Bullets Era Notes




This page is a summary of the following posts:
I Brought You My Bullets...
...You Brought Me Your Love
Just Like Up On The Screen
For more in-depth information about this era, refer to the original posts.

Making Bullets:
  • Drove up to Nada, upstate NY, May 15-25
  • The band had only been together for 3 months, Frank had only joined two days before going into the studio
    • Frank only played on three songs
  • Made to “capture a moment in time”
  • Wasn’t recorded in a proper studio, made in John Naclerio’s basement – built a studio in his mother’s basement
  • G nervous about recording vocals – demo tracks had sounded nothing like they did live
    • Alex Saavedra came in a gave him a hug for luck then punched him in the face
  • Produced by Geoff Rickly (Thursday)
  • Concept: 2 lovers on the run with a trunk full of ammunition
  • G has a hole in his tooth and an abscess in the hole – made singing painful
  • 2 music videos:
    • Vampires: shows band playing in suits interspersed with clips of vampires
    • Honey: guy gets tortured by his girlfriend with needles
 
Touring On Bullets:
  • First van bought by Gerard and Mikey’s grandma
  • Had very little money/food – had to ask the bands they were supporting for food
  • Frank got a scorpion tattoo on his neck so he couldn’t get a real job
  • Mikey and Frank dropped out of college
  • Brian Schecter became their manager on February 17 2003
  • Took Shaun Simon on tour with them to sell merch
  • Went on tour with The Used in Europe in the first half of March 2003
  • First big break was playing in support of Jimmy Eat World in Allentown
  • Gerard was featured in SPIN magazine in 2003
  • Signed to Reprise Records on August 31 2003
  • Started writing material for second album mid-2003


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