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My Chemical Romance

May 12, 2023

My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated to MCR or My Chem) is an American rock band from Newark, New Jersey. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way, who is Gerard’s younger brother. They are considered one of the most influential rock groups of the 2000s and a major act in the pop-punk and emo genres, despite the band rejecting the latter label.[1]

My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance performing in 2011; from left to right: Frank Iero, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Michael Pedicone, Ray Toro
Background information
Also known as
  • MCR
  • My Chem
OriginNewark, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 2001–2013
  • 2019–present
Labels
Spinoffs
Members
Past members
Websitemychemicalromance.com

Founded on September 12, 2001, by Gerard, Mikey, Toro, and drummer Matt Pelissier (and later joined by Iero), the band signed with Eyeball Records and released their debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, in 2002. They signed with Reprise Records the next year and released their major-label debut, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, in 2004. Shortly after the album's release, Pelissier was replaced by Bob Bryar. The album was a commercial success, attaining platinum status over a year later.

The success of the band's previous albums was eclipsed by that of their 2006 rock opera concept album, The Black Parade. A major commercial success, its lead single "Welcome to the Black Parade" topped the UK singles chart. The album solidified the band's following, despite negative coverage in the Daily Mail generating controversy. The band's fourth studio album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, was released in 2010. Bryar departed the band prior to the release of the album, and in 2012, they added touring keyboardist James Dewees. In 2012 and 2013, the band released a series of singles they had recorded in 2009 under the collective title Conventional Weapons. My Chemical Romance announced its breakup on March 22, 2013.[2] In 2014, a greatest hits album titled May Death Never Stop You was released[3] and a tenth-anniversary reissue of The Black Parade was released in 2016.

On October 31, 2019, the band announced a reunion show, which took place in Los Angeles on December 20, 2019.[4] In January 2020, they announced additional shows and a Reunion Tour, which commenced in 2022 after a two-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic and concluded in early 2023.

History

Early career and I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (2001–2002)

Main article: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
 
Witnessing the September 11 attacks influenced Gerard Way to form My Chemical Romance.

The band was formed by frontman Gerard Way and drummer Matt Pelissier in Newark, New Jersey, soon after the September 11 attacks.[5] Witnessing the World Trade Center towers fall influenced Way's life to the extent that he decided to start a band.[6] Shortly thereafter, Ray Toro was recruited as the band's guitarist because at the time Way could not sing and play the guitar simultaneously.[7] Way has said "music was this thing I secretly wanted to do"[8] and later wrote the song "Skylines and Turnstiles" to express his feelings about September 11.

The name of the band was suggested by bass guitarist Mikey Way, younger brother of Gerard, who was working in a Barnes & Noble when he was struck by the title of a book by Irvine Welsh named Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.[9] The first recording sessions were undertaken in Pelissier's attic, where the songs "Our Lady of Sorrows" and "Cubicles" were recorded. The band refers to those sessions as "The Attic Demos".[10] After hearing the demo and dropping out of college, Mikey Way decided to join the band. While with Eyeball Records, the band met Frank Iero, the lead vocalist and guitarist for Pencey Prep. Following Pencey Prep's split in 2002, Iero became a member of My Chemical Romance, just days prior to the recording of the band's debut album.[7] They recorded their debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, just three months after the formation of the band and released it in 2002 through Eyeball Records.[5] The album was produced by Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly after the band became friends with him while playing shows in New Jersey.[11] Iero played guitar on two of the tracks, one of which was "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". During this time, the band was booked at the infamous venue Big Daddy's, where it began to receive more attention.[12]

My Chemical Romance offered free downloads through PureVolume and the social networking website MySpace, where they gained an initial fan base.[13][14]

Major label signing and Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2003–2006)

Main article: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

On August 31, 2003, the band announced via their website that they had signed a deal with Reprise Records.[5][15] Following a tour with Avenged Sevenfold, the band began working on their second album, which was titled Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, which was released on June 8, 2004. A month after the album's release, the band replaced Matt Pelissier with Bob Bryar.[5][16] The band released four singles from the album: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Thank You for the Venom", "Helena", and "The Ghost of You".[17] The album went platinum in just over a year after its release.[12][18][19]

At the beginning of 2005, the band was featured on the first Taste of Chaos tour along with The Used and Killswitch Engage.[20] The band also was the opening act for Green Day on their American Idiot tour.[21] They then co-headlined Warped Tour 2005 with Fall Out Boy and co-headlined a tour with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect around the US.[22] That same year, My Chemical Romance collaborated with The Used for a cover of the Queen and David Bowie classic, "Under Pressure", which was released as a benefit single for tsunami relief on iTunes and other Internet outlets.[23]

In March 2006, the album Life on the Murder Scene was released, incorporating a CD and two DVDs. It included one documentary DVD chronicling the band's history, and a second DVD with music videos, the making of their videos and live performances. An unauthorized biography DVD Things That Make You Go MMM! was also released in June 2006. The DVD does not actually feature any My Chemical Romance music clips or performances but contains interviews with those who knew the band before much of their fame.[24][25][26] A biography titled Something Incredible This Way Comes was also released, written by Paul Stenning and published in 2006. It features information on their beginnings right through to their third album, The Black Parade.

The Black Parade (2006–2009)

Main article: The Black Parade
 
Announcement of The Black Parade at London Hammersmith Palais, 22 August 2006

My Chemical Romance started recording their third studio album on April 10, 2006 with Rob Cavallo, producer of many of Green Day's albums.[27][28] It was originally thought to be titled The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance (in reference to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie), but in an interview with Kerrang! magazine, Gerard Way suggested this was just the album's working title, stating "It was never the title of the album, more a spoof, or joke."[29]

On August 3, 2006, the band completed shooting the videos for their first two singles from the album, "Welcome to the Black Parade" and although not released until January 2007, "Famous Last Words".[30][31] Both videos were directed by Samuel Bayer, director of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Green Day's American Idiot videos.[32] During filming for the second video, band members Gerard Way and Bob Bryar were injured. Way suffered torn ligaments in his ankle, and Bryar a burn to the leg which caused a severe staph infection that needed constant monitoring in the hospital. Consequently, the band was forced to cancel a few tour dates. While these injuries were reported by several news agencies to have been the result of a car accident, a statement released by the band on their website and MySpace page confirmed that these injuries occurred on the set of the video.[33]

 
The band during the Big Day Out in February 2007

On August 22, 2006, the band played a special one-off show at the 1,800-capacity London Hammersmith Palais. The show sold out in 15 minutes, which led to tickets being re-sold on eBay at prices well above face value. The name of the album was announced and 20 people dressed in black capes with their faces obscured paraded around the Hammersmith venue, followed by a large group of fans and street team members with signs saying "The Black Parade". Later during the show, the album title and the UK release date were confirmed. Before the band took the stage, it was announced that My Chemical Romance was unable to play, but they would be replaced by The Black Parade. After initial crowd hostility, it became clear the band was simply performing under a pseudonym in keeping with the theme of the album. Since then, the band would often perform under the alias "The Black Parade", wearing the costumes seen in the album's music videos. Gerard Way would adopt the persona of the leader of the marching band, The Black Parade, and vary his behavior and performance accordingly.[34] The band were bottled during a performance at the Reading Festival by fans of the band Slayer, who performed before them at the festival; Way later described it as their "greatest victory as a show".[35]

"Welcome to the Black Parade" was released as a single on September 11, 2006. On September 26, 2006, the music video for "Welcome to the Black Parade" was released in the UK, and on September 27 in the US.[29] The single became the band's first number one on the UK Singles Chart in October 2006. The Black Parade was released on October 23, 2006, in the United Kingdom and on October 24, 2006, in the United States to positive reviews.[36] In the US, "Welcome to the Black Parade" reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's only top ten hit to date on the chart.[37]

 
Most of the concerts on The Black Parade World Tour involved the use of pyrotechnics, especially during "Mama" and "Famous Last Words".

