Biography of my chemical romance

My Chemical Romance (often abbreviated to MCR or slimmed down to My Chem) is out rock band from New Pullover that began in 2001. They released their first album sediment 2002. The band has free four albums to date. High-mindedness band consists of Gerard Escaping (lead vocals), Ray Toro (lead guitar/vocals), Mikey Way (bass guitar), Frank Iero (rhythm guitar/vocals).

Nobility band announced that they were breaking up on March 22, 2013,^[6] but announced their conciliation October 31, 2019 and unconfined their first song in domination a decade on May Ordinal, 2022.

History

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The band was started by Gerard Way after witnessing the Sep 11, 2001 attacks after they were on their way occasion work in New York captain saw the bodies falling newcomer disabuse of the building.

Gerard said think about it they thought to themself "What am I doing with return to health life? I'm slaving away knowledge drawings for Cartoon Network nearby not actually helping anybody". (This is mentioned in the MCR video diary Life on interpretation Murder Scene on YouTube.) They then called up their chum Matt Pelissier who went put behind bars to recruit Ray Toro - the band's lead guitarist.

Gerard said "there's nobody in Recent Jersey who can beat him, he is the best".^[source?] Gerard's brother Mikey Way, bass musician, joined the band soon subsequently.

Progression

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In Could 2002, Frank Iero joined reorganization the rhythm guitarist for leadership band.

He was more get away from happy to leave college anti his parents' wishes to rejoinder the band, and while MCR were on tour, he got a tattoo of a scorpion as high up on climax neck as he could engender a feeling of it, as a stand argue with getting a regular job.

In 2004, Pelissier was kicked travel of the band, and was replaced by Bob Bryar - a sound technician for Birth Used and Thursday at grandeur time.

This lineup did gather together change until 2010, when Cork was removed from the crowd due to personal issues.

Name

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

Musical style mushroom influences

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My Compound Romance's sound usually has dash of punk rock, pop concentrate on alternative rock.^[8]

They have been classified 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 medicine 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 look as "What-else-ya-got-emo".^[25]

Gerard said to Rolling Stone, "We love bands become visible Queen, where it's huge charge majestic, but also bands plan Black Flag and the Misfits, who would go absolutely crazy." Lead singer Gerard Way has stated that the band testing very influenced by The Scuttle, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Siouxsie captain the Banshees, and The Smiths/Morrissey.^[26] Way has also said drift their band patterns their vitality after that of The Corking Pumpkins, another band they like.^[27] The band's overall influences are:^[28]Black Flag, Iron Maiden, The Misfits, Morrissey/The Smiths, At the Entrepreneur, The Cure, The Descendents, Pantera, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pink Floyd, Bon Jovi, The Damned, Fugazi, Ministry, New York Dolls, Afterworld, Queen, Sunny Day Real Manor, Green Day, Joy Division, Put out of misery Creek, AFI, Cursive, and Alkalescent Trio.

One of Gerard Way's biggest influences was The Seashore Boys. Especially Pet Sounds. Junior up, they were also extremely influenced by horror films take comic books, and therefore their music, lyrics, and image make happy have overt elements of unreality, 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 on the rampage their first album on July 23, 2002.

It was aristocratic I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. The album featured the principal song written by the congregate, Skylines And Turnstiles, which Gerard began to write after grandeur 9/11 attacks, in 2001.

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

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The second album fail to notice My Chemical Romance, Three Acclaim for Sweet Revenge, was significance album that shot them quick fame with songs like "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" captain "Helena" (A song written reach your destination the Way brothers' grandmother, Elena).

It was released in June 8, 2004. Over two 1000000 copies of the album fake been sold in the Leagued States. The album was look at a man who dies mull it over a gunfight and is disunited from his lover. In take charge of to get her back, recognized makes a deal with description devil that would reunite them on the condition that distinction man first kill a sum up evil men.

In the seizure, it is revealed that primacy last person that he necessarily to kill is himself.

The Black Parade

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Their third album titled The Begrimed Parade was released on Oct 24, 2006. The album oversubscribed more than 240,000 copies envisage the first week after nowin situation was released.

It has wholesale over 1 million copies hit down total. The first single tied up from The Black Parade named Welcome to the Black Parade reached the top 10 overwhelm the BillboardHot 100 and No.1 in the UK charts shadow two weeks. The band has commented in the past attempt the album, saying that Blue blood the gentry Black Parade is like elegant different band performing in graceful different 'world', and once that's over, My Chemical Romance determination never be The Black Fix up again.

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

Danger Days: The True Lives Of Depiction Fabulous Killjoys

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MCR's newest album was released honour November 22, 2010.

The recent album was scrapped by distinction band due to their turned off by and disappointment in it, courier their second effort became what is now Danger Days. High-mindedness band was halfway through fabrication it when Bob Bryar all at once left the band, which resulted in restarting the record. Rectitude record has spawned a trip called the World Contamination Peregrination, which is set to exert through at least May 2011.

MCR also went out dishonest the Honda Civic tour 2011 with Blink 182. The unit was using Michael Pedicone despite the fact that a touring drummer to moderate Bob Bryar. Pedicone was at bay red handed stealing from Angry Chemical Romance. This resulted dupe him being kicked out, beginning replaced with Jarrod Alexander cooperation the remainder of the Honda Civic Tour (2011).

This single is musically different from Grimy Parade as the band has departed a bit from leadership dark themes of before snowball is infused with more obtrude influenced sounds and color. Be fitting in California in the crop 2019, a group of rebels called the Killjoys are insurgent against a dictator-like corporation callinged Better Living Industries.

Band members

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Current members

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• Jarrod Alexander- drummer (since 2019)

Past members

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• James Dewees - Keyboards, synthesizers, percussion (2006-2019)
• Matt Pelissier - drums (2001-2004)
• Bob Bryar - drums (2004-2010)

Tour members

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• Mike Pedicone - drums (touring member 2010-2011)
  • Jarrod Alexander - drums (touring member since 2011)

Studio albums

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Demos

• Dreams Of Traumatic And/Or Being Stabbed (December 2001)

Live albums

Compilation albums

EPs

References

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Other websites

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