Women's Rights at Change.org.
I thought you all might like this web page. I guess this isn't much of an MCR related post (they bore me to tears) but maybe it is, seeing as MCR have done a 180 (to quote a person who recently posted here) especially on feminism. (Also obviously on racism, homophobia etc...)
Next time you're getting mad at Lyn-Z because of her talking about how it's OK for chicks not to be really talented, how her flashing her panties is an inspiration to female musicians, or you're getting mad because of how Gerard treated his female fans, you can visit this page and see that there are people out there still fighting this kind of behavior!
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When did this turn into the Lyn-Z blog?
As far as I can tell, most of the negative comments here are directed at Gerard Way and his bandmates. Yes, Lindsey gets brought up and so do other members of MSI, so why are we endlessly debating the fairness of the comments that are made about her?
Yeah, "let's not argue about racism because I don't want to expose myself as a clueless white idiot any more than I already have".
Yeah, "let's not argue about racism because I don't want to expose myself as a clueless white idiot any more than I already have".
No, lets not argue about racism because there is nothing to argue or debate about, I think everyone here would agree that it is wrong.
Yes, but some people apparently think it's their place to continue to dictate how and when POC get offended at words once used to justify lynchings being thrown around by Lindsay's friends while she laughs along.
I think the N-word debate is bigger than this blog and the idiots in MSI. It's so controversial there is no 'acceptable' usage of it anymore.
Just a heads up, I believe the person insinuating VV was fat was illustrating how stupid it was to throw comments like that one around when you clearly don't know anything about said person. Is VV fat? Who knows and honestly, who cares?
Okay, I've read a lot of comments tonight and might have skipped some or have forgotten about some already, so would somebody point out that comment on this blog entry to me in which anyone called someone in MCR or MSI fat?
All MCR and MSI fans are now fataphobes too? Why because of one comment about Crisps? Any other blanket statements and personal judgements you'd like to add on?
Hello pot, I'd like to introduce you to kettle.
If you accuse all of us here of generalizing then you should have better refrained from doing so yourself in your post. It makes you look hypocritical.
Calling somebody fat here on a blog is just as stupid as changing a person's name to Dim or Retard just to illustrate that you believe they are not bright.
I don't believe that they're stupid. I know it! I only have to watch or read their interviews to see that they're both as dumb as a box of rocks.
Btw, I think my invention of the nickname Dim-Z was pure genius.
Artistic even! I consider myself an artist now. Who's to say that I'm not?!
You know nothing about these people, how they care for their child, how they live, how they are as people?
I know enough to have an opinion and my opinion is that they are attention whores who could manage it for a short time to capture the interest of a lot of people by telling lies and pretending to care for causes they actually don't give a shit about and therefore shouldn't be surprised to be called out by us as long as we feel like it.
The funny thing is that neither of you people who come here and defend them - may it be because you are fans or just want to play devil's advocate - know them any better than we do here. How do you know how they are spending their time? How can you know that neither of those people we talk about here are part of a social community on the internet in which they're talking about whatever subject there may be?
Who knows if Lindsey isn't part of a private blog/community called Die, Eliza! Die!?
Gerard might be an anonymous blogger with the name smelly pants who blogs about Kasabian being the shittiest band in the world and that the singer looks soooo fat and is just uglier as the world could ever be?
Who knows if Frank's not posting spiteful comments on things related to Marilyn Manson on the internet?
Oops, I forgot! We know he does.
They have no time for that, you say? They know better things to do with their time, you say?
Well, think again!
First of all, I think it's so funny when people on the internet tell other people on the internet that they have no life!
Comedy gold!!!
I also find it funny if people think that commenting on here would be so time consuming that we aren't able to get other things done in life anymore. As if you are glued to the computer/notebook/cell phone/whatever device you're on the internet with that you can't do something else while being online and that there is no such thing as a high-speed internet access but that it still takes half a day for a site to load and that the rest of the day is used to type in the letters for a sentence since we all only have two fingers to write.
I don't think that I'm more vile or hateful than the people we are discussing on this blog. Song lyrics, tweets, stage antics and interviews are proof for that.
What they say in interviews or how they express themselves musically could all be some clever (or in your opinions) not so clever ruse or marketing scheme to win over America's disaffected youth. Seems to have worked so far.
It would have been clever if they had chosen to keep on the mask of the white knights who galloped on the scene and wanted to save people's lives and get rid of the sexism and homophobia in rock 'n' roll music but since Gerard is choosing a different persona every other week and dragging along his apparently spineless bandmates while doing so it didn't take that long for people to find out that their marketing scheme was in fact just that.
Even if you are not a fan of their music you have to admit they are living in our modern society as artists, which only very few people can do.
Every asshole and their mother can live like that nowadays. Do I really have to mention the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian or any other reality tv show scum that mostly earns a lot more money per day than the 'artists' in MCR/MSI do in a whole month? In our modern society everyone can be an artist and everyone can be a celebrity.
Again , I say to you. Why bother reading articles in which these people are quoted? You come here day after day to pick apart people you claim to think are not artists. Wouldn't the intelligent choice be to just ignore them?
Yes, discussing sexism and other ways of discrimination is not intelligent. What a wonderful calm place the world could be if everyone would just mind their own business and keep their traps shut about injustice, discrimination and disparity in general, right? Just look the other way and pretend you haven't heard or seen anything. That's the best thing to do.
Also, I think I mentioned it here before a few times; this blog is not only a place to discuss but it's also a wonderful tool to chronologically record the brainless shenanigans of MCR and the lot.
Perhaps VV isn't fat but most certainly thick headed to create a place just to ramble (FOR YEARS) about people she claims to think are pseudo feminists, racists, or bad parents. You don't see me making a blog about Sarah Palin whom I find reprehensible. It would be a waste of time, just like (in my opinion) this place is a waste of time.
What's it to you why Verita created this blog and how long it already exists? You think it's a waste of time but you're obviously interested enough to waste your time to get involved in this blog's discussion.
