Course: AV Club
Class: The Man with the Plan
Teacher:
nokomis305 Hello class! Today's AV Club lesson is going to focus on the man with the plan himself,
Ray Toro!
Here we have eight whole minutes of just Ray Toro being interviewed! In this band Gerard tends to do a lot of the talking, so it's interesting getting to see the uninterrupted opinions of other dudes. Ray is just as terribly, adorably earnest as the rest of his band, and I could listen to him talking about his influences all day!
But get him on stage and he is a motherfuckin' ROCK GOD.
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LOOK AT HIM SHRED.
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AND BOUNCE.
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And sometimes he just has to BE A NERD AND TAKE PICTURES WHILE ON STAGE.
(Bonus Gerard singing "House of the Rising Sun" here, though we'll all do our best to ignore the fact that this was the ill-fated Summer Sonic trip, okay? Okay.)
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Sometimes he brings his brother on stage to play guitar, becuase Ray Toro comes from a talented family.
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He even does rock-god stance in a tiny studio, because THAT'S HOW RAY TORO ROCKS THE FUCK OUT.
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IT'S A CHORD YOU CAN'T DENY. Bonus points for his adorable smile when Gerard randomly does leglifts at him.
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Sometimes Gerard mocks him back, though. They all love each other!
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Sometimes Ray supports his friends by playing for them, and he gets AMAZINGLY INTO ROCKING THIS LEATHERMOUTH SONG. Ray Toro, you were meant to be in a thrash metal band, my friend.
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Here Ray loses his guitar and just sings along with Famous Last Words! NOTICE HOW HE NEVER LOSES THE ROCKGOD STANCE.
But it is important to remember that Ray Toro IS a member of My Chemical Romance!
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Sometimes there's mutual guitar-fondling!
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Sometimes there's drunken dancing!
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Sometimes he gets down and dirty with James Dewees! Because My Chemical Romance are all equally into the stagegay.
And that concludes the lecture! Discussion question: What are YOUR favorite Ray Toro moments? Any favorite clips of him not included? Let's all get on the Toro love train!