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June 2nd, 2008 | mychemicalfreak | 2 Comments | Email My Chemical Freak!
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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May 31st, 2008 | mychemicalfreak | 0 Comments | Email My Chemical Freak!
Fans of My Chemical Romance took to the streets in London to protest about the negative image of the US band. The fans have targeted the offices of the Daily Mail in west London, which is one of the newspapers to report on the band’s young followers. A statement from the paper defended their coverage and said that others had pointed out that the event was “wonderful publicity” for the band’s new album.
This month an inquest into the suicide of 13-year-old Hannah Bond from Kent last september found that she had become heavily involved in ‘emo’ music and My Chemical Romance. Recording a verdict of suicide, coroner Richard Sykes said: “The Emo overtones concerning death and associating it with glamour I find very disturbing.”
“Anti-suicide ”
My Chemical Romance recently issued a statement offering their condolences and insisting they are “vocally anti-violence and anti-suicide”, and the negative image of the band led to around 200 fans assembling at Marble Arch with around 40 at Kensington High Street.
Following an appearance on Radio 4’s Today programme, organiser Anni Smith visited 6 Music and told us My Chemical Romance aren’t harmful.
“I’ve learned a lot of how to deal with life, how to move on and how to keep myself up when I’m down from My Chemical Romance,” said the 16-year-old. “I think that’s an extremely valuable thing which can be very positive in your teenage years.”
“I’ve learned a lot of how to deal with life from My Chemical Romance”
Fan and protest organiser Anni Smith
Speaking at the protest later, Anni told us: “The demo has been absolutely amazing. The support fans have shown, the unity and not only that, other people have turned up as well.
“It’s also been really cool because we’ve hung out with other My Chemical Romance fans.”
The Daily Mail issued a statement at the same time as the fans took to the streets.
The paper said: “The Daily Mail’s coverage of the ‘Emo’ movement has been balanced, restrained and above all, in the public interest. Genuine concerns were raised at the inquest earlier this month on 13 year old emo follower Hannah Bond who had been self-harming and then tragically killed herself.”
Tragedy
The Daily Mail added: “In common with other newspapers we ran an accurate news story recording the Coroner’s remarks and the parents’ comments. We also published two other articles, one of which explained the background to the Hannah tragedy in calm and un-sensational language.
“The other was a first person opinion piece by a well-known writer, written from the perspective of a mother concerned for her children.
“We have also run two prominent page lead letters from an Emo music fan and from a fan of My Chemical Romance defending their point of view. Our music critic admires the music of the band and publicised the band’s UK tour last year.
“Since this protest was announced a great deal of misinformation has appeared on the internet, much of which confuses what the Daily Mail has actually published with the comments of web site readers and “blogs” over which we have no control and which have stirred up emotions.”
“Wonderful publicity”
The statement continues: “We note it has been pointed out by others that all this provides wonderful publicity for Warners and their impending release of My Chemical Romance’s latest album.
“The Daily Mail is a broad church and is always ready to listen to the views of readers. We do, however, suggest those who want to protest or comment read everything we have published and act on fact not rumour.”
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The Daily Mail have issued a statement this afternoon (May 31) responding to a planned protest by My Chemical Romance fans against the paper’s coverage of emo.Following the suicide of Hannah Bond, a fan of the band and comments from the coroner at her inquest about the genre’s influence in her death, the British newspaper have published several articles about emo including one which claimed that “no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo”.
However the paper has insisted that their coverage has been restrained, balanced and is in the public interest.
“The Daily Mail’s coverage of the ‘Emo’ movement has been balanced, restrained and above all, in the public interest. Genuine concerns were raised at the inquest earlier this month on 13 year old emo follower Hannah Bond who had been self-harming and then tragically killed herself,” they explained in the statement.
“In common with other newspapers we ran an accurate news story recording the Coroner’s remarks and the parents’ comments. We also published two other articles, one of which explained the background to the Hannah tragedy in calm and un-sensational language.
“The other was a first person opinion piece by a well-known writer, written from the perspective of a mother concerned for her children. We have also run two prominent page lead letters from an emo music fan and from a fan of My Chemical Romance defending their point of view.
“Our music critic admires the music of the band and publicised the band’s UK tour last year. Since this protest was announced a great deal of misinformation has appeared on the internet, much of which confuses what the Daily Mail has actually published with the comments of website readers and ‘blogs’ over which we have no control and which have stirred up emotions.”
They added: “We note it has been pointed out by others that all this provides wonderful publicity for Warners and their impending release of My Chemical Romance’s latest album.
“The Daily Mail is a broad church and is always ready to listen to the views of readers. We do, however, suggest those who want to protest or comment read everything we have published and act on fact not rumour.”
- Nme.com
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NME.com has covered the protest. Read below…
Fans of My Chemical Romance have protested outside the offices of British newspaper the Daily Mail this afternoon (May 31) in response to articles they have published about emo.
The protest began at noon (BST) and saw around 40 fans cramming into Derry Street outside the newspaper’s building.
The fans filled the street with placards and banners with slogans like “I’m Not Afraid To Keep On Living” and “We’re Not A Cult, We’re An Army – The MCRMY” and sung a selection of My Chemical Romance songs.