If you want to make a blog about Sarah Palin then do it. You could change someone's opinion with it and inspire people to (re)think (about) their political views. You could give people a place to discuss. A place which gives people the feeling that they're not alone with their opinions about Sarah. A place to vent. What's so bad about that? People use blogs to have an outlet, to talk about what's going on in their mind, what they love, what they hate etc. etc. I pity you if you really think that writing a blog on whatever subject is a waste of time. And yet you are here reading a blog and comment on it. Hmm...
Wtf. I get on here to find hundreds more comments than yesterday that I've got to skim through to keep up with. Then what makes it more stressful is the overload of "ranting anon trolls."
(Btw, my name is Erika. I've been reading here for over a year, but I rarely ever comment. :P )
this blog scares me :L it's not a very happy place! so serious...
this blog scares me :L it's not a very happy place! so serious...
If it scares you then why not stay away?
Problem solved. :D
Then, by your own logic, if Gerard and Lyn-Z bother you, don't follow them.
Problem solved. :D
Hello, Erika. How are you?
So what did you think of Trollapalooza? I thought it was hilarious myself.
Then, by your own logic, if Gerard and Lyn-Z bother you, don't follow them.
Oh, but they don't bother me. I think it's fun to read about their stupidity.
so waht if msi uses the word nigger in their music? if they call themselves niggers why can't we call them that? why can't we call each other that? it's just words, get over it. :L
Wow. Not this again. Didn't a bunch of MSI fans raid this blog a while back and start throwing racial slurs around in an attempt to prove that they were "just words"?
Can't you people think of something original to do?
if they call themselves niggers why can't we call them that?
At the risk of sounding a little too much like Kirk Lazarus...just who exactly are the "they" you are referring to in that question? Because, seriously, you are treading on some dangerous ground here.
It's "just words" until you yourself become a victim of the hate and ignorance the use of those words carry. Please educate yourself.
so waht if msi uses the word nigger in their music? if they call themselves niggers why can't we call them that? why can't we call each other that? it's just words, get over it. :L
Well since it is okay will Bob, i guess it's okay for me to call you a CUNT.
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Perhaps VV isn't fat but most certainly thick headed to create a place just to ramble (FOR YEARS) about people she claims to think are pseudo feminists, racists, or bad parents. You don't see me making a blog about Sarah Palin whom I find reprehensible. It would be a waste of time, just like (in my opinion) this place is a waste of time.
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How ridiculous you are. We might not see you "making a blog" about people you find reprehensible because it would be a waste of time. But you obviously find us worthy of your time.
I think it's great to make a blog about people and things you find reprehensible. Lots of people do it.
Just because you think that speaking out against these issues is a "waste of time" doesn't mean that everyone has to think so.
Not to add fuel to the fire but MSI use of the "N" word was a cover of a Method Man song. In order to put a cover on a record you have to get the original artists permission. Before anyone suggests he did it for the money, "bring the pain" was on their first album, on an indie and there was no opportunity for much financial gain. And yes that would be gross to sell your song to a bunch of racists no matter how big the pay off.
Method Man cleared it. He was not offended. CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING. White people who (hate MSI anyway and want ammunition) call them racists. I have never heard an African American call them racists. hmmmmmmmmm.
I've never heard of any black people who listen to or even know about MSI. And I recall them using the N word in one of their own songs besides that cover, the song title escapes me though.
http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=4468
My Chem video interview.
Gerard looks like a Robert Smith wannabe.
"Umm yeah like, clothes n stuff are like waaaay more important than the music ya know? Like, it's better to dress like a rawksta and like The Ramones."
my comment won't show :O
http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=4468
context IS everything. No one thinks they are racists, sexists,homophobes except people who have a vendetta against them already. How could anyone take this blog seriously when it was created the day after the two got married. c'mon!, so obvious what's going on here!
Be a little objective. This is silly.
As someone who has attended several MSI shows, plenty of African Americans were in attendance. MSI is not racist. Sorry.
You all haterzzzz seem to know more about MSI lyrics and interviews then people who are fans. Anyone else find this strange?
Thanks 10:45 that was totally boring.
Was excited to read a blog about feminism. The general theme is that riot grrrl doesn't count. We just don't see eye to eye. Goodbye.
You all haterzzzz seem to know more about MSI lyrics and interviews then people who are fans. Anyone else find this strange?
No, what's so strange is that you care so much what we think.
MSI were nothing but an obscure, blimp on the punk radar with a cult following, who where just thrown into prominence by the marriage of those two idiots.
But black artists use the N word??
I don't really care that much about MSI and what they do. So far as I can tell, they are on infinite hiatus with no plans to write a new album or go out on tour. I don't come here to talk about them anyway.
In my opinion, the issue at hand is MCR and their fake stance on, well, just about everything.
I think all of this defense of Lindsey is just intended to derail people's attention away from the MCR's hypocrisy.
Anyone here remember Frank's twitters about abortion jokes and women getting punched in the mouth? I don't see what MSI's lyrics or some lame debate about third wave feminism has to do with that.
The band is made up of a bunch of douchebags. Yeah, Gerard may have married into another bunch of douchebags, but they don't interest me. MSI is not relevant right now because they've disappeared. MCR may not be all that relevant, but at least they are getting ready at some point (or so they keep telling us) to release a new record. They have always been the main focus of this blog. As far as I'm concerned, MSI no longer exists.
Re: the N-word debate. I think saying POC are allowed to use it because it's liberating, and then complaining when other races use it (non-maliciously) sends an unclear message. It's almost akin to women saying that feminism is all about freedom of choice, and them complaining everytime Lyn-Z chooses to flash her panties.
Do I think MSI are thoughtless idiots, trying to be shocking just for controversy's sake? Yes. Do I think that are genuinely malicious racists? No.
"Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings."
— Cheris Kramarae
the people on here are retards
Shouldn't talk so badly about yourself 5:13. Go walk your dog or something.
To bring us back to a more MCR related topic, that has nothing personal about members of the band and their lifestyle choices:
What is the general opinion between those on this blog about The Black Parade promoting/glamorising suicide?
