It now looks like lots of us were wrong about Frank Iero too. Women getting punched is now funny to him too. And so is offending everyone he can. He now seems to enjoy the fact that he can say whatever nasty thing he wants and make people feel bad if he feels like it, without consequences.
That's the life and mind set of a true "Rock Star".
It's not like they're worth caring about anymore anyway....
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I have no problems with anyone from Buzznet chatting here providing they are not deliberately rude to me or anyone here. I don't like being accused of coming from there, or talking to myself as 9:30 and 9:38 suggested because I disagreed with something.
I have no problems with anyone from Buzznet chatting here providing they are not deliberately rude to me or anyone here. I don't like being accused of coming from there, or talking to myself as 9:30 and 9:38 suggested because I disagreed with something.
That's what they do when they run out of arguments. God forbid they hear someone else's point of view!
I think Kat was real.
Gerard has said himself that he can't grow a beard. Did you miss that interview?
So what if he said it in an interview. I don't believe a word he says in any of them. For all you know he could be a hirsute caveman full of tattoos under his clothes.
I think Kat was real.
Then she must have been his invisible Canadian beard.
Although I've said I think Gerard is gay, on second thought it is a stretch to say that he is "in the closet." He's kind of hiding out in the open, what with kissing his guitarist with thousands (millions if you count the Internet) watching at PR.
I don't think it's impossible for someone who is really gay to deny themselves having gay affairs, because not everyone has the same level of sex drive. Some people have a very low interest in sex and are almost asexual. I know a few. Therefore it would be very possible for someone who tends towards the homosexual side but isn't very sexual to pretend to be straight and not have sex with men.
So basically, I think of Gerard as somewhere between gay and asexual.
Honestly, do you guys know how ridiculous you sound?
This is not disagreeing with someone. This is coming here to attack.
If you're going to disagree, do so politely and no one will have a problem with you.
Kthx.
So basically, I think of Gerard as somewhere between gay and asexual.
That's the way I see it too. From the things that "Emma" wrote, "Paul" just let her do whatever even though he wasn't all that interested in it.
This is how I see it:
Emma: I love you so much Paul. You're so hawt. Let's have sex.
Paul: *sigh* Do we have to?
Emma: But I love you soooo much. That's what people in love do!
Paul: *sigh* Okay. But you have to do all the work.
Okay, so crap like this is just another reason that MCR will never be taken seriously.
Can't people find something more worthwhile to "protest" than the unfair treatment of a band in the media?
In the words of Kirk Lazarus, "Christ, Man."
It's not like MCR even receives much treatment from the media anymore...
I don't know. I feel sorry for those people and I relate to them because I used to be in that place, but they are the reason why I finally deleted MCR from my iTunes account and will get around to selling my CDs eventually.
I'm embarrassed to be associated or linked with them in any way.
The band certainly attracts a very, uhm, interesting crowd of followers.
Did it never occur to them that even if MCR is taking you away from self-harm and suicidal thoughts, that it could be unusual for virtually all of a band's fans to share these things in common? My God.
Awww, poor "asexual/gay" Paul couldn't get it up.
Did it never occur to them that even if MCR is taking you away from self-harm and suicidal thoughts, that it could be unusual for virtually all of a band's fans to share these things in common? My God.
Inorite? I remember people asking me if I cut when they found out that I was a fan of MCR.
I think the whole "MCR saves lives" marketing ploy totally backfired on them.
It seems to me that if fans of the band don't want negativity in the media, the last thing they should be doing is to make a website that draws attention to it.
Kind of like the Daily Mail protest. That was so stupid and really just made the fans and the band look bad.
When you think about it, it really trivializes the seriousness of clinical depression.
You don't understand, these fans are out to prove to everyone how this band has "saved" them.
I know it's from the last page but I missed the Kevin Spacey thing too. Didn't the Mom from Family Ties just come out as well? Merideth Baxter Bierny (sp?)? Don't have time to google.
When you think about it, it really trivializes the seriousness of clinical depression.
It does. And it's also an insult to people who really do save lives: doctors, EMTs, firefighters, not to mention psychologists and counselors who help people deal with depression.
Music, literature and art are wonderful things that do help to give meaning to our lives, but they aren't cures for real clinical depression.
This is how I see it:
Emma: I love you so much Paul. You're so hawt. Let's have sex.
Paul: *sigh* Do we have to?
Emma: But I love you soooo much. That's what people in love do!
Paul: *sigh* Okay. But you have to do all the work.
Really?
This is how I see it:
Emma: Do you want to fornicate and have premartial sex with me?
Paul: (giving Emma googly eyes) Have you any sexy photos of yourself?
Emma: (jumps on Paul) I love you Paul, my love is called agape. *Kisses him passionately* Lets have sex.
Paul: *Kisses her back* Okay. This is our secret, no telling anyone.
Didn't the Mom from Family Ties just come out as well?
She did and she was married for years to some other actor named David Birney.
The problem is no one really understands clinical depression unless you have suffered it or know someone who has suffers it. It's a condition that is managed throughout your whole life.
It's a condition that is managed throughout your whole life.
Exactly. And there's no magical musical cure for it. I think the message these people are sending out (that a band can actually save people's lives) is irresponsible and dangerous.
I think the message these people are sending out (that a band can actually save people's lives) is irresponsible and dangerous.
It also prevents people getting the real help and/or meds they need.
I have the impression that the young people that feel the band "saved their life" may be feeling mixed up or mildly depressed. They also don't have the life experience to know that things change as you get older, and you learn to cope better.
like for some impressionable kid listening to mcr and is depressed, if they believe what they say and the band doesn't "save their life" then they might think they have no hope left of being okay and do something drastic. it sickens me to think about.
You can't really blame the band for that. Once someone is in deep clinical depression, anything by anyone can be misinterpreted which can trigger drastic behavior. You're are not exactly thinking rationally by that stage. However I can see how the band can be framed by the media.
