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8 Issues of NME for Just £1 My Chemical Romance: The Black Parade

They're back, in black, but not as you know them
You may want to sit down. We have some very upsetting news. My Chemical Romance are dead. And so is their friend 'The Patient'. There was nothing that anybody could do.

Confused? Readers, the confusion hasn't even started. 'The Black Parade' is an ostentatious concept-album-cum-rock-opera about death, and it's about to turn the late MCR into the biggest band on the planet. The most obvious reference point is Green Day's 'American Idiot', not just because both projects share a record label, producer, video director and an A&R department, but because it's a piece of work that will challenge every preconception you ever had about the people who made it.

To recap, My Chemical Romance's previous two albums have been one long horror story; 'I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love' and 'Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge' tells the story of two criminal 'demolition lovers' who are gunned down in the desert after their hometown is overrun by vampires. Then the boy makes a deal with Satan for the lives of him and his lover Helena in exchange for the souls of a thousand evil men. 'A meditation,' says Gerard Way, 'on immortality. And this [new album] is a meditation on mortality.'

'The Black Parade' unfolds in the physical realm; with no eternal zombie afterlife to cushion things when the day comes. Our story begins in the cancer ward (nice), with the tragic, young death of our protagonist, an average Joe known simply as The Patient. And so the first song (after the introduction, called 'The End' is called 'Dead!' the pre-title sequence, if you will. And straightaway, we're on brave new ground musically as well 'a crisp, vast, and fiercely melodic kind of stadium punk that is barely emo in the slightest. Actually, its closest parallel is 'Holiday' from 'American Idiot'. But by getting that out of the way first, they then divert from their Green Day mentors, blasting into power-duo tracks 'This Is How I Disappear' and 'The Sharpest Lives', both showing off this band's new richness of depth and texture in glorious 3D-technicolour. As The Patient enters the tunnel of light we hit critical mass with 'Welcome To The Black Parade' and things begin to unfold. Gerard apparently believes that when the reaper comes, it comes in the form of your life's most vivid memory. Now, the point is that The Patient died before he got the chance to really achieve anything, so his most vivid memory is as a child, when his father took him to the city to see a marching band. And the rest of the album soundtracks The Patient's life flashing before his eyes, and it turns out to be a lot more colourful and varied a flashback than he was expecting. And this is where 'The Black Parade's genius reveals itself. MCR have moved so far from the emo sound you know, that they've even renamed their band for this album. Under their new guise of The Black Parade, the group have the freedom to adopt whatever clothes, styles or ideas are necessary to tell each chapter. If there is an overarching style it is of all things musical theatre.

The first truly staggering moment is 'I Don't Love You' (this album's 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams', which sounds like Keane would if they had any edge and loads of big rock guitars. 'House Of Wolves', debuted at Reading, is the least startling, mainly because it pre-empts 'Cancer', the song most likely to get the newspapers' backs up. A short bridging sequence, it's their first ever stab at total, pin-drop sensitivity. Just Gerard and a piano, it's a first-person account of death from cancer that packs an emotional punch so devastating and graphic that you could never call it rock'n'roll ' isn't that meant to be fun? But MCR want to surpass rock'n'roll: it pushes the boundaries of taste about as far as they'll go, but a daily listen is going to be just an effective way of making people stop smoking as the Allen Carr book. The mood then lightens with 'Mama', a vaudeville riot that manages to out-Gogol Bordello Gogol Bordello, made even more overwhelming thanks to Liza Minelli's showstopping cameo as Mama herself. If things are getting a little too theatrical, then 'Sleep' gives us the big body-builder Tool moment and punches their heavy metal card; if only once, because next they have to reinvent Status Quo as Roxy Music on 'Teenagers'; another amazing boxfresh MTV smash. 'Disenchanted' is the calm scene gearing up for a preposterous finale; which comes with 'Famous Last Words', where The Black Parade revert back to My Chemical Romance, stepping back into narrator mode, both moral of the story and cinematic climax to this remarkable journey, and a distillation of what they do best; an earnest, impassioned, and hard-fucking-rock anthem which sees them finally become 'the saviour of the broken, the beaten and the damned'. It's about making the most of every moment because after all, you never know when the parade (or whatever you'll see), will come to you. Pure Hollywood melodrama, but if you find the climactic refrain of 'I am not afraid to keep on living, I am not afraid to walk this world alone' cheesy, you're going to have given up sometime around track three anyway. For everyone else, it's proper, er, lump-in-throat time.

There's one little surprise left, but we laughed so hard that we won't spoil it for you, except to say that it once and for all disproves the accusation that this band are somehow humourless, as if the album hadn't done that anyway. 'The Black Parade' understands that real tragedy is inherently a bit funny, and vice versa, and it's that fact which sees them leave the jibbering bodies of a thousand emo jessies in their wake. The truth is they left that baggage behind long ago. If there's any parallel it's with somebody like Billy Corgan; not just because of the eerie similarity of Gerard's new hairdo, or even the marching band thing, but because both people have bigger imaginations than punk rock usually allows. But having been through their problems with drugs and psychosis already, MCR just seem too much of a finely-tuned juggernaut to fuck things up like the Pumpkins. This album has given them the freedom to do anything they want next, but for now this is one to file alongside 'American Idiot', 'Doolittle' and 'Nevermind' on your greatest US rock albums shelf. Oh yes, My Chemical Romance ' the moderately camp two-trick outsider's cult you thought you knew ' are dead alright. Long live My Chemical Romance, the outrageously-camp, loud and righteous new kings of the world. Those bottle-chucking haters are just going to have to get used to it.

