Gerard in Rock Sound

[ofyourdeath.livejournal.com]

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
Interview: Andrew Kelham

Have you thought about how My Chemical Romance will reintroduce themselves to music fans in 2010? Do you ever wonder if your band is still needed in music?
Says Gerard Way (vocals):
"It's funny because the musical landscape is ever changing, but I think there's always a place for us and I think we're absolutely needed, especially now. I don't say that with any arrogance, I just really believe in my band and I believe that our band does what it does better than anybody else. There's no one that can do this like us. I feel a gap when we are gone and I hope people do too, if they don't then we're not doing our job properly. I think we're absolutely needed, but I'm glad we're coming back in 2010 because, as much as people need us, I think they needed a break from us too. I hope we got the balance of that right."

What have you tried to achieve with your forthcoming fourth album? How is it different from you past work?
"With this record we tried to ignore all the cosmetic nonsense and focus on becoming a truly great rock band. We felt that the world needed a really straight and pure rock band, you're hard pressed to find a lot of those these days. It was less about the theatricality and more about how we become the greatest young American rock band musically."

How are you adapting to fatherhood?
"It's great, it's amazing. Obviously we just wanted a healthy baby, but I was excited to have a girl as there are things I can see myself helping a girl with that I could never do with a guy, things like picking out clothes and stealing eyeliner, all that sort of stuff!"

Mod note: As happy and excited as we are that people are starting to discuss and converse in the comments, we'd like to remind everyone to play nicely.

Comments

[gurrier.livejournal.com]

Oh Gerard, never change!

[strobelighted.livejournal.com]

That jacket still doesn't make any sense.


there are things I can see myself helping a girl with that I could never do with a guy, things like picking out clothes and stealing eyeliner, all that sort of stuff

On the one hand, this is kind of cute. On the other, it is yet another example of conforming to societal gender roles. Sigh.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

It's adorable and weird at the same time. Gerard, YOU are a guy. You could have a son like YOU.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

I couldn't love him MORE IF I TRIED. GERARD. I LOVE YOUR FACE. Baby girl! Eyeliner! He can also talk to her about BOYS & GIRLS! Because who knows with these things!

♥

[lovinspike247.livejournal.com]

I'm ignoring the interview and am instead focusing on the picture, and how Gerard's looking at Ray. My priorities are awesome.

(However, Gerard, why would you think that you couldn't steal your son's eyeliner?)

[earlofcardigans.livejournal.com]

I think your priorities are perfectly in line. Please don't let me stop you from all the focusing.

[spuzz.livejournal.com]

I like what he says here: I just really believe in my band and I believe that our band does what it does better than anybody else. I feel like that really encapsulates how everyone in MCR feels about each other. *___________*

[strobelighted.livejournal.com]

IAWTC. Also,

D

[fleurdeliser.livejournal.com]

I love everything about all these comments. That is all.

[roadmarks.livejournal.com]

Is he saying that he's going to steal his daughter's eyeliner or that he's going to teach her to steal eyeliner? I'm having ridiculous images of Gerard Way: Master Makeup Thief. :D

[tortugax.livejournal.com]

hahahah, this is what i thought too.

[thebiologicshow.livejournal.com]

How the fuck did this post turn into a huge debate about gender roles and sexism? Honestly.

Boys don't tend to like clothes and eyeliner as much as girls do. That's just a fact. Chill the fuck out.

[spuzz.livejournal.com]

I enjoy discussing gender roles and their current place in society and the fight to get rid of them.

Boys don't tend to like clothes and eyeliner as much as girls do.

Such as this statement. If true, I'm interested as to WHY that is so and how that is possibly changing.

[tortugax.livejournal.com]

i think i take things at face value too often, because i didn't even think about any of the stuff people have pointed out in the comments, i was mostly focusing on OMG HOW RIDICULOUS CUTE.

although now i have this great image of gerard being all excited and trying to drag lady b out clothes shopping and teach her awesome make-up tips and she's just like "omg dad ur so lame :| go away" lol idk.

[thehungrymuffin.livejournal.com]

THAT IS EXATLY HOW IT WOULD HAPPEN.

[yekith.livejournal.com]

Sorry but...
We felt that the world needed a really straight and pure rock band
I LOLed hard.

Yes I'm immature.

And no Gerard, I didn't need a break from you guys, do not speak for all of us! Bring up the album already! xD

This was amusing...

[bittersweetrick.livejournal.com]

We felt that the world needed a really straight and pure rock band
I LOLed hard.

Yes I'm immature.

