We have had hints of it on My Chemical Romance’s new twittering, the photo Mikey posted of the bass with Watchmen on it, and all of them being in L.A. together.
Well now there is confirmation that the guys were shooting a video for Desolation Row!
Gerard’s getting ready to shoot the video for Watchmen’s “Desolation Row” with the band, and hanging out with them while they’re in L.A. Talk of an Umbrella movie continues to move forward, and Gerard is in all those meetings — at least all the meetings they tell us about. Scott Allie – Umbrella Academy Zone
CLICK HERE to read the whole blog from Scott Allie.
The L.A. Times is reporting that Warner and Youtube can’t come to an agreement and in turn Warner Bro. will be gradually pulling all their act’s videos from the screens of Youtube.
I personally think it will only be official videos from the actual My Chemical Romance Youtube Channel or Warner Channel. No word when this will actually be taken down.
CLICK HERE to read the news article on the matter.
Thanks to reader Brett Cooper for sending this to us.
Three Cheers Vinyl Review
The much-anticipated release of Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge on vinyl was topped-off when I surprisingly received it in the mail a brief 4 days after Warners/Nonesuch had sent me my confirmation email that it had been shipped. Usually the transit time in the past has been in excess of 3 weeks due to it being shipped as a parcel. Looks like they’re shipping these out via Priority Mail for US customers, more than likely so that they will be received in time for Christmas.
So there was a good indication that this was going to be fun. Opened up the box, broke out my mini knife to cut open a slit down the right side of the LP slipcase (this allows the shrink wrap to stay on the slipcase and preserves any stickers that have been placed on the shrink wrap and also preserved the slipcase itself from wear and tear), and popped-out the contents. As promised, it comes with an MCR sticker, Three Cheers logo stencil (complete with guns). a type-written lyric sheet that is much more easily readible than that of the CD jacket, and the flip side has “production” lyrics and notes, some handwritten, some typed. Whether or not these are actually from the production of the album is open to speculation. They do look like the real deal, however, as I do possess actual production notes and handwritten lyrics in my Alice Cooper collection, so I’ve seen these types of things before. If not, they did a good job of fudging it. The vinyl itself is a beautiful, deep, blood red. Very cool. That being said, the overall packaging is not as extravagant as the packaging was for The Black Parade deluxe vinyl edition (I literally get a rush every time that I open up my copy of the album because the packaging and heavy-duty vinyl is so frigging cool), but it’s a passable job.
But this is where my pleasure kind of ends. As all vinyl buffs know, the real test is what the album sounds like. Backing up a bit, I have a really nice turntable. It plays just about anything in any condition and makes it sound good. When I put Three Cheers on last night, I literally wondered if there was something wrong with my needle. Did I need to get a new one? The album sounded so scratchy and distorted that it made me wonder if I had gotten a defective copy or something. After about 4 songs, and the scratchiness and distortions getting worse, I decided to see if it’s my turntable or the record by putting on The Black Parade. Sure enough, crisp, clear, organic, goodness comes from my speakers when I put TBP on. So it’s not my needle. Put the Three Cheers back on. Same scratchiness, same distorition. This is a bummer. I already realized that the album is not pressed on 180-gram heavy-duty vinyl (a serious oversight, in my opinion), but the production values in
its analog transfer are seriously lacking. I don’t know what else to say. Sidenote: the jacket that the record, itself, sits in inside the slipcase, is already tearing on all three unopened sides. Either the jacket was a little too small and tore when the records were put into them, or the records were put in too forcefully.
My overall grade is a C-. B+ for packaging, D- for the quality of the vinyl record. The record comes off as more like a bootleg quality of some pirated copy of a record you might pick up at a flea market in Tijuana. I would like to hear what other people have to say. Maybe I did simply get a defective copy. Somehow I doubt it.
Director- Voltaire and My Chemical Romance front man, Gerard Way
make Creepy Christmas film for Glass Eye Pix.
MTV and SciFi Channel station I.D. veteran, Voltaire, known for his twisted, stop-motion animation, has made a spooky holiday short for the Creepy Christmas film festival. Masterminded by artist and animator Beck Underwood and hosted by Glass Eye Pix, the production company of Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, The Last Winter, Habit), the festival is a 25-day, on-line jaunt showcasing a new sinister short every day of December leading up to Christmas.