Just because someone isn't malicious in their racism doesn't mean they aren't racist. They're just extremely ignorant.
What is the general opinion between those on this blog about The Black Parade promoting/glamorising suicide?
Is that what you really think it did?
I don't think TBP did that at all, but apparently some people (I'm talking to you, Daily Mail) tried to say it did.
I think it's fair to say that most of us here think that notion was ridiculous.
I never thought it glamorised suicide, just death in general.
Is that what you really think it did?
Not at all, but there were those that thought it did, and there was a big fuss about it for a while. The Daily Mail (a British newspaper) did write an article attritubuting a young girl's suicide to the band.
I actually think The Black Parade was a mixture of black humour and, beneath it all, a message of hope and determination. I think those that say it's depressing and suicide-inducing missed the point entirely.
Just thoguht it would make for a less heated and less personal debate, it's not something I've really seen discussed here before.
you guys don't seem like very happy people.
you guys don't seem like very happy people.
How can we not be happy with clowns like you coming around to make us laugh all the time?
We have our very own Court Jester.
context IS everything. No one thinks they are racists, sexists,homophobes except people who have a vendetta against them already. How could anyone take this blog seriously when it was created the day after the two got married. c'mon!, so obvious what's going on here!
I actually had no problem with MSI until I started to learn more about them. I actually remember my friend pointed out to me what the lyrics involved on day, and I was disgusted. There is no reason or excuse for this kind of language that doesn't validiate the point of this blog: that MSI and their ilk are displaying racist, homophobic, sexist and misogynistic behaviour and associating it with a band (MCR) who have always fought against those things.
MCR didn't have to take MSI on tour with them, support them, and start to base their stage-shows on MSI's. But they did, and people are pissed. And when Lindsay tries to defend herself and her role in it, she looks like an ignorant idiot, much like Amanda Palmer.
As someone who has attended several MSI shows, plenty of African Americans were in attendance. MSI is not racist. Sorry.
Let me guess, some of your best friends are black, too?
As someone who has attended several MSI shows, plenty of African Americans were in attendance. MSI is not racist. Sorry.
I don't understand how this should be a valid point why MSI aren't racist? There are also plenty of girls and women attending shows of 'artists' who sing or rap misogynistic lyrics and (unfortunately) don't mind them at all.
It's all a matter of a sense of self-worth or in this case self-loathing. Just because a black person doesn't mind being called a nigger or enjoys to listen to lyrics in which black people are referred to as such doesn't make it right or any less racist and offensive for other black people.
There will always be people in the world who don't mind being treated like shit. Whether it's because they never learned from their parents and/or surroundings to respect and love themselves or they're just too stupid to realize that with their ignorance they're only supporting the people who hate them and want to keep them down.
I agree, I think MSI lyrics are disgusting.
"MCR didn't have to take MSI on tour with them, support them, and start to base their stage-shows on MSI's. But they did, and people are pissed. And when Lindsay tries to defend herself and her role in it, she looks like an ignorant idiot, much like Amanda Palmer."
^This. Just kinda shows how much GW is trying to suck up to MSI.
Also, I happened to come across the MSI twitter page again: http://twitter.com/msi They're following Gerard, Mikey, and Ray. (Pfft. So much for Lyn-Z not wanting to be known as Mrs.Way.) When I saw it last, they were following the MCR twitter + Frank too. Hmm...
& Thanks for quoting me, VV. :)
Agreed. This.
I actually think The Black Parade was a mixture of black humour and, beneath it all, a message of hope and determination.
Not this.
What is the general opinion between those on this blog about The Black Parade promoting/glamorising suicide?
Or this.
I never thought it glamorised suicide, just death in general.
I don't think TBP glamorized death.
I felt it was more of a celebration of life. Like black parades are meant to be.
The message of hope is that we all carry on. Even after the tragedy of losing a loved one.
Even after death a part of us remains and goes on.
heal the world
make it a better place
for you and for me and the entire human race!
I don't think TBP glamorized death.
I felt it was more of a celebration of life. Like black parades are meant to be.
The message of hope is that we all carry on. Even after the tragedy of losing a loved one.
Even after death a part of us remains and goes on.
Yes, but whatever it did mean, I suppose that's all irrelevant now. Gerard said he was "playing it safe" and "pandering to the audience" on that album. He also said that this new record will make everything they've done before it irrelevant.
So... I guess it's good that it still means something to some people, but I can't really take it seriously anymore if the person who wrote it doesn't.
I can understand how TBP could have been thought of as 'pandering to the audience' but I fail to see how creating a record of such epic preportions and which was so far away from their previous outings was 'playing it safe'. The negativity they recieved from many music critics highlights that.
He's just talking shit because they thought they had the album in the bag and then Warner lol no'ed them and sent them back into the studio to sort it out.
"Celebrated life?" LMAO. "Cancer" is quite possibly the worst song of all time. Even when I liked some parts of TBP (back when I could stomach anything to do with this band,) that song made me want to punch him in his stupid mouth. I loathed it from the start. Really had never heard anything so exploitative and emo.
Oh, but I guess now they retract that song anyway. The whole album, apparently.
LOL. What idiots.
"I don't believe that they're stupid. I know it! I only have to watch or read their interviews to see that they're both as dumb as a box of rocks.
Btw, I think my invention of the nickname Dim-Z was pure genius.
Artistic even! I consider myself an artist now. Who's to say that I'm not?!"
When we handle anger and conflict without resorting to name-calling, what we model is of tremendous value to our opinions.
You are truly a bunch of hypocrites.
This truly is the most pathetic place on blogger possibly the internet.
"The funny thing is that neither of you people who come here and defend them - may it be because you are fans or just want to play devil's advocate - know them any better than we do here."
That fact is you clearly don't know them at all.
That's the funny thing about the internet you never know who the hell you might be addressing, make the above a mute point.
"The funny thing is that neither of you people who come here and defend them - may it be because you are fans or just want to play devil's advocate - know them any better than we do here."
