Gerard is the main lyricist, and Ray Toro is the main composer. The rest of the guys add stuff too, but the main songwriters are Gee and Toro.
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
::now loves Toro EVEN MORE::
Thank you!
So Toro is the Stump to his Wentz?
Remember, Toro is the one who turned the back of the bus into a mini recording studio so he could work on stuff that would eventually end up on the Black Parade album. On Life on the Murder Scene, he describes himself as "A man obsessed".
Though it seems to be pretty collaborative when it comes to the music--I mean, I agree that Ray tends to come up with melodies, but the behind the scenes footage shows Ray pulling Frank and Bob into the studio to work on songs as frequently as Ray and Gee hashing something out together.
I'll try and get some Empires and Hushie stuff up tomorrowish. When I'm not reading intensively to write my effing papers.
So Toro is the Stump to his Wentz?
Ha! Yeah, I guess so. But Gerard seems to be less ADD than Wentz.
Ha! Yeah, I guess so. But Gerard seems to be less ADD than Wentz.
And a little less of an exhibitionist, sadly for the universe.
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Which, having SEEN some of the stage antics, is saying a lot.
It's just that Pete "The Internet Has Seen My Penis" Wentz sets a pretty high bar.
"The Internet Has Seen My Penis And Then I Made a Music Video About It."
For accuracy.
Only partly about that! That video referenced every FOB gossip item!
Ah, Pete. You crazy, crazy little man.
That video referenced every FOB gossip item!
Wait, so the Playboy Mansion hot tub thing was a FOB gossip item? That I did not realize.
Yeah, Gerard saves all of his exhibitionism for onstage. Which, while I admire, there is a shallow fangirl part of me that is very faintly disappointed.