Beyond the Music
“All In The Family” by KoRn features this other Nu Metal vocalist, known for his role as Owen’s dad in “I Saw The TV Glow”.
Who is Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit)?
(John Davis, the lead singer of KoRn, wanted the song to sound like two schoolyard kids training insults)
In “Midnight Mass” the angel Father Paul brings to the island is actually this classic nocturnal horror movie monster.
What is a Vampire?
The cherry blossom trees in the film “Coraline” were made of this movie theatre snack.
What is popcorn?
(Animator and film maker Henry Selick worked on “The Nightmare Before Christmas” as well as “Coraline”)
Gerard Way witnessed this event in 2001 that inspired him to create the band My Chemical Romance.
What is 9/11?
Due to burnout, exhaustion, and pressure from their label, the bandmates of Fall Out Boy started having conflicts during the making of this album, which shares its name with a movie about a DC villain.
What is “Folie à Deaux”?
(The song “I Don’t Care” was supposedly written about Pete badmouthing Patrick)
In an episode of “Criminal Minds” the unsub turned his victims into this, also the name of a FNAF 2 character.
What is Marionette?
(the unsub is played by Brad Dourif, who voices Chucky)
Despite death, mentions of suicide, foul language and sexual themes, this live action Tim Burton movie has a PG rating.
What is “Beetlejuice”?
(also one of Will Woods favorite movies)
Killjoys, make some noise. This is the only MCR song that the show GLEE did a cover of.
What is SING?
(For the album Danger Days, Gerard way wrote a Comic series that ties into the lore of the album called “The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys”)
“A Match Into Water” by Pierce the Veil was written for Vic Fuentes’ girlfriend who, at the time, was struggling with this disease.
What is Cancer?
In “Over the Garden Wall” the protagonists Wert and Greg are traveling through Pottsfield, when they realize all of the towns people are skeletons wearing this vegetable.
What is a pumpkin?
(Pottsfield comes from Potters Field, which was a public burial ground for the poor or unclaimed bodies)
In the SAW franchise, apprentices of the Jigsaw killer typically wear masks of this farm animal to hide their identity.
What is a pig?
This famous broadway actress was recruited to sing the woman’s part of the song “Mama” from the album “The Black Parade”
Who is Liza Minnelli?
It’s debated on whether or not The Front Bottoms are a Midwest-Emo band, because while they do have the sound, they are actually from this East-Coast state.
What is New Jersey?
In the show “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” the second “N” in the D.E.N.N.I.S system stands for this.
What is neglect emotionally?
In “I Saw the TV Glow”, the antagonist from the fictional show “The Pink Opaque” is named this.
What is Mr. Melancholy?
After dying in a gunfight, a man goes to hell and the devil tells him he can only get back to the love of his life if he brings him the souls of 1000 evil men. This is the overarching plot of this MCR album.
What is Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge?
(The couple on the front of the album is referred to as The Demolition Lovers)
In early 2010’s Tumblr bandom culture, fans coined these 3 bands as the “Emo Holy Trinity”.
Who are Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and My Chemical Romance?
(FOB is the father, they got P!ATD, the son, signed to their record label, and MCR is the Holy Ghost because they has just broken up)
In the episode “It’s a Good Life” from the show “The Twilight Zone” a boy holds a Midwest town hostage with his powers, and sends the people he doesn’t like to this place.
What is The Cornfield?
In REPO! the Genetic Opera, street Zydrate (a highly addictive anesthetic/pain killer) is made from the extract of these.
What are dead bodies?
(the director and writer was heavily inspired by The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance also belongs to the punk-hardcore band Leathermouth, and was put on an FBI watchlist for naming a song this illegal phrase.
What is “I am Going to **** the President of the United States”?