Dan Martin



indie legend wrote:

i'm not okay-in fact i feel utterly terrible after listening to such depressing queen sound alike drivel.
indie legend wrote:

i do not like this album even though i have recently turned emo. I think it is very poorly made and gerard way(previously one of my favourite vocalists) lacks charisma and tone.
mvalda wrote:

Now this is really a crappy album. Nothing decent to talk about, it just flows senseless away through your ears. Can't understand the 9 and can't even understand why am I writing about them. Less than zero.
TheSharpestLife wrote:

Dude, you can not just "turn" emo. It is not some type of trend or something. It's an emotional sort of thing. Just because you listen to bands like the fall of troy or Chiodos, or you wear pipe jeans, a band shirt and eyeliner does not make you emo.By the way, the album is awesome.
x__shauna wrote:

I haven't heard the whole album yet but the few songs I have heard were very different to previous My Chemical Romance songs. To me this is a good thing and i enjoyed them but other fans might not.
samhs wrote:

shockingly poor album and a terrible review!
paul2835 wrote:

If its new sound then good! Nothing worse than a band churning out the same old shite time and time again. Emo, fuck me they should all get a grip!
Vash Aurion wrote:

Concept albums are cool, so I'll give them that, but it's still just depressing. And depressing can be good. Look at what the Flaming Lips did with "Do You Realize??"

Oh, and for the record, emo is a very stupid trend. You can go through an emotional state where you're very sad. I did, and for a few days, I thought that "Asleep" was one of the greatest songs ever. But yes, emo is a stupid trend for kids who want attention. And emo music is disturbingly fickle and vacuous. The Smiths work for a state of sadness, but they were also a good band and funny. MCR is down there on my list with Fallout Boy and the rest, except I would say MCR is ahead of the pack since they did try to do something with this record.
Alyssa123 wrote:

The first time I heard it, I didn't get what they were trying to do, but I gave it another chance: I sat down and actually paid attention to it rather than just having it on in the background while I did other things.
And it hit me like a flash of light: this is an incredible album.
If you're going to appreciate it for what it really is, you need to forget some things, if things like this are important to you: forget the fact they wear eyeliner. Forget the fact they started the black-shirt-red-tie-trend. Forget the fact that MTV like them. Forget the fact that lazy journalists call them emo because they can't think of a more accurate term.
Now you've got that over with, listen to it for what it is.
If you think this album is depressing, you totally don't get it. Yes, it's about death. But that doesn't mean it makes you slit your wrists: this album is incredibly positive because it's so honest: yes, it says, people die, and horrible things happen. But that's just the way the world is and we can get through it.
Anyone who finds that depressing is (no offence) too stupid to listen to music anyway.
Musically, every song is different and impressive in its own way. I won't go through each song and ruin it for you, but I have to say that "Mama" is one of the craziest, most brilliant, most experimental songs I've heard in a long time.
This album may not be for you. To be fair, this is NME's website and NME are mostly an indie magazine. If all you like is indie, and you like your music understated and melodic but maybe a little withdrawn, superficially cheerful and uplifting, then you're not going to like this.
If you can take a minute to get past the stereotypes, to really listen to what's being said and the ways in which MCR are saying it, if you don't mind a great big lump of theatrical melodrama, then this will be one of your favourite albums for life.
I'm not emo: my hair is, perhaps disappointingly, symmetrical, my jeans are baggy and I love Arctic Monkeys as much as the next NME reader.
But MCR do something that no other band in the world at the moment do: they make revolutionary music with stories of hope and honesty, and they make this music because it's what they want to do.
If you can't appreciate that, it's your loss.
But The Black Parade is the perfect way to show narrow minded haters - whether from bigoted newspapers or within the rock community - that MCR are a force to be reckoned with. This is an album that will stand the test of time because it is inimitable.
Long live The Black Parade.
If you let it into your heart, you'll never let it go.
samjennings wrote:

dis is a quality album i wish ppl wouldnt rate dis album purely on the fact dat dey r known as an emo band im not emo but i luv sum bands lyk fall out boy n panic at the disco, but i also luv arctic monkeys and klaxons u shudnt rate a band on the genre they r put into i did not find it depressing n dere sum of the best tracks ive heard for a long time
craigfoley wrote:

This album is no-way emo, and what the fuck is emo anyway, is it not just an excuse for closet-case gay guys who like guitars to wear make-up and act like women, in other words the gothic julian clarys

Just listened to the stream on nme, and i have to say i am pretty impressed, the only thing that slightly puts me off it is the guys singing, iam not a big fan of that nasal sounding america vocal, but its not too bad and the music is really fucking huge, i think if you turned it up and had headphones on it would be amazing.

I dont really think you can class this music as Emo, and the way the guys in the band dress is more gothic anyway.


vin_unleaded wrote:

This coming from a balding 28 year old who likes his indie rock for who MCR have gone copletely unoticed until now.

Good lord. on a bike. With a cherry on top. Not a single duff track - every single one grandiose and massively brilliant.

If you think it'll just be the usual "EMO" wank, you owe yourself to give this a listen.

This is a late contender for album of the year (after first listen). No actually - fu** it. it is album of the year, IMHO.

Could well be one the classic albums of the next few years. Only time will tell. One thing I do know - it'll be played to death by me this weekend. And next week. Then I'll come back and let you know my final thoughts.

This LP really is something else. It's the absolute bollocks - and I only gave it a listen so I could slag it off for being EMO shite, tbh. Don't even usually listen to bands with the "EMO" label if I was being blunt.

