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September 22nd, 2007 - Gerard says that "Emo is a pile of sh*t"

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Problematique
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September 22nd, 2007 at 01:10pm
I've read this on buzznet and on Ultimate-guitar.

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.”


Link here.

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exterminate.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 02:27pm
Gerard also said something in a UK newspaper "The Sun" about emo being shit.
I'm trying to find the link, but not having much luck.
Problematique
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September 22nd, 2007 at 03:32pm
Okay.
But post the link here when u find it :]
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September 22nd, 2007 at 04:07pm
wow that's a severe statement. i guess you can't blame him for saying that though because gerard's tried to hard to make the band to be about anti-labelling and yet they're the most labelled band in existence. What an irony- it must frustrate them.
Mychemicalprincess
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September 22nd, 2007 at 06:06pm
i get that hes annoyed about always being labelled, and i can see why, as they really have no similarities to the other emo bands music, but style/clothes wise they are emo and i think they have to just accept it/own it and be proud. im not ashamed no matter what people label its their opinion, whether i disagree or not, and i also think it just made him come across as a bit hostile, in the rest of that interview he seems really laid back, but thats the only part people will remember.
writerGrrl
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September 22nd, 2007 at 06:31pm
I think he might also be refering to mainstream emo as in the type of bands that label themselves as emo and just produce exactly the same emo sounding formula in order to get famous because labels believe that's what kids want.

Or perhaps he's saying the label itself is bullshit.

Either way, I think there's nothing wrong with him being a little bad-assed about it. Except it might be a diss to any emo bands that MCR are friends with.
Bleeding Dry
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September 22nd, 2007 at 06:32pm
I can see what he's saying
but the die hard emo fans are gonna get really depressed over that

No offence to anyone here
souverian.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 06:38pm
In the beginning of the year and a couple months ago two news channels did a report on the Emo fad. IN both news reports they showed clips from My Chemical Romance music videos(Famous Last Words and Welcome to The Black Parade) which is pretty funny considering the fact that in Famous Last Words the chorus says "I am not afraid to walk this world alone..." . So basically in both news reports, they were saying that MCR promotes self harm and the emo fad. Which is pretty bullshit . Therefore Gerard called emo shit to show people that MCR does not promote self harm at all. He was getting pissed at all the stupid news reporters and magazines that say their emo and want people to self harm. I dont blame him, it was pissing me off too
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September 22nd, 2007 at 07:11pm
He's scary when he's angry...

I think it needed to be said though. I'm blue in the face trying to persuade people that there is no such thing as an emo subgenre or music. It's a byword used to describe pop rock by people who don't like it. Anything that isn't Metallica or Slayer is more or less dismissed as emo. How can that be a legitimate genre?

Whatever. Metal elitists piss me off, even if I can be one of them...occasionally.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 07:14pm
honestly, I'm not even sure what the word 'emo' means anymore. If it is a music genre that entails emotional, introspective lyrics then I have no prblems with admitting that My Chem fits into this category. But I think that gerard would be more frustrated over being lumped in with the emo steryoptype ( formulatic song writing, promoting self-harm/suicide, ect.) rather than just being compared to bands who are nothing like them (though that's annoying as well).
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September 22nd, 2007 at 07:22pm
Finally he's said something. I get called "Emo" for listening to them. I'm happy he said something to those ass wipes.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 08:10pm
gerard also said at some point that emo is a dead scene. There is no emo anymore and there never really was in the first place.
I think he hates it so much because whatever direction mcr take as a band theres always a small majority of people still calling them emo and even blaming them for suicide which is and i agree with gerard all the way is bullshit.
Problematique
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September 22nd, 2007 at 10:49pm
i understand him sortof.
He's been saying that MCR isnt emo and all that stuff for years now, and it has only become worse when The Black Parade came out.
I think he's pissed off cus the media just focus on the "emo" thingy bout the band, and not about the music they make.
And Gerard is really proud over their work, so I understand him.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 10:52pm
dizzy water:

I think he hates it so much because whatever direction mcr take as a band theres always a small majority of people still calling them emo and even blaming them for suicide which is and i agree with gerard all the way is bullshit.


And I also agree with you, because being blamed for actually making kids suicidal isn't fun at all. And Gerard knows that in fact it is completely different, and he knows how their music help people trough those rough times.
And he's angry at the media for blaming him.
kaitlyn.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 11:09pm
i no! i feel srry 4 MCR and the way ppl blame them for suicide when their tryin 2 prevent it. even sum of the MCR haters in my skool think MCR is emo and thinks all they do is cut their wrists, but good thing ppl stand up 4 them
Mr.Armstrong
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September 22nd, 2007 at 11:32pm
im with gerard
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September 23rd, 2007 at 12:22am
xMyBlackDaliahx:
im with gerard
I'm always with Gerard LOL btw Could they have used an older picture, do you think?
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September 23rd, 2007 at 01:07am
i have the buzznet link:
here
Problematique
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September 23rd, 2007 at 01:10am
the shine:
i have the buzznet link:
here
The text is the same at both places right?
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September 23rd, 2007 at 01:37am
I agree. He can get very frightening when he's angry but I agree with him there. Personally, I think he means that the label itself is retarded. I agree with him and I understand why it annoyed him. I believe MCR is one of the most labeled bands out there and thats what gives them a 'bad reputation' cause people hear that they are 'EMO' and immediately start to bash them. If people would just listen Sad