My Chemical Romance speak about Hannah Bond suicide

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My Chemical Romance have spoken out about the suicide of Hannah Bond , the 13 year-old fan of the band from Kent who recently hungherself.

At a hearing about her death coroner Roger Sykes suggested that Hannah Bond’s suicide was linked in with herapparent obsession with emo music, saying that he found theovertones of the genre "disturbing".

Writing on the My Chemical Romance website, the band offered theircondolences to Bond 's family. They went on to say that as a band they were"anti-suicide", and that one of their aims was to provide"comfort, support and solace" to their fans.

The message read: "We have recently learned of the suicide andtragic loss of Hannah Bond . We'd like to send our condolences to her family during this timeof mourning. Our hearts and thoughts are with them.

"My Chemical Romance are and always have been vocallyanti-violence and anti-suicide. As a band, we have always made itone of our missions through our actions to provide comfort,support, and solace to our fans.

"The message and theme of our album 'The Black Parade' is hope and courage. Our lyrics are about finding the strength tokeep living through pain and hard times. The last song on our albumstates: 'I am not afraid to keep on living' – a sentimentthat embodies the band's position on hardships we all face as humanbeings.

"If you or anyone that you know have feelings of depression orsuicide, we urge you to find your way and your voice to deal withthese feelings positively."

The statement comes roughly a week before My Chemical Romance fansplan to march in protest against the media's depiction of the band.

The march will begin in Hyde Park in London on Saturday (May 31) and end outside the offices of the Daily Mail newspaper. Organisers are hoping that the My Chemical Romanceprotest march will attract around 1,000 supporters.