Anne WidjajaMy Chemical Romance and the tricky grey area that is suicide.
May 27th 2008 13:03
Anti Violence eh?
"We have recently learned of the suicide and tragic loss of Hannah Bond. We'd like to send our condolences to her family during this time of mourning. Our hearts and thoughts are with them. My Chemical Romance are and always have been vocally anti-violence and anti-suicide. As a band, we have always made it one of our missions through our actions to provide comfort, support, and solace to our fans..."
So. Get ready for it. I am entering into a very tricky grey area...
When I was at BDO 2007 I managed to catch a glimpse of MCR's live show. I was actually impressed. I felt bad that I had just dismissed the band for being an emo band and I must say I did go through a stage where I actually liked/admired them - and I am definetly not an emo. Even if I wanted to be one, I would be the most pathetic emo ever. During this phase I thought, and I still do, that the media haven't exactly treated the band with due respect because of this label. I don't think its anything to protest about though - which is actually happening next week in London. BUT I don't think this anti-violence, anti-suicide theme explicitly dominates the MAJORITY of their music. If it did it simply wouldn't be very attratctive to emos. I am not saying that its pro violence or pro suicide but it just doesn't make a very clear anti stance on it. How much affect this has on cases like Hannah Bond, I can't say, especially because of my non-emoness and my being a semi-temporary fan. But different people respond to music in different ways. Maybe if I did have issues and was more inclined to behave in an emo manner the music would provide me with 'solace' and 'comfort' but is it really the best place or rather the most healthy place to be seeking it?
Really the main reason why I could enjoy MCR is because I was completely away from the insanely crazy moshpit. And I swear Frontman Gerard Way insinuated that we would all be beaten up by the end of it....but then he has also been known to stop shows and get people pulled out.
Anyway, it seems as if emo is very much on its way out..look out for my next post about the art deco, dimly lit scenester future, filled with french electro bands and shi..i mean 'arty' self portraits on myspace.
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Haha. I enjoyed My Chemical Romance too... whilst lining up for the toilets. I don't think I would ever want to see them live. No... I prefer listening to them on my ipod and would like it to stay that way heheh...