Where is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman.
Okay, so supergrover24's asked me to pimp FOB to her, bethbethbeth's asked for FOB and MCR music, and ngaio has asked for FOB fic recs.
SO. As I'm currently *looks shifty* avoiding my snarry_games fic o' doom for the moment...welcome to Femme's BANDSLASH PIMP POST. *g* This was compiled with a great deal of help and assistance from luciamad and arsenicjade.
Where to start? Hm. Well....how about here?
People.
Right. Okay, so here's what you need to know about the bands in brief.
Fall Out Boy
FOB was formed in 2001 when Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman decided to put a band together (please to be noting it was Joe's idea to form FOB *g*). Joe ended up in a conversation with Patrick Stump at a Chicago Borders which ended up in Patrick eventually meeting up with Pete--while wearing shorts and an argyle sweater and black kneesocks and people this is why I love Patrick Stump with all my heart because hello, BLACK KNEESOCKS, I'm just saying. Andy Hurley was added as drummer temporarily (he's in other bands at the time) and somehow temporarily becomes permanent. They pretty much lived out of their van for a few years while touring. Their first breakout was "Sugar We're Going Down" from the From Under The Cork Tree album in 2005. From then on, their popularity grew and their latest album Infinity on High became the No. 1 album on the Billboard charts in 2007.
Patrick Stump - Patrick is my woobie. He's the lead singer/guitarist, and he doesn't like attention. In fact, he tries to go out of his way to avoid it. He's perfectly happy with Pete being the frontman for the band. He has a GORGEOUS voice and loves jazz and R&B singers. (Which cements my love for him right there.) Before concerts he warms up to singers such as Bobby Darin, Usher and Nat King Cole and his favourite song is Almost Like Being In Love by NKC. WOOBIE. He grew up in a family of musicians and can play pretty much any damn instrument. Seriously. Guitar, drums, trombone... He has some body issues--he says pretty matter-of-factly that he's fat and he won't go anywhere without a hat to hide his receding hairline. Pictures of him sans hat are VERY RARE. He's a vegetarian. He had a girlfriend, Anna, but they broke up last year. Possibly because she cheated on him, but as that's an Internet rumour as far as I know, take it with a grain of salt. His last name is actually Stumph, but he dropped the h. He was born on April 27, 1984. (We're almost twins he and me. If you consider an age difference of eleven years and 363 days twins. *G*) Along with Adrien Brody, Patrick has officially stolen my gay, dammit, and I'd like them both to return it, kthanx.
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Pete Wentz - Pete. Oh, Pete. What can be said about Pete? Pete is the bassist for the band and it's frontman. He does stupid things sometimes like, you know, take pictures of his cock that then get out on the Internet. And date stupid girls. And say things that occasionally get him mocked by mainstream America, the bastards. He's a troubled soul, despite having a good childhood, he lived with his parents in Wilmette, Illinois until recently (he now has a house in L.A.), he's dated Michelle Trachtenberg and Ashlee Simpson among others, he calls himself a make-out king and says that he'll make out with anyone above the waist, but he doesn't want to sleep with everyone because he wants to be able to get married one day not have his wife know he was with 50 people, he also has no problem making out with guys, he's violently against homophobia, and he has nightmares that have troubled him since childhood. In Feb 2005, he took a handful of Ativan in a parking lot of a Chicagoland Best Buy and spent a week thereafter in the hospital, missing a UK tour. He doesn't call it a suicide attempt, but he also doesn't have another term for it. Pete...breaks my heart sometimes. He needs attention like he needs air, and he hates it as well. He sometimes likes to withdraw from people and just go into his head, which, yeah, I so get. He's a brilliant business man, and owns his own clothing company, Clandestine Industries, and his own record label, Decaydance. Pete was a poli-sci major at DePaul, dropping out a semester before graduation. He's also a vegetarian--his favourite comfort food is mac and cheese--and was part of the Chicago hardcore, straightedge scene. Pete was born June 5, 1979. Pete also has a tendency to kiss Patrick's neck on stage at times. Pete has an on-and-off relationship with Jeanae White from Chicago, but says it's a really bad thing for him to be involved in. Pete is addicted to his Sidekick and has a kazilion blogs. No. Really. He's also half-Hawaiian.
If you want to see the gayness that exists between Patrick and Pete, who are best friends (and life partners, dammit), click here.
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Andy Hurley - Andy is the heavily tattooed drummer. He takes his shirt off a lot. :D He's considered the smartest of the four, doublemajoring in anthropology and history at UWisconsin-Milwaukee and he used to drink and get into trouble as a teenager. He left that behind and became a straightedge vegan. His father died when he was five and he was raised by his mom. He's known Pete the longest, meeting on the Chicago hardcore scene. He has a girlfriend. Andy was born on May 31, 1980.
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Joe Trohman - Joe is the guitar player and the band's only Jew. Although he does break Talmudic law by having two tattoos. *G* He's also the only one who isn't straight-edge, and is very open about his drinking and pot use. He's a phenomenal guitarist, and is known for his stage moves in which he throws his guitar around, and spins. He once gave Pete four stitches in the face doing this, and this move has now been termed Trohmania by the group. Joe is a huge Star Wars fan. He has a girlfriend, and used to be vegetarian, um, but isn't any more. *G* He's the baby of the group, born September 1, 1984.
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My Chemical Romance
MCR was formed the week after September 11, 2001 when Gerard Way, then involved in the NYC comics industry, realized that he wanted to do something that would change the world. He got together with drummer Matt Pelissier and soon after Ray Toro was added to the lineup. Gerard's brother Mikey was added to the lineup after their first demos were recorded. Mikey's the one who came up with the name My Chemical Romance, after Irvine Welsh's novel Ecstasy : Three Tales of Chemical Romance. After being signed to their first label, MCR met Frank Iero, then lead vocalist/guitarist for Pencey Prep. When Pency broke up, Frank came on board just in time to record the first album. In July 2004, after a tour of Japan, the band replaced drummer Matt Pelissier with Bob Bryar. There are conflicting stories about what happened to cause the replacement, though supposedly it was due to Matt messing up on songs. This split was not amicable and Matt doesn't seem to have kept up with any of the guys. Their 2004 album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge gained them a large amount of popularity, as did their place on the Warped Tour in 2005 (where they played alongside Fall Out Boy--and yes, the bands are very friendly). Their huge breakout has been their newest album The Black Parade.
