.

As for them being emo for righting some lyrics, Waterboy799:

"i think i could name about...40234234581230498234 death or thrash metal bands that write songs about death, so are those bands emo too?"
You're right. Well at least not the number part, that's just illogical.

[SnowMan1]

2late2know wrote:

I never considerd MCR emo, but shit i lost respect for a band when they have to call out an entire genre

agreed. but i bet emos think that stuff u or i listen to is shit. he just had the balls to say it publicy.

[CapnKickass]

lol i sprlt grammar wrong and it's right thier XD

[HaKattack]

Mamono wrote:

its a shame that i actually do enjoy this band's music and such, honestly its really not about ****ing labels...its about the music. if you dont like it, dont listen to it. if you do...then listen to it. its really simple. theres not need for all this genre bashing bullshit its just ****ing music... just cuzsome people think metallica sucks (which i dont agree with) doesnt mean that a generalized statement saying "metal sucks" can be close to true...people need to stop being such bitches and just enjoy the art of music and its offshoots.

What is this? Common sense? Logic? BURN THE WITCH!

Waterboy799 wrote:

Nightwatchman10 wrote:

yeah Gerard way doesnt know what he's saying cos when his band has an album called "welcome to the BLACK parade and songs about death. u wonder why he think they arnt emo

cos they OBV are

i think i could name about...40234234581230498234 death or thrash metal bands that write songs about death, so are those bands emo too?

Waterboy799 wrote:

Nightwatchman10 wrote:

yeah Gerard way doesnt know what he's saying cos when his band has an album called "welcome to the BLACK parade and songs about death. u wonder why he think they arnt emo

cos they OBV are

i think i could name about...40234234581230498234 death or thrash metal bands that write songs about death, so are those bands emo too?

What is this? Common sense? Logic? BURN THE WITCHES!

[Box_of_Spanners]

This is very shakespearian really, a mistake of identities, because as much as people love to label, emo is not a genre of music, its a trend, a fad, another evolution in the music scene just like prog and thrash. Unfortunately unlike our rock forefathers, the emo scene is entirely comprised of people whose entire stream of consciousness is

"oh look there goes a bandwagon, i'm going to jump on it"

And all that has happened as a result, is they've managed to created a scene full of people who don't understand the scene they're in. Ergo most people see it as a duty to verbally destroy them at every given oppurtunity. I personally know people who a few years ago, all wore baggy trousers and reeboks because they thought nu-metal was the greatest musical revelation since the lute. For the past few years those same people have never been seen without a scarf and a frown, spouting poetic lyrics within each sentence. Yet lone behold some of them now I see wearing neon headbands and going to raves just because nu-electro is suddenly the big thing. Emo will come and go like every other fad, but in the transition, lets not attack the bands that are in the crossfire, dont forget that it's the fans that give a genre its image, not the musicians. At least give them the credit that they know what kind of music they play better than anyone else does. Personally I can't stand them but I did feel the need for a big rant about needless band attacking, when it should be the scene raping teeny boppers that should be chastised.

Yours faithfully

A box of various spanners and tools

['57 les paul]

black clothes, black make up, that stupid flat sideways hair shit, .....and im the queen of nebraska....sure....damn emos!!!

[sylic]

if they didn't want the label of being emo they could have at least changed the way they look...

[CapnKickass]

dammit can't stop spelling things wrong.. oh yeah My Chem-i-thing-a-thing is ok sometimes, I feel no hate towards them, they can keep rocking out

[octopig]

dimebagisgr8 wrote:

i wouldn' cal them emo, i wouldn't call them a metal band, i don't think they ae punk so what the hell are they besides crap??

oooo thats a tough one, id probly have to call them post-crap, or smelly-crap

[the_bear_shark]

MCR proabably said that just to see all the angry arguments that would happen on UG

[soupdragon]

^heh

[6stringsdown]

They are emo - what's this guy thinking? Aside from that - if they're happy with what they're doing, who cares what people call it? Shit - if I had an audience as large as theirs who loved my original music, I wouldn't care if they called it Mud. Don't get me wrong - I can't stand this band, but I'm sick of hearing rockstars bitch about everything when they're doing what they love to do every day and being paid for it.

[food1010]

'57 les paul wrote:

black clothes, black make up, that stupid flat sideways hair shit, .....and im the queen of nebraska....sure....damn emos!!!

well said. this article is the biggest load of crap i've heard in a while. just read '57 les paul's comment right up there. couldn't have said it better.

[mercedesisbenz]

I've always thought that My Chemical Romance was the absolute definition of emo. They have a song called "I'm Not Okay" for christ sakes....

[funkynasoo]

i think there seedy and emo. man just looking at them winds me up no end. i hope someone shoots him soon. im sure "rockstars" are supposed to be dead before 30

[Michelangelo193]

Is Gerard Way illiterate?

[GrungePb]

demonhunter2 wrote:

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

lolol nice +1

[CapnKickass]

the_bear_shark wrote:

MCR proabably said that just to see all the angry arguments that would happen on UG

I wonder if alot of famous bands go on UG alot but they never let anyone know. what if one of the posters here is from MCR! o.O

[duke_lion]

People need to stop mixing stuff up.. How can the way a band dress make their bands music emo???

And stop bashing emo(music), all you ignorant lowlifes. The whiny mainstream pop punk stuff that is being labelled 'emo' has nothing to do with original emo (and by that I mean stuff like Sunny Day Real Estate).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28music%29

[the_bear_shark]

the_bear_shark wrote:

MCR proabably said that just to see all the angry arguments that would happen on UG

I wonder if alot of famous bands go on UG alot but they never let anyone know. what if one of the posters here is from MCR! o.O

if there is he must be enjoying this....

[Guitarist132]

Wow what an idiot he is...calling a genre he doesnt know shit about shit...

[6stringsdown]

On another note, I love how all the people on UG have recently found Wikipedia and now link references to it. Really, if you're going to rebut with something, use an e-pedia that's not published and edited by anyone who logs onto it. It's not always accurate.

[zalant]

OK, so I guess I'm one of the very few of us that at least make an attempt to take any band on their own merits, and not just say, "Oh, they're metal, so I like them, *grunt*!", or, "Oh, they're emo, so they suck! *grunt, scratch*". I happen to listen to a ton of 80s and 90s metal, but I gotta say that I really like MCR (and yes, all 3 albums!) Like Mamono and others have said, if ya don't like it, that's fine, but come on, let's quit slagging everything and everyone. I guess the Jay and Silent Bob movie really was right when it put forth the notion that the Internet is just a place for people to congregate and bitch about everything.

However, one thing I WILL slag almost everyone on here for, though, is the grammar. Sheesh people! And don't try and blame it all on public schooling, either, because that's where I was educated, too. I mean just little things like not using the correct their/they're/there and you're/your just grates on me like nails a chalkboard. I know, people will say, "Well, who cares? You know which word they really meant to use." I guess so, but it's just lazy and intolerable. I know that nobody is perfect (certainly not me), but let's at least try whenever possible. And for the person who's about to say, "Man, you got too much time on your hands", stop and think about it. I'm here reading and posting, just like everyone else, so I guess we all have the same amount of free time, eh?

"If you're here and I'm here, doesn't that make this our time?" -- Jeff Spicoli

GO MCR! Ignore the hate and keep putting out good stuff.

[lagraine666]

good call zalant!!

[Billiamface]

Basically, they're as emo as korn is metal.

And people made a new genre for this "new metal", they called it "NU-METAL".

Seeing as MCR isn't emo, I think it's safe to say they're nu-emo. And using that term might actually save an argument over the real meaning of emo. GASP.

[Darkone666]

If MCR isn't emo then nothing is i love he tries to say emo is crap but hes right with that emo sucks balls i guess he finally realized how much MCR sucks.

[ryanmay]

To me 'emo' reminds me of my bitchy ex girlfriend- she was rich (had 2 ferrari's!) but dressed like a kind of emo/rocker, but in an expensive and fake way, as in when you see girls wearing ramones t shirts when they dont know who the ramones are! probably think its the latest designer label.

I think a few years back MCR would not have been labelled as emo, but now the emo genre has become very big (lets face it) and MCR seem to have the same image as a lot of emo's- whether its eyeliner or black clothes.

I can see where the guy is coming from, still though I personally dont like MCR

[mrbiscuits315]

NemX162 wrote:

I love how everybody on this site, and basically the rest of the world likes to throw the term "emo" around inaccurately. Makes me laugh at your ignorance.

Genres are pretty vauge so your just trying to play the im smarter then you game.

[6stringsdown]

Billiamface wrote:

Basically, they're as emo as korn is metal.

And people made a new genre for this "new metal", they called it "NU-METAL".

Seeing as MCR isn't emo, I think it's safe to say they're nu-emo. And using that term might actually save an argument over the real meaning of emo. GASP.

HAHA. Nice.

[False_God]

Thats immature of a big artist to bash a genre.
Really immature.

^^To your second paragraph:
Take a chill pill man! We aren't in English exam's. So we dont need to perfect every little sentence we do on the internet!

Your just attacking people personally because they are bashing My Chem. Which is a last ditch for dignity and what not.

[larryjohnson]

I think the way he singled out an entire genre as being sh*t is just stupid. But at the same time I can see why it would be necessary just from reading the comments here. He knows there are people out there who wont listen to a band just because of how they're labeled, so he's just trying to move away from the emo label because they really aren't emo anymore.

I don't see why people can't just listen to the music for the music.

[False_God]

^That was to Zalant!

[Aceroth]

False_God wrote:

Thats immature of a big artist to bash a genre.
Really immature.

^^To your second paragraph:
Take a chill pill man! We aren't in English exam's. So we dont need to perfect every little sentence we do on the internet!

Your just attacking people personally because they are bashing My Chem. Which is a last ditch for dignity and what not.

Haha, nah, he wasn't attacking grammar cuz you guys are hating on My Chem. It's mainly because, um, your grammar sucks balls (this isn't directed at you personally, by the way). It just gets really annoying when no one uses proper grammar on the internet, ever. It's just another sad sign that our society is slowly deteriorating.

[GuitarHero0715]

I FUCKING LOVE MCR


flame on, bitches

no really i do, i have all their cd's

[thebacktrack]

Half you people don't even know what the **** your talking about.

If you even knew anything about "emo", it started with bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, and it wasn't all slit my wrists and stuff, it was music with a message.

If you think these guys are emo because they dress different, or wear make up, you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground.

Is Marilyn Manson emo because he wears make up?
Where in their lyrics are they emo?

They aren't.
Their a talented band, end of story

Get over yourselves.
And why the **** do you have to label everything?
Your just being a douchebag.


If you little pecker faces are so quick to critize, I'd like too see you do what they did.

Grow up.

[-heartbreaker-]

wait.....THIS MUST BE A MARKETING PLOY!!?!

this proves that he hates himself, thus proving he is emo. thus proving he hates himself.

[Like I Is]

^^^I agree.

I don't like these guys. If they don't think they're emo, then they should wipe off their makeup and cheer up.

[Nesskwik]

LOL emo's think everything is crap huh?

[Sins Solace]

Kudos to Zalant on his post, and no matter how much everyone here is hating on MCR, trash talking, etc... think about something for a second. If we're ALL talking about them and dissing them, saying how horrible they are, how much they suck, and blah blah blah, they're famous, they made it, how many of you can make this claim? So far I've seen several post trash talking them of their music, can ANY of you play like them? Come up with their material? Are ANY of you famous, do ANY of you get media attention, or for that matter any sort of public attention, even when it comes from illiterate, blabbering, morons like yourselves? While you're all sitting here bitching about them, they're making money, doing their job, and you're only fueling their fame, so nice going. lol

[seanbaby27]

In my honest opinion, MCR's music is not all that bad. If you were to look at the general goal of musicans, you would find one thing. And that one thing is what? Being Catchy right? Bands are all about hook, and drawing in listners with catchy tunes that people can get into. Honestly, while I cannot fully agree with this outlook, as music should also be for you, and written from your heart for yourself, not for anyone else, i can also see where MCR's music, especially their new stuff, can sell and market well. Their newer music is incrediblly radio friednly and well liked by a vast audience. As I said before, I am not a huge fan, nor have I ever been, of MCR, however I can relate.

On the "Emo" topic, I personally beileve that there is no true "emo" music. People create music from personal experience, and real emotion. It's about sharing your life with the world, as personal as it may be. (With the exception of Hawthorne Heights) :P

I beilve that listners in turn, create their own sub-generes to better catogorize music into sections they feel appropriate. Thus creating metalcore, emo, glam, etc. I do not beilve that MCR's music is emo, nor should It be catogrized as emo. I just think that simple minded producers and marketing rep's see a picture of MCR, and immediatly assume which tour they would best thrive on. Which ultimatelly, makes sense if you really think about it.

Where would MCR more appropriatley belong, soly based on image and musical apperance.

A tour with Weezer, or with The Used? The choice is obvious, and respectivlly, MCR WOULD make more money on a tour with the Used than with Weezer.

Make sense?

I think Gerad Way is a talented vocalist, and should have presented this matter in a more mature fashion. He basiclly gave bands who try to write music that they think people will like, a big slap accross the face and told them "Im better than you, kiss my ass!"


Which is total bullshit. He asks for it. Look at him! With his black makeup, red tie and typical, ALL BLACK. (Not that the cure did not pull off the makeup thing, some bands just cannot, and it's out now. Stop wearing it). You think people WOULDN'T Assume he was "emo"??? Come on Gerad, get a grip and grow up. Music isn't about what you wear, it's about MUSIC.

Anyway, I think i've made my point here.

Have a good day! (I just joined btw and I will be posting frequently now)

-Sean

[onemanarmy1719]

the first album had some emo but dude they change style of music every album i love them
and since they say **** the emo so will i gerard ur my hero

[Drew89woo]

I like mcr and most emo bands to be honest but isnt it wierd that emos cant just admit they're emo. i mean they really get aggressive even if your not slagging them about it bring on the EA hi in "dave and im an emo" reality check please. Though to be honest if musical snobs didnt maul bands for being emo then Gerry wouldnt be ashamed to admit it... ****s..

[Dog454]

Who would have thought it would get to a point when so many people hate them, even THEY hate themselves.

[jd44]

'90s emo was sick, you had The Get Up Kids, Texas is the Reason, The Promise Ring, Jets to Brazil... but then 2000 came around...

[italyjerry]

this is like arguing that oranges aren't orange...

[rhcpfan27]

haha best laugh i've had in years

[ourladyoscdrive]

I agree with Emergencyyy MCR is not emo so why don't you idiots get off your high horses and shut the f**k up.Or why don't you actually listen to their music and get your own opinions instead of saying what everyone els is saying.

