My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance, an American rock band from New Jersey, began with an act of witnessing. Gerard Way watched the World Trade Center towers fall during the attacks of the 11th of September 2001. The sight changed his life so thoroughly that he decided to start a band. He later wrote the song "Skylines and Turnstiles" to express what he felt about that day. Way has said of his musical ambitions, "Music was this thing I secretly wanted to do". Within a few years, that secret wish had grown into a following large enough to top a national singles chart. This documentary asks why a band that openly rejected the label emo became one of the names most often attached to it. It also asks why four friends walked away from their success in 2013, and what brought them back.
The first recording sessions took place in the attic of drummer Matt Pelissier, and the band still calls them The Attic Demos. Two songs came out of that room, "Our Lady of Sorrows" and "Cubicles".
Ray Toro became the guitarist for a practical reason. At the time, Way could not sing and play guitar together.
The band's name came from Mikey Way, Gerard's younger brother. He was working in a Barnes & Noble when a book by Irvine Welsh caught his eye. Its title was Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance. After hearing the demos, Mikey dropped out of college and joined as bassist.
Frank Iero arrived through the band's label. While the group was with Eyeball Records, it met Iero, who sang and played guitar for Pencey Prep. When Pencey Prep split in 2002, Iero joined, just days before the debut album was recorded.
That album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, was recorded only three months after the band formed. Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly produced it, having become friends with the group at New Jersey shows. Iero played guitar on two tracks, including "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". Eyeball released the record in 2002. It spawned three singles: "Vampires Will Never Hurt You", "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us", and "Headfirst for Halos". The band also played the infamous venue Big Daddy's, where attention began to build, and offered free downloads through PureVolume and MySpace. That is where its first fans found it.
On the 31st of August 2003, the band announced on its website that it had signed with Reprise Records. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge followed on the 8th of June 2004. A month after its release, Bob Bryar replaced Pelissier on drums. Four singles came from the record: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Thank You for the Venom", "Helena", and "The Ghost of You". The album reached platinum status in just over a year.
The road in 2005 was crowded. The band appeared on the first Taste of Chaos tour with the Used and Killswitch Engage. It opened for Green Day on the American Idiot tour. It co-headlined Warped Tour 2005 with Fall Out Boy. With the Used, it also recorded a cover of the Queen and David Bowie song "Under Pressure", released as a benefit single for tsunami relief.
The band's first headlining tour began on the 15th of September in Ohio and played 30 locations in the United States. Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect supported. The run marked the start of the heavy theatrics that would define later shows. Way told MTV, "we'd talked about bringing out dancers for our headlining tour in the fall, but it's a big undertaking; you have to have a bus full of dancers. We've always wanted to do a big theatrical tour. But you have to do it in steps".
By March 2006 the band had a release looking back on its own story. Life on the Murder Scene arrived as a CD with two DVDs, one of them a documentary on the band's history.
On the 10th of April 2006, the band began recording its third album with producer Rob Cavallo, who had made many of Green Day's records. The result was a rock opera concept album called The Black Parade.
By the 3rd of August 2006, the band had finished shooting videos for the first two singles, "Welcome to the Black Parade" and "Famous Last Words". The second would not be released until January 2007. Samuel Bayer directed both. He had also directed Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the videos for Green Day's American Idiot.
The second shoot went badly. Way tore ligaments in his ankle, and Bryar suffered third-degree burns on his hands and legs. A few tour dates were cancelled as a result.
On the 22nd of August 2006, the band played a one-off show at the London Hammersmith Palais, which held 1,800 people. Tickets sold out in 15 minutes. The album title was confirmed during the set. At the Reading Festival, fans of Slayer, who had played before the band, threw bottles at the stage. Way later called it their "greatest victory as a show".
"Welcome to the Black Parade" came out as a single on the 11th of September 2006. Its video, again directed by Bayer, starred Lukas Haas as "The Patient". The song gave the band its first number one on the UK Singles Chart in October 2006. The album itself was released on the 23rd of October 2006. In the United States, the single reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's only top-ten hit on that chart so far.