You can't blame the band for someone's depression, but you can blame them about being irresponsible for the "message" that they send out.
They never should have promoted the "Saving lives" crap in the first place.
How many times did they say the thing about saving lives on LOTMS? I remember it being a joke among me and my friends. We used to talk about it making a good drinking game. Only we were too young to drink then.
Now we're old enough to realize how stupid the whole saving lives thing was.
Maybe they listened to too much bullshit themselves.
I have always been and am still of the opinion that it's the parents and individuals who must decide what music is acceptable, especially for someone who is already battling some mental or emotional problem.
It has never been a band's responsibility to babysit its audience or to save them. Or even to help them. Lawsuits against a band for being a "bad influence" are ridiculous. Where were the parents in those instances?
However, I stand by my opinion that MCR asked for this with their overblown, ridiculous "zOMGzzzz WE R UR HEROEZ!!!!" nonsense and "OH HEI WE LVOE FEMINIZMZZZ FITE 4 UR RITES!!11" junk and then one day all of a sudden it's "stop making us your heroes, WAHH, we can't take it and we never asked for this!" and "Moan for me bitches, ACTUALLY eff yourselves, I want every female to simulate masturbation for my amusement, JUST the ladies!"
I mean, Motley Crue and the entire 80's had just as much right to exist and promote their sexist messages as does any right-wing, conservative, misogynistic douche-group (many of those rap artists that Lindsey hypocritically bitches about, Anne Coulter, MSI, and most of the 80's groups.)
People can be as hateful as they want and no one can stop them. They have the right to free speech as well. And no one should try to censor them.
That MCR pulled a 180 by ditching those false ideals that they used basically for money is a given. Apropos to the idea of not censoring anything, they are well within their rights to do so.
We're also well within our rights to laugh in their hateful faces about it.
And I think it's also laughable for Lindsey to be whining about she and her crappy band are perceived after they went out of their way to be misogynistic, sexist, racist and violent.
I mean, that's what MSI is, that's the nature of the beast and they have the right to be that way. But for her to be bleating about the perception being unfair, and for MCR to be bleating about how they never wanted the mantle of "hero" is straight up assy.
When Lindsey and her crap band get compared to Anne Coulter, they should really just take their medicine.
I mean, Motley Crue and the entire 80's had just as much right to exist and promote their sexist messages as does any right-wing, conservative, misogynistic douche-group (many of those rap artists that Lindsey hypocritically bitches about, Anne Coulter, MSI, and most of the 80's groups.)
???
I think you're kind of lumping a bunch of things you don't like together here. Anne Coulter: right wing. MSI: not so right wing; the Republicans I know would be trying to censor and ban their asses all the way back to New Jersey or wherever they came from in the name of "family values." Same thing goes for rap artists. (Artists, it feels funny calling them that.)
I lumped them together because of their lowest common denominator: setting women back at least 100 years.
And I don't care if the right wing would be trying to censor them. They've got the same agenda when it comes to sexism. People, and groups, can be different in some ways and try to categorize themselves in different ways, but essentially be the same beast. You actually see that in politics all the time.
Music is no different.
And what makes you think that MSI is anything but right-wing? The ultra conservative agenda is anti-women, anti-women's rights, is for the most part racist, and is homophobic.
I think that MSI is a prime example of a right-wing agenda group. The only difference is that they use more swear words and don't wear suits and ties.
In fact, Ann Coulter once said of women: ""I'm so pleased with my gender. We're not that bright."
If that doesn't sum up everything Lindsey has more or less said in every single interview ever, I don't know what does.
I think I have to agree with K on this. I never saw it that way before.
Lyn-Z - "Girl power, I like being a girl" (I like my gender)
Lyn-Z - "But you don't have to be the best at what you do and you don't even have to be talented, as long as you do it" (But we're not that bright and we don't have to be).
Uggggggg.
MSI: not so right wing; the Republicans I know would be trying to censor and ban their asses all the way back to New Jersey or wherever they came from in the name of "family values."
And yet both groups share the same misogynist attitudes.
Maybe that's what people are talking about when they call MSI's lyrics "ironic." It's the only irony I can see there.
They're the same kind of people in different suits. Ann Coulter doesn't show her panties.
I think your all taking this way too seriously.
How come all feminists are fat or ugly and offended by everything?
None of you could ever bag a rockstar husband and i think that's the true issue here..
I think your all taking this way too seriously.
How come fansheep don't know the difference between your and you're?
Isn't it amazing that there are still so many girls out there who think that a rockstar husband is a catch?
Damn. I dated a musician from the time I was 18 til I was 21 and that was the most miserable time of my life. Most of them just are not capable of being faithful.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Isn't it amazing that there are still so many girls out there who think that a rockstar husband is a catch?
Because it's their own personal aspiration and they don't have the imagination to understand why anyone would want anything else. Like a purpose.
These are very minor rockstars and it looks like their shelf life is almost up. Not really worth catching
Because it's their own personal aspiration and they don't have the imagination to understand why anyone would want anything else. Like a purpose.
How very sad. I can't imagine what it would be like to live in the world on someone else's terms and not my own.
I'm proud of the fact that I can take care of myself and don't have to rely on anyone to support me.
Like they are above all the doctors, engineers, chefs, ect all out of the public eye. Yup, only rockstars make a difference in the world.
I think it's unfortunately a very wide-spread perception, too. Not just among teens, but among older women, housewives, etc. I don't know why that's so ingrained in some people.
I don't look at men as something to "bag" anyway. To have fun with, to spend some time, to learn, all that kind of stuff. And I sure wouldn't want someone to think they could "bag" me. In a joking sense, it's a funny colloquialism but to folks like Ms Fangirl up there, it's how they honestly see it.
You're right; it is very sad.
