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confirmation of baby bandit lee ways birth!!

Lyn-Z & Gerard Way Welcome Baby Girl Into The World...
Category: Music

Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn-Z and her husband, My Chemical Romance vocalist and comic book writer Gerard Way, welcomed a baby girl into the world yesterday afternoon.

Their daughter, Bandit Lee Way, was born in Los Angeles at 2:57 P.M. on May 27th and weighs 6 lbs., 5.6 oz. "Everyone is healthy and happy." Says a rep for the couple.

Gerard said he is "very excited" about fatherhood, adding: "I don't know that I ever thought about having a kid, but then I also didn't expect to meet Lyn-Z. When I met her I knew she'd be the one person I could have a kid with."

Gerard and Frank interview in kerrang!!!

So, as two comic book fans, how high do you rate the Watchmen graphic novel series?

GERARD: I think you'd be hard pushed to find anyone that didn't rate Watchmen as the greatest, most important graphic novel ever created. People in bands will talk about getting a certain 7-inch single and that one song changing their life and getting them into punk rock or whatever, but I got the Watchmen when I was 15 and that kinda made me do everything that I've ended up doing. Watchmen was as important to me as any band. It totally plugged me into going to punk clubs at the time and seeing bands, I didn't see any difference between reading Watchmen and listening to My War by Black Flag.

FRANK: I got into Watchmen later than Gerard, I'm sure, but I first encountered the comic via a friend who knew I was a huge Batman fan. He bought me a copy and the second I started to find out about the characters it struck me as something amazing and different. I just fell in love with it because there's just so much more to it than your normal superhero comic.

So how did you come to be involved with the movie?

GERARD: Xavier Ramos, who does our marketing at Warners, ended up doing the soundtrack and he knew how much of a fan I was of the book so he got in touch with the people doing the movie and ran an idea by them. And so in 2007, when we were on Projekt Revolution, we were on the bus and I got a call from Zack Snyder, the director, and we just started talking about the movie and we were exactly on the same page when it came to the song and what we wanted it to do. When he said, "How would you wanna do this Dylan cover?", I brought up a song by Jim Carroll, the author of 'The Basketball Diaries', called 'People Who Died' as a reference point. And earlier we'd been talking about Zack's remake of Dawn Of The Dead, which me and the band has seen at the theater, and he said, "Well, if you remember the end of that movie that's the song playing the end credits', so we knew an approach like that would work.

FRANK: The first thing that came into my mind when I heard we were going to be on the soundtrack was "Holy shit, Gerard must be shitting himself!". I was psyched, like, "Wow, this is incredible". Being a fan of the series for so long and then hearing what was gonna be behind the movie gave me so much faith in how it was gonna turn out. My first question was just, "Do we get to see the movie?". I'm still waiting! But that's cool, if I have to wait in line the day it comes out I'll be there.

Are you Bob Dylan fans?

FRANK: Yeah, I've been a fan of Dylan since my dad used to play me his records. Highway 61... is just such a great record. And I just thought that it was such a great idea to choose this song for this movie. Dylan was such an amazing poet and what he was trying to say in that song really holds true for what they're trying to get across with this film. I'm a huge fan of Dylan's poetry and this song is an amazing example of it.

GERARD: And obviously we approached the song with a ton of respect. I had it on my i-pod and I played it for the guys and obviously the original is over 11 minutes long so we had to figure out what we were gonna do with it. I chose the verses with lyrics that were most pertinent to Watchmen and arranged it down to three minutes. We wanted to go for a Sex Pistols type approach, but I actually played one of the mixes to Steve from MSI and he said, "I think it kinda sounds like Slade!".

FRANK: There are certain things you don't fuck with: You don't fuck with The Beatles, you don't fuck with the Stones, and it's very hard to fuck with Dylan. But as far as I know, he has heard us cover the song and does approve, which definitely eases some of the anxiety about it. Maybe someone was just telling is that to make us feel better, but until Bob Dylan comes up to me and says "You fucking butchered my song" I'm gonna believe that he liked it!

Was it exciting to be all back playing in one room again?

