81: Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance / LS Dunes): Make the Best Thing You Can Because This Is Your Last Chance To Do It
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy interviews Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance
On this episode Frank and Jeremy talk living in Los Angeles, Kurt Cobain's shirts, Let It Rock in Montclair NJ, seeing Jawbox, how he found the local NJ punk scene, playing drums and eventually guitar, Sector 12, Nada recording studio, his first tour, his early connection with and joining My Chemical Romance, what his guitar playing brought, working with Geoff Rickly, early My Chem tours, Todd Youth and Keith Morris, working with Rob Cavallo, added pressures for The Black Parade, his first solo venture, working with Ross Robinson, the chorus of Helena, and so much more!
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| 1:01.0 | First ever |
| 1:03.0 | The First Ever Podcast Welcome to the first ever podcast. I am your host, Jeremy Bollm. If this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today. |
| 1:30.5 | My guest this week is Frank Airo from My Chemical Romance and a lot of solo work too. |
| 1:38.2 | This is an awesome conversation. |
| 1:39.8 | I'm really excited that's got to happen. |
| 1:41.6 | I am coming to you currently from Orlando, Florida in a little |
| 1:46.3 | tiny backstage room that was so kindly offered to me to use to record this because the venue |
| 1:53.6 | next door is empty. So shout out to the social for making this possible. I said a little |
| 2:00.1 | rougher than usual. I did not sleep very well |
| 2:02.1 | last night. We had a long drive from Houston to Orlando. Since you're hearing this on a Wednesday, |
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