IS MCR EMO?

[Rellik San]

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Rellik San

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I hate when people say bands like MCR are emo. Their Bullets album is not emo. They've never tried to be emo.
People just make them emo for their own twisted reasons.

Honestly?

Its because they are whiney, people associate whiney bands with emo.

And they aren't avant garde enough to be goths either.

What have they ever done that constitutes as whiney?
And they dont have whiney song lyrics so dont even try with that argument.

Its Gerards voice, he constan tly sounds like he's about to burst into tears, plus consider what the elements of their mainstream songs Helena and Not OK consist of. Helena is about mourning the death of someone close, Not OK is about not fitting in and not pretending everything is fine about being true to your emotions, but throughout the song it sounds like he's crying.

Hence why they can very easily be perceived as whiney, those two songs put me off listening to them, they don't put fourth a good front, when I actually heard more I found it was just Gerard Way's voice and the lyrics I really wasn't fond of, the instrumentals are actually pretty decent.  

[Rellik San]

Bruises_Contrusions

not emo..it just got lumoed in...in Kerrang like...years ago now..they first called them goth-punk...now it's emo...hmm

Goth Punk, HA! that was a sick joke by kerrang, given that the two are genres constantly at odds, to be honest I would say they are just Punk and glam rock combined.  

[Lynnic_Darkness]

idk ....they changed to emo just recently ....  

[Kamadev]

They are counted as emo but i don't think they are..But their music is great.  

[x_posEmo]

uh yus duh gerald way has long jet blak hair and he cries about real issues that effect us all everyday and he wearas black eye liner and I think he might cut IRL  

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x_posEmo

uh yus duh gerald way has long jet blak hair and he cries about real issues that effect us all everyday and he wearas black eye liner and I think he might cut IRL

...anyone who dares call him "gerald" does not belong in this thread. 'nuff said, no?  

[x_posEmo]

gerald way is so hawt omgzzz emo

you're obviously an idiot who can't sense a hint of sarcasm if it hit you square in your ignorant face emo  

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x_posEmo

gerald way is so hawt omgzzz emo

you're obviously an idiot who can't sense a hint of sarcasm if it hit you square in your ignorant face emo

well, you can't even spell "affect" thus i win.
neutral  

[Karin-irie]

they're my favorite band.
i just saw them on fuse.
-sploooge-  

[xxxcyberaddictxxx]

MCR is NOT emo, not at all...  

[T.Marie]

I think they have more of a pop punk style,  

[SUMMERWlNE]

name: Gigs
age: 14
favorite band: MCR
favorite song: Welcome to the black parade
in your opinion, is mcr emo: No
why/why not: Because they're more of a gothic look type of group. They're music could definetly be emo, but there look is more heavy.  

[xX-_riku_-Xx]

name: nas
age: 14
favorite band: a.f.i
favorite song: miss murder
in your opinion, is mcr emo: no there gothinc
why/why not: they just where a bit to much makeup to be emo  

[Rellik San]

xX-_riku_-Xx

name: nas
age: 14
favorite band: a.f.i
favorite song: miss murder
in your opinion, is mcr emo: no there gothinc
why/why not: they just where a bit to much makeup to be emo

Why in the 9 levels of hell, have to people just turned around and called MCR 'gothic'... are you all trying to invoke the combined wrath of both me and Isel?  

[tear drop angel]

they are so freakin emo it gives me a head ache