GERARD: It was really exciting. Rich Costey actually commented to me during the session on how well we work together and how much we clearly enjoy being in the same room together. We were kinda miserable at the end of the last tour - and I say that very carefully, because being in a band is the best thing in the world - but you can obviously do anything too much, and I think we ended up pushing things too far, to the point where it was very difficult to imagine performing for a very long time. So when we got back together all the fatigue had gone and the energy and excitement was definitely back.

And did reconvening for the recording increase your hunger to get the band back together properly?

GERARD: Yeah. A lot of Rock history was at Electric Lady and the energy in that building was really great, and it was so exciting. I literally could have started work on the next album right then: we all have songs and I could have hit 'record' right then. So we've used the momentum of that session to get us into the mood for making the next record.

FRANK: Absolutely. It definitely sparked our creative juices. We've been looking forward to starting ever since.

Does it feel like you've been off the scene for a long time?

GERARD: Well, the time has gone really quickly. I don't feel like we've been off that long, but in terms of our career I guess it's a long time. There was a point on the last album when we were extremely exposed and you need to go away for a bit to re-invent everything and I think enough time has gone by for that now. After the session for the Watchmen, Ray came out to LA for a week and we hung out and worked on stuff, and Bob was here too looking for a house, so we kinda played around: I was on bass, Ray was on guitar and Bob was on drums and then we'd switch instruments. It was great. And then everyone came out to shoot the video and we got together and before we knew it, we had three or four songs. It was very natural.

FRANK: There's always the fear that when you get back together that no one will have anything and no one will be feeling inspired, but that changed within the first hour. There's no awkwardness, it's just fun. When we decided to take a break and the last show happened, the first week after that was like, "Holy shit, this is a long time". After a week or two we all called one another and said (nervously), "Alright, I know we're gonna take a break, but er, do you think we should come together and start playing again?". But we held off because we knew we needed the break: we didn't want to stay away from each other for so long but we knew it would be beneficial for us.

You don't necessarily seem like a West Coast kinda person, Gerard, so how are you enjoying life in LA?

GERARD: You know I'm not a West Coast kinda person, but I definitely didn't come here for the night life or the partying. But having grown up in New York a lot and having gone to art school there I really enjoy the art community here: I have more friends that are artists here than I do back home. There's a real energy to being out here that I love, and there's a lot of opportunities that you can get caught up in. You can also get caught up in the bullshit that people throw around but I've a pretty good detector for that stuff, so I can avoid it.

Are your neighbors aware that they have a couple of rock stars in their midst? Or are you just that weird couple in the nice neighborhood?

GERARD: I think they've figured it out, but on our street everyone is really nice and interesting in their own right, so it's not treated like this big crazy weird thing. We live in a part of LA that's home to a lot of artists and musicians so we're not a novelty in the area.

I imagine that fatherhood is playing on your mind a lot of the moment.

GERARD: Yeah, I'm very excited about it. It's been interesting too because we've changed our website to this kind of blog and I haven't commented on it yet - though obviously we released a press statement about it - not because it's so personal that I'm not gonna comment upon it, but just really that I don't know how to begin to even start talking about something like that. There's still certain things we don't know, we don't know the sex for instance, but we know the baby is healthy and it's growing great, and we're really excited about that. It was a surprise, and it's really awesome. It's weird, it wasn't like it was a big deal to people as I thought it might have been: like when I told Ray and told the guys everyone was really psyched but it wasn't like, "Oh my God!". Everyone was just really genuinely excited for us. It's totally crazy to be the first one in the band to become a father... I don't know that I ever thought about having a kid, but then I also didn't expect to meet Lindsey, and when I met her I knew she'd be the one person I could have a kid with.

(AWWW!)

And are you looking forward to being an uncle, Frank?

FRANK: Absolutely. I'm already pressuring for the title of Godfather!

We're continually bombarded by MCR fans asking "when are My Chem back?". So have you any final message for the people hanging on patiently for your return?

GERARD: Well, the people who support us are always really great, creative, smart and funny individuals and we really appreciate their patience. I'm sure they know that we wanna make the right record. But we feel that we have momentum, which will end up leading to something very visceral and quick. We don't want another Black Parade experience where it feels drawn out and we're generally unhappy when we're making it. I'm not sure how it will sound, but we're pretty excited to make a rock album.