I'veNot heard any rock music so immediately consistently catchy, yet edgy in a long, long time. Did i mention how catchy this album is? Not a sentiment you'd usually associate with a concept album about death.

It's Queen at the most extravegently brilliant. It's AC/DC at the most rocking. It's Greenday at the top of their game ala American idiot. There's even an accoustic breakdown chucked in that reminds me of XTC.

Brace yourself - this lot are going global. I'll gar-un-dog-garn-tee it! I've heard the saying "stadium rock" chucked about many a time before and have never been at all partial to using it. But i'd use it as a compliment for this lot.

Try to forget the fact they're pretty boys with sylists and a big F/O record contract with a huge rumbling A&R juggernaught behind them. I can assure there's alot more to them than that.

If you don't agree, that's fine by me, but as I've tried to put across in this post - don't refuse to give the album a listen becuase of of who the band are.
Leowatkins wrote:

I don't like ANY punk rock or emo or metal, and yet i have to concede that this is a good album
richey_b wrote:

I'm not a My Chemical Romance fan.
In fact I've always found the whole emo-eye-liner-my-life's-shiter-than-your-life-shite a little annoying.
But that doesn't stop this being the most thrilling, powerful and tear-jerking album I've heard all year. In fact - possibly - since the turn of the century.
I'm still not sure why either.
Gerard Way's voice gets on my nerves and there a moments when the album is so self-righteously overblown that I wish they really had all been devoured by a phalanx of vampires.
However, that ignores the fact that the rest of it is possessed of an emotional depth that is beyond most mortals.
I didn't love you yesterday, but I certainly do know.
indie legend wrote:

never before have i heard such a superficial album begging for the attention of the emo lackies. I personally would have called this album 'welcome to the slack siarade'
x__sarah x wrote:

The Black parade dosnt show the best of My Chemical Romance. They have lost there flare and each song sounds similar to the last. They used to be an individual band with their own sound but now they just blend in with other bands. They have changed their look and their sound and arnt even the same band anymore.

The album is good with some amazing songs but it dosnt compare to their last album. They should have stayed the way they were!
oddpinkpunk wrote:

This is truly a magnificent album. I've been a fan of My Chemical Romance since the start, and I've seen how they've progressed. And, quite frankly, it's startling. The people who don't like it because it's not the same as "Three Cheers..." can get lost. They've moved forward so much, I don't find it surprising that they're going to be the biggest band in the world. Planet Earth is soon going to be My Chem's bitch, and the haters will have to live with that. Don't like it? Move to mars, or go deaf. Whatever, I couldn't care less.

And "indie legend", that was a very naive thing to say "I've recently turned emo and I don't like it" what? You don't have to be emo to like my chemical romance.

EMO is a shit trend you're right. But My Chemical Romance aren't EMO. So naahhhh.

FTW
x x x
Jeunai wrote:

OMG I totally agree. MCR's new album rocks !!! Just because they dnt decide to sugar coat everything to protect your feelings does not make it depressing, People who dont realise that are missing the point and if u cant appreciate this album for what its worth then there is really no point you listening to it.
scarymcmary wrote:

This is not MCR this is The Black Parade. The band are totally different and may I say amazing, although the album is simply American Idiot with a few minor tweaks , not all to original but still fantastic. And also indie ledgend the emo lol you can't just turn emo but you can turn WEMO Wannabe emo.

grand album gonna be amazing live
rl_117 wrote:

I was never a big My Chemical Romance fan. I just liked a few odd songs off there album.
When I watched them at Reading, they were shocking, the 'fans' didnt help to that. Because of this I narrow mindedly decided not to listen to 'Welcome to the black parade'. It was a stand, i decided to boycott it, until i heard it and left it on.....the song was amazing, and i was kind of stunned. Then i listened to the album on NME, and it is one of the best albums i have heard of late. I can not pick out a song that i dislike on that album, and it is full of quality songs. MCR should and will do well!

indiemodism wrote:

So well said, Alyssa123, why can't everyone just forget these subcultures when listening to great music. Yes i must admit subculture does make teenage life rather...interesting. Yet, you shouldn't let your subculture make you judge music, especially great music.
fmehness wrote:



I liked My Chemical Romances first 2 albums but when I turned this on and was shocked with the sheer pop rubbish of the whole thing. This album is genuine RUBBISH and has nothing good going for it.
Reflects their (Awful) live act, doesnt it?


k9boomer wrote:

Now I have to say I've been a big My Chemical Romance fan since the release of 'Three Cheers' and have been eagerly waiting for this album. When 'Welcome to the Black Parade' was released it only heightened my anticipation as it seemed the new direction was right down my alley.

I'm 24 and I'll tell you this. All you EMO kids will not like it, and I'll guess most of the reviews above are done by kids or by people who just don't get it. This album is one of the most beautiful rock opera albums since the great 'A Night at the Opera' by the legendary Queen. It combines a number of different styles and it pulls it off so well nearly all the way through.

