My Chemical Romance-and My Hero

Sorry I haven't written anything in a long time, but I have had alot of homework to do and lots of music to look up. Speaking of looking up music, I searched this band called My Chemical Romance (MCR). I just wanted to share my love for this band's singer with you.




Music is my life, my safe haven, my dream. Every time I'm angry, depressed, frustrated, confused, anxious, excited, nervous, scared, ecstatic or bored I listen to music. Music completes me; it completes who I am. Both my parents are in theatre, I sing in the Young People's Chorus of New York and I have a dream to start my own band one day. So, my favorite pass-time is looking up good music.


I go on youtube and search the videos for the songs and I look up the lyrics on metrolyrics. But one of the most important steps to proving an artist worthy of occupying space on my ipod is a good interview. If the artist is trashy or immoral or ungrateful then no matter how good their music is, their name is not worthy of being on my ipod. This is why I love Gerard Way.


Gerard Way and Matt Pelissier (Matt is the former drummer for the band) founded My Chemical Romance. The members are: Gerard Way (obviously)-lead vocals; Ray Toro-lead guitar, backing vocals; Frank Iero-rythm guitar, backing vocals; Mikey Way (Gerard's brother)-bass; Bob Bryar-drums, precussion. Gerard Way is 30 years old and is also a comic book writer and cartoonist. He went to the School of Visua Arts in New York City. He was born and raised in New Jersey. When Gerard was 15 he got held up at gunpoint.



"When I was fifteen, I got held up with a .357 Magnum, had a gun pointed to my head and put on the floor, execution-style. No matter how ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith."-Gerard Way


So far in his life, Gerard has had to deal with alchoholism, drug abuse, depression and witnessing the attack on 9/11. His first song, "Skylines and Turnstiles", was written on that experience.



"I literally said to myself, 'F**k art. I’ve gotta get out of the basement. I’ve gotta see the world. I’ve gotta make a difference!'"-Gerard Way



In the end, Gerard ended up having an amazing career, a great band and a wife, Lynn Z. He puts all his energy into his performances and music videos and he uses his feelings and experience to write songs straight from his heart. He has passion for what he does. He inspires others to speak their mind, be themselves and stand up to those who don't accept them. To me, this is what makes a hero.






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So here a few great quotes by Gerard:

"Be yourself, don't take anyone's sh*t and never let them take you alive."

"If for one minute you think you're better than a sixteen year old girl in a Green Day t-shirt, you are sorely mistaken. Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about."

"I'm not psycho...I just like psycotic things."

"Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself and become a new person ... "

"Hey girls, you're beautiful.Don't look at those stupid magazines with sticklike models. Eat healthy and excersize. That's all. Don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough, you are too good. Love your family with all your heart and listen to it. You are gorgeous, whether you're a size 3 or a size 14. It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, as long as you're a good person, as long as you respect others. I know it's been told a hundred times before, but it's true. Hey girls, you are beautiful"

http://www.mychemicalromance.com/