on the whole, the writer was a moron.

The writer clearly is, but he (she? I can't remember what gender the author is) got his/her ideas from a larger context of people who are totally missing the point.

Oh, Teppy, Toro's hands are GIGANTIC.

Which one is he?

Ray Toro, Guitar God

(The lead guitar, the one who headbangs even when playing acoustic.)

It would be nice if people would stop blaming adolescent suicide on music preferences. Correlation does not imply causation, you fearmongering motherfuckers.

The guitarist with the 'fro.

He plays Desert Song on an accoustic guitar. And he's sitting on his little chair right in front of me and his hands just DEVOUR the guitar and in the course of my blissing out I'm thinking "Teppy would climb over security and get him..."

The writer clearly is, but he (she? I can't remember what gender the author is) got his/her ideas from a larger context of people who are totally missing the point.

There was a lot of backlash in the UK about the inference that MCR was an "emo cult." Since Gerard has spoken more than once from stage about the importance of getting help if you're depressed, clearly the author has their head firmly up their arse.

Correlation does not imply causation, you fearmongering motherfuckers.

Bears repeating.

Are there people who self-identify as emo?

There's Emo Phillips.

And Captain Nemo. (If, you know, the first letter of his name tag was covered up.)

I don't know of anyone that self-identifies as emo. Probably because the label is flung around a lot as an insult.

I don't know of anyone that self-identifies as emo. Probably because the label is flung around a lot as an insult.

Yeah that's the impression I got recently when I mistakenly attempted to affix that label to a Fall Out Boy song. No "emo" kids were quoted in that icky article and I've never heard someone say, "I am emo."