My Chemical Freak: My Chemical Romance All The Time

By Johnnie
for Mikeywayonline.net

I got there late (about 8:15pm) because of a string of setbacks, and managed to get in about three songs into Leathermouth’s set. It worked in my and Jenny’s advantage because we were right at the side of the stage with a more than perfect view. The videos I have make it look like I was backstage. Leathermouth was the first on. Frank spent most of the set that I saw on the floor. The whole band was dressed in white with black belts. I was rather amused. They performed several new songs such as “Monster”. I can’t remember all they played, but they played a few new ones, and “Murder”, “Sunsets”, and “Fifth Period” at least…

MC Chris is a nerdcore rapper. He does voices for Cartoon Network. He ran his entire set from a MacBook Pro laptop (which is important because it’s the same one I have!). I didn’t plan on taping him but he was so hilarious I’d be kicking myself later if I didn’t. He’s absolutely hilarious and is a huge Reggie fan which makes him cool with me. Even if you don’t like rap, if you like Reggie’s old stuff, you’ll like MC Chris. A lot of his songs are just downright silly but he’s really good.

Reggie and the Full Effect went on and Frank was playing as I reported in the last post. He was on bass and he’s really effing good. James was decked out in a wig to make it look like he had a mullet in order to properly make fun of Billy Ray Cyrus and even wore a pink Hannah Montana tank top and tiny, tiny shorts with slippers. For those of you who like Reggie, he did a few Fluxuation songs, “Mood 4 Luv”, “J Train”, “Happy V-Day”, “V Train”, “What The Hell is Stipulation”, and more. Be prepared for lots of jokes and stories.

I’ve heard some stuff about Frank getting mobbed after the show, but I didn’t see it. Then again, I was over talking to Reggie’s guitarist (the one that hammed it up for my camera) named Rich (yay Rich!! If you wonder this direction, THANK YOU for helping make my night! You were amazing, dude!) and got several hugs from him and a photo, and then while I was waiting in line to meet James, I also got a photo of me and MC Chris. I did get my photo with James (w00t!) and saw Frank sitting in the back talking to, like, two girls. So, yeah, I went over and got an autograph and picture with him, too. Dude’s got new body art and an awesome mustache. I was tempted to pet it but I didn’t. He’s also got a fauxhawk going again. Not as extreme as the Revenge days, but it’s very subtle. Anyways, if you’re going, please let the guys breathe and do what they need to do. This isn’t like a My Chemical Romance concert where they’ve got a bunch of roadies.

Here’s some tips for those who are going: Frank and Rich play on the left side of the stage. James plays in the middle and spends a lot of time on the right side of the stage, however, he can’t really get over to the left side because of the positioning of the keyboards and his laptop to run the set. At least it was at The Social because the stage was a little shallow. James does crowd surf for those of you in the middle. Also, they’re doing their own merch and their own roadie stuff so if you plan on getting pictures and stuff with the other band members, keep in mind they have to get their stuff cleaned out but they will say hello to you and whatnot so don’t be afraid to talk to them because they’re all super sweet guys. Hambone cracks me up. I would’ve gotten a photo and autograph and stuff from him but he was running the Leathermouth merch table so I didn’t want to bother him.