Gerard Way - Gerard, the lead singer, is an artist who graduated from NYC's School of Visual Arts. He wanted to be a comic book artist/animator, and at one point had a pilot called The Breakfast Monkey being considered by Cartoon Network. They passed because they'd already picked up Aqua Teen Hunger Force. He formed MCR after the September 11 attacks, and the band's first song Skylines and Turnstiles was inspired by 9/11. Gerard spiraled out of control in 2004 and 2005, giving in to alcoholism and prescription drug addiction. He got so bad that he finally had to go to the band and ask for help from them. He kicked the drugs and alcohol and is currently sober. There are rumors of his bisexuality (supposedly somewhere he's admitted it, but I haven't found that so I don't know if it's true or not, so grain of salt, grain of salt), but he's been known to make out with various members of his band on stage--Frank gets it a lot, and in the recent tour, he's even, um, licked his brother's nipple. Yeah. Supposedly also, there may have been a relationship between him and Bert McCracken of the The Used that went sour. The two of them referenced making out in various interviews when they were still friends. Possibly joking, but, um, it doesn't necessarily seem that way. Their falling out was also rather vicious, it seems, although other members of The Used have reportedly remained friends with MCR. One of The Used's latest singles (Handsome Awkward) is reportedly about Gerard. So. Draw your own conclusions. Gerard was born April 9, 1977, and is the one emo boy who doesn't make me feel fucking old as dirt, thanks. Gerard may or may not have a girlfriend.
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Mikey Way - Mikey. Oh, Mikey. Mikey is Gerard's little brother, and is known by the bands and fandom as Mikeyway. Mikey is bassist for the band. Interesting note...Mikey and Gerard are second cousins of Joe Rogan (of Fear Factor and Newsradio fame). Mikey had a bit of a nervous breakdown last year, and nearly left the band. He underwent psychotherapy, was diagnosed as bipolar, and came back to finish recording. He also formerly wore glasses, but post-breakdown, had Lasik surgery to correct his vision. There's a lot of evidence that while MCR was touring with FOB on the Warped Tour in 2005 that Pete Wentz and Mikey had a...thing. It's not official, but believe me when I say there's a lot of evidence. A lot. Pete also appears to have had a...thing with Mikey's fiancee/wife (whatever) Alicia Simmons (a guitar tech on the tour) around that time too, although, also circumstantial. (A side note about Alicia...for the most part she doesn't exist in my world because she tends to annoy me. She's online on myspace and buzznet and while she may be a lovely person in actuality, she comes across a bit badly to me in this cyberspace world. So. YMMV. *shrug*) During the Wanggate of 2006, Mikey was very supportive of Pete Wentz and what he was going through. Pete referenced this several times on his blog. Mikey was born September 10, 1980.
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Frank Iero - Frankie! Frank's the sweetie of MCR. Frank plays rhythm guitar, and tends to be a bit of a goofball at times. In a charming, very, very delightful way. He's very close to both Way brothers, and is quite often the recipient of Gerard's attention when it comes to on-stage make-outs. So YAY. Supposedly he's also admitted somewhere that he's bisexual. Once again, grain of salt...I've never been able to locate that. At the moment, he has a girlfriend/fiancee, Jamia. (Who is actually rather normal looking, so I kind of like her. *G*) His guitar is nicknamed Pansy, he's also the lead singer for Leathermouth, and he went to Rutgers on a scholarship, but didn't graduate. Frank was a Halloween baby, born on October 31, 1981, and he has Halloween tattooed across his knuckles to commemorate that....and also a jack-o'lantern on his back as well. Frank's tattoos are hot. Hell. Frank's hot. Frank was at one time roommates with Mikeyway. Let your imaginations run wild there. Frank missed some of the band's Japan tour leg last year due to complications from oral surgery that resulted in his sinuses becoming infected and hemorrhaging. He kept up with the band and staved off his loneliness by watching the tour clips posted to YouTube. IS THAT NOT THE CUTEST?
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Ray Toro - Ray is lead guitarist/backup vocalist for the band. He has a tendency to headbang when he plays and his Afro hair goes wild. Ray looks much better with wild hair than he does with the John Frieda hair he's been sporting in recent magazine spreads. Oh, Ray. Ray. It kills me to say this, but step away from the product, baby. Ray's nickname is Torosaurus and he was born July 15, 1977.
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Bob Bryar - BOB! Bob's a woobie too. He's the band's drummer, and he replaced Matt in 2004. He was formerly a sound tech for The Used. Bob is so NORMAL. Which is saying a lot, given the rest of the band. *G* Bob tends to be rather private, doesn't say a whole lot about himself, but we do know that he shared an apartment with Patrick Stump last year while both MCR and FOB were recording their new albums. Bob, according to Patrick is evidently very neat. Patrick, is not. *G* Bob burned his leg on the set of the Famous Last Words video last year, and refused to go see a doctor about it. He ended up in the hospital with an infection that nearly killed him, and part of his face is still somewhat paralyzed because of that.
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Panic! At The Disco
Panic ! At The Disco was formed by Ryan Ross (guitar) and Spencer Smith (drums) with Brent Wilson on bass and Brendon Urie on vocals. The band was originally called Summer League, but switched to P!ATD after Brendon came on board. The name comes from the Smith's song Panic, and the "at the disco" comes from a line in the song burn down the disco. The group was signed by Pete Wentz after Ryan posted two songs to Pete's journal and Pete gave them a listen. He was impressed (though he says he only listened to them to tell these cocky kids where to get off), and he came out to Las Vegas to hear them play. He liked them enough to sign them to Decaydance. The band kicked Brent out in May 2006, reportedly for missing performances. Brent's now suing them for royalties. He was replaced with Jon Walker, the guitar tech from The Academy Is... In August Brendon was hit in the head by a bottle thrown by a fan and temporarily knocked out. arsenicjade wants to know where the fuck is the bottlefic, people! Hello, H/C? Panic is currently holed up in a cabin writing their second album.