The Black Parade World Tour began on the 22nd of February 2007, with Rise Against and Muse as support acts. James Dewees, frontman of Reggie and the Full Effect, joined on keyboards and synthesizer. In April 2007, Mikey Way briefly left the tour to spend time with his new wife, Alicia Simmons-Way. A friend of the band, Matt Cortez, filled in. During the leg supporting Muse, food poisoning struck members of both crews and forced cancellations. Later in 2007 the band joined Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour, alongside Placebo, Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, Taking Back Sunday and HIM.
Honors followed. Kerrang! named The Black Parade the fourth-greatest album of 2006. Rolling Stone placed it 20th among the albums of the year and 361st on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. At the 2007 NME Awards, the band won Best International Band, and Way won Hero of the Year. The band was also nominated for Best Alternative Group at the 2007 American Music Awards.
In 2008 the band released The Black Parade Is Dead!, a live DVD and CD. It gathered two concerts from October 2007, the final Black Parade show in Mexico, and a small gig at Maxwell's in New Jersey. A technical fault with the Mexico footage pushed the release to the 1st of July.
A 2009 EP of B-sides followed. Then came ¡Venganza!, nine live videos from the encore of the October 2007 Mexico City show. It was released on the 10th of April 2009 on a bullet-shaped flash drive.
In 2008, the British tabloid Daily Mail published an article headlined "Why No Child is Safe From the Sinister Cult of Emo". It was one of several pieces from the height of The Black Parade's popularity that cast the band and its fans as an emo "cult of self-harm". The paper used intentionally inflammatory headlines.
The 2008 article linked the suicide of a thirteen-year-old British girl to an alleged "emo cult". The tabloid then used that phrase to describe the band's fandom.
The fans answered. More than 300 British supporters planned a march through London that would end at the tabloid's office. Police raised concerns, and the march was called off. Instead, about 100 fans gathered at Marble Arch.
The Daily Mail stood by its coverage. It called the reporting "balanced and restrained" and "in the public interest", and said it reflected genuine concerns raised by the coroner at the inquest. The paper also pointed to other newspapers running similar stories. It noted that it had printed readers' letters defending the band, along with positive reviews of the band's albums and tours.
Noah Buchan of the Taipei Times later counted My Chemical Romance among the "most loved and hated rock groups" of the late 2000s.
In February 2009, the band released "Desolation Row", a cover of a Bob Dylan song. It was recorded as the end-credit track for the film Watchmen, an adaptation of a graphic novel. For the fourth album, the band first worked with producer Brendan O'Brien, whose credits include AC/DC, Mastodon and Pearl Jam.
Way told NME that the next record would be rock. "I think the next album will definitely be stripped down. I think the band misses being a rock band." He said it would be less theatrical, and "not going to be hiding behind a veil of fiction or uniforms and makeup anymore". He also told PopEater the album would be "full of hate".
On the 31st of July and the 1st of August 2009, the band played two secret shows at The Roxy Theater in Los Angeles. They were its first concerts since Madison Square Garden in May 2008. The band premiered new songs, including one reportedly called "Death Before Disco". It was later renamed "Party Poison" and made the album. Way described it to Rolling Stone as "an anti-party song that you can party to".
In November 2009, Way told Rock Sound that the new record would be the band's defining work. He recalled a friend who heard it and said he no longer felt any need to listen to the older material.
On the 3rd of March 2010, Iero announced on the band's website that Bob Bryar had left. The band has had no full-time drummer since. At the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, Way announced that recording was finished. Iero said the album was "done, finished, kaput, in the proverbial can".
In September 2010, a trailer called Art is a Weapon revealed the title: Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. On the 22nd of September 2010, the band premiered "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show and on the Los Angeles station KROQ-FM. It was released as a single on the 28th. "Sing" came out on the 3rd of November, and the album followed on the 22nd of November 2010. Other singles included "Planetary (Go!)", "Bulletproof Heart", "The Only Hope for Me Is You", and "The Kids from Yesterday".
