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Fake Your Death
''May Death Never Stop You'' (or ''May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits 2001–2013'') is the first greatest hits compilation album by My Chemical Romance, spanning the band's entire career up to that point. It is the only album to feature keyboardist James Dewees as an official member of the band, playing on the album's lead single, "Fake Your Death." Background On March 22, 2013, My Chemical Romance announced their break-up on their official website, issuing this statement: Gerard Way posted an extended tweet on his Twitter account two days after the website announcement, where he confirmed the disbanding of the group but denied that altercations between band members was the reason for the split. On March 25, 2014, the band released ''May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits 2001–2013'', a greatest hits album containing material spanning their entire career, as well as some previously unreleased material. On November 29th 2013, Way posted a picture of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Chemical Romance
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. 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. 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'' (often shortened to ''I Brought You My Bullets'' or ''Bullets'') is the debut studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on July 23, 2002 by Eyeball Records. Produced by Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly, it was recorded at Nada Recording Studio in New Windsor, New York, in May 2002. In the band's 2006 documentary ''Life on the Murder Scene'', the band describes the painful conditions Way was in during the recording of the album due to a toothache, causing the album to take longer to record than planned. Music and lyrical themes Categorized into genres such as emo, post-hardcore, screamo, gothic rock, pop punk, and garage punk, ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'' has a raw sound featuring guitar riffs, very energetic vocals and occasional screaming. Despite being sold under the alternative rock genres, it is considered an emo album with strong influences from punk rock, hardcore punk and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Bryar
Robert Cory Bryar (born December 31, 1979) is an American retired musician and sound engineer best known as the drummer of the rock band My Chemical Romance. The longest tenured and last official drummer, he performed in the band from 2004 until his departure in 2010. Bryar joined the band replacing former drummer Matt Pelissier shortly after the release of their second studio album ''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge'' (2004). He performed on all of the subsequent releases in support of the album, as well as the band's commercially successful concept album, ''The Black Parade'' (2006). Despite suffering numerous injuries while on tour, Bryar continued to tour with the band and joined them in the studio to record their fourth studio album before departing from My Chemical Romance in 2010. His most recent contribution was performing on the band's final release before their break-up in 2013, ''Conventional Weapons''. After his departure from the band, Bryar became a behind-the-scenes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome To The Black Parade
"Welcome to the Black Parade" is a song from American rock band My Chemical Romance's third studio album, ''The Black Parade'' (2006). It was released on September 12, 2006, as the album's lead single, with the studio version available on the band's Myspace on September 2, 2006. The music video for the single was recognized as MTV's "Greatest Music Video of the Century" in 2017. The song topped the UK Singles Chart, reached number nine on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was named one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. A demo of the song entitled "The Five of Us Are Dying" was included on their 2016 reissue album ''The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts''. Recording My Chemical Romance started writing the song since their start as a band, although in a different style. It was inspired and heavily influenced by Frank Sinatra's "My Way", was slower, and was called "The Five of Us Are Dying". The band did not include it in their first two albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Of You
"The Ghost of You" is the fourth and final single and sixth track from My Chemical Romance's second studio album, ''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge''. "The Ghost of You" was released to radio on September 27, 2005. The song deals with the fear of loss. The song's title is an allusion to an ad from ''Watchmen'', reading "Oh, how the ghost of you clings". The ad itself was an allusion to the song, "These Foolish Things". The song's lyrics deal with losing a loved one. Music video The music video was shot over two days in Malibu, California, and cost just over US $1,000,000 to make. Marc Webb directed the video. In an interview with Fuse, My Chemical Romance said "We shot a movie and just edited it to be a video. It's like if you put ' Helena' and ' I'm Not Okay (I Promise)' together to make one long music video, it still would top that." It closely parallels the Omaha invasion scene from the movie ''Saving Private Ryan''. Most of the video takes place at a USO dance where the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" is the lead single and fifth track from My Chemical Romance's second studio album, ''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge''. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" was released to radio on September 28, 2004. The song is also featured on the soundtrack of '' Burnout 3: Takedown''. Reception and accolades It reached number 86 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and, in March 2005, number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also helped expand the band's fan base, and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. The cover art was redone in live action on the inside of the band's DVD ''Life on the Murder Scene''. Music videos The first music video version for the song features a montage of concert footage and the band's ordinary life in New Jersey. It was produced by Rafaela Monfradini and Greg Kaplan, who was also the director. It also features pictures of brothers, bassist Mikey Way a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge'' (often shortened to ''Three Cheers'' or ''Revenge'') is the second studio album by American Rock music, rock band My Chemical Romance, released on June 8, 2004, by Reprise Records. With this album, the band produced a cleaner sound than that of their 2002 debut ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love''. It was the band's first release to feature rhythm guitarist Frank Iero on all tracks, as well as the final release to feature drummer Matt Pelissier, who would later be replaced by Bob Bryar. The album was a success for both the band and the label. The record produced four singles—"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Helena (My Chemical Romance song), Helena", "The Ghost of You", and in the United Kingdom, "Thank You for the Venom". It was certified platinum less than a year after its release, and has sold over three million copies in the United States. Music and lyrical themes Musically, ''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge'' has been described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena (My Chemical Romance Song)
"Helena" (sometimes titled "Helena (So Long & Goodnight)" on digital retailers such as iTunes) is a song by American rock band My Chemical Romance from their second studio album ''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge'' (2004). It was released to radio stations as the third single from the album on March 8, 2005. The song is featured on the soundtrack for the 2005 film remake entitled '' House of Wax'' and played during the full credits. The song was heavily inspired by the Misfits' " Helena". Reception "Helena" was released to radio on March 8, 2005. The single has become a moderately-selling hit, both in the US and internationally. Way stated in an interview with Channel V that the main influence behind "Helena" was from the song " Aces High" by Iron Maiden and tracks by The Ventures. This song is also My Chemical Romance's sixth overall single. Way described it as representing the band's image and sound, and as such it was often used to end the band's shows. The single was certified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampires Will Never Hurt You
"Vampires Will Never Hurt You" is the debut single as well as the lead single and third track from My Chemical Romance's debut album, ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love''. Background Gerard Way has said this song, "Skylines and Turnstiles" and "Headfirst for Halos" are the most important songs on the album.Life on the Murder Scene Way has also stated "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" is his favorite song of all time, and his favorite vocal performance he has ever done. Music video The music video consists of My Chemical Romance tightly packed into a room where they play their instruments in very little color. In the video, Frank Iero is seen singing backup for Gerard Way along with lead guitar player Ray Toro. Though the video was shown at the record release show for My Chemical Romance's first album, it was only officially released when the album ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'' was re-released in 2005. The re-release included this music vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us
"Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" is the second single released by the band My Chemical Romance from their debut album, ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'' (and second overall single). It is the second track on the album. The song peaked at number 182 in the UK. The song deals with drug use, reflecting on vocalist Gerard Way's past problems with alcohol. Track listing Music video The music video was first shown at the record release party of ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'' in 2002, and was available online. It was not widely released until September 23, 2005 on the 2005 re-release of ''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love''. Scenes featuring the band performing were directed by Marc Debiak for the production company Grey Sky Films. The interspersed scenes containing a storyline similar to the Takashi Miike film ''Audition An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikey Way
Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980) is an American musician and actor. He is best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He is also the multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist of rock duo Electric Century. Mikey co-wrote ''Collapser'' with Shaun Simon, which was released July 2019 on DC Comics. Early life Way was born September 10, 1980, in Newark, New Jersey to Donna Lee Way (née Rush) and Donald Way and is of Scottish and Italian ancestry. He was raised in Belleville, New Jersey alongside his older brother Gerard. Growing up, he worked in a Barnes & Noble and later Eyeball Records. Both of these played a major part in the formation of My Chemical Romance. Eyeball signed the band and released their debut record. The first concert he ever went to was a Smashing Pumpkins concert with his brother. After seeing them perform he told him "we have to do this." He was asked to join My Chemical Romance, which involved him having to improve his bass ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Toro
Raymond Toro (born July 15, 1977) is an American musician who serves as lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band My Chemical Romance. Early life Toro was born July 15, 1977, in Kearny, New Jersey. He is of Puerto Rican-Portuguese heritage. He grew up in a small house on the border between Kearny, New Jersey, Kearny and Harrison, New Jersey, which he shared with his parents and two brothers. By the time he entered Kearny High School (New Jersey), Kearny High School, he had become interested in music. Toro's brother introduced him to several bands whose guitarists influenced him greatly. He enrolled in guitar lessons, as well as typing lessons to improve his manual dexterity.Haydn, Reinhardt (2008). ''My Chemical Romance: This Band Will Save Your Life''. London: Plexus Publishing Limited Toro became involved with several local bands, the most successful of which were The Rodneys, who formed in 1994 and released their first and only album "Soccertown USA" in 1997. Future M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
