''May Death Never Stop You'' (or ''May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits 2001–2013'') is the first greatest hits compilation album by

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, 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,

announced their break-up on their official website, issuing this statement: Gerard Way posted an extended tweet on his

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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 completed album cover on his Twitter account. On the same platform and date, Way subsequently responded to a fan's inquiry about the cover's depiction and mentioned that the statue depicted on the album cover is a composite of all the faces of My Chemical Romance band members. In addition, the statue features many references to the band's history, including bullet holes reminiscing '' I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'' and the uniform jacket referring to '' The Black Parade''.

Release

''May Death Never Stop You'' was released on March 25, 2014. Pre-orders became available through My Chemical Romance's official website on January 21, 2014. The unreleased track "Fake Your Death" was premiered on

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on February 17, 2014, and was then available digitally via iTunes straight after.

Track listing

Personnel

Band members * Bob Bryar –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

(on tracks 8–12) * James Dewees – keyboards (on track 1) *

Frank Iero Frank Anthony Iero, Jr. (, born October 31, 1981) is an American musician who is the rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist of the rock band My Chemical Romance and post-hardcore band Leathermouth. He is also the guitarist in the metal band L.S ...

– guitars,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

(on tracks 1–2, 4–16) * Matt Pelissier – drums, percussion (on tracks 2–7, 17–19) * Ray Toro – guitars, backing vocals;

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

(on track 9) * Gerard Way –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

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 c ...

– bass guitar Additional musicians *

Jarrod Alexander Jarrod Fletcher Alexander (born August 13, 1981) is an American musician who has played with many hardcore punk bands. Alexander has been the drummer for the bands The Suicide File, A Static Lullaby, Dead Country, and more recently, My Chemical ...

– drums, percussion (on track 1) *

John Miceli John Miceli (born May 29, 1961 in Long Island, New York) is the drummer for Meat Loaf's backing band, the Neverland Express. Meat Loaf Miceli began touring with Meat Loaf in 1991, and was a part of the Neverland Express when '' Bat Out of Hel ...

– drums, percussion (on tracks 13–16) *

Rob Cavallo Robert Siers Cavallo (born March 21, 1963) is an American record producer, musician, and record industry executive. He is among the biggest-selling producers in history, and has produced or had creative involvement in albums that have sold over ...

– acoustic piano (on tracks 8–12) * Howard Benson – 1958 Hammond B3 (on tracks 4–7) * Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards (on tracks 8–16); B3 organ,

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

s, Wurlitzer (on tracks 8–12) *

Bert McCracken Robert Edward McCracken (born February 25, 1982) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band The Used. Early life McCracken was born in Provo, Utah, and grew up in Orem. He was raised in a Mormon family w ...

– additional vocals (on track 5) * Renat – additional vocals (on track 7) *

Liza Minnelli Liza May Minnelli ( ; born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli is among a rare group of performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy ...

– additional vocals (on track 10) Production * Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC – mastering

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

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