Now hold on a second, here. Is this wildly popular pop-emo band really calling it quits? Well, it appears that way to a lot of people that are counting their chickens before they hatch.
In an interview published in yesterday's Sunday Times, MCR frontman Gerard Way had this to say about the band's new album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys:
"This record could be our last big adventure - that's why we had to make it again, that's why we spent the money, that's why we're going to spend more on how it looks than we ever have."Okay, so that could send a few red flags to the Murder Scene community. But what many magazines, including NME, might be misinterpreting is the phrase "big adventure."
Keep in mind that MCR's last two albums, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge and The Black Parade were grandiose concept albums dealing with the themes of death. From the looks of the "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" music video and title of the album itself, I think we can see that this is also going to be a sweeping event.
Maybe that's what Way means by a "big adventure." MCR's first record, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, turned into a two-part narrative with the conclusion appearing in Three Cheers, so maybe it's not so farfetched to say they might be done with writing stories in the music.
Maybe it is their last record. Maybe it isn't. Maybe we'll see more from Way's "Umbrella Academy" comic series and an ensuing film plan in the works. But for now, shouldn't we be focusing on who the hell this kid is?
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