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AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANK IERO

by Kinsey Haynes
ormer My Chemical Romance guitar player Frank Iero and his new band The Future Violents are
coming out swinging with their new album “Barriers.” The album marks Iero’s first release since
2016 where a freak accident in Australia almost claimed his life. Thankfully, Iero is still here to live
life with a new perspective. Be sure to read on as he talks about his kids, “Double Dare,” and the
FJoe Jonas rumors that have plagued social media.

How is the tour going so far? It was amazing. I feel very no, it's a different band. So
It’s going really well. We just fortunate to have been able for me, I like changing it up. I
hit the halfway mark last night to work with him once be- like bringing in new musicians
so we have about two weeks fore. We did an EP with him from bands so that way each
left. Then we'll be home which around maybe 2016, so I band is different and it should
is gonna be nice. We’re only got to kind of find out what be titled accordingly. I've
going to be home for a couple he's like in the studio and his always felt like I've grown
of days though to be honest mentality about recording and exponentially as a musician
and then we start in Eastern how he's a sound en-gineer and as a songwriter when
Eu-rope and move our way and not a producer so I was I played with people that
back over to a UK festival, very prepared going in this challenged me and people
come back, and then we’ll do time. that I felt were better than
the west coast. me. There's so many people
He doesn't want to color the out there that I'm inspired by
sound at all. He wants to that I’ve had the opportunity
“Barriers” was just released. capture what your band is to play with and I'm always
How has the response to that and what your band sounds gonna jump at that op-
been? like and he is very leery of portunity.
For me, it's been giving his opinion about your
overwhelming. I mean music because the way he
especially in light of how the feels is that you know your You mentioned the accident
last record went. We ended up music better than an-yone. in Australia earlier. I read
having this horrible accident So what does it matter what where you told Ker-rang!
two weeks before it was re- he thinks? He's amazing, but “Maybe this is what the
leased. We were kind of out here's the thing. If you're going afterlife is. It’s us just setting
of commission so that was a in looking for someone to give up another world for us to
horrible way to start a record. you guidance or to tell you go through and you look for
This has been amazing. We’ve what di-rection you should evidence to prove yourself
been on the road since it was take your music in, he's not correct or not insane.” Would
released and each night I feel the guy for you. you say you still feel this
like in different cities people way?
are having great reactions to You know it's strange. I don't
the new stuff because they're You've changed the name think it's anything I'm ever
having some time to sit with it of your band with each solo gonna be able to come to
and it's been really fun. I love release. What's the rea- terms with. It's just something
playing in this band. I really soning behind that? that maybe I’ll just find better
do. The easy answer is that ways of dealing with it, you
I've always enjoyed that know? It's strange because no
honeymoon period where one can tell you what's real
You got to work with Steve you get the band, you figure and what's not. I think the
Albini on the new album out what it sounds like, you best realization that I've come
and he's worked with a ton put different musicians in to is that if this is fake and this
of legendary bands like and it's just like you're finding is just a manifestation of my
Nirvana, The Pixies, and I yourself, you know? There's imagination then that means I
know your personal fa-vorite that pitfall of the next record control everything. So there's
Jawbreaker. What was the sounding different than the really nothing to be too scared
experience like working with first record. People being like of because in my mind I'm
him? “Oh what the heck?” Well going to make it work out.

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