REVIEW: My Chemical Romance - Roskilde Festival (translated) (WARNING - NEGATIVE REVIEW)

(translated below)

Opbakningen bag My Chemical Romance har været på kraftig retur. Men bandet blev hyret til Roskildes største scene. En bommert. 

Tiden og publikum er for længst løbet fra My Chemical Romance.
Det amerikanske rockband spillede i en tyndt besat K.B. Hallen i marts i år, hvilket man kunne læse i nærværende avis. Så det er noget af en gåde, hvorfor Roskilde Festivalen alligevel vurderede, at gruppen skulle have gennemslagskraft til at gøre lykke på festivalens største scene.

Søndags-siesta

Men scenariet var så forudsigeligt, som det musikalske udtryk fra My Chemical Romance. Gruppen spillede for en spredt befolket festplads med et publikum, der enten holdt magelig søndags-siesta i solen uden synderligt engagement i musikken – mens en stædig minoritet af purunge tilhængere gik amok foran scenen.

Uoriginalt

My Chemical Romance kom faktisk med en håndfuld rock-hits at dele ud af – med lyspunkt i det livlige rockopera-moment ”Welcome to the Black Parade”. Men når gruppen aldrig er lykkedes med at nå op i stadion-størrelse, skyldes det simpelthen manglende konsistens og troværdighed. Det ene øjeblik forsøger den jævne sanger Gerard Way at brøle brunstigt som hedengangne Freddie Mercury fra Queen. Så går det vildt lige ud ad landevejen med Ramones-rock'n'roll - og så sætter bandet i med aerodynamisk indie-disco.
Det lyder som alt muligt. Bare ikke som noget originalt.
Beskæmmende at Roskilde Festivalen giver plads til den slags på den legendariske Orange Scene.
Det er ikke bare en ommer. Det er en bommert.

translated by Google Translate:

The popularity of My Chemical Romance has been in sharp decline. But the band was hired to Roskilde's biggest stage. A blunder.

The time and the audience has long since run out My Chemical Romance.

The American rock band played to only a handful of people at KB Hall in March this year (which could be read in this newspaper), so it is something of a mystery as to why the Roskilde Festival  thought that the group should had the clout to be a success on the festival's biggest stage.

Sunday Siesta
But the scenario was as predictable as the music from My Chemical Romance. The group played for a dispersed crowd with an people that largely took a leisurely Sunday siesta in the sun without much involvement in the music - while a stubborn minority of very young fans went berserk in front of the stage.

Unoriginal
My Chemical Romance actually came with a handful of rock hits to share - with a bright spot in the lively rock opera-moment "Welcome to the Black Parade". But the group never managed to reach a stadium-sized crowd, simply because of their lack of consistency and credibility. One minute Gerard Way tries to channel the late Freddie Mercury from Queen then switches to Ramones-style rock'n'roll - and then once more to indie disco.

They tried everything and just ended up sounding un-original

It' a shame that Roskilde Festival made room for this kind of band on the legendary Orange Stage.

It wasn't butterflies. It was a blunder.


CREDIT: kpn.dk