The Black Parade World Tour commenced on February 22, 2007, with the eventuating 133 shows featuring Rise Against, Thursday and Muse as support acts.[38] Reggie and the Full Effect frontman James Dewees joined the band to play keyboards and synthesizer from there on. In April 2007, it was announced that Mikey Way would temporarily leave the tour to spend time with his new wife, Alicia Simmons-Way. Way's temporary replacement was Matt Cortez, a friend of the band.[39] During the third leg of the tour, as a support act for Muse, members of My Chemical Romance and their crew, along with members of Muse's crew, suffered food poisoning, and consequently had to cancel six shows.[40] The band later featured on Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour in 2007,[41] along with Placebo, Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, Taking Back Sunday and HIM.[42]

My Chemical Romance received a range of accolades for The Black Parade. Kerrang! rated The Black Parade as the fourth-greatest album of 2006.[43] In Rolling Stone magazine's ranking of the top 50 albums of 2006, The Black Parade was voted the 20th best album of the year. My Chemical Romance went on to win the award for Best International Band at the 2007 NME Awards, and Gerard Way also won the Hero of the Year award.[44] My Chemical Romance was also nominated for Best Alternative Group at the 2007 American Music Awards.[citation needed]

The band announced in a blog on their website that they would be going on a final tour in the United States before taking a break. At the same time, they announced they will be releasing a live DVD/CD collection titled The Black Parade Is Dead!, which includes two concerts from October 2007, the final Black Parade concert in Mexico, and a small show at Maxwell's in New Jersey. The DVD/CD was meant to be released on June 24 in the United States and June 30 in the UK, but was postponed to July 1 because of a technical fault with the Mexico concert.[45] On February 3, 2009, an EP of B-side songs from singles on The Black Parade was released, titled The Black Parade: The B-Sides. The band then announced that they would be releasing "a collection of nine never-before-seen live videos, straight from the encore set of the Mexico City show from October 2007" during their Black Parade World Tour, titled ¡Venganza!. The release came on a bullet-shaped flash drive and also contained exclusive photos of the band from the show. It was released on April 29, 2009.[46]

Daily Mail controversy

Further information: Emo § Controversy and backlash

British tabloid Daily Mail characterised the band and their fans as "emo" and a "cult of self-harm" in 2006.[35] The Guardian described My Chemical Romance's perceived association with emo originated from "Iero's appearance, their debut being produced by a member of Thursday, and the band members' openness about their mental-health issues" while acknowledging major stylistic differences between emo and My Chemical Romance's music. The band disputed their association with emo and the characterisation of their music as dangerous, comparing it to controversies surrounding Judas Priest in the 1980s.[35] The media attention, which coincided with the release of The Black Parade, is thought to have boosted the band's popularity in the UK.[35]

On May 16, 2008, the Daily Mail published an article titled "Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo".[47][48] It discussed the suicide of a thirteen-year-old British girl named Hannah Bond, who supposedly took her life because of her involvement in an "emo cult" which the newspaper directly associated with My Chemical Romance and their fans, and their then-current album The Black Parade.[47] The basis for the article was a statement by coroner Roger Sykes from the investigation into Bond's death, who expressed concern that her "emo" lifestyle glamorized suicide and suggested that her obsession with My Chemical Romance was linked to her death.[49][47] The Mail followed this with several stories also describing the band and emo as a "sinister cult" and "dangerous".[50] Supporters of emo music contacted NME to defend the genre against accusations that it promotes suicide.[49] The band responded by paying tribute to Bond, saying that their music is "anti-violence and anti-suicide" and aiming to provide comfort and solace to fans, and encouraged fans experiencing feelings of depression or suicide to seek help.[51]

A group of British fans eventually planned a march across London in protest against the depiction of the band in the media. The march was expected to be held on May 31, beginning at Hyde Park's West Pond and ending outside the offices of the Daily Mail. The march was expected to attract 500–1,000 protesters, according to the organizers.[52][53] After concerns by police, the march was called off and instead about 100 fans congregated at Marble Arch.[54] The band repeated the statement "fuck the Daily Mail" during their gigs in the United Kingdom.[citation needed]

The Daily Mail defended its position saying its coverage was "balanced and restrained" and "in the public interest" and that they were reporting genuine concerns raised by the coroner at the inquest. They stated that their coverage of the coroner's remarks and the parents' comments was in common with that of other newspapers and pointed to their publishing of readers' letters defending the band and positive reviews of the band's albums and tours.[50] Kerrang! later described the original story as having a "heavy-handed approach and factual inaccuracies" and demonised the emo subculture.[47] In a 2022 retrospective, The Guardian described the backlash against the band and emo music as a "moral panic".[55]

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2009–2011)

Main article: Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

On February 1, 2009, My Chemical Romance released a new single titled "Desolation Row" (a cover of the Bob Dylan song). It was recorded to feature as the end credit track for the 2009 film Watchmen, an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name.[56]

On May 27, 2009, My Chemical Romance's web designer, Jeff Watson, announced via the band's website that the band was headed to the studio to record their fourth full-length album. The recording took place over the following few weeks with producer Brendan O'Brien, who has worked with AC/DC, Mastodon, and Pearl Jam.

In an interview with NME, Gerard Way said the band's next record would be a rock album, saying, "I think [the next album] will definitely be stripped down. I think the band misses being a rock band."[57] In a separate interview with Idiomag, Way commented that the next release would be less theatrical in scope, stating that "it's not going to be hiding behind a veil of fiction or uniforms and makeup anymore."[58] In an interview with PopEater, Way also stated that the next album will be "full of hate". He also said "over the years that we've been hearing ourselves live and hearing us on records, we kind of prefer the live. There's more of a garage feel and more energy. I'd like to capture some of that, finally. That's the goal for the next one."[59]

On July 31 and August 1, 2009, My Chemical Romance played two "secret" shows at The Roxy Theater in Los Angeles. The shows were the first concerts the band had played since Madison Square Garden in May 2008. The band also premiered several new songs said to be from their upcoming fourth album during the shows, one reportedly titled "Death Before Disco", a song that Way said he was particularly excited about.[60] The song was since renamed "Party Poison" and was included on the new album. Way explained further in a Rolling Stone interview that "it's a completely different sound for the band — it's like an anti-party song that you can party to. I can't wait for people to hear it. It brings back, lyrically, some of that wonderful fiction from the first album."[61]

Gerard Way also said in a November 2009 interview with Rock Sound that the fourth album would be their defining work. "A friend who heard the record recently said he now had no interest in listening to our older work anymore, that we had made all our old material redundant. I took it as a compliment, the next thing you should always make the last thing seem unimportant and I think that will happen when we finally release this album."[62]

On March 3, 2010, Iero announced on their official website that Bob Bryar had left the band, writing:

As of 4 weeks ago, My Chemical Romance and Bob Bryar parted ways. This was a painful decision for all of us to make and was not taken lightly. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors and expect you all to do the same.

— Frank Iero[63][64]

In a March 2010 MTV interview about the new album, Way explained, "There's no title yet ... I'm actually kind of excited about that. It's kind of 'anything goes' at this point, but I'm so happy with the songs." Though the band since decided on the title of their fourth album, it continued to go unannounced, with various rumors circulating and the band stating on their website that it will be revealed "all in due time"[65] and in Way's words, "a special way this time. Maybe some sort of event, something fun, something soon."

During the San Diego Comic-Con 2010, Way announced that the band had finished recording the fourth studio album.[66] This was later confirmed by Iero on the band's website, announcing that the album was "done, finished, kaput, in the proverbial can, and being played loudly as we drive way too fast in our respective cars."[65]

In September, a trailer video was uploaded to My Chemical Romance's official YouTube page titled Art is a Weapon, which announced the title of the album: Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. The video featured the band wearing strangely colored outfits and battling unusual characters in a desert surrounding, and featuring a sample of music from the song "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)". Notable comic book author and the band's personal friend, Grant Morrison, makes a special appearance, in the role of an enemy and leader of a band of masked characters. On September 22, 2010, the band premiered their song "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show, and Los Angeles-based radio station KROQ-FM.[67][68] The album was released on November 22, 2010.[69]

Rock Sound had a preview of the album and gave a positive review, commenting "the way they've used everything they learned on The Black Parade and tightened up in certain places feels natural and confident" and that it sees "the creativity of the band taking flight musically, graphically and literally."[70]

 
My Chemical Romance performing in 2011; from left to right: Frank Iero, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Michael Pedicone, Ray Toro

Michael Pedicone joined the band as a touring drummer late in 2010, replacing Bryar.[71]

During a performance at Wembley Arena on February 12, 2011, Way announced that the band would be appearing at a UK festival later in the year,[72] later confirmed as the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which they headlined. They also performed at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Carlisle, England on May 15, 2011.