In February 2011, the cast of the TV series Glee covered "Sing". The song was later re-recorded as a charity single after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Broadcaster Glenn Beck called it propaganda and an example of a culture set up to erase the values he grew up on. Way replied, "I think the word Glenn Beck was looking for was 'subversion' not 'propaganda'".
Rock Sound praised the album, saying the band had used what it learned on The Black Parade and tightened it up so that it felt natural and confident. In 2011 the band toured the United States with Blink-182. The tour was announced on the 23rd of May 2011 at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in West Hollywood. Michael Pedicone had joined as touring drummer in late 2010. The band parted ways with him on the 2nd of September 2011. Two days later, it emerged that Jarrod Alexander would drum for the rest of the Honda Civic tour.
On the 18th of December 2011, the band appeared on Nick Jr. Channel's Yo Gabba Gabba! and performed "Every Snowflake Is Different (Just Like You)". It was a Christmas special that also featured Tony Hawk and Tori Spelling.
In early 2012, work began on a fifth album with the working title The Paper Kingdom. Engineer Doug McKean, who had worked on The Black Parade and Danger Days, joined the sessions. Iero told Q Magazine that sessions with Jarrod Alexander were going well, calling him "a rad guy and a fantastic player".
In September 2012, the band announced Conventional Weapons. The project centered on 10 unreleased songs recorded in 2009, before Danger Days. It released two songs a month for five months, from October 2012 to February 2013.
On the 22nd of March 2013, the band announced its breakup on its official website. The statement read, "Being in this band for the past 12 years has been a true blessing. We've gotten to go places we never knew we would." It closed with thanks "for being part of the adventure". Two days later, Way posted an extended tweet confirming the split. He denied that fighting between band members was the cause.
On the 25th of March 2014, a greatest hits collection called May Death Never Stop You appeared. It spanned the band's career and included one unreleased track, "Fake Your Death", made available digitally on the 17th of February. It is the only My Chemical Romance song to feature James Dewees on keyboards.
The members kept making music. Way released his debut solo album, Hesitant Alien, on the 29th of September 2014 in the UK, with the single "Action Cat" released ahead of it. It topped the US Billboard Alternative Albums chart and reached number 16 on the Billboard 200. Alternative Press placed it first on its list of ten essential albums of 2014.
Iero formed Death Spells with Dewees. He also performed in Reggie and the Full Effect alongside Toro, which released No Country for Old Musicians on the 19th of November 2013. His solo album Stomachaches, credited to "frnkiero andthe cellabration" and featuring Jarrod Alexander, came out on the 25th of August 2014. Mikey Way formed Electric Century with David Debiak of Sleep Station. Their self-titled EP was released on Record Store Day, the 18th of April 2015. Toro put out "Isn't That Something" in May 2013. On the 1st of January 2015 he posted "For the Lost and Brave", dedicated to Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teenager who had died by suicide.
On the 20th of July 2016, the band posted a video of the piano intro from "Welcome to the Black Parade", ending with the date "9/23/16". Rumors of a reunion spread, but it proved to be a reissue called The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts, with 11 demos and live tracks. Two months earlier, an early version of the title song, called "The Five of Us Are Dying", had been streamed.
In 2017, while discussing his comic book Doom Patrol, Way told Billboard, "I wouldn't count (a reunion) out, but at the same time everybody's doing stuff in their lives now that they're really enjoying."
The band regrouped quietly in 2017 and spent time in secret jam sessions and rehearsals. On the 31st of October 2019 it announced a reunion show in Los Angeles for the 20th of December. That show sold out almost immediately. It grossed $1,451,745 with an attendance of 5,113. Dates in Australia, Japan and New Zealand followed.
In January 2020, the group announced three concerts at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, for June 2020. Each date sold out within minutes. A cryptic YouTube video then announced a North American tour. Tickets went on sale on the 31st of January 2020 and sold out in under six hours.
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the schedule. The 2020 shows moved to 2021, and then were rescheduled again to 2022. The tour began on the 16th of May 2022 at the Eden Project and ended on the 26th of March 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Ahead of it, on the 12th of May 2022, the band released "The Foundations of Decay", its first new release in eight years. The song opened several reunion dates.
