It's a Frerard kind of night for me tonight.
Frank talking about Gerard:
“I knew Gerard as the comic-book artist, as Mikey’s creepy older brother,
and I remember meeting him at a party and thinking “Wow, this kid’s fucking rad” and we just got along straight off the bat.”
“Ok so I wanted to write a blog this morning but when I got to the site all I could do was read all of Gerard’s posts…. and think how in the fuck does he find the time??? The time to be in this band, write a comic, be a husband, and write hilarious reviews about reality tv?? Not to mention have the time to watch reality tv enough to be able to write hilarious reviews about it? Am I missing something? I mean really, not to mention his posts are fucking gripping, like you can’t put the computer screen down, in fear that you may miss the secrets of the universe revealed to you in the middle of his thoughts about the pick up artist2. My posts are bullshit in comparison. I dare say there have to be multiples, Gerard clones, or robots I’m not sure yet, all I know is that Gerard Way is way too productive for my comfort zone. Something’s up and I’m too busy reading his blogs to find out what it is.”
“There is something magical that happens when Gerard enters a vocal booth, some of my favorite images I’ve ever captured are of him doing just this. He has the rare ability to convey emotion, ideas, and movement through his voice and It happens to please the ears quite a bit… he sings well… get it?”
“There is definitely an art to being a front man, and I think Gerard encompasses that. Certain people were born to do that.”
“We wouldn’t be able to replace Gerard.” (After asked who he would choose to sing in case Gerard was sick.)
(talking to a fan) “I can forge Gerard’s signature if you want.”
“Gerard is really sensitive, but very, very, very smart and sometimes people don’t get it, because he’s not like school intelligent, he’s just an idealist, he’s like a genius.”
“Gerard, in my view, is the second coolest motherfucker on the Earth, second because I’m first and therefore cooler!”
“Gerard… well, he’s just himself. We talk, we cry… and he’s still Gerard Way.”
“That he can be a hero for kids these days, it’s a little funny because I really know what he’s like, you know, he’s a huge nerd! But he’s a smart motherfucker and has a lot to say and I can be cool with that; that that’s their hero.” (Talking about G being named Hero of The Year by NME)
“Gerard, this is probably widely known, but I will assure you, Gerard is as close to genius as you could possibly get.”
“I remember going into Gerard’s room one night, and he was reading this book on Hell, and we were talking about morality plays and weird minstrel things, and he was talking about how nobody has done things like that in the modern sense. And then it started to turn into something a little more personal. I don’t think Gerard cannot get attached to things, and it’s hard for him to not want to tell a story, and that’s the artist and the author in him.”
“It’s really fun to get into a small studio and play a song that goes just like [plays] something like that and then have Gerard kinda - [smiles] to sing gibberish in a melody and I really like to work with those vocal melodies that he comes up with, to kinda support those melodies, so that’s my favorite thing to really do.”
“I never expected it to be that easy or cut-and-dry. I mean it’s Gerard, we would have given him a million chances. But he’s very strong. He’s never slipped up. He tried to take Nyquil once and I smacked him.” (about Gerard’s rehab)
about kissing Gerard: “Oh, god. [giggles] They’re slimy. Gerard’s lips are slimy.”
Host: You guys have a very loyal following. Why do you think that is? What’s the secret?
Frank: Uhm.. I think honesty. And a little Gerard doesn’t hurt. Yeah… You spring a little bit of Gerard, and a little bit honesty. And you know maybe a hook here and there. A chorus slipped down underneath, stir it around… There you go.
“We’ve been closing with ‘Cancer’ on this tour, and we’ve stripped it down so it’s just Gerard and a piano, and I just kind of slink off to the side of the stage and watch Gerard sing it.”