[crash 2.0]

PaperStSoapCo wrote:

ok people. let me start by saying that any of the people bitching about "tru emo" like rights of spring or whatever... please pull your head out of your ass. that genre that you speak of is so irrelevant and unimportant that IT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. now there is a new genre of emo that exists today. MCR is apart of that genre... and Mr. Way just called the current genre of which he is apart of "sh*t." they look like emos, they dress like emos, they wear make up like emos, he sings like an emo, many of their songs are emo, and you can bet you ass that almost every emo kid i know says, "MCR, is like, one of my favorite bands! DERRRR?"

so people, pull your head out of your ass. the old genre is dead... and it was never popular to begin with, so it must have sucked pretty bad. the new genre of emo is what is being discussed. please get over yourselves, you pretentious, self-loathing, asses.

and seriously, MCR is so unaware of who they are, what they do, or who their fans are, that they actually have the nerve to call themselves "metal" on their myspace page. so clearly this ***** here has no f'n clue about what he is talking about. its like asking a blind guy to perform open heart surgery.

lern h0w 2 spel b4 t@lkiN

Out of all the posts, yours has got to be the dumbest. Whos self loathing over here, and if anyones got their head in their asses its you cause you can barely type properly.

People, emo is not about wearing black and eyeliner. Maybe the fashion but if a reggae artist were to wear all black and make up would he be emo? No. Not at all.

And whats with the continuos post saying "wow, mcr just called themselves a pile of shit". Honestly, its not funny anymore. That post has been made 1000 times today and its pathetic and really wasnt funny at the start.

[aggiefan33]

Emo is one of my favorite genres. Luckily it's still kicking because of bands like CTTS and Ampere.

[rockfanatik00]

maybe if they didnt appear so emo people wouldnt think they're so emo

[BottleOfSmoke]

Go Maine!

[facemelter]

The only reason they got booked with christian metal bands is because the christian crowds were least likely to want to kill them immidiatly after realizing that MCR was on stage and about to ear **** them. But im sure even the chirstians wanted them dead.

[Brad Spead]

yeah, MCR's first album could easily be classified as emo, but their new stuff is one of the best mainstream rock albums thats come out recently, as far as guitar work goes. Ray Toro is probably one of the most underrated guitarists out there right now

[aliceinnirvana]

When I saw the title of the article I just cringed.
Most of the comments on it disgust me.
But oh well, we all have a right to our opinions.
Personally, I find Gerard Way's comments just as offensive as the comments used to blast him.
I disagree with his words and methods, but I agree that My Chemical Romance is not emo.
I'm so sick of this whole ordeal.
I wish we all could move on past the "emo" wars.

[Taker43153]

demonhunter2 wrote:
Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

+1

[I'm_Guitarded]

isnt mcr basdically emo anyways =P

gerard ways fat XD

[Sabu]

MCR are disgusting and terribly emo.

[useyourillusíon]

WOW THEY'RE REALLY COOL NOW

[Uranutan]

This is like a big bag of irony.

[naterthegreater]

Aceroth wrote:

They're not emo anymore, but I doubt they can deny that their first album had at least a few emo songs on it. With lyrics like "I think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling," unless that's like some crazy metaphor for something, that sounds fairly emo to me...

It is I think.

[SystemFailure]

Him saying Emo is shit, is just as good as the pope turning around and sayin "god is bollocks"

[deadhand329]

wow...i love mcr but honestly...gerard is so egotistical and such a prick..

[Kodebreak]

In my opinion emo is just a stupid label, i dont blame music cause the genre i blame if the music is bad and for me MCR sucks and gerard way is and idiot calling all a genre a pile of shit being there are emo groups better than MCR would ever be.

[DevilsDance76]

hahaha OOOOOh the Irony.

But I do have to say that song "Teenagers" is probably their least emo tune...making it the best.

[grungeisdead312]

demonhunter2 wrote:

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

haahahaa
zing!

[Travv0]

They're pop-rock. Get over it. You guys are being way more immature than he was.

[matalliam]

MCR not emo!!!!! look at the picture of gerrard on top of the article, what the hell does that tell you!!!!

[rokknrollldude]

demonhunter2 :
Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

This says it all...

[aggiefan33]

Travv0 wrote:

They're pop-rock. Get over it. You guys are being way more immature than he was.

This is truth.

[Mythman99]

After getting about halfway down this page in comments, I would like to clarify this:

1. Emo music is crap.

2. MCR, FOB, AFI, and all the other ones are not metal. That's Slayer. They're not punk. That would be the Sex Pistols. They are emo, and they are garbage.

3. I laugh at his attempt to break away from the emo 'mold', even though he knows his band IS emo. I wholeheartedly agree that "MCR thinks MCR is crap". They are just being too hypocritical.

4. If this genre is 'dead', then why are we still talking about it?

[JesusOfSbrbia]

I think he has this quite reversed, because MCR is a "pile of shit" pop-rock band, and emo (as a subgenre of hardcore) is not too bad.

[HLrocker]

wow...there guna lose some fans off of this one.

[ready2breakdown]

i so wanna comment this, but im trying to get banned today... lmfao!

[Travv0]

^Go away, you're not funny.

[astrozombie1230]

Mamono wrote:

its a shame that i actually do enjoy this band's music and such, honestly its really not about ****ing labels...its about the music. if you dont like it, dont listen to it. if you do...then listen to it. its really simple. theres not need for all this genre bashing bullshit its just ****ing music... just cuzsome people think metallica sucks (which i dont agree with) doesnt mean that a generalized statement saying "metal sucks" can be close to true...people need to stop being such bitches and just enjoy the art of music and its offshoots.

mhm i agree.It's just like wen ppl say Queens of the stone age is Satan worshiping music(i think thts hilarious actually).Basically shut the **** up people just listen to the damn music geez

its a shame that i actually do enjoy this band's music and such, honestly its really not about ****ing labels...its about the music. if you dont like it, dont listen to it. if you do...then listen to it. its really simple. theres not need for all this genre bashing bullshit its just ****ing music... just cuzsome people think metallica sucks (which i dont agree with) doesnt mean that a generalized statement saying "metal sucks" can be close to true...people need to stop being such bitches and just enjoy the art of music and its offshoots. [/quote]

[hobozach]

Im not a fan of emo either, i mean some emos scare me shitless sometimes, but seriously, I see soooo much ignorance here in the comments it makes me want to throw up that u peeps are my peers on this site. seriously do actually think just cuz a band dresses a little darker than usual, and wears makeup, that automatically makes them emo??!?!? Look at Green Day!!!
they get tied with MCR so much now a-days, there music is a lot different, especially there old stuff(which btw, is good shit)but because their appearance's are similar, that makes them BOTH emo, honestly, all we're dealing with is the newest pop-punk bands. I mean as Momono said up top^^^^ Why are we even classifying music anymore? music is music, i mean other than organization, all music genres do is give out more stereotypes to todays society. really, listen to just one of their songs off of their new album, like i did, and then listen to a true 90s emo band, THEN tell me MCR or ANY new bands out today are emo. I mean i dont listen to that stuff, i listen to rock, generally, Punk, Classic Rock, soft Rock, Alternative Rock, but NOT emo, so trust me on this, try and stay away from todays stereotypes, cuz all they do is cause ignorance and confusion. on the actual article, it isn't Gerard Ways place to call ANY genre a "piece of shit" not all musci in a single genre is bad(god i hate that word...genre...wtf kind of word is that anyway?) he is somewhat generalistic himself, not unlike most of peeps in todays society

[Rhythm__Guitar]

I agree with Mythman99. Everyhting he said.

[guitarguy96782]

\m/ rock on gerard
hes right
we call ourselves emo, and make others the bad guy but who are we we are the enemy lets stop please, underoath, manson plz

[rocknrollerman]

ahaha holy crap is that guy retarded MCR is emo. emo didnt use to suck its just when these bands associated it with suicide and fashion!

[audioslave725]

demonhunter2 wrote:

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

omg ROTFLOL!LMAO! true that.

[mosh_rocker2006]

I don't agree with Mythman99 or anyone else that constantly tags bands with a certain sound. Do people honestly think that bands stick to one sound and never borrow from another genre?...or maybe you think that a person making a certain genre can only listen to that genre. No wonder there's so many shitty bands out now...

[Punky_Joe]

LOL...

this is seriously the funniest crap i've ever read.

is Gerard actually serious?

He's as emo as the rest of 'em.

He's got that STUPID whiney emo voice...

he fits in just right.

>.< "I think MCR is ****ing garbage" ****

[wyldeshredder]

i'm so tempted to get myself banned over this....but i wont

[Punky_Joe]

Also.... why is he so defencive? >.>

Hrm.... something going on here....

[punk_mike_88]

When will everyone realise this? Emo is short for EMOTIONAL, which ALL MUSIC IS. Emo shouldn't be it's own genre, cuz all music conveys emotions. To me, MCR is just a rock band. And a great one at that, I don't care what anyone says, I love them.

[Agony098]

Wow.

Normally musicians say "Well, all music is good, and all genres should be respected..." But I guess times are changing...

In my opinion, music is a way to unite people, bring people together, no matter what genres you listen to. It's so ****ing backwards today it's dusgusting.

[TDKshorty]

some people are so ignorant. They're not really an emo band.

and what the **** does it matter what you write about lyrics?? "I think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling"? If Kurt Cobain had written that, it wouldn't have been "emo" or if Guns N Roses or Red Hot Chili Peppers (in their early years) had written that, they wouldn't have been considered "emo"
everyone just throws ****ing images everywhere and it makes me sick- you try to generalize music and commercialize and you can't realize music for what is.
all music has emotion in it, if it didn't there wouldn't be much of a point

they're much more of a rock band- and if i had to pick between their albums I would definitely go for the newest one.

if you want to talk about shitty rock bands talk about Nickelback or Hinder or something else

[Frusconbage]

Yes, My Chem is DEFINITLY NOT Emo, as you can so obviously tell by that picture of Gerard Way there.

[Macabre_Turtle]

Dudley11 wrote:

What an emo thing to say, Gerard Way you emo pile of ****.

Explain to me why they're an emo band. Please.

[fender_NiNE]

emo has become such a general term im not sure its even a specific genre of music at this point. everything is being called emo nowadays.

[Frusconbage]

Macabre_Turtle wrote:

Dudley11 wrote:

What an emo thing to say, Gerard Way you emo pile of ****.


Explain to me why they're an emo band. Please.

The way they dress, the imagery on their albums, and about every other reason you can imagine.

[Agony098]

fender_NiNE wrote:

emo has become such a general term im not sure its even a specific genre of music at this point. everything is being called emo nowadays.

Word.

[zackk]

MCR are good and are not emo, they are acually pretty good.

[DISGUISTIPATED]

MCR saying emo is shit is like Poison dissing on hairmetal.

[shadow_murph]

demonhunter2 wrote:

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

+100000

[Trytan]

MCRs first two albums cannot deny the complete emoness of them. But Black Parade rlly isnt that emo at all.

[Macabre_Turtle]

I haven't given the first album a serious listen yet, but I really don't see how the second one is emo at all. The majority of the album is telling stories....

[brooklynsoulja1]

i dont see the point in insulting a genre of music
ppl shud aprreciate all music even if they dont like it
gerard is one of those bands that try to push away from wat genre they r...linkin parkkk yea
n here comes the downfall of emo just like nu metal
it starts by the actual bands dissing the genre they r

[spiroth10]

Emo isn't really a genre at all. its a popular term that companies like to pop on to sell stuff.

by todays standards, johnny cash would be emo. So would a lot of metal bands. Once upon a time, you could have a sad song or something suicidal and it wouldnt be labeled emo.

so anyone with any hint of knowledge knows that in all actuality there cannot be a band that is "Emo", rather a rock, punk, alternative, grunge, or metal band with sad/negative lyrics.

[SealCubMassacre]

What an ingorant ****. Not all emo is shit like Saetia and Orchid. There are many talented emo bands out there, just none of them are mainstram.

I think the ignorant prick is referring to poppunk such as Fall OUt Boy and Blink 182, which is mostly shit

[Macabre_Turtle]

brooklynsoulja1 wrote:

i dont see the point in insulting a genre of music
ppl shud aprreciate all music even if they dont like it
gerard is one of those bands that try to push away from wat genre they r...linkin parkkk yea
n here comes the downfall of emo just like nu metal
it starts by the actual bands dissing the genre they r

I don't recall Linkin Park insulting Nu-Metal. To the best I've my memory they simply said "the new album isn't nu-metal" and with maybe one or two exceptions, it's not...

[Shard Heilia]

!


...*Dies laughing*

[Macabre_Turtle]

-metalgod666 wrote:

MCR sucks end of story they will always sound like shit and will always look gay no one can change that, there emo and they should just go back to sliting there wrists and stop being hipocrytes

Who are you to decide who sucks? And the way they dress is a little to commonly accepted to "look gay." And as for being hypocrites, prove to me that they're emo?

[Dude...]

This could be the funniest thread ever. The frontman of a band that is most commonly associated with the emo genre just said emo sucks. Some kid compared MCR to Floyd, and we get to watch everyone argue over whether a band is emo or not in the meantime cursing each other, Kinda like high school.

Regardless, he hasnt the right or the talent to call anyone or anything sh*t. I find it funny hes lashing out at his label and is risking some fans on this one.

[Macabre_Turtle]

Dude... wrote:

This could be the funniest thread ever. The frontman of a band that is most commonly associated with the emo genre just said emo sucks. Some kid compared MCR to Floyd, and we get to watch everyone argue over whether a band is emo or not in the meantime cursing each other, Kinda like high school.

Regardless, he hasnt the right or the talent to call anyone or anything sh*t. I find it funny hes lashing out at his label and is risking some fans on this one.

Well, wether he's talented or not is a matter of opinion. I happen to think bands like Cannibal Corpse and Deicide are talentless (the vocalists/lyricists anyway), but there are millions of people that will tell me anyway. And I think he has more than enough fans to spare, and he probably doesn't really want a fan that's ignorant enough to stop listening to them just because of this...

[Macabre_Turtle]

Frusconbage wrote:

Macabre_Turtle wrote:

Dudley11 wrote:

What an emo thing to say, Gerard Way you emo pile of ****.


Explain to me why they're an emo band. Please.

The way they dress, the imagery on their albums, and about every other reason you can imagine.

It's your music that makes you emo, not the clothing and images.

[Der Meister]

demonhunter2 wrote:

Wow, even MCR thinks MCR is crap...

lol thats great

[Neptune0100]

The band is NOT crap. MCR is awesomely, I'm wearing their shirt right now!

But I'm glad Gerard spoke out for his band.