In October 2024, My Chemical Romance headlined the When We Were Young Festival and played The Black Parade in full. A month later it announced Long Live The Black Parade, a North American stadium tour for 2025. The show centered on a fictional dictatorship called Draag, whose leader, the "Grand Immortal Dictator", has the Black Parade alter-ego band resurrected to please him. The tour ran from the 11th of July to the 20th of September 2025.
Bob Bryar died in November 2024. At the band's Chicago show, an image of him was projected on screen as a tribute. The band then announced The Black Parade 2026, which began on the 25th of January 2026 and takes in Mexico, South America, North America, Asia and Europe.
The band was also confirmed as a headliner at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, alongside Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit and Tool. On the 14th of May 2026, it announced a deluxe remaster of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. The release is set for the 10th of July 2026, with nine bonus tracks.
Gerard Way once told 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." That pairing of grandeur and chaos runs through the band's catalog.
Critics describe the band as having a "goth-tinged" look, theatrical vocals and "introspective, confessional lyrics". Its music has been filed under alternative rock, emo, pop-punk, post-hardcore, punk rock and hard rock. Descriptions have also included glam rock, progressive rock and heavy metal. Way has rejected the word emo in blunt terms, though he has reportedly called the band's style "What-else-ya-got-emo".
Each album sounds different. The debut is raw, with fast riffs, energetic vocals and occasional screaming, and has been compared to Thursday. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge has been described as having "hyper" instrumentation and "furious immediacy". The Black Parade has been called an "old-fashioned concept album", with pummeling riffs and soaring guitar solos. Danger Days brought in power pop, psychedelic rock, proto-punk and electronic rock.
Way named many influences, including the Cure, Joy Division, Iron Maiden, Pantera, the Smiths and Morrissey. He also said the band patterned its career after the Smashing Pumpkins. Toro credited Green Day's American Idiot as an influence on The Black Parade. Iero's guitar work draws on Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Jack White. Toro also names Megadeth, Metallica, Pantera and Iron Maiden.
Music journalist Em Casalena of American Songwriter wrote that any conversation about bands that defined the emo sound will likely mention My Chemical Romance. In 2022, The Guardian called the band "unlikely superstars, misfits who inadvertently infiltrated the mainstream". Christopher R. Weingarten of The New York Times noted that The Black Parade inspired musicians including Twenty One Pilots, Halsey, Billie Eilish and Post Malone. He said it even shaped the sound of movie musicals like Frozen II. Vice named the band its "artist of the decade", noting that it shaped 2010s rock despite being inactive for most of the decade.
Not everyone agreed. NPR Music wrote that in the early 2000s the band was "earnest, dramatic and unapologetically massive", which made it conspicuously uncool. Tom Reardon of Phoenix New Times was blunt. He said "Whiny emo crap is not punk rock and never has been".
The band's following among queer listeners has been widely noted. Vince Ruston wrote in Archer that the group "wanted to speak to and raise up every person who had ever felt outcast, downtrodden, or alienated". Michelle Hyun Kim called Way a "queer icon" in Them. The band has long supported LGBT rights and embraced that part of its fandom.
Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the band "offered up spiritual solutions to real problems" with huge riffs and big theatrical shows, and with rarely a hint of irony. His verdict: "it's unlikely there will ever be a band quite like them again."
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Who are the members of My Chemical Romance?
My Chemical Romance's current lineup is lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero and bassist Mikey Way. Frank Iero joined in 2002, just days before the debut album was recorded.
How did My Chemical Romance get its name?
Mikey Way suggested the name after seeing Irvine Welsh's book Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance while working in a Barnes & Noble. He was struck by the title.
When did My Chemical Romance break up and why?
My Chemical Romance announced its breakup on the 22nd of March 2013 on its official website. Two days later Gerard Way confirmed the split and denied that fighting between band members caused it.
When did My Chemical Romance reunite?
My Chemical Romance announced its reunion on the 31st of October 2019. Its reunion show took place in Los Angeles on the 20th of December 2019 and sold out almost immediately.