Gerard talking about Frank:
“I loved watching Frank on stage with Pencey Prep. Frank was always all over the place, like a total spazz and brought everything they did to life. My coherent thought was: this guy’s a born performer, he was born to be on stage. So when we realized we needed another guitar, he was a natural choice.“
“Frank’s the master of the setlists. Well, he makes really good mixtapes, so he makes a great set and he thinks about everything. He’s great at it.”
about kissing Frank: “It’s in such a moment, and the adrenaline is so crazy. I don’t know. He- he doesn’t know, I’m sure. We don’t know! [laughs] We don’t know at all!”
Interviewer: Actually, he said yours were slimy.
Gerard: He said mine were slimy? Oh, that’s ‘cause I’m singing!”
“Frank’s on the road with Leathermouth and Reggie and The Full Effect so you should go see them and get spit on. I know Leathermouth doesn’t have a record out yet, but Frank gave it to me in Mexico and I can easily say it’s my favorite post-hardcore record of the year, so I know you will at least enjoy the songs if you don’t know the words.”
“Frank is extremely passionate, headstrong, kind of rebellious individual but extremely loyal and honest. He’s the kind of guy that would do anything for his friends. He’d help you bury the body.”
Gerard and Frank flirting/being cute:
Frank: (showing a t-shirt designed by a fan with Gerard’s face on it, pretending he doesn’t recognize him) I don’t know who this dude is but-
Gerard: He’s very handsome!
Frank: He’s a handsome fella! And he has a very David Bowie feel. I think he looks really, really good on a t-shirt.
Gerard: [To Frank] Aww, come here, baby!
[Puts arm round his shoulder]
Gerard: How ‘bout you, Frank?
Frank: Oh, I’m there, baby.
Gerard: (Talking about giving their action figures as gifts) It’s the present of me!
Host: Is there any better gift to give?
Frank: You really have to love someone to smell them at their worst.
Gerard: Yeah! I get pretty gruesome, too.
Host: Does Gerard sleep naked?
Frank: You did when you slept with me!
Frank: He told me it had to be that way.
Gerard: I’d just written Na Na and then I whipped it out, and we all started working on it together-
Frank: [giggles and looks at Gerard]
Gerard: I know, I realized- [smiles and blushes]
Interviewer: So you whipped it out…
Gerard: I whipped it out and then I realized what was happening… If Frank starts smiling, he’s picking up something.
Host: What happened when you kissed Frank on Saturday?
Gerard: Magic; Fireworks…I was just getting even with him.
Host: I don’t think we wanna know what he did to you.
Gerard: I was just feeling it tonight! (commenting on the kiss)
Gerard: I said to myself fuck art. It wasn’t doing anything for me, anything for people. I said to myself ‘Let me just go and -I guess- make music’ , I had never, like, really done it, so I didn’t know if I was going to be any good at it, I still don’t know if I am.
Frank: [smiles] You’re very good at it, Gerard.
Gerard: [smiles back] Well, thank you.
Frank: We’re a pretty sexy band. Look at Gerard, he can shake his ass. Hire us and he will shake his ass for you all. He’s bringing sexy back.
Gerard: It springs out of the fabric, like a flower. It looks… it just blooms out like a flower. Frank knows… he’s seen it…. I’m a man, I ain’t got no flower, you know what I’m saying? No flower… well [Frank] has seen it, and he says it looks like a flower. He’s probably right. (talking about his, uh.. dick.)
Gerard: To my extreme right in what you’ll find to be an extreme deep v-neck shirt is Frank. [touches Frank’s chest]
Gerard: HA! I looked hot as a chick.
Gerard: Aww, look how damn nervous he was! Isn’t he adorable? He’s been practicing all day, I didn’t even know there was a beginning to that fucking song. I mean, Frank’s just the most fucking adorable thing. He’s so cute.
Gerard: I just got a really cool t-shirt that says I love Frank Iero. Which I do.
(whilst watching an old interview that Gerard did)
Host [on video]: Bob, Frank, Mikey, and Ray are hanging on a cliff. You only have the time to save one. Who do you save?
Frank: (guessing what Gerard had answered) Mikey!
Gerard [on video]: I’d jump too.
