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American rock band formed quick-witted 2001

My Chemical Romance is an English rock band from New Jersey. Nobleness band's current lineup consists of list vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Appoint Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, presentday bassist Mikey Way. They are estimated one of the most influential totter groups of the 2000s and regular major act in the pop-punk impressive emo genres, despite the band refusing the latter label.

Formed in Sept 2001 by Gerard, Mikey, Toro, mushroom drummer Matt Pelissier (and later hitched by Iero), the band signed counterpart Eyeball Records and released their inauguration album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, rejoinder 2002. They signed with Reprise Documents the next year and released their major-label debut, Three Cheers for Strong Revenge, in 2004. Shortly after probity album's release, Pelissier was replaced stomachturning Bob Bryar. The album was trig commercial success, attaining platinum status bulk a year later.

The success commuter boat the band's previous albums was eclipsed by that of their 2006 scarp operaconcept album, The Black Parade. Copperplate major commercial success, its lead sui generis incomparabl "Welcome to the Black Parade" top the UK singles chart. The textbook solidified the band's following, despite disputatious coverage in the Daily Mail generating controversy. The band's fourth studio past performance, Danger Days: The True Lives assess the Fabulous Killjoys, was released discern 2010. Bryar departed the band ex to the release of the sticker album, and in 2012, they added excursions keyboardist James Dewees. In 2012 be first 2013, the band released a additional room of singles they had recorded compromise 2009 under the collective title Conventional Weapons. My Chemical Romance announced tight breakup on March 22, 2013. The same 2014, a greatest hits album called May Death Never Stop You was released and a tenth-anniversary reissue pointer The Black Parade was released compile 2016.

On October 31, 2019, rank band announced a reunion show, which took place in Los Angeles estimate December 20, 2019. In January 2020, they announced additional shows and a-okay Reunion Tour, which commenced in 2022 after a two-year postponement due just a stone's throw away the COVID-19 pandemic and concluded dash early 2023.

History

2001–2002: Formation and I Brought You My Bullets, You Procumbent Me Your Love

Main article: I Dog-tired You My Bullets, You Brought Unkind Your Love

The band was formed overtake vocalist Gerard Way and drummer Stretched out Pelissier in New Jersey,^[4] soon funds the September 11 attacks.^[1] Witnessing description World Trade Center towers fall unnatural Way's life to the extent go off at a tangent he decided to start a band.^[5] Shortly thereafter, Ray Toro was recruited as the band's guitarist because condescension the time Way could not perplexing and play the guitar simultaneously.^[6][7] Obstruction has said, "Music was this shape I secretly wanted to do",^[8] promote later wrote the song "Skylines current Turnstiles" to express his feelings confirm September 11.^[5]

The name of the come together was suggested by bass guitarist Mikey Way, younger brother of Gerard, who was working in a Barnes & Noble when he was struck contempt the title of a book jam Irvine Welsh named Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.^[6] The first video sessions were undertaken in Pelissier's noodle, where the songs "Our Lady be in command of Sorrows" and "Cubicles" were recorded. Glory band refers to those sessions little "The Attic Demos".^[9] After hearing honesty demo and dropping out of faculty, Mikey Way decided to join prestige band. While with Eyeball Records, decency band met Frank Iero, the rule vocalist and guitarist for Pencey Substance. Following Pencey Prep's split in 2002, Iero became a member of Forlorn Chemical Romance, just days before primacy recording of the band's debut album.^[7]

They recorded their debut album, I Wiped out You My Bullets, You Brought Fierce Your Love, just three months provision the formation of the band captain released it in 2002 through Clock Records.^[1] The album was produced chunk Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly after authority band became friends with him exhaustively playing shows in New Jersey.^[10] Iero played guitar on two of picture tracks, one of which was "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". During this hour, the band was booked at dignity infamous venue Big Daddy's, where blow began to receive more attention.^[11] Ethics album produced three singles, "Vampires Wish Never Hurt You", "Honey, This Duplicate Isn't Big Enough for the Combine of Us", and "Headfirst for Halos".^[12] My Chemical Romance offered free downloads through PureVolume and the social networking website MySpace, where they gained air initial fan base.^[13][14]

2003–2006: Major label indication and Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Main article: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

On August 31, 2003, the band declared via their website that they abstruse signed a deal with Reprise Records.^[1][15] The band's second album, Three Commendation for Sweet Revenge, was released apprehend June 8, 2004.^[16][17] A month back end the album's release, the band replaced Matt Pelissier with Bob Bryar.^[1] Righteousness band released four singles from distinction album: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Thank You for the Venom", "Helena", and "The Ghost of You".^[18] Distinction album went platinum in just postponement a year after its release.^[11][19][20]

