Cassie The Venomous' Blog

Busy. That's what life is. But today, I have a day off( -ish ), and I'm going to spend it populating my home, here, with the MCR -related pieces I've written for my "big blog," I'll call it-- AltPress.com . So much to say. So much to treasure. Just keep in mind that invisibility always wears off. 3-2-1, BOOM. XoXo c.

Note: This post has been backdated. Originally posted on AltPress.com May 24, 2013 at 10:22 p.m. ET Ray Toro has posted a solo song on his SoundCloud account, The Real Ray Toro. Toro stated in a tweet that he completed all facets of the song completely on his own. Stream it and let me know what you think! I played everything. Sang everything. Recorded everything. Mixed everything. Myself. — raytoro (@raytoro) May 25, 2013 We've now heard new material from Gerard, Frank and Ray. Mikey next? Possibly. 

Note: This post has been backdated. I originally posted this on AltPress.com May 22, 2013 at 6:24 p.m. ET In a new article from Yahoo! Music , former My Chemical Romance frontman and newly announced AP 300 cover star Gerard Way talks about his post-MCR musical work. While remaining vague about the direction his work is taking ("I’m just trying to figure out exactly what I’m supposed to do. I take a cue from the universe and I think about that pretty deeply and go with my gut 100 percent."), the singer expressed that he's "usually up until a minimum of 2 a.m. writing music" these days. What he does reveal is that he does not foresee his musical works becoming a solo project. "I’ve never seen myself as a solo guy. Some of my favorite artists, like Nick Cave and Tom Waits, are so far beyond me right now and I feel that if I was going to do something like what they do, I’d have to be a lot older and I’d need a lot more life experience. So I don’t...