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Gerard Way's Musical Plans For Umbrella Academy Season 2 – Wire or Gang Of Four?

There has been no official confirmation of a second season of Umbrella Academy from Netflix. But co-creator of the comic Gerard Way has told the NME, in a special print edition of the defunct magazine, his plans for one, should it come to fruition…

"When I wrote the first book, I was listening obsessively to Teenage Fanclub, the Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins, and I think the influence of those records – and the feel of those records – are in the comics. With the TV show, I didn't have a lot of input – Steve [Blackman] came to it with a pretty clear idea of the music he wanted to use. When he writes scripts, he includes songs as he goes, a bit like  James Gunn does. Moving forward though, if we get a second season, I've said to Steve that I'd really like to get involved more there. I'm of the mind that when you have a big captive audience, you can introduce them to more left-of-centre stuff. I'd always pick a song by a band like Wire or Gang Of Four over the sort of stuff Steve does, although I think he's incredible at using songs you've heard before in really interesting ways."

Here's a fairly decent Wire track…

And one from Gang Of Four I recall from a misspent youth in Leeds…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJHQmJAiKA

Could they be coming to Umbrella Academy next year?

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