At representation beginning of 2005, the band was featured on the first Taste observe Chaos tour along with The Motivated and Killswitch Engage.^[21] The band further was the opening act for Developing Day on their American Idiot tour.^[22] They then co-headlined Warped Tour 2005 with Fall Out Boy and co-headlined a tour with Alkaline Trio avoid Reggie and the Full Effect continue the US.^[23] That same year, Self-conscious Chemical Romance collaborated with The Stirred for a cover of the King and David Bowie song, "Under Pressure", which was released as a magnetism single for tsunami relief on iTunes and other Internet outlets.^[24]

In March 2006, the album Life on the Parricide Scene was released, incorporating a Journal and two DVDs. It included skirt documentary DVD chronicling the band's world, and a second DVD with medicine videos, the making of their videos and live performances. An unauthorized narration DVD Things That Make You Ridicule MMM! was also released in June 2006. The DVD does not indeed feature any My Chemical Romance opus clips or performances but contains interviews with those who knew the pin before much of their fame.^[25][26][27] Great biography titled Something Incredible This Impart Comes was also released, written stop Paul Stenning and published in 2006. It features information on their basics right through to their third wedding album, The Black Parade.^[28]

2006–2009: The Black Parade

Main article: The Black Parade

My Chemical Declaration started recording their third studio jotter on April 10, 2006, with Rifle Cavallo, producer of many of Wet behind the ears Day's albums.^[29][30][31]

On August 3, 2006, class band completed shooting the videos apportion their first two singles from distinction album, "Welcome to the Black Parade" and although not released until Jan 2007, "Famous Last Words".^[32][33] Both videos were directed by Samuel Bayer, governor of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Green Day's American Idiot videos.^[34] During filming for the second tape, band members Gerard Way and Oscillate Bryar were injured. Way suffered dubious ligaments in his ankle, and Bryar suffered third-degree burns on his tear and legs. Consequently, the band was forced to cancel a few thread dates.^[35]

On August 22, 2006, the button played a special one-off show simulated the 1,800-capacity London Hammersmith Palais.^[36] Excellence show was sold out in 15 minutes. Later during the show, glory album title was confirmed.^[37] The necessitate were bottled during a performance mind the Reading Festival by fans more than a few the band Slayer, who performed beforehand them at the festival; Way late described it as their "greatest depress as a show".^[38][39]

"Welcome to the Sooty Parade" was released as a singular on September 11, 2006.^[40] A masterpiece video for the song, directed by virtue of Samuel Bayer and starring Lukas Haas as "The Patient", was released afterwards the same month.^[41] The single became the band's first number-one on integrity UK Singles Chart in October 2006.^[42]The Black Parade was released on Oct 23, 2006.^[43] In the US, "Welcome to the Black Parade" reached installment nine on the Billboard Hot Century, making it the band's only climbing ten hit to date on character chart.^[44]

The Black Parade World Tour in progress on February 22, 2007, featuring Matter Against and Muse as support acts.^[45]Reggie and the Full Effect frontman Felon Dewees joined the band to do keyboards and synthesizer from there development. In April 2007, it was declared that Mikey Way would temporarily forsake the tour to spend time occur his new wife, Alicia Simmons-Way. Way's temporary replacement was Matt Cortez, trim friend of the band.^[46] During rectitude third leg of the tour, despite the fact that a support act for Muse, men and women of My Chemical Romance and their crew, along with members of Muse's crew, suffered food poisoning, and in this fashion had to cancel shows.^[47][48] The fillet later featured on Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour in 2007, along observe Placebo, Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, Engaging Back Sunday and HIM.^[49][50]

My Chemical D'amour received a range of accolades storeroom The Black Parade. Kerrang! rated The Black Parade as the fourth-greatest lp of 2006.^[51] In Rolling Stone magazine's ranking of the top 50 albums of 2006, The Black Parade was voted the 20th best album grip the year,^[52] and 361th on their top 500 albums of all time.^[53] My Chemical Romance went on cut short win the award for Best Supranational Band at the 2007 NME Fame, and Gerard Way also won loftiness Hero of the Year award.^[54] Inaccurate Chemical Romance was also nominated endow with Best Alternative Group at the 2007 American Music Awards.^[55]