[FRDesign]

lol, isn't MCR emo themselves...

[Echelon]

GeekStinkBreath wrote:

Emo isn't shit, though it is a dead genre. The bands that were emo, back in the 90s were really great. New bands labeled as emo, although they aren't, aren't so hot, no. MCR is what emo was, or what emo has come to be. They're just a rock band.

This

[hotmas2921]

I just think its pretty metal that they toured with christian bands.
So you get bands saying stuff to do with godly things (not saying thats a bad thing) then suddenly you get this emo band screaming i want to die.
I think even the christian people in the audience will have bottled them off stage.

[darb0114]

anybody else thinks its funny that they censored shit in the title, but not the article

[HellrzngPinhead]

I think their lead singer is a whiny piece of trash in this article, thus making the circle complete with him becoming self loathing.

[-Rock-N'-Roll-]

frailpoignance wrote:

Haha. What...?

lol

[Monolith295]

Am I the only person who has noticed that only about 20ish people out of these posts lie MCR's shit-for-music?

[ketiov]

Haha. Irony.

[HawkaLuigi]

Well, look who's calling the kettle black?

[Ultimatemetal]

The emo is just another pointless label

[2icdude]

darkfire_storm wrote:

billiethesquid wrote:

So wait, MCR aren't emo... so then what IS emo? I wish Gerard had told me what to put his CD next to. MCR are agressive, emotional, harder faster punk. I thought that was what Emo was. I dont get this, nobody wants to be called emo, I'm wondering what it even is anymore. Although I guess Hawthorne Heights list themselves as Emo on their Myspace. They rock. And they're not too dissimilar to MCR, am I right folks?


you saying Hawthorne Heights rocks automatically discredits anything you say, because clearly you're clueless. sorry buddy.

ahahahah thats so true i cant sstand HH

['57 les paul]

!!!!! IDEA.... maybe the folks at gibson could give us a list of the top ten emos we love to hate....they dont seem to have anything else productive to do.

[2icdude]

and hawthorne heights really isnt similar to mcr at all..

[DeathForAll]

He's calling his own band a pile of shit. Haha...

[NathanWolff]

new axl rose?

[tab_hero63]

dont beleive anything you read on ultimate guitar accept the tabs. they just make news up. one time i read a piece about how none of the members of led zeppelin ever talking to each other again or even wanting to be in the same room as each other. my dad wnet to the page, plant reunion tour the week after.

[Lauri]

ibanezed wrote:

'emo is a pile of shit'

well it takes one to know one

Defiantly.

[Masonpwiley]

Oh my god. How dense are you idiots? He is saying "emo" is used to describe almost every band, even though they have nothing in common. He is saying that he hates the fact that they are labeled emo for no good reason.

[Set-Abominae]

I think this is the perfect time for the O RLY owl and the LOL WUT pear. I was confused. I don't have a very extensive knowledge of the "emo" genre, and I haven't listened to enough MCR to call them emo, but from what I hear and see, they are the leaders of the pop punk/emo genre.

[DeathBySpoon]

But i don't consider MCR emo at all. They're just Pop-punk.

[Holocaust Angel]

This makes me hate MCR even more. Being such an advocate of REAL emo, the stuff that came out of DC in the 80s and 90s that was emotional HARDCORE. Yeah, MCR is just pop. They wrap it up in a tight package of angst and catchy riffs, then appeal to the anti-depressant-popping children of America who watch Fuse because they think it's different from MTV.

Just like sheep.

Anyone who thinks MCR is emo, go listen to Mineral. Or A Day In Black And White, or The Promise Ring, or Sunny Day Real Estate, or Saves The Day, or Moss Icon.

[CHEAPO ESP]

Oh my god. How dense are you idiots? He is saying "emo" is used to describe almost every band, even though they have nothing in common. He is saying that he hates the fact that they are labeled emo for no good reason.

I have to agree with Mason on this one

[envoykrawkwar7]

Sinten wrote:

i'm rofling at all of the comments this article got


emo blows, rock blows, nothing but metal and progressive is worth listening

umm
rock sucks
then by that metal and progressive
im sorry but you fail

[Stukart]

HE HAS SELF KNOWLEDGE!!

[envoykrawkwar7]

*progressive do to

sorry couldnt find an edit button

[Stereo92]

Well Theres Irony. But He's Right Emo Is A Pile Of Shit Even If He Is Dissing Himself!

[smegma100]

First off, the guys who are saying "all music has emotion so der de der duh" shut the **** up. Your out of your element. The people here are talking about one of two things. 1: Some post-punk post-hardcore bands that they like to keep name droping. 2: A style of trendy dork music and fasion that we can all agree is just a wave that has peaked, and is receiveing a backlash from pissed off metal dudes who "kept it real".
For the guys who are trying to salvage the genre "real emo" ...ok we get it. You know what the original emo was. Fine, but that isn't what people are talkin bout. The term emo is lost to you and the bands you keep listing. Pop culture has sucked up your term for those post-hardcore bands you love, and shat it out. To most people NOW emo means gay-fer. If you haven't seen them, just go to the hell-on-earth known as the mall. It is trendy, just like all things MTV face ****s our youth with, and MCR fits the bill. Sorry.

[MooseRocker7]

I listen to a bit of MCR. The lyrics they sing are nothing like what people describe. Mostly because those people have never given it a chance. I'd put them under a fusion between punk and pop.

Either way, I agree with Gerard. If you look up lyrics for any My Chemical Romance it never says shit like "You no longer love me, I am left an empty vessel, with no where to go. Only place left is death" Its just music.

[iamsocool]

i like how all of mcr's songs are about death and how miserable life is. and y is emo considered a bad thing

[phil conry]

nah they are reet emo

its just that emos think its cool to rebel and say they hate emo

[Squabblism]

It's kinda of ironic that would seems like the most hated band gets the most comments.

Rock On MCR

[Weapon&TheWound]

-SpasticInk- wrote:

yep i can solve everyones problems

MCR are Nu-Emo (H)

Hahahahahaha

arguments solved

[7DaySkeptic]

That is.....very interesting.

Oh, and this article's comment section is the most predictable flamefest ever.

[mimimimi]

Just because we sound like emo bands look like emo bands doesnt mean we are emos.

[Shiruyumi]

About 90% of the people here don't even know what they're talking about. Also, if you don't like MCR, why are you reading up on them and wasting your time saying how horrible they are? Get a life.

[Bananapatata]

emo=emotional
I pity the band that isn't emotional about their music.
In todays sense:
a) If mcr is emo because of their music, then your bashing pink floyd, electric light orchestra, queen and the beatles.
b) if mcr is emo because of the makeup, then you're bashing kiss, greenday, anything tim burton, and thousands of other bands
c) if mcr is emo because of their clothing, then you're bashing the Beatles in their 'Peppers' era. similar huh?
d) if mcr is emo because of their lyrics than I guess you haven't heard their album. On the new album in no way are they saying how suicidal they are.

thus, mcr is not emo.
though, I won't criticize anyone for not liking them if they've already heard the music. there's just too many people that are quick to judge. believe it or not, but sometimes bands get famous cause they're good. I know...it's hard to believe.

[Shiruyumi]

Bananapatata wrote:

emo=emotional
I pity the band that isn't emotional about their music.
In todays sense:
a) If mcr is emo because of their music, then your bashing pink floyd, electric light orchestra, queen and the beatles.
b) if mcr is emo because of the makeup, then you're bashing kiss, greenday, anything tim burton, and thousands of other bands
c) if mcr is emo because of their clothing, then you're bashing the Beatles in their 'Peppers' era. similar huh?
d) if mcr is emo because of their lyrics than I guess you haven't heard their album. On the new album in no way are they saying how suicidal they are.

thus, mcr is not emo.
though, I won't criticize anyone for not liking them if they've already heard the music. there's just too many people that are quick to judge. believe it or not, but sometimes bands get famous cause they're good. I know...it's hard to believe.

Agreed.

[byob_soad2]

7DaySkeptic wrote:

Oh, and this article's comment section is the most predictable flamefest ever.

I was expecting it to be right when I saw MCR in the news.
MCR is one of my favorite bands.
I don't get why everyone calls the emo, or why the band is so offended by it. They could just say that they're not emo once and just ignore all the shit that people say about them.
And I don't get why no one likes them.
OR why everytime emo comes up MCR also does and everyone hates the two. Why doesn't anyone say stuff like "metal sux i hate metallica. metal=shit"
I'm not comparing MCR to Meatallica, or even their genres, but I just don't get it.
Why don't all the people who don't like MCR or emo just not say anything, all of us know that almost no one like them.

[John_was_here]

Wow... I don't listen to real emo (like rites of spring and stuff) but I know it's decent music. Far better than that annoying pop/punk stuff MCR is producing. Also although I think they're music sounds horrible and is rediculously overrated they do have talent, but it pisses me off when talented people make asses of themselves and say stuff like this. Like wow, does he have the maturity of a nine year-old. Like serioisly, I have never liked MCR but I had respect for them, as I think Gerard Way has a decent voice in my oppinion, definitely no Geddy Lee, or Ozzy ,far from it, but not bad, but wow with that comment... he's a complete tool, and if he's half as arrogant as people are making him out to be he sounds like a real douchebag. I think he shouldn't care what the media labels him as, I mean like as a musician he should realize that music is music. there is no "shitty" music, only music you like and music you don't like. He sells way more records than he should be anyway so I think he should be grateful, as half of his sales are from misinformed kids who view themselves as emo, and buy his albums because they think that in order to be emo they have to listen to this. But I dunno, I have just losta great deal of respect for Gerard Way

[JordanLennon]

AMEN!

[blackphoenix86]

I think Ian Mackaye sums it up nicely

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbdh0Qm_5A0

It's just a label set by the media so that they have something to call it. All music is emotional, some more than others. Millions of songs have been written about suicide and heartbreak so it's really nothing new. Whatever the case punk is where the true emotion is at.

[lllostmotelll]

Don't any of you guys read any of the other MCR headlines? Gerard Way got married earlier this month. He isn't sad anymore, so he's not emo. Therefore he has full right to bash anyone else who is.


Lol...

[dannyloughran]

Bananapatata wrote:

emo=emotional
In todays sense:
a) If mcr is emo because of their music, then your bashing pink floyd, electric light orchestra, queen and the beatles.
b) if mcr is emo because of the makeup, then you're bashing kiss, greenday, anything tim burton, and thousands of other bands
c) if mcr is emo because of their clothing, then you're bashing the Beatles in their 'Peppers' era. similar huh?
d) if mcr is emo because of their lyrics than I guess you haven't heard their album. On the new album in no way are they saying how suicidal they are.

So aswell as being the biggest pile of shit themselves, your saying they just rip off a bunch of other bands by ripping there clothing style, music style and gay ass makeup, at least Kiss make it look somewhat cool and funny...wow how great a fan are you!

[freakypop]

Yes ive been waiting for a day like this a lil bit ironic but awesome come on MCR make some hardcore metel like devildriver or chimaira.....yea i dont see that happening eather

[Captain Cool]

You cant really defend MCR, because if you try to, people will assume you are 12 and not consider your opinion valid. (i apologise sincerly to any 12 year olds out there who have already figured out MCR are balls.)

[sueycide]

Well Gerard Way, **** you! I have to listen to your shitty music, and a quintillion other shitty emo bands because my sister the wanna-be emo blares out of her room. Damn you!!!!!

[djmay71]

-Funkeh-Music- wrote:

Ha!742627000017 :
Wow sayng that your band is a pile of shit isnt prety clever


Agreed

+2

[byob_soad2]

Captain Cool wrote:

You cant really defend MCR, because if you try to, people will assume you are 12 and not consider your opinion valid. (i apologise sincerly to any 12 year olds out there who have already figured out MCR are balls.)

I started to agree with you til I read the bit in parenthesis.
And the guy up a few posts saying MCR rips off of other bands, they aren't really. They can take some ideas from others. If they were they would be just like the other bands.
a) it's a genre or sound
b)they're make up isn't the same at all
c)I honestly don't know much about this one
d)I agree with bananapatata

MEGACHECK.

Wow, I made a LOT of friends with this one. I lost count of how many warnings I handed out. I think i knocked up 6 or 7 bands too.

I love internet stupidity.

Haha, Im doing the checking right now! I've spent the last half hour warning/banning and deleting.

[Masonpwiley]

I am pretty sure he isn't bashing real emo, he is bashing media-fied emo. And MCR isn't even emo anyways.

[fornillia]

wait a sec, this dude is clearly emo

[byob_soad2]

I just thought about something else.
Isn't "emo" short for emotional?
Everyone thinks emo is about crying and cutting and stuff. maybe not everyone, but a lot of people.
Wouldn't emo just be someone with strong emotion, no matter what emotion?

[dgme92]

the only thing stopping me from liking MCR is the fact that they are repetitive, boring, and are ALWAYS on the bloody radio!! write some REAL rock!!!

[E_squared]

DAMN!!!!

You people are all CRAZY!! Seriously, what's the purpose of all these comments!? No matter what people say, the debate over what bands are what will NEVER, EVER END!!! So if I were you I'd just give it up and listen to whatever the hell you enjoy, NOT bands under certain Bullsh*t categories! Just be yourselves!

And I really do like My Chemical Romance.....

[beeboshain]

calling them emo is a reflex action if a bands shit its a reflex action to call em emo like some people in a canada saying there french...thier not french there just living somewhere shit and its a reflex action

[derekmichael]

crash 2.0 wrote:

Emo does not suck. You guys are just too in tuned with the media that you actually believe poppy bands like red jumpsuit apparatus and Fall out boy are emo. Theyre not. Emo is Sunny day real estate, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids, Christie Front Drive, & Rites of Spring. And besides, I personally think its arguable that MCRs first album was actually pretty Post-Hardcore. It sounds like it, Its written like it, it even has some of the screaming. So why label it emo if they have no sound of emo whatsoever? I say..Fuck the media for what its worth cause all they wanna do is take something small and make it problematic

I think that this guy has made the most sense here so far. However, I strongly disagree that My Chemical Romance is post-hardcore. It's my personal opinion that you can't really label any band "emo," because all music has some degree of emotion. In that sense, every band should be labeled "emo." There are bands out there that are, for a lack of better word, "overly-emotional," which may or may not qualify them for the label they've been given. But some of these are genuinely good bands, which is why I don't think "emo" should be used as a derogitory term. There is nothing wrong with putting plenty of emotion into your music, and for me that's what music is all about... breaking free of your emotions. So while bands like My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy are being lumped into the same category as geniunely good "emo" bands, I find that the label of "crap" or "pussy music" would be much more appropriate. Just my two cents.