This is hilarious in't it?
How come all feminists are fat or ugly and offended by everything?
None of you could ever bag a rockstar husband and i think that's the true issue here..
What a fool you are, to generalize this way.
I am not "fat" nor "ugly", and I do agree with the gist of their arguments.
I also tend to think rockstars are egotistical, infantile, emotionally undeveloped people. It's all an act and they would make a very poor partner.
I also tend to think rockstars are egotistical, infantile, emotionally undeveloped people. It's all an act and they would make a very poor partner.
What a fool you are to generalize that way.
Known many rockstars have you?
I suppose you do 2:30 as you think I am generalizing about rockstars.
I also tend to think rockstars are egotistical, infantile, emotionally undeveloped people. It's all an act and they would make a very poor partner.
You don't have to know them. All you have to do is watch some episodes of Behind the Music and read some biographies. It's all there.
This is hilarious in't it?
You wanna see hilarious?
This is hilarious.
We aaaaare. LMFAO.
What I wouldn't give to have seen takes 1 & 2.
Oh my God. That video just gets funnier and funnier the more times you watch it.
How many wrong notes can one lame Rawksta hit doing one song? I think Geetard must have the record.
None of you could ever bag a rockstar husband and i think that's the true issue here..
This is just sad on so many levels. What about love, respect, and companionship? Your comment is not only sexist against women, it implies that men are only objects as well. Perhaps once one has "bagged" said rockstar he should have his head stuffed and hung on the wall with the other trophies.
Goodness, no wonder they all act like jerks if this is how women treat them.
Also, I would suggest that any woman be able to stand on her own whether she is married or not. Even the most beautiful woman in the world can't expect to trade on her looks for very long. What happens when the bagged rockstar decides to trade her in for a new model?
You can have your views, Kapunua, but I for one find them to be a bit extreme.
Sexism is in no way exclusive to the right wing. I wish people would realize this, because if you want to see real change you can't make feminism an exclusive club only open to Democrats.
I see a lot of sexism from the left wing, whether it's the nonstop hate for Sarah Palin, as though she's a traitor to women just because she doesn't share your liberal views, or Obama supporters in the 2008 Democratic primary making fun of the way Hillary Clinton looks.
Anyway I think the rock star lifestyle prevents people from growing up even if the capability was originally there.
I'll be the first to admit I gravitate towards the more notorious bands simply because they're more interesting. At the end of the day no one wants to hear rock 'n roll written by "really nice guys," and that's not good for the person behind the persona.
I find musicians as a group to be fun to admire from afar but not really real life relationship material.
Agree with Megan. Someone can be sexist and still have other liberal views. It happens all the time.
You can also claim to be a feminist and make a lot of sexist remarks. There's proof of that in this blog.
What happens when the bagged rockstar decides to trade her in for a new model?
Which they pretty much all do. It's kind of repulsive really.
Rockstars in reality are repulsive.
Sexism is in no way exclusive to the right wing. I wish people would realize this, because if you want to see real change you can't make feminism an exclusive club only open to Democrats.
Well if you really think about it, that's what I'm saying. Do you think MSI are registered Republicans or consider themselves Right Wing? Think about what I'm saying.
I see a lot of sexism from the left wing,
Hi, MSI?
whether it's the nonstop hate for Sarah Palin, as though she's a traitor to women just because she doesn't share your liberal views,
"Liberal views?" No, she's a traitor to women because she wants to take away our choice. And did you hear anything at all about this making rape victims pay for their own rape kits?
or Obama supporters in the 2008 Democratic primary making fun of the way Hillary Clinton looks.
I disagree with making fun of her for her looks, as well. What's that got to do with anything I said at all?
Please, please do find me the one instance where I said that only right wing republicans are sexist? Because I must have missed it.
If you look really closely, you might notice me saying that "liberal" folks like MSI are just as bad as the Ann Coulters, and more or less the same monkey in a different suit.
I thought I'd made that pretty clear.
And by the way. I really hate this idea that we're all supposed to support these crappy, misogynistic women just because they're women. Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter, hello, Lindsey Way - these people do not get a free pass. Sexist is sexist.
Hi guys... long time no see!
Good to see that VV's is still around. :)
You can have your views, Kapunua, but I for one find them to be a bit extreme.
You're entitled to your opinion, Megan, but I have to say I disagree. Kapunua is right: women can be just as detrimental to equality as men can be, regardless of their political leanings. Women like Sarah Palin make me grit my teeth & want to throw things at her, because she makes such lame-ass statements about women when she should know better. I've unfortunately known more than a few women who consider themselves to be hard-core liberals, but do more to further fuck up feminism than they contribute to its ideals.
If a woman repeatedly hits or slaps a man, but keeps taunting him with the fact that he's an asshole if he hits her back, how is that feminism?
If a woman refuses to cook or clean in her household, but expects her husband/boyfriend to shovel the snow & mow the lawn because "that's a man's job", how is that feminism?
If a woman chooses to let a man support her and yet freaks out when he asks her what she's done all day, that's not feminism. What that is, is pathetic.
I know I've been guilty of sexism. I can't even count the number of times I've accused a friend of bitching at me, or how many times I've called the guy who cuts me off in traffic a dick. We've all heard the argument that 'they're just words', but they're still gender-biased. I should know better than to use them, and I do know better. So I'm not sure why you'd find Kapunua's views 'extreme' - she's only pointing out a fact.
As for Frank's lame tweets, I'm as disappointed & pissed off as many of you are. I wish I could say I was surprised, but I lost faith in these guys quite some time ago.
MCR's new record flopping = proof there is a God.
I know I'm late to the party, but I was reading back a few posts and there was a suspicion on here that Jeff Watson (or another Warner stooge) was creating MCR 'fan' accounts on social networking sites in order to plug Desolation Row. How did you guys figure that out?