On September 2, 2011, Frank Iero posted a blog on the band's site stating, "The relationship between My Chemical Romance and Michael Pedicone is over" and explaining Pedicone was sacked because "he was caught red-handed stealing from the band and confessed to police after our show last night in Auburn, Washington." He also mentioned his hope of getting a new drummer in time for their next show and avoiding having to cancel any performances in the process.[73][74]

 
My Chemical Romance performing at a concert in 2011

On September 4, 2011, it was revealed through various sources that Jarrod Alexander will be the new touring drummer for the remainder of the Honda Civic tour. He also performed with them in late October at Voodoo Experience and at their Australian + New Zealand shows at Big Day Out in early 2012.

Conventional Weapons and break-up (2011–2013)

Main article: Conventional Weapons

In an interview with Rolling Stone in October 2011, guitarist Frank Iero revealed that new music could be out "by summer".[75]

On April 28, 2011, US broadcaster Glenn Beck labelled the My Chemical Romance song "Sing" as "propaganda" after it was featured and covered on the US musical drama TV series Glee in February 2011. Beck stated "It's an anthem saying 'Join us'. How can you and I possibly win against that?" The lyrics that Beck pointed out were: "Cleaned up corporation progress, dying in the process / Children that can talk about it living on the railways [sic] / People moving sideways / Sell it till your last days / Buy yourself the motivation / Generation nothing / Nothing but a dead scene / Product of a white dream". Gerard Way responded to the accusation on the band's official website, writing, "I think the word Glenn Beck was looking for was 'subversion' not 'propaganda', because I don't know what it would be considered propaganda for—truth? Sentiment?" He also said that he was "shocked that no actual fact-checking was done on the lyrics".[76][77][78] Bassist Mikey Way told the BBC, "If we're getting reaction from people like that we're doing something right."[79]

On December 18, 2011, the band appeared on Nick Jr. Channel's Yo Gabba Gabba!, and performed a song called "Every Snowflake Is Different (Just Like You)". This was part of a Christmas special for the show. The special includes other famous guest appearances such as Tony Hawk and Tori Spelling.[80][81]

 
Gerard Way at the festival Big Day Out in February 2012 in Australia

In February 2012, members of My Chemical Romance revealed that they had been building a studio in Los Angeles to record music for the band's fifth album under the working title MCR5, now with touring keyboardist James Dewees as an official member.[82] The band worked with engineer Doug McKean, who previously worked on The Black Parade and Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.[83] On September 14, 2012, Frank Iero announced through the band's official website a new project titled Conventional Weapons.[84] The project revolved around 10 unreleased songs that were recorded in 2009, prior to the making of Danger Days. The band released two songs each month for five months from the Conventional Weapons sessions, starting in October 2012 and finishing in February 2013. According to the October 2012 issue of Q Magazine, Frank Iero reported early sessions for MCR's next album with the new drummer Jarrod Alexander were progressing well. "Jarrod is a rad guy and a fantastic player. It's been really fun making music with him these past few months," Iero commented.[85]

On March 22, 2013, the band announced their break-up on their official website,[86][87][88] issuing this statement:

Being in this band for the past 12 years has been a true blessing. We've gotten to go places we never knew we would. We've been able to see and experience things we never imagined possible. We've shared the stage with people we admire, people we look up to, and best of all, our friends. And now, like all great things, it has come time for it to end. Thanks for all of your support, and for being part of the adventure.

Gerard Way posted an extended tweet on his Twitter account two days after the website announcement, in which he confirmed the disbanding of the group but denied that altercations between band members were the reason for the split.[89]

May Death Never Stop You and post-breakup (2013–2019)

On March 25, 2014, the band released a greatest hits collection, titled May Death Never Stop You, containing material spreading their entire career, as well a single unreleased track.[3] The track "Fake Your Death" was made available digitally on February 17.[90] It is the only song in MCR's discography having James Dewees playing on keyboards.

Following the band's breakup, the members of the band continued to pursue music. Lead vocalist Gerard Way announced his debut solo album Hesitant Alien with the release of an advance-single, "Action Cat".[91] Hesitant Alien was released on September 29, 2014, in the UK, and a day later in the U.S.[92] Hesitant Alien was a moderate commercial success, topping the US Billboard Alternative Albums chart and reaching No. 16 on the US Billboard 200.[93] Hesitant Alien also topped the "Ten Essential Albums Of 2014" list in Alternative Press.[94]

Rhythm guitarist Frank Iero sporadically collaborated with My Chemical Romance keyboardist James Dewees, forming Death Spells and performing in Reggie and the Full Effect (alongside Ray Toro), releasing No Country for Old Musicians on November 19, 2013. Afterwards, he announced via his official website that he signed to Staple Records and would be releasing a full-length solo album titled Stomachaches under the moniker of "frnkiero andthe cellabration". The album featured former My Chemical Romance touring drummer Jarrod Alexander. Stomachaches was released worldwide on August 25, 2014.[95]

Bassist Mikey Way formed Electric Century along with Sleep Station vocalist David Debiak in 2014 and released their debut single "I Lied" in February 2014.[96] The duo announced their debut self-titled EP on March 10, 2015, and it was released on Record Store Day on April 18, 2015.

Lead guitarist Ray Toro posted a song on his SoundCloud account titled "Isn't That Something" on May 24, 2013. On January 1, 2015, he posted a new song, titled "For the Lost and Brave", on his website, dedicating the song to Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who committed suicide.[97]

On July 20, 2016, the band posted on their official Twitter and Facebook pages a video with the piano intro from "Welcome to the Black Parade", ending with a cryptic date, "9/23/16".[98][99] The video was also published on the band's YouTube channel with the video titled "MCRX".[100] This led to numerous rumors and reports on the band's possible reunion until it was revealed to be a reissue of The Black Parade with unreleased demos.[101][102][103] The reissue, titled The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts,[104] includes 11 demos and live tracks. Two months before its release, an early version of "Welcome to the Black Parade", titled "The Five of Us Are Dying", was made available for streaming.[105]

In a discussion of his work on the comic book Doom Patrol, Gerard Way told Billboard, "I wouldn't count (a reunion) out, but at the same time everybody's doing stuff in their lives now that they're really enjoying."[106]

Reunion and new material (2019–present)

Main article: My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour
 
My Chemical Romance performing at their 2019 reunion show

On October 31, 2019, the band announced they would be reuniting in Los Angeles on December 20 and a new merchandise line. The announcement was accompanied by the captions "Return" and "Like Phantoms Forever...".[107] The show sold out in 4 minutes despite high ticket prices. Believed initially to be a one-off show, almost a week later, the band announced more dates in Australia, Japan and New Zealand for 2020.[108] They later revealed via Twitter that they had first regrouped in 2017 and had been working together since then, before the official 2019 announcement.[109] The concert grossed $1,451,745, with an attendance of 5,113.[110]

In January 2020, the group announced plans to present one, then two, then three concerts at Stadium MK (Milton Keynes, England), on the 18th, 20th and 21 June 2020, as tickets for each day sold out within minutes.[111] The stadium has an (all round) capacity of 30,500 for sports events. Later in the month, the group premiered a cryptic video on YouTube which ended by announcing a North American tour.[112] The North American shows went on sale on January 31, 2020, and sold out in less than six hours.[113] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all of the shows on the tour that were set to begin in 2020 were postponed to 2021, including the North American leg.[114] These tour dates were later rescheduled again to 2022.[115] The tour commenced on May 16, 2022 at the Eden Project,[116] and concluded on March 26, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.

