In tomorrow's Kerrang! magazine Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn-Z gives her frankest interview ever!
As the bassist for Mindless Self Indulgence, she's avoided being in the spotlight, but since she married someone who is a regular in the pages of Kerrang! magazine, it's a different story.
She now finds herself the topic of discussions on messageboards - envied, admired and hated purely because of the ring on the fourth finger on her left hand. But all she wants to do is show the world that women can rock as hard, if not harder, then men.
Here's an extract...
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ATTENTION YOU'RE RECEIVING AS A RESULT OF YOUR MARRIAGE?
"It's infuriating! One of the biggest reasons that I do what I do, is for other women and for other girls, then suddenly, when I got married, that was taken away from me. I'm suddenly 'wife of blah blah blah'."
YOU MUST HAVE EXPECTED IT, THOUGH?
"It's shocking that it still exists! I think it sends such a bad message to girls because it wipes out all the hard work that I did. He [Way] doesn't want that for me either. The questions are never-ending and it's disgusting."
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT IT?
"It's fucked up and totally offensive that my name has totally disappeared and I am now referred to as 'Mrs Gerard Way'. It's fucked up that little kids want to come to my show to see Gerard standing at the side of the stage. And I don't want to have anything to do with it. But I get a lot of positive reactions, too - people saying that I have inspired them and that feels good. If that stuff wasn't in place, I'd probably throw it all away."
SO WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?
"Every night I sweat, I hurt myself and I don't stop until the job is done because I want every little girl in the audience to walk away thinking that it's possible - that they can do this."
For the full interview, be sure to pick up a copy of tomorrow's Kerrang! magazine.
