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gay youth news blog (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Should we be scared of emo? The Daily Mail says so. After the suicide of the 13-year-old emo schoolgirl Hannah Bond, who hanged herself in her bedroom in Essex last September, a series of headlines have screamed: “Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo”, while accusing the American emo band My Chemical Romance of encouraging suicide. Across Latin America it’s even worse. Emo kids are subject...
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Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Though it would seem obvious to almost everyone ( except perhaps the Daily Mail ), My Chemical Romance have had to explicitly come out against suicide.The band commented on the controversy: We have recently learned of the suicide and tragic loss of Hannah Bond. We'd like to send our condolences to her family during this time of mourning. Our hearts and thoughts are with them. My Chemical Romance are...
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MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Last September, 13-year-old Hannah Bond, a My Chemical Romance fan in Kent, England, committed suicide. This month, the coroner, in announcing a verdict of suicide, suggested there was a link between her suicide and her obsession with emo music: “The emo overtones concerning death and associating it with glamor I find very disturbing.” [...]
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New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Music fans have spoken out in support for My Chemical Romance, after The Daily Mail and a coroner accused them of encouraging teenager Hannah Bond's suicide.
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Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
My Chemical Romance offer their condolences to the family of 13-year-old Hannah Bond.
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Take 40 (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Emo-rockers My Chemical Romance have spoken out about the recent suicide of Hannah Bond, a 13-year old fan from the UK.
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
My Chemical Romance have spoken out for the first time about the suicide of Hannah Bond, the 13-year-old fan from Kent who hung herself.At the inquest into her ...
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PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Rockers MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE have offered their condolences to the family of a 13-year-old fan who hanged herself, reportedly to impress other emo band lovers. Hannah Bond from Kent, England, committed suicide in September last year (07) and her death has been linked to her love of emo music, including the work of the I Don't [...]
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Idolator (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
Offended by the Daily Mail 's portrayal of My Chemical Romance as a "suicide cult band," following the death of 13-year-old fan Hannah Bond, an ever-increasing number of the band's fans are planning a peaceful protest outside of the newspaper's offices on May 31. Fans are being advised to bring placards that say "MCR SAVES LIVES" or "I AM NOT AFRAID TO KEEP ON LIVING," the latter also being the name...
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Daily Mail online | Home (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Hannah Bond was a happy 13-year-old until she became an 'emo' - part of a sinister teenage craze that romanticises death. Three months later she hanged herself. Here, her devastated mother tells other parents: No child is safe
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ShoutWire.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The Pulse of Radio reports that a British coroner has raised concerns that emo music played a role in the suicide of 13-year-old MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE fan Hannah Bond.
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Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
In an effort to tie a real tragedy to a misunderstood pop culture movement, British news media are blaming emo for the suicide of a 13-year old British girl. Hannah Bond hanged herself from a bunk bed in her bedroom with a tie which authorities claim she did to impress fellow followers of the "emo" movement. Roger Sykes, the coroner who recorded a verdict of suicide, found aspects of the youth movement,...
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NeoWin (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The suicide of a schoolgirl who had apparently become obsessed with ‘emo’ culture has, once again, drawn attention to the movement and its teen followers. Recording a verdict of suicide after Hannah Bond, 13, had hanged herself, the coroner noted that she had “become an aficionado of the emo fad.” Emo has deep and spreading roots, which few who are close to it regard with much alarm. What began as...
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Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Emo music is blamed for the death of Kent teenager Hannah Bond.
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New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Emo fans have contacted NME.COM to defend their music against claims it inspired 13 year-old Hannah Bond to commit suicide.
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fuck society
okay here is the thing listen to what the first guy said ITS NOT MRCS FAULT!!! fuck society and your oh all rock music is emo and is associated w/ the...
XxTox.SinxX - (not a member) - 06/02/2008
this is not mcr's fault. this girl's parents had no control over her. she chose to commit suicide and they blamed a band that had faught against suicide...
anonymous - 06/01/2008
bashers
You shouldn’t blame people who had no control over a girls emotions. She chose to kill herself and her parents had done nothing about it. It’s not MCR's...
cls89 - 05/30/2008