What one artist do you see as important to the future of music?

[xstumbleine]

"Conor Oberst. His lyrics are phenomenal. I think he speaks for our generation. He started out as an angry young man from Omaha, Nebraska. From there he went out into the world and toured, and then that stuff crept into his lyrics, and now he's going back to being a little more human, with less social commentary. I love it all. He speaks to me."

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[pretty_paulie]

AH! Gerard said that?? O_O I love Bright Eyes! I saw them once, it was awesome! You know Bright Eyes is playing some tour MCR is on too, so that would be way sweet! That's awesome that Gerard thinks that.

[xstumbleine]

yeah, he did! i love that interview ♥_♥
here's the whole thing:

"Growing up, how did you make your first connections to music?

My parents didn't have records, they didn't have radios, and they didn't listen to music. My grandmother was my main connection to art and music. She could play piano very well, and she had perfect pitch. She's the one who pushed me to try out for Peter Pan, and I ended up getting the part. When I tried out, I realized I could sing, which was pretty interesting.

How do kids connect to your music?

I've always seen My Chemical Romance as the band that would have represented who me and my friends were in high school, and the band that we didn't have to represent us - the kids that wore black - back then. When I was in school there wasn't much other that the Smiths and the Cure, which was great, but a lot of those bands had since broken up, or didn't tour. There was no new wave of music that represented us.

How would you describe the kids that love your band?Extremely creative, intelligent, expressive and

[pretty_paulie]

Awww. Gerard is amazing. :D

I've always seen My Chemical Romance as the band that would have represented who me and my friends were in high school, and the band that we didn't have to represent us - the kids that wore black - back then.

Extremely creative, intelligent, expressive and very individual, aside from liking to wear black.

LOL! He sure likes to talk about "black" though!

[xstumbleine]

Are you optimistic about the future?

Completely. I always have faith in the world. When I was fifteen, I got held up with a .357 Magnum, had a gun pointed to my head and put on the floor, execution-style. No matter how ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith. The events after 9-11, the moments of tragedy when people show their colors and pull together, have renewed my faith."

now you gotta tell me about the Bright Eyes concert you went to óò
I think I'll never see Conor in Brazil... there's more fingers in my hand than people who know their music here, unfortunately.

[anegym]