Brendon Urie - Brendon is the youngest of five kids in a Mormon family. His parents at one point threw him out of the house when he started to play with Panic, disapproving of Brendon's choice to be a musician rather than go to college. He used his job at a Smoothie Hut to pay for a one-bedroom apartment. His parents have since made their peace with him and are supportive of his career. Brendon was not originally the lead singer for the group; Ryan Ross was, but the band was so impressed with hearing Brendon sing in one rehearsal that they unanimously made him the vocalist. Brendon was born on April 12, 1987.
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Ryan Ross - Ryan grew up with an alcoholic father, who died this past June. He had a lot of difficulties with his father and two of Panic's songs (Camisado and Nails For Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks) are about his relationship with his dad. Ryan's pretty quiet for the most part, and he reportedly hates his singing voice and was more than happy to let Brendon take over lead vocals. He's the lead guitarist for the band, and he has fabulous skillz with eyeliner, bringing it to the level of an art form many times. His first band was with Spencer Smith, and was called Pet Salamander. They did blink-182 covers. *G* Ryan attended UN-LV for one semester before dropping out. He was born on Aug. 30, 1986.
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Spencer Smith - Spencer is Ryan's childhood friend...they've been playing in bands together since they were 13, and have known each other since they were five. They met through their fathers who apparently worked together. Spencer's the drummer of the band and oh my God, looks like a girl. No seriously. He does. Spencer's also a snarky little bitch at times, God love him. He was born September 2, 1987.
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Jon Walker - JWALK! Jon Walker used to be the guitar tech for The Academy Is... and he was brought on to replace Brent Wilson when he was kicked out of the band. John is a BOY. REALLY. Placed up against the other three members of this band, he stands out, big-time. He's from Chicago (the others are from Las Vegas), he wears flip-flops ALL THE TIME (a boy after my own heart) and he has a great love for Starbucks. (Oh, Starbucks!Jon, how we love thee.) Jon has a special place in my heart because he has my brother's name, down to the spelling, and my sister's exact birthday. Oh, yes. Same day, same year. September 17, 1985.
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Music
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Fall Out Boy
Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (The newest video and OH MY GOD. Patrick in a suit doing a Sinatra impression. The things it does to my loins. Really. Sweet Jesus. Oh, yeah, and the monkeys are amusing too.)
This Ain't A Scene It's An Arms Race (Possibly the best self-referential video ever. LOVE.)
A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me. (I LOVE THIS VIDEO. And I love the AUs that it inspires. Fall Out Boy as vampire hunters, Pete as a vampire, with special vampiric appearances by Panic! At The Disco and William Beckett from The Academy Is...)
Dance, Dance (FOB as nerds. Really rather sexy. *G*)
Sugar We're Going Down. (Weird video. Very, very, very weird. But likeable. :D)
My Chemcial Romance
I'm Not Okay (The joy of this video is baby!MCR, back when they were first starting out. The squee factor is high *g*)
Helena (A video about a funeral. And it rocks. Very goth.)
The Ghost of You (This is another of those AU videos that I want to see fic for. I mean hello. WWII, and Mikey dies? OH MY GOD SOMEONE PLEASE WRITE THIS.)
Welcome To The Black Parade (Seriously? My favourite of their videos. This is just amazing. The cinematic approach, the way the scenes are composed, the colours...oh my God. Very visual, very beautiful.)
Famous Last Words (This video appeals to the pyromaniac in me. No, really, it does. It's also the video in which Bob burned his leg, and Gerard tore all the ligaments in his foot.
I Don't Love You (Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful black-and-white video. I adore black-and-white media, and this is just so incredibly GORGEOUS. Beautiful shots, beautiful composition, beautiful imagery.)
Panic! At The Disco
I Write Sins, Not Tragedies (Clowns! Weddings! Circus performers! Cheating brides! What else can you ask for, really?)
But It's Better If You Do (Panic goes to the burlesque... *g*)
Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have With Her Clothes On (Okay, it's a bit odd. Yes. And a bit derivative. But still charming.)
Build God, Then We'll Talk (I will not lie, this is my least favourite Panic video. I think it falls flat and I was disappointed with it. But if you want some pornomime, this is for you.)
Cobra Starship
Bring It (Snakes On A Plane) (I LOVE THIS VIDEO. And I'm snake-phobic. BUT I LOVE THIS VIDEO.)
The Academy Is...
We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands. (I love this song, and the video is hot. Really. Yay for Evil!William Beckett. Plus the Pete scene referencing the Thks Fr Th Mmrs video is priceless.
Picspams
Look, the best way to get sucked into the UTTER SLASHINESS OF THIS FANDOM is through the pictures. No. Really. These boys make it SO EASY to slash them. So easy. It's like they throw themselves out there and beg please slash me, please....oh, wait, Gabe Saporta basically did do that. Seriously. He once asked where the Gabe/William Beckett slash was. GOD I LOVE THESE BOYS.
So here are some picspams that I suggest you skim through. *G*
I did one recently of Pete/Patrick.
luciamad did a picspam of all three bands.
seanarenay has done an ode to boytouching, a MCR picspam that will SAVE YOUR LIFE (no really), picspam of all three bands here and here, and Panic! At The Disco picspam.
callsigns has done a William Beckett picspam.
HOW CAN YOU RESIST THESE BOYS? The gay writes itself, people. Really. It does. I mean, my God. *looks at them all with starry eyes* It's practically fucking canon.
Comms
damnyouwentz - probably the best Wentzian community out there.
we_are_cities - bandslash prompts for writing.
slashatthedisco - Panic slash
mychemicalslash - MCR slash
patrickxpeter - FOB Patrick/Peter slash
fueledbynoodles - bandslash media/discussion
icecreamhdaches - FOB media journal
patricks_thighs - just because. *G*
Okay, yeah...I know I promised fic recs too but my God, this has taken me two days to compile, so I'm going to post this now and then rec fics tomorrow. Because now...I must go to bed. Exhaustion claims me.
SO. As I'm currently *looks shifty* avoiding my snarry_games fic o' doom for the moment...welcome to Femme's BANDSLASH PIMP POST. *g* This was compiled with a great deal of help and assistance from luciamad and arsenicjade.
Where to start? Hm. Well....how about here?
People.
Right. Okay, so here's what you need to know about the bands in brief.
