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My Chemical Romance is one of the most successful Alternative-Rock Emo
outfit of the new millennium; the band was founded in 2000 by singer Gerard
Way and drummer Matt Pelissierin in their hometown of Newark, New Jersey
USA; with the addition of Gerard's brother, Mikey Way on bass, guitarists
Ray Toto and Frank Iero, the band solidified into its current form.
My Chemical Romance's debut album, "I Brought You My Bullets You
Brought Me Your Love", was issued in May of 2002 on the independent
label Eyeball Records.
The group spent the following two years trekking around the United States
numerous times and traveled to Europe to do a string of dates in England,
Germany, Holland and Spain, supporting bands such as The
Used, Taking Back Sunday
and Story Of The Year.
Their sophomore effort, "Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge", was
released on Reprise Records in mid-2004; their second album hit #1 on
Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and peaked at #28 on The Billboard 200
list spawning "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" which soared to #4
on The Modern Rock Tracks, "Helena" which reached the #11 spot
in the same chart and one more Modern Rock top 10 hit with "The Ghost
Of You".
October 2006 saw My Chemical Romance release their new album, "The
Black Parade"; the band's third full-length disc includes the first
single, "Welcome To The Black Parade".
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