My Chemical Freak: My Chemical Romance All The Time

On Chatattack.com Alkaline Trio defends My Chemical Romance.

You guys opened for My Chemical Romance a few years back, and it’s in the U.K. right now that their music is under fire for supposedly provoking a fan to commit suicide. Do you have any comments about that?blamed because a couple of kids made a suicide pact and shot themselves. People blaming music and art for someone’s demise is an awful thing, and I think if anything, My Chemical Romance kept that young lady alive because she loved that band and turned to their music in her darkest times. I think that people don’t kill themselves because of a band they like, they kill themselves because of something else. My Chem has dark lyrics and themes, but they’re also fun, and they have hope in their songs. They’re anthemic in celebrating the darkness. They’re saying that it’s OK, we’re all pretty fucked up, but we’re all here for each other. So I think it’s an awful thing that happened to that young lady, and I think it’s awful that My Chem is getting blamed for it because I’m sure it’s not easy for them.

It’s a terrible thing that happened, and the same thing happened with Judas Priest in the ’80s. They got

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