My Chemical Romance is Breaking Up

http://www.mychemicalromance.com/blog/mcr/my-chemical-romance

inb4 "People still listen to MCR?"

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People still listen to MCR?

edited 23rd Mar '13 3:42:40 PM by Nyktos

I guess it is.

I don't remember, did they have an album after Danger Days?

Did they have songs that weren't Black Parade?

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'

Before I lose my cool I am going to fuckingf gsdsg;ldgf

YES people still listened to MCR. YES they had music that wasn't Black Parade.

They weren't just some random pop-emo act they were marketed as, and you guys should be smart enough to see that. They were good at what they did... but not only that, they changed lives. They made things better for people. I bet your ass a lot of the bands marketed right now or that you guys listen to can't claim that.

I've seen so many people treat this as some kind of fucking popular culture thing, when it shouldn't be treated like that at all. I guess it must be because of how much My Chemical Romance has accomplished, but this should be kept to the fans, not to all these people who could hardly give a shit. Sometimes popularity can be a double edged sword, even if it brings so much good for the band itself.

It just shows the differences in culture and forums, I guess. On the Absolutepunk forums, for example, this split is being given the proper mourning it deserved. There are those who didn't even like them, but they're still giving this group respect.

Yeah, I get it, you think that MCR was just some radio fad. But they weren't. They had many loyal fans, who didn't leave just because their music changed or whatever. Not only that, they put their all into the music. They weren't in it for the money.

Sometimes I wish I could just keep music to the people who can truly appreciate it, instead of seeing all of the useless side things, such as radio popularity or anything associated with it. I wish I could keep a band to myself, but I can't.

I could go on and on, but know I had a bit more respect for TV Tropes, and the internet at large, before this. Remember when you dismiss something, that people probably devote themselves entirely to that thing. Maybe it doesn't mean that much to you, but it did mean something to us.

And you only live forever in the lights you make
When we were young we used to say
That you only hear the music when your heart begins to break
Now we are the kids from yesterday

edited 24th Mar '13 10:27:59 AM by cutewithoutthe

Please. Priest? Sabbath? Maiden? They changed the whole world. Seriously.

Bands break up all the time. Christ, as a metal and prog fan you kind of get to expect it.

However much you enjoy their stuff, you just can't afford to invest that much emotion into the continuation of something as inherently unstable as a bunch of musicians working together.

Whatever else they were, they most certainly were a 'pop culture thing', like all bands, ever.

edited 24th Mar '13 11:18:57 AM by InverurieJones

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'

You can afford to devote emotion into any band. Some bands you just like, but then there are some bands you just love. You don't really invest emotion into it, the music pulls it out of you. You relate to the lyrics, and the band members sort of become role models to you.

Besides, the bands you listen to and the bands I listen to are a bit different: from music to lyrics to the general culture and attitude surrounding the band. Also, I meant "pop culture" as the "mainstream." And no, not "all bands" are lucky enough to change "the mainstream." Most bands I listen to can barely make it at all, let alone become successful enough that they become world renown.

Bands break up all the time, sure, but not like this, or at least not usually like this in the types of bands I listen to. Maybe you're more accustomed to bands suddenly breaking up, but I'm not. I'm not sure how old you are, but I'm sure the bands you listen to were at least decades old before they called it quits. My Chemical Romance began a little over ten years ago, and I only got around to becoming a fan around 2007, when I was just 12 or so. I grew up with their music, and identified with it. And yet I never got to see them live.

I don't think that really negates the point that all the bands he listed had a much bigger impact on the musical landscape itself (alongside accomplishing far more musically) over a large period of time than MCR who as far as I'm concerned were simply another band pushing up the post Hot Topic MT Vmo saccharine-sweetiness wagon snatching up angsty teenagers with terrible make-up left and right.

There's a lot of powerful music out there a lot of people don't necessarily listen to for the lyrics (not that they don't find meaning in it). I mean look at a lot of classical and ambient for example - often there are no lyrics or they're in a language most people can't even speak but I don't see the respective fans of those genres giving up their love for it anytime soon.

As far as I'm concerned "pop culture" and "mainstream" are more or less joined at the hip. I wouldn't call them exactly the same thing but they more or less exist within one another. As for bands breaking up, it happens all the time to the extent most people don't really pay attention because it's primarily smaller time or no-namers that pop up like a seasonal bug infestation and die off once the cold weather hits.

This sounds a bit douchine and I wouldn't deny it is to an extent, but nobody here's obliged to sympathy and respect for anything that hasn't earned it in their own eyes. No offence but you honestly sound like you're whining about how not enough people are joining in on the "REST IN PEACE BRO" pity party.

edited 24th Mar '13 9:44:08 PM by StillbirthMachine

Only Death Is Real

My Chemical Romance was my favorite band in junior high and the first few years of high school.

Sad to see them break up.

To be honest, I never even heard a single MCR song before like a year ago, when I heard "Teenagers" for the first time. I liked it, but it didn't exactly seem revolutionary or anything to me.

Still, there is no accounting for what will affect other people. Hell, there's plenty of music I listen to that I consider extraordinary, innovative, etc. that others would probably listen to and react with, "So?" (just as I've had the same reaction to music other people held in that high esteem). @Everyone else here, cut has the right to feel that MCR is one of the greatest bands there is just as you all have the right not to give a crap. No need to completely crap all over him for it, though.

This I can certainly empathize with. Granted, most of the music I listen to is by people who are long dead or otherwise gone in some capacity, but still. Same principle.

edited 24th Mar '13 5:51:21 PM by 0dd1

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All I know is, I'm definitely going to be binging their music 24/7 the next few weeks or so.

It's funny, I almost forgot about these guys. Until now I just kind of took them for granted. Now that they're gone... blahhh.

Gerard Way wrote up some thoughts on why the band broke up; apparently it felt like he was "acting" for the band instead of playing in the band, or whatever. I feel a bit better now that I know that, instead of them breaking up without any explanation.

@odd: thankye's

Yeah, if you're in a band and you're not really feeling the "magic", so to speak, anymore and feel like you're just putting on a facade, you shouldn't have to continue with it if you don't want to.

Notta prob'm.

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Meanwhile, an author makes a connection...

Taken out of the context of the band, the title of this thread is extremely entertaining.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

I didn't spot that unintentional pun until you pointed it out.

The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable

*sheds emo tear*

edited 16th Apr '13 2:28:00 PM by Litis

edited 16th Apr '13 9:21:25 PM by toonyloon