FRANK: The stuff that we jammed on in December is straight forward rock 'n' roll and it shot us full of adrenaline, but as far as that ending up on the record, who knows. When we wrote The Black Parade the original intent was to strip everything down, and obviously it ended up being a high concept, high production values album. So if we gave you an idea now, it'll very probably have changed by the time it comes out.

JUST GOT THIS OFF MSI SITE CONFIRMING THE NEWS

Two New Additions To The MSI Family!
Category: Music

As some of you may have heard, we are thrilled to announce TWO new additions to the Mindless Self Indulgence family. In addition to MSI's bassist LynZ and her husband Gerard, MSI's guitarist Steve and his partner Lucinda have announced that they are each expecting babies late in the spring of 2009. This will be the first child for both Steve and Lucinda, as well as LynZ and Gerard.

It is very important that you hear this from us first and believe nothing to the contrary: While we will ask some of our friends to fill in for LynZ - and at a later date, Steve - so that they can be with their new families, neither member is leaving Mindless Self Indulgence permanently.

No shows will be cancelled -- in fact, we will be adding more throughout North America and beyond in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned for more news and information HERE, and check out the shows HERE as tickets are going fast for those shows which've been announced already.

'Till then, if you wish to leave Steve and LynZ's families congratulatory messages, do so HERE.

AAWW Gerard to be a daddy!!!

Singer Gerard Way To Be A Dad

November 24th, 2008 3:42pm EST

NEW YORK (AP) - My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way's newest creation isn't a CD - it's an upcoming baby.

A rep for the singer says Way, 31, and wife Lindsey, bass player of the band Mindless Self Indulgence, are expecting their first child. The baby is due early in the summer 2009. The pair have been married since Sept. 4, 2007.

zachy's halloween questions haha

Zacky Vengeance Isn't Afraid of Zombies

Avenged Sevenfold is a band that sort of invokes Halloween feelings all year round -- but we still wanted to know some holiday-specific questions. Straight-shooter Zacky Vengeance give us the image of himself as a wee pumpkin and... well, some other stuff.

Buzznet: What is the stupidest couple costume?

Zacky: Democrats and Republicans, can't get any dumber then that. Some political costume

Buzznet: What do you think the most overrated costume will be for Halloween '08?

Zacky: Sarah Palin

Buzznet: What is your scariest Halloween memory?

Zacky: The clean up the day after I threw a party 2 years ago.

Buzznet: What is the best costume you had as a kid?

Zacky: A big orange pumpkin with a little green hat.

Buzznet: If you're too old to trick-or-treat what do you recommend doing on Halloween?

Zacky: Drugs, booze and chicks

Buzznet: What will you be doing on Halloween this year?

Zacky: Handing out candy to little kids

Buzznet: Best movie to watch on Halloween?

Zacky: "House of 1000 Corpses"

Buzznet: If this Halloween turns into a Zombie Apocalypse, how would you survive?

Zacky: A brisk walk should do the trick, possibly a jog

Buzznet: Favorite candy?

Zacky: Sour patch kids

Message from Bob!!

30 October 2008 - 11:06am

MESSAGE FROM BOB

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hi! its bob

it's been a long time since since we have talked. i just wanted to say hi and fill people in on what has been happening with us. as a whole we are all getting ready to get rolling again. we really needed this break but enough is enough already. i cant wait to see the refreshed and excited MCR again. no more falling asleep at 5pm, no more drinking 20 red bulls, just good times coming up.

i will start with myself. my weird zoro scar on my wrist is going down finally. i have been doing physical therapy every few days now which is helping out a ton. i have to sit and lift tiny weights over and over again until i cant anymore, then i play with putty, then i stack cups, sometimes i squeeze plastic, play with rice, etc. It kinda feels like when i was in kindergarten day care except it hurts. my favorite part is hearing the stories of the other patients. one lady fell down her stairs because she tripped on her cat and broke her shoulder. i try not to laugh but i cant help it. i was actually sitting with a player from the bears last week too. that guy was about 20 feet tall and as big as a house. i didn't look him in the eye. i think i have a couple months before i am back to playing again. i am always going to have pain in my hand so i will be changing my playing a bit. i have to rearrange my drums and i will need to play waaay lighter. dont call me a p@$^y when you see me.

