Holding Out For An Iero
Interview: Sam Coare | Photos: Andrew Lipovsky

If there’s one thing Frank Iero doesn’t have on his hands right now, it’s time.

"It was my twin girls birthday yesterday," says the dad of three, picking up the phone from his home in New Jersey. "The girls just turned three, so they’re getting to that age where they actually know the party is for them, and they take advantage of running around and eating their body weight in cake. It’s like an animal house here."

View the scans and transcript of the interview here.

8.9.13 untitled.


taken 2013, by frnkiero.

8.6.13 today...

hi...so today i ended up having a very nice conversation about music and other things with Sam Coare from Kerrang! magazine. after i got off the phone i went down into my basement and wrote this song. Sam and i had talked about inspiration and creativity, and i told him i go through periods of making things and then a week later hating everything i've made and destroying it all. i told him i'd like to try and experiment with creating something and releasing it before i have a chance to hate myself for making it. so when i wrote this song it almost seemed like a dare...

joyriding. (demo)
i'm not sure what they said, but if it's true i'll bet
it's just one more thing i'll regret.
i hate my weaknesses, they made me who i am.
'yea it's cool i'll be ok'
as i felt your pain wash over me, so i dry your eyes and hide my shakes
because i hate that look that's on your face.
these things inside my head, they never make much sense.
so i wouldn't hold my breath...
i hope i die before they save my soul.
'yea it's cool i'll be ok'
as i felt your pain wash over me, so i dry your eyes and hide my shakes
because i hate that look that's on your face.
don't hang up, because i don't have anyone left here
don't give up, don't hang on to anything i've said.
i hate my weaknesses, they made me who i am
it makes no difference, i'm insignificant.
'yea it's cool i'll be ok'
as i felt your pain wash over me, so i dry your eyes and hide my shakes
because i hate that look that's on your face
and this is not the end for us.

-2013 frnkiero

( embed behind cut )

7.29.13 SHE DON'T LIE: a show review *unedited and uncut
'Adventures In Show Going Episode II: Cold Cave and Boyd Rice @ St. Vitus Brooklyn NY'

I really like cold cave, however my initial reaction to the band was that of my inner teenager, Holden Caulfield-ing my musical taste into a tightly wrapped box. Sometimes this happens, even to the best of us. But we recover and we move on. And if we are smart, we pretend that we got it all along…and if we are masochists, we confess our shortcomings in a weekly northern NJ based music magazine.

( review )

*Originally appeared in The Aquarian Weekly July 17- July 24, 2013 issue Vol. 2-721

7.25.13 untitled.


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7.23.13 '(daydreaming)'

i am a sucker for when the heavens get so angry they attack the earth with a forceful downpour.
i lock myself inside. i can hear their pounding.
ah....and the lightning.
the sky cracks open. a celestial misstep, a momentary glimpse behind the forbidden curtain.
but they can't touch me.
no matter how hard they try.
nothing gets in.
i am only a witness.
not involved, far removed. (daydreaming)
wishing for their worst, hoping for the best.
watching. soaking in the serenity through chaos.
constantly moving, all while standing still.
bated breath.
listen.
(stop)

-2013, frnkiero.

7.22.13 'under a killing moon #2.'


taken 2013, by frnkiero.

7.19.13 'breathe'


taken 2013, by frnkiero.

7.16.13 out today...

hell-oh friends, my newest short story/show review came out today in the latest issue of the aquarian weekly. check out 'adventures in show going, episode II: cold cave featuring boyd rice @ st. vitus'.
xofrnk

7.13.13 adventures in living...


hmm...pastabilitiys indeed.

taken 2013, by frnkiero.

7.7.13 'under a killing moon #1.'


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7.5.13 untitled.


taken 2013, by frnkiero.

Raspberry Bulbs
285 Kent
May 23, 2013

BROOKLYN, NY—Our story begins two months ago, when my friendly metal companion played me a new record he had just acquired, Nature Tries Again, by Raspberry Bulbs. We both geeked out over how it sounded as if The Vaselines and black metal combined forces. The record became our jam. So naturally, when we stumbled upon a flier that Raspberry Bulbs would be playing some sketchy address in their hometown of Brooklyn, plans were made and kept.

Read the rest here.

Uncut and Unedited version at Frank's website (via Page2RSS)

6.25.13 'brood II: the headless horsefly'


taken 2013, by frnkiero.

6.20.13 untitled.


taken 2013, by frnkiero.

Go here to listen or download Nothing To Write Home About.

6.18.13 untitled.

i am the fucking best at being the absolute worst.
i am the michael jordan of avoiding conversations.
i am the ludwig van beethoven of not cleaning up after myself.
i am the don draper of getting a stomach ache.
i am the mahatma gandhi of forgetting people's names.
i am the steve jobs of clogging toilets.
i am the muhammad ali of misspelling words and incorrect punctuation.
i am the abraham lincoln of getting migraines.
i am the william shakespeare of falling down the stairs.
i am the mother teresa of procrastination.
i am the beatles of cumming too quick.
i am the jesus christ of angsty bullshit.
i am the coffee grinds at the bottom of your cup...the paper cut in between your fingers, the piss on the seat, the chapped lips, the humidity, the empty gas tank, the empty wallet, the boy that never called, the girl that wished you did, the complaint, the job, the boss, the traffic, the commercials, the time you did that thing you regret with your entire being.
i am alive at times and dead at others.
i am loved, and so i love.
i've been hurt, and so i hurt.
i am you, and you are me...
and we are perfectly imperfect...
as we should be.

-2013, frnkiero.

6.17.13 'the un-vasion.'


taken 2013, by frnkiero.

June 13, 2013

This week the Going Off Track crew take it on the road… well, down the road to Brooklyn’s Union Hall for our second live podcast event. Going Off Track once again gets out of the studio and does their thing in front of a live audience, joined by the hilarious Chris Gethard, the lovely Jenny Owen Youngs, our friend Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance, Leathermouth and Death Spells) and Lyle Preslar from a little group called Minor Threat. Listen as we talk comics, pills, poop, and the fundamentals of a wound vacuum. Oh yeah, as bonus both Jenny and Frank perform in this intimate, stripped-down setting.

Go here to listen or download. Also available on iTunes.