“It’s been brilliant, such a good atmosphere. We’ve all united for a good cause,” protestor Katie Hughes, 15, from Dorking told NME.COM. “Most people here always listen to My Chemical Romance positively.”
The protest has been peaceful and broadly good natured with police telling NME.COM that the protesters have “kept well within the law and organised everything beforehand. It’s going fine.”
Alongside the protest, a bigger group of fans have congregated near by at Marble Arch where they are holding a vigil that is expected to last until around 10pm (BST). More information on the march can be found at whatthefrank.co.uk.
The fans are protesting about a series of articles the paper published in the aftermath of the suicide of Hannah Bond, a My Chemical Romance fan and comments the coroner made at her inquest criticising emo’s influence in her death. One piece in particular claimed that “no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo”.
However, the Daily Mail has issued a statement in reaction to the protest insisting that its coverage has been balanced and restrained.
However protestor Dani (who did not giver her surname), 14, from London was not impressed with their articles.
“This isn’t the first time the Mail has had a go at bands and made them scapegoats,” she declared. “I think most of it is just ignorance, they always have to have someone to blame.”
Get next week’s issue of NME on UK newsstands from Wednesday (June 4) for more coverage of the emo march, and in the meantime have your say on the issue by commenting below.
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There are few things that would drag a typical teenager out of bed early on a Saturday morning, but defending the honour of a beloved band from tabloid attacks is probably one of them.
Around 100 My Chemical Romance fans had already gathered at Marble Arch, in central London, by 10.30 this morning – not bad given that organisers had given the protest a 12-hour window, of 10am to 10pm, and that there was a last minute change of venue.
The fans were objecting to Daily Mail reports describing My Chemical Romance as a “suicide cult band” and linking the recent suicide of a Peckham schoolgirl, Hannah Bond, 13, to the fact that she had started following the band two weeks before her death.
The Daily Mail has called the New Jersey-based band one of the foremost of the “suicide cult” groups forming part of the “emo” phenomenon. The paper described “emo” as a teenage trend that started in the US in the 1980s and was “characterised by depression, self-injury and suicide”. Its followers, the tabloid said, wore tight jeans, studded belts and wristbands and had dyed-black hair and long fringes obscuring their faces.
The atmosphere at the protest was more carnival fairground than riot, with fans clutching balloons and soft toys and singing My Chemical Romance songs loudly and passionately – but not always tunefully. Lyrics included “teenagers scare the living shit out of me” and “I’m not afraid to keep on living”.
The overwhelming majority of the crowd were young girls, bouncing with energy and shrieking with laughter as they rushed over to hug their friends or chanted: “Don’t blame MCR!”
A few were dressed in typical dark, “emo” fashion but most followed the request of the organisers, who had written on the website: “Please consider dressing to suit the day … Don’t try to dress stereotypically.” Many of the fans had homemade shirts with positive slogans such as, “Think happy thoughts.”
Protesters came from all over the country, including Brighton, Oxford and south Wales and even a few who had made an overnight roadtrip from Cornwall.
Tabitha Reed, 14, travelled up from Brighton with her mother and sister and several friends and camped out at her grandmother’s house in London overnight.
“I love MCR, it saves lives. The Daily Mail are liars and all they want to do is put the youth against the adults; they just hate us and it’s really unnecessary, it’s just wrong,” she said. “I’ve read a couple of the [Mail] articles and they’ve actually misquoted lyrics and the research was so badly done, it was unbelievable. I actually thought [the story] was a hoax when I found it on the internet.”
Vikki Bourne, who came to the protest from Crawley in West Sussex with her daughter Kayleigh, 15, and their dog, Jack, said they were both huge fans of My Chemical Romance and had a closer relationship as a result.
“Emos are being portrayed as self-harming and suicidal and miserable and they’re not,” she said. “Since my daughter met the friends she’s got, she’s happy, she’s got a social life, she’s not suicidal, she’s got confidence. It’s about the music and being friends and having fun. I wanted to come here to say that, as a parent, I support what she does; [the band] are not cult, they’re safe and I’m happy.”
The organisers had originally planned for the protest to gather at the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens and march to the Daily Mail offices in Derry Street, off High Street Kensington.
The plan was altered after discussions with police because of concerns about the lack of space on the pavement opposite Northcliffe House.
Instead the main protest was at Marble Arch, while small contingents of 30 people at a time kept vigil at Northcliffe House. The latter groups were ringed in by barricades but police at the scene and Associated Newspapers security staff said there had been no trouble.
“It’s a waste of time, there’s no one here today,” one security guard told MediaGuardian.co.uk. “Look at them – they’re eating their lunch and their mums are off shopping.”
One of the few boys to attend today’s protest, Craig Goodwin, 17, from Upminster in Essex, said he was there with the blessing of his parents.
“They didn’t mind – my dad used to do protests because he was a rocker back when it was mods and rockers, and my mum liked My Chemical Romance, so she didn’t care, either,” he said.
“I know people who’ve done it [self harm] in the past but they’ve always come through it. Some have listened to MCR and it’s built their confidence up so they could come back like they were before.”
Taken from: Guardian.co.uk
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