''Life on the Murder Scene'' is a live album/ compilation album by American

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. It was released on March 21, 2006. The release includes three discs (two

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s and one CD) of the whole history documenting the band from the start to the present. ''Life on the Murder Scene'' is a predominantly live album, but also includes two

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tracks and a previously unreleased track. Models Jamisin Matthews and Jaime Andrews portray the demolition couple in the cover photo, booklet, packaging, DVD art, and DVD menus. The demo of "Bury Me in Black" was previously released as a bonus track on the Japanese release of ''

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''. One DVD documents the band on the road in the form of a diary and the other covers live footage,

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, MTV ''$2 Bill'' performance, and four of their videos with the behind-the-scenes "Making Of..." for three of them. The cover features a live version of "Demolition Lovers II" (the name of the album cover of ''

''). The album has seen decent success in Australia, peaking at #2 on the

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Top 40 DVD Chart, and also in the

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, peaking at #30 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #1 on the Heetseekers.

Certifications

''Life on the Murder Scene'' has been certified 2× platinum by the RIAA indicating shipment of over 200,000 units as it is considered a long-form video.

Artwork

The artwork features a live-action re-enactment of the

album cover.

Track listing

CD

All songs written and composed by

DVD 1

DVD 2

Personnel

My Chemical Romance * Bob Bryar — drums (live performance and music videos) *

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— rhythm guitar,

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* Matt Pelissier — drums (studio tracks) * Ray Toro —

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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 ...

— bass *

Gerard Way Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He released his debut solo album, ''Hesitant Alien'', ...

— lead vocals DVD credits *DVD post production: David May, Raena Winscott, Traci Samxzyk *DVD mastered by Outpost Sound *DVD menu animation designed by Magnetic Dreams *DVD authoring by Mighty Forces Productions *Executive producers: Craig Aaronson & Brian Schechter *Management: Brian Schechter/Riot Squad *Documentary Director/Editor: Greg Kaplan *Legal: Stacy Fass *Agent: Matt Galle/Ellis Industries (USA), Geoff Meall/The Agency Group (UK & Europe) *A&R: Craig Aaronson *Art Direction and Photography by P.R. Brown at Bau-Da Design Lab *Design by Trevor Niemann at Bau-Da Design Lab

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Certifications

References

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