chemical romance

I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
$13.98
This album is an incredible record.

The story of MCR is that Gerard Way, the lead singer, saw the 9/11 events going on and saw people falling from the Twin Towers. He realized after this that he had to do something with his life, instead of drawing cartoons for people all day, which he was doing for work. He started My Chemical Romance with Matt Pelissier and Ray Toro, with Pelissier on drums and Toro on guitar. They recorded a demo and handed it out to a few people, while looking for a bassist. Gerard's younger brother, Mikey, played bass and after hearing the demo, decided to join. Among the people that got the demo were the members of Pencey Prep. After playing a few shows, My Chemical Romance signed to Eyeball Records, a local record label. After Pencey Prep broke up, the lead singer/guitarist Frank Iero joined MCR as the rhythm guitarist, and the band headed into the studio. Even though Iero hadn't composed anything for My Chem at this point, he did add some parts to "Demolition Lovers" and "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville".

Thus, My Chemical Romance was born.

To tell the truth, this review is very biased. It's biased because this is the record that saved my life, and turned it to music. About four years ago, I was incredibly depressed and didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I didn't have any friends at school and I was starting to do stupid things to get what I wanted, like stealing money and food and pretty much whatever I wanted. I stole this CD and a Plain White T's one as well, and started listening to them both. My sister liked the PWT's, so she stole it from me and I had no choice but to listen to I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. I could mosh to "Honey..." before I knew what moshing was, and I was hypnotized by the time that "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" was on.

After that, comes "Drowning Lessons", which has a great guitar riff and makes Ray Toro look like Slash. Then comes "Our Lady of Sorrows," one of the first MCR songs, and my personal favorite. The great lyrics and metal/punk riffs will stick in your head until you are thinking My Chemical Romance all day. After comes the first "emo" song by My Chemical Romance, called "Headfirst for Halos", which is a pop-punk song about a kid that's messed up and takes different pills to get different highs and thinks about suicide. It's very catchy and if you aren't humming/singing "Our Lady of Sorrows" then you will definitely be singing "Headfirst for Halos". After "Halos" is "Skylines and Turnstiles", the first MCR song that Gerard wrote to get over 9/11, and show everyone how he intended the band to be like.

The two most beautiful songs on the record are definitely "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" and "Demolition Lovers", which are both slow and melodic symphony-like pieces. They're both about two lovers that run away from their former lives, from the nightmares that they use to have to confront on a day to day basis, and the promise to shoot the other in the heart should they turn into a vampire. They're great songs and if you're an emotional person you'll end up crying. The songs in between are "Cubicles" and "This is the Best Day Ever", both like "Drowning Lessons", with great guitar riffs and catchy drums and memorable vocals that will not get My Chemical Romance off your mind. I promise, this record will either save your life or make it better. At least listen to it on Myspace, so you can say that you've heard it. Then buy it, because it is very much worth it. It's so much worth it that after I stole it, I looked for it at FYI and bought it as well, after returning the library's copy. You will not regret buying this album.

"My Chemical Romance": Something Incredible This Way Comes
$15.05
This is the first book of its kind on one of the world's hottest new bands. New Jersey band My Chemical Romance have taken the music underground by storm since their incendiary debut album in 2002. Within weeks of its release, major labels across the globe were frantically pulling out their cheque-books in an attempt to capture what is widely regarded as the world's next stadium-selling rock band in the vein of Metallica, Foo Fighters and Green Day. Their biting lyrics, beautiful visuals and relentless touring schedules have ensured that MCR have already captured the hearts and minds of the I-Pod generation - the year 2006 will see them promoted to the very upper echelons of rock music's giants. The first book to tell their tale, setting them in the context of the dormant US rock scene, through to their breakthrough live shows and meteoric success in 2004 and 2005. Mixing metal with ballads, rock with pop, MCR are the next BIG band and this tells you how a bunch of introverted high school friends achieved their dream.

My Chemical Romance College Poster Print, 22x34
$9.00
nice. a good piece of memorabilia from the "3 cheers" period. ray sort of looks like claudio sanchez in this poster. i would suggest it to any mcr fan. a good buy.

Life on the Murder Scene
$24.98
I got this cd a couple of years ago and i love it! it's my chemical romances greatest CD ever!!!!!!!!