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And while he could have blamelessly kept those brands intertwined a bit as he moved on into his new solo career, it appears he has a different narrative in mind, thus bringing me to the reason why I have spent the first hundred words of this week’s column talking about emo music sort of popular 10 years ago… My Chemical Romance, like most romances that began in 2001, has ended. Until now…īecause Gerard Way isn’t My Chemical Romance anymore. Even when he dyed his hair blonde and went all militant and even during My Chemical Romance’s bright festive Dark Days curtain call, that was true. By the transitive property, we can conclude Gerard Way is emo. Gerard Way is My Chemical Romance and My Chemical Romance is emo. – Taking Back Sunday/ Brand New/ New Found Glory/ Motion City Soundtrack: some of the more talented bands in the genre, but they’re basically stuck in a time capsule.Īnd last but most assuredly not least, My Chemical Romance.Īt a time when Hot Topic was rivaling Abercrombie and Fitch in terms of sales revenue and it was conformist to non-conform, Gerard Way, the camera-loved frontman of My Chemical Romance had gone from a comic book-loving pudgy nerd into a cult leader whose albums were gospel to an entire genre. – Blink 182: The “veterans” who hate each other but still tour arenas (side note: who would have thought Blink 182 would be our generations’ Rolling Stones?). Exclamation point or not, they’re still ca$hing them checks. – Panic At The Disco: They turned one album that was better than Fall Out Boy into a 10-year long career. – Fall Out Boy: They are somehow still pop stars. Second-wave emo, which is what a majority of the population thinks of when they think of the term of “emo” (if they think of anything at all), was won by a handful of artists: – follow me on Twitter so I can charge more when doing freelancing gigs/you can learn about hot new tunes in real time

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