That fact is you clearly don't know them at all.
That's the funny thing about the internet you never know who the hell you might be addressing, make the above a moot point.
"The funny thing is that neither of you people who come here and defend them - may it be because you are fans or just want to play devil's advocate - know them any better than we do here."
That fact is you clearly don't know them at all.
That's the funny thing about the internet you never know who the hell you might be addressing, making the above a moot point.
So basically you are all a bunch of mean spirited internet bullies, punch drunk on cake and feelings of inferiority.
Got it.
So if Gerard has disowned TBP and all but shunned Bullets, all they'll have to play live is Revenge hits and this new album. That'll be one short set. But I suppose with Gerard's deteriorating voice and lungs he probably couldn't withstand anything longer.
Having a pick of 2 album's worth isn't a short set, if it even came to that.
So basically you are all a bunch of mean spirited internet bullies, punch drunk on cake and feelings of inferiority.
Got it.
Your pals MSI are a bunch of bullies that demean women, only the two women in the band are brain-washed to believe they are being radical.
So basically you are all a bunch of mean spirited internet bullies, punch drunk on cake and feelings of inferiority.
No, that is when you go to some other blog that doesn't share your same feelings and try to change people's view of someone. When that doesn't work you call the people jealous and pathetic. People like you.
And MCR revealed their true colors.
Your pals MSI are a bunch of bullies that demean women, only the two women in the band are brain-washed to believe they are being radical.
And MCR revealed their true colors.
Got it.
I saw the Cure a couple of years back and they played the most amazing set because they had so many incredible records to draw from. Robert Smith sang for three hours straight and probably would have kept going only during the third encore he declared, "I'm sorry, but I just can't sing anymore," in his delightful accent.
MCR will never be able to do that kind of show if they keep disowning their previous material. I think that says a lot about their potential longevity (or rather, lack of it).
The Cure are incredible and Robert Smith in his heyday was an exceptional song writer. I hate how Gerard has jumped on his band-wagon. And now Gaga.
Oooh, who has cake? How come I didn't get any? :(
The Cure are incredible and Robert Smith in his heyday was an exceptional song writer.
So true. And what amazes me is how beautifully his voice has held up all these years. He sounds great live!
wait gerard jumped on gaga's wagon or gaga on the cure?
I think bighead could walk out on stage with white powder coming out of his nose and they would still defend him. Oh, he ate a powdered donut. Oh, he changed the baby back stage and got baby powder up his nose.
I want some of that punch drunk cake. That would be a kick ass name for their new album!
wait gerard jumped on gaga's wagon or gaga on the cure?
Both.
I think bighead could walk out on stage with white powder coming out of his nose and they would still defend him. Oh, he ate a powdered donut. Oh, he changed the baby back stage and got baby powder up his nose.
Lol!
The sad thing is that this is really true and not just a joke. Some of these people worship him so they wouldn't believe he was doing drugs even if he shot up right in front of them.
Maybe Gerard will start dressing like Gaga. Didn't someone say he said something about more costumes?
I fail to see how Gerard is jumping on the Gaga bandwagon just because he said he liked one song; Bad Romance was played by chance while he was talking, most likely just conversationaly, to an interviewer. I don't think he had that much control over what was printed. I don't see all the hype about Lady Gaga anyway. Her music and image is no where near as progressive as she wants it to be, or thinks it is.
Unless you meant Gaga has jumped on the Robert Smith bandwagon, in which case disregard my comment. Well, except for the last bit. I stand by that.
Maybe Gerard will start dressing like Gaga. Didn't someone say he said something about more costumes?
Yeah Blade-running ones. He could be Od-ing on Phillip K.Dick.
I think bighead could walk out on stage with white powder coming out of his nose and they would still defend him. Oh, he ate a powdered donut. Oh, he changed the baby back stage and got baby powder up his nose.
If that happens I will rethink my position and, if evidence of timing comes to light, concede that many of you had it right all along.
Til then though, sorry, I'm gonna apply occam's razor. Not all of us who disagree with some of the opinions here are 'fangirls' unable to think for themselves.
Her music and image is no where near as progressive as she wants it to be, or thinks it is.
I agree, and neither is MCR's.
Well, Lindsey likes Gaga, but Amanda Palmer and Chantal Claret have had less than wonderful things to say about her (Amanda criticized the product placement in her videos and Chantal agreed with some other guy who said her music wasn't all that great, lacked melody, etc.)
So, I imagine all of that has left Gerard quite confused and probably a little ambivalent about Gaga, because God knows, the man seems incapable of developing opinions of his own. I mean, didn't he say he liked Bad Romance but in the same sentence had some criticism of it?
Who cares what Gerard says? If you like Gaga you like her, if you don't like you don't. Personally I do, not everything she produces, but a great deal.
^her
it is possible to like something but be able to criticize it. you don't have to full on hate or love something. in fact i think it is good to see both sides. nothing is all good or all bad.
happy 33rd birthday gerard
Sorry to break your illusions 4:28, but your Iggy Popping rockstar does not read this blog.
That's the funny thing about the internet you never know who the hell you might be addressing, make the above a mute point.
"Mute point."
LMFAO. God, you people.
i dont think he reads here. i just thought for a blog so fixated on the guy and what he does it was wierd no one had mentioned his birthday yet.
fixated on the guy
Yeah. Whatever tickles your fancy.
it is possible to like something but be able to criticize it. you don't have to full on hate or love something. in fact i think it is good to see both sides.
This is true, but I don't think it was a good idea for Gerard to be criticizing another musical artist like that in a magazine interview. It's just not good PR and it makes him seem arrogant and could piss off Lady Gaga fans.
He doesn't like it when some other band criticizes him (Kasabian, anyone?) so why does he think it's okay for him to do it?
Fixated on the guy? Lol, I didn't even know today was his birthday.
Lady Gaga fans are not like MCR fans. They wouldn't take it too seriously.
