*gabriel ba
― fauxmarc, Saturday, 23 March 2013 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
Very fond of MCR, not least because they always seemed to have a good sense of their own ridiculousness. "I'm Not Okay" is still a go-to for when I want something loud in the car, and the last album has held up really well. Otoh, I probably have all the MCR I'll ever need, so the timing is probably good.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 23 March 2013 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
disoriented by this thread....always thought these guys were a step above staind, puddle of mudd, etc. maybe i should watch the helena video again. sigh
― yellow jacket (spazzmatazz), Saturday, 23 March 2013 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
good troll
― 乒乓, Saturday, 23 March 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
yeah they were at least 3 steps, 5 steps being deftones
― fauxmarc, Saturday, 23 March 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
nice
― 乒乓, Saturday, 23 March 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
good riddance
― Heyman (crüt), Saturday, 23 March 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
i hope you had the time of your life
Deftones aren't 5 steps above anyone because they are garbage
― My Chemical Romance did 9/11 (jjjusten), Saturday, 23 March 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't know they'd covered "Desolation Row." As far as punked-up Dylan goes, it's OK but no Jason and the Scorchers.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 23 March 2013 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
does everyone just get a job at a cafe now? genuinely curious what people do after this.
if you don't think they're all millionaires by now you're a moron.
liked a lot of their music but they were total narcissistic vengeful assholes to a friend who worked for them, hope they all die tbh
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 23 March 2013 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
Jeez, that sucks.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 March 2013 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
i kind of don't really know how much a band of their stature can be reasonably expected to earn or hold onto. maybe each member of the band is sitting on a single solitary million right now, kinda doubt it's much more than that, though.
― Stephen Thomas Duttywine (some dude), Saturday, 23 March 2013 23:49 (eleven years ago) link
all their songs are about narcissism and revenge so i will take some perverse comfort in the knowledge that they really are bout that life
Lol at being a better rock band than bon jovi being a big accomplishment.
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 23 March 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
also their teenage fan base are legion. (and insane)
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 23 March 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i mean if they're wealthier than i speculated upthread it's probably because their merch sells like hotcakes
― Stephen Thomas Duttywine (some dude), Saturday, 23 March 2013 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
gerrard has a p lucritave comic book career too
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Sunday, 24 March 2013 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
well i have even less of an idea of what kind of money people make in that business
― Stephen Thomas Duttywine (some dude), Sunday, 24 March 2013 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
tempted to go look at one of those 'what celebrities are worth' sites to see whether they've added up the most optimistic profit figures from everything he's ever done to an $80 million total or something
― Stephen Thomas Duttywine (some dude), Sunday, 24 March 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
!: http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/rock-stars/gerard-net-worth/
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 24 March 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't even know these sites existed tbh. Not sure what methodology they use.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 24 March 2013 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
But yeah, I would not have expected so high of a figure either.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 24 March 2013 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
yeah those sites all have ludicrously high figures that seem predicated on the assumption that entertainers and athletes save and wisely invest every dollar they've ever made which uh
― Stephen Thomas Duttywine (some dude), Sunday, 24 March 2013 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh not superhero comics at all,
although it's the most blatant Grant Morrison Doom Patrol tribute band ever
the last issue of Umbrella Academy sold under 21k copies, in May 2009; at 4% of cover he would have made $2500. how many houses do you think he bought with that in the last four years?
― Devendra Bumhat (sic), Sunday, 24 March 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
yeah but he's just one Hollywood studio option away from his big payoff
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Sunday, 24 March 2013 03:07 (eleven years ago) link
he probably made more money doing that song for the Watchmen soundtrack than every comic book he's ever written combined
― some dude, Sunday, 24 March 2013 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
he's married to the woman from MSI who's basically one kickstarter away from $1.2m
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Sunday, 24 March 2013 05:41 (eleven years ago) link
LOL righttt in a thread hyping MCR this makes my day. keep it comin' champ.
