How 'My Chemical Romance' found a Pontiac Trans Am

[ofyourdeath.livejournal.com]

A New Jersey rock band that's becoming a fairly big deal, My Chemical Romance, decided it needed a special star for its new video. Not a human, but a car. So the band cast a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am for the part in their video for the single Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na).

It turns out that the band's frontman, Gerard Way, is "a Trans Am obsessive," the band's promoters say.

"Trans Ams are special to me because I was fascinated with them as a boy," says Way. "The Trans Am is a muscle car that has always symbolized freedom to me, and I was definitely a little bit metal-head."

In March, 2009, Way posted a message on the band's website saying that he needed a 1979 Trans Am for "research and exploration," explaining that "it doesn't need to have been kept in an airtight garage for 30 years, but I would prefer something that's not a piece of..." well, you know.

They found the car on EBay and it was restored by "car hunter" Dennis McCarthy, known for his work on The Fast and the Furious and Deathrace. The paint job was done by Marc Dupre at Jack's Auto Body and the engine work was done by Damian Smith, both of Los Angeles.

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[xanax-n-wine.livejournal.com]

I remember Gerard's quest for the Trans Am. Fuck, it it annoying and it came to a point where i couldn't even listen to people talking about muscle cars... /o\

[spuzz.livejournal.com]

I remember it was really annoying as well. At the time Twitter was different in that you saw the replies from people you followed to EVERYONE, not just a mutual tweeter. So we would have like 18 tweets in a row with his questions.

[xanax-n-wine.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY! The worst part was when I was travelling and I fucking saw a Trans Am - it was around the time that people didn't stop RT or reply to him about it and I rolled my eyes and counted 'til 10. Oh god. /o\

[anoneknewmoose.livejournal.com]

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[tuesdaysgone.livejournal.com]

Seconded! Though he didn't even know what engine size he wanted, bless. Glad he found an engine guy. I wonder if well ever get specs?

[anoneknewmoose.livejournal.com]

That would make me really happy. Also, wow, I need to get an icon of the Trans Am, don't I? Hmm.

[tuesdaysgone.livejournal.com]

Well, YEAH.

[patentpending.livejournal.com]

I am still sad I lost internet access the entire time Gerard was blogging regularly. I missed out on so much great wank/discussions.

[free2hate.livejournal.com]

lol i wish i'd entered into fandom when gerard was blogging regularly about the trans am

[butidigress.livejournal.com]