About the protest in London

So, this is important and I want you all to pay attention please.
As some of you might know, some emos have distorted the idea of the protest of march 31st in London.
( http://youtube.com/watch?v=3J_8eHeMWUc&watch_response ; http://youtube.com/watch?v=ggv8nmaz5Xg ; http://youtube.com/watch?v=KWFKTy8CWw8 )

I feel like I have to say it, because the girls of whatthefrank.co.uk have been really kind to me.
Those emo kids on the internet have spread the voice that the protest will be for the EMO MOVEMENT, and there will be self-harming and shit like that.
THIS IS NOT WANTED BY THE MCR FANS.
The protest was planned because the daily mail was blaming MCR for the death of Hannah Bond, not because “emos” were attecked!

MCR fans are not “emos”.
Everything that will be emo-related in the protest will not be planned, and not wanted.
The thing got out of hand because of these kids who really need a fricken hobby.

Now, I would like to talk direclty to these kids who want to join the protest and turn it into a “emo march”.
YOU FUCKING IDIOTS.
Do you know what the hell are you doing?
Do you know that you are destroying what MCR is?
Me and other people, like the lovely Lauren of whatthefrank.co.uk have worked a lot to save the situation! We created a website and spent a lot of time on it!

You are just creating an incredible mess.
The medias will get confused, and all the work I’ve done will be useless.

Do you really need to be an “emo” to be yourself? Do you really need to label yourselves, to be “something”?
This is ridicolous, you are ridicolous.

MCR WOULD NOT BE HAPPY OF WHAT YOU’RE DOING.

You are just distorting our values, you are putting your fucking emo fashion in something that has nothing to do with it.

If you die guys, you will surely get a darwin award.

PS; just a little technical point. I’ve got some comments, emails, and plus wordpress has a really useful thing that makes you see what people googled to find this site.
WE ARE NOT IN TOUCH WITH MYCHEM.
Come on guys, use your brain.
If we were, we’d be in their site’s domain, and have a supercool graphic.
And I surely wouldn’t be here, studying chemistry and running the site at the same fucking time.
So please stop asking, WE DON’T KNOW MCR. I will put a disclaimer in the contacts section about this.

Hugs (and slaps for some ),
Danielle.

Nayra’s story

If did My Chemical Romance save my life?

Well,here I go!
When I was a child,I used to be very revolted.Everytime somebody fighted with me,I cried and said:”No one loves me!I hate my life!!”. A lot of times I wanted to run away from home or kill myself with a knife.To worsen,I was the only daughter and didn´t use to chat with my mom,she works a lot.And I also hated to go to school,because I was so shy that I didn´t have any friend.
Sometimes my classmates used to place me among them,but neither like that.
Once,I read about depression in a magazine and said to my mom to take me to a psychologist,but neither she or my dad heard me.And when I was 10 years old,I also got a brother!=O
I was pretty sad.My only friends were my 2 cousins,and the maid O.o
But,when I completed 14 years old,I started to watch MTV.And one day,I watched the My Chemical Romance´s video,”Helena”.I loved.One week after,I surfed throught the internet to know more about the band.And it was throught the internet,going to comunnities and blogs,that I met people like me.How I talked with them by MSN,I couldn´t see their face,so I could say whatever thing,I could be myself.If I made I mistake,I could just stop talking with those person.And the subject was no problem,because we both had one thing in common:we like my chemical.
The next year was still better.My virtual friends made me have confidence to try to talk with my classmates.And guess what was the first thing I used to ask?”what is your favorite band?!?”
Now I´m 17 years old.I have friens in my school,in the internet,in my english course.Now I go out with them,and alone,thing that I never did before!I´ve already finished my english course,but when I was in doubt with some word,I just started singing MCR songs and I remembered.
Thanks for them,I learned to be more confident,more determined,(you needed to see what I did to go to their concert!),more extroverted,more HAPPY.
Sometimes I think that I´ve always been like that,but I didn´t have a chance to be,but my chem gave me it,and I love them for it,they saved and changed my life forever.
And that´s why I ´can´t believe that Hannah killed herself because she was her fan,my chemical romance never talked about suicide neither wants to see their fans unhappy,on the contrary,they bring a message of love and hope,of believing in our dreams,and I carry this message with me.
My chemical romance is the best rock band of the world,I love them so much =D