Voltaire’s film, “X-mess Detritus” is a cautionary parable about the dangers of holiday gift-giving and the effect the resulting garbage has on the Earth. Voltaire wrote a poem to tell this tale and enlisted My Chemical Romance front man, Gerard Way to narrate his creepy Christmas short.
Says Voltaire, “My other two shorts are narrated by singers (“Rakthavira” is narrated by Deborah Harry of Blondie and “Transrexia” is narrated by Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs) so I wanted to keep that tradition. Plus I had been wanting to collaborate with Gerard on something for a while now so when the chance popped up, I jumped for it. He’s super talented and a true professional. He brought so much to the film and is just amazingly easy to be around”
Voltaire describes his inclusion in the festival as serendipitous . “I was picking my son up at school,” says Voltaire, “when I noticed one of the parents had a Fangoria tote bag over her arm. Being a horror fan and having worked with Fangoria I excitedly ran up to her and said, ‘Wow! Where did you get that Fangoria Weekend of Horrors tote bag?’ She looked at me matter-of-factly and said, ‘At the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors.’ I felt like an idiot.”
The next day I got an email from her. It was Beck Underwood of Glass Eye Pix, wife and long time collaborator of Fessenden’s. She was writing to invite me to participate in the festival. I’m a big fan of their work so I was really excited to receive the news.”
Born of an advent calendar created by Beck Underwood, Glass Eye Pix selected a different filmmaker to bring to life the image in each window of Underwood’s creepy countdown to December 25th.
Underwood assigned Voltaire the slot for December 18th.
The image in that particular window of the calendar featured two distressed vintage dolls. Underwood communicated to Voltaire that they lent themselves well to stop-motion animation. A veteran of stop-motion commercials and station IDs for MTV, The SciFi Channel and others, Voltaire was perfectly suited for the job. He picked up the dolls from Underwood and got right to work.
He enlisted production support from Fangoria in the way of gear and shot at the School of Visual Arts where he teaches stop-motion animation. “There were no storyboards, no guidelines,” says Voltaire, “just the dolls and a deadline. It was wonderfully liberating to be able to just let the piece develop on its own.”
As for the name of the film, Voltaire states, “One of the other things about my shorts is that their titles all sound like diseases or some kind of disorder. ‘X-Mess Detritus’ sounds like something you’d need to get a shot for! Maybe you do. It alludes to the garbage left over after Christmas.”
The Creepy Christmas Film Festival launched on December 1st, 2008 at www.creepychristmas.net.
Voltaire’s film, “X-mess Detritus” premieres on December 18th.
TUB RING/LEATHERMOUTH/MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE RUNDOWN – DEC. 6, 2008Myself, my two friends, and the one mom all got there at 9 AM with the show opening at 7 PM. That gave us 10 hours to hang out. We met a lot of pretty rad kids there for Leathermouth and for MSI. I didn’t meet any Tub Ring fans personally, but I’m sure they were there representing. The morning was full of eating, sleeping, music, frisbee, hopping on an abandoned mattress in the back, breaking bottles, kicking debris in the parking lot, running to the Dunkin Donuts down the street, and walking in the nearby forest. The main thing that happened before the show was that we come back from Dunkin Donuts because we hear some lady and her friends cut us in line. We were pissed. And so we get back, and she did cut us. Then, girls come by saying they met Frank. I was very pissed because he’s my all time hero – he makes me want to make music and just succeed. So I huffed and puffed and chilled some more and waited by the stage door until Tub Ring came by with their fan.
We talked with them and the guitarist from Creature Feature – a really cool dude. Eventually, he asks if anyone has 10 bucks. I go I’d give you 20 if you bring out Leathermouth. We discuss this and I even offer blowjobs (jokingly). We talk some more and then he goes inside. Then, two guys, both in hoodies, come out to smoke. I didn’t know who they were, but the one guy who was there for the show goes Hey Frank! Come over here. I nearly SHAT myself. I was within five feet of my hero. I was speechless. And since I couldn’t talk my friend goes Hey did you wanna see my friends shirt? I made a shirt with the Leathermouth symbol on front, LeATHERMOUTH LIVES! on the top back and then BODYSNATCHERS4EVER across the bottom. And I ask if he could sign it. He did! And then I got a picture with him. I was so excited that I couldn’t even talk with him but just watched him talk with other fans. And then I left as I know he doesn’t want to be bothered that much. It made my year to just meet him and he was such a nice guy. Anyways, now to the actual show.
