My Chemical Romance Responds To Accusations of Teenagers Suicide
My Chemical Romance, the band accused of the suicide of a teenager.
Not weeks ago news flooded the internet of the suicide of 13 year old Hannah Bond. Prior to this she had been cutting, and when her parents asked about it she responded by saying it was for the "Emo trend". Sources automatically turned to the band My Chemical Romance, pinning the blame on them knowing that not long before her death she began listening to them. They labeled the band automatically, putting out warnings and notifying people that My Chem was an "Emo cult" band in which encourages self harm, and in some cases, suicide.
Eventually word of this uproar got around to the members of My Chem, and after hearing they posted a message on their official site, confronting the scenario. The message can be found on mychemicalromance.com.
In this message My Chem responds to these false accusations in which they have been blamed of encouraging the suicide of the young girl. My Chem replied, saying "As a band, we have always made it one of our missions through our actions to provide comfort, support, and solace to our fans." They continued into saying that their lyrics are meant to bring courage and strength to their listener, not to bring them to such a tragic downfall. They strive to help the person find alternatives to self harm in times where they are at their lowest, and to just continue living.
My Chemical Romance was wrongly accused of bringing the young girl to her death, and was labeled as something they have never been. My Chemical Romance has never once looked at themselves and considered themselves as an "emo cult" band. They have already stated in many interviews that they are against self harm, suicide, everything that has been categorized under the "emo cult" label. They even in one interview stated how they noticed a girl in the audience at a show with lacerations down her arms and how they automatically felt a pang of guilt in their heart. They didn't want their fans to think they had to do this to fit in with their crowd, because you never had to try to fit in. They later that night talked about the matters of suicide and depression and how you should turn to help the moment you, or someone you know shows signs of such a tragic thing.
My Chemical Romance has been here to give strength to the ones who can't find it. They would never encourage such a terrible thing as Hannah Bond put herself through.
