Given this week’s reunion of Copeland, the tragic and strung-out disbanding of The Dangerous Summer, and last year’s massive comeback year for Fall Out Boy, it’s more apparent than ever that nothing lasts forever. With the ten-year anniversary tour becoming such a common money maker for veteran bands, we’ve seen bands we haven’t heard from in years coming back with multi-national anniversary runs to give back to the scene. Band breakups don’t really feel permanent anymore. That being said, fans hoping that My Chemical Romance will eventually come back from their time off may need to wait a bit longer.
Gerard Way took to Twitter yesterday to vent his frustrations about getting backlash from fans over My Chemical Romance-related issues, and announced that he’ll be taking a step back when it comes to interacting with fans about the now-defunct band.
I’m out. I’ll always shoot it to you straight, or give you a heads up when I can with matters concerning my past band and my future work.
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
While a reunion seems just about impossible at this point, I truly hope they find the spark and return to making music together once again. Maybe when the band’s magnum opus, The Black Parade, turns ten in 2016, we’ll see some activity. You can view all of Gerard’s tweets about the subject below.
Take what you will from it, but that is what I'll always do.
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
So, from now on any updates MCR related will come from someone who's job it is. I will no longer present information on the band.
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
I will not be answering any questions about releases,or webstore issues,or anything of that nature.If something closes down or things(contd)
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
(contd) change,I will share no information.I will however share what is mine: memories/art. But I will most likely not interact about them.
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
(contd) in the case that it is MCR related. Anything aside from that, new music/art I am still around to potentially engage.
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
This is due to the fact that I have noticed a pattern,since the breakup of the band, that regardless of who's decision something is (contd)
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
(contd) or why something is being done, it is the messenger, or the source of information that recieves an irrational reaction. Unhealthy.
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
So I am no longer that source of information.
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
But by all means, hold me accountable for doing what I believe in. Because I will never stop.
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 2, 2014
For anyone concerned with interaction/fanbase matters: I want to start by saying that there are a lot of (cont) http://t.co/j7U4YlvN2U
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 3, 2014
For anyone concerned with interaction/fanbase matters: I want to start by saying that there are a lot of (cont) http://t.co/j7U4YlvN2U
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) April 3, 2014
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