In my personal opinion Glee is one of the most horrible shows on television. Its like bad comedy smashed up with the middle school play. I dont find the characters engaging, the script is moronic, the topics redundant. The singing is worse than Kareoke night at the Oak Lounge in Butsnark Arkansas. So when we saw “Sing” the single from My Chemical Romance would be performed not only did I throw up in my mouth I hurled all over the neighborhood. What the hell were they thinking? How much did they get WHY THE HELL.. it was horrible. Terrible. The Kings of Leon blew off Glee and well that was smart. My Chem are fantastic and theres the lame cast hiccuping through it.
Why?
The answer comes from My Chem guitarist Frank Iero. This kid is cool city (aside from the Yank cap)
“With the record industry the way it is now, with pop music the only thing dominant, I think you have to make choices like this to make inroads into things. I only saw the show twice after we were asked to do it and I don’t think there is anything like that on television. My least favourite parts of the actual show is the singing; I think as that is a bit too much like Grease. But the actual show is funny first of all but to also have such an openly gay character going through things says something about the times – so I was excited to be a part of something which is so forward like that.
“And I think we were the first rock band to do it too.”
In response to Glee creator and writer Ryan Murphy who branded The Kings of Leon ‘assholes’ for not participating, Iero stated:
“I think it is any band’s prerogative not to do Glee or anything else they don’t want to do.
“I did think having a go at them was a bit unprofessional. If a band doesn’t want to do something they should be allowed to say no without someone coming out and saying ‘fuck them’.
“That was really dumb and I lost a little respect for them through that but we’d already said yes by then (laughs).”
Love this band, the next time I slam them remind me of this.