My Chemical Romance

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Well, to start the history: In 2007, I got a YouTube account. I was all "lol gon' post some vlogs and shiat" but of course, I sucked at everything, so I mainly got it to meet friends. I met a few girls (who I'm still kinda close to), who were EV fans, and they got me into them. They were like "Oh you should listen to them! If you like these bands, you'll love this band!" so I gave them a chance. After listening to Dead!, I'm Not Okay, and Helena, I realized "I've heard these guys before. I KNOW them!" I started becoming obsessed with them..and the fans are kind of the reason why I can act really crazy at times. Thanks, MCR community xD
My favorite album by them is I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. It's always been. Although Killjoys is an AMAZING album, I'm still sticking with their first album! It's so amazing, the lyrics and the music (*cough*THEDRUMMING.OHLAWRDY!*cough*), it really got me into them. My favorite song by them is still and will always be Headfirst For Halos. That's where I got my formspring name from ;-)
What I'd like to quickly rant about is all the criticism these guys get. They've been mocked and insulted because ONE simple girl who was a big fan killed herself. First of all, SHE COULD'VE BEEN INFULENCED BY OTHER ROCK BANDS TOO. Second, MCR doesn't destroy lives, they SAVE lives. I go on MCR blogs every day and they say their story: "I used to cut, I was about to start giving in to suicidal thoughts..then I heard a band called My Chemical Romance." And I just think that's amazing. For one simple band to stop someone from doing something so big. People only GET this idea that they encourage suicide because they used to look "emo" (I put it in quotations because I usually don't like stereotyping). Well, look at them now! Bright-colored uniforms and hair, good rock/dance music, they don't sound like they could kill someone.
For people who still think they're one of those bands..listen to Headfirst for Halos ;-)

~Aleisha :-)

PS: If you don't know, Headfirst for Halos is a song about encouraging people NOT to kill themselves :p
December 18th, 2010 at 12:57am