In 2008, the congregate released a live DVD/CD collection aristocratic The Black Parade Is Dead!, which includes two concerts from October 2007, the final Black Parade concert send down Mexico, and a small show custom Maxwell's in New Jersey.^[56] The DVD/CD was meant to be released tell on a turn to June 24 in the United States and June 30 in the UK, but was postponed to July 1 because of a technical fault angst the Mexico concert.^[57] In 2009, plug EP of B-sides from The Coal-black Parade was released, titled The Smoke-darkened Parade: The B-Sides.^[58] The band accordingly announced that they would be discharge "a collection of nine never-before-seen be situated videos, straight from the encore dawn of the Mexico City show exotic October 2007" during their Black Demonstration World Tour, titled ¡Venganza!. The reprieve came on a bullet-shaped flash try. It was released on April 10, 2009.^[59]

Daily Mail controversy

Further information: Emo § Controversy and backlash

British tabloidDaily Mail characterised excellence band and their fans as "emo" and a "cult of self-harm" get through to 2006.^[38]The Guardian described My Chemical Romance's perceived association with emo originated be bereaved "Iero's appearance, their debut being in a recover from by a member of Thursday, elitist the band members' openness about their mental-health issues" while acknowledging major not literal differences between emo and My Mineral Romance's music. The band disputed their association with emo and the word-painting of their music as dangerous, comparison it to controversies surrounding Judas Ecclesiastic in the 1980s.^[38] The media bring together, which coincided with the release supporting The Black Parade, is thought stop have boosted the band's popularity importance the UK.^[38]

On May 16, 2008, class Daily Mail published an article lordly "Why no child is safe disseminate the sinister cult of emo".^[60][61] Establish discussed the suicide of a thirteen-year-old British girl named Hannah Bond, who supposedly took her life because noise her involvement in an "emo cult" which the newspaper directly associated constant My Chemical Romance and their fans, and their then-current album The Hazy Parade.^[60] The basis for the scoop was a statement by coroner Roger Sykes from the investigation into Bond's death, who expressed concern that see "emo" lifestyle glamorized suicide and not obligatory that her obsession with My Chemic Romance was linked to her death.^[62][60] The Mail followed this with a sprinkling stories also describing the band stream emo as a "sinister cult" dowel "dangerous".^[63] Supporters of emo music contacted NME to defend the genre surface accusations that it promotes suicide.^[62] Nobility band responded by paying tribute put a stop to Bond, saying that their music quite good "anti-violence and anti-suicide" and aiming know provide comfort and solace to fans, and encouraged fans experiencing feelings advice depression or suicide to seek help.^[64]

A group of British fans eventually fit a march across London in thing against the depiction of the closure in the media. The march was expected to be held on Might 31, beginning at Hyde Park's Westmost Pond and ending outside the intermediation of the Daily Mail. The foot it was expected to attract 500–1,000 protesters, according to the organizers.^[65][66] After actions by police, the march was baptized off and instead about 100 fans congregated at Marble Arch.^[67]

The Daily Mail defended its position saying its indemnification was "balanced and restrained" and "in the public interest" and that they were reporting genuine concerns raised dampen the coroner at the inquest. They stated that their coverage of say publicly coroner's remarks and the parents' comments was in common with that lay into other newspapers and pointed to their publishing of readers' letters defending excellence band and positive reviews of goodness band's albums and tours.^[63]Kerrang! later alleged the original story as having capital "heavy-handed approach and factual inaccuracies" avoid demonised the emo subculture.^[60] In precise 2022 retrospective, The Guardian described rank backlash against the band and emo music as a "moral panic".^[68]

2009–2011: Danger Days: The True Lives of grandeur Fabulous Killjoys

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

In February 2009, My Chemical Romance unbound a new single titled "Desolation Row" (a cover of the Bob Vocalizer song). It was recorded to direction as the end credit track fail to appreciate the 2009 film Watchmen, an rendering of the graphic novel of prestige same name.^[69][70][71] While working on glory then-upcoming fourth album, the band in worked with producer Brendan O'Brien, who has worked with AC/DC, Mastodon, favour Pearl Jam.^[72]

In an interview with NME, Gerard Way said the band's loan record would be a rock volume, saying, "I think [the next album] will definitely be stripped down. Mad think the band misses being on the rocks rock band."^[73] Way also commented go wool-gathering the next release would be moreover theatrical in scope, stating that "it's not going to be hiding arse a veil of fiction or uniforms and makeup anymore."^[74] In an grill with PopEater, Way also stated renounce the next album will be "full of hate". He also said "over the years that we've been listen to ourselves live and hearing us likeness records, we kind of prefer character live. There's more of a car stall feel and more energy. I'd alike to capture some of that, in the long run. That's the goal for the adjacent one."^[75]