Jax’s story

My name is Jax.
Before middle school I had absolutley no freinds and no one liked me. They all thought I was mean and spiteful because I was honest and spoke my mind. I was my own persona and no one could change that. Then my step father started touching me, then when I finally got the courage to speak up about it he died of a heart attack. I felt like I was useless because I couldn’t speak out in time. Then in seventh grade I found my best friend. She introduced me to My chemical romance after my suicide attempt. I had cut my wrists and got sent to the hospital. when I got back she told me to listen to “I’m not okay ( I promise)” from then on I realised that I did have aplace and that I wasn’t alone. Then once I had bought life on the murder scene and black parade, I watched the video diary. They taught me that “occasionally, some motherf*****’s going to try and use me for their dooms day device. and I just have to turn around and say ‘You cannot destroy me!’” so that’s what I did. I went to my step father’s grave and I said over and over again, “You cannot destroy me”. When I left the cemetary that day I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. My step father’s ghost was finaly gone, and I could move on.
Thank you so much My Chemical Romance!
Long live MCR!

Just so you know

This website runs kinda slowly because I don’t really have so much time to spend on the internet at the moment.
You may know that Mychem have released a statement on their official website about the Hannah Bond story, soon we’re gonna put it in the “letter” section.

Also, just a technical note about your stories: as I said before, I don’t have so much time, neither my friends who run the site with me. I am not here to find every error in your story, my english isn’t so good to.
But everybody knows that if you translate a text with an online translator, it’s gonna result in a disaster.
So, if you wanna send your story, please take a little time and use your brain. If you can’t speak english, so send it in hobbit-ish, or whatever language you wish. We choose english because it’s the “international” language.
Anyway, I won’t delete those stories, and I’ll fix them when I’ve got the time.

Hugs,
Danielle.

Jéssica’s story

Hello chem’s fans!
I’m Jéssica from Brazil, 16 years old
I don’t speak English but I want to tell you how MCR saved my life…
 

When I discovered My Chemical Romance my life was not much sense … I always had great difficulty in me and that I express prevented me from approaching people, even from my own family … my parents are divorced and it did with that I depart from some of my father who was always a hero to me … it also suffered greatly from the separation and that caused several health problems for him … my mother came into depression and thought several times to be suicide …
I saw my family is away to the few and nothing could do that … I consumed so that brought me many times by bad thoughts qu could have finished with my life …
In 2005 met My Chemical Romance and more qu songs that I consolaram I found mainly in the history of life of Gerard Way a good example to be followed … More than a banda de rock I like them have become part of my life and today I can say that I am grateful to My Chemical Romance for everything good they did me …
They are what I hear all the time, the “soundtrack of my life”
They make me smile just by looking a poster on the wall of Room
Today I can express my best because following the example of Gerard Way learned to put my thoughts on paper through songs and drawings …
Through them I went back to believe in people and the will to live to see this world cruel and selfish one day change …

It is absurd shows them to influence an adolescent suicide is … this is exactly the opposite of everything that they transmit!
And I am a proof of this … My Chemical Romance never influenced me in a negative way, quite the contrary, if it were not for them I do not know where they would now …

I love My Chemical Romance why they saved my life!

