My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance (MCR or My Chem for short) is an American alternative rock band that formed in New Jersey in 2001. The current members of My Chemical Romance are Gerard Way (lead vocals), Mikey Way (bass), Bob Bryar (drums), Frank Iero (rhythm guitar), and Ray Toro (lead guitar).

The band cites their main musical influences as The Misfits, Iron Maiden, and The Smiths/Morrissey. Growing up, the band members were also heavily influenced by horror films and comic books, and consequently their music, lyrics, and image all have overt elements of fantasy, storytelling, horror, and theatricality. The band members hail from Belleville, Newark, and Kearny, New Jersey, except drummer Bob Bryar, who is from Chicago, Illinois. Bassist Mikey Way coined the band's name from a book entitled Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, by Irvine Welsh while working in a local Barnes and Noble .

Early career (2001–2002)

The band was formed by frontman Gerard Way and ex-drummer Matt Pelissier. The first song they wrote was Skylines and Turnstiles, which was written by Gerard about his feelings on September 11th after he watched it happen before him. Shortly after, Ray Toro and Mikey Way (Gerard's brother) joined the band. At this time Frank Iero was in another band, Pency Prep. Eventually this band broke up, and he tried making other bands and failed, eventually joining My Chemical Romance only days before the band hit the recording studio for their debut album.

The band then recorded their first album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, and released it in 2002 on Eyeball Records. When I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love was made, they had only been a band for about three months. After the release, they toured with bands such as Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, Sparta, As Tall As Lions, and The Used.

Major career (2003–2005)

In 2003, the band signed a deal with Reprise Records and began working on their second studio album. Entitled Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, was released in 2004 and went Platinum a year later. The album contained three singles: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Helena" and "The Ghost of You". Just before the making of the video for I'm Not Okay (I Promise) , Bob Bryar joined the band. At the start of 2005, the band were direct support on the first ever Taste of Chaos tour, and were also the opening act for Green Day on their American Idiot tour. Later that year they co-headlined and finally headlined their own tour, for the first time ever with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect around the country.

My Chemical Romance and The Used collaborated on a cover of the David Bowie and Queen classic "Under Presure" that was released as a benefit single (to help victims of the tsunami disaster in December, 2004) on iTunes and other internet outlets and was also found on The Used's CD In Love and Death.

Recent and future plans (2006—)

On March 21, 2006, a 2 DVD/1 CD set entitled Life on the Murder Scene was released. It includes one DVD chronicling the band's history, and a second DVD with music videos, the making of their videos and a few live performances. The release of the album/DVD was delayed twice; it was first rumored to be released on November 8, 2005 and was postponed until February 7, 2006, then was delayed again until it was finally released on March 21, 2006. My Chemical Romance has recently been working on their third album, which will be released in late 2006. The band started recording the album on April 10, 2006 with Rob Cavallo, who has produced every Green Day album since Dookie except Warning:.[1]

Albums

Album Cover Date of US Release Title Label US Billboard Peak[2] US sales

July 23, 2002 I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love Eyeball Did not chart

June 8, 2004 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Reprise 28 1,000,000+

late 2006 The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance Reprise Has not yet been released

DVD

Life on the Murder Scene (March 21, 2006, Reprise Records/WEA)

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album

US Hot 100 US Mainstream Rock chart US Modern Rock Charts UK Singles Chart

2002 "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" - - - - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love

2002 "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" - - - - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love

2004 "Headfirst For Halos" - - - - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love

2004 "Thank You for the Venom" - - - #71 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

2005 "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" #86 - #4 #19 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

2005 "Helena" #33 - #11 #20 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

2005 "The Ghost of You" #84 #38 #9 #27 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Members

Current lineup

Gerard Way - vocals

Bob Bryar - drums

Ray Toro - guitar

Mikey Way - bass

Frank Iero - guitar

Former members

Matt Pelissier - drums

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