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From Left to Right: Bob Bryar, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro Background information Origin New Jersey, USA Genre(s) Rock Years active 2001–present Label(s) Eyeball (2001–2003) Reprise (2003–present) Website mychemicalromance.com Members Gerard Way Mikey Way Frank Iero Ray Toro Bob Bryar Former members Matt Pelissier My Chemical Romance is an American rock band consisting of Gerard Way (lead vocals), Mikey Way (bass), Bob Bryar (drums), Frank Iero, and Ray Toro (guitar). Formed in 2001, the band originates from New Jersey.
Often labeled "emo," due to emotionally exposed lyrics and passionate choruses, My Chemical Romance cites their main influences as The Misfits, Morrissey/The Smiths, and Iron Maiden[1]. 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, storytelling, horror, and theatricality. The band members hail from Belleville and Kearny, New Jersey, except drummer Bob Bryar, who is from Chicago, Illinois. Bassist Mikey Way coined the band's name from a book entitled Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, by Irvine Welsh.
Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early career (2001–2002) 1.2 Major career (2003–2005) 1.3 Recent and future plans (2006—) 2 Discography 3 Relationship with The Used 4 Criticism 5 References 6 External links
[edit] Biography [edit] Early career (2001–2002) The band was formed by frontman Gerard Way and ex-drummer Matt Pelissier. The first song they wrote was Skylines and Turnstiles, which was written by Gerard about his feelings on September 11th. Shortly after, Ray Toro, Mikey Way (Gerard's brother), and Frank Iero would join the band. The band immediatly started playing numerous local shows in basements in Montclair and New Brunswick, VFWs like Boonton Elks, and clubs such the Loop Lounge in Passaic and the Bloomfield Ave. Cafe & Stage, in Montclair, NJ.
The band then recorded their first album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, and released it in 2002 on Eyeball Records. When I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love was made, they had only been a band for about three months. Frank Iero had joined My Chemical Romance only days before the band hit the recording studio for their debut album. After the release, they toured with bands such as Underoath, The Used, Thrice, and Taking Back Sunday.
[edit] Major career (2003–2005) The album cover for Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, one of the band's most successful and well known albums.In 2003, the band signed a deal with Reprise Records and began working on their second album after finishing a tour with Avenged Sevenfold. The album, entitled Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, was released in 2004 and went platinum a year later. The album contained three singles: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Helena" and "The Ghost of You".
At the start of 2005, the band were direct support on the first ever Taste of Chaos tour, and were also the opening act for Green Day on their American Idiot tour. Later that year they co-headlined and finally headlined their own tour, for the first time ever with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect around the country.
My Chemical Romance and The Used collaborated on a cover of the David Bowie and Queen classic "Under Pressure" that was released as a benefit single on iTunes and other internet outlets.
[edit] Recent and future plans (2006—) On March 21, 2006, a 2 DVD/1 CD set entitled Life on the Murder Scene was released. It includes one DVD chronicling the band's history, and a second DVD with music videos, the making of their videos and a couple live performances. The release of the album/DVD was delayed twice; it was first rumored to be released on November 8, 2005 and was postponed until February 7, 2006, then was delayed again until it was finally released on March 21, 2006. An unauthorized biography DVD was going to be released. It was first said to be released on June 27, 2006 and is named Things That Make You Go MMM!. However, it currently has no release date leading many to believe it is not to be relased at all. The DVD does not actually feature any My Chemical Romance music clips or preformances, but containts interviews with those who knew the band before much of their fame.
My Chemical Romance has recently been working on their third album, which was thought to be titled The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance but in a recent interview with Kerrang! magazine Gerard Way denied this was the title of the next album, stating "It was never the title of the album, more a spoof, or joke." The album, whose title has yet to be announced, is scheduled for release on October 24th, 2006. The band started recording the album on April 10, 2006 with Rob Cavallo, who has produced every Green Day album since Dookie except Warning:.[2]
On August 3, 2006, the band finished shooting the video for their new single from the upcoming album. The video is directed by Sam Bayer, the same director who did Nirvana's "Smells like Teen Spirit" and all of Green Day's American Idiot videos. While the single was initially reported to be titled "The Black Parade", this title has since been retracted and remains unannounced.[3]
During the shoot for the upcoming video, band members Gerard Way and Bob Bryar were injured with Way suffering tore ligaments in his ankle and Bryar a bad burn to his leg. 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 has confirmed that these injuries occured on the set of the new video. [4][5].
