My Chemical Romance

From left: Bob(Drummer), Frank(2nd Guitarist), Gerard(Vocalist, Lyrics Writer), Mikey(Bassist), Ray(1st Guitarist)

MCR ROCKS!!! I don't know how to say this but i just want to let you know that i've officially become MCRmy!! Hehe! instead using MCR Fan, we use MCRmy. Remember just like Gerard Butler? His fan being called the Tart. Ok! When i told my friends that i've become MCRmy, they quite suprised to know that. Yeah, even i didn't believe myself! How come i can suddenly fell in love with this kind of band? Well, their music itself is very good man! Im not like other fangirlish who only like their single hit, Helena. I've downloaded some of their songs from the second album, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge and it's awesome! This is the first album and band as well which generally more to Emo-Punk, Metal and Rock that i ever liked.

You know what? Before this i always thought that this kind of music, i mean punk, metal and all these stuff is some kind of rubbish. Huhuh...becoz, im kinda anti-punk so i thought everything that related to punk is bullshit even the music. Haha..I also don't know how i got hooked with them. Herm..i think maybe it is from their first single, Im Not Okay which used to be Burnout 3:Takedown OST. Yeah! I like to play Burnout and i think all the songs in Burnout 3 are more pleasant to my ear. And, Im Not Okay is one of them. Later, when their second single, Helena released, they're getting well known. Actually, i also don't know who they are and i even didn't hear Helena yet when they getting famous but thanks to my lovely buddies, Ellina and Shaz for pushing me to hear that song.

When i was listening to Helena for the first time, i was like.."im wondering why Shaz & Ellin love this rubbish song"....but when i was listening to it for the second time im getting to like it coz the music is somehow sad but full with hatred. Then, my sisters also getting like Helena so much. So, it's just stuck in my head to search more bout MCR.

So, right now i feel my life somehow completed. Ok, not really my life but my interest. Check this out:

My Favourite Actor: Gerard Butler
My Favourite Singer: Gareth Gates
My Favourite Movie: The Phantom Of The Opera
My Favourite Band: My Chemical Romance

About them:
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). Way and Pelissier both felt good about the song, and Way asked guitarist Ray Toto if he would be interested in working with them. My Chemical Romance's five-man lineup was complete when Way, Pelissier, and Toto 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, 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, 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-guard and put MCR (My Chemical Romance) in the spotlight almost overnight.

The second single "Helena" a slow almost haunting ballad 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.