It's pretty hilarious, if that's Warner's idea of trying to sell the band to a wider audience.
I know I've been guilty of sexism. I can't even count the number of times I've accused a friend of bitching at me, or how many times I've called the guy who cuts me off in traffic a dick.
I think all of us have done those things at some point, mainly because that's what society has taught us and it's hard to break old habits and traditions.
A lot of women don't even realize that they're being treated like second class citizens because they just don't know any better.
The fansheep who thinks the ultimate goal is to "bag a rockstar" is probably one of those girls who just accepts the way the people around her think.
Until we can learn to recognize these sexist behaviors and call others (and even sometimes ourselves) out on them and thus opening them up for discussion, things aren't ever going to get better.
This is why I abhor the attitude that we should just turn a blind eye to Frank's indiscretions because "he really didn't mean it" or "that's just his sense of humor."
Someone once told me I shouldn't judge Frank, because if he needed the concept of sexism and why his words are offensive explained to him then 'that would be Jamia's job, not yours'.
Proof that the fans are as backward as Frank himself.
How did you guys figure that out?
It was pretty easy to figure out. There were obvious sock puppet accounts that kept popping up on various sites to push the single, the le vinyl, etc. They were very easy to spot because they claimed to be male and used either comic book oriented names or names like "tallicadude" (not your average MCR fan). Also, the accounts were brand new and said things like, "Hey, guys, check out this out, it's awesome," and gave a link to the site where said item could be bought.
Lame.
tallicadude? Ahahahahahahaha
No, really. Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Tallicdude's classic!
This is just gross. I hope she's kidding.
lynzway just ate a cookie off the floor of my car and the tip of my tongue went numb. will let you know if i start to hallucinate.
Her tweets are not worth reading. She has nothing to say just like her husband.
And hello to sister midnite. Good to read you again.
None of their tweets are worth reading. They're all empty headed scumbags.
And hello to sister midnite. Good to read you again.
January 13, 2010 12:40 PM
Thanks, Anon! :)
You're welcome sister m. Drop in anytime.
SIS! Wow, so nice to read you 'round these parts!
MCR's new record flopping = proof there is a God.
LMAO!
As far as what you were saying (what we were saying, actually) about women being just as detrimental to women's rights, I wonder if someone like Lindsey is actually worse for feminism. With someone like Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter, you can see the misogyny coming a mile away. But with Lyndsey she's spouting the word "feminism" and waving it around like dirty underwear.
It's just as gross and more insidious when misogyny is done under the flag of feminism.
I would have thought that maybe MCR or any of their wives would have used their website/twitter audience to appeal for aid for Haiti.
It's been a few days now. Yet they can tweet about having fun and spending money, but not anything important, apparently.
What greedy ignorant swines they all are.
I guess when you live in La La land the suffering of people less fortunate than you is very much 'out of sight and out of mind'.
What do you expect?
Those accounts are a way for them to sell more shitty merch and for their wives to brag about spending the money their husbands make from it.
I would have thought that maybe MCR or any of their wives would have used their website/twitter audience to appeal for aid for Haiti.
They probably don't even know about Haiti and now they don't have Brian to tell them that it would make them 'look good' if they donated some of their time to increasing awareness about the relief effort.
Maybe they'll do another LE bullet proof vest later on and have, like 10% of the profits going to the disaster relief. That's about their speed.
Funnily enough, Brian has tweeted the text donation number. Maybe he still has an idea about how the real world works.
MCR are probably all too high to have heard about it.
If they had tweeted it, you just would have said, Look at them, trying to use disaster to make themselves look good, you know you would have.
If they had tweeted it, you just would have said, Look at them, trying to use disaster to make themselves look good, you know you would have.
I wouldn't have and I doubt anyone else would have either. It's only when they try and get money for some "friend" that isn't a registered charity that we question them. It's not like they don't have a charity page on their website and I don't think anyone here has ever questioned that.
Nobody ever questioned Frank's Fuck Cancer shoes, nor have we questioned the work they do for Make a Wish.
Get over yourself.
They probably don't even know about Haiti
To be honest, Alicia and Lindsey would have probably reply "Hattie, wha'?"
Oh please do fuck off.
We didn't complain about anyone re-tweeting the Skate for Cancer benefit.
Shame they only re-tweet something that's deemed cool with the 'scene kids'. I guess Haiti and the sight of all those black people bleeding to death just isn't quite as 'rock'.
those black people
They don't see black people as people, they're just worthless n*ggers to them.
They don't see black people as people, they're just worthless n*ggers to them.
I think that's a bit harsh. Despite MSI's use of that word in their songs, I've never seen any hint that MCR are racists.
Don't get me wrong. I think they're tremendous douches, but I just think you're going a bit overboard there.
You are who you hand with.....and they hang with MSI.
*hang not hand
That's an extremely simplistic view. I hang out with people that don't share the same views I have, doesn't make me exactly like them.
Would you hang with a racist if you weren't one yourself? I wouldn't. I'd hate having to hear that kind of thing, so I wouldn't have any friends who have that point of view. Racism is always something people feel very strongly about, no matter which side you fall on.
I honestly don't think MSI or MCR are racists, they just don't think before they speak. Or, in the case of MSI, they don't think their 'speak' is 'real'.
I think we can judge them on their basic stupidity regarding this, but I don't think they are really racists.
If you weren't racist, you wouldn't "sing" that word.
Honestly I think Gerard & Co. are just too stupid to know any better. Despite his Art School Degree, Gerard does not come off as being terribly well educated. He's certainly not well-spoken. Same goes for the other guys.
And the cretins from MSI act like they were raised in a barn.
Kapunua sed:
I wonder if someone like Lindsey is actually worse for feminism. With someone like Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter, you can see the misogyny coming a mile away. But with Lyndsey she's spouting the word "feminism" and waving it around like dirty underwear.