On May 12, 2022, the band released "The Foundations of Decay", their first new song since 2014.[117][118]

Artistry

Musical style

My Chemical Romance's music has been categorized primarily as alternative rock, emo, pop-punk, post-hardcore, punk rock, and hard rock.[note 1] The band has also had its music categorized as emo pop, hardcore punk, gothic rock, pop rock, arena rock, glam rock, heavy metal, metalcore, rock, pop, screamo, and garage punk.[note 2]

Gerard Way has publicly rejected the term "emo",[35] describing the genre as "fucking garbage".[153] However, Way has reportedly also described the band's style as "What-else-ya-got-emo".[7]

Way's vocals have been described as "theatrical", and espousing "introspective, confessional lyrics".[5]

Albums

The band's debut album, features a raw sound that has guitar riffs, very energetic vocals and sometimes screaming. The album has been described as emo,[154][155] post-hardcore,[156][157][152][158] alternative rock,[159] screamo,[149][150][151] punk rock,[155] gothic rock,[143] pop punk,[155] and garage punk,[152] with influences from hardcore punk and heavy metal.[160][161][162]

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was described as alternative rock,[163] emo,[164] pop punk,[165][166] post-hardcore,[167] and punk rock.[168]

The band's third album, The Black Parade, has been described as alternative rock,[169][170] emo,[169][171][172][173] pop punk,[174][175] post-hardcore,[176] punk rock,[177] and hard rock,[178] with influences from 1970s classic rock,[179][180][181] glam rock,[179][182] pop,[183] and gothic rock.[182]

The band's fourth album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, integrated elements of power pop,[184] pop rock,[185] and electronic rock into their sound.[186]

Influences

 
 
My Chemical Romance have cited Queen (top) and Misfits (bottom) as key influences.

Gerard Way 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."[187] Way has stated that the band is heavily influenced by Queen, Misfits, Black Flag, Iron Maiden, the Cure, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Smiths, Morrissey,[188] Thursday, At the Gates and Pantera.[189] Way has also said that his band patterns their career after that of the Smashing Pumpkins, another band they admire.[190] In a 2007 issue of Kerrang!, when asked to list the songs that influenced the band's music the most, they listed Taking Back Sunday's "MakeDamnSure", Say Anything's "Alive with the Glory of Love", Thursday's "Understanding in a Car Crash", Kill Hannah's "Lips like Morphine", Black Flag's "Nervous Breakdown", the Misfit's "Dust to Dust", the Bled's "You Know Whose Seatbelt", Killswitch Engage's "Fixation of Darkness", Idlewild's "Love Steals Us from Loneliness", Alkaline Trio's "Radio", Thrice's "Red Sky", Denali's "Surface", Soilwork's "Bastard Chain" and Helloween's "Twilight of the Gods".[191] Frank Iero cites the punk band Lifetime as a big influence.[192] My Chemical Romance's other influences include the Stooges, Ramones, Sex Pistols, the Clash, Minor Threat, Nirvana, and Operation Ivy.[193] They also have noted that their lives, childhoods, books they've read and movies they've seen have influenced their music.[194]

Legacy

Music and popular culture

According to Rolling Stone, the band played "somewhat of an anomaly in New Jersey's then-burgeoning pop-punk and emo scene", before achieving their breakthrough with an "instant emo classic" Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge,[195] while Spin described it as one of the albums that launched the emo genre into the mainstream.[164] In 2022, The Guardian wrote that during the height of their career they were "unlikely superstars, misfits who inadvertently infiltrated the mainstream" but upon their reunion tour, the band "return to a pop cultural landscape they helped to define".[55] The New York Times's Christopher R. Weingarten has noted that The Black Parade inspired a number of 2010s musicians in different genres, including Twenty One Pilots, Crown the Empire, Famous Last Words, Halsey, fun, Billie Eilish and Post Malone, and even influenced the sound of movie musicals like Frozen II.[196] In 2016, Nylon wrote that the record "took the idea of a concept album and exploited it for the digital age", while being musically a rock opera "as ambitious as any post-Queen rock opera could be".[197] Speaking on the band's reception and criticism during the early 2000s, NPR Music wrote that, "at a moment when mannered indie-pop and roughshod garage-rock were infiltrating the mainstream, [the band] was earnest, dramatic and unapologetically massive, in a way that made it conspicuously uncool," and deemed The Black Parade a "defining album" for a generation of pop-punk fans.[198]

In 2020, Kerrang! deemed the band "the rock superstars of the 21st century" while stating that "no other band has had such a musical or cultural impact over recent years."[199] The magazine also noted their influence in "the current music scene" of alternative rock.[200] Vice named My Chemical Romance the "artist of the decade", with writer Hannah Ewens commenting that they "influenced rock throughout the 2010s—even though they were inactive for most of the decade."[201] In Paste magazine, Eli Enis wrote that "it is pretty much accepted canon at this point that My Chemical Romance are one of the most significant rock bands this side of the millennium."[202] James McMahon of The Independent stated that Gerard Way "set a blueprint for emo's image of pale face, raven-black hair and perhaps a red tie, for almost 20 years."[48] Writing on the band's influence, Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson stated that they "offered up spiritual solutions to real problems, and they did it with huge riffs and big theatrical stage shows, with rarely a hint of irony or detachment... it's unlikely there will ever be a band quite like them again."[203]

LGBT community

In Archer, Vince Ruston commented on the band's popularity in the queer and LGBT communities: "My Chemical Romance wanted to speak to and raise up every person who had ever felt outcast, downtrodden, or alienated. Queer teens were a huge part of that demographic".[204] Similarly, Michelle Hyun Kim described Gerard Way as a "queer icon" in Them, and that "after the band announced their reunion on Halloween 2019, I saw tweets from LGBTQ+ folks around the world claiming, in some way or another, that MCR either served as a queer awakening or fostered their queerness."[205] The band have long been supportive of LGBT rights[204] and embraced their LGBT fandom.[206]

Tours

 
Bassist Mikey Way, dressed in his Black Parade uniform

2000s

My Chemical Romance played in many major tours of 2005. The band toured with Green Day in 2005 on the "Green Day Presents American Idiot Tour". They were also part of the Warped Tour in the same year. "For a lot of kids, it's the one thing they look forward to all year," said Gerard Way of the Warped Tour. "They save up for it. They get to see all the bands they like in one shot."[207] Their set list included mostly songs from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.

My Chemical Romance co-headlined the main stage with The Used on the Taste of Chaos tour, before starting their first headlining tour, simply named the "My Chemical Romance Tour". The tour launched September 15 in Ohio, stopping at 30 locations in the United States, to promote their album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. Supporting acts included Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect. This tour marked the beginning of the heavy theatrics later showcased in many of their live shows. Way expressed his plans for the tour in an interview with MTV, saying, "we'd talked about bringing out dancers for our headlining tour in the fall, but it's a big undertaking; you have to have a bus full of dancers. We've always wanted to do a big theatrical tour. But you have to do it in steps".[208]

The band joined headliners Linkin Park on Projekt Revolution 2007, starting on July 25 and ending on September 3, 2007.[209] The band played a one-hour set on center stage, opening with "This Is How I Disappear", as flames burst behind the band. The set ended with "Cancer", occasionally accompanied by falling confetti, and fireworks. Following the Projekt Revolution tour, they opened for Bon Jovi in October and then departed for a European Tour with Mindless Self Indulgence.

2010s

Main articles: The World Contamination Tour and 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour

On September 19, 2010, the band announced "The World Contamination Tour", which took place in parts of the UK, France, Amsterdam and Germany.[210]

The band embarked on a joint tour of the United States with Blink-182 in 2011.[211]

The band reunited out of the public eye in 2017[212] and announced a reunion show on October 31, 2019, which took place in Los Angeles on December 20, 2019, extending this to a small tour consisting of dates in Australia, New Zealand and Japan a week later.[4][108]

2020s

Main article: My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour
 
Way performing in 2022.

