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My Chemical Romance (often abbreviated to MCR or shortened to My Chem) is a rock band from New Jersey that began in They released their first album in The band has released four albums to date. The band consists of Gerard Way (lead vocals), Ray Toro (lead guitar/vocals), Mikey Way (bass guitar), Frank Iero (rhythm guitar/vocals).

The band announced that they were breaking up on March 22, ,^[6] but announced their reunion October 31, and released their first song in over a decade on May 12th,

History

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The band was started by Gerard Way after witnessing the September 11, attacks after they were on their way to work in New York and saw the bodies falling from the building.

Gerard said that they thought to themself "What am I doing with my life? I'm slaving away doing drawings for Cartoon Network and not actually helping anybody".

My chemical romance s biography wikipedia They released their first album in The band has released four albums to date. The band announced that they were breaking up on March 22, , [ 6 ] but announced their reunion October 31, and released their first song in over a decade on May 12th, The band was started by Gerard Way after witnessing the September 11, attacks after they were on their way to work in New York and saw the bodies falling from the building. Gerard said that they thought to themself "What am I doing with my life?

(This is mentioned in the MCR video diary Life on the Murder Scene on YouTube.) They then called up their friend Matt Pelissier who went on to recruit Ray Toro - the band's lead guitarist. Gerard said "there's nobody in New Jersey who can beat him, he is the best".^[source?] Gerard's brother Mikey Way, bass guitarist, joined the band soon after.

Progression

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In May , Frank Iero joined as the rhythm guitarist for the band. He was more than happy to leave college against his parents' wishes to join the band, and while MCR were on tour, he got a tattoo of a scorpion as high up on his neck as he could get it, as a stand against getting a regular job.

My chemical romance merch: My Chemical Romance is an American rock band from New band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way.

In , Pelissier was kicked out of the band, and was replaced by Bob Bryar - a sound technician for The Used and Thursday at the time. This lineup did not change until , when Bob was removed from the band due to personal issues.

Name

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The name of the band comes from an Irvine Welshbook titled "Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance"^[7] which caught Mikey Way's eye when he was working in Barnes & Noble.

Musical style and influences

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My Chemical Romance's sound usually has elements of punk rock, pop and alternative rock.^[8]

They have been categorised as alternative rock,^[9][10][11]post-hardcore,^[12][13][14]punk rock,^[15]pop punk,^[16][17] and, most controversially, emo.^{[18][19][20][21]}

The band's official website describes their music as simply "rock" or "violent, dangerous pop".^[22]

Band frontmanGerard Way has publicly rejected the term "emo", describing the genre as "fucking garbage".^[23][24] However, Way has reportedly also described the band's style as "What-else-ya-got-emo".^[25]

Gerard said to Rolling Stone, "We love bands like Queen, where it's huge and majestic, but also bands like Black Flag and the Misfits, who would go absolutely crazy." Lead singer Gerard Way has stated that the band is very influenced by The Cure, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Smiths/Morrissey.^[26] Way has also said that their band patterns their career after that of The Smashing Pumpkins, another band they like.^[27] The band's overall influences are:^[28]Black Flag, Iron Maiden, The Misfits, Morrissey/The Smiths, At the Gates, The Cure, The Descendents, Pantera, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pink Floyd, Bon Jovi, The Damned, Fugazi, Ministry, New York Dolls, Nirvana, Queen, Sunny Day Real Estate, Green Day, Joy Division, Kill Creek, AFI, Cursive, and Alkaline Trio.

One of Gerard Way's biggest influences was The Beach Boys. Especially Pet Sounds. Growing up, they were also very influenced by horror films and comic books, and therefore their music, lyrics, and image all have overt elements of fantasy, horror, and theatricality.^[29]

Albums

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I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love

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The band released their first album on July 23, It was titled I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.

The album featured the first song written by the band, Skylines And Turnstiles, which Gerard began to write after the 9/11 attacks, in

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

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The second album by My Chemical Romance, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, was the album that shot them to fame with songs like "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Helena" (A song written about the Way brothers' grandmother, Elena).

It was released in June 8, Over two million copies of the album have been sold in the United States. The album was about a man who dies in a gunfight and is separated from his lover. In order to get her back, he makes a deal with the devil that would reunite them on the condition that the man first kill a thousand evil men. In the end, it is revealed that the last person that he needs to kill is himself.

The Black Parade

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Their third album titled The Black Parade was released on October 24, The album sold more than , copies in the first week after it was released. It has sold over 1 million copies in total.

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The first single taken from The Black Parade called Welcome to the Black Parade reached the top 10 on the BillboardHot and No.1 in the UK charts for two weeks. The band has commented in the past about the album, saying that The Black Parade is like a different band performing in a different 'world', and once that's over, My Chemical Romance will never be The Black Parade again.

The album largely focuses on one character, The Patient, but also consists of songs and lyrics about different subjects and aspects of life and death. At the end of the CD, there is an extra track called Blood which plays over a minute and a half later.

Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys

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MCR's newest album was released on November 22, The original album was scrapped by the band due to their dislike and disappointment in it, and their second effort became what is now Danger Days.

The band was halfway through making it when Bob Bryar suddenly left the band, which resulted in restarting the record.

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The record has spawned a tour called the World Contamination Tour, which is set to play through at least May MCR also went out on the Honda Civic tour with Blink The band was using Michael Pedicone as a touring drummer to replace Bob Bryar. Pedicone was caught red handed stealing from My Chemical Romance. This resulted in him being kicked out, and replaced with Jarrod Alexander for the remainder of the Honda Civic Tour ().

This album is musically different from Black Parade as the band has departed a bit from the dark themes of before and is infused with more pop influenced sounds and color. Set in California in the year , a group of rebels called the Killjoys are rebelling against a dictator-like corporation called Better Living Industries.

Band members

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Current members

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• Jarrod Alexander- drummer (since )

Past members

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• James Dewees&#;- Keyboards, synthesizers, percussion&#;()
• Matt Pelissier - drums ()
• Bob Bryar - drums ()

Tour members

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• Mike Pedicone - drums (touring member )
  • Jarrod Alexander - drums&#;(touring member since )

Studio albums

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Demos

• Dreams Of Stabbing And/Or Being Stabbed (December )

Live albums

Compilation albums

EPs

References

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Other websites

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