"My Chemical Romance is this generation's Nirvana"

thread title otm

especially in regard to t-shirts

5 years since Hesitant Alien.

hmmmmmmmmm

Is something happening

hard to confirm whether people have actual information or are just leading me on, as if halloween were april fool's day part 2. it's not!!!!

(but there are more reunion whispers than usual online)

(i still don't believe it)

(but *x files voice* i want to)

"We're coming back together...to back Gerard's cousin Joe Rogan on tour."

all right, i'm p sure it's happening

So joe jonas wasn’t lying huh?

joe jonas never lies

Gerard is never gonna release any of last year's solo singles on vinyl is he?

At least one official reunion show.

https://pitchfork.com/news/my-chemical-romance-announce-reunion-show/

happy halloween to me

i'm not ok (i promise)

My Chemical Romance is this generations Bullet For My Valentine.

Doesn't sound like a proper reunion tbh

in what way, beyond only one show being announced

starting your statement with "My Chemical Romance is done" makes it seem to me there will be no new material forthcoming

which tbh is all I care about cause I can't do big/pricey gigs anyway

that’s a quote from when they disbanded

it’s a confusingly ordered pfork news post tbf

Ahhhhh I see. Durrr.

the best mcr song is still "summertime"

I've been drafting a list of my favourite songs of the 10s and "Summertime" is in the top five.

i stopped short of calling it the best song ever but......................it is

the other best mcr song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQndQV9E8C8

i didn't end up voting for three cheers or black parade in the '00s poll because, like, no mcr album is perfect, but the cumulative effect of their work is more powerful than any album

I fell asleep right before the announcement yesterday, but it looks like I picked a good year to become an MCR stan. (Always liked them but didn't get heavily into the records until earlier this year and am pretty obsessed now).

My current jam is Destroya! (destroya, destroya, destroya, destroya, ah ah ah ah, ah, ah)

the second half of danger days >>>>>>>>>

ya, basically that entire stretch from "S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W" to "The Kids of Yesterday" rules

we can leave this world leave it all behind
we can steal this car if your folks don't mind
we can live forever if you've got the time
YOU MOTHERFUCKER
(whoaaaaa)

help i've fallen down an MCR youtube hole and can't get out

need to stop myself before I get to the Frerard corner so here's "Summertime" acoustic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGh6xxr7UJI

dreaming of a new album produced by justin meldal-johnson

judging by the reunion related tiktok activity this post’s inciting statement was otm

tried to take a stab at a POX for fun but realized it literally had to be at least a POXV just to scratch the surface. insane density of great songs.

Headfirst for halos
I never told you what I do for a living
You know what they do to guys like us in prison
Hang 'em high
Helena
Teenagers
This is how I disappear
Disenchanted
Kill all your friends
Bulletproof heart
Save yourself, I'll hold them back
s/c/a/r/e/c/r/o/w
Summertime
We don't need another song about california
Make room

i love how every song on Danger Days sounds completely different from the one preceding it but as an album, is laserlike in concept and execution. really wish i had given them a chance sooner.

The idea that My Chemical Romance is this generation's Nirvana is ridiculous to them. It's probably ridiculous to most of the people who read this blog, but to the average 16 year old kid, Nirvana is irrelevant in comparison to My Chem.

I don’t think it’s that ridiculous to compare My Chemical Romance to Nirvana, but I do think that the notion that Nirvana should be somehow more relevant to a 16 year old in 2006 than My Chemical Romance is. Is the writer expecting music to get stuck in 1993 for the rest of its existence?

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The idea that Billie Eilish is this generation's Madonna is ridiculous to them. It's probably ridiculous to most of the people who read this forum, but to the average 16 year old kid, Madonna is irrelevant in comparison to Eilish

In light of last week's announcement, I have been listening to Danger Days and I'm finally coming around on MCR being something more than just the prequel to Gerard Way's solo career. Otoh, I tried getting into I Brought You Bullets and it still reminds me of budget Thrice.

i brought you my bullets is the worst mcr album easily. it sounds like those were the first eleven songs they wrote together, which iirc was the case

three cheers, black parade, and danger days are all differently amazing

the only record i can think of that matches three cheers's manic energy is i get wet

Also, hey they are headlining the Download Festival next year, which seems like more evidence in favor of "oh wow, I keep forgetting that these guys are fucking huge."

I will move on from Bullets and try out Three Cheers again, then. Thanks Brad.

The lineup for that festival is nuts.

Show is tonight.

https://i.redd.it/hsrn8hwnop541.jpg

In the past couple months I've become a huge fan of Black Parade and Danger Days. Really excited to hear what they've come up with now. Apparently this has been quietly in the works for about 2 years.

meant to post this piece here the other day https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/18/arts/music/my-chemical-romance-black-parade.html

Cool! I remember reading something about the Black Parade when it came out, how it mixed emo (which I liked, although was pretty much over at the time) with musicals and Queen and Pink Floyd The Wall and cancer. On paper that just sounded like the worst combination for me.

I'll be sure to check out the post-Black Parade stuff on there that the article recommends. Most of which I haven't heard.

I remember not so long ago WGW did a similar feature with the B-52s first album. Has he done any other articles like that? The format is pretty cool and they're great tributes.