SAM BAYER

From the second we shook hands I felt how intense this guy was. I think I was so nervous to meet him that I gave a lame half-handshake because I kind of missed his hand. I told him I loved his work, he told me he loved our work. I had a feeling something was coming around the corner.

Almost a month later we met and he came and listened to what we had worked on. He instantly got it. He was instantly excited. He picked out every single influence and said: ‘You guys are throwing down the gauntlet with this record…I want the videos to do the same thing…they have to.’

Sam got the concept of The Black Parade on so many levels. He got it metaphorically, culturally, cinematically. He even picked out the influences of certain films like ‘City Of Lost Children,’ Delicatessen,’ ‘Metropolis,’ and ‘The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari.’ a film we had been trying to capture since we made our first video for ‘Vampires Will Never Hurt You.’