My Chemical Romance Fans To Protest “Daily Mail” Emophobia

Offended by the Daily Mail‘s portrayal of My Chemical Romance as a “suicide cult band,” following the death of 13-year-old fan Hannah Bond, an ever-increasing number of the band’s fans are planning a peaceful protest outside of the newspaper’s offices on May 31. Fans are being advised to bring placards that say “MCR SAVES LIVES” or “I AM NOT AFRAID TO KEEP ON LIVING,” the latter also being the name of the organizers’ site. And on the fashion tip, those organizers would rather you left your “emo attire” at home.

Please don’t bring signs which you hold above your head in a picketing protest (the standard ones which are on a wooden stick and have slogans on them). The reason for this is that there is a small chance we will could get in trouble with the law if we have these signs. Instead, we urge you to bring signs that you can hang around your neck (much like some people have ‘free hugs’ signs hanging around their neck on string at shows) with slogans like ‘MCR SAVE LIVES’ and ‘MCR SAVED MY LIFE’ (if they did, of course x]) or positive MCR lyrics such as ‘I AM NOT AFRAID TO KEEP ON LIVING’. Remember guys, big and bold so that people can read it from far off. If you want to write your own slogan, that’s fine, just please have it to the point and promotional of MCR, rather than insulting the Daily Mail. Remember, no curse words or derogatory insults. Keep things positive and legal, guys. x]

What to wear: As well as the signs, please consider dressing to suit the day. We’ve heard of people intending to deck themselves out in ’emo attire’ for the day, please don’t do that as – even though we know you are making fun of the Daily Mail – the general public won’t. Please don’t try to dress stereotypically.

Please consider wearing home-made shirts with positive slogans written on them in big letters (much like the famous ‘MCR saved my life’ shirt featured at the beginning of Life On The Murder Scene). If you don’t want to make a shirt, you can buy shirts with ‘choose life’ written on them here. It’d be awesome to see tons of you turn up in them.

No emo attire? The kids aren’t going to dress up like little vampires and corpse brides? I’m a little scared that this outbreak of eyeliner-free peace and love in England might inspire the band to go nu-rave.

I Am Not Afraid To Keep On Living [Official site]