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mezzanineview) wrote2007-06-06 07:44 pm
mezzanineview) wrote2007-06-06 07:44 pm
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Just when the fandom is going crazy and everybody's fucking bagging on Gerard, he has to go and handle a nasty situation with utmost class and make me love him just a bit more. Gerard will always have my respect.
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ohnotheydidnt
Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance spoke at the Oxford Union tonight, in a question and answer session. He seemed very nice, articulate and funny.
I had considered asking him about his response to Marilyn Manson's comments in which he called the band sad and pitiful and accused them of ripping him off. Someone had just asked a question relating to events such as the Virginia Tech shooting and Columbine, in which blame was placed on figures like Marilyn Manson, and Gerard had spoken about how Marilyn Manson's worldview seemed to be that the world was a very ugly, hateful place, whereas MCR are more hopeful, and try to find the beauty in life. Feeling that this was a good time to ask my question, I asked Gerard what his response to MM's comments was. He kind of laughed, as if he'd been expecting it. He spoke about how angry a person Marilyn Manson seems to be, although intelligent. He then said that he didn't see that they were particularly similar in look, and then said "We certainly don't sound the same. You can take that however you want". He also seemed to make a slight dig at MM later in the session, after someone had asked him about the Daily Mail's scaremongering about emo bands, and the people who claimed that MCR were some sort of cult. He said that they didn't want to be a cult, but that certain other musicians who had been mentioned tonight would probably like to have people worshipping them.
In other news, his favourite historical figure is Joan of Arc and his favourite US President is Abraham Lincoln (who is "awesome"). And his reaction to some of the sexism, homophobia and general prejudice he'd witnessed in the punk scene was to say "Ok, I'm gonna wear make-up and touch dudes". Oh, and his most embarrassing moment on stage was when he knocked his belt buckle, causing it to come undone and his trousers to fall down. Apparently he was wearing really bad underwear at the time.
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ohnotheydidntGerard Way from My Chemical Romance spoke at the Oxford Union tonight, in a question and answer session. He seemed very nice, articulate and funny.
I had considered asking him about his response to Marilyn Manson's comments in which he called the band sad and pitiful and accused them of ripping him off. Someone had just asked a question relating to events such as the Virginia Tech shooting and Columbine, in which blame was placed on figures like Marilyn Manson, and Gerard had spoken about how Marilyn Manson's worldview seemed to be that the world was a very ugly, hateful place, whereas MCR are more hopeful, and try to find the beauty in life. Feeling that this was a good time to ask my question, I asked Gerard what his response to MM's comments was. He kind of laughed, as if he'd been expecting it. He spoke about how angry a person Marilyn Manson seems to be, although intelligent. He then said that he didn't see that they were particularly similar in look, and then said "We certainly don't sound the same. You can take that however you want". He also seemed to make a slight dig at MM later in the session, after someone had asked him about the Daily Mail's scaremongering about emo bands, and the people who claimed that MCR were some sort of cult. He said that they didn't want to be a cult, but that certain other musicians who had been mentioned tonight would probably like to have people worshipping them.
In other news, his favourite historical figure is Joan of Arc and his favourite US President is Abraham Lincoln (who is "awesome"). And his reaction to some of the sexism, homophobia and general prejudice he'd witnessed in the punk scene was to say "Ok, I'm gonna wear make-up and touch dudes". Oh, and his most embarrassing moment on stage was when he knocked his belt buckle, causing it to come undone and his trousers to fall down. Apparently he was wearing really bad underwear at the time.