On January 28, 2020, the group announced plans to present three concerts in Milton Keynes (UK), on 18, 20 and 21 of June 2020.[213] On January 29, 2020, the band announced a North American tour.[214][215]

In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the group postponed its Milton Keynes events, initially to June 2021.[216] In June 2020, the band postponed all North American events to September and October 2021.[217] In April 2021, the Milton Keynes concert was postponed again to May 2022.[218] The rest of the tour was later postponed to 2022.[219]

Band members

Timeline

Discography

Main articles: My Chemical Romance discography and songs

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Yo Gabba Gabba! Themselves Episode: "A Very Awesome Christmas", performed the song "Every Snowflake Is Different (Like You)" [220][221]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Musical styles:
  2. ^ Additional musical styles:

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chemical, romance, commonly, abbreviated, chem, american, rock, band, from, newark, jersey, band, current, lineup, consists, lead, vocalist, gerard, lead, guitarist, toro, rhythm, guitarist, frank, iero, bassist, mikey, gerard, younger, brother, they, consider. My Chemical Romance commonly abbreviated to MCR or My Chem is an American rock band from Newark New Jersey The band s current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way lead guitarist Ray Toro rhythm guitarist Frank Iero and bassist Mikey Way who is Gerard s younger brother They are considered one of the most influential rock groups of the 2000s and a major act in the pop punk and emo genres despite the band rejecting the latter label 1 My Chemical RomanceMy Chemical Romance performing in 2011 from left to right Frank Iero Mikey Way Gerard Way Michael Pedicone Ray ToroBackground informationAlso known asMCR My ChemOriginNewark New Jersey U S GenresAlternative rock emo pop punk post hardcore punk rock hard rockYears active2001 2013 2019 presentLabelsEyeball Reprise WarnerSpinoffsLeathermouth Death SpellsMembersGerard Way Ray Toro Mikey Way Frank IeroPast membersMatt Pelissier Bob Bryar James DeweesWebsitemychemicalromance wbr comFounded on September 12 2001 by Gerard Mikey Toro and drummer Matt Pelissier and later joined by Iero the band signed with Eyeball Records and released their debut album I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love in 2002 They signed with Reprise Records the next year and released their major label debut Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge in 2004 Shortly after the album s release Pelissier was replaced by Bob Bryar The album was a commercial success attaining platinum status over a year later The success of the band s previous albums was eclipsed by that of their 2006 rock opera concept album The Black Parade A major commercial success its lead single Welcome to the Black Parade topped the UK singles chart The album solidified the band s following despite negative coverage in the Daily Mail generating controversy The band s fourth studio album Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys was released in 2010 Bryar departed the band prior to the release of the album and in 2012 they added touring keyboardist James Dewees In 2012 and 2013 the band released a series of singles they had recorded in 2009 under the collective title Conventional Weapons My Chemical Romance announced its breakup on March 22 2013 2 In 2014 a greatest hits album titled May Death Never Stop You was released 3 and a tenth anniversary reissue of The Black Parade was released in 2016 On October 31 2019 the band announced a reunion show which took place in Los Angeles on December 20 2019 4 In January 2020 they announced additional shows and a Reunion Tour which commenced in 2022 after a two year postponement due to the COVID 19 pandemic and concluded in early 2023 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early career and I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love 2001 2002 1 2 Major label signing and Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 2003 2006 1 3 The Black Parade 2006 2009 1 3 1 Daily Mail controversy 1 4 Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys 2009 2011 1 5 Conventional Weapons and break up 2011 2013 1 6 May Death Never Stop You and post breakup 2013 2019 1 7 Reunion and new material 2019 present 2 Artistry 2 1 Musical style 2 1 1 Albums 2 2 Influences 3 Legacy 3 1 Music and popular culture 3 2 LGBT community 4 Tours 4 1 2000s 4 2 2010s 4 3 2020s 5 Band members 6 Discography 7 Filmography 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External linksHistoryEarly career and I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love 2001 2002 Main article I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love Witnessing the September 11 attacks influenced Gerard Way to form My Chemical Romance The band was formed by frontman Gerard Way and drummer Matt Pelissier in Newark New Jersey soon after the September 11 attacks 5 Witnessing the World Trade Center towers fall influenced Way s life to the extent that he decided to start a band 6 Shortly thereafter Ray Toro was recruited as the band s guitarist because at the time Way could not sing and play the guitar simultaneously 7 Way has said music was this thing I secretly wanted to do 8 and later wrote the song Skylines and Turnstiles to express his feelings about September 11 The name of the band was suggested by bass guitarist Mikey Way younger brother of Gerard who was working in a Barnes amp Noble when he was struck by the title of a book by Irvine Welsh named Ecstasy Three Tales of Chemical Romance 9 The first recording sessions were undertaken in Pelissier s attic where the songs Our Lady of Sorrows and Cubicles were recorded The band refers to those sessions as The Attic Demos 10 After hearing the demo and dropping out of college Mikey Way decided to join the band While with Eyeball Records the band met Frank Iero the lead vocalist and guitarist for Pencey Prep Following Pencey Prep s split in 2002 Iero became a member of My Chemical Romance just days prior to the recording of the band s debut album 7 They recorded their debut album I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love just three months after the formation of the band and released it in 2002 through Eyeball Records 5 The album was produced by Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly after the band became friends with him while playing shows in New Jersey 11 Iero played guitar on two of the tracks one of which was Early Sunsets Over Monroeville During this time the band was booked at the infamous venue Big Daddy s where it began to receive more attention 12 My Chemical Romance offered free downloads through PureVolume and the social networking website MySpace where they gained an initial fan base 13 14 Major label signing and Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 2003 2006 Main article Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge On August 31 2003 the band announced via their website that they had signed a deal with Reprise Records 5 15 Following a tour with Avenged Sevenfold the band began working on their second album which was titled Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge which was released on June 8 2004 A month after the album s release the band replaced Matt Pelissier with Bob Bryar 5 16 The band released four singles from the album I m Not Okay I Promise Thank You for the Venom Helena and The Ghost of You 17 The album went platinum in just over a year after its release 12 18 19 At the beginning of 2005 the band was featured on the first Taste of Chaos tour along with The Used and Killswitch Engage 20 The band also was the opening act for Green Day on their American Idiot tour 21 They then co headlined Warped Tour 2005 with Fall Out Boy and co headlined a tour with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect around the US 22 That same year My Chemical Romance collaborated with The Used for a cover of the Queen and David Bowie classic Under Pressure which was released as a benefit single for tsunami relief on iTunes and other Internet outlets 23 In March 2006 the album Life on the Murder Scene was released incorporating a CD and two DVDs It included one documentary DVD chronicling the band s history and a second DVD with music videos the making of their videos and live performances An unauthorized biography DVD Things That Make You Go MMM was also released in June 2006 The DVD does not actually feature any My Chemical Romance music clips or performances but contains interviews with those who knew the band before much of their fame 24 25 26 A biography titled Something Incredible This Way Comes was also released written by Paul Stenning and published in 2006 It features information on their beginnings right through to their third album The Black Parade The Black Parade 2006 2009 Main article The Black Parade Announcement of The Black Parade at London Hammersmith Palais 22 August 2006 My Chemical Romance started recording their third studio album on April 10 2006 with Rob Cavallo producer of many of Green Day s albums 27 28 It was originally thought to be titled The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance in reference to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie but in an interview with Kerrang magazine Gerard Way suggested this was just the album s working title stating It was never the title of the album more a spoof or joke 29 On August 3 2006 the band completed shooting the videos for their first two singles from the album Welcome to the Black Parade and although not released until January 2007 Famous Last Words 30 31 Both videos were directed by Samuel Bayer director of Nirvana s Smells Like Teen Spirit and Green Day s American Idiot videos 32 During filming for the second video band members Gerard Way and Bob Bryar were injured Way suffered torn ligaments in his ankle and Bryar a burn to the leg which caused a severe staph infection that needed constant monitoring in the hospital Consequently the band was forced to cancel a few tour dates While these injuries were reported by several news agencies to have been the result of a car accident a statement released by the band on their website and MySpace page confirmed that