Then it's two of us. Because I thought THE SAME. THING. LMAO

[beck-rocks.livejournal.com]

OMG U GUYS NEED TO STFU

-___-

[fleurdeliser.livejournal.com]

Why? There are lots of intelligent people talking about things that matter to them. If these things don't matter to you, allowing other people to carry on the discussion doesn't really affect you.

[yekith.livejournal.com]

Would someone please reupload the scan? :(

[ofyourdeath.livejournal.com]

It seems to be fine to me. Can you elaborate on the problem? Is it just not showing up?

[lovesongwriter.livejournal.com]

I WISH WE COULD ALL GET ALONG LIKE WE USED TO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL :( I WISH I COULD BAKE A CAKE FILLED WITH RAINBOWS AND SMILES AND EVERYONE WOULD EAT AND BE HAPPY. :(

[fleurdeliser.livejournal.com]

BUT I AM HAPPY, B.

THOUGH I WOULD BE HAPPIER WITH YOUR RAINBOW CAKE.

[nightlilac.livejournal.com]

... Meanwhile, of course, Lyn-Z will be teaching Bandit to wrestle (http://twitter.com/lynzway/status/4752980016) and fire shotguns (http://twitter.com/lynzway/status/3238190199) and play guitar.

[ciel-vert.livejournal.com]

Well played. :D

[littleladypunk.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, it's funny to imagine teenage Bandit stealing eyeliner from Gerard. xD And Lynn will teach her how to ride a bike and other usually daddy's things. xDD

[(Anonymous)]

Oh God, some of you guys are hilarious. It's like watching a gang of BSB fans going after each other with copies of 'Feminism for Dummies' textbooks.

[(Anonymous)]

Enlighten us!

[whimsicalsun.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[patentpending.livejournal.com]

Wank is just inescapable, I see.

[(Anonymous)]

Have you seen the majority of the people who comment regularly in this community? The ones who didn't get into the band less than 10 months ago are certified batshit crazy. Wank was always going to be rife here.

[separateskies.livejournal.com]

lol this fandom

[p0mba.livejournal.com]

lol gerard's face

[whimsicalsun.livejournal.com]

Ofyourdeath, i have to thank you again for the scan because i translate interviews of the band in a site and Frank saw it. So right now i'm really...i don't know, i don't even know how i am. But i want to thank you :)

[separateskies.livejournal.com]

aww, how did frank see it? details! :)

[trudybooth.livejournal.com]

Messing with gender norms is all well and good to be sure.

But has anyone even notices that THE FRO IS IN PERIL??!?!?!!!?!?!

[(Anonymous)]

You mean the bald spot or the length dragging it down?

[bittersweetrick.livejournal.com]

I think Gerard just caused the reaction he was looking for.

[(Anonymous)]

You give him too much credit. Frankly, I don't think he's that smart.

[separateskies.livejournal.com]

u guys it's pretty obvious that gerard was making a jokey offhand remark and i don't think it needs to be read into any more than that. just sayin.

[(Anonymous)]

You know saying it's a joke doesn't actually mean anything. He still said it and shit can still be read into it because it's a complicated thing he's joking about, whether you see or not. Not to mention as was stated several times, people like discussing it and debating it, it interests them. You don't have to participate.

[manhattan-blue.livejournal.com]

Not that I don't think having opinions is a good thing, or that I think any gender stereotypes are good things, but to me it's pretty clear that Gerard's comment was meant to be taken with a dash of irony. I consider it to be pretty obvious that he was kidding. I mean he, along with Lindsey, chose to call their daughter Bandit, which plays with stereotyped gender roles in itself and as he himself is a man, could he not have been making a comment on the social structures of modern life?

Another thing: I've read comments from Frank Iero about women (such as him not liking women with tattoos) that fall much more into the offensive side of gender stereotype.

[(Anonymous)]

That's what you read into it. I do not. I don't think the answer is that well thought out or reasoned, which is part of my issue. It was an off the cuff joke that STILL plays into gender roles and stereotypes.

Further, just because someone says something else that is also offensive or more offensive (3 or so years ago, btw. Not that Frank hasn't said anything recently that isn't offensive because he has! So has Ray since we're bringing all of this up or Bob! Or you could bring up the connections to MSI which has a long track record of being offensive towards women and minorities "irony" or not) doesn't make anything more or less bad. These arguments strike me as defensive and distracting when there really isn't anything to be defensive about, people say stupid things sometimes it happens. And how you interpret them is how you interpret them, all interpretations are valid.

[vendettaxviolin.livejournal.com]

Bandit is 7 months old. She has plenty of time to be whoever she wants. It all depends on her. Gerard is excited to spend time with his daughter. I think that's cute. Doesn't really matter what they do, as long as families spend time together.

[lupilups.livejournal.com]

Such a great comment to be on top :)