#tom bryant

[tothem0rgue]

Some of my favorite snippets from Tom Bryant's book, Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance. Long post so I'll put a cut after the first few images.

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[sevenclowds]

This book y’all. Got the MCR biography for Christmas and every page is a journey. But none more so than this one. At first I cried over Frank’s heartbreaking health issues. Then I screamed over Alex hating the Pencey record. Then back to crying over the dramatic-ass trajectory of Frank’s musical career. Enjoy!

[cyogs]

BEN CHILWELL attends the lakers vs clippers game in los angeles (1 november, 2023) / 📸 Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images

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Kerrang! My Chemical Romance answers fan-submitted questions in an interview with Kerrang! magazine (February 2011). Article by Tom Bryant; photography by Paul Harries.

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[party-lemon]

Some of my favorite excerpts from Tom Bryant's Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance (Part 3)

"'I think the reason why I play the way I do is probably because I never feel good. I'm always trying to spite myself. It's not an emotional thing, it's a physical thing - I always feel tired and run down, my immune system is destroyed because I have the Epstein Barr virus. I have a weird stomach problem that constantly makes me feel queasy to the point where I think I'm going to throw up. The only time I really feel good is when I just get offstage because I think I must have sweated everything out. It's the one time I don't feel sick any more.'"

[raytorosaurus]

happy birthday to ray toro and ray toro only [x] (transcription under cut)

Three snippets from a longer 2016 interview by Tom Bryant:

Its lyrics chart the course of Ray’s life since the split of My Chemical Romance. It’s been a reflective period for him. He and his wife had their first child, a son, and Ray found his focus shifting from himself to his family. His wife went back to college to earn a masters degree, leaving Ray by day as the stay-at-home parent. And in that time, he had a good think about his former life. The record, as a result, is much like the memory box of his light concept.

The songwriting process starts for Ray in an unusual place. “My wife laughs at me about this but I love doing the dishes, sweeping and vacuuming. I like it because I find my mind wanders and my brain comes up with these vocal melodies while I’m doing it. Anything that sticks, I’ll record on my phone, then I’ll head into the studio and work until three or four in the morning on it.”

He speaks movingly about his mother, calling her “the rock of our family”, and saying even a simple birthday card from her can bring tears to his eyes. “She expressed her feelings by writing them down, and it’s similar for me. I’m not the best talker, I’m pretty quiet, and I think the album gave me an opportunity to express my thoughts in what was almost a safe place. It felt very freeing to do it that way.”

[unhingemyneurons]

yeah tell me about it. the paramount mansion

plss there's something in the water today bc i've seen at least 10 memes about it. everyone always talks about how it was haunted but i've never seen someone give credit to its literal Mike Flannigan-worthy history. so, here is an excerpt from Not the Life it Seems by Tom Bryant:

school for troubled girls AND a nunnery?! of course it was