these injuries occurred on the set of the video 33 The band during the Big Day Out in February 2007On August 22 2006 the band played a special one off show at the 1 800 capacity London Hammersmith Palais The show sold out in 15 minutes which led to tickets being re sold on eBay at prices well above face value The name of the album was announced and 20 people dressed in black capes with their faces obscured paraded around the Hammersmith venue followed by a large group of fans and street team members with signs saying The Black Parade Later during the show the album title and the UK release date were confirmed Before the band took the stage it was announced that My Chemical Romance was unable to play but they would be replaced by The Black Parade After initial crowd hostility it became clear the band was simply performing under a pseudonym in keeping with the theme of the album Since then the band would often perform under the alias The Black Parade wearing the costumes seen in the album s music videos Gerard Way would adopt the persona of the leader of the marching band The Black Parade and vary his behavior and performance accordingly 34 The band were bottled during a performance at the Reading Festival by fans of the band Slayer who performed before them at the festival Way later described it as their greatest victory as a show 35 Welcome to the Black Parade was released as a single on September 11 2006 On September 26 2006 the music video for Welcome to the Black Parade was released in the UK and on September 27 in the US 29 The single became the band s first number one on the UK Singles Chart in October 2006 The Black Parade was released on October 23 2006 in the United Kingdom and on October 24 2006 in the United States to positive reviews 36 In the US Welcome to the Black Parade reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 making it the band s only top ten hit to date on the chart 37 Most of the concerts on The Black Parade World Tour involved the use of pyrotechnics especially during Mama and Famous Last Words The Black Parade World Tour commenced on February 22 2007 with the eventuating 133 shows featuring Rise Against Thursday and Muse as support acts 38 Reggie and the Full Effect frontman James Dewees joined the band to play keyboards and synthesizer from there on In April 2007 it was announced that Mikey Way would temporarily leave the tour to spend time with his new wife Alicia Simmons Way Way s temporary replacement was Matt Cortez a friend of the band 39 During the third leg of the tour as a support act for Muse members of My Chemical Romance and their crew along with members of Muse s crew suffered food poisoning and consequently had to cancel six shows 40 The band later featured on Linkin Park s Projekt Revolution tour in 2007 41 along with Placebo Mindless Self Indulgence Saosin Taking Back Sunday and HIM 42 My Chemical Romance received a range of accolades for The Black Parade Kerrang rated The Black Parade as the fourth greatest album of 2006 43 In Rolling Stone magazine s ranking of the top 50 albums of 2006 The Black Parade was voted the 20th best album of the year My Chemical Romance went on to win the award for Best International Band at the 2007 NME Awards and Gerard Way also won the Hero of the Year award 44 My Chemical Romance was also nominated for Best Alternative Group at the 2007 American Music Awards citation needed The band announced in a blog on their website that they would be going on a final tour in the United States before taking a break At the same time they announced they will be releasing a live DVD CD collection titled The Black Parade Is Dead which includes two concerts from October 2007 the final Black Parade concert in Mexico and a small show at Maxwell s in New Jersey The DVD CD was meant to be released on June 24 in the United States and June 30 in the UK but was postponed to July 1 because of a technical fault with the Mexico concert 45 On February 3 2009 an EP of B side songs from singles on The Black Parade was released titled The Black Parade The B Sides The band then announced that they would be releasing a collection of nine never before seen live videos straight from the encore set of the Mexico City show from October 2007 during their Black Parade World Tour titled Venganza The release came on a bullet shaped flash drive and also contained exclusive photos of the band from the show It was released on April 29 2009 46 Daily Mail controversy Further information Emo Controversy and backlash British tabloid Daily Mail characterised the band and their fans as emo and a cult of self harm in 2006 35 The Guardian described My Chemical Romance s perceived association with emo originated from Iero s appearance their debut being produced by a member of Thursday and the band members openness about their mental health issues while acknowledging major stylistic differences between emo and My Chemical Romance s music The band disputed their association with emo and the characterisation of their music as dangerous comparing it to controversies surrounding Judas Priest in the 1980s 35 The media attention which coincided with the release of The Black Parade is thought to have boosted the band s popularity in the UK 35 On May 16 2008 the Daily Mail published an article titled Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo 47 48 It discussed the suicide of a thirteen year old British girl named Hannah Bond who supposedly took her life because of her involvement in an emo cult which the newspaper directly associated with My Chemical Romance and their fans and their then current album The Black Parade 47 The basis for the article was a statement by coroner Roger Sykes from the investigation into Bond s death who expressed concern that her emo lifestyle glamorized suicide and suggested that her obsession with My Chemical Romance was linked to her death 49 47 The Mail followed this with several stories also describing the band and emo as a sinister cult and dangerous 50 Supporters of emo music contacted NME to defend the genre against accusations that it promotes suicide 49 The band responded by paying tribute to Bond saying that their music is anti violence and anti suicide and aiming to provide comfort and solace to fans and encouraged fans experiencing feelings of depression or suicide to seek help 51 A group of British fans eventually planned a march across London in protest against the depiction of the band in the media The march was expected to be held on May 31 beginning at Hyde Park s West Pond and ending outside the offices of the Daily Mail The march was expected to attract 500 1 000 protesters according to the organizers 52 53 After concerns by police the march was called off and instead about 100 fans congregated at Marble Arch 54 The band repeated the statement fuck the Daily Mail during their gigs in the United Kingdom citation needed The Daily Mail defended its position saying its coverage was balanced and restrained and in the public interest and that they were reporting genuine concerns raised by the coroner at the inquest They stated that their coverage of the coroner s remarks and the parents comments was in common with that of other newspapers and pointed to their publishing of readers letters defending the band and positive reviews of the band s albums and tours 50 Kerrang later described the original story as having a heavy handed approach and factual inaccuracies and demonised the emo subculture 47 In a 2022 retrospective The Guardian described the backlash against the band and emo music as a moral panic 55 Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys 2009 2011 Main article Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys On February 1 2009 My Chemical Romance released a new single titled Desolation Row a cover of the Bob Dylan song It was recorded to feature as the end credit track for the 2009 film Watchmen an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name 56 On May 27 2009 My Chemical Romance s web designer Jeff Watson announced via the band s website that the band was headed to the studio to record their fourth full length album The recording took place over the following few weeks with producer Brendan O Brien who has worked with AC DC Mastodon and Pearl Jam In an interview with NME Gerard Way said the band s next record would be a rock album saying I think the next album will definitely be stripped down I think the band misses being a rock band 57 In a separate interview with Idiomag Way commented that the next release would be less theatrical in scope stating that it s not going to be hiding behind a veil of fiction or uniforms and makeup anymore 58 In an interview with PopEater Way also stated that the next album will be full of hate He also said over the years that we ve been hearing ourselves live and hearing us on records we kind of prefer the live There s more of a garage feel and more energy I d like to capture some of that finally That s the goal for the next one 59 On July 31 and August 1 2009 My Chemical Romance played two secret shows at The Roxy Theater in Los Angeles The shows were the first concerts the band had played since Madison Square Garden in May 2008 The band also premiered several new songs said to be from their upcoming fourth album during the shows one reportedly titled Death Before Disco a song that Way said he was particularly excited about 60 The song was since renamed Party Poison and was included on the new album Way explained further in a Rolling Stone interview that it s a completely different sound for the band it s like an anti party song that you can party to I can t wait for people to hear it It brings back lyrically some of that wonderful fiction from the first album 61 Gerard Way also said in a November 2009 interview with Rock Sound that the fourth album would be their defining work A friend who heard the record recently said he now had no interest in listening to our older work anymore that we had made all our old material redundant I took it as a compliment the next thing you should always make the last thing seem unimportant and I think that will happen when we finally release this album 62 On March 3 2010 Iero announced on their official website that Bob Bryar had left the band writing As of 4 weeks ago My Chemical Romance and Bob Bryar parted ways This was a