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| My Chemical Romance's Mikey: Lockdown is 'just a pause button' | |
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| When My Chemical Romance pictured their comeback, they probably didn't imagine this. | When My Chemical Romance pictured their comeback, they probably didn't imagine this. |
| Half a year on from sending emo kids around the globe into hysteria by announcing they were reforming, they've only managed to play one, tiny, show. | Half a year on from sending emo kids around the globe into hysteria by announcing they were reforming, they've only managed to play one, tiny, show. |
| The first few months of 2020 saw date after date of their planned world tour get cancelled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic - putting a temporary lid on one of the biggest comebacks in music. | The first few months of 2020 saw date after date of their planned world tour get cancelled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic - putting a temporary lid on one of the biggest comebacks in music. |
| "I know fans have been waiting a long time, but it'll all still be here when this is all over," bassist Mikey Way says. | "I know fans have been waiting a long time, but it'll all still be here when this is all over," bassist Mikey Way says. |
| He's been chatting to Radio 1 Newsbeat ahead of the release of his new graphic novel - which is based on the music of his other band, Electric Century. | He's been chatting to Radio 1 Newsbeat ahead of the release of his new graphic novel - which is based on the music of his other band, Electric Century. |
| "It's easy for me to say we had a plan, but everyone had a plan, you know what I mean?" Mikey says. | "It's easy for me to say we had a plan, but everyone had a plan, you know what I mean?" Mikey says. |
| My Chemical Romance's comeback show to a few thousand fans in December was the first time they'd played live together since 2012. | My Chemical Romance's comeback show to a few thousand fans in December was the first time they'd played live together since 2012. |
| "I'm trying to take myself out of a selfish place. Everyone I know was about to do something. | "I'm trying to take myself out of a selfish place. Everyone I know was about to do something. |
| "Whether you're in a band, you're a director, you work a retail job, you're a gardener - you had a plan, and now it's been disrupted." | "Whether you're in a band, you're a director, you work a retail job, you're a gardener - you had a plan, and now it's been disrupted." |
| Mikey says he's just trying to look at the positives: "Live music isn't going anywhere, it's just on pause for everybody. | Mikey says he's just trying to look at the positives: "Live music isn't going anywhere, it's just on pause for everybody. |
| "I feel like people are waiting with bated breath. It's a light at the end of the tunnel and I think there's something really cool about that." | "I feel like people are waiting with bated breath. It's a light at the end of the tunnel and I think there's something really cool about that." |
| But while some of Mikey's plans for this year are on hold, others are very much going ahead. | But while some of Mikey's plans for this year are on hold, others are very much going ahead. |
| He's already an established author, with his first series of comics, Collapser, being put out by industry titans DC in 2019. | He's already an established author, with his first series of comics, Collapser, being put out by industry titans DC in 2019. |
| Now he's announced plans for a new graphic novel - named after and inspired by his band Electric Century. | Now he's announced plans for a new graphic novel - named after and inspired by his band Electric Century. |
| It's due for release in September, with the band's new album coming out at the same time as a sort of soundtrack. | It's due for release in September, with the band's new album coming out at the same time as a sort of soundtrack. |
| Mikey describes being able to directly combine his two passions as a "dream come true", but also admits they've always fed into each other. | Mikey describes being able to directly combine his two passions as a "dream come true", but also admits they've always fed into each other. |
| From elaborate make-up, to costumes, artwork and concept albums - My Chemical Romance have never been shy about theatrics. | From elaborate make-up, to costumes, artwork and concept albums - My Chemical Romance have never been shy about theatrics. |
| And Mikey says this is partly down to the fact both he and his brother Gerard, MCR's frontman, had their heads buried in comics from a young age. | And Mikey says this is partly down to the fact both he and his brother Gerard, MCR's frontman, had their heads buried in comics from a young age. |
| "It started in childhood, creating a fantasy world in which to live in through watching cartoons or playing with action figures - and then later on, as a teenager, playing Dungeons and Dragons, that's another fictional world. | "It started in childhood, creating a fantasy world in which to live in through watching cartoons or playing with action figures - and then later on, as a teenager, playing Dungeons and Dragons, that's another fictional world. |
| "So it's in our DNA to tell stories with our music. We love world building." | "So it's in our DNA to tell stories with our music. We love world building." |
| Gerard Way is a successful comic book writer, too - one of his series, The Umbrella Academy, was adapted into a Netflix show last year. | Gerard Way is a successful comic book writer, too - one of his series, The Umbrella Academy, was adapted into a Netflix show last year. |
| "We have very similar interests and they usually bleed into each other at some point," Mikey says. | "We have very similar interests and they usually bleed into each other at some point," Mikey says. |
| "But I'm a huge fan of everything he does in both comics and music so we're both each other's cheerleaders in that respect." | "But I'm a huge fan of everything he does in both comics and music so we're both each other's cheerleaders in that respect." |
| As for Electric Century, Mikey is hoping combining music with the virtual world of a graphic novel will offer people some kind of release. | As for Electric Century, Mikey is hoping combining music with the virtual world of a graphic novel will offer people some kind of release. |
| "I feel like fictional worlds are very important to people right now. | "I feel like fictional worlds are very important to people right now. |
| "I'm seeing loads online about [Nintendo Switch game] Animal Crossing - I've never seen a video game resonate with people like this, it's like it's a lifeline for people. | "I'm seeing loads online about [Nintendo Switch game] Animal Crossing - I've never seen a video game resonate with people like this, it's like it's a lifeline for people. |
| "So I feel like stories are resonating with people more because it's a way to shut off your brain. | "So I feel like stories are resonating with people more because it's a way to shut off your brain. |
| "People need that escape and there aren't many escapes right now." | "People need that escape and there aren't many escapes right now." |
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