[edit] Discography I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (2002) Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (2004) (U.S Platinum) Life On The Murder Scene (2006) The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance (2006) Note "The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance" is not the official title of the October 24th release. It is simply the working name, and a reference to the actual album. The title itself has not yet been publicly released as of 05/08/06. (see related article The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance Paragraph 1: "The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance is the tentative title of the third album..." [edit] Relationship with The Used The Used is known to have both a personal and a professional relationship with My Chemical Romance. The lead singer Gerard Way and Bert McCracken were rumored to have been particularly close. My Chemical Romance and The Used have covered "Under Pressure" (originally by David Bowie and Queen) in concert on multiple occasions. In recent months, the two lead singers of both bands seem to have had a fallout due to disagreements over the addition of "Under Pressure" to In Love and Death. Most of this evidence comes from an interview with Bert and a recent song, so far unreleased, by My Chemical Romance entitled "Disenchanted (Shut Up and Play)".
[edit] Criticism The neutrality of this section is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page.
My Chemical Romance initially was lauded as a band with a strong "grassroots" following. It was among the first bands to achieve national status by offering free downloads through PureVolume[6] and the "social networking" site MySpace, where MCR gathered its first 100,000 fans.[7] The band has clearly grown well beyond those initial numbers, but some critics indicate that the many new fans they've gained through heavy MTV play have a lower ability to connect to the band's music,[8] while others suggest that the large fanbase they've gained since their 2004 album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is due to a more mainstream approach[citation needed]. MCR are mainly criticized for having a large "Teeny bopper" fanbase[citation needed]. Much of their music is 'horror film' based, and their photos and art rather bloody[citation needed]. Due to this, MCR are mainly criticized for their music and their appearance seeming emo[citation needed], despite the horror genre being markedly different than emo music and therefore taking away from their influence in uninformed circles[citation needed]. Many critics say that My Chemical Romance and similar bands play generic, MTV-friendly music meant for mass consumption rather than artistic innovation[citation needed].
Fan fiction about MCR has become common online on fansites and Quizilla. Most of these stories promote the band as "sex icons". These stories are mainly about the band members having some connection with the underworld or Hell and/or having sexual relations with either the writer(s)/fan, bandmates, or other bands (a common band mentioned in fan fiction would be The Used); fans of the band could be considered loyal to the point of possible obsession. Another extremely popular subject in MCR-related fan fiction are stories featuring "Waycest" or, sexual relations between the two Way brothers. This has caused the old fanbase to consider the band a "sellout" and the new MCR fans "posers". MCR fans who write such fan fiction and those who berate them might be compared with "Rabid InuYasha Fans" and "Trekkies", especially on online forums. [9]
Another criticism of MCR is Gerard's friendship with Bert McCracken of The Used. While the bands are friends, detractors of MCR often accuse them of using their friendship with the Used to gain an international audience.[citation needed]
[edit] References ↑ "Teen Titans" — Rolling Stone (2005-07-14) Rolling Stone Counter Refrence ↑ ArtistDirect.com ↑ Pause & Play, Punknews.org ↑ Billboard Chart Positions ↑ Music fans reach for the stars - USA Today ↑ Bands Embrace Social Networking - Wired Magazine ↑ A Mixed Set to a Mixed Crowd- Punknews.org ↑ Quizilla - fan fiction [edit] External links Official website My Chemical Romance on MySpace My Chemical Romance Gerard Way | Mikey Way | Frank Iero | Ray Toro | Bob Bryar Matt Pelissier Discography Albums: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love | Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge | The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance Singles: Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us | Vampires Will Never Hurt You | Headfirst for Halos | Thank You for the Venom | I'm Not Okay (I Promise) | Helena | The Ghost of You Live album: Life on the Murder Scene
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