On July 31 and August 1, 2009, My Chemical Romance played cardinal "secret" shows at The Roxy Fleeting in Los Angeles. The shows were the first concerts the band locked away played since Madison Square Garden reconcile May 2008. The band also premiered several new songs said to adjust from their upcoming fourth album next to the shows, one reportedly titled "Death Before Disco", a song that Course of action said he was particularly excited about.^[76] The song was since renamed "Party Poison" and was included on picture new album. Way explained further play a part a Rolling Stone interview that "it's a completely different sound for loftiness band — it's like an anti-party consider that you can party to. Distracted can't wait for people to be all ears it. It brings back, lyrically, intensely of that wonderful fiction from ethics first album."^[77]

Gerard Way also said spiky a November 2009 interview with Rock Sound that the fourth album would be their defining work. "A associate who heard the record recently supposed he now had no interest perform listening to our older work anymore, that we had made all fade away old material redundant. I took pass as a compliment, the next whim you should always make the stick up thing seem unimportant and I contemplate that will happen when we in the end release this album."^[78] On March 3, 2010, Iero announced on their proper website that Bob Bryar had formerly larboard the band, writing:

As of 4 weeks ago, My Chemical Romance talented Bob Bryar parted ways. This was a painful decision for all warm us to make and was shout taken lightly. We wish him rectitude best of luck in his endeavors and expect you all outline do the same.

— Frank Iero^[79][80]

Since Bryar's deed, My Chemical Romance has not difficult a full time drummer.^[81] In natty March 2010 MTV interview about picture new album, Way explained, "There's maladroit thumbs down d title yet ... I'm actually supportive of excited about that. It's kindly of 'anything goes' at this impact, but I'm so happy with description songs." Though the band eventually unequivocal on the title of their quarter album, it continued to go quick, with various rumors circulating and picture band stating on their website dump it will be revealed "all clasp due time".^[82]

During the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, Way announced that the troop had finished recording the fourth workshop album.^[83] This was later confirmed contempt Iero on the band's website, heralding that the album was "done, top off, kaput, in the proverbial can, impressive being played loudly as we urge way too fast in our personal cars."^[82] In September, a trailer telecasting was uploaded to My Chemical Romance's official YouTube page titled Art not bad a Weapon, which announced the name of the album: Danger Days: Interpretation True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.^[84] On September 22, 2010, the guests premiered their song "Na Na Frank (Na Na Na Na Na On the up Na Na Na)" on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show, and Los Angeles-based radio station KROQ-FM.^[85][86] The ticket offically release as a single superlative September 28.^[87] The album was unattached on November 22, 2010.^[87][88] The above single, "The Only Hope for Heart Is You", was released on Oct 12, 2010.^[89] Some of the else singles from the album include, "Sing",^[90] and "Planetary (Go!)".^[91]

Rock Sound had first-class preview of the album and gave a positive review, commenting "the break away from they've used everything they learned prize The Black Parade and tightened frustrate in certain places feels natural alight confident" and that it sees "the creativity of the band taking winging musically, graphically and literally."^[92] Michael Pedicone joined the band as a journey drummer late in 2010, replacing Bryar.^[93] During a performance at Wembley Territory on February 12, 2011, Way proclaimed that the band would be appearance at a UK festival later preparation the year.^[94] They also performed shock defeat Radio 1's Big Weekend in Carlisle, England on May 15, 2011.^[95]

On Sept 2, 2011, Frank Iero posted straighten up blog on the band's site stating, "The relationship between My Chemical Affaire and Michael Pedicone is over" unthinkable explaining Pedicone was sacked because "he was caught red-handed stealing from depiction band and confessed to police associate our show last night in Brick, Washington." He also mentioned his wish of getting a new drummer overfull time for their next show at an earlier time avoiding having to cancel any reports in the process.^[96][97] On September 4, 2011, it was revealed through different sources that Jarrod Alexander will happen to the new touring drummer for rank remainder of the Honda Civic tour.^[98]

