My Chemical Romance Moving to Portland?
Straight from the WTF files comes this quote in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (which was, in turn, grabbed from Rolling Stone’s blog):
RS: Who’s the coolest famous person you’ve ever met?
[Gerard Way:] Johnny Marr. It was in Norway at a festival. He was amazing. He came up to get something signed for his daughter, and I basically nerded out on him. We talked a lot about Portland, OR, because he’s living there and I’m thinking of living there.
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that you’d rather have Billy Corgan and his inflated ego/lack of conscience/shaved head move to Portland than this Gerard dude. I mean, the guy wears a bulletproof vest everywhere he goes (so says our Warped Tour correspondent from last year). Come on dude, your name ain’t 50, it’s Gerard.
But—though I know you’re thinking those things—I urge you to be open-minded. Think of the rock stars! I mean, if Gerard Way moves to Portland, Art Alexakis and Courtney Taylor-Taylor become pretty back burner as potential targets for weird prima donna-bashing. Which is a good thing, right? I mean, you can’t make fun of the same two dudes forever.
Besides, Way, despite seeming generally unlikeable, is a comic book author and fan. That’s, as Cool Nutz might say, So Portland. Way’s own book, The Umbrella Academy, is being published by Dark Horse, another Portland (okay, Milwaukee) connection. And he’s a Joan of Arc fan, for chrissakes. He can’t be that bad.
No word yet on whether he’d actually be bringing his whole band with him, but I think it’s safe to chalk the whole thing up to unintended Band Draft consequences anyway.
Links:
Seattle P.I. article (p.s. why does everyone insist on calling Britt Daniel Britt Daniels?)
My Chemical Romance
Thanks to Corey for the heads up.
Dude is the blonde one in the press photo.
armchair Producer
says:Casey: I don’t think any supposed prima donna can touch a man who wears gloves on stage, runs around tanned and shirtless, and rolls through NE in a gold hummer. No, Gerard, you and your bulletproof vest cannot touch the heavily blinged Anthony Kiedis, who is rumored to have moved here. Then again, I think CTT is in a glorious league all to himself.
Posted @ August 10th, 2007 at 1:33 pm (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkklc
says:Do you think the Village of The Damned look is on purpose? If so, it works. Creepy.
Posted @ August 10th, 2007 at 2:53 pm (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkjon smith
says:klc: um er yes I do think their look is “on purpose”, a bit overly on purpose maybe even?
Posted @ August 11th, 2007 at 4:29 pm (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkToo many bands spend time thinking about how to look, rather than have an authentic personality, they’re just mimicing something they thought was cool that they saw on t.v. or in a video. where is frank zappa (not dweezil) when we need him?
Ben Hubbird
says:He has the curse of Ray Liotta: a middle-aged freak of nature, cursed by the fates to grow old with the face of a little boy. But while Ray Liotta fights back by playing characters as violent and disturbed as possible, Gerard seemingly embraces the curse, amplifying his boyish features with layers of makeup and eyeliner and playing music that has been target marketed, with the focus of a laser beam, at 12-17 year old girls.
Posted @ August 12th, 2007 at 10:37 am (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCASEY JARMAN
(post author) says:Really? Kiedis? Wow, that’d be weird. He’s so obsessed with L.A.. Guess there are plenty of bridges to hang out under (bu-dum-cha!) in the city of roses. Oregonication doesn’t have the same ring, though.
Posted @ August 12th, 2007 at 12:43 pm (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkdevo
says:its true. keidis was looking at propery in NW and illegally parked his car in a coffee shop parking lot and one of the employees yelled at him and told him he couldnt park there. then her coworker said, “dont you know who that is? thats anthony keidis!” to which she replied, “i dont give a fuck who he is, he cant park there!”
Posted @ August 13th, 2007 at 6:16 pm (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinktrue story.
Nilina
says:Now I don’t have to move to Astoria in Queens because Gerard is coming this Way! Yay!
Posted @ August 14th, 2007 at 12:08 am (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkPortland: The Indie City With Lots of Bushes-- local Cut
says:[...] Five: Now that I’ve been a total dick to him for no good reason, I’ve got to ask, is Taylor Clark a LocalCut fan? The talk of Gerard Way and Anthony Kiedis found a home here on LocalCut in early August. [...]
Posted @ September 11th, 2007 at 5:35 pm (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkAdalia
says:what do you guys have againt Gerard other than the fact that he dresses differently than you? the bulletproof vest was a costume for the other record. and its not like he’s the only guy who wears makeup, i mean, come on, its the 21st century, it happens a lot. get used to it. Gerard is an amazing singer, lyricist, performer, and an all around good hearted person. i’m really exited that he’s moving here. i hope i’ll get a chance to meet him, he’s inspired me so much and MCR saved my life. you guys dont have any right to trash Gerard on here at all.
Posted @ March 26th, 2008 at 11:42 am (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCASEY JARMAN
(post author) says:that actually broke my heart a little bit. sorry, adalia. i hope you meet him and i hope he’s a really nice guy.
Posted @ March 26th, 2008 at 1:06 pm (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkGerard Way Comic Book Signing at Things From Another World (April 8, 2008)-- local Cut
says:[...] I hope it was in regard to real-estate, so that Gerard becomes even more of a PDX resident than the rumors testify to. I mean, how awesome would it be to have Way and his art decorating Floating World (the hipper [...]
Posted @ April 11th, 2008 at 5:27 pm (August 10th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalink