About Their "Debute" Album
"I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love"
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.
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Here's How They Started
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.
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About Their Smash Hit Album
"Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge"
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 rejecte, caught America off-gaurd and put MCR (My Chemical Romance) in the spotlight almost overnight.
The second sigle
"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.
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