[MetalQueen27]

LOL FAN LOST.he knows that like all of his fans are emo yeah? or WERE.i can't believe that actually,the amount of people MCR were such a life saver too and now Gerard Way has ruined it,emo hater? he is ****ing emo get over it ???
=/.thanks for nothing you were such a ****ing inspiration,emphasis on the WERE.going to that tour was the best day of my life,not nay more

[TheNERD250]

hahahahahahahahaha!!!!


Man, that's probably the funniest joke of all time

[elprimodejesus]

lyingfromyou118 wrote:

CrazyPigeon wrote:

It appears so. Its also quite funny that they think they're "metal".


Never said that; the people who read these articles and respond really amaze me. They could see one word in an article and twist it so that they can use it to go on a rant that only makes them feel good about themselves while everyone lse thinks they're immature. If you've ever listened to the music, it's not emo, it's just rock. There's nothing about killing yourself over a breakup; I mean sure, they probably have a couple softer songs but, realize the fact that they're not emo, you can still dislike them, but he doesn't wanna be lumped into that, fair enough.
imthehitcher wrote:

wow, can some one say ;self righteous?'


BASICALLY, where the hell does he get off, being so arrogant to dismiss a genre that really doesnt exist anymore,but was still a legitimate and pretty decent
HOWEVER the idea of emo has been waterdown and there really are few good ones left

BUT how can this idiot just say, 'their shit' which also implies that his music isnt, i think this article is misleading as that suggests that MCR are anything other than guitar pop with make up like a women,

i see adolestants wearing make up, to make a statement or whatever, but im sure when their older theyll give up on it, but this guy is how old?


this is the kinda bloke thta if he was from round my way, wud get twated


Not only did it pain my eyes to try to decipher this, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't wear makeup all the time, it's a stage and public appearance thing, just like KISS and a ton of 80's metal bands.

It's funny because if you go to their MySpace page, they list themselves as metal...hahahaha
And well makeup in general is

[hug a llama]

I like emo =(

Checked.

[Pukka-VCU]

rush4life wrote:

I'm not Okaaaaay!

HAHAHAHA! +1

[Axiomatoth]

Oh come now.

They shouldn't think about what genre of music they're associated with, but how good their music is.

Clearly they fail at this effort.

Also, remember that most CCs will not tolerate any spam in these articles especially, so if you comment, please have something to contribute.

[bobdingo85]

Yet another chapter in the MCR emo saga...
they should really stop digging holes for themselves

[I Walk Alone]

Shabalaba wrote:

i think this a perfect time for "lol wut"
Mcr are emo, they just need to face it

You're a dumbass, you just need to face it.

[strat-o-psych]

GeetarsAreRock :
Categorizing all crappy music as "emo" is unfair... why not just say that most contemporary teen mainstream rock sucks?




too true

[mitch311]

Rofl funniest news ever. MCR are one of the most whiniest bands to ever exist and they pretty freakish too. I guess emos get off on mocking themselves?

[howwesurvive]

My Chemical Romance is emo. They incorperate fast paced drumming and guitar with a post hardcore melodic sound which is emo music style. More importantly a lot of they're song lyrics are based on emotion which is all emo really is. It's just short for emotional.

[its_sublime07]

OHhhhhh, I totally get it now!!! Emo people dont even like their own music, they just sell it to 13 year old girls. Brilliant!!

[no/mas/control]

"i think emo is a pile of shit"

haha man dirk you make crazy metaphors for yourself

[santa2]

i hate the whole emo crap, its gone to far to the point where my friends and people in general cant dye their hair black or wear certain clothes without being labeled 'emo' and ever since MCR went mainstream which bites, idiots that only listen to songs that everyone is listening to and wouldent dare to become unique and identical say its emo for gerards dress code and maybe even their lyrics, im glad gerard craked out on it, the reliefe was enormous.

[machinehead77]

Yet another chapter in the MCR emo saga...
they should really stop digging holes for themselves

[blues-guitarist]

Rites of Spring>anything MCR did and will do

Checked.

It's like a competition now, spot the idiot and see who can get the warning in first.

[metal_head_9191]

gerard is such a hypocryte

[machinehead77]

I have the strangest feeling that half the emo bashing people are just metalheads who find it cool to do it

And I have the strangest feeling that crash 2.0 is typing these stupid posts in the candlelight while cutting himself and playing with his carefully sideswept hair.(by the way machine head piss all over mcr.)

Checked.

What a way to end the week.

[axeslash]

I love how it shows the emoest looking picture of the guy next to the statement emo is "a pile of shit."

[The_Crowing_IV]

I've never understood how concept bands (Coheed and Cambria, My Chemical Romance, Fair to Midland) get labeled as emo, when the lyrics are through a fictional character's point of view.

[WhereArtEsteban]

crash 2.0 wrote:

Emo does not suck. You guys are just too in tuned with the media that you actually believe poppy bands like red jumpsuit apparatus and Fall out boy are emo. Theyre not. Emo is Sunny day real estate, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids, Christie Front Drive, & Rites of Spring. And besides, I personally think its arguable that MCRs first album was actually pretty Post-Hardcore. It sounds like it, Its written like it, it even has some of the screaming. So why label it emo if they have no sound of emo whatsoever? I say..Fuck the media for what its worth cause all they wanna do is take something small and make it problematic

Even though your totally right, it doesnt change the fact the majority of the population thinks that bands like FOB AFI MRC are emo, whih kind of makes them emo.

As far as this comment goes...I dont know what to say.

[Ltl_Kurdt]

I think this comment is what they came up with when they were trying to figure out how to get people to stop bottling them at their own gigs.

I think they somehow managed to "own" themself's. Congrats!

[Epiphone-Man]

as mcr are metal
he's a load of crap
he is the perfect example of EMO!!!!!
and many agree with me

[Epiphone-Man]

Trytan wrote:

MCRs first two albums cannot deny the complete emoness of them. But Black Parade rlly isnt that emo at all.

what the black parade is emo as hell

[troyponce]

Their number one most used tag on last.fm is emo. That is their fans and listeners saying it, so I think that means something.

Also, keep in mind that Tony Iommi still says Sabbath was a blues-rock band, and nothing more. Doesn't like being called metal. Take that how you will.

[pumpkinlawngnom]

Ok first off, My Chem is not emo.
Second, emo does not stand for EMOTIONAL!
If you listen to their songs they have meaning behind them and there not about some bogus crap.
For example their song Cemetery Drive, it's about one of the bands best friend who committed suicide,he said nothing about himself committing suicide or any of the shit.
This band saves people's lives, their music is a way for people to realize suicide is not the answer.
It's My Chem's way of showing people that no matter how messed up you are, there are 5 guys just as messed up as you.
They all have been through so much shit in their lives they write about in song, that's not being emo, it's called having talent and courage to talk,write, or sing what you have going on in your head.
So i suggest you all get a ****ing life and quit bagging on a band you have no idea about.

[Epiphone-Man]

mimimimi wrote:

Just because we sound like emo bands look like emo bands doesnt mean we are emos.

yes it does

[zoastev]

not MCR's fault they were labeled emo because of lyrics

listen to Ohio is for lovers by Hawthorne Heights
thats real emo

enough said

[iml84myd8]

man, this is like the longest page of posts ever, from emo lovers to metal heads. and we all have one thing in common. Gerard Way blows.
Emo is definitely a passing trend. All the old emo bands are finding new outlets for their music. Look at sonny moore, and the new atreyu CD, but what's with Gerard? I wonder who pissed in his cheerios.

[Uglybassist]

pumpkinlawngnom wrote:


This band saves people's lives

... I can't even... I'm speechless... but not in a good way.

[pumpkinlawngnom]

Gerard Way is a Fucking Genius!
the way he writes his songs, they all have a point.

Checked.

[xXtriviumXfanXx]

MCR never referred to themselfs as "emo".Gerard is pissed b/c people are trying to label mcr as emo and stuff and make everything so damn confusing,&I don't blame him.Idc about what genre a band is,or who the band is,the music is all that matters.I actually love mcr's music,their old stuff that is.but yeaa..their just a band.

[bludwolfrocks]

Hes right MCR isnt emo anymore, now their a Queen coverband

[Tw1zzler]

I just gained respect for MCR

man there are a lot comments

[bassbizzle]

Epiphone-Man wrote:

Trytan wrote:

MCRs first two albums cannot deny the complete emoness of them. But Black Parade rlly isnt that emo at all.


what the black parade is emo as hell

it doesn't get more emo besides silence in black and white. come seriously the album is called "the BLACK PARADE" common sence people

[SlashOwns]

when you wear heavy make up, eye liner, make your self look white as a sheet, etc w/e i call it emo..its kinda freaky..

[jetfuel495]

this bodes well for the next album

[Sheer<3Attack]

kind of ironic that when someone popular disses emo, everyone laughs at them
Then they complain on the message boards that emo is shit
By the way, MCR is pretty good when once you remove your ass from your mouth and actually listens instead of sees the band
**awaits hundreds of replies of people laughing at me and then going on to say emo is shit**
PS: Emo is shit :P

[7_seven_7]

haha, when i posted last night.. i was the last comment.. and it was only up to like 160 posts... i come back the next day there's over 400!

LMFAO. you guys are SO sad. My bet is it'll get to 1000.

Man.. first chance you guys see to put MCR in a bad light you LEAP at the opportunity. I swear to god.. the thing that makes me laugh most about this article and the comments.. is that you're all sitting here bitching about how MCR whine so much when here YOU are whining more than MCR themselves loooool.

There are seriously way worse bands out there.. like Atreyu for example.. if there were to be an Atreyu article come up it probably wouldn't even reach 100 comments.

But because it's MCR ... wow.

Ignorance truly must be bliss aye?

[apm505]

MCR is not bad. They do some weird gay crap with their image, but they make good tunes. The kind of music I like is a polar opposite of emo, but I've got a place for MCR. They do go much deeper musically than most bands one would label as "emo". These guys you could say started a brand of immitators that every hates and calls emo. Don't hate the player hate the game. These guys are good, throw away your testosterone filled insecure mindsets and try to appreciate it a little. Anyways a little black here and there isnt a bad thing its what they do and how they dress, the music is whats important.

[josh_ri22]

AdemaOnYourHead wrote:

Wow MCR, for not being emo, you sure are whining like an emo.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahah thats funny shit!!!!

[Zaiger]

Um... Has he ever listened to his own music?

[AngelOfHatred]

Has Gerard seen what he looks like?

[bassbizzle]

i'll admit, "i never told you what i do for a living"
is a great song. now watch some ******* is gonna diss me and call me emo

[iambomb69]

apparently none of you have listened to MCR's music.
they're not emo.
emo died out in the 90's, and was a form of hardcore punk.
MCR is post-punk.
NOT emo.

[TheChemicalKid]

wow, after their most recent i lost alot of respect for them.....now i think ive lost whatever respect i did have for them....
Gerard Way = Smelly bum bum face o_0

[jplay5]

i've actually thought that for the past like two years. I don't get it when people refer to MCR as emo. I listen to it, (I actually enjoy it by the way) and then compare it to ****ing fall out boy (which i hate) and i see absolutely no similarities. There are little to no qualities musically that are the same. Also, **** the word emo. None of the music today is emo. Emo is The Cure, etc. All of this FOB, panic, and other music is pop-punk.

[Second Rate]

The_Crowing_IV wrote:

I've never understood how concept bands (Coheed and Cambria, My Chemical Romance, Fair to Midland) get labeled as emo, when the lyrics are through a fictional character's point of view.

There is no such thing as a "concept band." Concept albums exist in every genre. There are examples in genres ranging from Punk to Prog Rock to traditional pop, there are even hip hop concept albums. So, doing a concept album does not disqualify you from being "emo."

"I have the strangest feeling that half the emo bashing people are just metalheads who find it cool to do it"

Yeah, sure..... just as half the metal bashing people are just emos who find it the cool thing to do.

[titsmcgee852]

haha, dont agree with the article but i knew as soon as i saw this that it would be a check-fest. funny stuff theres like 30 checks on this page

[trivium1123]

emo is an overused phrase that has thus become meaningless. i bet half the poeple on here couldnt think of a band that they truly thought was emo.
fallout boy was called emo. i dont think theyre albums sound even vaugely emo. mcr used to be emo, until it became a meaningless phrase that is just an insult now.
and besides, isnt music SUPPOSED to be emotional anyways?

[theantonym]

billy joe should be informed that his red tie/black shirt image just got thefted.

[Screamolicious9]

Hey I LOVE My Chemical Romance so I dont give a **** what they say. As long as they make good music (like on the album "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge") it doesn't matter. Frank Iero = my hero

[wombcat]

As far as MCR's image goes, Marilyn Manson dressed like a woman and wears way more makeup than all of MCR combined, yet he is still regarded as hard, satanist, metal. Image matters, but not if you misinterpret it. Their last album, the Black Parade, consists of little or no "emo" content, because it is about a cancer patient's life and death. The reason they decided to do it as a concept album was because one of their favorite albums is The Wall by Pink Floyd (this may come as a shock to some of you, but Pink Floyd is not emo). In fact, the acoustic guitar used in "The End" was inspired by "Run Like Hell." I would classify MCR as simply rock, and the only thing that they have in common is that Way's vocals are higher than most rock vocalists these days (I think that he is actually a good singer). Also if some of you remember another non-emo band called Queen, their lead singer had a fairly high voice as well, and actually was gay. I think that Way made the comments that he did because he is trying to build up MCR into a great rock band, but everyone looks at them (and occasionally listens to their music) and says "They're emo, they're sh*t." That's all I have to say, and hopefully I have convinced a few people.

[blues-guitarist]

Second Rate wrote:

The_Crowing_IV wrote:

I've never understood how concept bands (Coheed and Cambria, My Chemical Romance, Fair to Midland) get labeled as emo, when the lyrics are through a fictional character's point of view.

There is no such thing as a "concept band." Concept albums exist in every genre. There are examples in genres ranging from Punk to Prog Rock to traditional pop, there are even hip hop concept albums. So, doing a concept album does not disqualify you from being "emo."

"I have the strangest feeling that half the emo bashing people are just metalheads who find it cool to do it"

Yeah, sure..... just as half the metal bashing people are just emos who find it the cool thing to do.

Second Rate wrote:

The_Crowing_IV wrote:

I've never understood how concept bands (Coheed and Cambria, My Chemical Romance, Fair to Midland) get labeled as emo, when the lyrics are through a fictional character's point of view.

There is no such thing as a "concept band." Concept albums exist in every genre. There are examples in genres ranging from Punk to Prog Rock to traditional pop, there are even hip hop concept albums. So, doing a concept album does not disqualify you from being "emo."

