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[thewingedword]

So LJ finally admitted their screw-up and is un-suspending all journals that were fannish or not seriously belonging to pedophiles trying to solicit small children on the web. THANK FUCK. Now I'll go get my plus account back because I really really want those 15 icons, I can't make do with six!

I am reminded of how incredibly sweet My Chemical Romance is. I mean, on one hand, they're hot and dark and moody and screaming at you to get off your fucking ass and do something. On the other hand, this band was formed to save your life. Not someone else's life, yours. Not because someone wanted to get laid or because Ryan Ross wanted to do blink-182 covers or because Pete Wentz ran out of other bands to be in. Gerard Way was on a ferry from New Jersey to New York, saw a plane crash into the World Trade Center, and decided that he wanted to do something with his life that would help people and mean something to the world. I can't think of any other bands who operate under that premise, and it makes me want to sniffle and hug something.

ETA: I meant to add this in, but I forgot! Here is a link to a primer; the embedded video at the top is a snippet from MCR's DVD, Life On The Murder Scene, where they talk about the saving-lives thing. And, as a bonus, Gerard is the most adorable big brother on the planet. Also, I have hopes of hooking some of you into this fandom (or at least this band), so there will probably be a primer soon.


Today we snuck out of Calculus and went to get ice cream down the street. With the teacher. It was awesome.

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[marielyuy.livejournal.com]

Gerard Way was on a ferry from New Jersey to New York, saw a plane crash into the World Trade Center, and decided that he wanted to do something with his life that would help people and mean something to the world.
Oh wow! I did not know that.

Today we snuck out of Calculus and went to get ice cream down the street. With the teacher. It was awesome.
That's fantastic! ...And now I kinda want ice cream.

[kitaloon.livejournal.com]

It's my favorite band-history story ever. Gerard was a comic book artist who had graduated from the New York School of Visual Arts and got a job with Cartoon Network. When he saw the crash, it moved him to the point where he decided to completely change his life and do something that would matter to the world. He quit his job, wrote a song about 9/11 called "Skylines and Turnstiles" that is beautiful and one of my favorites, and had started his band within a week. Within a year, they had released their first album.

It's amazing to me because he wasn't like most people in bands, who've never known anything else. In his heart, he's first and foremost an artist (he drew the cover and tray art for Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, their second album. It's gorgeous). He had graduated from college, he had a degree and a job and he gave it all up to make a difference. And, perhaps most amazingly of all, he accomplished exactly what he set out to do.

Sorry, this feels like another soapbox, but I just love this band and this man with all my heart.

[marielyuy.livejournal.com]

Oh, feel free to ramble! I like listening. I had no idea about any of this.

Do you have song recs? I've only heard "Helena", which I loved. I just never got around to hearing any other songs.

[kitaloon.livejournal.com]

*smiles wickedly*

That I do. I'll probably do a short mini-primer on the band soon, like within a week or so, and I'll upload my favorite songs then.

Also, you'll be the second person I actually told this to, and I feel the need to blather. I got a guitar! Acoustic and shiny and beautiful. I'm all squeaky about it.

[inlaterdays.livejournal.com]

I did not know that about MCR.

Now I like them even more.

[kitaloon.livejournal.com]

Yes! Gerard was a comic book artist who graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York and got a job working for, um, Cartoon Network? I think. Anyways, he saw the crash and decided right then that he had to change his life, that he had to do something that mattered. Within a week, he'd started the band; within the year, they'd released their first record. Pretty fucking inspirational.