The first single taken from The Black Parade called Welcome to the Black Parade reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.1 in the UK charts for two weeks. It has sold over 1 million copies in total. The album sold more than 240,000 copies in the first week after it was released. Their third album titled The Black Parade was released on October 23rd, 2006. In the end, it is revealed that the last person that he needs to kill is himself. In order to get her back, he makes a deal with the devil that would reunite them on the condition that the man first kill a thousand evil men. The album was about a man who dies in a gunfight and is separated from his lover. Over two million copies of the album have been sold in the United States. The second album by My Chemical Romance, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, was the album that shot them to fame with songs like "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Helena" (A song written about the Way brothers' grandmother, Elena). The album featured the first song written by the band, Skylines And Turnstiles, which Gerard began to write after the 9/11 attacks, in 2001. It was titled I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. The band released their first album on July 23, 2002. Albums I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love Growing up, they were also very influenced by horror films and comic books, and therefore their music, lyrics, and image all have overt elements of fantasy, horror, and theatricality. One of Gerard Way's biggest influences was The Beach Boys. The band's overall influences are: Black Flag, Iron Maiden, The Misfits, Morrissey/ The Smiths, At the Gates, The Cure, The Descendents, Pantera, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pink Floyd, Bon Jovi, The Damned, Fugazi, Ministry, New York Dolls, Nirvana, Queen, Sunny Day Real Estate, Green Day, Joy Division, Kill Creek, AFI, Cursive, and Alkaline Trio. Way has also said that his band patterns their career after that of The Smashing Pumpkins, another band they like. Gerard said to Rolling Stone, "We love bands like Queen, where it's huge and majestic, but also bands like Black Flag and the Misfits, who would go absolutely crazy." Lead singer Gerard Way has stated that the band is very influenced by The Cure, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Smiths/ Morrissey. However, Way has reportedly also described the band's style as "What-else-ya-got-emo". īand frontman Gerard Way has publicly rejected the term "emo", describing the genre as "fucking garbage". The band's official website describes their music as simply " rock" or "violent, dangerous pop". They have been categorised as alternative rock, post-hardcore, punk rock, pop punk, and, most controversially, emo. My Chemical Romance's sound usually has elements of punk rock, pop and alternative rock. The band during the Big Day Out in 2007 February The name of the band comes from an Irvine Welsh book titled "Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance" which caught Mikey Way's eye when he was working in Barnes & Noble. This lineup did not change until 2010, when Bob was removed from the band due to personal issues. In 2004, Pelissier was kicked out of the band, and was replaced by Bob Bryar - a sound technician for The Used and Thursday at the time. He was more than happy to leave college against his parents' wishes to join his favourite band, and while MCR were on tour, he got a tattoo of a scorpion as high up on his neck as he could get it, as a stand against getting a regular job. In May 2002, Frank Iero joined as the rhythm guitarist for the band. Gerard's brother Mikey Way, bass guitarist, joined his brother's new band soon after. Gerard said "there's nobody in New Jersey who can beat him, he is the best". He then called up his friend Matt Pelissier who went on to recruit Ray Toro - the band's lead guitarist. Gerard said that he thought to himself "What am I doing with my life? I'm slaving away doing drawings for Cartoon Network and not actually helping anybody". The band was started by Gerard Way after witnessing the Septemattacks after he was on his way to work in New York and saw the bodies falling from the building. The band announced that they were breaking up on March 22, 2013, but announced their reunion Octoand released their first song in over a decade on May 12th, 2022. The band consists of Gerard Way ( lead vocals), Ray Toro ( lead guitar/vocals), Mikey Way ( bass guitar), Frank Iero ( rhythm guitar/vocals). The band has released four albums to date. My Chemical Romance (often abbreviated to MCR or shortened to My Chem) is a rock band from New Jersey that began in 2001.
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