Interview with Ray at Living Scotsman
HAILING from New Jersey, and with a name inspired by Irvine Welsh, My Chemical Romance's brand of alt punk-pop has earned them a massive fanbase.
In the summer of 2006, the band supported the mighty Muse at Meadowbank Stadium, and for a fair few in attendance that night they were the main draw.
Three years ago, Gerard Way's outfit announced they were taking a well-earned break from the lime light following the release of The Black Parade, a highly-theatrical concept album that had them teetering on the edge of world domination.
So it goes without saying that rather a lot is expected of forthcoming new release Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, which fans in the Capital get a first taste of when My Chemical Romance visit the Corn Exchange on Monday.
"We put up a lot of rules about the songs we could write and what the sound was supposed to be for this record," says guitarist Ray Toro. "But (producer] Rob (Cavallo] took all those walls down for us and was like 'You know what? The sky's the limit, just write great music and use your creativity.' He's a master at doing that."
Toro goes on to say that frontman Way's lyrics focus on ideas of "alimentation and escape", and feature a group of "outsider characters" called the Killjoys, a loose interpretation of the band itself.
"The overall theme in the music is finding a sense of freedom and using creativity and art as the weapon, as opposed to worrying about the end result," he says.
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In the summer of 2006, the band supported the mighty Muse at Meadowbank Stadium, and for a fair few in attendance that night they were the main draw.
Three years ago, Gerard Way's outfit announced they were taking a well-earned break from the lime light following the release of The Black Parade, a highly-theatrical concept album that had them teetering on the edge of world domination.
So it goes without saying that rather a lot is expected of forthcoming new release Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, which fans in the Capital get a first taste of when My Chemical Romance visit the Corn Exchange on Monday.
"We put up a lot of rules about the songs we could write and what the sound was supposed to be for this record," says guitarist Ray Toro. "But (producer] Rob (Cavallo] took all those walls down for us and was like 'You know what? The sky's the limit, just write great music and use your creativity.' He's a master at doing that."
Toro goes on to say that frontman Way's lyrics focus on ideas of "alimentation and escape", and feature a group of "outsider characters" called the Killjoys, a loose interpretation of the band itself.
"The overall theme in the music is finding a sense of freedom and using creativity and art as the weapon, as opposed to worrying about the end result," he says.
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