On Halloween My Chemical Romance made fans' dreams come true when they officially announced their reunion, and while we're all undeniably excited to see the band back together, we can't help but wonder why now? Thankfully, the band's longtime friend and collaborator โ Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly โ recently dished about the reunion to Kerrang!.
โI spoke to Gerard [Way] about the reunion a little bit recently and he said it felt like it was the right time,โ he divulged. โOne of the things he said was, โI donโt know if it would have happened if it wasnโt now.โ And I got what he meant by that. At some point it just becomes too long, like, โI donโt think I can get back there, personally. Itโs just too distant and too weird.โ So Iโm glad that theyโre doing it. I think itโs amazing. And no matter what, Iโmย going.โ
He's not only going โ Thursday is playing support during MCR's upcoming show in Los Angeles. This won't be the first time the two bands share a stage. During the interview, Rickly recalled the astonishment he felt when his band toured with MCR in 2006.
โWhen Thursday did the first tour in England for The Black Parade, that was f**ked up,โ he said bluntly. โThat was beyond anything Iโd ever imagined for My Chem. It was beyond the scope of what I thought bands could do. Iโm a โ90s kid, so I thought Smashing Pumpkins playing a 3,000-seater was as big as a band could get. So seeing MCR play two sold-out nights at Wembley โ and when we walked down the street, every single shop on the high street had a marching band outfit in the window. When kids spotted Gerard on the street, even with security, it was Beatles-like with everybody running around following him. That was f**kingย weird."
โIt was the thing that worried me most for Gerard. Because when I met him he was isolating himself doing comic books, instead of going to parties," Rickly continued. "When he became a frontman and he started going out and being social it was cool to see that side of him come out. Then suddenly he became so famous that he had to isolate again โ not by choice โ because people were driving him inside himself. Itโs a weird thing to watch, when somebody becomes bigger than a human being should probably get. I think thatโs part of why My Chem broke up, honestly. At that level itโs just so taxing on aย person.โ
Aside from the comeback show on December 20, MCR also recently announced a slew of overseas shows in 2020. Our fingers are crossed that this is just the beginning of the band's resurgence.
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