Line Out - Comments on Is My Chemical Romance the New ICP? http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp The Telegraph UK just reported on the suicide of a 13 year old Emo girl in England: Hannah Bond, 13, hanged herself from a bunk bed in her bedroom with a tie believing her death would impress fellow followers... Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:17:26 -0800 Sat, 10 May 2008 05:30:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Eric Grandy What does it mean when people start holding up Something to Right Home About as a paragon of emo?

If you're going to get all 2nd wave about it, at least go back a couple steps to Braid or Cap'n'Jazz—something to Rites of Spring home about.

Sorry, I wish I didn't care about this pointless, lost battle, but I so do.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020152 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020152 News Thu, 08 May 2008 13:33:13 -0800 Comment by Jeff Kirby I was a little too young to get the first wave, Get Up Kids were the shit when it was my time. I did like Braid though.

Maybe I should have referenced "Four Minute Mile."

]]> Jeff Kirby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020159 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020159 News Thu, 08 May 2008 13:35:52 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Four Minute Mile = Way more emo cred (like the guyliner crowd even gives a shit).

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020169 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020169 News Thu, 08 May 2008 13:39:02 -0800 Comment by lar OMG dewds i totes had the first Atmosphere album on vinyl!

]]> lar http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020306 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020306 News Thu, 08 May 2008 14:37:27 -0800 Comment by Tiktok I'm sure the Emo nation was quite impressed. Perhaps they could make it a contest?

]]> Tiktok http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020322 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020322 News Thu, 08 May 2008 14:42:41 -0800 Comment by ica Man, “Emo” sure has changed since I was 16 singing Something to Write Home About in my car.

I had the exact same thought. Kids these days scare the crap out of me.

]]> ica http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020392 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020392 News Thu, 08 May 2008 15:18:14 -0800 Comment by ndrwmtsn "When did genres of music morph into a lifestyles, then into spiritual beliefs?"

this happens all the time and has been happening forever

]]> ndrwmtsn http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020478 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020478 News Thu, 08 May 2008 15:55:38 -0800 Comment by Jeff Kirby The lifestyle part yes, but not the spiritual part. If you think that happens all the time you gotta give some examples.

]]> Jeff Kirby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020498 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020498 News Thu, 08 May 2008 16:02:34 -0800 Comment by Dougsf So that's the word for Goth now, eh? Fair enough.

]]> Dougsf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020703 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020703 News Thu, 08 May 2008 17:42:45 -0800 Comment by segal "When did genres of music morph into a lifestyles, then into spiritual beliefs?"

There is a Saint John Coltrane Church in SF, for one.

http://www.coltranechurch.org/

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020766 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020766 News Thu, 08 May 2008 20:07:22 -0800 Comment by s. o'shea This article was complete BS, and extremely misleading to anyone not already familiar with My Chemical Romance or the current emo scene. "The Black Parade" is not a spiritual belief at all... it's the name of their album and a pseudonym. It was a concept album about the death of a cancer patient and what happened after. At their concerts, they'd play as MCR for a while, then change costume and return as "The Black Parade," which was a different band with a more subdued persona, and then they would sing their newer material.



As for the rest of the article, the idea that My Chemical Romance of all bands would cause suicide is absurd. They released a DVD detailing the lead singer's own battle with depression and addiction, and how he overcame it, in order to lead by example and help fans overcome their own problems. On top of this, at all of their concerts and in some interviews, he makes speeches about how, if you feel depressed or suicidal, or know someone who is suicidal, please please talk to an adult or get help immediately. Even in front of their songs that use relatively violent imagery, they'll include disclaimers about how "violence is never the answer; if you're unhappy please get help." The Black Parade includes lyrics like "I am not afraid to keep on living / I am not afraid to walk this world alone." I don't know them personally, but the insinuation that they could assist a child's suicide would probably crush them.



In other words, please, anyone, do your research before you take this article seriously.

]]> s. o'shea http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020858 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020858 News Thu, 08 May 2008 23:20:15 -0800 Comment by johnny horner ummm .. i think someone might not to mention the fact that MCR is not EMO.

]]> johnny horner http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020909 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1020909 News Fri, 09 May 2008 07:04:30 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Ohhhh speaking of Emo. Anyone else remember when Antioch Arrow put out that goth record as a joke? Well, they SAID it was a joke, but really, can a whole albums worth of new material really be a joke? It's pretty bad for the most part, but compared to any of this, it's actually pretty amazing.

]]> Dougsf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021574 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021574 News Fri, 09 May 2008 16:16:39 -0800 Comment by kdiddy cap'n'jazz was the bees knees.

]]> kdiddy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021586 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021586 News Fri, 09 May 2008 16:24:04 -0800 Comment by gillsans When did Emo's get a Valhalla?

]]> gillsans http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021588 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021588 News Fri, 09 May 2008 16:24:47 -0800 Comment by brian cook @13 - to this day, i still love that last Antioch Arrow record. not as good as In Love With Jets, but still pretty fucking awesome.

]]> brian cook http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021804 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021804 News Fri, 09 May 2008 21:05:51 -0800 Comment by schork Is this really news? Kids have been making poor choices to bad music for decades.

Why isn't it front page news when some kids dig up a corpse and use its skull to make a bong?

Because wake up, Earth. That happened:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5764886.html

]]> schork http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021858 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/is_my_chemical_romance_the_new_icp#c1021858 News Sat, 10 May 2008 05:30:53 -0800