My Chemical Romance
Biography
Two school friends - drummer Matt Pelissier and soloist Gerard Way, founded the band My Chemical Romance, titled after the novel Trainspotting by Irvin Welsh, in 2001. The guys decided to try themselves in song composition and wrote their first thing Skylines And Turnstiles, devoted to the tragedy of September, 11. In some time the artists realized that they needed a full-time band to perform songs live. Guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero and Gerard's younger brother Mikey Way extended the band - Mikey wanted to join the group so much that he learned to play the bass for the case. In this lineup, My Chemical Romance signed to the Eyeball Records and released the piercing debut I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in 2002. Love, death, depressions and revenge became the main themes of the album. The mixture of pop punk and rock, spiced up with black humor, caught the attention of the audience.
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Reviews
The Black Parade2006
The Black Parade was greatly influenced by such eminent classic rock and punk performers as Queen, Pink Floyd, David Bowie and Smashing Pumpkins, but My Chemical Romance have proved that you can learn from the past, preserving your own identity
Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys
