Gigwise has been informed about a website set up by parents who are worried about what they perceive as the ‘glorification of self-injury and suicide’ in emo music.
The in-depth website provides a guide as to why they believe emo inspires self injury and suicide, it also provides ‘tragic examples’, hard-hitting pictures, the dangers and what parents can do to protect their children.
They also outline bands and songs – most notably those of My Chemical Romance – which they believe spout dangerous messages to young people. You can see the site here
We were alerted to it by a commenter on a previous story, who wrote: “My daughter tried to kill herself. At first, she was a happy child, then she became emo. She said it was ‘emotional.’ She began cutting. She hid it at first, but we found out after she tried suicide.”
The comments come at a highly contentious time in the wake of the suicide of 13 year old Hannah Bond from Kent.
A coroner said that the type of music she listened to was “very disturbing”, while certain sections of the press published articles strongly condemning the genre of music she was listening to.
This inspired emo fans to protest outside The Daily Mail’s London offices over their treatment of the story.
My Chemical Romance also reacted by saying that they are categorically anti-violence and anti-suicide, denying that they ever promote it. They also sent out their condolences to Hannah Bond’s family.
However, this will have done nothing to appease the Parents Against Emo lobby, who write on their site:”When you see a group of people talking about pain, nothingness, self injury and suicide, should we then be surprised when we see them doing what they are talking about? Their music, poetry, and dress are all telling us something. When are we going to pay attention to what they are telling us?”
A first hand take on the protest from protester Lady Jane. Pictures property of Lady Jane also.
Picture the scene, its a sunny Saturday morning in London UK, and there underneath the impressive sight of Marble Arch are 150+ MCR fans, dressed in a variety of home made shirts, black parade gear, band shirts. There are banners, home made signs all with positive messages, chanting and singing.
I arrived at the protest at around 10.30am to already find a good amount of dedicated followers of all ages already singing, holding banners aloft, fighting for the cause. The banner on the wall stated “THIS BAND SAVES LIVES” now, this was what we were really here for.
This site is dedicated to the positive influence that MCR has had on so many. Go there, submit your story and tell the world how much My Chemical Romance has meant to you and influenced your life!
And if you are wondering, this site gets nothing for telling you about thankyoumcr.net. I just think its a worthy site and should be known about!
NME.com is reporting that the protest on the Daily Mail is to be turned into a documentary. Article below.
Video Credit: AudiojunkiesTV
The protest by My Chemical Romance fans against the Daily Mail’s coverage of emo at the weekend (May 31) has been filmed for a documentary.
Internet music site Audio Junkies filmed the protest and have posted a trailer online already (watch it below).
Entitled Emo protest vs Daily Mail, the documentary covers the protest and includes footage of fans tearing up a Daily Mail newspaper as well as interviews with gathered protestors.
Comments on the video trailer on Youtube.com range from supportive to very negative.
It is unknown when the full-length version of the film will be released.
My Chemical Romance fans protested outside the Daily Mail’s office following articles published in the paper that branded emo a ‘suicide cult’, although the Daily Mail defended its coverage as ‘balanced and restrained’.
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