Frank Iero
Frank Iero
Frank Anthony Iero, Jr.is a musician who was the rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist of the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance as well as the vocalist of the post-hardcore band Leathermouth and electronic-hardcore act Death Spells. He has a solo punk rock project titled frnkiero andthe patience. He released an album under the previous moniker frnkiero andthe cellabration titled Stomachaches that was released on August 26, 2014. The first single off the album, called "Weighted", premiered on BBC Radio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth31 October 1981
CityBelleville, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Where my heart lies is in the real-life, but at the same time part of it lies in this creative realm where I need to go in and put out that fire, scratch that itch, in order to be all rounded.
I made songs really for myself - I didn't ever expect to put it out there.
At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics to be the first impression.
I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.
Every time I felt the pain coming on I'd go downstairs and hammer out an idea. After a few months I started to take a look at what I was making, I had for the first time in my life written a large grip of songs completely alone and without any expectations or plans of what they would be for.
I've always been a fan of vinyl. There's something about the ritual of it. Something about it holds its gravity, for some reason. Sometimes you'll put on music and the music fades into the background. But when you take that vinyl out and put it down, the music becomes the conversation as opposed to being the soundtrack to it.
I was feeling miserable physically, in a lot of pain to the point where it was almost crippling me, especially creatively. I decided to take that and use it as an inspiration for getting out of bed and making something again.
You can only hold on to something for so long and enjoy it just by yourself, what's the point? It's very selfish. For better or for worse, I feel like the point of all of this is to make someone feel something.
Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.
When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.
Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!
This is a dream come true. I have wanted to tour with Green Day since I was 15.
To kill the misconception, I don’t think the songs we wrote before ‘Danger Days’ are bad songs by any means. In fact, I kinda think some of them are among my favorites we have ever written. A lot of them are kinda f—ing rad… they just so happened to have been created in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and we as their parents were not ready to raise them just yet… and so they sat and waited.
Anytime you put yourself in a creative box, it's going to stifle you; it's not conducive to the writing or recording process.