Other then that i am just hanging out. i got another dog! i now have two black german shepherds. they rule. they are my buddies. i am going to bring them everywhere with me. toro got a new puppy too. frank has 19 dogs now. i shot up up my garage with a pistol and the cops came. that was fun..... i also have been playing halo again. halo and legos is actually part of therapy for me. i just hit level 35 which is awesome for me. i would love to challenge anybody to a duel. my xbox name is dixiediarrhea (long story, my dogs name is dixie, she had diarrhea). if anyone knows souljaboy personally please let him know i challenge him. that guy seems like an awesome dude and i want to play against him. he says he can beat anyone. dixiediarrhea says differently. i will bet 2 dollars that i whoop him.

anyway, i see that im rambling. im tired. i was going to fill you in on everyone else but i dont want to anymore. hahaha. which actually brings me to a point. we are soon going to launch a new website. its going to be very simple and to the point. one of the new features will be us typing in on our phones straight to the site so everyone can tell you themselves what they are up to. now that we are coming out of MCR hibernation we want to keep everyone informed and to maybe have some fun. blogathon 5000. i will type in all the juicy details like perez hilton.

ok. im going to bed. me and my friend, the sanch, and dixie are about to drive from chicago to los angeles to hang with gerard and friends. come hang out.
gerardâ�™s address is 2800 E Observatory Rd Los Angeles, CA 90027. see you there. bring fun.

see everyone soon or on halo
bcbryar
dixiediarrhea

Gerard Way on Zombies and his hair colour!

EXCLUSIVE: Gerard Way on Zombies and Hair Color at the 2008 Scream Awards

Many of you have already seen photos of My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way on the red carpet at last night's Scream Awards. I've heard several reactions that all seem to say that fans are pretty shocked at his hair (it's not pink anymore!) and by his "ugly" shoes (brown, knee-high round-toed boots). Well stop freaking out because I was there, I had a camera, I took pictures of him, and EXTREMELY on your behalf. If it were left up to me I would've asked him something about whether or not he was actually planning to turn the Tom Waits/William Burroughs musical "The Black Rider" into a graphic novel - because that's what I'm interested in. But time was of the essence, so I only got the skinny on how he'd survive the Zombie Apocalypse and why his hair was no longer red - s'cuse me, pink (he corrected me.) All of this while literally staring up into his nostrils. Seriously. Look:

His hair doesn't look that bad. I thought you guys hated it when he dyed it pink? And now that it's pretty freshly black you're complaining? What do you want from the man? Should he just shave his head? I asked him why he changed the color again, and he told me, "Because I was in a wedding, and the pink didn't match the wedding." You'd go from pink back to black too, if you were gonna be in a wedding and your hair didn't match the decor. Cut him some slack. He is not "going Michael Jackson" on you like I've seen in some recent comments. When I asked Gerard whose wedding it was, he merely responded with, "a friend..." and continued to wring his hands and stare at me nervously:

I told him regardless, you guys were all gonna freak out when you saw the photos and he laughed a little. He seemed pretty excited to answer my next question, though, "So, Buzznet wants to know how you, Gerard, would survive the Zombie Apocalypse." He sat on this one for a while - quite a while. I think everyone around me was pretty pissed off because they wanted to ask him stupid stuff about how he was feeling about the Umbrella Academy's nomination for Best New Comic Book, and if the movie rumors were true (they are.) All of these are totally relevant questions, but in the interest of YOU GUYS, I really only had to know why his hair wasn't pink and how he'd survive when Zombies attack. After looking at the sky for a bit and a lot of "Hmmm"-ing, Gerard quietly replied, "..... I wouldn't. Yea. I wouldn't survive at all. No chance. I'd get eaten." And shrugged his shoulders. Ladies, I'm no MCR fangirl but I'll admit - it was pretty damn cute. Made me wish I had a video cam so I could show you all the whole thing, but I figured really close up body shots and getting some of these answers would be suitable enough. ;-)

Finally, stop dogging on the man's boots already! They were downright AMAZING, and were honestly the first thing I noticed when I spotted him. I had to digest what I was looking at before I realized they were on Gerard Way's feet. Extreme close-up:

Those are not, by any means, what I would consider "ugly" boots. I might re-think the brown with the black issue but I'm telling you those things must've cost a fortune. And they were pretty damn perfect for the segment in the space pod he did at the end of the show. I refuse to give you spoilers, so you'll have to watch the show on Tuesday October 21st to find out what I mean. Newageamazon is liveblogging the event, so don't forget to check that out - it's sure to be a... scream!

