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My Chemical Romance is an American rock band from New Jersey. Formed in 2001, the band consists of Gerard Way (lead vocals), Mikey Way (bass), Bob Bryar (drums), Frank Iero (rhythm guitar), and Ray Toro (lead guitar).

The band has been described variously by the media as "emo", "indie", "pop punk" and "post-hardcore". The band themselves have described their music as simply "rock" or "violent/unsafe pop", as well as rejecting the term "emo" to describe their style.

My Chemical Romance cites their main influences as Black Flag, Thursday, Iron Maiden, The Misfits, and Morrissey/The Smiths. Growing up, they were also very influenced by horror films and comic books, and therefore their music, lyrics, and image all have overt elements of fantasy, storytelling, horror, and theatricality. The band members hail from Belleville 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.

Criticism

Bottled

My Chemical Romance played the main stage at the 2006 Reading and Leeds Festivals - this was the largest show they have ever played in the UK. They were not received warmly by the crowd at Reading, as the band was subjected to heavy concert bottling. Large sections of the audience threw bacon, tangerines, golfballs, and drink bottles filled with urine at the group as they played. This reportedly upset frontman Way, who then introduced a track saying, "This song is called Thanks For All The Bottles, Thanks For All The Piss, Thanks For All The Golf Balls, Thanks For All The Apples And Thanks For All The Sticky Shit." My Chemical Romance did, however, complete their set.

Discography

Albums

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	US Billboard Peak	US sales
File:MCRBroughtYouMyBullets.jpg	June 23, 2002	I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love	Eyeball Records
File:MCRThreeCheers.jpg	June 8, 2004	Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge	Reprise Records	#28	Platinum
File:Life on the murder scene.jpg	March 21, 2006	Life on the Murder Scene	Reprise Records	#30	Gold
	October 23, 2006 (UK) October 24, 2006 (US)	The Black Parade	Reprise Records

Singles

Relationship with The Used

The Used is known to have both a personal and a professional relationship with My Chemical Romance. The lead singer Gerard Way and Bert McCracken were rumored to have been particularly close. My Chemical Romance and The Used have covered "Under Pressure" (originally by David Bowie and Queen) in concert on multiple occasions. Critics, however, have often critized this relationship saying that My Chemical Romance used their relationship with The Used to gain a more international and wider audience.

In recent months, however, the two lead singers of both bands seem to have had a fallout due to disagreements over the addition of "Under Pressure" to In Love and Death. Most of this evidence comes from an interview with Bert and a recent song, so far unreleased, by My Chemical Romance entitled "Disenchanted". The dispute was settled, however, when Bert said in an article that he was "just messing around". The two bands' members are, to this day, good friends.

References

1. http://ubl.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,1721940,00.html?src=search&artist=My+Chemical+Romance ArtistDirect.com
2. http://www.nme.com/news/readingleeds-festival/24116 NME.com - My Chemical Romance shelled by crowd, Way upset

1. "Teen Titans" — Rolling Stone (2005-07-14)
2. Rolling Stone Counter Reference
3. Billboard Chart Positions

External links

• My Chemical Romance Fansite
• Official website
• My Chemical Romance Biography, discography and songs
• Official MCRmy website
• Ask My Chemical Romance A Question at Rocklouder

• American musical groups
• My Chemical Romance
• New Jersey musical groups
• Post-hardcore groups