Former Blink 182 guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge has spoken out about the recent controversy surrounding My Chemical Romance and their suggested links with 'emo' suicides.

DeLonge told Buzznet that he had experienced similar controversy while in his former band. He defended My Chemical Romance, saying there was nothing abnormal about the content of their lyrics.

"The same sort of thing [being blamed for fans' behaviour] happened to me with Blink," he said, "so I can understand what it's like to be a part of something like that.

"We had a victim of the Columbine shootings take his life with our song on repeat. You kinda go through these situations where you blame yourself, but you can't.

"You have no idea who these people are. And My Chemical Romance, they spend a lot of time singing about coming together. There's ingredients of rebellion and angst, but what band doesn't have that when you're young?"

My Chemical Romance fans recently protested about the media's depiction of the band in London.

Emo music was recently criticised by sections of the media after Hannah Bond, a 13 year-old emo fan from Kent, committed suicide.

Unfortunetaly My Chemical Romance didn't make it in the top 100, but they did make it to the 25 songs that almost made our top 100 list. That's great, isn't it?

This is written about MCR's Welcome to the black parade:
The mascara kings' lead guitarist Ray Toro has talked about his adoration for Queen's Brian May, and the title track of their platinum concept album is practically a five-minute elaboration on the solo from "Bohemian Rhapsody": Toro and Frank Iero's guitar parts cloned into an emo army, leaping to heroic heights and diving into bombastic glory.

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