![]() STORY My Chemical Romance Debuts Final Song ‘Fake Your Death’ (Video)įans will get their first listen of some of the songs on Hesitant Alien when Way performs his first solo shows at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England. There was no concept and no call-to-arms.” I also experimented with the abstract, and looked at Frank Black‘s work both with the Pixies, and as a solo artist. “I looked to the Britpop poets like Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn, drawing upon everyday life. Way wrote lyrics about what he knew at the time, “which was struggle, beginnings, finding a newness in the mundane and the abstract,” he says. I want the record to sonically galvanize people.” Hesitant Alien was mixed by veteran Tchad Blake (Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys). I knew I would look at who my guitar heroes were in art school, Mary Timony and Carrie Brownstein, and I drew a lot of influence from shoegaze and Britpop. I knew there would be lots of fuzz pedals. “My intention was to make 100 percent uncompromised art, using the currently least radio-friendly instrument, the guitar. “I wanted to make the small things sound big,” he says. To support the album, Way assembled a touring band made up of select musicians who contributed to the album and were called "The Hormones".ġ2.Working with producer Doug McKean, Way knew immediately what he wanted the new effort to sound like. 16 on the US Billboard 200 and some international charts. Hesitant Alien received mostly positive reviews, and was a moderate commercial success reaching No. The album was produced by Doug McKean, known for his work as recording engineer on a number of projects with producer Rob Cavallo, including several releases by My Chemical Romance. It was officially announced in May 2014, although demos of the songs "Zero Zero" and "Millions" have circulated since 2012. Hesitant Alien is the debut studio album by Gerard Way, former lead singer of the American rock band My Chemical Romance, released in the US on Septemand on September 30 worldwide. Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien (Japanese Edition) (2014)Īlternative Rock | Country: USA | Label: Warner Bros. Hesitant Alien is the debut studio album by Gerard Way, former lead singer of the American rock band My Chemical Romance, released in the US on September 29. ![]()
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