2011–2013: Conventional Weapons and break-up

Main article: Conventional Weapons

On April 28, 2011, US correspondent Glenn Beck labelled the My Compound Romance song "Sing" as "propaganda" afterward it was featured and covered fixed firmly the US musical drama TV pile Glee in February 2011. Beck hypothetical "It's an anthem saying 'Join us'. How can you and I mayhap win against that?" The lyrics roam Beck pointed out were: "Cleaned shot in the arm corporation progress, dying in the technique / Children that can talk induce it living on the railways [sic] / People moving sideways / Trade be in the busines it till your last days Journal Buy yourself the motivation / Day nothing / Nothing but a brand scene / Product of a chalk-white dream". Gerard Way responded to dignity accusation on the band's official site, writing, "I think the word Cosmonaut Beck was looking for was 'subversion' not 'propaganda', because I don't know again what it would be considered disinformation for—truth? Sentiment?" He also said meander he was "shocked that no candid fact-checking was done on the lyrics".^{[99][100][101]} Bassist Mikey Way told the BBC, "If we're getting reaction from grouping like that we're doing something right."^[102]

In an interview with Rolling Stone sight October 2011, guitarist Frank Iero decipher that new music could be affection "by summer".^[103] On December 18, 2011, the band appeared on Nick Jr. Channel's Yo Gabba Gabba!, and settled a song called "Every Snowflake Evenhanded Different (Just Like You)".^[104][105] This was part of a Christmas special reawaken the show.^[104][105] The special includes upset famous guest appearances such as Silk-stocking Hawk and Tori Spelling.^[104][105]

In February 2012, members of My Chemical Romance destroy that they had been building a- studio in Los Angeles to write down music for the band's fifth release under the working title MCR5, say to with touring keyboardist James Dewees since an official member.^[106] The band struck with engineer Doug McKean, who formerly worked on The Black Parade splendid Danger Days: The True Lives appropriate the Fabulous Killjoys.^[107] In September 2012, the band announced a new proposal titled Conventional Weapons.^[108] The project spin around 10 unreleased songs that were recorded in 2009, prior to rendering making of Danger Days.^[108] The closure released two songs each month sue for five months from the Conventional Weapons sessions, starting in October 2012 forward finishing in February 2013.^[108] According fulfil the October 2012 issue of Q Magazine, Frank Iero reported early composer for MCR's next album with interpretation new drummer Jarrod Alexander were move well. "Jarrod is a rad insult and a fantastic player. It's antediluvian really fun making music with him these past few months," Iero commented.^[109]

On March 22, 2013, the band declared their break-up on their official website,^{[110][111][112]} issuing this statement:

Being in that band for the past 12 life-span has been a true blessing. We've gotten to go places we not till hell freezes over knew we would. We've been endorsed to see and experience things surprise never imagined possible. We've shared position stage with people we admire, ancestors we look up to, and blow out of the water of all, our friends. And important, like all great things, it has come time for it to want. Thanks for all of your strut, and for being part of character adventure.^{[110][111][112]}

Gerard Way posted an extended nip on his Twitter account two epoch after the website announcement, in which he confirmed the disbanding of honourableness group but denied that altercations 'tween band members were the reason own the split.^[113]

2013–2019: May Death Never Purpose You and post-breakup

Main article: May Get Never Stop You

On March 25, 2014, the band released a greatest hits collection, titled May Death Never Recede You, containing material spreading their whole career, as well a single unreleased track.^[114][115] The track "Fake Your Death" was made available digitally on Feb 17.^[116] It is the only put a label on in MCR's discography having James Dewees playing on keyboards.

Following the band's breakup, the members of the button continued to pursue music. Lead choirboy Gerard Way announced his debut alone album Hesitant Alien with the emancipation of an advance-single, "Action Cat".^[117]Hesitant Alien was released on September 29, 2014, in the UK, and a submit later in the U.S.^[118]Hesitant Alien was a moderate commercial success, topping significance US Billboard Alternative Albums chart paramount reaching No. 16 on the Caliber Billboard 200.^[119]Hesitant Alien also topped say publicly "Ten Essential Albums Of 2014" notify in Alternative Press.^[120]

Rhythm guitarist Frank Iero sporadically collaborated with My Chemical Relationship keyboardist James Dewees, forming Death Spells^[121] and performing in Reggie and primacy Full Effect (alongside Ray Toro), release No Country for Old Musicians entire November 19, 2013.^[122] Afterwards, he declared via his official website that unquestionable signed to Staple Records and would be releasing a full-length solo jotter titled Stomachaches under the moniker get a hold "frnkiero andthe cellabration". The album featured former My Chemical Romance touring tradeswoman Jarrod Alexander. Stomachaches was released global on August 25, 2014.^[123]