From the opening track 'The End', which melts so smoothly into 'Dead!' it starts as it means to go on, with the essence of the old MCR there, but with a new style which is so much more grown up and I'd have to say going for world domination, rather than please a few nutty kids who like to go mad at gigs. It's the middle of the album where the new sound is so evident though. 'Welcome to the Black Parade' has been played to death everywhere but it still sounds new and fresh, after that 'I Don't Love You' is about as close to a melodic ballad as you'll get from MCR and it sounds great from the piano intro to the build up and release of some fantastic melodies. The slight studio effect on Gerard's voice though in this track can be unoticable, but it may affect them doing it live. Onto 'Mama' and it's a single waiting to explode, 'IF' they take a chance. A really upbeat sound, with downbeat lyrics make it an anthem, and so much different to the usual EMO rubbish we see from most bands these days. 'Cancer' is a song you'll love, or hate. I'm not sure, it's lyrics are fantastic, and it's a great song that will touch home with many people, however the afore mentioned lyrics can get a little cheesy at times, I mean 'Soggy from the chemo' just doesn't do it for me. None the less a great addition to the album, just not a true great as the band and many fans so far have made out. The last song I'll mention on it's own is 'Teenagers' which you have to listen to the words to. It's so upbeat and catchy, yet has a deep, underlying meaning that can be missed.

Overall I don't think I've bought a better 'new' album since I've been on this planet. Some of the old rock opera stuff from Queen, and dare I say Meat Loaf does blow it out of the water at times, but no one in modern times can compare to this. It's a more grown up sound and even if you don't like it, this album could conquer new ground for MCR and will bring in a whole new bunch of fans. I've already seen a lot of older people take note of them, and this is what MCR need to get where they belong. On top of the world!
x-stieg wrote:

I absolutely love this album.
From the first time I heard it to the millionth. I don’t think ill ever get bored of it.
I’ve followed my chemical romance from their very first album and I think they’re gonna get better and better but I think this is their chance for world domination.
Surprisingly enough I’m not emo and I don’t think the little emo kids will like it, maybe its not depressing enough.

ParanoidAndroid97 wrote:

pitful crap that, as indie legend correctly said, sounds like a queen tribute band. I have had the extreme unpleasantness of listening to this album almost everyday, as my irritating emo sister owns it, and i can rightfully say that they have not moved on from emo at all, Gerard Way has simply bleached his hair and asked his band to throw on couple of halloween costumes that cost about three quid.
A laughable excuse for an album, that is somehow worst than than their last.
kiroquai wrote:

*shrugs*

This isn't really the kind of thing I'd usually pick up, but the single was - I thought - pretty catchy. The album really surprised me - it's an enjoyable pop record in the mould of A Night At The Opera. Kind of like Queen walking into bits of Muse and Greenday.

So the carefully-crafted indie kids will hate it without probably even listening to it. Who cares? Leave 'em to spend their time worrying about whatever polution threat Thom Yorke decides to babble on about next, or discuss the meaning of the next Mars Volta album in depth (oh, for those who care, I own and enjoy both The Eraser and Amputechture) and just listen to whatever the heck you want without worrying what the kid with the retro military jacket and Libertines badges will think. Some will love it, some will hate it. At the end of the day, the only opinion worth caring about is your own.
mcr-lover wrote:

love it its a whole new sound for mcr i thibk it rocks and i love gerard with blonde hair
overall i have never bort a better album totally worth buying
lc2005 wrote:

I love this album.When i heard Black Parade i loved it so much that i went and bought 'Three Cheers..' because i just couldnt wait for the new album. I cant believe i didnt take notice of them before because 'Three Cheers..' is one of the best album i have ever heard. Welcome to the Black Parade is a totally different sound but still my fav album of the year. Dead, Mama and teenagers are the songs i like the most but thier is not a dull song on their. Well Done MCR!
bryaneh wrote:

I just hope this Emo crap blows over quicker than that Nu-Metal crap did 5 yrs ago.
bryaneh wrote:

Emo crap hope it all implodes 2 yrs from now
George aka Paddy wrote:

Really really good album, its bold, brash, loud, harsh, unrelenting, and an absoloutley brilliant listen. I would totatlly recommend trying it out because i, not a big mcr fan, tried it out and i am completely suprised how good iv found it.
mcr4jade wrote:

A fantastic follow up to 3 cheers! The best album ive heard for a while! hope it goes to number 1. gosh knows it deserves to! Long live the Black Parade!
Grenade666 wrote:

OH MAN WAT CAN I SAY!!!
im so happy for MCR! They have changed, they sound better, this is the best, they are so UNIQUE!
And well, I love my Green Day and im not going to be that mad for trying to sound like them because its all good.
What is all this crap that: they sound different, they sound the same... WAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT THEN???
I just started to like rock music, and i listen to watever sounds right. Alyssa 123, girl you wrote alot but you said what was true and let all MCR fans speak out for their ROCKIN BAND. I love MCR's new look, new vocals, new instruments, new rythm. and wat is wrong with EMO? I dont know wat it is, like i said im a new rock music fan, and its alright to express the dark side feelings, come on, music is art. Duh. And I read someone type that MCR is as low as Fall Out Boy..????????????????????????????????????????? wow that makes me laugh so hard.
coolest album this year
Leopard101 wrote:

The main reviewer's right, miserable times are often ridiculous too - and that's why I've liked MCR since hearing their first album (despite the looks of pity when I tell people). That cheery "I think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling" to a jaunty beat always makes me laugh. Real life is about misery and joy and reconciling the two and this is an album in that spirit, a kind of "OH WHAT THE F**CK ELSE CAN GO WRONG??" with the sound of laughter and clinking glasses mixing with gunfire and weeping. It's like a much lighter version of The Holy Bible - less concentration camps and anorexia, but still powerfully nihilistic and brave at the same time. Sure, it's rock opera, but that doesn't make it disposible - not in a world where Razorlight gets to number one and where Kasabian are listened to at all. I dislike the emo term and all that goes with it, but newspapers do like a genre - ignore what you think you're meant to like and give it a try.
Puangiangi wrote:

What can I say? This album is unbelievable! It's like "Queen" meets "Trivium" on a few tracks like House of Wolves and This Is How I Dissapear, then James Morrison-esque styles jump in on Cancer.

Just buy it to say you bought it because if you don't like it you can always say in 20 years "I have the album that defined 2006 and a lot more years to come"!
happy_juice wrote:

i've loved MCR since "three cheers..." and this album is so unbelievably brilliant!
there are so many different songs on the one album. no two songs sound very similar. they manage to take something, morbid and sad and make it. happy, uplifting and tear-jerking all at once.
i loved the single from the beginning but when i first heard the album it didn't do anything. now i love it
vampk1ss wrote:

i think that this is a turning point for mcr. theyve grown alot and their trying new things. i personally love the new cd. its got a calm goth/theatre feeling to it. that makes u just stop what your doing and listen. i love the story and vibe it gives off too. much love to my boys. gerard, mikey, frank, ray + bob. keep up the great work. i'll support you always.
xo
K
Roxor_industrys wrote:

more mainstream then their previous tuff but better for it
Jimbo1960s wrote:

Didn't pink floyd do all this in the wall?? Has everyone forgotten?? Songs about mothers, war, the band playing as actors?? Listen to the wall, watch the movie, it's all there..

- to be fair though, The guy has got good hair!!

_Ap3X_ wrote:

Yes, Pink Floyd sang about mothers, war etc. As have 1000s of other bands. Does that need to detract from MCR? The Black Parade is a fantastic album. It may not be 100% original but what is? Surely the fact that you're comparing it to a classic like The Wall speaks volumes. And it's head-and-shoulders above a lot of the other dross in the music world in general and rock world in particular.

And, craigfoley, firstly I agree that MCR can't really be categorised as emo anymore - I think TBP has changed that. But more importantly, no - emo isn't an excuse for closet gay guys to wear make-up and act like women. It's a form of expression that appeals to a particular audience - much like any other genre. And to suggest that being gay (closeted or otherwise) means wanting to wear make-up and behave like a woman is grossly narrow minded and, frankly, fucking infantile.
Frantic Amanda wrote:

Brilliant! End of!
BernaSousa wrote:

God,this album is SO bad that I don't know how to even start. I think you just need to hear it to realize it. Emo is a band of guys that are at the same level of others punkish bands like blink182 or good charlotte. I don't know why NME support this guys, it's suppose to be an indie magazine. It saddens me to see that NME gives 9/10 to albums like this and also to Silent Alarm, Bloc Party, that is a really great album. Well, I hope it's just a trend.
BernaSousa wrote:

God,this album is SO bad that I don't know how to even start. I think you just need to hear it to realize it. Emo is a band of guys that are at the same level of others punkish bands like blink182 or good charlotte. I don't know why NME support this guys, it's suppose to be an indie magazine. It saddens me to see that NME gives 9/10 to albums like this and also to Silent Alarm, Bloc Party, that is a really great album. Well, I hope it's just a trend.
dave_m8 wrote:

I cant understand why people can actually rate this album 1, 2...even 6 or 7!! its a fantststic album!! i also can;t understand why people who liked 'three cheers...' and 'i brought you my bullets..' dont like this record. i see it as a massive leap forward in their devlopment as a band. the songs sound very different from their previous material...yet still keep that certain edge to them that always made MCR such an intreguing band in my eyes. Im glad to see NME covering and supporting MCR in the way that they are and i feel the review is totally justified, regardless of how big they have got or where ther from, if you dont like it dont listen 2 it! bloody hell i would've sworn they passed a freedom bill a few decades back, its not like your being forced to buy it!
Subsonic7 wrote:

For just a second can we stop banging on about emo and any other 'trend' or label that fashion victims chose to put on themselves and others. Instead lets judge the album as a body of work in its own right. Pretend you've never seen what the band look like or seen any of the hype.
I personally was overall quite unimpressed by the previous album and had the opinion that MCR were very over-rated...All style and no content. I really wasn't expecting to like this album at all, in fact i only listened to it out of boredom....but i'm so glad that i did.
The extent to which the band have grown as musicians and artists in general since the last album is incredible. The guitars just sound perfect on this album, raw and yet nicely produced without over-doing it. There's just a real maturity and swagger about the approach to their song writing now. Yes fine, its all a bit camp and as the review points out, it would be quite at home on a west end stage but in a way that's the beauty of it. I found everything about this album a refreshing change to the endless mod/indie bands about at the minute. I mean come on..... you were never meant to take this album seriously, liza minelli makes a guest appearance for god sake. MCR had their tongues firmly in their cheeks when they wrote this album. Its sarcastic, humourous, dark and everything in between.
It does have very obvious rip-offs from bohemian rhapsody etc and for that it drops a couple of points but they definitely pull it off. Its all very commercial sounding but if this is a sign of things to come then MCR will dominate this genre for years to come.
The Killers 'Sams Town' massively disappointed me but i expected nothing from this album and it blew me away. Rock album of the year so far by quite a distance.
Quasimoto wrote:

The MCR album, shows them as a proper band to be taken seriously. They are no longer miserable buggers with guitars. Their miserable buggers to be taken seriously!
the first five tracks pass you by until track6 where it picks up and some of the best rock i'v heard since nirvana comes out!
The drumming and the guitar playing drives the album, gerard kinda passes ya by. and lyrics are shoddy but the sound is amazing.
too many people will reject this because of their past beliefs on mcr, but if you listen to it and forget them its like listening to something completly different.
A triumph of an album, just drop the emo crap and enjoy rock
ellizz90 wrote:

I love it! LOVE IT! This album makes me wanna cry, laygh and scream all at once! Of joy! It's real earcandy, and I like the change they've made. Don't get me wrong, I've loved them all along, but I think it's realy cool that they're experimenting (I spelled that wrong, I know..) with old school Queen, and Green Day punk, and psychedelia Muse. Love the album! They're my boys!<3
lanesra68 wrote:

I don't understand some of these reviews...... Do you guys actually listen to the albums when you give them 1/10 and slag them off? Or is it just a bit of fun for you? Fair enough if you have some constructive criticism then say it and then give it a proper rating that will help other music buyers decide whether they want to buy it. There is virtually no album on earth that is worth only 1/10. If this is not your sort of music then don't review it.

The album has a good range of styles and borrows from lots of other artists but then today, what album doesn't? Some of the lyrics are amazing and heartbreaking and the pace of the album is perfect. Overall very good effort and shows good development from the band from their previous work.
Rock_Lover wrote:

I have only heard "Welcome To The Black Parade", and it totally blew me away. If the rest of the album is like that, I would willingly pay thousands of pounds for it. It converted me to an MCR fan, and if death is really like that, i can't wait to die.
EJOlson9973 wrote:

The album is great. They borrow all sorts of styles with some twists of opera and classic rock but still portray an overall great rock/punk sound. And although other people who have reviewed earlier say this has been done before, when in the last 20 years has anything like this been done. Buy the album, it's worth it.

And, I just want to say to all you haters, GET OVER IT!!!!! Why, when someone is proclaimed to be in a genre, do they have to strictly adhere to it? This album is great. And to all the people who shut their ears because they are ignorant, arrogant and hate anything new, you are missing out on great music. But good for you!! You can stay inside you small little whiny box you call the EMO scene.

elspud wrote:

I used to like that guys big ginger afro but now hes lost it i dunno.......
darkkitty13 wrote:

I love the album, and I love the band! They're awsome!!!! They are the best band ever, I've never heard anything like them!
<obsessed> wrote:

i like this album because its differant ! and because ther is so much meaning to it i get this album, and yes its very differant to revenge but its good to see sum decent music, and a decent band singin bout stuff that really matterz!
Alex Vocat wrote:

I haven't really given this one much of a chance. I love emo and 'Three Cheers' kicked fucking arse but this? I'm not against his 'Queen' attitude though it doesn't really work with this modern stuff. Some of the songs start great and then the riffs and guitars are shit. I can't even tell when there's a chorus or not. Though in 'Three Cheers' I liked the unpredictablility of it. I don't think that this is going to be much of a hit for me though and nor to the original hardcore My Chemical Romance fans who stuck by them with emo only to be ditched. P.S. Don't bother buying it anyway. You can listen to the whole thing on [link] They have no idea how to sell an album!
Alex Vocat wrote:

And another thing. I liked there previous album so much that there live act wouldn't screw it up for me but after listening to 'The Black Parade', I feel like i've been ditched. STAY WITH EMO AND MAKE SOME GOOD SHIT.
XxRandomWelshRockerxX wrote:

they are awsome they are the best band on the planet.omg gerard way nd co they are all hot. they are awsome musisions.keep on rockin mcr!!!!!!u rock my stripey socks!!!
Neil86 wrote:

One of the worst Albums ive heard is years!!!
Whiney, samey, boring, cheep tacky and verging on sounding over produced and clean cut pop pish on a parallel with Busted......this Album has no soul!!!
vroganstar wrote:

I'm a massive Muse fan, and I truly belived that no-one would be able to top them. Well, guess what... these boys came damn close. I liked this so much I went out and bought Three Cheers... as well! Yes, they're very different albums, but the hardcore fans should accept that as a band evolves their sound IS going to change.
Anyway, this is a stunning album with so many highlights it would take a page to write about them all.

But my freind's face when she heard track 14......... priceless!
rockemz wrote:

Reading through these reviews, all of them must have the word EMO scrawled somewhere, but My Chemical Romance has appeared to change. The listeners are not just the expected "Emo's". The new album has something for everyone. Never before have I seen a chav on a bus with My Chemical Romance on their phone. But after the much awaited release of "Welcome to the Black Parade", I was shocked to see in fact a chav, on a bus singing along to this amazing song on their phones. So My Chemical Romance, not only have you attracted your loyal fans, but looks like you have made some new ones!

Personally I love the new song and album, it has a whole new look to it on the surface, but still has that rock/punk sound we all love! The operatic and more classic sounds remind me of Queen, an amazing twist to an amaing band. Keep it up
missinconspicuous wrote:

So I've never been the biggest fan of MCR. Actually, if I'm perfectly honest, the only songs of theirs I liked were Helena and (sometimes) I'm Not Okay. But I loved Welcome To The Black Parade, and decided, after NME's review, to listen to The Black Parade on the NME media player.

I am so glad I did. It's such a great album. I'm really glad they've moved away from their old stuff, because now I've got another amazing album I can listen to day in, day out. Teenagers especially is such a stand out.

Emo is a trend, but if they keep transforming themselves this way, MCR will be around for a while yet.
mingthemercyless wrote:

Until I bought this album I had never heard a single note from MCR. Simce buying this album I haven't listened to anything else!

