“He introduced me to a movie called Phantom of the Paradise. I’d seen the VHS before in a Dollar Video in the parking lot of A&P, New Jersey, and I go ‘man, this cover’s so shitty’, and he’s like ‘no, this movie’s fucking good, dude’. Watched it and it fucking changed my life, man. Check it out.” - Gerard Way, Arlington, TX August 2nd, 2025
photos from Phantom of the Paradise (dir. Brian de Palma, 1974), and my own from MCRLA1 and MCRNJ























