TEARING . . . . . DOWN THE BARRIERS
It was mere hours before the final date of Frank Iero’s first ever Australian tour – a mostly sold-out theatre jaunt in early celebration of his ParachutesLP, set for release two weeks later under the banner of Frank Iero And The Patience – that he, his bandmates and their publicist were involved in a life-threatening altercation.
The band were unpacking gear outside Twitter HQ when a bus sped headfirst into their van; Iero was dragged three metres down a crowded street in Sydney’s CBD, his life saved by one particularly well-placed rucksack (and the superhuman heroics of publicist Janine Morcos, who shot up from her own injuries to move the van). It didn’t stop the band from seeing out the Parachutesera – the record was an immediate hit, and spurred Iero’s longest stint