No, I don't tend to get fixated on musicians. I've never really even had a celebrity crush on one (well, not since that embarrassing thing I had for Nick Carter back in the Backstreet Boys heyday *hangs head in shame*).
Most musicians seem to be kind of douchebaggy to me.
Lady Gaga fans are not like MCR fans. They wouldn't take it too seriously.
And neither would Lada Gaga. I don't think she would be huffing and puffing and making ridiculous statements about other musicians not having "the juice" to criticize her. LOL.
And neither would Lada Gaga. I don't think she would be huffing and puffing and making ridiculous statements about other musicians not having "the juice" to criticize her. LOL.
True. She just makes sneaky jokes about people that criticize her, and not everyone detects them.
I'm confused. What's the "juice" all about?
I'm confused. What's the "juice" all about?
Lol! That's what I wanted to know when Gerard said it!
Oh come off it. Are you really that deep in denial? For people who claim to be fed up with this band and the guys in it, some here have been years for YEARS. And it's not like they've done anything particularly interesting in that time. The same issues are discussed over and over.
At least admit that you like to talk about the guy. That much is obvious.
After members of Kasabian criticized MCR a few years ago, Gerard had a little hissy fit and said something about how none of the bands who talked shit about them had "the juice" to back it up. It was ridiculous, really.
Big, tough Gerard. LMAO.
At least admit that you like to talk about the guy. That much is obvious.
Duh. We wouldn't be here otherwise. He's fun to talk about. Always has been, even going back to the old Stafoo days. He's always been an easy target because he says and does such dumb things.
Ohhhhhh
Thanks 6:02.
Anyway, I don't think Kasabian are as macho as they think they are.
Anyway, I don't think Kasabian are as macho as they think they are
Maybe not, but their last album was actually very good. I didn't like their earlier stuff, but loved WRPLA.
I think when a band slates another band it's more for publicity. I mean, why else do it?
No, I don't tend to get fixated on musicians.
Me neither. I usually get ridiculous crushes on fictional characters from books, films and tv shows.
I had the biggest thing for Spike from Buffy for the longest time. Right now I'm crushing on Dr. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds.
Lol. Off topic I know.
I think when a band slates another band it's more for publicity. I mean, why else do it?
I don't really think it's ever appropriate for them to do it in the press, whatever the reason.
I mean, the guys in Kasabian could genuinely dislike MCR, yet what was the point of saying it in the press? I suppose it did get them some publicity, but at the time I think it was mostly negative.
just live your life! don't worry about people you've never met! you think you know everything about them, but you don't! live your life, live your life, live your life, live your life, live your life!!! enjoy yourself before it's too late, trust me you'll regret it!!
I don't really think it's ever appropriate for them to do it in the press, whatever the reason.
I agree. Even if they really, really want to say something bad it's not a good idea.
That reminds me of when Caleb from KOL was asked a direct question about Pete Wentz and he just smirked and said, "Pete Wentz, huh? I just really don't have anything to say about that."
It was pretty clear that he didn't like Pete, but I respect the fact that he kept his mouth shut about it.
live your life, live your life, live your life, live your life, live your life!!! enjoy yourself before it's too late, trust me you'll regret it!!
Lol!
Is that something we can all sing together in a round? Kind of like 'row, row, row your boat'?
Now we have a philosopher on the blog.
yeah it is! hahaha lol just a laugh!
Oh, 6:19. You made me laugh.
Honey, I've done quite a lot of living today, but thanks for the thought.
I got my little boy off on the school bus at 6:45 a.m., then went to work until 3:00 (I own my own business). I had an appointment at 4:00 with the heating and air conditioning tech who serviced my a/c. Then I helped my little boy with his science homework. Afterward I took my kids out for dinner and then bought my daughter a new pair of sunglasses to replace the ones she lost last week. We also went to the Apple Store to check out the new iPad. (It's too heavy and needs a USB port, btw. For now I'll just stick with my Kindle.)
Now I'm settled down in front of my computer and commenting here while researching 4x4 trucks (I'm buying one for my older son when he turns 16 next month).
Trust me. I am living my life. VV's blog is not keeping me from anything.
Oh, are we singing rounds? I know a good one.
Does anybody know "Soft Kitty" from Big Bang Theory?
holy fuck!!! i thought it was just teenagers on this! not adults! i'm 16 and if i knew my parents were on something like this i'd be fucking freaked out! omfg imagine your parents on this leaving comments and stuff?! XD don't they have more important things to do?! why would an adult with kids want to come on this anyway?! that's really sad!
holy fuck!!! i thought it was just teenagers on this! not adults! i'm 16 and if i knew my parents were on something like this i'd be fucking freaked out! omfg imagine your parents on this leaving comments and stuff?! XD don't they have more important things to do?! why would an adult with kids want to come on this anyway?! that's really sad!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Nice try.
No, what's really sad is that you are 16 and you express yourself like you're about 12.
And newsflash. People don't shrivel up and die after they have kids.
Gerard is 33 and he has a child, yet he still wears eyeliner and dresses in a jean jacket with pins of his wife on them. When exactly do you think he'll reach the magic age when he's too old to have opinions about musicians? Forty?
Don't respond to 6:43. They are just baiting you.
Lol. I think 6:43 is probably more like 13.
And you're right, 6:48.
DO NOT FEED THE TROLL.
i don't care about gerard way he's pathetic and i don't express myself like i'm 12! i got an A in english so stfu! lol XD i'm just having a laugh!
I wonder how Gerard feels about Kasabian's popularity in the UK right now? It must be making him crazy. Although they still haven't really taken off in the US.
does mcr not like kasabian? what happened?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
After members of Kasabian criticized MCR a few years ago, Gerard had a little hissy fit and said something about how none of the bands who talked shit about them had "the juice" to back it up. It was ridiculous, really.
Big, tough Gerard. LMAO.
April 9, 2010 6:02 PM
Has anybody listened to Year of the Black Rainbow (Coheed & Cambria) yet? It's streaming on their site. I really like it. :)
I hadn't listened to them in years, but after somebody here posted about that MTV contest I looked them up again. I think I'll buy the CD when it comes out.