What do you guys think? Do you hate or love the Gee's new hair? How about the boots? Do you think the Umbrella Academy will win best comic? Discuss in the comments, and sit tight because I have more photos from the Scream Awards and tons more crazy dirt to spill about the event. Until tomorrow...

Be sure to check out my photo gallery of Gerard Way on the Red Carpet at the 2008 Spike TV Scream Awards, and this gallery too.

In the meantime, don't forget to add your favorite My Chemical Romance tracks to your Buzznet music player!

message from gerard

25 August 2008 - 10:03am

A MESSAGE FROM GERARD

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Hey guys,

Gerard here... I'm hanging out with Mikey in New Jersey, relaxing, drinking coffee, talking comics, and getting ready to take a drive down south tomorrow. I don't know what states I'm passing through but I know where I'm heading. Don't worry, I've got a the Clockwork Orange audiobook, a Dr. Pepper air-freshener, and a GPS so I don't get lost. We figured by now everyone that's a fan of the band might be wondering what we're up to, what we're planning, so I thought I'd write this letter and fill you all in.

We're living, decompressing- The Black Parade took over two years to tour and six months to make so that's a lot of existing in a fictional world, and we're just extremely happy to live in a real one for a while. One thing I can let you know is that we're excited. Genuinely more excited than we have ever been to be in this band, make some new music. And we have ALL been writing new material in our own separate worlds... I started a week after I got home, buying a good rig, an old Jag, and a bunch of pedals- just searching for the next sound.

Bob is recovering well from his recent wrist surgery- exceedingly well considering how risky the procedure can be. We're all really happy that when he picks up the sticks again he won't be in the intense pain he was in during the last year of touring. It's going to take him a while to rehabilitate but knowing him, he will most likely be playing the drums before the doctor says it's a good idea. He just loves playing, we all do. Franks on the road with Leathermouth and Reggie and The Full Effect so you should go see them and get spit on. I know Leathermouth doesn't have a record out yet, but Frank gave it to me in Mexico and I can easily say it's my favorite post-hardcore record of the year, so I know you will at least enjoy the songs if you don't know the words.

One of the best parts of the last five months was getting to see Ray get married and all of us be a part of the wedding. It was beautiful. I'm not sure where the happy couple is right now but I am sure wherever they are, they are really enjoying it. I have never seen him happier in my life. So we made plans to get together soon and make some demos, see where our heads are at, take it slow. If explosions happen in our heads right away who knows how soon we could have a record out, we aren't in any rush but we get just as anxious as you to find out what the next "thing" is going to be.

So that about wraps it up... I'm glad I could stop by for a chat, I think I will do it more often. I'm writing more comics, writing more music, and missing my wife right now. Oh, and I heard a rumor that I died in a car accident. I didn't.

xo.

MCR NEWS

13 2008 7:59 AM EDT

My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way: 'I Think We Needed To Be Away For A While'

Singer says band will 'take it slow' with 'stripped-down' Black Parade follow-up.

injectFluxWidget('ContentAction', {addToMyFeeds: true, uri: 'mgid:uma:content:shared:1592678'});Last month, MTV News broke the news that New Jersey's own My Chemical Romance would be recording a cover of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row" for Zack Snyder's forthcoming "Watchmen" film and that the song would be the soundtrack's first single when it hits stores this winter. That's cool and all, but what about the band's next studio effort? When can we expect that gem?

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Well, not for a long while. See, My Chemical Romance have spent much of the last few years in promotional mode â�” touring, doing press interviews, shooting videos, etc. At the moment, they're in what frontman Gerard Way dubbed "go live" mode: They've all put MCR on the backburner as they pursue outside interests.