Laura’s story

I try to write my story. I try to write how My Chemical Romance saved my life. But let’s go with order.
My name is Laura, I’m 22 years old and I’m from Italy. I’ve always lived of music, without music my life wouldn’t have any sense at all, it’s always been in this way, but My Chemical Romance is something different, it’s not only music, they helped me a lot…I can say that MCR changed my life. Thanks to their songs, thanks to their words I found my self-confidence, I started to believe in myself, I got over an unhappy period of my life. Even if I still have some troubles, now I face them in another way. MCR helped me to understand that I am important and I don’t have to let anyone trample on me, I don’t have to abandon who I am or who I wanna be for make other people happy. MyChem taught me that if I’ve got a dream I have to fight and suffer for realize that dream, because are dreams that make life so special. Now I know that when I feel like shit, when I think that I am just a mess, I know I can count on them, I know that they are there for me, I know that I’m not the only one who’s feeling in this way, they had felt in this way and they got over it. This makes me feel full of hopes and pushes me to fight for what I believe in. It seems a stupid thing, but since I know MCR I’ve became a new person and I like the way I am now. These are the reasons why I cannot believe that they are blamed to push people to suicide. Mychem don’t push to suicide, mychem are a band that saves people’s life. In my chemical romance I’ve found all the help and the comprehension that I needed and I know it’ll be in this way for ever, so thank you guys. My chemical romance saved my life, that’s the fuckin point. Xoxo, Laura

Kristýna’s story

Hello, my name’s Kristýna, I’m from Czech Republic and I’m 16 years old.
I read about that suicide of Hannah on our czech website about My Chemical Romance and I wanted to tell you my opinion. I think she didn’t kill herself because of My Chemical Romance and from my point of view, she had to have her own problems, she didn’t tell her parents and now it’s the worst thing she could do.
I listen to MCR for one year and I can say they save me. Not my life but ME. And I think it’s much more. I was down and I was trying to do something with my life and with my heart. It was crashing down and I didn’t know what to do. It was the worst time for me and I thought nobody loved me that time. I hadn’t have any good friends, I fell in love with wrong person and I was so scared from who I am. I started to listen them because of song Disenchanted and in a while they’ve been my favourite band. Everything started to be better, I was smiling at everybody, I found the best friend I could (now it’s not true, we’re not together everytime we want to because we have our own best friends but I’m so happy because she showed me I can be happier than I was… Now I have my sweetie, my best friend and I don’t want to lose her. Never!) and I found love.
But love hurts and the only thing which stay with you all the time is MCR. They’re my love and because of them I still trust in wonders. So please, don’t tell me that somebody can do a suicide because of them. I live my life because they are and I’m me because I started to listen to their lyrics, music and hearts.
Thank you for showing me the way I can live.
I hope my english wasn’t very bad and that you could read it. Thanks for everything and mostly for this website.

Jay’s story

My Chemical Romance.
You know, down here in New Zealand, if you were linked anyway to My Chemical Romance, you’d get bullshit and crap from your teachers, peers, family, and even those you call your friends. But, even in the darkest times, I learnt to hold my had up high and be proud of who I was.

Hey. My name’s Jay, and I’m a 15 year old in New Zealand.
I guess I had always been happy with my life. I moved around quite a bit ever since I was born, so I got used to losing friends and gaining friends quite a fair bit. At school, I had never been very popular. I was fat, introverted, and not very social. I wasn’t the perfect child either. However, whenever I was with close friends, (which I didn’t have at some schools), I could be myself. I could be truly happy and I would be able to enjoy life.
So I guess I did have an OK childhood. Although, I was bullied quite a bit due to my race, skin color, weight, etc etc. I had suppressed all those bad memories though and kept everything bottled up. Which is very bad.

At some point, I slowly became aware of the world.
I had been sleeping, you could say. I was like a dormant volcano, waiting. For what, I didn’t know.
I think it was when I first discovered the music scene, that I finally woke up.
I still remember that day when I first saw My Chemical Romance on TV. They had just released The Black Parade, and I was taken aback at how I could have missed out on MCR all those years. I had heard of My Chemical Romance now and then vaguely, but I never really did pay any attention to them. Up until that fateful day.
I think I was 13.

After that, I became a madman. Obsessed with this band. This strange, unique band.

I bought all their CD’s and their DVD, bought some of their singles, and their posters.
I had become the ultimate MCR fan within one year.

It was only last year when it all went downhill.
All those years of bullying and suppressed anger at the world had leaked. I was frustrated, suffocating and trapped. I wanted to run as far as I could, somewhere, anywhere. But I couldn’t.
As I sunk deeper into darkness, I became more and more depressed.
I started cutting and harming myself, and I developed a depression that would last me months.