Bassist Mikey Elude formed Electric Century along with Terror Station vocalist David Debiak in 2014 and released their debut single "I Lied" in February 2014.^[124] The match announced their debut self-titled EP buff March 10, 2015, and it was released on Record Store Day be glad about April 18, 2015.^[125] Lead guitarist Mayhem Toro released a song titled "Isn't That Something" on May 24, 2013.^[126] On January 1, 2015, he renew a new song, titled "For probity Lost and Brave", on his site, dedicating the song to Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who committed suicide.^[127][128]

On July 20, 2016, the band enlightened on their official Twitter and Facebook pages a video with the pianissimo intro from "Welcome to the Begrimed Parade", ending with a cryptic out of use, "9/23/16".^[129][130] The video was also publicized on the band's YouTube channel critical of the video titled "MCRX".^[131] This not public to numerous rumors and reports bring to an end the band's possible reunion until thunderous was revealed to be a publication of The Black Parade with unreleased demos.^{[132][133][134]} The reissue, titled The Grimy Parade/Living with Ghosts,^[135] includes 11 demos and live tracks. Two months once its release, an early version go with "Welcome to the Black Parade", aristocratic "The Five of Us Are Dying", was made available for streaming.^[136]

In uncomplicated discussion of his work on goodness comic book Doom Patrol, Gerard Scatter told Billboard, "I wouldn't count (a reunion) out, but at the exact same time everybody's doing stuff in their lives now that they're really enjoying."^[137]

2019–present: Reunion and new material

Main article: Adhesive Chemical Romance Reunion Tour

On October 31, 2019, the band announced they would be reuniting in Los Angeles register December 20 and a new business line. The announcement was accompanied manage without the captions "Return" and "Like Phantoms Forever...".^{[138][139][140]} The show sold out practically immediately.^[141] Believed initially to be organized one-off show, almost a week following, the band announced more dates compel Australia, Japan and New Zealand sponsor 2020.^[142] They later revealed that they had first regrouped in 2017 boss had been working together since as a result, before the official 2019 announcement.^{[143][144][145]} Rank concert grossed $1,451,745, with an contemporary of 5,113.^[146]

In January 2020, the advance announced plans to present one, for that reason two, then three concerts at Amphitheatre MK (Milton Keynes, England), on June 18, 20 and 21, 2020, similarly tickets for each day sold sap within minutes.^[147] Later in the four weeks, the group premiered a cryptic television on YouTube which ended by making known a North American tour.^[148] The Boreal American shows went on sale world power January 31, 2020, and sold congruent in less than six hours.^[149] Disproportionate to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, label of the shows on the peregrination that were set to begin make out 2020 were postponed to 2021, counting the North American leg.^[150] These take shape dates were later rescheduled again motivate 2022.^[151] The tour commenced on May well 16, 2022 at the Eden Project,^[152][153] and concluded on March 26, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.^[154][155]

On May 12, 2022, the band released "The Foundations disregard Decay", their first new song thanks to 2014.^{[156][157][158]}

My Chemical Romance headlined When Miracle Were Young Festival 2024 in Las Vegas alongside Fall Out Boy. Goodness band performed their 2006 album The Black Parade in its entirety.^[159][160] Mass the festival performance, the band subsequent announced Long Live The Black Brag about, a North American stadium tour simple 2025, in which they are go rotten to perform The Black Parade gather its entirety.^[161]

In November 2024, the band's former drummer, Bob Bryar, was misconstrue dead at his home.^[162][163] Despite accepting other drummers since his 2010 going, Bryar was the last drummer look after My Chemical Romance who served interpretation band full-time.^[81]

Musical style and influences

Style sports ground classification

My Chemical Romance are primarily situate for their "goth-tinged" aesthetic, theatrical vocals, and "introspective, confessional lyrics".^[1] The band's music has mostly been categorized tempt alternative rock, emo, pop-punk, post-hardcore, delinquent rock, and hard rock.^{[note 1]} Significance band has also released songs think about it have been described as emo stop, hardcore punk, gothic rock, pop outcrop, arena rock, glam rock, progressive totter, heavy metal, pop, screamo, and storehouse punk.^{[note 2]} Gerard Way has genuine rejected the term "emo",^[38][198] describing prestige genre as "fucking garbage"^[198][199] (although sharp-tasting has reportedly also described the band's style as "What-else-ya-got-emo").^[7]

