Is Gerard and friends getting full of themself?

xoXtheseanceXox:

omg

unapologetic apathy:

Crestfallen:

Not mainstream, mature.

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Also, in recent article' s i've read i feel like gerard is getting a little full of himself. He describes in Blender about feeling how with this record it felt like a gun was being held to the bands head and he comments that even if it was fired that it would make them stronger.

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PS what im trying to convey is that the third cd sounds a little different from the second

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(I wish this thing had an edit button for my posts)
PS. What i'm really trying to convey is The Third CD sounds a little different than the second. It comes from less of a raw, emotionally charged, dark place. It can be descirbed as the sound sounds al ittle diluted.

What does the future hold?
please commetn

Philippa Way:

They are really normal guys who just want to put across a message via music. If the get big, that isnt their fault!

they already are big . they've been big since revenge

rockonbaby:

i remember watching an interview where Gerard said, he had to turn down many kinds of deals and offers because he just wanted to commit to the music. he could've had his own clothes line, or his own line of this or that, or do commercials or be some fcking extra on some show like The O.C. or something (totally made-up examples), but he didn't. his own creation of comics does not count because that was his childhood dream.
Gerard getting full of himself? Really? I honestly don't think he could be any more humble and modest about everything than he already is. I mean, he didn't even have the guts to correct certain interviewers when they all said TBP was their SECOND album. he's amazing. NO ONE in MCR is too full of themselves. Especially Bob and Ray, so i hear!! xD
anyways, some of you are upset that TBP doesn't sound like their last two. If you don't like that, go listen to The Used or something, all the songs on all their albums pretty much sound the same. the fact that their sound is ever so changing is exciting, and very worth the wait. it doesn't bore us, and it pretty much invites us into many various sounding rock music. I love My Chemical Romance, I don't think they'll be disappointing us anytime soon, and I know they will never become sell-outs. They have too much respect for that and they won't ever find the need to sell out. Not with a fan base like us.

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My biggest fear when it comes to bands i admire alot, like MCR, is that they will sell out to money.

The second CD was spectacular. This third one is great and a proper follow-up to Three Cheers. But if you listen to this one(The Third), you can hear the polished sound. The second CD everything is alittle darker...more rough, overall creative. In this one, eventhough parts of it are dark, is still relatively pleasing to the ear. There isn't alot of distorting/disturbing sounds, everything sounds quite melodic.

The thing i'm describing is the concept of 'Jumping the Shark.' At the first (Im assuming) and second, the band was at the creative best. I think that IS who they really are. But now, this doesnt sound quite like them. Billie Joe Armstrong suggested to Way to use Rob Cavallo as their producer. Thats fine, the record came out great, ilove as much as the second. They were relatively tru to themselves this CD, but latter CD's will come and whose to say if the sound of the fifth CD will resemble anything like the third?)

Also, in recent article' s i've read i feel like gerard is getting a little full of himself. He describes in Blender about feeling how with this record it felt like a gun was being held to the bands head and he comments that even if it was fired that it would make them stronger.

What do you think the future holds for MCR?

What does everyone else think?

audeo:

Still Alive...:

(I wish this thing had an edit button for my posts)
PS. What i'm really trying to convey is The Third CD sounds a little different than the second. It comes from less of a raw, emotionally charged, dark place. It can be descirbed as the sound sounds al ittle diluted.

What does the future hold?
please commetn

Well, there are different variables to consider. The conceptualization of Revenge took place throughout a very dark period for the band. A period where Gerard was extremely chemically dependent, dangerous to himself and his band mates - his friends worried for him. Add to this the rigors of hard core touring and trying to write an album throughout this, and then add the grief of losing a loved one and my question to you would be, how could it not be dark?

Another variable to consider is that when Revenge was birthed, they were still very new to it all, things were still very raw and their confidence in their art and their talents was still on shaky legs. With the new album, they had a whole new wealth of experiences to draw from.

The new album does not merely showcase their growth, it showcases their willingness to learn, to expand, to not so much think outside the box but to remember that there was greatness that came long before them that they honoured in their own way. By taking elements from many old school bands, but still managing to incorporate that trademark "dark matter" that is inherently MCR, they have taken sounds that were old and made them shiny and new again, while still staying true to themselves.

To constantly recreate the same sound is to stagnate and stunt your artistic growth. You can hear the trademark MCR sound throughout TBP album. It's woven inbetween other sounds yes, but it's still there. In the melodies, the riffs and the words. That they were willing to go beyond themselves and show their admiration of other's works speaks to the fact that they are NOT getting full of themselves. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all.

I don't find them to be less raw so much as better able to evoke feeling in new ways. Unlike many bands, they've paid attention to what they've learned from the professionals they've worked with and they've been able to run with this knowledge and create something new and great while still being themselves. If your favourite band repeatedly recreates the same sound, album after album, how long do they stay as your favourite? How long before all the sounds start to bleed together and sound the same? MCR strike me as perfectionists who have a very clear vision of what their art can and should be. Not everyone understands another persons concept of art, but that doesn't make it any less beautiful. Just different, that's all.