painful decision for all of us to make and was not taken lightly We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors and expect you all to do the same Frank Iero 63 64 In a March 2010 MTV interview about the new album Way explained There s no title yet I m actually kind of excited about that It s kind of anything goes at this point but I m so happy with the songs Though the band since decided on the title of their fourth album it continued to go unannounced with various rumors circulating and the band stating on their website that it will be revealed all in due time 65 and in Way s words a special way this time Maybe some sort of event something fun something soon During the San Diego Comic Con 2010 Way announced that the band had finished recording the fourth studio album 66 This was later confirmed by Iero on the band s website announcing that the album was done finished kaput in the proverbial can and being played loudly as we drive way too fast in our respective cars 65 In September a trailer video was uploaded to My Chemical Romance s official YouTube page titled Art is a Weapon which announced the title of the album Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys The video featured the band wearing strangely colored outfits and battling unusual characters in a desert surrounding and featuring a sample of music from the song Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Notable comic book author and the band s personal friend Grant Morrison makes a special appearance in the role of an enemy and leader of a band of masked characters On September 22 2010 the band premiered their song Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na on Zane Lowe s BBC Radio 1 show and Los Angeles based radio station KROQ FM 67 68 The album was released on November 22 2010 69 Rock Sound had a preview of the album and gave a positive review commenting the way they ve used everything they learned on The Black Parade and tightened up in certain places feels natural and confident and that it sees the creativity of the band taking flight musically graphically and literally 70 My Chemical Romance performing in 2011 from left to right Frank Iero Mikey Way Gerard Way Michael Pedicone Ray Toro Michael Pedicone joined the band as a touring drummer late in 2010 replacing Bryar 71 During a performance at Wembley Arena on February 12 2011 Way announced that the band would be appearing at a UK festival later in the year 72 later confirmed as the Reading and Leeds Festivals which they headlined They also performed at Radio 1 s Big Weekend in Carlisle England on May 15 2011 On September 2 2011 Frank Iero posted a blog on the band s site stating The relationship between My Chemical Romance and Michael Pedicone is over and explaining Pedicone was sacked because he was caught red handed stealing from the band and confessed to police after our show last night in Auburn Washington He also mentioned his hope of getting a new drummer in time for their next show and avoiding having to cancel any performances in the process 73 74 My Chemical Romance performing at a concert in 2011On September 4 2011 it was revealed through various sources that Jarrod Alexander will be the new touring drummer for the remainder of the Honda Civic tour He also performed with them in late October at Voodoo Experience and at their Australian New Zealand shows at Big Day Out in early 2012 Conventional Weapons and break up 2011 2013 Main article Conventional Weapons In an interview with Rolling Stone in October 2011 guitarist Frank Iero revealed that new music could be out by summer 75 On April 28 2011 US broadcaster Glenn Beck labelled the My Chemical Romance song Sing as propaganda after it was featured and covered on the US musical drama TV series Glee in February 2011 Beck stated It s an anthem saying Join us How can you and I possibly win against that The lyrics that Beck pointed out were Cleaned up corporation progress dying in the process Children that can talk about it living on the railways sic People moving sideways Sell it till your last days Buy yourself the motivation Generation nothing Nothing but a dead scene Product of a white dream Gerard Way responded to the accusation on the band s official website writing I think the word Glenn Beck was looking for was subversion not propaganda because I don t know what it would be considered propaganda for truth Sentiment He also said that he was shocked that no actual fact checking was done on the lyrics 76 77 78 Bassist Mikey Way told the BBC If we re getting reaction from people like that we re doing something right 79 On December 18 2011 the band appeared on Nick Jr Channel s Yo Gabba Gabba and performed a song called Every Snowflake Is Different Just Like You This was part of a Christmas special for the show The special includes other famous guest appearances such as Tony Hawk and Tori Spelling 80 81 Gerard Way at the festival Big Day Out in February 2012 in Australia In February 2012 members of My Chemical Romance revealed that they had been building a studio in Los Angeles to record music for the band s fifth album under the working title MCR5 now with touring keyboardist James Dewees as an official member 82 The band worked with engineer Doug McKean who previously worked on The Black Parade and Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys 83 On September 14 2012 Frank Iero announced through the band s official website a new project titled Conventional Weapons 84 The project revolved around 10 unreleased songs that were recorded in 2009 prior to the making of Danger Days The band released two songs each month for five months from the Conventional Weapons sessions starting in October 2012 and finishing in February 2013 According to the October 2012 issue of Q Magazine Frank Iero reported early sessions for MCR s next album with the new drummer Jarrod Alexander were progressing well Jarrod is a rad guy and a fantastic player It s been really fun making music with him these past few months Iero commented 85 On March 22 2013 the band announced their break up on their official website 86 87 88 issuing this statement Being in this band for the past 12 years has been a true blessing We ve gotten to go places we never knew we would We ve been able to see and experience things we never imagined possible We ve shared the stage with people we admire people we look up to and best of all our friends And now like all great things it has come time for it to end Thanks for all of your support and for being part of the adventure Gerard Way posted an extended tweet on his Twitter account two days after the website announcement in which he confirmed the disbanding of the group but denied that altercations between band members were the reason for the split 89 May Death Never Stop You and post breakup 2013 2019 On March 25 2014 the band released a greatest hits collection titled May Death Never Stop You containing material spreading their entire career as well a single unreleased track 3 The track Fake Your Death was made available digitally on February 17 90 It is the only song in MCR s discography having James Dewees playing on keyboards Following the band s breakup the members of the band continued to pursue music Lead vocalist Gerard Way announced his debut solo album Hesitant Alien with the release of an advance single Action Cat 91 Hesitant Alien was released on September 29 2014 in the UK and a day later in the U S 92 Hesitant Alien was a moderate commercial success topping the US Billboard Alternative Albums chart and reaching No 16 on the US Billboard 200 93 Hesitant Alien also topped the Ten Essential Albums Of 2014 list in Alternative Press 94 Rhythm guitarist Frank Iero sporadically collaborated with My Chemical Romance keyboardist James Dewees forming Death Spells and performing in Reggie and the Full Effect alongside Ray Toro releasing No Country for Old Musicians on November 19 2013 Afterwards he announced via his official website that he signed to Staple Records and would be releasing a full length solo album titled Stomachaches under the moniker of frnkiero andthe cellabration The album featured former My Chemical Romance touring drummer Jarrod Alexander Stomachaches was released worldwide on August 25 2014 95 Bassist Mikey Way formed Electric Century along with Sleep Station vocalist David Debiak in 2014 and released their debut single I Lied in February 2014 96 The duo announced their debut self titled EP on March 10 2015 and it was released on Record Store Day on April 18 2015 Lead guitarist Ray Toro posted a song on his SoundCloud account titled Isn t That Something on May 24 2013 On January 1 2015 he posted a new song titled For the Lost and Brave on his website dedicating the song to Leelah Alcorn a transgender teen who committed suicide 97 On July 20 2016 the band posted on their official Twitter and Facebook pages a video with the piano intro from Welcome to the Black Parade ending with a cryptic date 9 23 16 98 99 The video was also published on the band s YouTube channel with the video titled MCRX 100 This led to numerous rumors and reports on the band s possible reunion until it was revealed to be a reissue of The Black Parade with unreleased demos 101 102 103 The reissue titled The Black Parade Living with Ghosts 104 includes 11 demos and live tracks Two months before its release an early version of Welcome to the Black Parade titled The Five of Us Are Dying was made available for streaming 105 In a discussion of his work on the comic book Doom Patrol Gerard Way told Billboard I wouldn t count a reunion out but at the same time everybody s doing stuff in their lives now that they re really enjoying 106 Reunion and new material 2019 present Main article My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour My Chemical Romance performing at their 2019 reunion show On October 31 2019 the band announced they would be reuniting in Los Angeles on December 20 and a new merchandise line The announcement was accompanied by the captions Return and Like Phantoms Forever 107 The show sold out in 4 minutes despite high ticket prices Believed initially to be a one off show almost a week later the band announced more dates in Australia Japan and New Zealand for 2020 108 They later revealed via Twitter that they had first regrouped in 2017 and had been working together since then