We get into Starland and it’s actually pretty nice, but it’s pretty small for a venue. Anyways, we run up to the barricade and wait there for a good 30 minutes. Then, Tub Ring starts. Now, not having listened to them before I was a bit curious. They ended up being a sort of metal/punk general rock group. They were very good. Very. Good. The singer was charismatic and the guitarist of Creature Feature and the bassist of TR kissed and also… the guitarist swiped his hand across the bassists groin while they were both playing.
DAMN. Haha.
We all exchanged looks and it was crazy. The entire set of theirs I was holding onto the barricades for dear life. But it was an awesome set and I’m getting their CD once I get some Christmas cash (and I also got to talk to the singer while he hung out in the crowd). More waiting and then I see them… Leathermouth. They’re getting ready and they start up. They show their flags on their amps and they’re all in their black Leathermouth outfits. Now, I don’t remember what song they opened with, but from what I remember they played 9/10 songs that are going to be on “XO”. I was right in front of the main guitarist and the bassist and got an awesome view being up front. The energy that they had was crazy! They flailed all over the stage and Frank commanded the audience with his singing. The drummer was on key all of the time and the guitarists knew what they were doing. Now with this hardcore punk band on, I CLUNG to the barricade. At one point, I even kicked the girl behind me because she tried to get in between me and some girl up at the barricade. THAT WASN’T HAPPENING. Sunsets Are For Muggers and Bodysnatchers 4Ever kicked ass and I screamed every word. At one point, Frank walked into the audience and screamed his heart out. The band as a whole was excited to be there and the fans were awesome.
Once Leathermouth ended I knew where I was going. I was leaving the general front area. I know a few MSI fans and I’m not going in front of that. Plus I was pretty parched so I went to get some water and then merch. I got a water, which took a bit of time and signaling, and then went to the merch table. I had 20 bucks and got the I CAME TO GET DOWN tee. The guys who ran the booth were awesome and I talked to them a bit about Skeleton Crew and if the hoodie would be online since I didn’t have enough right then. They said it would be and I was pretty chill with that. So I went back to the bathroom where my friends were since they had to use it. As I’m waiting by the side I look to my left at a guy who’s chillin in the backroom guarded by security. It’s none other than MIKEY FUCKING WAY. I knew he didn’t want attention and he’s a shy guy so I tried not to stare at him. He looked my way and I waved, but he looked away and back to the conversation he was having with someone. Then after a few minutes, he walked away from the area. As my friends decided to chill by the bar, I said I’d hang out with the mom by the back of the venue to keep her company.
First off, there were some crazy dressed people there. People wearing full out dresses covered every part, people not wearing that much. That being said I got a dance from a hooker – at least I’m sure she was a hooker. I got her butt and her front side rubbed against the back of my head because I was sitting on the floor. WOW. And you had these ravers and potheads that were fun to laugh at. Anyways, MSI starts and the crowd doesn’t scream. They growl. And oh yeah they growled. The MSI set was awesome and fun. I didn’t think that Jimmy Urine was that great of a singer, he messed up a bit but he also was drunk (so was Tub Ring now that I remember). But overall, their performance was entertaining and fun. And the crowd – I saw at least 10 people leave because they got injured – made me glad that I was sitting down and away from the pits. A few awesome jokes were also made my Jimmy Urine:
“I went to see Twilight the other day and I was one of two guys that were there. And the other guy was gay.”
It was pretty sweet and so I watched the rest of their act and then the showed ended and we left. The show was the BEST show I’ve been ever. Mainly because I met Frank (which was one of my life goals, cause like compared to Frank, he’s my Billie Joe Armstrong or Greg Ginn), but the music was amazing. We got home at 2 in the morning and then for three – four days after the show I couldn’t believe what happened. I’m never going to forget this night or how we bitched out the lady that tried cutting. And how she said Leathermouth fans suck. She was also from Massachusetts and telling off Leathermouth fans in Jersey. Do I need to point out that Leathermouth is from Jersey and she’s in Jersey and I’m from Jersey as well as 25 other LM fans? Haha. She learned not to mess with us. But no matter what drama went down, the show was awesome and I can’t wait for the CD and more Leathermouth shows.
P.S. I work at Hot Topic and I’m not sure if we’ll be getting the Leathermouth CD, but my hopes are up on it. Epitaph is a pretty popular record label and with the rising fame of Leathermouth, I’m about 70% percent it could happen. Plus AP mentioned them, so it should happen. Word.
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