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Birthday Letter for Frank

Dear Frank,

First of all, I want to wish you a happy birthday. I hope you’re having a great day! Halloween happens to be my favorite day of the year. It’s pretty cool your birthday is on Halloween, I would have so much fun if mine were. I haven’t decided what I’m going to do for Halloween this year. I’m definitely too old to trick or treat. I’ll probably just eat a lot, get drunk, watch some movies, and maybe go to some of my hometown’s “haunted” places and do some ghost hunting. Whatever you end up doing, I hope you enjoy yourself!

I also want to mention how much your music means to me. Honestly, it gives me strength, and something to look forward to on those days when I feel like I have nothing else. I don’t know where I would be had I not discovered your music. I feel a bit redundant saying these things, because I mentioned it in the letter I gave you at the show back in September, and I mentioned it when I met you. But it just means so much to me. I remember when I first heard about frnkiero andthe cellabration, I decided to listen because I liked MCR enough back in the day, and I had been looking for good new music for a long time. Listening to Stomachaches was the best decision I ever made. It led me to your other music, which is all great. I’m a new fan so it was all new to me. Your music reminds me of some of the older music that I love and miss. One band that comes to mind is Jawbreaker. It’s so hard to find music like that anymore. Stomachaches was the first album in YEARS that had that kind of effect on me. I would compare it to the first time I heard the song Accident Prone by Jawbreaker. It’s hard to explain it in words, but it just hit me so hard. It was very emotional. Your lyrics are just so honest and real, and I can relate to them so well. It’s comforting to know someone else out there feels like me. Guilt Tripping, Where Do We Belong? Anywhere But Here, and Smoke Rings are my favorites.

By the way, I apologize for being so awkward when I met you. I was just so nervous! I had to actually come back after the set, after I had calmed down a bit, and talk to you again because the first time I was so awkward. I have social anxiety, so talking to people freaks me out. I sometimes indulge in a little “liquid courage” when I know I’m going to be talking to new people, but I wanted to be sober when I met you so I would remember everything. I do wish I had stayed and talked more but I got a terrible headache during Taking Back Sunday’s set and ended up going home. I know you meet tons of people, so the chance of this is slim, but maybe you remember me? I was at the Idaho Falls show. I was the bleach blonde girl in a red flannel, Misfits shirt and bright red lipstick. I was so nervous I almost forgot to pay you for the merch I bought! I think I spent like $40 and almost walked away. I’m so awkward sometimes it pains me. I’m glad you were cool about it though. You signed Stomachaches and took a picture with me, which was great. I was so happy!  I wish I had been less nervous when I met you, and that we could have talked more. I’m not always an awkward nervous wreck, I promise!

I guess it’s time for me to wrap up my letter now. I just want to say thank you. Your music has changed my life, and you’re an inspiration to me. Your music gives me something to live for. I feel like you’re always there for me. I can listen to your music when I’m depressed, or struggling with anxiety, and it makes me feel better. I’m forever grateful for that. I really hope you have the chance to read this letter. Anyway, I hope you have a great birthday/Halloween, and good luck with everything you do!

Sincerely, Jasmine Nichole

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Birthday Project

hello frank!

my name is Anna, im from the middle of nowhere in ireland and this is my little birthday message to you as i listen to Pantera *cue metal version of happy birthday*

im sure you have lots to do and read right now so im going to keep this as concise as i can. i would like to say thank you for all you’ve done for me, you’ve inspired me in ways i wasnt aware happened. thats what the above picture is, i was listening to Stomachaches one morning last week and got an idea to make this. i spent the day planning the layout and then spent a couple of nights finally doing it while watching ghost shows. it’s as close as i could get to a bat skeleton and the font is somewhat similar to what you’d find on a ouija board. its just one of the pieces of art you’ve inspired me to do and i hope you like it. thanks also for always bringing a smile to my face, you never fail to. i hope one day i can be half the great person you are.

i feel like im droning on now so i also want to mention how fuckin’ cool it is that your birthday is on Halloween, that’s the best birthday ever! 

any-who.. i hope your birthday and halloween was great. i hope you and all your family are well and that you have a good tour in the UK. i’d love to see you come to ireland and play one of the cool venues here, if you do come here hit me up on twitter (@sto_i_cism) and i’ll tell you about all the amazing record stores there are.

again, happy birthday frank! keep on rockin.

-Anna

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Happy Birthday to our favourite: Monster, Musician, Artist, Photographer, Poet, Storyteller, Dad, Husband, Fart and Poop Joker Extraordinaire and the best damn speller ever! Happy Birthday Frank. Hope all your wishes come true. Love Shaz xxx 

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Dear Frank,

I do not know where to start, you mean so much to me and I have many things to tell you. You are one of the most wonderful people out there, thank you for existing. You’re an artist, for me, you’re art. You are humble, gracious and smart, you have many qualities and I think sometimes you do not realize how valuable you are and you despise yourself, don’t do it , you’re wonderful. You do not know how much you help me every day, I have depression and anxiety, my life is very difficult, I’m miserable, but there you are, you making me smile, laugh, making me happy.

Thank you very much for everything. You are very clever, and I’m very proud of you. You inspire me in many ways, I admire you, I want to be as cool as you. You inspire me to not give up. You do what you want no matter what others say, you are you and that is simply amazing. I want to be like you.

 I hope to meet you and give you a good handshake (if you bother hugs) your music is great, stomachaches is epic. You’re a great musician with great talent. I expect a new album. Could you come to Latin America? Many people love you here. I’m from Colombia and we’d love to meet you here.