before the official 2019 announcement 109 The concert grossed 1 451 745 with an attendance of 5 113 110 In January 2020 the group announced plans to present one then two then three concerts at Stadium MK Milton Keynes England on the 18th 20th and 21 June 2020 as tickets for each day sold out within minutes 111 The stadium has an all round capacity of 30 500 for sports events Later in the month the group premiered a cryptic video on YouTube which ended by announcing a North American tour 112 The North American shows went on sale on January 31 2020 and sold out in less than six hours 113 Due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic all of the shows on the tour that were set to begin in 2020 were postponed to 2021 including the North American leg 114 These tour dates were later rescheduled again to 2022 115 The tour commenced on May 16 2022 at the Eden Project 116 and concluded on March 26 2023 in Tokyo Japan On May 12 2022 the band released The Foundations of Decay their first new song since 2014 117 118 ArtistryMusical style My Chemical Romance s music has been categorized primarily as alternative rock emo pop punk post hardcore punk rock and hard rock note 1 The band has also had its music categorized as emo pop hardcore punk gothic rock pop rock arena rock glam rock heavy metal metalcore rock pop screamo and garage punk note 2 Gerard Way has publicly rejected the term emo 35 describing the genre as fucking garbage 153 However Way has reportedly also described the band s style as What else ya got emo 7 Way s vocals have been described as theatrical and espousing introspective confessional lyrics 5 Albums The band s debut album features a raw sound that has guitar riffs very energetic vocals and sometimes screaming The album has been described as emo 154 155 post hardcore 156 157 152 158 alternative rock 159 screamo 149 150 151 punk rock 155 gothic rock 143 pop punk 155 and garage punk 152 with influences from hardcore punk and heavy metal 160 161 162 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was described as alternative rock 163 emo 164 pop punk 165 166 post hardcore 167 and punk rock 168 The band s third album The Black Parade has been described as alternative rock 169 170 emo 169 171 172 173 pop punk 174 175 post hardcore 176 punk rock 177 and hard rock 178 with influences from 1970s classic rock 179 180 181 glam rock 179 182 pop 183 and gothic rock 182 The band s fourth album Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys integrated elements of power pop 184 pop rock 185 and electronic rock into their sound 186 Influences My Chemical Romance have cited Queen top and Misfits bottom as key influences Gerard Way 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 187 Way has stated that the band is heavily influenced by Queen Misfits Black Flag Iron Maiden the Cure Joy Division Bauhaus Siouxsie and the Banshees the Smiths Morrissey 188 Thursday At the Gates and Pantera 189 Way has also said that his band patterns their career after that of the Smashing Pumpkins another band they admire 190 In a 2007 issue of Kerrang when asked to list the songs that influenced the band s music the most they listed Taking Back Sunday s MakeDamnSure Say Anything s Alive with the Glory of Love Thursday s Understanding in a Car Crash Kill Hannah s Lips like Morphine Black Flag s Nervous Breakdown the Misfit s Dust to Dust the Bled s You Know Whose Seatbelt Killswitch Engage s Fixation of Darkness Idlewild s Love Steals Us from Loneliness Alkaline Trio s Radio Thrice s Red Sky Denali s Surface Soilwork s Bastard Chain and Helloween s Twilight of the Gods 191 Frank Iero cites the punk band Lifetime as a big influence 192 My Chemical Romance s other influences include the Stooges Ramones Sex Pistols the Clash Minor Threat Nirvana and Operation Ivy 193 They also have noted that their lives childhoods books they ve read and movies they ve seen have influenced their music 194 LegacyMusic and popular culture According to Rolling Stone the band played somewhat of an anomaly in New Jersey s then burgeoning pop punk and emo scene before achieving their breakthrough with an instant emo classic Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 195 while Spin described it as one of the albums that launched the emo genre into the mainstream 164 In 2022 The Guardian wrote that during the height of their career they were unlikely superstars misfits who inadvertently infiltrated the mainstream but upon their reunion tour the band return to a pop cultural landscape they helped to define 55 The New York Times s Christopher R Weingarten has noted that The Black Parade inspired a number of 2010s musicians in different genres including Twenty One Pilots Crown the Empire Famous Last Words Halsey fun Billie Eilish and Post Malone and even influenced the sound of movie musicals like Frozen II 196 In 2016 Nylon wrote that the record took the idea of a concept album and exploited it for the digital age while being musically a rock opera as ambitious as any post Queen rock opera could be 197 Speaking on the band s reception and criticism during the early 2000s NPR Music wrote that at a moment when mannered indie pop and roughshod garage rock were infiltrating the mainstream the band was earnest dramatic and unapologetically massive in a way that made it conspicuously uncool and deemed The Black Parade a defining album for a generation of pop punk fans 198 In 2020 Kerrang deemed the band the rock superstars of the 21st century while stating that no other band has had such a musical or cultural impact over recent years 199 The magazine also noted their influence in the current music scene of alternative rock 200 Vice named My Chemical Romance the artist of the decade with writer Hannah Ewens commenting that they influenced rock throughout the 2010s even though they were inactive for most of the decade 201 In Paste magazine Eli Enis wrote that it is pretty much accepted canon at this point that My Chemical Romance are one of the most significant rock bands this side of the millennium 202 James McMahon of The Independent stated that Gerard Way set a blueprint for emo s image of pale face raven black hair and perhaps a red tie for almost 20 years 48 Writing on the band s influence Entertainment Weekly s Kyle Anderson stated that they offered up spiritual solutions to real problems and they did it with huge riffs and big theatrical stage shows with rarely a hint of irony or detachment it s unlikely there will ever be a band quite like them again 203 LGBT community In Archer Vince Ruston commented on the band s popularity in the queer and LGBT communities My Chemical Romance wanted to speak to and raise up every person who had ever felt outcast downtrodden or alienated Queer teens were a huge part of that demographic 204 Similarly Michelle Hyun Kim described Gerard Way as a queer icon in Them and that after the band announced their reunion on Halloween 2019 I saw tweets from LGBTQ folks around the world claiming in some way or another that MCR either served as a queer awakening or fostered their queerness 205 The band have long been supportive of LGBT rights 204 and embraced their LGBT fandom 206 Tours Bassist Mikey Way dressed in his Black Parade uniform 2000s My Chemical Romance played in many major tours of 2005 The band toured with Green Day in 2005 on the Green Day Presents American Idiot Tour They were also part of the Warped Tour in the same year For a lot of kids it s the one thing they look forward to all year said Gerard Way of the Warped Tour They save up for it They get to see all the bands they like in one shot 207 Their set list included mostly songs from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge My Chemical Romance co headlined the main stage with The Used on the Taste of Chaos tour before starting their first headlining tour simply named the My Chemical Romance Tour The tour launched September 15 in Ohio stopping at 30 locations in the United States to promote their album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Supporting acts included Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect This tour marked the beginning of the heavy theatrics later showcased in many of their live shows Way expressed his plans for the tour in an interview with MTV saying we d talked about bringing out dancers for our headlining tour in the fall but it s a big undertaking you have to have a bus full of dancers We ve always wanted to do a big theatrical tour But you have to do it in steps 208 The band joined headliners Linkin Park on Projekt Revolution 2007 starting on July 25 and ending on September 3 2007 209 The band played a one hour set on center stage opening with This Is How I Disappear as flames burst behind the band The set ended with Cancer occasionally accompanied by falling confetti and fireworks Following the Projekt Revolution tour they opened for Bon Jovi in October and then departed for a European Tour with Mindless Self Indulgence 2010s Main articles The World Contamination Tour and 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2020 On September 19 2010 the band announced The World Contamination Tour which took place in parts of the UK France Amsterdam and Germany 210 The band embarked on a joint tour of the United States with Blink 182 in 2011 211 The band reunited out of the public eye in 2017 212 and announced a reunion show on October 31 2019 which took place in Los Angeles on December 20 2019 extending this to a small tour consisting of dates in Australia New Zealand and Japan a week later 4 108 2020s Main article My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour Way performing in 2022 On January 28 2020 the group announced plans to present three concerts in Milton Keynes UK on 18 20 and 21 of June 2020 213 On January 29 2020 the band announced a North American tour 214 215 In April 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic the group postponed its Milton Keynes events initially to June 2021 216 In June 2020 the band postponed all North American events to September and October 2021 217 In April 2021 the Milton Keynes concert was postponed again to May 2022 218 The rest of the tour was later postponed to 2022 219 Band membersCurrent members Gerard Way lead vocals 2001 2013 2019 present Ray Toro lead 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