It's sad that you got an A in English, yet insist on typing like a moron. Unless of course you did not get an A in English and wrote all of your papers in lol speak. I would believe that much more readily.
Right now I'm crushing on Dr. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds.
Do you follow his twitter? It's great. He always makes me smile. He's one of the few celebs who manages to be funny and clever without being obnoxious.
I think they should make celebrities get a permit or something before they let them have twitters because so many of them are so bad at it.
I think they should make celebrities get a permit or something before they let them have twitters because so many of them are so bad at it
Lol, like a learner's permit. They could practice at it for a couple of months, but if they don't pass a non-douchebag test, they don't get a real Twitter.
They could practice at it for a couple of months, but if they don't pass a non-douchebag test, they don't get a real Twitter.
All the members of MCR would have failed that test.
i don't care about gerard way he's pathetic and i don't express myself like i'm 12! i got an A in english so stfu! lol XD i'm just having a laugh!
Then maybe you should write a comic.
^_^
holy fuck!!! i thought it was just teenagers on this! not adults! i'm 16 and if i knew my parents were on something like this i'd be fucking freaked out! omfg imagine your parents on this leaving comments and stuff?!
Thank you for proving that most MCR fans are teenies and girls. As far as freaking out because your parents might be on something like this, i imagine they paid for the computer and like omfg get over it! What are you droolng over a 33yr old man with a big head and nappy hair anyway? Like get a life and get you a nice boy your own age.
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This is true, but I don't think it was a good idea for Gerard to be criticizing another musical artist like that in a magazine interview.
I'd hardly call what Gerard said about Gaga criticisng. He expressed an opinion about the music but still said he loved the song. If anything, it could be looked on as praise. How does it go from 'jumping on the bandwagon' to 'critising' with nothing in between?
Also, Kasabian are still no where near as popular in the UK as MCR were with TBP.
Does anybody know "Soft Kitty" from Big Bang Theory?
I love you.
Anon @ 6:19 really gives us MCR fans a bad name.
Changing the subject a bit - what does everyone think of these recent pics? The Robert Smith wannabe ones?
I think he looked rather dashing n the ones where he was wearing the suit. I really disliked the whole checked shirt and trenchcoat look though, especially the one with the Robert Smith hair. Still better than the Spin magazine pics though.
I quite fancied him.
I didn't like those pics. Gerard looks like he's trying to be a cross between Robert Smith and Jack White.
I just don't understand why he seems so incapable of finding his own style.
Also, I get tired of seeing fangirls go on about how he "doesn't age." They don't understand that those pictures have been altered to take away any lines or flaws. That's why everything seems so awash with white light. Only the features show. Look at the other guys in the one or two pics they're in from that shoot. They look just as flawless.
In seven years he'll turn forty years old.
Old. An Old rockstaa in skinny black jeans and Robert Smith hair.
:)
I don't think forty is old. And Robert Smith is 50 and still rocking that hair.
The difference between Gerard and Robert Smith is that Robert can sing. Gerard, not so much.
Also, let me say that Gerard did look rather attractive in those Nylon photos. I probably would have liked them if I still liked him. But I do agree that they were tampered with to make him look that good.
poland just lost their president in a plane crash
poland just lost their president in a plane crash
I was just reading about that this morning. Sad news indeed. :(
I don't think forty is old. And Robert Smith is 50 and still rocking that hair.
Agreed.
Jack White is 34 (nearly 35) and there's no way anyone is going to convince me that he is old.
It's weird though in terms of Gerard and Jack's relative ages. I would have thought Jack was older, not because he looks it but because he's been around for so long and because of the many, many things he's done in music.
Either Gerard really got a late start or Jack was a boy genius. Or maybe a little of both.
Gerard did have a relatively late start compared to a lot of other recording artists nowadays. He was 24 when he first formed My Chem in 2001, and it took until 2004, by which time he was 27, for them to really start making a name for themselves. I know that's no where near 'old' in the grand scheme of things, but when it comes to the music industry, that's a pretty late start. Luckily I think 'rock' is the one genre that is most forgiving in terms of age.
And lets be honest, he was always still quite baby-faced.
I think the 'baby-faced' thing will work to his disadvantage eventually. Those guys don't tend to age well. Of course, as long as he's considered to be a serious musician that won't hurt him in the long run, but as a teen idol, age is the kiss of death.
So far he's been more of a teen idol than anything. Which is too bad because I do think MCR has some good songs.
This next record is going to be very important for them in terms of whether or not they're going to be able to lose that image. Because of that, I think the photo-shopped magazine covers are a mistake at this point.
I wouldn't necessarily say they were a mistake as such, photoshopped magazines are just, sadly, a fact of life. I don't think there's anyone who doesn't get photoshopped nowadays. I bet even Iggy Pop was, and we all know how badly he's aged.
i dont think i could have taken that band seriously even if i was still a fan after those twilight esque ap magazine covers.
They were hardly Twilight-esque. MCR have made their views on the Twilight saga pretty clear. It would have been really easy for them to cash in on that craze by liscencing their music- they were approached, but they turned it down.
we are a very random group this morning...
Their eyes in those over processed AP covers looked very Edward Cullen. They also came out roughly around New Moon. The band probably didn't have much input as far as how the pictures looked, but whoever was in charge knew exactly what they were doing.
http://community.livejournal.com/ljsecret/464478.html?thread=176068190#t176068190
I have a problem with people who think it's okay to stalk their ex obsessions . Call me crazy but I think it's insane troll logic to call yourself happy and then go obsess over mundane details of another person's life.
You are all psychos, bored soccer moms, uptight intolerant, frigid, negative housewives with no sense of humor?
Call me crazy but I think it's insane troll logic to call yourself happy and then go obsess over mundane details of another person's life.
You are all psychos, bored soccer moms, uptight intolerant, frigid, negative housewives with no sense of humor?
Fangirls don't get irony, do they? Are they missing a part of their frontal lobe or something?
