After post-hardcore-sounding beginnings under the leadership of Thursday’s Geoff Rickly, My Chemical Romance had their big break in the mid-2000s, when they became the spearhead of the emo wave (here it is, that divisive word) and were named one of the most influential rock bands by the readers of Kerrang! magazine. After a few slack years and an eventual split on March 22nd, 2013, Gerard Way, the band’s singer and mastermind, makes a bold return with Hesitant Alien, his first solo album, far removed from the dark atmospheres of the early years of his career.
So, is Gerard really that hesitant? Not quite. Puzzled by the sheer size of the monster My Chemical Romance had become, yes; put off by the workings of the musical industry, definitely. But the choices that have led him to make this new album show that the man is assertive: more than just a record, he was trying to create a new world, in which he would make no compromise and pay tribute to the great figures that made an impression his teenage years.
In the following interview, the singer talks about his career, from New Jersey to the big society events of the music industry to the writing of comic-books, about his influences, and about the driving force behind it all: emotion.
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HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES dévoile la vidéo live de la chanson « I Got A Line On You »
DEF LEPPARD : les détails du nouvel album Drastic Symphonies ; version symphonique de la chanson « Animal » dévoilée
EXTREME : les détails du nouvel album Six ; clip vidéo de la chanson « Rise » dévoilé
SUP : les détails du nouvel album Octa
FROZEN SOUL dévoile le clip vidéo de la nouvelle chanson « Arsenal Of War » avec Reese Alavi de CREEPING DEATH
SORTILÈGE dévoile le clip vidéo de la nouvelle chanson « Vampire »
ICED EARTH : les détails des EPs Hellrider et I Walk Among You
Nanowar Of Steel : faux metal ? Vrai humour !