The only thing that got me going was My Chemical Romance. I felt safe and happy-at least for a little while-when I listened to their music.
I think…I think I would have died a long time ago without MCR. No…I’m sure I would have died without those boys.
There was something reassuring…something like kinship and love that they projected through their music. It got to me and I felt reassured that they were there for me, and that they had gone through the same thing I was currently going through myself.

My Chemical Romance is the air that keeps me alive. They are the light in my time of darkness.
Without them, I would have died a long time ago.
I can’t say I’m over my depression. I still am in this darkness. But MCR is still here. And I still listen to them whenever I can. They are like family.

I love MCR with all my heart, and I also love all those who are like me.  All those who love MCR as much as I do.

My Chemical Romance saved my life as they have saved thousands, if not millions of others. And I am truly in debt to them for it.

Thank you My Chemical Romance!

Sonja’s story

Hello my name is Sonja and I am 11yrs old. I am German but have lived in Asia for almost my whole life.

Even though I am still young, MCR saved my life. Me being 11, I am supposed to love High School Musical and crave Zac Efron. Instead I watched MTV Amplified nearly every day. One day I discovered the song “I’m Not Okay”. I love its sound and it gave me this encouraging feeling. So I went down to HMV and got myself “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge”. I put the songs on my iPod every day and listened to them continuously. One day I listened to them right before a test and had the melody of “The End” in my head. This tune encouraged me to try my best. The next day I found out I passed. MCR has improved my grades and encouraged me to take part in many co-curricular activities. It also made me stand up for myself. Before I heard MCR I got bullied a lot. Nobody was there to stand up for me but now I can stand up for myself. Some of my friends listened to the song Dead! and started loving MCR as much as I do. So I really encourage you to share My Chem’s music with your friends. Today I have been to their concert, have all their posters, all their CD’s and I am about to pre-order The Black Parade is Dead!
I hope this proves that 11yr old’s can also enjoy rock music and learn from it.

-Sonja

Sabrina’s story

Hi, my name’s Sabrina. I’m French, I live in Paris’ suburbia and i’ll be 18 this fall.
 
I heard about that girl who killed herself and it really made me angry that the press accused our best band. It proves that MCR’s message still hasn’t been heard. I mean, hope that the fans heard it yet but the medias… it’s like they think it’s a joke when we say “MCR saved my life”. I wanna tell my opinion through my story.
 
It is going to be one year that I listen to My Chem. They were in concert in Paris at the Zénith and I stupidly missed them, because at the same time I was just discovering them. This is strange because the summer when I fall in love with their music, I lost my own grandma (and my grandpa too but i don’t care about him xD). It’s have been a period quite painful and I kept MCR’s music everywhere I went because their music is like a friend. I feel kind of close to them because of that.
I’m not the only one to love this band very much, I’m not the only one to feel lonely and that’s cool. But I have the feeling that saying “MCR saved my life” is like an end. Okay, music saves our lives everyday, but we still keep on suffering. It is not like, you know, I started listening to this great band and I magically felt better ! No no… What I mean is that MCR’s music helps us in our daily life. It’s like when you listen to Helena, you feel how hope is powerful.
MCR is not the only band to make fans feel like that. MCR is not the only band which saves lives. I’m fan aswell of 30 Seconds To Mars and you can hear about the same stories among their fans, me included. It is just a story about music.
I don’t like to complain myself. I don’t like to expose my pain. But I love to talk about the bands who deeply touch my heart with their music, with their personality and what they say in their interviews. MCR is not my life, they’re just a part and my life and this is very cool this way. Music gives a lot of hope. And know that, try to be in their shoes : that is a great responsibility for them when a thousand of people say that they saved their lives. Just be sure when you say that sentence. You know, you don’t have to be depressed to listen to MCR. I passed pretty hard moments, I don’t necessarily wear black clothes, I have a lot of influences, I enjoy MCR and I’m not depressed. And now the few times that I think about suicide, I remember what Gerard always said : “suicide is fucking bullshit”. I want this message be clear. Suicide is fucking bullshit.
 
I hope that my english is fine. It’s awesome to see different people of all over the world writing in here. I would like to end up with that quote in french : La roue finit toujours par tourner.