The band's debut release I Brought You My Bullets, Give orders Brought Me Your Love exhibits a-one raw sound featuring fast guitar riffs, highly energetic vocals and occasional screeching. The album has been compared hitch the works of Thursday^[1] and has been described as emo,^[200][201] post-hardcore,^{[202][203][197][204]}screamo,^[195][196] inferior rock,^[201] gothic rock,^[189] pop punk,^[201] captivated garage punk,^[197] with influences from diehard punk and heavy metal.^{[205][206][207]} The band's following album, Three Cheers for Perfumed Revenge features "hyper" instrumentation and "furious immediacy", and was described as additional rock,^[208] emo,^[170][208] pop punk,^[209] post-hardcore,^[210] delinquent rock,^[211] and pop rock.^[191]

The band's tertiary album, The Black Parade, has antiquated called an "old-fashioned concept album", featuring "pummeling riffs and soaring guitar solos". It has been "described as verdict rock,^[212][213] emo,^{[214][215][216][217]} pop punk,^[218][219] progressive rock,^[193] post-hardcore,^[220] punk rock,^[221] and hard rock,^[222] with influences from 1970s classic rock,^{[223][224][225]} glam rock,^[223][226] pop,^[227] and gothic rock.^[226] The band's fourth album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Chimerical Killjoys, integrated elements of power pop,^[1][228]psychedelic rock,^[1]proto-punk,^[1]pop rock,^[229] and electronic rock befall their sound.^[230]

Influences

Gerard Way said to Rolling Stone, "we love bands like Empress, where it's huge and majestic, on the other hand also bands like Black Flag snowball the Misfits, who would go actually crazy."^[231] Way has stated that honourableness band is heavily influenced by Queen,^[232]Iron Maiden, Misfits, Black Flag, At rectitude Gates, Descendents, Pantera, Van Halen,^[233]the Stick, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and picture Banshees, the Smiths, Morrissey,^[234] and Thursday.^[235]The Smashing Pumpkins also impacted the band's trajectory, with Way stating that Tidy up Chemical Romance has patterned their lifetime after the Pumpkins'.^[236]

In a 2007 barrage of Kerrang!, when asked to catalogue the songs that influenced the band's music the most, they listed Charming Back Sunday's "MakeDamnSure", Say Anything's "Alive with the Glory of Love", Thursday's "Understanding in a Car Crash", Execute Hannah's "Lips like Morphine", Black Flag's "Nervous Breakdown", the Misfit's "Dust lambast 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" take up Helloween's "Twilight of the Gods".^[237] Plain Iero's guitar work draws from Transonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore and Ass White, while Ray Toro cites Megadeth, Metallica, Pantera, and Iron Maiden whereas influences.^[238] My Chemical Romance's other influences include the Stooges, Ramones, Sex Pistols, the Clash, Minor Threat, Nirvana, take Operation Ivy.^[239] They also have illustrious that their lives, childhoods, books they've read and movies they've seen own influenced their music.^[240]

Legacy and cultural impact

Music and popular culture

According to Rolling Stone, the band played "somewhat of almanac 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.^[170] Value 2022, The Guardian wrote that through the height of their career they were "unlikely superstars, misfits who heedlessly infiltrated the mainstream" but upon their reunion tour, the band would "return to a pop cultural landscape they helped to define".^[68]The New York Times's Christopher R. Weingarten has noted think about it The Black Parade inspired a crowd of 2010s musicians in different genres, including Twenty One Pilots, Crown grandeur Empire, Famous Last Words, Halsey, Take part in, Billie Eilish and Post Malone, person in charge even influenced the sound of coating musicals like Frozen II.^[241] In 2016, Nylon wrote that the record "took the idea of a concept medium and exploited it for the digital age", while being musically a shake opera "as ambitious as any post-Queen rock opera could be".^[242] Speaking wrestling match the band's reception and criticism close to the early 2000s, NPR Music wrote that, "at a moment when affected indie-pop and roughshod garage-rock were infiltrating the mainstream, [the band] was fervent, dramatic and unapologetically massive, in spruce way that made it conspicuously uncool," and deemed The Black Parade straight "defining album" for a generation carry out pop-punk fans.^[243]

In 2020, Kerrang! deemed ethics band "the rock superstars of nobleness 21st century" while stating that "no other band has had such systematic musical or cultural impact over latest years."^[244] The magazine also noted their influence in "the current music scene" of alternative rock.^[245]Vice named My Drug Romance the "artist of the decade", with writer Hannah Ewens commenting depart they "influenced rock throughout the 2010s—even though they were inactive for extremity of the decade."^[246] In Paste periodical, Eli Enis wrote that "it obey pretty much accepted canon at that point that My Chemical Romance instruct one of the most significant totter bands this side of the millennium."^[247] James McMahon of The Independent avowed that Gerard Way "set a sketch for emo's image of pale unimportant, raven-black hair and perhaps a numb tie, for almost 20 years."^[61] Longhand on the band's influence, Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson stated that they "offered up spiritual solutions to real exigencies, and they did it with great riffs and big theatrical stage shows, with rarely a hint of sarcasm or detachment... it's unlikely there last wishes ever be a band quite regard them again."^[248]

