If Linkin Park OR MCR are boy bands, then my brain is comprised of nothing more than watermelon insides and pumpkin seeds.
Boy bands are manufactured bands who have their songs written for them, appear on all the latest teen magazines, and only have to use their singing voices, which are digitally manipulated, to make millions. They're walking billboards. Real bands are bands that come together to write their own music, sing their own music without having a producer gloss everything, sing live in concert, and play their own instruments. Neither MCR or LP are boy bands in that sense. And if one of the band members said that, that's quite pompous of him. I'll jump in whenever I feel like somebody's said something ignorant, thank you. This thread isn't exclusive to individual people. [/b][/quote] That's one interpretation of a boy band. I'll stick with mine, thanks. So...you come into the thread about MCR's new video...and decide to go completely off topic to defend Linkin Park and make no contribution to the thread whatsoever. Nice. EDIT: And Backstreet Boys' songs were not all manufactured, a portion of them were written by Brian and some other members...I'm not exactly sure how much they actually wrote but they did write some of their own music.
That's one interpretation of a boy band. I'll stick with mine, thanks. So...you come into the thread about MCR's new video...and decide to go completely off topic to defend Linkin Park and make no contribution to the thread whatsoever. Nice. [/b][/quote] Your interpretation of a boy band is completely off-the-wall in that case. Try finding a credible link between BSB/Nsync (and they're definitely boy bands so please don't twist logic to say they're not) and Linkin Park other than your aforementioned "cliché lyrics" quote. (Which makes me laugh because MCR are the epitome of a cliché/stereotypical emo band.) I'm quite aware of going off-topic, but I wasn't just going to allow you to say some pretty uneducated things and get away with it. That's just not me. I don't do this very often, so sue me.
Well I do see both MCR and LP on the cover of quite a few teen magazines, my sister buys lots of girly teen fashion magazines and she's always ripping LP posters out of them and giving them to me. Both of the bands are over produced to sound perfect on studio releases and according to Dave Grohl; Linkin park (and he also mentioned Motley Crue) use backing tracks live, and if you don't believe me I'll even search for the link to Grohl's comments.
Well I do see both MCR and LP on the cover of quite a few teen magazines, my sister buys lots of girly teen fashion magazines and she's always ripping LP posters out of them and giving them to me. Both of the bands are over produced to sound perfect on studio releases and according to Dave Grohl; Linkin park (and he also mentioned Motley Crue) use backing tracks live, and if you don't believe me I'll even search for the link to Grohl's comments. [/b][/quote] Linkin Park have stated before that they never agree to appear in those magazines. We're talking Seventeen magazine and whatnot, Not Kerrang! or Blender. They don't do photoshoots for those magazines. Which magazines are you getting these posters from? Linkin Park don't use backing vocals. That's ridiculous. I respect Grohl very much, but he was totally incorrect there. I read that, and he's wrong.
What I said was taken out of context. I didn't mean to start a fight. I should've worded what I said better. I meant that they're a boy band in the sense that they don't write music that's true to themselves. If they started the band just to "save lives," then they're obviously not writing about things that happened to them in the past. That's what most bands do. If My Chemical Romance was simply started to save lives, they're no better than a boy band whose songs are comprised of feelings they don't even have. Do you see what I mean now? I didn't mean they were literally a boy band. I'm sorry for the confusion. And, actually, Linkin Park does using backing tapes. If they didn't, Joe wouldn't have a job.
Thank you. [/b][/quote] I was thinking more along the lines of vocals when i said that. I was aware they use backround sounds. How else are they supposed to duplicate the backround music?
Alright, everything in this thread was pretty much thrown out of context. I thought you were being hostile...so I kind of jumped on you. I apologize. I understand what you mean...the band itself was started to help people. I.E. save lives. The songs aren't just made up, Helena is a song dedicated to Mikey and Gerard's grandmother that passed away a little before Three Cheers and I mean, I guess we can't really know if every band writes songs that are true to themselves because we would have to be them for their entire lives or what-not. We just have to make assumptions. And to Mark's comment about MCR's cliched lyrics...Yes, MCR does have songs with cliche lyrics but I openly admit that. I never compared MCR to Linkin Park. I simply stated (in a very harsh manner, I understand and apologize) that LP was a boy band...and I still feel that in a sense, they are a boy band. Just like, in a sense MCR can be considered a boy band. I.E. MCR, for awhile, all dressed alike in suits and they parade around in makeup. I'm not saying it as a bad thing and I apologize that it came off that way.
Are there girls in MCR and LP? No. Are there guys in MCR and LP? Yes. Do both bands only consist of "boys"? Yes. Therefore; LP and MCR = boy bands.
Technically, neither bands are "boy bands." Most of the boy bands don't write their own music, they don't play their own instruments and they most certainly don't write their own lyrics, although there are some exceptions. MCR and LP both write and play their own music. They're not technically a "boy band" in the same way that the Backstreet Boys are a boy band. And they're not even really a band, they're a group.