Frank: AWW! [hugs Gerard] Very nice!
Gerard: Who’s a better friend than me! [laughs]
Frank: That’s really good!
Gerard: [Frank] has a talent for being direct, which is what I love about him.
Gerard: Yeah, Frank is pretty sexy. We’re all kinda sexy. Our fans definitely are.
Gerard: [onstage, talking to audience] You probably came with your best friend, or one of your best friends… I want you to turn to that motherfucker, grab him by the throat and say ‘You’re my best fucking friend, and I would die for you!’ [Frank grabs Gerard’s throat]
Stuff they do together/things that have happened to them:
Frank: We live on each other… we’re in each other’s faces.
Gerard: We sleep with each other.
Frank: Like, 24/7, yeah. I mean, that’s it. It’s us against the world.
Gerard: Me and Frank painted the set for “Vampires” together one night, and we got so high from the paint fumes, that we got really sick… we were up till the sun came up.
When Iero enters the studio, Gerard greets him with a big smile and a high-five like he hasn’t seen him in years… (- from Alternative Press.)
They were sitting alone outside, in the dark, after a concert. A fan was leaving and they saw her and asked if she had a lighter: http://it-mightbe-love.tumblr.com/post/9821587469/this-would-have-been-an
Frank: We used to soak ourselves in fake blood and then we would wake up wet the next day still. We’d be all sticky, me and Gerard would wake up stuck to each other.
Frank: Gerard and I, after years of being fans, finally got to see Bright Eyes perform live. Such an inspiring set from an incredible band.
Gerard: Me and Frankie got pulled over last night. Well, it’s more like we got held up by four undercover SUV police. And they asked me TWICE if I was a vampire, I’m not even fucking kidding. That dude doesn’t even know how he made my year. And then they let us go, they said just drive a little slower. I said “okay dude” and by the way, don’t ever call a cop “dude” ‘cause they don’t like it.
Frank: I knitted him a pair of socks, and rubbed his neck. He liked the socks.
(about what he gave to Gerard on his 30th birthday)
Frank: We all used to laugh at Gerard because he had these headphones that blocked out all sound. He called them his ‘Shut the fuck ups’.
Gerard: What is this? Pink bunny ears? Well, as much as I know you want me to put these on, they’ll clash with my outfit. I do know my good friend Iero here’ll like them.
Gerard: [Frank’s] used to being inside lockers!
(whilst watching the 97x 2004 video of Frank with red hair and a black mohawk)
Gerard: [giggles] You look wasted. And look at your hair! Who did that for you?
Frank: Uh, I don’t think I did that to myself, I look like a 13 year old punk chick.
Gerard: Yeah, pretty much!
Frank: [RE: when he was younger] Asshole. I was such an asshole! Uh, delinquent. I was told I was too intelligent for my own good but I don’t know about that. I didn’t like authority and this was at ten!
Gerard: Who’s to say you’re not like that now?
Gerard: 30’s not old. 30’s like the new 20.
Interviewer: Are you okay? You want some water?
Gerard: Um, I’m NOT okay.
Interviewer: Do you want water? Do you need the Heimlich maneuver?
Gerard: Why are you laughing at me, Frank?
Frank: ‘Cause you can’t just drop the single like that. What are you, a rapper?
Frank: Yeah, he [Gerard] is too sassy for me too! (during a live chat in which a fan wrote ‘Gerard is too sassy for me’)
Gerard: I always wanted to be in musicals.
Frank: Everyone’s laughing at you!
Gerard: [in high school] I didn’t get picked on or punched in the face, but I was definitely probably trying to be a lot cooler then I was. Probably tripped and fell a lot. For sure. And Frank was definitely aggro. Our personality-
Frank: *yells* What did you call me?
(Gerard and Frank yell back and forth, while everyone laughs at their bickering.)
Gerard: You see how aggro that was?!
Frank: I don’t go on quests. That’s more of a Gerard thing.
