Short interview in this week's NME

[nightlilac]

Almost missed this: a mini-interview in this week's NME (cover date 26th Feb 2011). It's with the guy who wrote this amazing preview of Danger Days back in September.

My Chemical Romance are up for a ruck, battling for rock against pop, for art against fame, and for a new, colourful, daring aesthetic.

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[spuzz]

NME is just annoying, I can't get over pretty much all of their...themness. But IDK, it's weird to see those album sales next to TBP because they seem...really good. Especially after three months. I'd love to know the source of that number, it must be from the subscription services as it's been quoted as that by a couple news sources now. But really...that's a great number. If it continues to sell steadily and produce some more good singles it's going to reach TBP numbers in no time.

But other than that, I loved Gerard's answer to that question. It WAS a moment in time, you can't keep reaching for what was. Of course they want to sell albums and be successful but they make more off of tours and merch anyway, I'm not sure how concerned they need to be (framing that as if DD sales were terrible). The market is different and I think the band are doing a great job moving with it.

But what an uncomfortable, tense read.

Thank you for the scans!

[kopperblaze]

ugh exactly. i haven't read this article, i just looked at the pictures XD i don't know, i just don't like nme's writing much....

[spuzz]

Maybe read it! I can't tell if it's just me reacting to you know...how much NME annoys me or if it's a genuinely tense interview. There's some good quotes in there.

But yes, the picture is gorgeous.

[kopperblaze]

i just KNOW that nme annoy me, so i guess i will continue to just like the picture :) and i looked at this chart thingy and that already had me rolling my eyes. esp the "key lyrics" thing...oh dear.

and i love your icon /random

[nightlilac]

This article feels okay to me - unlike the prevous journalist who wrote about them, this one does clearly like the band and 'get' them. I can't fault him for asking uncomfortable questions though. They're the same ones NME has been asking a lot of bands recently - in a world where pop sells better than rock, how will you respond? And the reactions of the bands tell us everything about them. As this article hints at, some bands and readers have reacted stupidly by criticizing pop acts. On the other hand, MCR's response is one of the more intelligent: not to be opposed to pop, but to treat it as a challenge. I sense that the writer expected all along that he'd get this response from Gerard. Actually, I'm liking it more and more as I re-read it.

[spuzz]

Their answers are fabulous! Very intelligent and thoughtful, I think I'm just projecting my own annoyance with NME's general self but certainly not with the band's answers or reactions, more just the filler text/editorializing bits.

[blame_mona]

I don't see the big deal about the article. I thought it was really good and i liked gerard's answers.

[morebliss]

We didn't just make a sleepy-beardy-artsy-fartsy record either

'Cause Gerard can't grow a beard. :(

[liescontinue]

LOL.

[morebliss]

No, he really can't. He doesn't even need to shave. He just puts a bit of food on his face and the dog licks it off. Poor Gerard.

[exoticway]

lol at the DD key lyric. I could think of about 20 lyrics that would be much better suited for that. I never really look at record sales, but I always went by if the radio stations are playing them in/around my town. They never played anything from TBP here (to rock for pop stations, and not rock enough for rock stations), but so far every single from DD has been played here (which makes me a very happy person).

[rosalui]

Something off of Planetary would have gone so much better. Or Kids. or Sing....