"I have the strangest feeling that half the emo bashing people are just metalheads who find it cool to do it"

Yeah, sure..... just as half the metal bashing people are just emos who find it the cool thing to do.

1.There can't be an emo concept album...emo=emotive hardcore punk, the only different between emo and hardcore punk is the emotional lyrics instead of political or social lyrics
2.there can't be a punk concept album either, punk is anti establishment rock, and if you take the anti establishment part and put a concept, you are left with a rock concept album

[SkateNDestroy39]

sebbsmith wrote:

blackstar5 wrote:

ok here is somehting that is gona get some of you professional critics irate....the best real "emo" bands ever are nirvana,smashing pumpkins and radiohead(pablo honey). WHAT IS EMO ANYWAY????? all music has emotion but i think that the real emo music is the one that makes you feel every note from the song connected to the lyric. not just some what power chord and a scream....Listen to something in the way....that gives you chills down your spine...listen to creep and the genious singing talent of thom yorke....he dosent have to scream like an idiot to make his point across he just hits the note and makes you feel wet.....that is REAL EMO>>>>> some come at me haters....


That's because Emo doesn't mean emotional.
Emo was a music genre spawned from hardcore punk which consists of bands such as Rites of spring, Sunny day real estate and Embrace.
Emo means Emotive Hardcore.

THANK YOU MAN!!!! now even musicians don't realize what true emo is. pop-punk and emo are totally different.

[jplay5]

MetalQueen27 wrote:

LOL FAN LOST.he knows that like all of his fans are emo yeah? or WERE.i can't believe that actually,the amount of people MCR were such a life saver too and now Gerard Way has ruined it,emo hater? he is ****ing emo get over it ???
=/.thanks for nothing you were such a ****ing inspiration,emphasis on the WERE.going to that tour was the best day of my life,not nay more

This is the ****ing philosophy that is so dumb. Everyone ****ing groups music together to make it seem like no band in a certain genre has any individuality. Treat each band differently and who gives a shit if the lead singer of one band doesn't enjoy music from another band...Oh, no. To actually say that you have given up on Gerard Way because he is an "emo hater" is one of the most ignorant comments i have heard recently. I don't want to judge you, but it certainly seems like you are the kind of person that is ruining the entire ****ing music industry. You obviously enjoy listening to music by my chemical romance, so why say "oh yeah, im not going to listen to them anymore because he doesn't like exactly what i like." For gods sake, have some ****ing individuality.

[war666child]

yeah. uh. this is sum funny shit!
MCR. EMO?? Do make me laugh!
i just realize how stupid people are,
just by agreeing with the media!
the simple minded!
if you actually took the time, listen
to the music.
not just the lyrics, not just the guitars,
not just the bass, or drums..
BUT THE FUCKIN MEANING BEHIND THE MUSIC!
MCR has high standards for music.
and some stupid people can't even see that.
I LOVE BANDS LIKE SLAYER, PANTERA, SYSTEM OF A
DOWN, but sometimes you just need to
look at there point of view, and there
ideal for music. Just find the inner beauty in
each band. ONe of my FAVORITE songs is FAMOUS LAST WORDS. (and teenagers)

[nirvana4lf]

LOL

never heard what the media had to say about them. formed my own opinion. this article is far beyond ironic (as opposed to far beyond driven which, how could you put those two together???)

war666child wrote:

yeah. uh. this is sum funny shit!
MCR. EMO?? Do make me laugh!
i just realize how stupid people are,
just by agreeing with the media!
the simple minded!
if you actually took the time, listen
to the music.
not just the lyrics, not just the guitars,
not just the bass, or drums..
BUT THE FUCKIN MEANING BEHIND THE MUSIC!
MCR has high standards for music.
and some stupid people can't even see that.
I LOVE BANDS LIKE SLAYER, PANTERA, SYSTEM OF A
DOWN, but sometimes you just need to
look at there point of view, and there
ideal for music. Just find the inner beauty in
each band. ONe of my FAVORITE songs is FAMOUS LAST WORDS. (and teenagers)

[Hillman666]

Music shouldnt be catagorized
It should be listend too!
as for the article
was he on something ?

[nirvana4lf]

also i thought i would note that there is obviosuly a feature of this article that has attracted 430+ comments, something so controversial!

[Mojo89]

all you idiots on here posting "you dont know what emo is!" emo is faggots who sit behind a microphone and cry about their feelings "i'm not okay" some one told me they saw MCR in concert and dude was a total flamer. I guess talking baout how pretty he was and making out with a dude on stage? idk thats wut dude a work told me. any ways thats besdies the point. yo ucry about your emotions you suck. ha plain and simple. its different to expres your emotions. but dont cry. grow a penis.

[guitarded27]

i gotta hand it to him, it is a original way to gain publicity. i would never been so creative as to call my own band a pile of sh!t .
to war666child, i have listened to the black parade, i do like maybe one song (famous last words is a decent pop song) when i'm drunk, and yet still, the fact that you mention mcr in the same post as slayer/pantera (to boost ur 'music cred'), offends me.

raining blood ftw.

[jplay5]

jplay5 wrote:

MetalQueen27 wrote:

LOL FAN LOST.he knows that like all of his fans are emo yeah? or WERE.i can't believe that actually,the amount of people MCR were such a life saver too and now Gerard Way has ruined it,emo hater? he is ****ing emo get over it ???
=/.thanks for nothing you were such a ****ing inspiration,emphasis on the WERE.going to that tour was the best day of my life,not nay more


This is the ****ing philosophy that is so dumb. Everyone ****ing groups music together to make it seem like no band in a certain genre has any individuality. Treat each band differently and who gives a shit if the lead singer of one band doesn't enjoy music from another band...Oh, no. To actually say that you have given up on Gerard Way because he is an "emo hater" is one of the most ignorant comments i have heard recently. I don't want to judge you, but it certainly seems like you are the kind of person that is ruining the entire ****ing music industry. You obviously enjoy listening to music by my chemical romance, so why say "oh yeah, im not going to listen to them anymore because he doesn't like exactly what i like." For gods sake, have some ****ing individuality.

[Mattieon]

Well it looks like from these comments nobody really wants to take ownership of this band in their favourite genre. Just because all the bands don't sound alike doesn't mean they aren't that genre, just because the band is shit doesn't mean it is in the genre either.

Genres change as well just because it doesn't sound like it did a decade ago doesn't mean it is labelled as something else. Metal is a perfect example look at the difference between bands like Sabbath and Bodom, totally different but both are metal.

So my point is MCR are emo no matter how much you emo fans want to say it is not it is. Just because it is crap or you don't like it doesn't mean it doesn't belong in that genre if that was true there would be many genres with only few bands. So just accept it as an emo band but you can still hate, I'm a metal head who doesn't like Borgir doesn't mean they ain't metal.

[Mojo89]

by the way i find it hilarious a ratio of 9 out of 10 people on here find this hysterical and hypocritical.

[Skarson]

I'm not gonna make any direct comments on anyone's opinions, but how many people here actually to MCR before they formed their opinion of the band?

[doomed1]

is this guy on drugs? wtf did he just say?
and what mattieon said, only with hatebreed

[IamGerardsBFFL]

READ THIS
I met Gerard Way and got his autograph yesterday... Hes is the nicest person I have ever met! He also agreed to be my BEST FRIEND FOR LIFE!
Gerard is not emo. MCR is not emo. Its as simple as that.
Get it already. The darkness comes from where they grew up and events that have happened in their life times. so, BEFORE YOU GO ON INSULTING MCR... listen to at least 40 of their songs while reading their lyrics 3 times each, study up on the band's history, watch a few videos, and look at the band as a band... not a part of a group of music. They have their own genre. They save lives! Yeah, so maybe they're a bit FUCKED UP. But this band means a lot to me. THEY ARE MY FUCKING LIFE!!!! So don't dis My Chemical Romance, or the MCR fans will literally mob you.
Gerard dresses the way he does to express himself, and he dresses himself the way he does because he can. He's not emo, he's just... Gerard!
THE BAND IS NOT EMO!!!!
So... stop dissing My Chem, and go listen to them. Some of the good songs are Heaven Help us, Dead!, Teenagers, You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison, Helena, Skylines and Turnstiles, Hang 'Em High, and Bury Me In Black.
My Chem Rules!!!!
Stop dissing them, THEY ARE NOT EMO!!!!!
Don't judge a band by what they dress in. Gerard isn't trying to get attention or cause problems. He just wants stupid dumbass non-fans to stop calling them emo, and if you stop... then he'll stop bitching!!!!
So, just stop being BITCHES!!!!

MCR IS MY LIFE!!!!
THEY HAVE SAVED SO MANY LIVES!!!!


Gerard Way is also a great comic book writer, and a great artist. He thinks uniquely, and I think its great to have an open mind.
Stop insulting My Chem, because you are also insulting all of their DEDICATED FANS!!!!

You don't have to share all of your nasty thoughts. Stop making fun of and insulting My Chemical Romance!!!!

Take your complaints to the MCRmy... I dare ya! Then you'll see how MCR has taught its many fans to NOT TAKE ANYONE'S SHIT!!!!

So, I hope you'll give MCR another chance, and think about this message. Give this another read over. Take what I am saying into consideration!

I speak up for the band I love. My favorite band, My Chemical Romance!!!!

Stop putting shit on MCR, and be a little nicer.
MCR AND GERARD ARE NOT EMO!!!!

[scarfacesuit]

um... i could have sworn that their first album was very emo.
the second was kind of dark, but it wasn't really "splatter my brains across the walls/i wanna kill myself" emo.

Checked again.

[Steriogramrules]

"by default starts to make us emo"? i wish he explained that. Even if they ain't emo it don't matter, they still wine their asses off...and what the **** is with their teenagers song??? It's exactly the same as a random ass old traditional rock song but with different lyrics! they're new album sounds like a cover CD except about 2 or 3 songs!

[IamGerardsBFFL]

MetalQueen27 wrote:

LOL FAN LOST.he knows that like all of his fans are emo yeah? or WERE.i can't believe that actually,the amount of people MCR were such a life saver too and now Gerard Way has ruined it,emo hater? he is ****ing emo get over it ???
=/.thanks for nothing you were such a ****ing inspiration,emphasis on the WERE.going to that tour was the best day of my life,not nay more

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I say: Gerard isn't insulting his emo fans, he just doesn't appreciate his band being called emo, and he doesn't want his fans to cut. ALSO, his fans aren't emo, they are scene... its like emo in clothing and looks, only its all about music, and scene kids don't cut. so he isnt insulting his fans.
yeah, maybe he made a mistake in what he said... but maybe you don't have the whole story. maybe before he said that, someone said his band was emo, and he was replying by saying, "[His band being called] emo is a pile of shit."

or... he thinks emo music sux and he doesn't want to be labled as an emo band...
also, gerard doesn't like emo stuff, because he doesn't want anyone to cut themselves, and he thinks we should love ourselves, not mrder and hurt ourselves. He was just spesking up for his band and people's well being. Gerard actually thinks that people [and bands] shouldn't be labeled by what they look or sound like at first impression.

[Nightfyre]

billiethesquid wrote:

So wait, MCR aren't emo... so then what IS emo? I wish Gerard had told me what to put his CD next to. MCR are agressive, emotional, harder faster punk. I thought that was what Emo was. I dont get this, nobody wants to be called emo, I'm wondering what it even is anymore. Although I guess Hawthorne Heights list themselves as Emo on their Myspace. They rock. And they're not too dissimilar to MCR, am I right folks?

emo is bands like rites of spring, embrace, and sunny day real estate. emotive hardcore is completely separate from emo.

[jeremyrozario]

i dun get it, a bit out of point, but why is everybody making such a big fuss about the misconceptions of emo, when there is a bigger genre out there that is so commonly and irritatingly mislabelled

HIP HOP =/= R&B
i think this is another issue

as for MCR, i like the band, esp the black parade album, ray toro, the lead guitarist (in case most don't noe), is actually good in his own way, check out his guitar works in the songs, theyre pretty decent, anw its possible to appreciate all the shreddier stuff like kiko loureiro, vai, malmsteen, petrucci, and also appreciate stuff like fall out boy, mcr and taking back sunday

anw final statement? go read up on wikipedia what emo is, you'll find that most of these modern emo bands are in the same predicament as the HIP HOP/R&B artists, except they just get it negatively(as in really really bad)

[Blind In 1 Ear]

not emo? well they still sound like every band out there today what ever they are. they sound like emo to me and a lot of people. i think Mattieon got it right. you dont have to sound exactly like another band to be in the same genre.

[thewalrus77]

although i hate mcr alot i agree with what hes saying

[iccilicus]

IamGerardsBFFL wrote:
He just wants stupid dumbass non-fans to stop calling them emo

I thought half their fans were emo?

[algemar]

So I'd like to point out that there have been over 200 posts in the last 2 hours. The Emo topic probably stirs up more emotions... haha horrible pun... then any other topic on this site.

It makes you wonder what really interests us. When news about bands that many of us say we admire, (insert favorite band here), doesn't get nearly as many comments as a post about a band that we say we abhor with a passion.

[omgrunnn]

yupp and oj was innocent.....:P

[IamGerardsBFFL]

IamGerardsBFFL wrote:

READ THIS
I met Gerard Way and got his autograph yesterday... Hes is the nicest person I have ever met! He also agreed to be my BEST FRIEND FOR LIFE!

Nightfyre wrote:
That's the only part I'm gonna post on, you don't need the whole wall of text to get how obsessed this guy is. All I wanna ask is, how old are you? Seriously, best friend for life? LMAO. I promise there is a life beyond the scene, and I hope you find it eventually.

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I say: Yeah, I know there is a life beyond that. I am 13. I am allowed to have a little fun with my favorite rock star, and I'm not a guy. I have a life, and I never said that his autograph and friendship were all I ever wanted... I am quite sure that I know that there is a life beyond this scene... I just hate when people insult MCR, and I am happy he is my biffel.

also, he was insulting emo music. not emo fans.

[this&that]

wow, i think i must give a hand to whoever originally recommended this article be put on UG, and also to UG for putting it on, because i think this is the smallest article i've seen here that's created the most havoc, and such a huge amount of comments and criticism. emo or not emo, they blow, and thats my opinion. i lol'd.

[Jondy]

mcr is not emo. punk-style 3 chord no solos guitar is like, a prereq to be an emo band. So I can understand why he wouldn't want to be lumped in with that.

honestly the fact that the mainstream metalheads of today hate mcr only serves to make them more metal. original metal was for the outcasts and misunderstood.

Checked.

[anti-goth]

742627000017 :
Wow sayng that your band is a pile of shit isnt prety clever

haha.. that made my day. agreed!