Fall Out Boy
FOB was formed in 2001 when Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman decided to put a band together (please to be noting it was Joe's idea to form FOB *g*). Joe ended up in a conversation with Patrick Stump at a Chicago Borders which ended up in Patrick eventually meeting up with Pete--while wearing shorts and an argyle sweater and black kneesocks and people this is why I love Patrick Stump with all my heart because hello, BLACK KNEESOCKS, I'm just saying. Andy Hurley was added as drummer temporarily (he's in other bands at the time) and somehow temporarily becomes permanent. They pretty much lived out of their van for a few years while touring. Their first breakout was "Sugar We're Going Down" from the From Under The Cork Tree album in 2005. From then on, their popularity grew and their latest album Infinity on High became the No. 1 album on the Billboard charts in 2007.
Patrick Stump - Patrick is my woobie. He's the lead singer/guitarist, and he doesn't like attention. In fact, he tries to go out of his way to avoid it. He's perfectly happy with Pete being the frontman for the band. He has a GORGEOUS voice and loves jazz and R&B singers. (Which cements my love for him right there.) Before concerts he warms up to singers such as Bobby Darin, Usher and Nat King Cole and his favourite song is Almost Like Being In Love by NKC. WOOBIE. He grew up in a family of musicians and can play pretty much any damn instrument. Seriously. Guitar, drums, trombone... He has some body issues--he says pretty matter-of-factly that he's fat and he won't go anywhere without a hat to hide his receding hairline. Pictures of him sans hat are VERY RARE. He's a vegetarian. He had a girlfriend, Anna, but they broke up last year. Possibly because she cheated on him, but as that's an Internet rumour as far as I know, take it with a grain of salt. His last name is actually Stumph, but he dropped the h. He was born on April 27, 1984. (We're almost twins he and me. If you consider an age difference of eleven years and 363 days twins. *G*) Along with Adrien Brody, Patrick has officially stolen my gay, dammit, and I'd like them both to return it, kthanx.
Patrick quotes:
- I hear all sorts of things slung at us, one of my favorites being the boy-band accusation. I’m like, “Boy band? I’m fat! If we were a boy band, I’d look good, I’d dance, and I’d be charming - so what the f*** are you talking about?" I write the songs, that’s all I do.
- "I dunno, we played a show to like, 5 kids, but those 5 kids were just awesome. It's really about quantity, not quality. It's just-" Pete then corrects him saying "It's about quality, not quantity. You said it backwards. I don't want you to look like a dumbass, on film."
- "We're meant for each other 'cause we smell bad."
- Pete: I don't bite, Patrick bites! Patrick: Yeah, I'm the only one who bites. We bite each other.
- Joe: (To Pete and Patrick) You guys should just make lo-You guys should get married. Patrick: We are.
- Journalists always run to their thesaurus and call me “cherubic.”
- I get really annoyed with photo shoots and interviews and handshakes. I’m a musician; God forbid I actually have time to make music.
- (on when the private pictures of FOB bassist leaked onto the Internet) I was never pissed at Pete for being Pete in his own time. I am pissed at whoever stole that picture and leaked it, and for being such a douchebag and having no sense of decency or privacy.
- I've always had a little acting bug, but one of the problems is that if I wanted to do it right now, they'd want me to play a rock star or something. I'm not a believable rock star! If you cast me as a rock dude, I wouldn't buy it.
- [Music is] what moves me. But I don’t think anyone wants to read about that. I think that the reason you don’t know that much about me is because I don’t really care about me. I’m not an interesting story.
- There’s a song by Randy Newman called 'Short People', and I think it's hilarious. I think it's perfect for me, because it kind of has my overall self deprecating 'Yeah, I'm short'. But on top of that, it has this kind of sarcastic separation because the tag line is 'short people got no reason to live' right... and that's like, the main line of the song. So that's funny to say about yourself. 'Oh, I'm short man. Everything sucks' right... and to a certain degree I mock myself and I put myself down. But in all seriousness, I'm happy with myself and the song is totally in jest and the combination of the tone and lyrics is perfect for me. That's my song.
- Of all the things I have to be self-conscious about, my looks are on top of the heap.
- (about Pete Wentz) He's not cocky 'cause of the band. He's cocky 'cause he's Pete Wentz.
Pete Wentz - Pete. Oh, Pete. What can be said about Pete? Pete is the bassist for the band and it's frontman. He does stupid things sometimes like, you know, take pictures of his cock that then get out on the Internet. And date stupid girls. And say things that occasionally get him mocked by mainstream America, the bastards. He's a troubled soul, despite having a good childhood, he lived with his parents in Wilmette, Illinois until recently (he now has a house in L.A.), he's dated Michelle Trachtenberg and Ashlee Simpson among others, he calls himself a make-out king and says that he'll make out with anyone above the waist, but he doesn't want to sleep with everyone because he wants to be able to get married one day not have his wife know he was with 50 people, he also has no problem making out with guys, he's violently against homophobia, and he has nightmares that have troubled him since childhood. In Feb 2005, he took a handful of Ativan in a parking lot of a Chicagoland Best Buy and spent a week thereafter in the hospital, missing a UK tour. He doesn't call it a suicide attempt, but he also doesn't have another term for it. Pete...breaks my heart sometimes. He needs attention like he needs air, and he hates it as well. He sometimes likes to withdraw from people and just go into his head, which, yeah, I so get. He's a brilliant business man, and owns his own clothing company, Clandestine Industries, and his own record label, Decaydance. Pete was a poli-sci major at DePaul, dropping out a semester before graduation. He's also a vegetarian--his favourite comfort food is mac and cheese--and was part of the Chicago hardcore, straightedge scene. Pete was born June 5, 1979. Pete also has a tendency to kiss Patrick's neck on stage at times. Pete has an on-and-off relationship with Jeanae White from Chicago, but says it's a really bad thing for him to be involved in. Pete is addicted to his Sidekick and has a kazilion blogs. No. Really. He's also half-Hawaiian.
If you want to see the gayness that exists between Patrick and Pete, who are best friends (and life partners, dammit), click here.
Pete quotes:
- If you know me, you know how uncool I am. I stutter, wear bad clothes, make bad jokes, make conversation uncomfortable, the list goes on. Thank you for making me feel okay.