Of course, Way's been working on his comic book series, "The Umbrella Academy," and is penning a top-secret project for DC Comics. Meanwhile, his brother, Mikey Way, is also working on a comic book, Frank Iero is starting a new band called Leathermouth, Ray Toro is busy getting married and helming his Weezer cover band, and Bob Bryar, well, he's in Chicago for some unspecified reason. The point is, My Chemical Romance need to live like the rest of us for a bit before they return to the studio.

"We can't make any more music unless we live," Way explained. "But I'm already starting to get the ideas and the aesthetics and everything, and it's very different from [2006's] The Black Parade."

How so, Gerry?

"It's hard to say at this point, but musically, how Black Parade tapped into the glam, classic rock of Queen and Ziggy Stardust, this taps into something different â�” not punk, but maybe in its proto sense. The aesthetic â�” it is extremely different, and it is more stripped-down too. When we get a chance, we're going to get together and do some demos and start rolling. But we're going to take it slow. I feel like we needed to be away for a while. People need to kind of miss us because there was a point in the last two-and-a-half years where you could have seen us at least once a month if you wanted."

Way elaborated on the album's sound, contradicting recent reports that the band is moving in a more punk direction. "It's weird â�” sometimes you give interviews, and they catch you in a weird mood on the road, and you're like, 'Nah, I didn't say it was going to be a more punk-rock record, I just thought it would be more stripped of the bells and whistles,' " he explained. "But I think the concepts will always be progressive.

"It will be more direct, more about life, and have more social commentary in there," Way continued. "That's where it's kind of heading now. It won't be a 'boohoo' record about 'Oh, we got famous,' but a commentary on how the world is now."

BON JOVI CONCERT 07.06.08

BON JOVI CONCERT 07.06.08 AT PUNCHESTOWN KILDARE

Well guys this is my 12th Bon Jovi Gig, looking forward to seeing them though not as excited as i used to be, i have been a bit miffed of their music of late but they are still and always be my favourites, i can still remember being on school when i was 15 (a long time ago) and one of my friends had a radio and at lunch time Livin on a prayer came on and that was that i was hooked!!!! Well back to saturday me and stephen Jnr left Belfast on the coach to Dublin at 11 oclock, we arrived in Dublin around 1.30 and headed to oconnell street to Burger King to get something to eat, i knew some other people that where going as well and they where picking us up two streets away to bring us to Punchestown, I didnt realise it was so far away from Dublin!!! and a hard place to find!!! It took us about an hour to get to the venue and once there after parking, he had to walk forever to eventually we arrived at the concert area, and wow!!! there was a funfair in full swing and already the crowd was massive, so stephen and i made our way down to the front and stuck to there like glue, i never moved again i was afraid of losing my spot the place was massive, when we arrived the first band was playing i have never heard of them DC tempest or something, next on was the one and only KID ROCK to tell the truth i have never really liked him much, but he rocked my socks off, i always imagined him a bit nasty, dont know why, but he was the nicest guy, then to top it all he wipped his jacket off, and wow what a body, totally toned god he is well fit, and extremely talented, i would defo go and see him again, next on was razorlight god how boring can a band get nearly fell asleep, absolutely no stage present whatsoever, glad to see the back of them!!! and at 8.30 that was it i was a 15 year old teenager again and young stephen was in shock at the size of the crowd and just how good bon jovi where, he makes fun of me for liking them, but he had to eat his words haha!!!! i have seen jovi many atimes but i really have to say, this one was special jon bon jovi was in the best mood i have ever seen him performing he blew me and 85,000 others totally away! non stop rocked the place!!!!!! this was one of the best nights of my life, my bon jovi spark is back and i cant wait to see them again, BON JOVI I LOVE YOU!!! and to top everything the sun shone on this beautiful evening and it was just a perfect moment watching the sun go down just behind the stage, beautiful, the only thing after the show we had to wait 2 hrs to get out of the car park it was bunged!!!!! but every second was worth it!!! it took us then another 2 hrs to get home arrived in the house at 3.45am totally hyped up, i hate the coming back to earth bit after, BUT I AM PROUD TO BE A BON JOVI FAN YEAH!!! BON JOVI FOREVER XOXOX ( god im so sad haha) x