What is The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance?
The Black Parade is the band's third album, a rock opera concept album released on the 23rd of October 2006. Its single "Welcome to the Black Parade" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.
Why did the Daily Mail criticize My Chemical Romance?
At the height of The Black Parade's popularity, the Daily Mail described the band and its fans as an emo "cult of self-harm". A 2008 article linked the suicide of a thirteen-year-old British girl to an alleged emo cult, and the paper defended its coverage as balanced and in the public interest.
What are the studio albums by My Chemical Romance?
My Chemical Romance has released four studio albums: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (2002), Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004), The Black Parade (2006), and Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010).
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- 144MagazineFans react as My Chemical Romance reunion show sells out in minutesWill Lavin — November 1, 2019
- 145MagazineMy Chemical Romance Announce Two More Reunion Shows—UpdatedRachel Campbell — November 5, 2019
- 146MagazineCurrent BoxscoreAugust 7, 2019
- 147NewsMy Chemical Romance 2020 UK tour: Milton Keynes dates, ticket information and venuesTom Herbert et al. — January 28, 2020
- 148My Chemical Romance Announces First North American Tour in 9 Years, 1 Canadian DateAdam Wallis — January 29, 2020
- 149MagazineMy Chemical Romance Reschedule Reunion Tour for 2021Ben Kaye — June 16, 2020
- 150MagazineMy Chemical Romance Postpone Reunion Tour to 2022Daniel Kreps — April 16, 2021
- 151MagazineMy Chemical Romance Pay Tribute to Power Trip's Riley Gale at Milton Keynes ShowWill Richards — May 22, 2022
- 152NewsMy Chemical Romance review – emo's elder statesmen march into new eraElle Hunt — May 17, 2022
- 153MagazineMy Chemical Romance fans react as band plays last scheduled show of reunion tourAli Shutler — March 26, 2023
- 154MagazineMy Chemical Romance play final show on their world tourEmily Carter — March 27, 2023
- 155MagazineMy Chemical Romance Mark Musical Return With Six-Minute Epic 'The Foundations of Decay'Jon Blistein — May 12, 2022
- 156My Chemical Romance Share First New Song Since 2014: ListenMatthew Strauss — May 12, 2022
- 157Listen to Brand New My Chemical Romance Single The Foundations of Decay Right NowMerlin Alderslade — May 12, 2022
- 158My Chemical Romance, 'The Foundations of Decay'Maria Sherman — May 13, 2022
- 159MagazineMy Chemical Romance treat hometown fans to first live performance of 'Demolition Lovers' since 2004Ellie Robinson — September 22, 2022
- 160MagazineMy Chemical Romance hint at first new album in over 15 years: ‘You guys deserve another record’Emlyn Travis — September 13, 2026
- 161MagazineMy Chemical Romance Lead Tributes to Producer Doug McKean Who Has Died Aged 54Ali Shutler — July 30, 2022
- 162My Chemical Romance to Perform The Black Parade in Full at When We Were Young Festival 2024Allison Hussey — November 13, 2023
- 163NewsWhen We Were Young 2024 lineup: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional to headlineKimi Robinson — November 13, 2023
- 164MagazineMy Chemical Romance announce Long Live The Black Parade 2025 North American stadium tourAnagricel Duran — November 12, 2024
- 165My Chemical Romance Did What It Takes to Survive — and Outlast — in TorontoMarko Djurdjić — August 23, 2025
- 166MagazineMove Over, Eras Tour: My Chemical Romance Has the Most Thrilling Stadium Show in MetLife HistoryTatiana Tenreyro — August 12, 2025
- 167MagazineMy Chemical Romance Revive 'The Black Parade' for 2025 TourMaya Georgi — November 12, 2024