- Me and Patrick are like each other's hot and cold. When I'm on, he's off and when he's on, I'm off. We fight all the time! It could be either me or him. I can be the big mouth and he can be really quiet but it flips around, it's him usually but it comes back to me. Me and Patrick hang out all the time - it's strange we're like each others heterosexual soul mates!
- Q: What are your thoughts on simple plan? Hottest member? A: I'd kiss David. I'd probably have to get him wasted first.
- These jeans looked so good on me when I looked in the mirror I wanted to fuck myself.
- Underwear. It's like a goddamned leash. It also constantly reminds me of how funny I look naked.
- ( After being asked "how sweet is patrick's package") "Semi-sweet. It bakes well in cookies."
- it was the directions to patricks house, actually even more specific the directions to the zipper on his pants. hope this helps. ill meet ya there!
- Q: What are Pete and Patrick's favorite things to do? A: Each other.
- Q: If you were stranded on a deserted island, would you rather bring Patrick or an ipod full of your favorite songs? A: Trick question. Patrick is an ipod full of my favorite songs.
- When asked whether he would rather play to a bunch of frat boys or to a bunch of 13 year old girls. Trick question same people. 13 year old girls don't tend to call me faggot.
- On his experience at boot camp. It was terrible. Every Kid there was so much more F****d up than me, demented satanic kids. I got beat up a couple times. I’d call my parents every day crying and saying I wanted to go home. I would beg. I felt isolated. It created these dependency and attachment issues.
- When asked what he thinks will happen when people die. I think maybe I'm going to be eaten by worms, and that scares me. I just want to be frozen and woken up when it doesn't suck.
- About his nude pics going on the internet I thought it was the end of the world. I had dreams that it didn’t happen, that it was all a joke, and then you wake up and you have that sick feeling in your stomach, because it did.
- I have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) as far as dating goes. I've ended up having good friendships with all these people, but we haven't really had relationships.
- I was isolating myself further and further, and the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I'd feel. I wasn't sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking about anything at all.
- We're sick of hearing people say "that band is so gay" or "those guys are fags". Gay is not a synonym for sh*tty. If you want to say something's sh*tty, say it's sh*tty. Stop being such homophobic *ssholes!
- If you aren't just a little bit depressed, then you aren't paying very much attention to what's going on in the world.
- My parents treat me like I'm 14. They make me clean my room and stuff like that. They're always like "I don't care what MTV says you are."
Andy Hurley - Andy is the heavily tattooed drummer. He takes his shirt off a lot. :D He's considered the smartest of the four, doublemajoring in anthropology and history at UWisconsin-Milwaukee and he used to drink and get into trouble as a teenager. He left that behind and became a straightedge vegan. His father died when he was five and he was raised by his mom. He's known Pete the longest, meeting on the Chicago hardcore scene. He has a girlfriend. Andy was born on May 31, 1980.
Andy quotes:
- (on if rock bands would ruin civilization) Probably not. Music would probably go. A lot of art would. That’s what I’m saying - I’m really into comics and movies and video games, and I don’t want to give that stuff up. At the same time, I think it’s filling the void for the stuff we’re missing.
- My whole thing is I’m not into civilization as a whole. The only actual solution is the eventual collapse and demise of civilization . . .I think it needs to happen, but I no one, not even me, really wants it to happen.
- I’m still this vegan straight-edge kid from Milwaukee who hates America, hates white people, and hates all this sh*t as much as I ever have.
Joe Trohman - Joe is the guitar player and the band's only Jew. Although he does break Talmudic law by having two tattoos. *G* He's also the only one who isn't straight-edge, and is very open about his drinking and pot use. He's a phenomenal guitarist, and is known for his stage moves in which he throws his guitar around, and spins. He once gave Pete four stitches in the face doing this, and this move has now been termed Trohmania by the group. Joe is a huge Star Wars fan. He has a girlfriend, and used to be vegetarian, um, but isn't any more. *G* He's the baby of the group, born September 1, 1984.
Joe quotes:
- On the tour with Arma Angelus’ Pete Wentz and Andy Hurley when he was only sixteen) I definitely got initiated on that tour they would rip my underwear off me everyday. I hated it, dude. I should have stopped wearing underwear.
- (on the lack of attention he and Andy Hurley get) We mean a lot to each other as musicians and people, but sometimes we start believing what people write about us: The band is just one guy or two guys. That can be harsh for the soul.
- Middle-aged women love me - they say I look like Dr. McSexy or whatever his name is.
- For me, the more money I get, the more I freak out.
My Chemical Romance
MCR was formed the week after September 11, 2001 when Gerard Way, then involved in the NYC comics industry, realized that he wanted to do something that would change the world. He got together with drummer Matt Pelissier and soon after Ray Toro was added to the lineup. Gerard's brother Mikey was added to the lineup after their first demos were recorded. Mikey's the one who came up with the name My Chemical Romance, after Irvine Welsh's novel Ecstasy : Three Tales of Chemical Romance. After being signed to their first label, MCR met Frank Iero, then lead vocalist/guitarist for Pencey Prep. When Pency broke up, Frank came on board just in time to record the first album. In July 2004, after a tour of Japan, the band replaced drummer Matt Pelissier with Bob Bryar. There are conflicting stories about what happened to cause the replacement, though supposedly it was due to Matt messing up on songs. This split was not amicable and Matt doesn't seem to have kept up with any of the guys. Their 2004 album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge gained them a large amount of popularity, as did their place on the Warped Tour in 2005 (where they played alongside Fall Out Boy--and yes, the bands are very friendly). Their huge breakout has been their newest album The Black Parade.
