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shots in the dark

Seven Potential Heirs To Ozzy Osbourne's "Prince Of Darkness" Throne

When Ozzy Osbourne declared himself "the prince of fucking darkness" on a 2002 episode of The Osbournes, he may as well have simultaneously relinquished the title. The MTV hit quickly dissolved 30 years' worth of mystique and danger as it revealed him to be in reality a doddering old family man. But when Ozzy rose to fame in the '70s, every other rock star had an interest in the occult (or at least Hobbits), and heavy metal was still genuinely thought of as the province of Satanists, not nerdy gearheads. But who could be pop music's reigning prince of darkness in the era of rock star transparency, when every famous musician has a whiny MySpace blog? Since it's Halloween, we decided to think of a few options: More »

11:00 AM on Fri Oct 31 2008
By Al Shipley
2,554 views, 17 comments

Latest by Tertiad: Nick Cave is a good call. But no Jaz Coleman? Really? He's still wears the boiler suit and face paint on stage, can both sing and bellow with the best of them, and spouts all kinds of bizarre, offensive things in interviews. more »

emo

Gerard Way Is So Over It

In a recent Q&A session published in The Maine Campus, Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance got sassy about the the much-disputed "emo" label:

Basically, it's never been accurate to describe us. Emo bands were being booked while we were touring with Christian metal bands because no one would book us on tours. I think emo is Fucking garbage, it's bullshit. I think there's bands that unfortunately we get lumped in with that are considered emo and by default that starts to make us emo. All I can say is anyone actually listening to the records, put the records next to each other and listen to them and there's actually no similarities. I think emo's a pile of shit.

This got me thinking: How would Gerard's hostility play out in the bandom universe? Here is my rough estimation:

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5:10 PM on Fri Sep 21 2007
By Kate Richardson
2,150 views, 4 comments

Sure, marriage changes a man, but when did Gerard Way decide that "looking like John Mayer" was a good idea? Can we have Liza Minnelli stage an intervention for him ASAP, please? [Blender]

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