Enough with the name calling. Enough with the generalizing. It's clear that there are two opposing sides here, both with very strong arguments showing moderate intelligence. Neither side is willing to see the other's opinion as fact. Neither side has any real concrete evidence on what these people are really like as neither side really knows them.
I believe everything has to have a way to falsify itself somehow (whether it was a real possibility or not), if it holds any water at all.
I propose a challenge to those whom seem to find the members of MCR and their significant others so distasteful. I've actually seen this very thing happen when a band's (huge) fan- site's webmaster suddenly turned against the band he once respected and loved. He mocked them mercilessly for years online. He picked apart every article/interview, ever statement, every personal choice they made, much like you do here. One day he was mysteriously flown out to LA and allowed to spend a few days with those he despised. He certainly had a different opinion afterwards.
I think it would be very interesting to see what would happen if those who felt so strongly they were correct about Lynz, Gerard and the rest of the people they criticized were allowed to spend a day or perhaps a weekend with them.
They could actually sit down and discuss why they thought of them as unintelligent, racist, sexist, and just down right reprehensible.
Would you be afraid that perhaps they may not be as bad as you thought they might be and perhaps you might actually find out they are decent people?
And if you did find them vapid and reprehensible, you'd finally have concrete proof to publish and show all the little fangirls and trolls.
What if it was possible for you to spend one day with them (face to face) and see what they were truly like in person?
Would any of you here be up for that challenge?
Could you actually admit you were wrong after so many years hate-blogging and perpetuating what you thought was fact?
Since VV lives in LA it would be very easy for this to happened. VV would you be up for this challenge or would you prefer to remain anonymous and just continue your hypothesis from what you read?
(I'm asking in all fairness)
Please keep the nastiness/deflection to a minimum as I think this is a very valid and interesting proposal.
11:41
So these haters get rewarded for bad behavior? That sucks!
Seriously, why the hell would I, or anyone, want to fly all the way the hell out of my way, taking time off school and work, to meet some stupid, yes, distasteful, d-list LA rock star? I don't even care enough to find out what they are like "on a day to day basis." Their lyrics and their disregard for others' cultures, preferences, races and lifestyles are enough for me to know that I don't want to know these people at all.
I also wouldn't want to meet Michael Richards, Mel Gibson, John Mayer, or any other high-profile person that I already know I hate their ignorant views. I dont care what they are like "in real life" because I don't buy that "Oh, well that's just part of their act," nonsense.
Besides, I'm very sensitive to things that smell bad. Cigarette smoke, BO, all of that stuff. I don't like to be around people who reek of either of those things.
"Since VV lives in LA it would be very easy for this to happened."
Says who? Says you? What, are you going to pay for all of us to go and meet them? You know the band and you're going to set this up?
LOL yes I'm sure it is "easy" for you to set people up to meet MCR.
Here's a better idea, why don't you just go hang out with them instead.
"Since VV lives in LA it would be very easy for this to happened."
Says who? Says you? What, are you going to pay for all of us to go and meet them? You know the band and you're going to set this up?
LOL yes I'm sure it is "easy" for you to set people up to meet MCR.
Here's a better idea, why don't you just go hang out with them instead."
Deflection. What if they could do it? Why not answer the question?
The fact that Gerard made the young girls moan for him and told them "I want you to ACTUALLY FUCK YOURSELVES" for him already tells me all I need to know about him. I don't need to see him in day to day life.
"Seriously, why the hell would I, or anyone, want to fly all the way the hell out of my way, taking time off school and work, to meet some stupid, yes, distasteful, d-list LA rock star? I don't even care enough to find out what they are like "on a day to day basis." Their lyrics and their disregard for others' cultures, preferences, races and lifestyles are enough for me to know that I don't want to know these people at all.
I also wouldn't want to meet Michael Richards, Mel Gibson, John Mayer, or any other high-profile person that I already know I hate their ignorant views. I dont care what they are like "in real life" because I don't buy that "Oh, well that's just part of their act," nonsense.
Besides, I'm very sensitive to things that smell bad. Cigarette smoke, BO, all of that stuff. I don't like to be around people who reek of either of those things."
So you'd rather waste your time discussing their every move here?
I just answered you.
I love how you fans always say that we "discuss their every move" here.
We're here maybe once or twice a week. No one ever sees VV around anymore.
And round and round we go, so I might as well ask, Why do you come here to discuss our every single move, every minute of your life?
So you'd rather waste your time discussing their every move here?
Coming here provides a laugh. The waste of time would be any time spent with those people. LMAO you have no perspective. A few minutes on the internet to laugh at a stupid rock star, or time and money to go meet up with people you already know you don't like?
Think about it. You're being silly.
"So you'd rather waste your time discussing their every move here?"
Personally yes, I would much rather waste the two or three minutes it takes to read and comment here, than to fly to LA and meet people I already know I disagree with on big issues like sexism / racism and child porn.
^This.
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Besides, I'm very sensitive to things that smell bad. Cigarette smoke, BO, all of that stuff. I don't like to be around people who reek of either of those things."
LOL, yeah, that too.
Seriously, why would anyone want to meet those tools?
"Personally yes, I would much rather waste the two or three minutes it takes to read and comment here, than to fly to LA and meet people I already know I disagree with on big issues like sexism / racism and child porn."
And you know this...? Because you read some interviews? You bought the CD? Saw a concert?
You truly cannot be this thick.
Someone pay for me to fly first class to LA from England, and I'll do it! Could do with a bit of sun! Haha
LMFAO I decline your offer to introduce me to your buddies in MCR and MSI. I already think they are jackasses.
"Seriously, why would anyone want to meet those tools?"
Clearly VV would since she put up this blog right after Gerard was married.
"I already know I disagree with on big issues like sexism / racism and child porn."
And you know this...? Because you read some interviews? You bought the CD? Saw a concert?"
Yes. The things they represent in those media are things that don't sit well with me.
How is that "thick?" They represent sexism, they say racist and disgusting things and I don't want anything to do with that.