It's just as gross and more insidious when misogyny is done under the flag of feminism.
Great to read you! :)
MTE. IMO, she *is* worse, because she's either too stupid to see that she's misrepresenting what she says & does as being feminist, or she's too much of an idiot to care. My guess would be that she's both.
I also wanted to say that I agree with the people who said that MCR and MSI probably aren't really racists. They may not be the sharpest crayons in the box, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they're bigots. It probably never occurred to them in their amaaaaaaayzing daily lives that they're in a position to mobilize people & get the word out there. A few years ago, they would have -- with who they seem to be right now, not too likely.
"If you weren't racist, you wouldn't "sing" that word."
Billie Joe says the N word in a song on Greenday's new CD. Is he racist? No.
Honestly, I don't understand how people like Lindsey and Chantal can be just so blissfully talking about crap like American Idol on their twitters without even mentioning Haiti. All you have to do is click on a news link to see how devastated the people there are.
And what of MCR? Don't they realize that they could probably raise money from their fans? Or do they want them to save it so they'll buy their stupid record when it comes out along with a cheaply made t-shirt?
People need to know that they can donate money through Google's crisis response site, The Red Cross, Care, Save the Children, etc.
Fans would probably crack open their piggy banks if the members of MCR just asked them to. I think saving those people's lives is more important than selling MCR records and merch.
I think saving those people's lives is more important than selling MCR records and merch.
Here is an opportunity for MCR to really save lives and they do nothing.
Just goes to show how much that whole "saving lives" business really did mean to them. (Not much.)
Here is an opportunity for MCR to really save lives and they do nothing.
They won't as they have completely backed off from this image. They no longer want to be perceived this way, nor do they want the cult-like adulation that accompanies it. Imo.
It's not hxc to give a shit about people dying in an earthquake.
Maybe they are making a private donation.
Maybe they are making a private donation.
Hopefully they are. IMO, that's the best way to do it. Nobody is asking them to brag on their twitters about how much they are helping.
But think of all the money they could help raise if they just posted a link to the charities who are helping on their twitters.
Warner will probably get around eventually to doing something on the official website to make the band look like they're helping. It is good publicity, you know.
I just did this shizzy, you should too. . . Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5 for disaster relief fund #haiti
its from Chantal
I was one of the fans that Frank blocked on Twitter (for no reason) a while ago. I have to admit that I was angry at him for a long time. I know that it's just Twitter but I felt unappreciated as a fan and hurt. After reading this blog and the comments, I got over it and "forgave" him. I'm not sure why that is when it seems to have the opposite effect on most of the others here.
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I just did this shizzy, you should too. . . Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5 for disaster relief fund #haiti
its from Chantal
Good for Chantal.
After reading this blog and the comments, I got over it and "forgave" him. I'm not sure why that is when it seems to have the opposite effect on most of the others here.
Different people react differently. I personally have never had the desire to tweet any celebrities, so I don't really get the big deal when they block someone. They don't know you and you don't know them so I don't really understand how that can be taken personally. By the same token, I guess I don't understand your sentiment when you say you "forgave" him. I don't really get why he means enough to you that you would feel the need to forgive (or not forgive, for that matter).
I do find Frank's sexist tweets to be offensive and although I don't take them personally I do find that I think less of him because of them.
Different people react differently.
I think a lot of that has to do with now much self-esteem the person has. If someone treats you unfairly you have to make the decision whether or not to stand up for yourself or to just sit there and take it.
I think Kat was real.
I don't.
LOL! THanks to Lynn for the link to the *Emma* story. How did I ever miss this one? I've been reading this blog for a while and thought after reading her *story* + what you all wrote I wanted to give my thoughts on the whole Paul/Emma saga. You might think I'm crazy as I'm starting to believe that LynZ was the *girlfriend* *Emma* was trying to avoid when she came to visit *Paul*. Someone here thinks L's been around for a long time and that wasn't me. Anyhoo I can picture E feeling intimidated by LynZ. IMO *Paul* always loved L and carried a torch for her ever since he met her in 02 or 03?. They probably weren't really together like girlfriend/boyfriend in the real way, though IMO *Paul* referred to L in that way. Once he dumped E and they played together at ProRev they became committed enough for G to ask L to marry him. *Katmandu* could have been a code name for her or a place they like. I don't think G is gay, could be Bi, and L could be too. That's what I think.
*Kat* must have been real if she was L all along.
I don't believe that Lindsey was Kat because I don't get the reason for the secrecy. None of the other guys ever tried to hide who their girlfriends were, so why would Gerard? He seems to be so proud of his relationship with Lindsey and he thinks she's so amaaaayyyzing, unlike Eliza, so why would he have kept her secret?
Hi Michelle!
Gerard has never been truthful or open about anything.
It's not like Gerard was trying to hide the fact that he had a girlfriend. At one point he was talking about her in nearly every interview he gave, so it doesn't make sense for him to have been keeping her identity a secret, except for maybe two reasons.
1) The girl didn't want to be in the public eye. This is what people assumed about "Kat". That she was a private person who wasn't comfortable being in the limelight. We know this doesn't apply to Lindsey because she loves attention or she wouldn't be in a band.
2) He was ashamed of her. A lot of people think this is the reason he never really acknowledged Eliza. But he seems to be really proud of Lindsey so it wouldn't make sense for him to keep her a secret.
Sorry, but the Lindsey was "Kat" theory just doesn't make any kind of sense at all.
I don't believe that Lindsey was Kat because I don't get the reason for the secrecy. None of the other guys ever tried to hide who their girlfriends were, so why would Gerard? He seems to be so proud of his relationship with Lindsey and he thinks she's so amaaaayyyzing, unlike Eliza, so why would he have kept her secret?
G Way & Lindsey could have been to coin the term f***buddies until PR when it became a real relationship.
