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she writes a song anywhere near as good as "I'm Just A Girl" or throws anything as left field as a drumline into her pop songs, she's not anywhere close to Gwen's stature as a pop princess.

True. But she gets to share eye-makeup with Pete Wentz...

I suppose most nasty things said about Pete are true (it is possible that he, like Ashlee, has no soul) but see above re: lyrical savant. And the fucker is savvy -- if this only goes for fifteen minutes its going to be a productive fifteen minutes. The man has diversified out the wazoo and you've got to respect that.

Patrick Stump is... well, I suspect we'll have Patrick around for a good long time. He's as business clever as Pete and, it appears, something of a musical genius as well.

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.

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* No. Pete does not have someone locked in the basement. Gabe quite possibly does.

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flails

I HAD NOT SEEN THAT BEFORE! Oh, that was fun.

Oh Jilli, this is a very special day for you!

(I swears, its up there with any other first time)

THE CHORDS THAT CANNOT BE DENIED

Oh my god, I love that clip hardcore. I love the chain smoking. I love Gee trying to convey himself. I love Ray for being Ray.

I love Gee trying to convey himself.

With the flailing hand gestures!

And major Emoto!Fro.

(Oh, um, yes... some people are really into Toro's hair. Some people. It really is great hair.)

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I so fucking love that clip, I cannot even tell y'all.

The fro has many modes. There is also GuitarSolo!Fro [link]

Ha! I was going to make the Gabe joke, but Trudy beat me to it.

Pete, as I've said often in the past, is lyrically the male version of Tori Amos. FEAR HIM.

Other Important Things To Know About Bandom:

FOB are VERY SHORT. I'm not sure any of 'em are over 5'9".

Cobra Starship, most of 'em at least, are VERY TALL. Three dudes of about six and a half feet, one nearly six foot chick, and one short dude they keep locked in Gabe's basement behind the drum kit.

I am meara-ing in the music thread. I think that's a first. Figures it'd be bandom.

Actual Factual Female Member

As opposed to all the Pretty Pretty Princesses, of course.

OMG I'd forgotten about Lale's primer. NSFW, BTW. One of the best things ever.

Rasputina crossed with, um, Gwen Stefani

Actually, there's only one song that sounds at all like Gwen Stefani, "Lights On." They also have pretty kickass lyrics and you will never find anyone who sings, "All I want is for you to come to ruin" more sweetly.

The Hush Sound's video for "Honey"

That is a pretty cool video. Yay, YouTube. I missed music videos.

See also Leathermouth, the side project of Frank Iero (MCR) and Jamia Nestor (wife of Frank) on their Skeleton Crew...thing.

Wait, I didn't know Jamia was involved! Huh. Is she *in* Leathermouth or just involved in SC? Also, did you really just pull all of that out of your brain? B/c dang.

Re: Kiss Off, I won't lie, I got the idea from Gerard yelling, "I hope you know, this will go down on your permanent record" in LOTMS. On "Prison," I think?

Do I need to kidnap you for a bandom weekend?

Yes, as long as you SWEAR no SGA will be involved. It apparently has a really long incubation period.

"The Internet Has Seen My Penis And Then I Made a Music Video About It."

...linky please? To the video. I've seen the penis. (thanks again, lale)

Guilty Pleasure has been stuck in my head all. day. long.

Guilty Pleasure is my ringtone, trufax. I almost changed it after my NOLA trip b/c I heard it 50 gazillion times, but the impulse passed and it's my happy place again.

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Oh. My. There's, like, an entire trove of pre-production videos. I'll have to come back to those. I quite like the leg lifts, myself.