What you're doing is, "It's not racist because I say it isn't! And you don't like what I like, so that makes you thick!"
Which is fully hilarious because you also tried with the, "Enough with the name calling. Enough with the generalizing."
LOL, fangirls. So predictable.
"LMFAO I decline your offer to introduce me to your buddies in MCR and MSI. I already think they are jackasses."
That fact is you'd actually have to come out from behind the computer screen and show yourselves. That must scare the shit out of you.
"LMFAO I decline your offer to introduce me to your buddies in MCR and MSI. I already think they are jackasses."
That fact is you'd actually have to come out from behind the computer screen and show yourselves. That must scare the shit out of you.
"Clearly VV would since she put up this blog right after Gerard was married."
So did Mayo. Maybe you missed it, but this blog was at first a response to Mayo's blog.
But you keep up with all of your "UR JUS JELLUZ" generalizations. Just because you want to shag a stanky rock star doesn't mean everyone does.
"LOL, fangirls. So predictable."
I guess obsessed psychopaths are also pretty predictable.
LOL
Kapunua would walk over hot coals if there was any chance of meeting up with Frank Iero.
Cos, ya know, he has always been so nice to her.
*gag*
That fact is you'd actually have to come out from behind the computer screen and show yourselves. That must scare the shit out of you.
No, the fact is that A) I would never want to waste my time or money on people I already don't like and B) You already know who I am - I've never been anonymous and C) you're really not answering any of the reasons put to you. You got the answers you sought, you didn't like them, and you've gone to the generalizing and name-calling.
Oops! How silly of you. You were the one who said to stop all of that. ^_^
"But you keep up with all of your "UR JUS JELLUZ" generalizations. Just because you want to shag a stanky rock star doesn't mean everyone does."
11:14's post was well thought out.
Nobody said anything about shagging except you. (guilty much) They said have a "discussion."
"LOL
Kapunua would walk over hot coals if there was any chance of meeting up with Frank Iero.
Cos, ya know, he has always been so nice to her.
*gag*"
LOL. I already met him. He was nice at the time. Looks like things have changed, and I won't be going to any more of his concerts. In fact they came around here since then, after I'd already decided I was done with LM.
But you have fun deflecting. ^_^ It seems to be the only thing you can do here anymore.
Maybe Frank ignored her ugly ass and that's what got her mad in the first place.
"Oops! How silly of you. You were the one who said to stop all of that. ^_^"
Actually that was me. I'm just reading your answers, thanks!
"Personally yes, I would much rather waste the two or three minutes it takes to read and comment here, than to fly to LA and meet people I already know I disagree with on big issues like sexism / racism and child porn."
But why waste any of your time at all then, if that's what you feel it is?
I would never want to make MCR meet fat, hateful bitches. It's better that they are all in denial and hiding behind false names and say they don't want to meet them.
"But why waste any of your time at all then, if that's what you feel it is?"
Why do you?
Kapuna, I may be misinformed but I'm sure I heard a rumour that you met Frank through Mayo's? Is that true or am I thinking of someone else?
Frank and Gerard probably ran the other way.
"But why waste any of your time at all then, if that's what you feel it is?"
Why do you?
I never said I thought it a waste of time thoguh. I actually find it kinda entertaining.
Kapuna, I may be misinformed but I'm sure I heard a rumour that you met Frank through Mayo's? Is that true or am I thinking of someone else?
You are misinformed. I went to a LM show in the days before LM sold out and took MSI on tour.
I never said I thought it a waste of time thoguh. I actually find it kinda entertaining.
Which is exactly why we come here. It's entertaining for us to see what dumbass thing they are going to say next. You know, like the people who read ONTD and all point and laugh? Same thing.
So now that you understand, what's the problem?
You are misinformed. I went to a LM show in the days before LM sold out and took MSI on tour.
Thanks, I must have got the names mixed up, I just heard that someone from the blogs went to a secret show. Apologies.
Did Frank TIP HIS HAT at you, Kapunua?
"You are misinformed. I went to a LM show in the days before LM sold out and took MSI on tour."
How does one band "sell out" by taking another band on tour?
this is so silly!
Methinks kapunua had a big crush on Frank.
So now that you understand, what's the problem?
No problem and never really has been, it's just that I found the use of the word 'waste' a bit telling. Maybe it was just unfortunate phrasing.
Kapunua answer honestly, Are you what people might call, unattractive?
You can think whatever you want, anon.
And if you don't understand what it means to sell out your values, then you're the one who's pretty thick. Frank was one of the most vocal people in MCR speaking out against racism, sexism, and all the other -isms that MSI embrace. Then he took them out on tour.
Geddit?
I actually think you do get it, and you know that, but you can't think of anything else to say so you're going to plug your ears and go, "LALALAA YOU JUST LIKE HIM LOLOLOL!!!111"
Typical.
LM sold out and took MSI on tour
I don't think LM and MSI are as widly different as MCR and MSI. Let's not forget this is that band that have a song about killing the president. Also LM didn't really have an established fanbase that it was unduelly exposing those lyrics to.
What kind of logic is having a crush on Frank? Frank's been engaged for as long as MCR has been around and been married for years. That makes no sense.
The president song was actually the one that I liked; and at the time, the only one I knew the lyrics to.
It didn't single out a group of people based on gender, culture, or sexual preference.
Please let's stop being personal to one another, especially about things so trivial as looks. I don't support all Kapuna's opinions but I respect her as a person.
re: frank's selling out/being racist by taking MSI on tour
Not to add fuel to the fire but MSI use of the "N" word was a cover of a Method Man song. In order to put a cover on a record you have to get the original artists permission. Before anyone suggests he did it for the money, "bring the pain" was on their first album, on an indie and there was no opportunity for much financial gain. And yes that would be gross to sell your song to a bunch of racists no matter how big the pay off.
Method Man cleared it. He was not offended. CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING. White people who (hate MSI anyway and want ammunition) call them racists. I have never heard an African American call them racists.
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