[IamGerardsBFFL]

Mojo89 wrote:
all you idiots on here posting "you dont know what emo is!" emo is faggots who sit behind a microphone and cry about their feelings "i'm not okay" some one told me they saw MCR in concert and dude was a total flamer. I guess talking baout how pretty he was and making out with a dude on stage? idk thats wut dude a work told me. any ways thats besdies the point. yo ucry about your emotions you suck. ha plain and simple. its different to expres your emotions. but dont cry. grow a penis.


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I'm Not Okay (I Promise) is not Gerard crying and bitcing about how horrible life is. Its supposed to be a fictional character's point of view. Gerard loves his life. Just except that already!!!! He isn't whiny. He is actually fun to be with, and not whiny at all. So, if you don't like the music... don't listen to it. You guys are the ones whining about music you don't like, when you don't even have to listen to it!!!!

Checked, again.

[malthusiandrill]

this is just someone trying to promote their new record by getting attention when they attack other bands with vague comments.





.....even now they're copying Manson in the same way they disagree with him.....

[vogellied]

What a bunch of f*ck wads, I mean real knee bitters. They can't even hope to reach the zenith of Emo (a general style I am not at all attached to), I mean they suck, seriously suck. It's like Kenny G saying, Jazz sucks, and he hates that he is being lumped into it. I would agree, Jazz is the Bird, it's Coltrain and Brubeck and a million other innovators. The little knob gobbling pop princess are just another bunch of freaking jocko-rama punk from the suburbs, Avril Lavine wanna be's. Total sh*t eating dog licking no musical nutsacks, but that is just my humble opinion.

[Gundersmoot]

Dude it's not about that. It's about how hypocritical the statement is. If Randy Blythe from lamb of god said "Metal is a pile of sh-t" you would be all over him.

[iambomb69]

Gundersmoot :
A few things. Ray toro and who ever the rhythm guitarist is are not good at guitar. They are playing stuff I was playing in my first month learning. Second it is hard to appreciate Shredders like Oli Herbert, and Ingwie Malmsteen and MCR at the same time because they are good and MCR SUCKS. Third, If you see someone wearing a pair of Tripp pants and a spike bracelet and dreadlocks what are you going to think? Metal head right? So if you see people dressed like whats his face and with hair like whats his face what are you going to think... Emo... Duh. Fourth Scene=Emo. Fifth if all of your fans like emo music and you don't ever used pinched harmonics chances are... you're an emo band. they play music like an emo band with the muted middle string chords, they don't do palm muting beats, they don't do pinched harmonics, they don't have heavy gain or distortion, has there ever even been a guitar solo in one of their songs? All of their music is played like an emo band. So get this; You play emo music; your fans are emo; you sing emo lyrics; you dress like an emo person; YOU ARE EMO. It's pathetic that you idiots have to have it spelled out to you.

Listen to Dead! or Thank You for the Venom.
They have really good solos.
Ray is a good guitarist.
He plays alot of solos.

[Gundersmoot]

No dude tool has there own genre not MCR. Tool is innovative and unique MCR is the same as all this other mainstream emo crap. Get over yourself man. Your not some god.

[walkingreject]

in all honesty, i cant draw the line between emo, punk rock, and other styles! everyone has a different perspective on what emo is. in gerard's point of view, mcr is not emo, but to a lot of other people out there, they are. The fact that they are (or are not) emo shouldn't matter! its the actual MUSIC that matters! If you like them, thats great, If yoou dont, dont listen to them. i hate when people always have to go label people as emo and other crap! if you dont like it, why bother posting it! think about it.

[IamGerardsBFFL]

Gundersmoot wrote:
A few things. Ray toro and who ever the rhythm guitarist is are not good at guitar. They are playing stuff I was playing in my first month learning. Second it is hard to appreciate Shredders like Oli Herbert, and Ingwie Malmsteen and MCR at the same time because they are good and MCR SUCKS. Third, If you see someone wearing a pair of Tripp pants and a spike bracelet and dreadlocks what are you going to think? Metal head right? So if you see people dressed like whats his face and with hair like whats his face what are you going to think... Emo... Duh. Fourth Scene=Emo. Fifth if all of your fans like emo music and you don't ever used pinched harmonics chances are... you're an emo band. they play music like an emo band with the muted middle string chords, they don't do palm muting beats, they don't do pinched harmonics, they don't have heavy gain or distortion, has there ever even been a guitar solo in one of their songs? All of their music is played like an emo band. So get this; You play emo music; your fans are emo; you sing emo lyrics; you dress like an emo person; YOU ARE EMO. It's pathetic that you idiots have to have it spelled out to you.



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listen to some of the music before you say sh*t like that. listen to thank you for the venom and bury me in black, because Ray is an amazing guitarist. idk, maybe you have superpowers in guitar learning skills, but Ray and Frankie are awesome!!!!
Also, dead has a guitar solo. Headfirsst for halos basically IS a guitar solo... and listen to Hang'e high!!!!
Also, MCR isn't emo.
Scene is different from emo.
learn what emos dress like... cz i don't think they wear a planet of the apes t-shirt and baggy jeans, and i don't think that you are sane if you say MCR has no guitar solos. THEY AREN'T EMO. GET IT ALREADY.

[iambomb69]

walkingreject wrote:

in all honesty, i cant draw the line between emo, punk rock, and other styles! everyone has a different perspective on what emo is. in gerard's point of view, mcr is not emo, but to a lot of other people out there, they are. The fact that they are (or are not) emo shouldn't matter! its the actual MUSIC that matters! If you like them, thats great, If yoou dont, dont listen to them. i hate when people always have to go label people as emo and other crap! if you dont like it, why bother posting it! think about it.

thank you.

[IamGerardsBFFL]

I am not a guy!!!!!

[senor_penguin]

huh, well.....thats an intresting article

[corruptjustice]

thank you for the venom is a sweet song, otherwise it's emo.

[IamGerardsBFFL]

Keep 'em coming IAMGERADSBFF, your comments are golden. Freaking brilliant. ....."they are not emo, they are not emo, boo hoo, I am so emotional in how not emo they are, whaaaaa"....hahahahahahahahaha
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haha LMAO...
I am not crying over it. I am not emo. I just don't want people to label My Chem as emo, and then get everyone hating it because of what its labeled as.
Also, people should listen to some MCR and stuff before they just go on hating it. It has meanings that dig deep down into your emotions, but really... it doesn't make them emo. you can be emotional and use music to express stuff without being emo.

[wildarmx]

you know, i dont have a problem with emo music. To be honest I like the style of genre. But the problem with the emo label is that everyone applies it to EVERYTHING. im 24 and my 17 year old brother in law said I was emo because I was wearing a bleeding through shirt with some shoes that matched the colors. WTF? I was called emo because I like the scream, sing scream styled music. Killswtich anyone? everyone says another band/person is emo when they find something wrong with them; even though most of these people dont even know what true emo is. I am honestly just sick of it as I do belive artists are too. Case in point MCR, good non emo band. and if mcr is emo are you saying queen is emo? =)

[leadlix4emblem]

PastaOfMuppets wrote:

Hobolad wrote:

My own opinions about emo and MCR aside- isn't this gonna annoy the fans? Don't most people who listen to MCR also listen to emo music (or "other emo music" if you class MCR as emo)?

Yeah but a lot of those other "emo" bands would probably object to the term too.
I have seen Fall Out Boy say similar things about wanting to distance themselves from "emo"

Actually, Fall Out Boy has indeed been defined as an emo rock band. However, if you check Wiki, MCR is still defined as Alternative Rock.

I wouldn't diss MCR. Ray Toro has some good riffs.

[IamGerardsBFFL]

What everyone else is saying: omg... anything that expresses its emotions is emo. anyone that dresses different is emo. anyone who says anything that has to do with death or sadness or anything like that is emo. anyone who is not afraid to keep on living and walking this world alone is emo. Anyone who listens to music I don't like is emo..... it could go on forever.

I say: No. MCR isn't emo. They just express themselves, and show people it okay to be different... just be yourself. If people say something you don't like, then stand up for what you believe! oh, or is standing up for your opinions too emo for you?

[psilocyndreams2]

dude he doesn't even know what he's talking about. REAL emo died in the 90s, and it wasn't this whiny garbage. i actually thoroughly like real emo bands, but not these recent pop punk bands that market themselves as real punk while their scene kid fans think they are truly emo.

[Ten_Jam]

EMO DENILE!!!! thats all i can say about MCR

[HeavyMetaldude]

walkingreject wrote:

in all honesty, i cant draw the line between emo, punk rock, and other styles! everyone has a different perspective on what emo is. in gerard's point of view, mcr is not emo, but to a lot of other people out there, they are. The fact that they are (or are not) emo shouldn't matter! its the actual MUSIC that matters! If you like them, thats great, If yoou dont, dont listen to them. i hate when people always have to go label people as emo and other crap! if you dont like it, why bother posting it! think about it.

i dont like them but i have no choice whether to listen to them or not because they are everywhere and if its not them its some other crappy pop-punk emo band who think they are metal. it pisses me off.

Emo is no longer different it is the mainstream and if anyone dosent realize that they really are stupid.Emo isnt individual or different anymore its normal and "cool". Words cant express my anger about it.

[Dingoman]

stop the presses.lol

[WeSparkAndFade]

Aceroth wrote:

They're not emo anymore, but I doubt they can deny that their first album had at least a few emo songs on it. With lyrics like "I think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling," unless that's like some crazy metaphor for something, that sounds fairly emo to me...

dude.. u have to take the full meanings of the song and you have to know what they are about you cant just label like that. its a shit label that ppl use too much.. gerard is right. you cant just take a line and then say the song is emo. if you know anytihng baout them you'd know the song was pretty much a joke.. and if u heard the hole song you would hear "think happy thoughts" o yes.. so emo

SOUPerman432321 wrote:

i love MCR but they are emo their name is My chemical romance i dont have to hear a song to know they are emo

and you ... you dont know shit

[Sinten]

envoykrawkwar7 wrote:
umm
rock sucks
then by that metal and progressive
im sorry but you fail

learn your genres. you don't like the father just because you love the daughter. it is you who fails

[Sinten]

Gundersmoot wrote:

Dude it's not about that. It's about how hypocritical the statement is. If Randy Blythe from lamb of god said "Metal is a pile of sh-t" you would be all over him.

not really. if he said "Metalcore is a pile of sh-t" then yeah i'd be all over that

[WeSparkAndFade]

leadlix4emblem wrote:

wildarmx wrote:

you know, i dont have a problem with emo music. To be honest I like the style of genre. But the problem with the emo label is that everyone applies it to EVERYTHING. im 24 and my 17 year old brother in law said I was emo because I was wearing a bleeding through shirt with some shoes that matched the colors. WTF? I was called emo because I like the scream, sing scream styled music. Killswtich anyone? everyone says another band/person is emo when they find something wrong with them; even though most of these people dont even know what true emo is. I am honestly just sick of it as I do belive artists are too. Case in point MCR, good non emo band. and if mcr is emo are you saying queen is emo? =)

my god.. absolutely.. the most true point i have read.. it is so stupid.. people just use it if you wear black, if u lik screamo.. or if u own clothes with blood or anything. ugh its so annoying.

[Black_Fender]

LOL Sooo many comments...
Honestly, I don't consider them emo (anymore). I have to say Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was about as emo as they come, but Black Parade doesn't fall into the emo category at all. Those people^ don't know what they're talking about and prob haven't even heard Black Parade.

[frottage]

they may not be flaming emo like From First to Last or Fall Out Boy, but they still suck imo.

[WeSparkAndFade]

kay, revenge waqsnt even emo. it was hardly about real stuff... they made up scenarios... there was stuff about rape in jail and like in bullets they got songs from movies... ugh

[KuroNoizu]

I guess people might start understanding the difference between emo and emotional, and start realizing that one's appearence does not define them.

[WeSparkAndFade]

and okay 1. emo = emotional.. wtf kinda music do u wanna listen to if it has no emotion. its fckin pointless if theres no emotion in it.. and if ur talking about the emo = slit ur wrists then shit ppl.. music doesnt make u do that.. and if u think that.. ur stupid

[Stupified]

LOL
I'd be pissed if I saw crappy bands take my spot...not saying 'emo' is crappy, just basing it off the article.

[Andras5soul]

now hes ASKING us to call them emo pieces of garbage! what a whiner! These guys only have a carrier in the music business because the new generation of rock listeners listen to this emo sh*t. If i were him id be happy that atleast SOMEBODY is listening to my awful music. My chemical romance are a JOKE! they are untalanted clowns with no musical taste, but on top of it all they are officially hypocrites as well!

[TheReverend724]

Maverick49 wrote:

crash 2.0 wrote:

in*limbo wrote:

MCR! ther music is more metal. its the lyrics man. i mean you cant go round writing songs with lyrics lyk in im not okey and dead n stuff and not expect to be labelled emo. im a fan yea (dont go hating me!) but they are emo.
Hey bro, Im a fan too sorta. Like, Im into their old stuff and there is NOOOO way mcr is emo. emo isnt just the lyrics. Its the sound that counts and "Im Not Okay (I Promise)" isnt emo. The song is more of a rock song with a punk driven style. I mean, listen to the solo. How many emo bands have a hard rock/ classic rock-like solo, if any solo at all? I mean, that should cancel the whole fact that its emo.

By that same argument, Rage Against The Machine should be immediately relabelled as hip-hop because Tom morello does a turntable scratching solo on his guitar on Bulls On Parade. Fool. MCR are emo. End of argument.

[iStrato]

OK... this emo thing is really starting to get on my nerves. Emo is not a tag that you want to be given to you. MCR isn't all that bad... first album they were, but their new stuff isn't all that bad. Plus the guitarist dosen't suck. I'm geting tired of all this "I hate emo" "I hate Pop Punk" "It's not real music" "I hate POP" WTF. If you don't like a genre then get over it. Don't diss it. I give respent to most musicians (even rap) for making music, and there are some bands that i agree don't sound too great, but they don't suck. It's all a matter of opinion.

How ever, i agree that being emo is pretty sad. not nessicarily the music, but the people that are that dang depressed.

[LakeboDom]

I love how people diss the emo genre yet cant name 10 bands?

[Masterbasser36]

Andras5soul wrote:

now hes ASKING us to call them emo pieces of garbage! what a whiner! These guys only have a carrier in the music business because the new generation of rock listeners listen to this emo sh*t. If i were him id be happy that atleast SOMEBODY is listening to my awful music. My chemical romance are a JOKE! they are untalanted clowns with no musical taste, but on top of it all they are officially hypocrites as well!

qft

[WeSparkAndFade]

iStrato wrote:

OK... this emo thing is really starting to get on my nerves. Emo is not a tag that you want to be given to you. MCR isn't all that bad... first album they were, but their new stuff isn't all that bad. Plus the guitarist dosen't suck. I'm geting tired of all this "I hate emo" "I hate Pop Punk" "It's not real music" "I hate POP" WTF. If you don't like a genre then get over it. Don't diss it. I give respent to most musicians (even rap) for making music, and there are some bands that i agree don't sound too great, but they don't suck. It's all a matter of opinion.