Gerard Way - Gerard, the lead singer, is an artist who graduated from NYC's School of Visual Arts. He wanted to be a comic book artist/animator, and at one point had a pilot called The Breakfast Monkey being considered by Cartoon Network. They passed because they'd already picked up Aqua Teen Hunger Force. He formed MCR after the September 11 attacks, and the band's first song Skylines and Turnstiles was inspired by 9/11. Gerard spiraled out of control in 2004 and 2005, giving in to alcoholism and prescription drug addiction. He got so bad that he finally had to go to the band and ask for help from them. He kicked the drugs and alcohol and is currently sober. There are rumors of his bisexuality (supposedly somewhere he's admitted it, but I haven't found that so I don't know if it's true or not, so grain of salt, grain of salt), but he's been known to make out with various members of his band on stage--Frank gets it a lot, and in the recent tour, he's even, um, licked his brother's nipple. Yeah. Supposedly also, there may have been a relationship between him and Bert McCracken of the The Used that went sour. The two of them referenced making out in various interviews when they were still friends. Possibly joking, but, um, it doesn't necessarily seem that way. Their falling out was also rather vicious, it seems, although other members of The Used have reportedly remained friends with MCR. One of The Used's latest singles (Handsome Awkward) is reportedly about Gerard. So. Draw your own conclusions. Gerard was born April 9, 1977, and is the one emo boy who doesn't make me feel fucking old as dirt, thanks. Gerard may or may not have a girlfriend.
Gerard quotes:
- "I'm Gerard Way and I'm here to steal your boyfriend!"
- "Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!"
- "Yeah, Frank is pretty sexy. We're all kinda sexy. Our fans definitely are."
- "Hey, you see these sexy security guards, yes, very sexy security guards, well during this next song fucking get up right to them and push them over!"
- "Look at me with my pretty bracelet and tiara, I'm a fuckin' princess!"
- "It takes me a while to tell stories. I think it's because I was drunk for three years."
- "If you're gonna buy me a present, don't spend more than twenty five bucks, you'll get a blowjob anyway."
- "I'd enjoy it if a guy grabbed my ass. I guess it all depends on how he grabbed it, too."
- "If for one minute you think you're better than a sixteen-year-old girl in a Green Day t-shirt, you are sorely mistaken. Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about."
- "What I like about The Sims is that I don't have a normal life at all, so I play this game where these people have these really boring, mundane lives. It's fun. My Sims family is called the Cholly family. I don't know why I picked that name; it's kind of random. The teenage daughter is my favorite, because I just had her go through this Goth phase. She's really kind of nerdy and she just became a concert violinist, which is pretty huge for the family. And she got into private school. But she started wearing black lipstick and she dyed her hair purple. It's pretty huge."
- Interviewer: “Wild night out or romantic night in?” Frank: “Romantic night in.” Mikey "Wild night out." Gerard: *grins* "Wild night in."
- Frank: "You really have to love someone to...smell them at their worst." Gerard: "Yeah...I get pretty gruesome, too."
Mikey Way - Mikey. Oh, Mikey. Mikey is Gerard's little brother, and is known by the bands and fandom as Mikeyway. Mikey is bassist for the band. Interesting note...Mikey and Gerard are second cousins of Joe Rogan (of Fear Factor and Newsradio fame). Mikey had a bit of a nervous breakdown last year, and nearly left the band. He underwent psychotherapy, was diagnosed as bipolar, and came back to finish recording. He also formerly wore glasses, but post-breakdown, had Lasik surgery to correct his vision. There's a lot of evidence that while MCR was touring with FOB on the Warped Tour in 2005 that Pete Wentz and Mikey had a...thing. It's not official, but believe me when I say there's a lot of evidence. A lot. Pete also appears to have had a...thing with Mikey's fiancee/wife (whatever) Alicia Simmons (a guitar tech on the tour) around that time too, although, also circumstantial. (A side note about Alicia...for the most part she doesn't exist in my world because she tends to annoy me. She's online on myspace and buzznet and while she may be a lovely person in actuality, she comes across a bit badly to me in this cyberspace world. So. YMMV. *shrug*) During the Wanggate of 2006, Mikey was very supportive of Pete Wentz and what he was going through. Pete referenced this several times on his blog. Mikey was born September 10, 1980.
Mikey quotes:
- Coke Zero. (when asked by an interviewer, "What turns you on?")
- "I try to be the spiritual advisor for the band. "
- "Don't tape me straightening my hair!!!"
- We’re really greedy about the electricity in our iPods. We hoard it. We’re like, "Yo, I’m only on half a fuck battery and I have a plane ride!"
- We're very attractive to them because we dress like homeless people.
- There's less violence in the world when people are using Hula-Hoops.
- Interviewer: "Which of your band mates is most likely to accidentally stick a fork in a toaster?" Frank: "Mikey." Interviewer: "And who would yell 'Hey! It's still plugged in!'?" Mikey: "That would be me." Gerard: "I would definitely be the one yelling. I think we're all very protective of Mikey for things like sticking forks in toasters." Frank: "It's funny because when we were recording, me and Mikey lived together and I would go to Gerard after and be like, 'I can't believe he did this today.'" Mikey: "Yeah, I would leave the tea on overnight." Frank: "God forbid that kid ever lives alone!" Gerard: "He had to promise he would watch him because he likes to do this thing where he'll take a heater into the shower and plug it in..." Frank: "Oh god!" Gerard: "...and there's water everywhere!" Mikey: "I did that one time..." Gerard: "What about the times with the radio?" Mikey: "...and I was pretty warm when I did it though."
Frank Iero - Frankie! Frank's the sweetie of MCR. Frank plays rhythm guitar, and tends to be a bit of a goofball at times. In a charming, very, very delightful way. He's very close to both Way brothers, and is quite often the recipient of Gerard's attention when it comes to on-stage make-outs. So YAY. Supposedly he's also admitted somewhere that he's bisexual. Once again, grain of salt...I've never been able to locate that. At the moment, he has a girlfriend/fiancee, Jamia. (Who is actually rather normal looking, so I kind of like her. *G*) His guitar is nicknamed Pansy, he's also the lead singer for Leathermouth, and he went to Rutgers on a scholarship, but didn't graduate. Frank was a Halloween baby, born on October 31, 1981, and he has Halloween tattooed across his knuckles to commemorate that....and also a jack-o'lantern on his back as well. Frank's tattoos are hot. Hell. Frank's hot. Frank was at one time roommates with Mikeyway. Let your imaginations run wild there. Frank missed some of the band's Japan tour leg last year due to complications from oral surgery that resulted in his sinuses becoming infected and hemorrhaging. He kept up with the band and staved off his loneliness by watching the tour clips posted to YouTube. IS THAT NOT THE CUTEST?
Frank quotes:
- Q: "What's your dream car?" Frank: "A Delorean fully equipped with a flux capacitor. And it must run on garbage."
