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this is the same biography
but there was a few mistakes
so I fixed them for you.
Based
in New Jersey, My Chemical
Romance is an alternative
pop/rock and punk-pop band
that has been compared to
Thursday and, to a lesser
degree, Cursive. Many of
their songs are loud, fast,
hyper, and aggressive, but
My Chemical Romance's work
also tends to be melodic
and pop-minded. My Chemical
Romance got started in the
early 2000s, when lead singer
Gerard Way and drummer Matt
Pelissier decided to try
writing some songs together.
The first tune that Way
and Pelissier -- who had
been friends since high
school -- came up with was
called "Skylines and
Turnstiles" (a title
reflecting the fact that
Way had been working in
New York City, where he
was in the animation field.
This is also about the 9-11
attack). Way and Pelissier
both felt good about the
song, and Way asked guitarist
Ray Toro if he would be
interested in working with
them. My Chemical Romance's
five-man lineup was complete
when Way, Pelissier, and
Toro joined forces with
bassist Mikey Way (Gerard
Way's brother) and guitarist
Frank Iero. With that lineup
in place, the band started
playing all around the Northeast
Corridor and made plans
to begin working on its
first album.
In 2002,
Eyeball Records (the New
York-based indie that Thursday
had recorded for) released
My Chemical Romance's debut
album,(Mikey had been working
at Eyeball for an Intership)
I Brought You My Bullets,
You Brought Me Your Love.
The album was often compared
to Thursday -- a comparison
that, for various reasons,
was inevitable and unavoidable.
Both bands were from New
Jersey, both had recorded
for Eyeball, and both combined
punk-pop's musical aggression
with introspective, confessional
lyrics. Plus, I Brought
You My Bullets, You Brought
Me Your Love was produced
by Geoff Rickly, Thursday's
lead singer -- add all of
those things up, and there
was no way that My Chemical
Romance was going to escape
Thursday comparisons. But
Thursday isn't their only
influence; reviewers have
cited the Smiths, Morrissey,
the Cure,The Smashing Pumpkins
and the Misfits as influences.
And Way has even cited British
heavy metal icons Iron Maiden
as an influence.
Lyrically,
I Brought You My Bullets,
You Brought Me Your Love
is as dark as it is introspective
and cathartic; Way has been
quoted as saying that the
band's lyrics were a great
way for him to deal with
the problems he had been
going through (which included
severe depression and a
serious illness in his family).
The 2002 release included
Way and Pelissier's first
song, "Skylines and
Turnstiles," and many
of the album's other song
titles were equally intriguing,
including "Honey, This
Mirror Isn't Big Enough
for the Two of Us,"
"Drowning Lessons,"
"Headfirst for Halos,"
"Our Lady of Sorrows,"
and "Vampires Will
Never Hurt You." In
2003, My Chemical Romance
signed with Reprise/Warner
Bros.
Their Second Album "Three
Cheers For Sweet Revenge"
was released in late 2004.
The First single "I'm
Not Okay (I Promise)",
a high speed anthem for
the contiually downtrodden
and rejected, caught America
off-gaurd and put MCR (My
Chemical Romance) in the
spotlight almost overnight.
The second single "Helena"
a slow almost haunting ballat
(but not really, it's also
very up-beat) dedicated
to Elena Rush (the Way brothers'
late grand mother.) Brings
to mind "The Cure",
other noteworthy songs on
the album are "The
Ghost of You", "Thank
You for The Venom"
and "To The End".
My Chemical Romance was
also Featured on this years
"A Taste Of Chaos"
tour this spring and also
go a half hour concert special
on the "Fuse"
music network.