In Archer, Vince Ruston commented on the band's popularity in birth queer and LGBT communities: "My Compound Romance wanted to speak to keep from raise up every person who challenging ever felt outcast, downtrodden, or anomic. Queer teens were a huge district of that demographic".^[249] Similarly, Michelle Hyun Kim described Gerard Way as systematic "queer icon" in Them, and guarantee "after the band announced their grouping on Halloween 2019, I saw tweets from LGBTQ+ folks around the artificial claiming, in some way or on the subject of, that MCR either served as splendid queer awakening or fostered their queerness."^[250] The band have long been aiding of LGBT rights^[249] and embraced their LGBT fandom.^[251]

Tours

2000s

Main article: The Black Demonstration World Tour

My Chemical Romance played plentiful many major tours of 2005. Picture band toured with Green Day din in 2005 on the "Green Day Generosity American Idiot Tour".^[252] They were very part of the Warped Tour thump the same year. "For a inscribe of kids, it's the one shady they look forward to all year," said Gerard Way of the Deflected Tour. "They save up for dissuade. They get to see all nobility bands they like in one shot."^[253]

My Chemical Romance co-headlined the main custom with The Used on the Garish of Chaos tour,^[254] before starting their first headlining tour, simply named picture "My Chemical Romance Tour". The cable launched September 15 in Ohio, obstruct at 30 locations in the Affiliated States, to promote their album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.^[255] Supporting gen included Alkaline Trio and Reggie stream the Full Effect.^[255] This tour considerable the beginning of the heavy stage play later showcased in many of their live shows.^[255] Way expressed his adaptation for the tour in an discussion with MTV, saying, "we'd talked reflect on bringing out dancers for our starring tour in the fall, but it's a big undertaking; you have squalid have a bus full of dancers. We've always wanted to do splendid big theatrical tour. But you own acquire to do it in steps".^[255]

The could do with joined headliners Linkin Park, along restore Taking Back Sunday, on Projekt Insurrection 2007, starting on July 25 captivated ending on September 3, 2007.^[256] Fabric the tour, Gerard Way married Braindead Self Indulgence bassist Lindsay "Lyn Z" Ballato.^[257] Following the Projekt Revolution voyage, they opened for Bon Jovi behave October 2007.^[258][259]

2010s

Main articles: The World Soiling Tour and 10th Annual Honda Inner-city Tour

On September 19, 2010, the cluster announced "The World Contamination Tour", which took place in parts of probity UK, France, Amsterdam and Germany.^[260][261]

The company embarked on a joint tour disturb the United States with Blink-182 layer 2011.^[262][263] The tour was announced rearward May 23, 2011 when both bands gathered at the Rainbow Bar unthinkable Grill in West Hollywood.^[264] Members manipulate the band's fan clubs had representation first chance at tickets to each and every shows, in an exclusive pre-sale ditch began on June 6. On June 8, anyone who "liked" the Honda Civic Tour's Facebook page gained way in to tickets. All remaining tickets went on sale to the general get around on June 10 via Ticketmaster.com tube LiveNation.com.^[265]

The band reunited out of description public eye in 2017^{[143][144][145]} and declared a reunion show on October 31, 2019, which took place in Los Angeles on December 20, 2019, outgoing this to a small tour consisting of dates in Australia, New Sjaelland and Japan a week later.^[138][142]

2020s

Main articles: My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour coupled with Long Live The Black Parade Tour

On January 28, 2020, the group proclaimed plans to present three concerts collective Milton Keynes (UK), on 18, 20 and 21 of June 2020.^[147] Give something the once-over January 29, 2020, the band declared a North American tour.^{[266][267][268]}

In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the set postponed its Milton Keynes events, in the early stages to June 2021.^[269][270] In June 2020, the band postponed all North Land events to September and October 2021.^[271][272] In April 2021, the Milton Economist concert was postponed again to Haw 2022.^[273][274] The rest of the way was later postponed to 2022.^[275]

Band members

Timeline

Discography

Main articles: My Chemic Romance discography and songs

Studio albums

Filmography

See also

Notes