How ever, i agree that being emo is pretty sad. not nessicarily the music, but the people that are that dang depressed.

parts of that i agree with but.. some parts were stupid.. ya .. 1. lik u cant say pop punk is not real music.. no im not a fan of it.. but its fckin music.. emo is a fckin stupid label and no matter how many ppl defend the point there are still the stupid thick headed ppl who cant get over themselves and think they have to be right and are fckin jerkoffs..

[jamasteX]

i guess they were really not emo in the first place its just the hair i think there songs are good but i think its too far away from being emo it may be some emotional but that doenst prove its emo

[pyritmann]

Mamono wrote:

its a shame that i actually do enjoy this band's music and such, honestly its really not about ****ing labels...its about the music. if you dont like it, dont listen to it. if you do...then listen to it. its really simple. theres not need for all this genre bashing bullshit its just ****ing music... just cuzsome people think metallica sucks (which i dont agree with) doesnt mean that a generalized statement saying "metal sucks" can be close to true...people need to stop being such bitches and just enjoy the art of music and its offshoots.

trrruuuuue dat, i hate genres and i hate labels, i like some of these guys stuff tho i cant say im too big on their new stuff with the excuse of teenagers, i think their a solid band who take way too much heat. just stop whining over someone being emo, its worse than the emo whining.

[Black_Fender]

I really want to point out, like iStrato said, their guitarist is actually very good. They don't use him to his full potential, but I know for a fact he's better than most of you people that are flaming on the band.

[rockboy_donny]

these guys are far from emo when are you people gonna stop judging by there name
listen to the black parade it is far from emo and same with all there other albums
serious when are you people gonna wake up

[iccilicus]

Please people, it's all a matter of opinion. There's no need to start abusing people or get personal because of their thoughts!

They are as entitled to hate MCR as you are to love them. They are entitled to describe why they hate MCR as you are to describe why you love them. Or vice versa. Give the insults a break already.

[rockboy_donny]

also id have to agree with Black)Fender about ray toro the guitarist he is amazing and they dont use him as much as they could but listen to the song dead! if that guitar doesnt blow you away nothing will

[WeSparkAndFade]

lik do some fckin research if u tihnk u know eveyrihn... U DONT.. lik u cant see one line of a song.. see the band name.. or see album artwork and then fkcin label them based on it.. u cant make assumptions before u fckin know everything ... holy shit

Checked.

Darn you, paint, checking at the same time as me :P

Checked.

I've never read that many stupid and illegitimate comments ever.

Seriously, if you say "MCR sucks", you better have a reason to back up your well-thought out argument.

[psycho826]

lol so many emo kids are gonna die today..

[stonyman65]

LMFAO!! MCR saying that they are not Emo is like Pantera saying they are not thrash...

[Cheesepuff]

MCR is not emo. They are pop/punk with a tinge of bad-assery with the guitarist. Their older albums were a bit emo though.

And guys, stop going to this thread just to argue or to say "MCR IS GHEY!!". I bet most of you haven't heard any song from them anyway. Check out songs from the Black Parade and compare that to the songs on Tell all Your Friends. If that doesn't convince you then you are deaf.

Checked,again.

[Kayfan]

lol what next QOTSA saying they never have been Stoner rock, and all this time they've actually been grindcore?

[operation ktulu]

psycho826 wrote:

lol so many emo kids are gonna die today..

LMAO +11

stonyman65 wrote:

LMFAO!! MCR saying that they are not Emo is like Pantera saying they are not thrash...

LMAO +11
The only reason Way said this is because he is trying to generate publicity. Honestly look at it..all of the band members are emo, they helped jumpstart they whole "My father raped me so i'm gonna cut myself". yes it's sad your father raped you but go to a psychiatrist for that you don't need to braodcast it to the world, by wearing the stupid shit you do, act like a normal human, don't be a pussy, claw your way out of the belly of the beast and please help make this world not so emo,

[Floodzone004]

crash 2.0 wrote:

Emo does not suck. You guys are just too in tuned with the media that you actually believe poppy bands like red jumpsuit apparatus and Fall out boy are emo. Theyre not. Emo is Sunny day real estate, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids, Christie Front Drive, & Rites of Spring. And besides, I personally think its arguable that MCRs first album was actually pretty Post-Hardcore. It sounds like it, Its written like it, it even has some of the screaming. So why label it emo if they have no sound of emo whatsoever? I say..Fuck the media for what its worth cause all they wanna do is take something small and make it problematic

Exactly. and im so glad we all know what emo is here. Emo is short for emotive hardcore, a hardcore punk subgenre. The band that started it was name rites of spring. Listen to it and tell me it sounds similar at all. First album was post hardcore/alternative, not emo. and please tell me and of the solos on black parade take no talent. And soooo many famous bands wear make up, keith richards did, prob still does.

[huskbunny]

MCR are clearly emo, hes jus sayin there not emo cause the other half of the population don't like emo bands so he's basically tryin 2 get some respect from the others... which doesnt work

[longhornchad200]

Emo died with at the drive-in who were awesome, aaaaand think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling, the thing you have to appriceate about MCR is the snide sarcastic black humor in their lyrics. Like in Teenagers, or Headfirst for Halos, becuase really people who listen to music and who even care to stop and think about the lyrics it's absolutely brilliant and reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe, but maybe I'm just too smart for my age.

[tkemyfckinghand]

Listen to any ****ing My Chemical Romance album, then another "emo" band and ****ing listen to the difference.
MCR doesn't sound like any other band.
They're just plain different, and that's amazing.
They're original.
They're a band that plays music they enjoy, and if you're going to criticize a band because they play what they believe, and enjoy, I don't know what the **** you're on.

[RedNovember]

IamGerardsBFFL wrote:

READ THIS
I met Gerard Way and got his autograph yesterday... Hes is the nicest person I have ever met! He also agreed to be my BEST FRIEND FOR LIFE!!

Unfortunately, this sounds like an emo kid to me. And hence, his opinion doesn't matter.

Actually, this whole deal with emo and not emo is complete nonsense. What's the point of labelling bands, anyway? Or styles of music, for that matter?

I listen to EVERYTHING.

Literally.

And for the most part, everything borrows something from somewhere else. That's how genre's get started. MCR capitalized on what they knew was going to get popular. Catchy melodies, teen-friendly songs about angst and such, and simple, punchy-to-octave guitar riffs. Obviously, they knew what they were doing. Otherwise they wouldn't be so popular.

Back to my original point, everything is a rip off of everything else. Look at how metal evolved. It started off with stuff like Cream, Sabbath, Queen, then branched off from there, going to stuff like death and thrash, and all that other shit inbetween, to today, with the NWOAHM and such.

And they all started with the same thing! And they continue to use the same format as they did years and years ago. Just as every other musician out there does time and time again.

And for the record, I hate MCR and everything they've ever done, regardless of what the post (article?!) says.

[Sheer<3Attack]

I dont get it...
...Everyone is hating on Gerard Way for saying this
Yet everyone keeps arguing that DEATH metal is the best music ever and emo music sucks and should fade away
Does that mean we're in the same league as Gerard Way when he says emo sucks?
And dont bring out the old "But...he is emo!" cause as far as I know, emo isnt really mainstream rock, MCR is more like hardcore pop punk (if that even makes sense =p)

[ayestrey]

change your look then dis your genre

[Floodzone004]

RedNovember wrote:

IamGerardsBFFL wrote:

READ THIS
I met Gerard Way and got his autograph yesterday... Hes is the nicest person I have ever met! He also agreed to be my BEST FRIEND FOR LIFE!!


Unfortunately, this sounds like an emo kid to me. And hence, his opinion doesn't matter.

Yes, and u seem like someone who thinks they know everything and hence your opinion doesnt matter. You cant say who's opinion matters or not, no one can. Everyone's allowed to voice their thoughts, one of MCR's philosophy's. Though I agree with your idea that theirs no point in labeling music and that everyone copies of someone before them.

[longhornchad200]

There's two types of music, good and bad.

And I know someone won't read this bottom part and reply with: Yes, and emo is bad. and then someone will now do it sarcastically and I will love them.

Seriously like what you like, don't be a dusche, but seriously, listen to my morning jacket.

[ibanez_player]

Emo: Emotionally charged lyrics.

I thought every band wrote songs about their life.
So if i were to write a song, about a time in my life.
That say wasent the best... You would all say.
Oh my god, he's so emo..


There is a something called depression.
Wich people cant help.
So its way cold, when you make fun of people by calling them emo.

[ibanez_player]

Society made emo.

And when someone says something, the rest of the world just agrees.

MUSIC IS MUSIC.
Fuck Label's

[the_bi99man]

Bozjoarmstrong wrote:

oh come on. That is the last thing they should ever have said. Then again they might enjoy having a stab at themselves...

He cuts himself verbally... then cuts himself at night... This is probably the funniest article I've seen in ages.

[Soul Vomitor]

CLLLLLASSSSSIC

[NightEmbers]

read the first few comments but Come on guys... the word emo comes up one thing leads to another and than 140 comments our blocked... thats pretty bad

[Solaceblade]

operation ktulu wrote:

psycho826 wrote:

lol so many emo kids are gonna die today..

LMAO +11

stonyman65 wrote:

LMFAO!! MCR saying that they are not Emo is like Pantera saying they are not thrash...

LMAO +11
The only reason Way said this is because he is trying to generate publicity. Honestly look at it..all of the band members are emo, they helped jumpstart they whole "My father raped me so i'm gonna cut myself". yes it's sad your father raped you but go to a psychiatrist for that you don't need to braodcast it to the world, by wearing the stupid shit you do, act like a normal human, don't be a pussy, claw your way out of the belly of the beast and please help make this world not so emo,

wtf.... the korn would be a useless and shitty band, cuz jonathan davis sung about his past life about his childhood... korn ****in rocks, and you're being a retard for saying that you cant sing about your horrible past... i feel bad for you...if you were to make songs, they would be about nothing... problems are easier to sing about rather than singing about "everything is good" and shit...there would be no point...

[soulflyV]

These days emo is an image, not a genre of music.

I think they are a part of the "emo" image, which is why I'm not that much of a fan, BUT their music is rock. Although it is pretty ironic that he calls the image the band used to sell their album sh!t.

As I see it, they are a rock band, and everyone hates them because they are popular, (I actually liked them until all my friends started saying they were cool because they listened to MCR) and now that I have listened to their new album in its entirity it is clear they are a rock band. And a popular one at that. Not emo.

[theused_is_cool]

wtf thats like saying "hey guys, a few years ago, we were a pile of shit!"

[pimpslap1236]

i they should just delete this article. this is the most ****ing stupid shit ive ever heard. emo music (REAL emo) is not good but about 30X better than anything his band has ever accomplished. how can you even TRY to trash something else when what you write is such utter verbal diarrhea. all ive ever heard from them is absolute shite. no musical merit or value whatsoever. my chemical romance shouldnt be labeled emo though, thats true. there not emo. there just very very bad pop punk. the worst of the lot to be precise....but still not emo.

[tkemyfckinghand]

longhornchad200 :
I'm posting so frequently people don't even read 'em, anyways, I don't even think anyone knows how Emo was originated and who made it up, and what it really means, we should find the guy that made emo and kill him... or in a sweet twist of irony have him kill himself.

And cut Gerard Way some slack, I mean he was on coke for a while, so he was kinda crazy and that probobly carried over.

They wrote two out of three albums while Gerard was an alcoholic and on drugs, Bullets was written in the wake of 9/11 which is what started the band, in the first place.
Revenge was written when Gerard and Mikey's grandmother, who meant a ton to both of them, died, causing them to think of her a ton while writing, and to write songs about her.
TBP is a concept album, telling a story about a cancer patient and his death.
Their lyrics are controversial and very emotional, but not emo, just different, and they're only called emo because there's nothing better to describe what they really are. They're a mixture of many different genres all rolled into one.
Honestly, everything they write has a meaning.
They aren't just some band, they're heroes to many people who have found them, and related to things in their lyrics that made them realize they weren't alone in being depressed and having bad feelings.

[grey993]

Well I think he is being completely honest about this because his band is taking a break from writing music and they will release a new album in 5 years or so they announced and the reason was because the band didn't feel their music was heading in the right direction and they needed a while to redetermine their music style. When I first heard of this break, it didn't make sense but with this new announcement, it makes perfect sense. They don't want to play emo music which they are catagorized as and they are taking some time off to make some music they like.

[longhornchad200]

I know tkemyfckinghand I've seen life on the murder scene too, don't worry I listen to everything, but seriously all of you go listen to my morning jacket.

[tkemyfckinghand]

and emo, a repetitive crap. once youve listened to emo album, you will end up bored and dry. Emo is not inspiring. The first track is the whole album. all the same. and those kind of high scream makes me sleep. some people think that being emo is cool because its so popular. But again, it sucks hard!

That would be one point for MCR not being emo.
No two MCR songs sound the same.

[Clamp]

if you actually think that MCR is emo, you got A LOT of growing up to do. wake up and learn what a musician can do and what they have achieved by making music that comes from the heart.

[serjYankovic]

its funny that the shortest article ever has the most comments ever...

ok, whether theyre emo or not, they still suck terribly.. and their look, or image... is a mix of emo and goth, so that would obvously throw anyone off.

and is it just me, or do his sentences suck as much as his music?

[seanbaby27]

Clamp wrote:

if you actually think that MCR is emo, you got A LOT of growing up to do. wake up and learn what a musician can do and what they have achieved by making music that comes from the heart.

word to clamp

[longhornchad200]

yeah I like mcr but their singers not great at forming sentences he writes fair lyrics thuogh.

[tkemyfckinghand]

I'm Not Okay (I Promise) is not Gerard crying and bitcing about how horrible life is. Its supposed to be a fictional character's point of view. Gerard loves his life. Just except that already!!!! He isn't whiny. He is actually fun to be with, and not whiny at all. So, if you don't like the music... don't listen to it. You guys are the ones whining about music you don't like, when you don't even have to listen to it!!!

I'm Not Okay is about when Gerard was in high school, and he really liked a girl, but she ended up taking really fcking slutty pictures with her boyfriend, and it basically broke his heart when he was already depressed. The fact that this song, and what it's about is a single of theirs is one major thing labeling them as emo.