- "I've never downloaded anything, really. I'm anti-computer and I enjoy buying records."
- “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?"
- "Popsicles should be the new black and then everyone would have one."
- “Yeah, I think we're a pretty sexy band. Look at Gerard, he can shake his ass. Hire us and Gerard will shake his ass for you all. He's bringing sexy back."
- "I would date Gerard."
- "The Way brothers have this sort of...armpit problem. It like, stays on their clothes and whatever they touch...uh, let me think...oh man, Mikey is going to be so mad at me..."
- Interviewer: "First kiss, with who and where?" Crowd: "Ooooh!" Frank: *makes a face* "Oh man...it's kind of synonymous with how I met Bob, really...It was a dark, dark room; I didn't really know." Bob: "He has soft lips..." Frank: "But it was bearded! And it was weird." Interviewer: "But the question is, was he a good kisser?" Frank: "He's in the band, so..." MCR: *cracks up*
- Camera operator: "Have you read the new Ellen DeGeneres book yet?" Frank: "Mhmm. Yeah." Camera operator: "How was it?" Frank: "It made me a lesbian. I only date girls now.” Camera operator: "I can't hang with that." Frank: "You need to have an open mind, my friend."
Ray Toro - Ray is lead guitarist/backup vocalist for the band. He has a tendency to headbang when he plays and his Afro hair goes wild. Ray looks much better with wild hair than he does with the John Frieda hair he's been sporting in recent magazine spreads. Oh, Ray. Ray. It kills me to say this, but step away from the product, baby. Ray's nickname is Torosaurus and he was born July 15, 1977.
Ray quotes:
- "I wasn't popular at school. Thank God I didn't have a girlfriend or I would suck at guitar now."
- "I hate my voice, I sound like a girl. I am in fact a male."
- “C'mon Frankie, you know you wanna fuck a cow or two."
- "I've been left at truck stops, and I'd have to call them on my cellphone, you know, it's like, 'Hey what's up?' and they're like, 'Hey how's it going, man?' I'm like, 'you notice something's missing from the van?'"
- "I tried sticking a piece of candy up my nose...it ended up getting stuck and the nurse had to get it out."
Bob Bryar - BOB! Bob's a woobie too. He's the band's drummer, and he replaced Matt in 2004. He was formerly a sound tech for The Used. Bob is so NORMAL. Which is saying a lot, given the rest of the band. *G* Bob tends to be rather private, doesn't say a whole lot about himself, but we do know that he shared an apartment with Patrick Stump last year while both MCR and FOB were recording their new albums. Bob, according to Patrick is evidently very neat. Patrick, is not. *G* Bob burned his leg on the set of the Famous Last Words video last year, and refused to go see a doctor about it. He ended up in the hospital with an infection that nearly killed him, and part of his face is still somewhat paralyzed because of that.
Bob quotes:
- "We like beards." (When he and Frank Iero were asked about fetishes)
- "People think that moose are really gentle and goofy but they aren't; they're fucking animals."
- "I'll practice my solo project. It's all songs about Gerard. *sings* Oh Gerard..." Frank: "It's called 'Gerardolopoly'" Bob: *sings* "Gerard...you make my heart burn..."
- Gerard: He *points at Bob* got really injured. I tore some ligaments in my ankle that I’m still recovering from but I'm fine, ya know, compared to what he went through. He got a third and second-degree burn. He got a staph infection in his face that almost traveled to his brain and at that point, he would've died. They had said, "Yeah, you would've died in two days." Frank: The sad thing is it's not even healed yet. You know, that's 'cause you won't lie down and take medication. Bob: I really just didn't want to go back into the hospital. I got caught trying to sneak out of the emergency room, too. I hate it there. Gerard: He was pretty amazing in the emergency room, actually. (What happened while shooting music videos for The Black Parade)
- "I get these urges to fuck off at times."
Panic! At The Disco
Panic ! At The Disco was formed by Ryan Ross (guitar) and Spencer Smith (drums) with Brent Wilson on bass and Brendon Urie on vocals. The band was originally called Summer League, but switched to P!ATD after Brendon came on board. The name comes from the Smith's song Panic, and the "at the disco" comes from a line in the song burn down the disco. The group was signed by Pete Wentz after Ryan posted two songs to Pete's journal and Pete gave them a listen. He was impressed (though he says he only listened to them to tell these cocky kids where to get off), and he came out to Las Vegas to hear them play. He liked them enough to sign them to Decaydance. The band kicked Brent out in May 2006, reportedly for missing performances. Brent's now suing them for royalties. He was replaced with Jon Walker, the guitar tech from The Academy Is... In August Brendon was hit in the head by a bottle thrown by a fan and temporarily knocked out. arsenicjade wants to know where the fuck is the bottlefic, people! Hello, H/C? Panic is currently holed up in a cabin writing their second album.
Brendon Urie - Brendon is the youngest of five kids in a Mormon family. His parents at one point threw him out of the house when he started to play with Panic, disapproving of Brendon's choice to be a musician rather than go to college. He used his job at a Smoothie Hut to pay for a one-bedroom apartment. His parents have since made their peace with him and are supportive of his career. Brendon was not originally the lead singer for the group; Ryan Ross was, but the band was so impressed with hearing Brendon sing in one rehearsal that they unanimously made him the vocalist. Brendon was born on April 12, 1987.
Brendon quotes:
- We're weird guys. I don't know if a lot of people get our humor. A lot of people probably think we're jerks. We're real sarcastic. Really ironic and stuff. We mean well, but we joke around probably a lot more than we should.
- There was no way we could have played a show in Las Vegas, so the only way we could be discovered was through the Internet, which was the way it worked.
- (on people calling Panic! At The Disco "emo") It's ignorant! The stereotype is guys that are weak and have failing relationships write about how sad they are. If you listen to our songs, not one of them has that tone. Emo is bullsh*t! If people want to take it for the literal sense of the word, yes we're an emotional band, we put a lot of thought into what we do. People always try to stereotype us, but we don't fit the emo stereotype.