I’m screwed, but I think you too, so I feel less alone. I feel that because of you, the world is less trash.

Happy Birthday! You deserve to be happy on your birthday and every day of your life. And, HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Have a scary and awesome night, boo!.

I love you,

With love, Shelsy Nicolle

a.k.a Nicollemustdie

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Dear Frank,

Happy Birthday. I’m not really good with words but I guess I can say thank you for existing? Thank you, in general for being an awesome person. You have a funny personality that always manages to make me smile even when cookies failed to do so. What I am trying to say, I guess is that I have had some really dark days and I’m still in them, but whenever I see you through a computer screen (I’m not a stalker, don’t worry.) I somehow forget what I’m feeling and just enjoy the happiness you make me feel. I really hope to meet you one day.

I’m no-one special. Just another fan. I guess and I never believed that I could do something for an amazing musician who has saved lives everywhere, but at least I could try and tell you how much you’ve helped me. I’m terrible with saying how I feel but this is honestly the best I can do.

It may sound a little weird, but as I told you I’m not good with words, so you are such an awesome guy and I really wanted to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I felt the need to use caps because you are that special! After all, you are one of the reasons I have to make myself get through the day.

From

thatonepotatotrencher

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birthday project submission

dear frank,

     happiest of happy birthdays from hiroshima! i hope that this year brings you all the happiness you deserve, and i can’t wait to see what you have in store for us both as a musician and as a person. so amazing that your birthday is halloween — they still haven’t quite gotten the concept here in japan, hehe. living about as far away as possible from the states, it makes me glad that i live an age with social media — i unfortunately have never had the chance to see you play live or meet you, but thanks to twitter, it almost feels like i have. you’re one of the most genuine people out there and it just radiates from how you connect with fans and your band. the way you let us come on tour with you by posting pictures on instagram. you’ve got this big heart and i don’t know how you manage to keep it sometimes — i really admire that about you. actually, you were the first musician that ever responded to a tweet that i made (about the video for “weighted” being the best concept ever — @kimizuru) which was just awesome. the video itself was fucking fantastic — i was laughing through the whole thing because it’s just something that no one does anymore. you guys looked like you had fun making it too, and it really shows in the video. “joyriding” is also an aesthetic masterpiece. the contrasts and the timing are phenomenal, just like the song.

     your music is so raw and honest which is another thing you don’t see too much nowadays. i think you must be very brave to open yourself up like that. i run a twitter account for post-MCR fans in japan (@postmcrjapan) and i basically translate your guys’ twitter, instagram, and interviews on the web into japanese. your interviews are straightforward, so they’re the easiest to translate, hehe. you have so many fans here in japan who love seeing your new stuff (even if “stomachaches” hasn’t been released here — i got mine off iTunes) and reading your tweets (which are highly entertaining, and i try and keep that element as much as i can). i hope one day you can come play here — and if not, then i can’t think of a better excuse to go back home than one of your shows :D oh, and you could definitely market melon shark and boozey over here. i was actually able to talk to hirosuke, the lead singer from balzac via twitter about the album you sent him. i think it was the first time i connected with a frank fan in japanese. he was super nice and i think it just goes to show that frank fans are the best fans, hehe.

  i also just wanted to thank you for being true to who you are. it’s definitely not easy (esp. if you’re in the spotlight like you are) and it’s so inspiring to see people who aren’t afraid to be genuine. i’ve been in japan for 8 years now and went through this weird identity crisis where i was really anti-speaking english and just felt like i had to prove that i could fit in and be japanese (or something) to everyone around me, but what brought me out of it was your writing and music, as well as MCR’s music. reading your blog and your lyrics reminded me of how much fun english can be — how you can play with it and distort it. it made me want to start writing again. i wrote short stories and shared them with friends, which i hadn’t done since moving here. it also was an inspiration to start @postmcrjapan because there was no information in japanese about what you all were up to — everyone was missing out on your adventures on and off the road, not to mention all the interviews up online. i actually used to work in translation (i own a small restaurant with my husband now) and so i figured why not put that to good use finally and just start doing it myself. so thank you! because of @postmcrjapan, i’ve connected with so many new people and it’s all because of you <3 again, have an amazing birthday!! we’re waiting for you in japan <3 lots of love from kimizuru in hiroshima (@kimizuru/@postmcrjapan)

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Dear Frank,

First of all, I want to wish you a happy birthday, and I hope you’re having a great time touring and making music. I hope that you’re smiling everyday and that you are happy. I was supposed to go see you on October 23rd in Brooklyn, but the venue won’t let me attend because I’ll be two weeks away from turning 16, which kind of sucks. I was actually making you a birthday book too, but now I’m going to give it to you in December at the Stone Pony! Anyway, I just want to let you know that you make me smile all the time and when I feel sad, I can listen to .stomachaches. and feel okay again. The songs on .stomachaches. make me so damn happy and I can relate to all of them. You make me really happy, and that’s sappy, I know, but whenever I see you tweet or something I can’t stop myself from smiling. You make me want to make music and create things, even though they aren’t great and I’m still working at them. I just hope that wherever you are, at any given time, that you can be as happy as you make me. I think my first tattoo will be of your little cross symbol, and it will just always make me smile more. This probably sounds dumb but that’s okay; I just wanted to let you know. So happy birthday Frank, keep making music and being rad.

From,

Maeve