Whatever Gerard and Lindsey's relationship, it seems rather sordid no matter how you look at it. I don't think this man is capable of being honest or real about anything.
I feel kind of sorry for Lindsey. Being married to and having a kid with someone who doesn't seem to be even capable of telling the truth about anything would be scary as hell.
Not sure about the f buddies. You could see it this way. Based on the bands mantra about "saving lives" how could they go on and become famous, still being "feminists" and "saving lives" if Lindsey and her band was revealed? When they made their money and he married her he could openly support her.
I don't know. It seems to me that with a skeleton like Lindsey (and MSI) in their closet, they wouldn't have taken the risk and gone the "saving lives, band with a message" route.
Besides, I don't think Gerard is smart enough to have hidden her on purpose.
I think we're giving those two idiots way too much credit. As if they both would have been capable of keeping quiet about their relationship (whether they were real girlfriend and boyfriend or just friends with benefits) for so long
Gerard stated in many interviews that he didn't want to become the cutesy heartthrob so why should he have hidden his girlfriend then unless she herself didn't want to be seen with him? I also don't think that Lindsey is a woman who appreciates it to be denied by her significant other or hidden as if her boyfriend would be ashamed of her.
She would have loved the attention for herself and the band and just like they (Gerard&Lindsey in particular and MCR&MSI in general)are getting away with their faux feminism now they would have gotten away with it back then too.
The fansheep would have lapped up MSI's and Lindsey's claims that their lyrics are supposed to be satire and that the 'joke' is on the people who 'don't get it' just like they lap it up now.
So, Gerard's girlfriend of six years (if there ever was one to begin with which I don't believe) was either very smart to hide because she already thought about the internet/real-life drama she could become involved in by being associated with him or maybe she was just afraid to be in the public eye because she didn't want embarrassing things of her life to come out. A troubled past, delinquency, drug abuse? Because I don't think that someone who's not an alcoholic, drug addict or even mentally unstable herself would have been with someone like Gerard and his problems for so long.
Le Pout de Trout?
I know he probably hasn't had collagen but what the Hell is going on with his lips? Do they look freak to anyone else?
Looks like always to me. Maybe he's making duckface like a MySpace girlie to look HAWT?
Nigel is gone though and why is he still dyeing his hair emo-black?
Soooo not kewl, Geefart!!!!
That must be his I love my fucking wife and don't you forget it! look.
I don't think that's a new picture. It seems to be from somewhere around the spring/summer of last year.
These days he's rocking the slicked back hair look.
Their then manager at the time Brian Schechter's may have told GW be quiet about Lindsey & MSI. I don't think she would have been accepted by MCR fangirls, as all the internet drama started after Eliza started coming forward and she was ripped apart. The fangirls seemed to think Lindsey was some sort of savior to Gerard after his first GF who was actually his second, Eliza.
Yeah, Gerard and Mikey are both going for the 'slick the hair straight back so as to cover up the bald spot' look these days.
http://twitpic.com/y4y43
photo of lynz's art studio
LMAO
it looks like a public storage unit with a garage sale desk and lamp
With Buzznet pics of GWay.
Some of the communities on lj are having competitions to raise money for Haiti disaster relief. I'm donating through ontd_startrek (it's going to Unicef) Link. We've already raised over $8,000.00 on our little community alone.
Every little bit helps so I'd like to encourage everyone here to do what they can. Just be sure your money is going to a legit charitable organization.
5:02 that's wonderful. I have made my donation to Unicef.
Add some lipgloss and you have a lipstick lesbian
http://www.buzznet.com/tags/mychemicalromance/photos/gerard-amazing-way/?id=83032951#pt
He is not ageing well at all.
Why is he covering his neck? Did Lindsey give him another hickey before the shoot?
Link
Frank has blogged about making donations to Haiti. Better late then never, I suppose.
The daily horror these people are going through has been painful to see.
Yeah, real painful. That's why it's taken you what, nearly five days to pull your iphone out your pocket and ask your fans to help out? I'm sure your life is really hard, Frank.
Fuck him. This is just bandwagon jumping and an attempt to glean positive PR in the wake of his abortion jokes.
I'm sure the women and children now facing rape as a result of the country's collapse are laughing along with him.
At least the people of Haiti will benefit from the money, although I'm sure the band are only thinking of themselves first.
This is what MCR have become.
Get off your high horses you bunch of sad bitches. If any of you were decent, you wouldn't come here daily to slag off people who you don't know.
Get off your high horses you bunch of sad bitches. If any of you were decent, you wouldn't come here daily to slag off people who you don't know.
I'll get off mine when Frank gets off whatever he's taken to make him think he can behave like a sexist, racist asshole and no one's going to care.
Oh, and calling us bitches? You're in the same club as Frank, congratulations. You also have a lot to learn.
If any of you were decent, you wouldn't come here daily to slag off people who you don't know.
The idiots you're defending are far from decent.
How ironic that it would be Frank to make that donations post. Seems as if the PR guys at Warner are finally trying to do their job.
Why pitch youself against Frank? Are you in the public eye?
And you are a bunch of bitches, because you bitch about a bunch of people who you don't know. If you don't like them, why pay them so much attention?
Only a group of bitches would do that...Non bitches who don't like people tend to just walk away and let others do what they want, and focus on what's wrong in their own lives. Such as spending too much time on the internet.
And I said if any of YOU were decent - not them.Are you on some personal crusade to out their faults, and ignore the faults of this blog? Who cares if they're decent or not? There's decent and non-decent everywhere.
It's your own responsability how you choose to behave.
Honey, you need to go away and read more. Do some research, backread this blog, then come on here telling us all that we can't have a perfectly valid opinion about how a bunch of men we helped make rich now think it's funny to verbally abuse women and black people without shame.
Non bitches who don't like people tend to just walk away and let others do what they want, and focus on what's wrong in their own lives. Such as spending too much time on the internet.
