benjinoel
well ok. wtf do u listen to that's so damn great? mcr never claimed to be emo or punk or anything else. there just angry peeps that's all. or are u upset cuz they all write there songs based off of what they've been through? not everyone experiences the same thing. so maybe you just think they're posers, right? wrong. not every band out there bothers to write music to help ppl go through the s**t they go through. maybe mcr isn't the greatest band...i'm not saying that. i'm saying that there REAL. they didn't start for the money and no they're not rich. it's just mtv that ******** up there image. and no i'm not one of those "OMG IT'S GERARD." fan ppl.
I don't think they are posers and I have no beef with the actual band themselves (except Gerard, the guys a c**k), I just don't like their music, it has no passion at all and all they've tried to do with the last album is imitate queen, prior to that, they were just whiney as hell. I've never once said, they were punk or emo, I've actually tried getting it through to people that they are pop-rock on many an occasion. As for writing songs based off your experiences... Metallica did it, Pantera did it, Anthrax did it, Slayer did it, Limp Bizkit did it before they got famous, Korn did it, The Bangles did it, NWA did it, Public enemy did it, there is nothing wrong with doing it, but when your producing absolute dross even based off of your own life, you should quit the music business.
Also, give royalties from record deals, large amounts of merchandising, various contracts allowing their music to be used on TV... they are bloody well rich maybe not as rich as Hetfield and Dickinson but they could stop now and live comfortably forever. As for keeping it real and not being in it for the money, all the bands I listed before started out that way.
All my criticisms of them are justified as someone thats been into alternative music, since before you were even born you might want to take stock of what I say.