My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance are a post-hardcore and alternative rock band from New Jersey .They where formed in 2001 by Gerald Way.Gerald formed the band the day of the September,eleven attacks after walking form his job in New York and seeing the bodies falling from the building he asked himself "What am I doing with my life?I am doing animation for Cartoon Network and helping no-one.As soon as he got home he called up Matt Pelissier who got Ray Toro involved(Lead guitarist),Gerald got his younger brother Mikey,who had just dropped out of college to join as the bass player soon after.In the May of the following year Frank Iero dropped out of college against his parents wishes and when the band where on tour he had a scorpion tattoo done as far up his neck as he could so he could not get a job.
The name My Chemical Romance comes from the Irvine Welsh book Ecstasy:Three Stages of Chemical Romance
The bands first album "I Brought you my Bullets you Brought me your Love" was released in 2002 and contained the very first song Gerald started writing after the 9/11 attacks Skylines and Turn styles.
In 2004 the follow up album "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" was released and shot them to fame,with the singles Helena(Which was written about the Way's grandmother,Elena who was known as Helen to her friends and considered as Helena by Gerald)and I'm Not Okay(I Promise)it went on to sell over two million albums stateside.During 2004 drummer Matt Pelissier was kicked out the band for repeatedly messing up during live performances,general bad behaviour and disregard for the rest of the band,when asked about him My Chemical Romance refuse to speak about him stating they don't talk shit. He was quickly replaced by Bob Bryar who was a drum tech for bands the Used and Thursday at the time.
Their latest album titled The Black Parade was released on October 23rd 2006. The album sold more than 240,000 copies in the first week after it was released. It has sold over 1 million copies in total. The first single taken from The Black Parade called Welcome to the Black Parade reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.1 in the UK charts for two weeks. The band has commented in the past about the album, saying that The Black Parade is like a different band performing in a different 'world', and once that's over, My Chemical Romance will never be The Black Parade again. The album largely focuses on one character, The Patient, but also consists of songs and lyrics about different subjects and aspects of life and death.

My Chemical Romance are back with new Single Desolation Row,a cover of Bob Dylan,Which is being used in the new Watchmen film.Yet again the band have decided to go for a new image,this time opting for a rock side to the new sound back to the early days maybe?who knows.

The band have also released two live albums "Life on the Murder Scene" and also "The Black parade is Dead",which was also the last time the songs from the Black Parade album will ever be played by the band.

Gerald way is also a comic book writer having written a six series comic called Umberella telling the story af a band of abnormal superheroes.