- 168MagazineLong Live 'The Black Parade': My Chemical Romance Extend Anniversary TourLarisha Paul — September 22, 2025
- 169Diljit Dosanjh Closes Out Wembley Stadium’s 'Biggest Summer Of Music'Gideon Gottfried — September 15, 2026
- 170MagazineLouder Than Life has just launched one of the biggest rock festival lineups in history. Here's why you can't afford to miss itAndrew Sacher — February 22, 2026
- 171MagazineBob Bryar, former My Chemical Romance drummer, has died aged 44Laura Molloy — November 30, 2024
- 172MagazineBob Bryar, Former My Chemical Romance Drummer, Dead at 44Scoop Harrison — November 29, 2024
- 173MagazineMy Chemical Romance pay tribute to late former drummer Bob Bryar in his hometownPoppy Burton — August 30, 2025
- 175My Chemical Romance 'Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge' Deluxe Album: Band Unveils 4K Remastered 'The Ghost of You' Music VideoStephen Andrew Galiher — June 6, 2025
- 176MagazineMy Chemical Romance announce deluxe 21st anniversary reissue of the classic 'Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge'Liberty Dunworth — April 11, 2025
- 177MagazineMy Chemical Romance Announce Deluxe Edition of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous KilljoysBen Kaye — May 14, 2026
- 178MagazineMy Chemical Romance announce expanded 20th anniversary 'The Black Parade' reissue with 'The Sharpest Lives (Live from Hoboken)'Liberty Dunworth — September 10, 2026
- 179US Alternative Rock Band My Chemical Romance SplitsMarch 25, 2013
- 180Alt-Rock Band My Chemical Romance Splits Up, But 'Can Never Die'Eric Brown — March 25, 2013
- 181Band My Chemical Romance Ends RunMarch 23, 2013
- 182My Chemical Romance Covers Dylan on 'Watchmen' SoundtrackJay Lustig — February 26, 2009
- 183The Top 10 Best My Chemical Romance SongsTom Bryant — July 8, 2016
- 184My Chemical Romance reunited for the first time in more than 7 years. Here are the best videos from their LA concert.Kat Tenbarge — December 21, 2019
- 185MagazineMy Chemical Romance Marches On Again at Los Angeles Reunion ShowSuzy Exposito — December 21, 2019
- 186MagazineMy Chemical Romance
- 187MTVNews.com: My Chemical Romance: They're Okay (Promise)James Montgomery — March 9, 2006
- 189NewsReview: My Chemical Romance returns after eight-year hiatus, to emo fans old and newMikael Wood — December 22, 2019
- 190NewsMy Chemical Romance proves that emo, and arena rock, is alive and well at the ForumSuzy Exposito — October 12, 2022
- 191NewsMy Chemical Romance's Prog-Emo Surprise, and 12 More New SongsJon Pareles et al. — May 13, 2022
- 192MagazineMy Chemical Romance, 'Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys'Mikael Wood — November 22, 2010
- 193My Chemical Romance on Teaser Video: "There Is No Reunion Planned"Josiah Hughes — July 21, 2016
- 194MagazineWatch footage from My Chemical Romance's first show in seven yearsShaad D'Souza — December 22, 2019
- 195MagazineMy Chemical Romance Reunion Proves a Communion for the Punk-Starved: Concert ReviewKatie Reul — October 18, 2022
- 196Welcome Back to the Black Parade: The Return of My Chemical Romance, Music's Biggest CultCam Lindsay — August 24, 2022
- 197The Parade Begins: My Chemical Romance Announce U.S. Tour DatesChris Harris — December 18, 2006
- 198My Chemical Romance DisbandsMarch 23, 2013
- 199NewsMy Chemical Romance: Generations Later, a Polished Version of PunkConsidine J.D. — December 20, 2010
- 200My Chemical Romance "Desolation Row"February 18, 2009
- 20110 Years Ago: My Chemical Romance Welcome Us to 'The Black Parade'Melissa Bobbitt — October 19, 2016
- 202My Chemical Romance blasts through hard-rocking return at Little Caesars ArenaGary Graff — September 14, 2022
