Gerard in Rock Sound

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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!"

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Comments

[strobelighted.livejournal.com]

IDGI. :( PLS explain. :(

[spuzz.livejournal.com]

[strobelighted.livejournal.com]

I take back everything nice I've ever said about you.

[spuzz.livejournal.com]

What nice things have you said about me exactly?

[strobelighted.livejournal.com]

I often praise your graphics and remark on how your opinions are so often right and I think you are a great person.

Unfortunately, it appears I was wrong. :(

[toadclubber.livejournal.com]

. . . i can't tell if you're being serious or not.
spuzz was just joking. i think.

[lovesongwriter.livejournal.com]

[strobelighted.livejournal.com]

AWESOME. I need to watch that movie.