Ryan Ross - Ryan grew up with an alcoholic father, who died this past June. He had a lot of difficulties with his father and two of Panic's songs (Camisado and Nails For Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks) are about his relationship with his dad. Ryan's pretty quiet for the most part, and he reportedly hates his singing voice and was more than happy to let Brendon take over lead vocals. He's the lead guitarist for the band, and he has fabulous skillz with eyeliner, bringing it to the level of an art form many times. His first band was with Spencer Smith, and was called Pet Salamander. They did blink-182 covers. *G* Ryan attended UN-LV for one semester before dropping out. He was born on Aug. 30, 1986.
Ryan quotes:
- There’s plenty of stuff we do in the show to get a reaction. Like, fans are always saying that me and Brendon are dating. It’s funny to me how people freak out about stuff like that.
- It's kind of disappointing and disgusting in a way, how some people are focusing on how we look. I think a lot of those things we think are special - the way we dress, the things we put into our stage show - some fans don't even realize that because they're just drooling over (frontman) Brendon (Urie). I feel like it taints the music.
Spencer Smith - Spencer is Ryan's childhood friend...they've been playing in bands together since they were 13, and have known each other since they were five. They met through their fathers who apparently worked together. Spencer's the drummer of the band and oh my God, looks like a girl. No seriously. He does. Spencer's also a snarky little bitch at times, God love him. He was born September 2, 1987.
Spencer quotes:
- People always ask us about our friends back home; the truth is we don’t really have any friends back home. I do nothing for a couple of weeks then just call up Ryan and hang out, go to the movies or something.
- (on what he learned in 2006) Ice Cube has a man that carries money for him.
- (on why Brent was kicked out of the band) We made the decision based on Brent's lack of responsibility and the fact that he wasn't progressing musically with the band.
Jon Walker - JWALK! Jon Walker used to be the guitar tech for The Academy Is... and he was brought on to replace Brent Wilson when he was kicked out of the band. John is a BOY. REALLY. Placed up against the other three members of this band, he stands out, big-time. He's from Chicago (the others are from Las Vegas), he wears flip-flops ALL THE TIME (a boy after my own heart) and he has a great love for Starbucks. (Oh, Starbucks!Jon, how we love thee.) Jon has a special place in my heart because he has my brother's name, down to the spelling, and my sister's exact birthday. Oh, yes. Same day, same year. September 17, 1985.
Jon quotes:
- I might get a tattoo that just says '2006,' 'cause it was such a big year. Really, just the whole year in general has been amazing to us.
Music
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Fall Out Boy
Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (The newest video and OH MY GOD. Patrick in a suit doing a Sinatra impression. The things it does to my loins. Really. Sweet Jesus. Oh, yeah, and the monkeys are amusing too.)
This Ain't A Scene It's An Arms Race (Possibly the best self-referential video ever. LOVE.)
A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me. (I LOVE THIS VIDEO. And I love the AUs that it inspires. Fall Out Boy as vampire hunters, Pete as a vampire, with special vampiric appearances by Panic! At The Disco and William Beckett from The Academy Is...)
Dance, Dance (FOB as nerds. Really rather sexy. *G*)
Sugar We're Going Down. (Weird video. Very, very, very weird. But likeable. :D)
My Chemcial Romance
I'm Not Okay (The joy of this video is baby!MCR, back when they were first starting out. The squee factor is high *g*)
Helena (A video about a funeral. And it rocks. Very goth.)
The Ghost of You (This is another of those AU videos that I want to see fic for. I mean hello. WWII, and Mikey dies? OH MY GOD SOMEONE PLEASE WRITE THIS.)
Welcome To The Black Parade (Seriously? My favourite of their videos. This is just amazing. The cinematic approach, the way the scenes are composed, the colours...oh my God. Very visual, very beautiful.)
Famous Last Words (This video appeals to the pyromaniac in me. No, really, it does. It's also the video in which Bob burned his leg, and Gerard tore all the ligaments in his foot.
I Don't Love You (Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful black-and-white video. I adore black-and-white media, and this is just so incredibly GORGEOUS. Beautiful shots, beautiful composition, beautiful imagery.)
Panic! At The Disco
I Write Sins, Not Tragedies (Clowns! Weddings! Circus performers! Cheating brides! What else can you ask for, really?)
But It's Better If You Do (Panic goes to the burlesque... *g*)
Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have With Her Clothes On (Okay, it's a bit odd. Yes. And a bit derivative. But still charming.)
Build God, Then We'll Talk (I will not lie, this is my least favourite Panic video. I think it falls flat and I was disappointed with it. But if you want some pornomime, this is for you.)
Cobra Starship
Bring It (Snakes On A Plane) (I LOVE THIS VIDEO. And I'm snake-phobic. BUT I LOVE THIS VIDEO.)
The Academy Is...
We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands. (I love this song, and the video is hot. Really. Yay for Evil!William Beckett. Plus the Pete scene referencing the Thks Fr Th Mmrs video is priceless.
Picspams
Look, the best way to get sucked into the UTTER SLASHINESS OF THIS FANDOM is through the pictures. No. Really. These boys make it SO EASY to slash them. So easy. It's like they throw themselves out there and beg please slash me, please....oh, wait, Gabe Saporta basically did do that. Seriously. He once asked where the Gabe/William Beckett slash was. GOD I LOVE THESE BOYS.
So here are some picspams that I suggest you skim through. *G*
I did one recently of Pete/Patrick.
luciamad did a picspam of all three bands.
seanarenay has done an ode to boytouching, a MCR picspam that will SAVE YOUR LIFE (no really), picspam of all three bands here and here, and Panic! At The Disco picspam.
callsigns has done a William Beckett picspam.
HOW CAN YOU RESIST THESE BOYS? The gay writes itself, people. Really. It does. I mean, my God. *looks at them all with starry eyes* It's practically fucking canon.
Comms
damnyouwentz - probably the best Wentzian community out there.
we_are_cities - bandslash prompts for writing.
slashatthedisco - Panic slash
mychemicalslash - MCR slash
patrickxpeter - FOB Patrick/Peter slash
fueledbynoodles - bandslash media/discussion
icecreamhdaches - FOB media journal
patricks_thighs - just because. *G*
Okay, yeah...I know I promised fic recs too but my God, this has taken me two days to compile, so I'm going to post this now and then rec fics tomorrow. Because now...I must go to bed. Exhaustion claims me.