- 203NewsPanic! at the Disco: Pray for the Wicked review – A Parade of Emo-Pop PizzazzRachel Aroesti — June 22, 2018
- 204MagazineMy Chemical Romance: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your LoveStephen Haag — December 1, 2003
- 205MagazineMy Chemical Romance return with goth-rock epic "The Foundations of Decay"David Renshaw — May 13, 2022
- 206My Chemical Romance: Three Cheers for Sweet RevengeArielle Gordon — December 8, 2019
- 207The 10 Best My Chemical Romance SongsMargaret Farrell — December 19, 2019
- 208After 'The Black Parade,' band struggles to find new directionKevin W. Smith — March 27, 2008
- 209My Chemical Romance Breaks Up After Decade-PlusMarch 23, 2013
- 210NewsThey Have Come for Your ChildrenAlexis Petridis — October 27, 2006
- 211MagazineMy Chemical Romance's Gerard Way Taps Another Nail Into "Emo" CoffinSeptember 20, 2007
- 212MagazineMy Chemical Romance Brand Emo 'Shit'September 20, 2007
- 213NewsFresh from the Garden State, in Black Leather and EyelinerSia Michel — October 22, 2006
- 214MagazineMy Chemical Romance – I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your LoveEmily Zemler — June 22, 2010
- 215NewsMy Chemical Romance, Academy, LondonBetty Clarke — February 6, 2005
- 216Worst to First: Every My Chemical Romance Album RankedBrendan Manley — February 26, 2016
- 217Happy Birthday, Gerard Way: Wake-Up VideoKyle Anderson — April 9, 2010
- 218MagazineAn Obituary for My Chemical RomanceDaniel Martin — March 22, 2013
- 219Which Gerard Way Are You?Maria Sherman — September 30, 2014
- 220Dusting 'Em Off: My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet RevengeMegan Ritt et al. — June 8, 2014
- 221I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your LoveJesse Lord — August 14, 2004
- 223MagazineMy Chemical Romance interview and talk 'Danger Days'Joe Bosso — May 4, 2011
- 224Dusting 'Em Off: My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers For Sweet RevengeWinston Robbins — October 16, 2010
- 225The Umbrella Academy #1 reviewDaniel Montesinos-Donaghy — October 10, 2007
- 226My Chemical Romance's Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge: The best alternative album of the century so far?Terry Bezer — June 29, 2022
- 227The Black Parade – My Chemical RomanceStephen Thomas Erlewine
- 228BookFrontman: Surviving the Rock Star MythRichard Barone — Hal Leonard Corporation — 2007
- 229MagazineWhy My Chemical Romance's 'The Black Parade' Was The 'Sgt Pepper' Of The Emo GenerationLuke Morgan Britton — July 21, 2016
- 230Magazine16 things about 'Black Parade' even My Chemical Romance probably forgotAli Cooper — October 23, 2020
- 231My Chemical Romance Shed Their Emo RootsDarryl Smyers — May 18, 2011
- 232MagazineMy Chemical Romance Bring "The Black Parade" to PhillyPatrick Berkery — September 7, 2006
- 233Join The Black Parade: My Chemical Romance And The Politics Of TasteDaoud Tyler-Ameen — October 21, 2016
- 234NewsMy Chemical Romance: Interview with Frank IeroAmy Sciarretto — November 8, 2006
- 235NewsMy Chemical Romance: The Black ParadeKyle Ryan — October 31, 2006
- 236The Black ParadeKen Tucker — December 7, 2006
- 237MagazineMy Chemical Romance: The Black ParadeJason Pettigrew — October 23, 2006
- 238Music Review: My Chemical Romance – The Black ParadePatrick Meany — March 24, 2013
- 239My Chemical Romance – The Black ParadeEd Thompson — October 25, 2006
- 240MagazineMy Chemical Romance, 'The Black Parade'Andy Greenwald — October 24, 2006
- 241My Chemical Romance – The Black ParadeBill Lamb
- 242My Chemical Romance Go ... StyxChristopher R. Weingarten — November 30, 2010
- 243MagazineMy Chemical Romance: Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous KilljoysEvan Sawdey — November 30, 2010
- 244My Chemical RomanceDecember 20, 2010
- 245BookMy Chemical RomanceLaura La Bella — The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc — 2008
- 247MagazineMy Chemical Romance im InterviewThomas Jentsch
- 248Interviews: My Chemical RomanceScott Heisel — April 13, 2003
- 249Gerard Way Tells About My Chemical Romance's Influences | VideoSeptember 14, 2006
- 250My Chemical Romance—Interview with Gerard WayGwyn Tyme — May 5, 2005
- 251Entrevista A My Chemical RomanceEl Nerdo — October 20, 2006
- 253MagazineMy Chemical Romance interview and talk 'Danger Days'Joe Bosso — May 4, 2011
- 254Magazine10 records and artists you need to listen to according to Frank IeroPaige Owens — April 7, 2021
- 255MCR’s Mikey Way: “I hope that we’re the band that get to pass the torch”Tamzin Kraftman — June 29, 2023
- 257BookMy Chemical RomanceLaura La Bella — Rosen Publishing Group — 2008
- 258Gerard Way and Geoff Rickly Reflect on the Intertwined History of My Chemical Romance and ThursdayEmma Garland — January 30, 2015
- 259MagazineAnthems for Doomed Youth: Songs that Inspired My Chemical RomanceApril 7, 2007
- 260My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero: the 10 greatest punk albums of all timeJoe Bosso — November 22, 2011
- 261Live streamed chat w/ My Chemical RomanceMarch 5, 2011
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- 263NewsMy Chemical Romance: How the Vilified Band Turned Antipathy into TriumphAnnie Zaleski — May 10, 2022
- 264NewsBefore & After 'The Black Parade'Christopher R. Weingarten — December 18, 2019
- 265MagazineThe Enduring Legacy of My Chemical Romance's 'The Black Parade'Hayden Manders — October 23, 2016
- 266The 100 Best Pop Punk Bands of All TimeJune 5, 2019
- 267Magazine10 Moments That Made My Chemical Romance SuperstarsPaul Travers — November 27, 2020
- 268Magazine12 Bands Who Wouldn't Be Here Without My Chemical RomancePaul Travers — March 4, 2021
- 269MagazineMy Chemical Romance Is the Artist of the DecadeHannah Ewens — November 13, 2019
- 270MagazineThe 10 Most Underrated My Chemical Romance SongsEli Enis — January 21, 2020
- 271NewsMiserable at best: How emo bounced back from the brinkJames McMahon — October 23, 2020
- 272MagazineMy Chemical Romance: The last most important band on the planetKyle Anderson — March 25, 2013
- 273NewsLove them or loath them - Taipei TimesNoah Buchan — January 25, 2008
- 27410 Classic Punk Records That Actually Kind of SuckTom Reardon — July 21, 2014
- 275MagazineMy Chemical Romance: On Queer Emo FriendshipVince Ruston — December 9, 2021
- 276How My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way Became a Queer IconMichelle Kim — March 19, 2020
- 277Yes, My Chemical Romance Is Really Selling a Gay Tramp Stamp ShirtJames Factora — May 17, 2022
- 278MagazineShow Review: My Chemical Romance at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PAAlyson Coletta — August 18, 2025
- 279My Chemical Romance's First Reunion Show: Footage + Set ListJoe DiVita — December 21, 2019
- 280My Chemical Romance Launch "The Black Parade" Tour with Theatrical 25-Song SetScoop Harrison — July 12, 2025
- 281MagazineSee My Chemical Romance perform an unreleased song, War Beneath The Rain, live in LAEmily Garner — July 27, 2025
- 282BookNot the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical RomanceTom Bryant — Da Capo Press — 2014
- 283BookThe True Lives of My Chemical Romance: The Definitive BiographyTom Bryant — Sidgwick & Jackson — June 2014
- 284BookInside Story of My Chemical RomanceMona Gale — Omnibus Press — May 2007
- 285BookMy Chemical Romance: This Band Will Save Your LifeReinhardt Haydn — Plexus Publishing — February 2008
- 286BookMy Chemical Romance: Something Incredible This Way ComesPaul Stenning — Independent Music Press — March 2006