On first play it sounded like a cheesy rock album, but by the second play I knew there was more to it. Many plays later I am convinced this will be the finest album released this year. I canot find even a minor fault with a single track and having played it extensively over the last three weeks I have been given the opportunity to dissect each track in detail.

I couldn't care less if they are EMO or not. If a lazy music journalist's label stops your bigoted self from discovering a fantastic landmark album then it's your funeral and not "the patient's".
music_nutter wrote:

i don't give a f**k about emo wars or any of that nonsense.

i care about music and how it makes me feel

this album makes me feel goood. I love it, I am obsessed with it.

Best thing I've heard in ages, keep it coming Gez
pikaciups wrote:

Never liked anything from them before. But this is just great. (And now i'm even starting to discover that some of their previous things were great too). Nothing new, nothing artistically challenging but really very very emotional. I cant' stop listening to it.......
b3ast1e wrote:

I'm getting old, each day there's more hair on my pillow and as I approach the end of my 30s, I'm getting pretty comfortable in my skin. Impending middle age has left me in no doubt that I'm losing my edge - the evidence is all around me. But every 5 years or so, my life is punctuated by a startling musical landmark, a saving grace that reminds me that I'm alive and all is well. The Black Parade is one of them - fuck hyperbole, I'm immune these days. Every track is the provebial breath of fresh air. Nevermind stuffy preconceptions, genre boxes, fads, I've lived through them all in any number of guises. This is good music, it's life affirming, it excites, it renews faith. If ever there was evidence that truly great music transcends and gains a life of it's own beyond normal confines, then this is it. I fucking love it!
maverick1989 wrote:

im not 'EMO' in the slightest, in fact im a regular 17 year old dude who like arctic monkeys, oasis, blur and the rest
but when i heard welcome to the black parade on the radio i decided to give MCR a listen and found one of the greatest albums ive ever heard on that brill little disk. The music is so great ive became a huge MCR fan and now have all 3 albums, seriously i listen to this album nearly everyday on my ipod
all those emo haterz out there aint got a clue, this is not emo, its pure fantastic rock at its very best

love, Kristen wrote:

I love this CD.If you dont like it or the band, why are you wasting your time putting them down? If you dont like em fine find someone you do like and write about them
KelsiFace wrote:

I love the album
and Gerards new hair and their uniforms
I think his vocals on the album are amazing
better then the last 2
the only thing i am disapointed about is the fact that they basically named their album after one of their songs.
and that i think this album is a little less origional
and its not very My Chemical Romancy-[ey]
but i still absolutly love it. they lyrics are so amazing.
one of the reasons this album is different is becaise they grew up and got ever the fact of revenge and all that other shit
get over it.
and they are still my favorite band.
faye-ber wrote:

mcr rule and yes i am your average 14 year old indy-punk rocking-mosher and this emo stuff or whatever it is is well good so maybe im an indy-punk rocking-mosher-emo!! anyhow i love it and anyone what sez its poop is a poop themself. i going to see them in march at manchester arena. its gonna be ace!! lobe anyone what lobes mcr!! lool anyhow, they is great! xx
WilfulSunbeam wrote:

I hate 'My Chemical Romance'. I despised their first two albums, and quite frankly the lead singer just irritates me. Their new album is the best album of 2006, and will take some beating.

Anyone who refuses to listen because of the genre, the band, the singer, the drummer, whatever, you are missing an absolute work of art.
Roxor_industrys wrote:

i dunno why everyone is so upset happy about mcr changin from emo, cos to be honest the albuma mix of songs. Fammous last words is preety emo, wot with the mascara and the whiny lines, altho i still thin kits a gr8 song, andwelcome to the black parade is basically a pop song but i liked that aswell. mcr have just appateded to the mainstream, bt ther is still enuf in here thats similar to 3 cheers so...

famouslastwords666 wrote:

As you can tell by my user name, i am in love with the song famous last words. alot of the songs on 'the black parade' are very touching, but my faves are famous last words, cancer and disenchanted. infact i love them all!
my chemical romance have grown as a band and every song they write just gets better and better. i have loved them from the start, and will never stop loving them. they saved my life and that is a fact.
yes, before the black parade, mcr may have fallen into the emo category, but now they have broken out and shown their real self, their true personality. i cannot fault this band. they are my heros! anyone who says that they dont like mcr because they are emo, but they havent even given the black parade a listen, should listen to it. then they will realise that mcr are not a regular band. i will except it if people actually listened to mcr before they assumed that they are crap. but the people who dont even give them a chance, who just follow the crowd, should grow some balls and do something for yourself for once.
of course mcr will get a rate of 10 from me, because i love them, their music, and the people.
the black parade is quite possibly their best and should not be shoved to the bottom of the pile
this is rock at its very best, give it some credit.
Rock_Lover wrote:

Since my post somewhere up there ^^^^ I have bought their other two albums, obsessed over them shamelessly, listened to the entire Black Parade (besides 'Blood', track 14) and started to convert one of my friends to MCR and another friend (who is/was a girly-girl stereotype) to Panic! At The Disco. Iknow can compare this to their other stuff and I have to say, this is an amazing new album from an amazing band. I can find simmilarites in the songs, which may be the most vague things ever, but I think they're there. For example, 'Headfirst For Halos' is a lot like 'Dead!' from the new album. I could be imagining this though. Ihave to say, due to it being overplayed and me hearing MCR's other stuff, I am now incabable of listening to 'Welcome To The Black Parade', I think it has been worked into my brain far too often and the begining is too errr....flimsy. It lacks edge and it sounds like Gerard Way's voice has gone slightly like a cross between Micheal Jackson and Justin Timberlake in the old days of 'Cry Me A River'!! Once I have got past that begining, into the 'screamo' bit I'm fine, and it is a great song, but that begining really annoys me. Altogether an amazing concept album/rock opera. Keep up the good work!
glasshanded wrote:

As is evident from the reviews above, this is definately a "love it or hate it" album, there's not much in between. You will either loathe this album and every note on it, or you'll love it with every fiber of your being.