Do you recognize yourself in this comment, Sweetie? According to your definition, you must be a bitch too. After all, here you are, not walking away from us and letting us do what we want. Instead, you're here bitching at us when you could be focusing on what's wrong in your life. Such as spending too much time on the internet. Or learning how to spell.
Same old Pot/Kettle bullshit. We've heard it all before. Come back when you have something valid to say.
I'm not your sweetie - such a comment does make you a bitch. If I'm a bitch,for pointing out you're all a bunch of bitches, then I guess I belong here. And if we made them rich, then the same goes for every other artist on this planet.
Fact of the matter is, no matter how mad you all are about this, Gerard and MCR are still rich and still have a huge following.
A bunch of sad, pathetic bitches on the net will not change that.
Ha, see, I was right. They say something about Haiti, it's "bandwagon jumping," just as it would have been if they had said anything four days ago. Admit it, they can't win.
Fact of the matter is, no matter how mad you all are about this, Gerard and MCR are still rich and still have a huge following.
Are you really sure about this? Go look back at old MCR communities and you'll see very few of the old, original members who still remain. The numbers have dwindled substantially.
Also, if they are "rich" like you say, I doubt they'll stay that way for long. It costs a shit ton of money to live in LA, the record industry is in some serious trouble and MCR are considered by most of the world to be a "fad" band.
Their "rich and famous" days are numbered.
They'll come back and they will do well. I promise. x
They say something about Haiti, it's "bandwagon jumping
It was bandwagon jumping or they would have done it days ago.
And you're right, they can't win at this point, after proving themselves to be liars and frauds.
Fact of the matter is, no matter how mad you all are about this, Gerard and MCR are still rich and still have a huge following.
This is why they need "tallicadude" to go around to communities promoting their merch.
LMFAO
They'll come back and they will do well. I promise. x
I think you need to put your crystal ball in the shop. It's broken.
This is why they need "tallicadude" to go around to communities promoting their merch.
Lol! They'll never be able to live down tallicadude!
Did anybody ever figure out where the name "Dubtown" came from?
They'll come back and they will do well. I promise. x
Oh wait. Does this mean that Gerard finally got some voice lessons?
I wonder if Frank donated blood.
Oh wait. They have to do drug tests first.
Never mind.
How did you know I have a crystal ball?
Fact of the matter is, no matter how mad you all are about this, Gerard and MCR are still rich and still have a huge following.
A bunch of sad, pathetic bitches on the net will not change that.
Can you please tell us about this "huge" following that MCR has? How old are they? Male or female? Are they tone deaf? Do you think by coming here defending them,they would actually care? Do you think they would care that we call them douchebags? I don't think so.
Not to digress from the topic on the table but every time I see this interview I cringe. How anyone can say that she is not on something here is beyond me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSf7lGoKecI&feature=player_embedded
Gerard and MCR are still rich and still have a huge following.
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I seriously doubt that they're rich. Bands in general only make a few cents when each CD is shifted. Depending on how many copies are sold, most bands don't make a lot of money. Most of the money is generated through merch and touring.
You can clearly see how the coke is starting to kick in at 4:30. And the way she's rubbing her nose all the time reminds me of one of the Japan interviews of MCR in which Gerard is also constantly rubbing his nose.
Cokeheads!
BOW DOWN, BC!!!
"One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it? Who the f**k made that rule? Oh! The record labels made it because artists are dumb and they'll sign anything' - like I did."
- Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor rules.
"I was getting sane while the world was going crazy."
This is just too sad.
:(
Really sad 1.42. Thanks for sharing.
I had no idea they had been friends for so long. The picture of them when they were boys nearly made me cry.
The fact that the Rev said he wasn't going to live past 30 kind of begs the question, 'Do you think it was a premonition or self-fulfilling prophecy?'
I think this is kind of relevant to what we've talked about here with Gerard and his talk about dying young.
There you go Siobhan. What annoys me is that some fans assume that bands make a lot of money just because they're in the music business.
Recording songs and producing albums also takes money, who gets the percentage of the cut, and so on. And then you got bands out there who have to take second jobs to continue to support at what they do.
I came here from the link on Buzznet and I'd like to ask a question.
Why do the people here talk about 'SS' being Frank? Who is this person?
I always think of Himmler's Schutzstaffel when I see it.
Fact of the matter is, no matter how mad you all are about this, Gerard and MCR are still rich and still have a huge following.
A bunch of sad, pathetic bitches on the net will not change that.
If people want to be mad and vent, they can. How they want to fill their time is their business not yours. They are not harnessing these idiots on their twitters or trying to contact them, but I'm guessing that's something you do. If you think they are sad pathetic bitches so be it. You can express your opinion like anyone here.
Can you please tell us about this "huge" following that MCR has? How old are they? Male or female? Are they tone deaf? Do you think by coming here defending them,they would actually care? Do you think they would care that we call them douchebags? I don't think so.
Exactly. I would guess that they actually laugh more at fools who don't know them yet think they are doing them a service by continually defending them on the internet, than unknowns that criticize them continuously.
harnessing these idiots made me laugh.
The fact that the Rev said he wasn't going to live past 30 kind of begs the question, 'Do you think it was a premonition or self-fulfilling prophecy?'
I personally think it was self fulfilling prophecy.
It was funny, wasn't it?
Happens when you post and run :)
Gerard and MCR are still rich and still have a huge following.
Good for them.
They're still dumb as fuck :)
I'm no defending anyone - I'm on no one's side, I'm just saying, there's about ten of you, but thousands on groups for them on Facebook, their website and Myspace. Their gang is bigger.
Gerard has enough money to buy a home in LA and to not work a 'normal' job and, to focus on his next album - which is more than any of us can say. If someone has done well enough that they can do what they want with their time, because they've earned enough as a result, then fair play to them. And before any of you start going on about how he did it lying, then so does everyone else, anyone else who you've ever listened to, watched, or read about. It makes me wonder why you think Gerard is so different to everyone else?