[hughball]

mcr running from emo is like eminem running from being white

[SchitzoJoe]

CrazyPigeon wrote:

It appears so. Its also quite funny that they think they're "metal".

Did they say that? No.
Are they emo? Apparently not, if they declare what music they are.

[acidhammerdrums]

Emo isn't all about the lyrics, its about the sound of the song too. Shannon Hoon and Axl Rose wrote a lot of songs that share similar themes with a lot of emo songs. But show me how Blind Melon or Guns N Roses are emo and I'll show you a person who knows nothing about music.

[beau05]

'emo' has became a grey area in terms of deciding which band supposedly fits into it's category, imo nobody has a f*ckin clue

this gerard character can say what he wants, the media is full of sh*t anyway

[ajaxender12]

he doesnt realise that its him and his band that define the emo genre, not other bands... freakin idiot
hes right though, most emo is a pile of shit.

[dann_blood]

Out of all this, I feel sorry for the mods. Over 600 comments, and theres should be no news stories posted tomorrow or over the rest of the weekend.

Gerard got it right though, theyre not emo, just trendy bitches.

[sambora]

this is the kinda bloke thta if he was from round my way, wud get twated [/quote]

snap. he is like thirty years old and singing bout things a sixteen year old goes through. wanker

[-fez-]

its sad that even MCR thinks MCR is crap... cus that means they actually have some sense

dann_blood wrote:

Out of all this, I feel sorry for the mods. Over 600 comments, and theres should be no news stories posted tomorrow or over the rest of the weekend.

Gerard got it right though, theyre not emo, just trendy bitches.

Me too.


Checked.

[frd_marshll]

mcr< real emo

they don't even know what they are talking about

[breadfan82]

This dude is just lashing out angrily because he finally realized MCR is emo...and that his name is Gerard.

[jv_music]

Jimmy Eat World is an Emo band, but they were pretty cool.

[Hale_91]

as if genre matters.
if (for example)
megadeth was classified as emo,
i would sure as hell still listen to them.
emo or not,
MCR are gay.
blasting at a certain genre isnt going to fix the fact they dont make good music.

[Schnitzel_Man]

Looks like Gerard Way is in denial. :P

[mibe]

get over yourself, gerard...

[Bellz06!]

MCR arent crap they are like one of my fave bands but urm.. they are kinda emo :S

[CE49]

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you

[walidb123]

LOL!!! That is soooo jokes to read.

[skindred]

Bellz06! wrote:

MCR arent crap they are like one of my fave bands but urm.. they are kinda emo :S

jut because you like em doesnt mean they're not crap to others. MCR are confused to what they are. real emo bands from the past didnt start the whole emo fashion, bands like aiden, MCR etc are the ones who made emo into what we see now. b*stards lol

[7_seven_7]

wombcat wrote:

As far as MCR's image goes, Marilyn Manson dressed like a woman and wears way more makeup than all of MCR combined, yet he is still regarded as hard, satanist, metal. Image matters, but not if you misinterpret it. Their last album, the Black Parade, consists of little or no "emo" content, because it is about a cancer patient's life and death. The reason they decided to do it as a concept album was because one of their favorite albums is The Wall by Pink Floyd (this may come as a shock to some of you, but Pink Floyd is not emo). In fact, the acoustic guitar used in "The End" was inspired by "Run Like Hell." I would classify MCR as simply rock, and the only thing that they have in common is that Way's vocals are higher than most rock vocalists these days (I think that he is actually a good singer). Also if some of you remember another non-emo band called Queen, their lead singer had a fairly high voice as well, and actually was gay. I think that Way made the comments that he did because he is trying to build up MCR into a great rock band, but everyone looks at them (and occasionally listens to their music) and says "They're emo, they're sh*t." That's all I have to say, and hopefully I have convinced a few people.

Probably one of the few people i respect on this site. Well said. But nobody will listen.. it's much more fun to call them emo and rag on them, right?

[megamouth2]

My Chemical Romance
ARE NOT emo.
They never have been, and have been strongly AGAINST the notion of self-harm and suicide.
I totally agree with Gerard. My Chem have suffered and taken abuse and sh*t from haters all around the world. And now they've decided to speak out.
WELL DONE GERARD.

[break-me-in]

742627000017 wrote:

break-me-in wrote:

imthehitcher wrote:

BASICALLY, where the hell does he get off, being so arrogant to dismiss a genre that really doesnt exist anymore,but was still a legitimate and pretty decent
HOWEVER the idea of emo has been waterdown and there really are few good ones left

BUT how can this idiot just say, 'their shit' which also implies that his music isnt, i think this article is misleading as that suggests that MCR are anything other than guitar pop with make up like a women,

i see adolestants wearing make up, to make a statement or whatever, but im sure when their older theyll give up on it, but this guy is how old?



He's insulting the new Emo tag which the media uses to describe everything from HIM to Fall Out Boy. He's saying it's not a real genre.

As for old emo (hardcore offshoot), he doesn't even bring that into it. Also, you're a hypocrite for saying he shouldn't be allowed to slate bands then calling his band sh!t.

And if you want to discuss men in bands wearing makeup then I guess we'd better assume Green Day, Nirvana, Keith Richards, the Killers, and who knows how many other bands suck for wearing makeup too.


Who in Nirvana wore makeup???!

Cobain wore eye makeup.

This article is a ridiculous flamefest.

[obi500]

I don't really listen to MCR but they have emo influences. They're not overall emo at all, its all clumped together so people assume they are.

And people who are like *omghz they're so emo and emo suxx* should shut up.

I don't like emo but its nothing to go on about (to MCR singer too)

[str84ever]

There is a lot of good arguments put forward here but heres the bottom line:

YOU are not in MCR, they say that THEIR music is not EMO.

I think they know a good bit more about the music that they write than half of the people in this article.

[Thom Yorke]

MCR need to climb off that high horse, they're just not very good, about 5 decent songs but that's it, and whether he likes it or not their music does sound very emo

[picopunk]

Ok let me think everyone hates us therefore im going to say that wat we do is shit that way people will think were something were not. Give me a break.

[coolblu2]

MCR are totally right emo is a pile of shit and all you weirdoes who keep saying the lines "if you don't go to prom with me, I think i'll blow my brains against the ceiling" are emo they're not they can can be used as a term to descibe depression and deppresion is not an emo thing
rock on MCR !!!!!

[coolblu2]

and i agree with str84ever who ever u are

[Sairy Fairy]

I think people are getting a little confused here, everyone seems to think that 'emo' is a genre of music when infact when you try to explain what 'emo' music is then you describe any music that has emotion in it, which in reality is any song ever written

No, emo is a fashion statement. It is the culture of teens and tweenies that wear black and -insert flourescent shade here-, wear their hair long and over their faces and look generally faggy. A few years ago kids would wear this stuff because they felt the need to rebel against their parents who would have wanted them to wear normal clothes and usually this was linked to depression and/or family problems. Nowadays though, the market has caught onto tweenies' wish to rebel, look like their depressed, older 90's counterparts and also to look like their friends and so all the shops like -Claire's Accessories- and -HotTopic- have started selling faggy looking products

Now that emo is fashionable with kids, they're all at it, which is why they hate to admit it. Bands like MCR are dressed up like 'emo's to appeal to their market. Their music is not heavy enough to put the kids off either or their parents so that their parents will buy the stuff for their kids and have no problem doing so.

So, in conclusion, MCR are emo indeed, sheerly because of the way they are marketed and presented. They also happen to write damn good pop songs.

[zerodeck]

Sairy Fairy wrote:

I think people are getting a little confused here, everyone seems to think that 'emo' is a genre of music when infact when you try to explain what 'emo' music is then you describe any music that has emotion in it, which in reality is any song ever written

No, emo is a fashion statement. It is the culture of teens and tweenies that wear black and -insert flourescent shade here-, wear their hair long and over their faces and look generally faggy. A few years ago kids would wear this stuff because they felt the need to rebel against their parents who would have wanted them to wear normal clothes and usually this was linked to depression and/or family problems. Nowadays though, the market has caught onto tweenies' wish to rebel, look like their depressed, older 90's counterparts and also to look like their friends and so all the shops like -Claire's Accessories- and -HotTopic- have started selling faggy looking products

Now that emo is fashionable with kids, they're all at it, which is why they hate to admit it. Bands like MCR are dressed up like 'emo's to appeal to their market. Their music is not heavy enough to put the kids off either or their parents so that their parents will buy the stuff for their kids and have no problem doing so.

So, in conclusion, MCR are emo indeed, sheerly because of the way they are marketed and presented. They also happen to write damn good pop songs.

indeed, it's mostly attitude with them, they are good popsong writers, and I actually like most of their music (yea I know, burn me, the rock/grunge/blues/rock'n roll/metalfan for liking their music)

[Lloyd2]

Maybe they have emotional songs...
but does that classify them as EMO?
If you say MCR is EMO,
would you say Green Day is Punk.

But Greeenday was and will never be like Punk

[MyChemicalTonno]

I just love 'em, cuz their music means so much to me, whether they're emo or not

[Sairy Fairy]

zerodeck wrote:

Sairy Fairy wrote:

I think people are getting a little confused here, everyone seems to think that 'emo' is a genre of music when infact when you try to explain what 'emo' music is then you describe any music that has emotion in it, which in reality is any song ever written

No, emo is a fashion statement. It is the culture of teens and tweenies that wear black and -insert flourescent shade here-, wear their hair long and over their faces and look generally faggy. A few years ago kids would wear this stuff because they felt the need to rebel against their parents who would have wanted them to wear normal clothes and usually this was linked to depression and/or family problems. Nowadays though, the market has caught onto tweenies' wish to rebel, look like their depressed, older 90's counterparts and also to look like their friends and so all the shops like -Claire's Accessories- and -HotTopic- have started selling faggy looking products

Now that emo is fashionable with kids, they're all at it, which is why they hate to admit it. Bands like MCR are dressed up like 'emo's to appeal to their market. Their music is not heavy enough to put the kids off either or their parents so that their parents will buy the stuff for their kids and have no problem doing so.

So, in conclusion, MCR are emo indeed, sheerly because of the way they are marketed and presented. They also happen to write damn good pop songs.


indeed, it's mostly attitude with them, they are good popsong writers, and I actually like most of their music (yea I know, burn me, the rock/grunge/blues/rock'n roll/metalfan for liking their music)

Oh no I like their music, I agree, I'm just not as mind-less as the people their music is marketed towards

They should do Common-sense and Individual thinking classes in schools these days, it's sad that most people can't think for themselves

[MattTheArsonist]

Emo does not exist as music (not anymore at least). Emo is just a stupid tag the music industry throws onto anything to make it profitable to mindless teenagers.

Emo, in it's original incarnation, was used to describe post-hardcore bands in the Washington, DC area in the mid-80's. Bands like Rites of Spring, Embrace, Dag Nasty, Fire Party, etc. etc. etc. None of those bands sounded anything like the "emo" of today. The word "emo" today is just thrown on a lot of lame Pop-rock like MCR, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, The Used, etc. etc. Notice how those four bands have almost nothing in common in terms of sound except the fact that they're all very poppy. Emo doesn't exist today. And if it did, it wouldn't be in the crappy mainstream music that people are throwing it on.

[BennyStruggle]

lol 'The black parade' is the emo anthem

[Mikeys_student]

why are you all commenting on this just so you can bash a band that has helped so many kids get through s***? i dont care if you dont like this band, just dont come and say,"this band f***** sucks" and act like this band hasnt done wonders for teens across the nation. they at least deserve a little respect for saving those teens lives, dont you think?

[JosephDowne]

MattTheArsonist wrote:

Emo does not exist as music (not anymore at least). Emo is just a stupid tag the music industry throws onto anything to make it profitable to mindless teenagers.

Emo, in it's original incarnation, was used to describe post-hardcore bands in the Washington, DC area in the mid-80's. Bands like Rites of Spring, Embrace, Dag Nasty, Fire Party, etc. etc. etc. None of those bands sounded anything like the "emo" of today. The word "emo" today is just thrown on a lot of lame Pop-rock like MCR, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, The Used, etc. etc. Notice how those four bands have almost nothing in common in terms of sound except the fact that they're all very poppy. Emo doesn't exist today. And if it did, it wouldn't be in the crappy mainstream music that people are throwing it on.

Well, somebody knows their music at least. So many people don't know how emo truly started, and it irritates me. Oh well, they're the idiots, not I. I don't think Gerard should have said something like this, due to their previous albums sounding dangerously close to the Mainstream Emo. But, with that all behind them and with the Black Parade now, I assume he thought he was on safe ground to do so.

BennyStruggle wrote:

lol 'The black parade' is the emo anthem

Sorry to burst your bubble, but TBP is definitely not emo, it's not about whining about how his own life sucks, it narrates that of another, less fortunate life. I'm going with wombcat and saying that they're just plain rock, and maybe with a side helping of pop thrown in. But not emo, they're better than that.

Checked

[BlAcKsAbBaTh_4E]

dues, i think none of u has the right to critisize any kind of music... i personally liked mcr at the beggining, but after listening to them for a while i realised their music was actually not good for me, but any1 has the right to listen to what ever they want... anywayzzz, what Gerard said waaaaaz stupid... cz even thought they MIGHT not be, ( cz we are not shure eventually) i would say that at lest 50 % of the people that listen to mcr think they are emo, even though they might not really know what that means, and by critising emo so made might.. no srr, WILL have a bad effect on their sales.. so in conclusion, his statement waz stupid...

[beeboshain]

mitch311 wrote:

Rofl funniest news ever. MCR are one of the most whiniest bands to ever exist and they pretty freakish too. I guess emos get off on mocking themselves?

them and that aiden trash

Check.

[Lord Mike]

Clearly emo.

[zeroyon]

Regardless of what they're lyrics are, Emo is not always defined by the content of the lyrics. Its a sound, and they have it.

My Chem songs follow the set formula for the Emo trend. They are worried that they're career is about to nose-dive because even Emo people are starting to hate Emo.

This trend is going down fast, better get off before it takes you with it.

[zeroyon]

BlAcKsAbBaTh_4E wrote:

dues, i think none of u has the right to critisize any kind of music...

I stopped reading after that sentence.

I feel that every single on of us here has the right to criticize music.

[metalgirl0]

So he labels his band as a piece of shit omg xDDD i guess hes musically blind, his own band is emo.

[Macko1]

Greatest article ever.

[ironman316]

it's funny, he's actually right. mcr are in NO way emo. emo is soft shit like death cab for cutie. that's emo. shit that you fall asleep to. MCR is definitely NOOTTTOTOTOTOTOTTTTT EMO.

[thycrusader]

so many posts on an MCR news page. lol.