the last issue of Umbrella Academy sold under 21k copies, in May 2009; at 4% of cover he would have made $2500.
not that i have any actual idea of how much he's making on anything but the original collected TPB reps over 45,000 copies, if the 4% cover thing stands that's $32000. then there was volume 2 tpb . ...and the limited edition hardcovers of both (~1500 copies, no idea what the original price was but LOL some are being resold on amazon for $900!). ...then add in the 6 individual issues of the first volume. the 4 of the second volume. just saying he's probably made a bit more than $2500 off them.
wikipedia mentions hollywood was already tryin' to movie it but it's gotten fizz-ly and is back to just alks.
― fauxmarc, Sunday, 24 March 2013 07:20 (eleven years ago) link
*talks
― fauxmarc, Sunday, 24 March 2013 07:21 (eleven years ago) link
original collected TPB reps over 45,000 copies, if the 4% cover thing stands that's $32000
damn, spread out that's over $6000 a year he's pulled in - no wonder he's splitting up the band
― Devendra Bumhat (sic), Sunday, 24 March 2013 10:58 (eleven years ago) link
^loll right since that's what i said. you're not too good at comprehension (or math) huh. anywayyyy
― fauxmarc, Sunday, 24 March 2013 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
haha is this some kind of I Love Comics goon beef spillover?
― some dude, Sunday, 24 March 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
made a spotify playlist of mcr DEEP CUTS: http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/2013/03/deep-album-cuts-vol-4-my-chemical.html
― some dude, Sunday, 24 March 2013 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
nah fauxmarc's not an ILC-er
since that's what i said
well I quoted you directly. you're arguing specifically for his comics career being so "lucrative" that it would be a significant factor in making him a millionaire (with significantly higher than one solitary million dollars).
I cited the figures from his last published comic bcz this would be the best pointer as to what his "career" would be bringing in if it actually existed, and hadn't been something he last did four years ago. if you want to throw in the sales on the Dallas tpb, go ahead! and I'll work out some totals and we can see how high over $1,000,000 they'd bring his net wealth, but they do have to get broken down over six years to represent a career, ie ongoing income even if there's no new output
― Devendra Bumhat (sic), Monday, 25 March 2013 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://weknowgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/seinfeld-gif.gif
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
^^^
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 March 2013 00:14 (eleven years ago) link
i can't really think of a big rock band in the past decade that made such great pop songs so consistently
― This is called money bags. (zachlyon), Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:33 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
linkin park~
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 25 March 2013 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
there really aren't many big rock bands in the past decade period. much less ones that had pop hits over a prolonged period of time (arguably MCR didn't).
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
didn't say hits tho
― This is called money bags. (zachlyon), Monday, 25 March 2013 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
fair enough. i don't really think of their songs as "pop songs" but i mean they're catchy as fuck so i can't quibble.
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
I have to say "Vampire Money" is a pretty good tune to go out on. Though it would have been pretty amusing if they'd had the stones to make "Gun." the radio single off Conventional Weapons.
― Simon H., Monday, 25 March 2013 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
ha i wouldn't be surprised if they were in the middle of writing another album full of bloody shootouts and then Sandy Hook happened and they were like "y'know what, fuck it"
― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
They won me over after a show. I didn't become a fan but it was enough to not hate them anymore
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Monday, 25 March 2013 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
gerard way's been livetweeting the mcr records since last night. so far he's done danger days and conventional weapons. he digs out a lot of fun references in the former; biggest revelation for the latter is that it's mostly about his experiences in the band during and immediately after black parade
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
oh i guess he tweeted about black parade and three cheers even earlier!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
i really like this new frank iero track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMTvTRITbn0
― maura, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
also if you haven't heard this gerard way track you are missing out. album due next month!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbk72F10Vgo
― maura, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
I'm old and I love MCR. The Black Parade is on my list of Top Ten Albums of All Time.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Thursday, 14 August 2014 06:01 (nine years ago) link
both songs sound great, looking forward to the solo album era
― some dude, Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link