It's not Gerard's fault he's a liar! Society made him that way! We all lie every minute of every day! Gerard's normal!
No.....to be in the industry he's in, it's normal to manipulate the circumstances to sell records. He's not the first and he won't be the last. Why pick on just him?
Because this is a blog about MCR? Because we're the ones who invested in his fame too?
Because we can?
Seriously, most people here are not just 'picking on' poor little Gerard. That whole band have shown themselves to be, not only hypocrites and liars, but proud of it.
Frank shows no shame in making jokes about sexual violence. Gerard tells underage girls to 'moan for him'. Weren't these the guys that five years ago they were telling us to 'spit right in their goddam face'?
I come here to spit.
Gerard's nice preened hedge in LA is too high for me to reach over.
Fair comment. But Gerard asking girls to moan for him - part of his act was always very sexual anyway. The lyrics in three-cheers are very provocative. And bullets. If parents let their daughters go to the gigs, knowing what the lyrics are like, and not expect controvercial things to be said at the gigs then, more fool the parents. They should keep a better eye on what their underage kids are listening to.
I'm no defending anyone - I'm on no one's side, I'm just saying, there's about ten of you, but thousands on groups for them on Facebook, their website and Myspace. Their gang is bigger.
And? What's your point here? Shouldn't you be there instead of trying to tell people what to do here? What do you care what ten people think?.
Gerard has enough money to buy a home in LA and to not work a 'normal' job and, to focus on his next album - which is more than any of us can say. If someone has done well enough that they can do what they want with their time, because they've earned enough as a result, then fair play to them. And before any of you start going on about how he did it lying, then so does everyone else, anyone else who you've ever listened to, watched, or read about. It makes me wonder why you think Gerard is so different to everyone else?
So basically you admitted that Gerard and those other morons are liars and that's normal as everyone else in the industry lies. Jeez! Shock, horror!
Business is business, eh? Anything is okay as long as they can line their pockets. If you think that's okay, it tells me loads about you.
Yes, their act was very sexual in the start, true. But it was them (mainly Gerard and Frank) sexualizing themselves.
They didn't focus it on members of their audience, or objectify them.
In fact, isn't that what they used to be against? If I remember, Gerard also said 'We got so sick of seeing women objectified in the rock scene. The way girls are exploited is wrong'.
Then he does a 180 and makes them mastubate for him? No. That's not right, and by hand-waving it away, you send out the message that it's okay to talk the talk of feminism and respect it 'in theory' but not apply it to anything you do or say.
You can't preach away like that and then just do the exact opposite. That's what many of us feel here. Feminism and women's rights might not be a buig deal for a lot of MCR fans, but for some people, they are. Seeing this band piss all over it in order to shift albums gets people talking. Sorry.
But Gerard asking girls to moan for him - part of his act was always very sexual anyway.
Sexual to fifteen year olds, as a adult, not much even considered it juvenile.
Feminism and women's rights might not be a buig deal for a lot of MCR fans, but for some people, they are. Seeing this band piss all over it in order to shift albums gets people talking.
I agree, THAT is sad and pathetic.
Gerard's "sexual" act reminds me of an inexperienced teenage boy. The whole "ferard" thing is a joke.
If parents let their daughters go to the gigs, knowing what the lyrics are like, and not expect controvercial things to be said at the gigs then, more fool the parents. They should keep a better eye on what their underage kids are listening to.
It's obvious you're not a parent, and are unaware of the reality of parenting a teen.
Yes - I am a parent.
I hardly think what Gerard did was on the same scale as, say, firing someone because they're pregnant, or something like that.
So...he made out like he was a feminist, and then asked a load of teens to go fuck themselves? I've heard far, far worse than that.
And, I think most in that audience would have got off on what he said -- most wouldn't have cared less. I've seen him many, many times and each time he was very provocative. You know what? All the girls were screaming their heads off. No one walked out, outraged. It didn't make the headlines. Only a handful cared about it.
No.....to be in the industry he's in, it's normal to manipulate the circumstances to sell records. He's not the first and he won't be the last. Why pick on just him?
They didn't just manipulate the circumstances they created an elaborate facade. They are two-faced liars, which you have already admitted.
Parenting a small child is different to a teen.
I hardly think what Gerard did was on the same scale as, say, firing someone because they're pregnant, or something like that.
So...he made out like he was a feminist, and then asked a load of teens to go fuck themselves? I've heard far, far worse than that.
And, I think most in that audience would have got off on what he said -- most wouldn't have cared less. I've seen him many, many times and each time he was very provocative. You know what? All the girls were screaming their heads off. No one walked out, outraged. It didn't make the headlines. Only a handful cared about it.
I have a question. Are you female?
Why are you assuming the age of my child? That's a rude thing to do. You have no idea of my circumstances so, don't converse with me again.
You know what? All the girls were screaming their heads off. No one walked out, outraged. It didn't make the headlines. Only a handful cared about it.
What else do you think 13 - 15 year old girls are going to do?
I won't say anything about myself again - male, female or whatever. Let's just say I know more than most about this subject, and now I've said my bit, I won't comment again.
Let's just say, I do agree with most of this blog, I just don't agree with blowing silly things, things that all artists do, out of proportion.
You come here accusing people of being sad pathetic bitches You're rude. You shouldn't get so sensitive about a benign remark.
You've said more than enough.
I just don't like assumptions...you people are good at that!
I'll leave you (few) people to try and bring MCR's rep down, and you'll all fail I'm sure.
Fact of the matter is, that their fan base is too established and they are talented enough to recover from any minor blips.
Have fun you few. I'm sure your ranting will amount to nothing.
I'll be back in six months to check.
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