My Chemical Romance Speak Out Against Suicide
27 May 2008
Emo-rockers My Chemical Romance have spoken out about the recent suicide of Hannah Bond, a 13-year old fan from the UK.The coroner who examined Hannah has associated her suicide with her obsession with 'emo' music, of which the coroner claims to have "disturbing" overtones.
My Chemical Romance have posted a message on their website in response.
"My Chemical Romance are and always have been vocally anti-violence and anti-suicide," the message reads. "As a band, we have always made it one of our missions through our actions to provide comfort, support, and solace to our fans."
"The message and theme of our album 'The Black Parade' is hope and courage. Our lyrics are about finding the strength to keep living through pain and hard times. The last song on our album states: 'I am not afraid to keep on living' - a sentiment that embodies the band's position on hardships we all face as human beings."
In a final plea to their fans, the band offered some advice. If you or anyone that you know have feelings of depression or suicide, we urge you to find your way and your voice to deal with these feelings positively.
MCR fans are getting set for a protest march in Londons Hyde Park next week. Theyll be protesting against the medias representation of the band.
Comments (6)
they are right i totally agree with them
Posted by limejelly on 09 July 2008
God i love these boys x
Posted by gerardwayluver on 09 July 2008
ahh! its Rays birthday in 6 days :D x
Posted by gerardwayluver on 09 July 2008
i agree with them as well y would they right an album about suicide and depression sort of stuff? the mcr fans hav a right to start a protest
Posted by al_jtfan on 11 July 2008
yaa !
Posted by gerardwayluver on 11 July 2008
all i read on this article was 'emo-rockers' and thats all. i just wanted to point out that My Chem is NOT an emo band. they never were just head to this website and read under 'musical styles and infuences' it directly says 'My Chemical Romance's music has been described by the media as "pop punk"[2] and "emo",[2][28][29][30][31][32] The band themselves described their music as simply "rock" or "violent, dangerous pop" on their official website,[33] as well as rejecting the term "emo" to describe their style. Although a source quotes frontman Gerard Way stating that they are "What-else-ya-got-emo" Way has recently stated in an interview that they were never emo, as he says emo is "a pile of ****." so there hope you learned somthing.
Posted by thnks4vmmrs on 25 January 2009