Personally, I think it's one of the best albums that's been released in a while. It's always nice to come across an album that you aren't skipping through and just abusing one or two songs until you're sick of it a week later. Every track is strong in it's own unique way, but it still works well as a package, which is part of what makes it so great. Gerard's vocals are as effective and interesting as ever, and the musicianship throughout the entire album simply blew me away.

Excellent album, I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't have a copy.
jackson_4051 wrote:

i think this album is a typical monotone album froom a band desperate to try and look a tiny bit different from the other crap imitations of punk music (emo doesnt exist in my eyes out there but end up looking like a poor copy of green day, and i think theyre terrible aswell. sid vicious would be sick
SceneRock wrote:

I think 'The Black Parade' is a rather good album. It may not have a similar style to the previous albums, but this one has bought many people around and interested in the new and improved. Various other artists sound very alike, but artists such as 'Good Charlotte', 'Within Temptation' and many more including 'My Chemical Romance' have their own way of expressing their music and i think this album shows it.
jeifei wrote:

This album is one of the best I have ever heard! I don't know what all the fuss is with it being 'their worst album' or whatever (I mean if you don't like them, why would you waste time expressing it) but I think it's bloomin' awesome! I didn't even like them before Black Parade came out, and ever since I first heard the chorus to Welcome to the Black Parade, I must admit I was converted! Ever since then, after listening to a lot of their other songs, especially the favourite Famous Last Words, I can say I'm truly a fan!

MCR truly rock!
rg464 wrote:

The Black Parade is simply a masterpiece. Thank God for My Chemical Romance who have saved us all from boring pop tunes and crap R&B blah blah blahing about ex-girlfriends and the like. This album has worked its way into my heart, I love it so much. The Black Parade with its poignant and heart wrenching concept about death and regret is truly amazing. I Don't Love You is a song that touches your soul and makes you feel something, which is what music is all about. In fact every single track is emotionally charged and undoubtedly it has blown many of their critics away with its ambitious premise and brilliant execution. Gerard is indeed the saviour of the broken. I was a fan of theirs from the moment I heard the soaring chorus of Helena and now the band is staring down unbelieveable mainstream success, which they bloody deserve. The record of the year, not since The Killers' Hot Fuss have I been playing an entire album repeatedly and enjoying it more and more with each hearing.
infinityonhigh wrote:

Well worth the two years wait, let me grab my eyeliner cause i'm joining the black parade!
Staci90 wrote:

I enjoyed all the songs on this album except one.
Blood.
The song is 2 minutes but doesn't even start until 1 min 30 into the song so that is weird.
But overall I thought this was a great album.
screwtheworld wrote:

this albums is so fucking awesome!!! I love Dead!, Welcome to the Black Parade, House of Wolves, Mama, Teenagers, Famous Last Words and Blood. Blood shoud have been longer, but it is a nice surprise at the end of the album. And even if I feel down, that track just makes me laugh! It was so worth the two year wait and I'm loving Gerard's new hair! Even if I am on my own, that is what I'm sticking by! Can't wait for the next album, if it's as good as this, I might ut 2 copies!!!

Long Live The Black Parade!
xXhazeleyesXx412 wrote:

The Black Parade is an AWESOME album. All the songs on it are absolutely amazing!
chinadoll91 wrote:

i hate my chemical romance they r so superficial its unbelievable. its all about the hair and not about the music with them! and the lead singer looks like a lightbulb.
mrsmychem wrote:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE The Black Parade. I love every single song on it. It was totally worth the wait!
CoughittyCough wrote:

I love this album!
it shows into the inner-workings of a twisted little world,
it continues on with the sotry that "I Brougth You Bullets You Brought Me Your Love"
punkmetal666 wrote:

For me its a love hate thing. I love it just thinking about mcr but when i listen to loads of different kinds of music then come back to the black parade you realise its kind of strange. Its ok
MMMCCCRRR wrote:

I'd never really heard of MCR before this album, but since that has came out I have bought all there previous albums and DVD. I think this record is truly amazing. For all those idiots who said "Oh there costumes only cost £3" You don't know how much work they have put into this. They are all really down to earth guys. They are not even emo, as they have said in many inerviews before If you have taken that much interest in them. Each song is excellent in its own way and the music is brilliant. How the FUCK are they superficial? The vocalist Gerard Way dyed his hair to fit in with the concept of the album, not just for the hell of it. This is far from cheap and tacky. If you took the time to really listen to the lyrics maybe you would actually understand the meaning of what there saying instead of looking at them and automatically thinking they are "emo crap". I think the videos are really good too. Thanks for reading.
bloodbloodgallonsofthestuff wrote:

honestly.......................its one of the best albums i've ever heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love mcr! some ppl think that oh i hate the songs, and i hate the way they look now, but what you dont get is the concept of the album. videos for the songs aer awesome too (IF YOU UNDERSTAND THEM)
Gera5rd Lovr96 wrote:

You are so cool I love you Gerad Way! You are so hot and so cute. I love youR hit album, The Black Parade. fANGIRL SQUEAL HOTTIE i HOPE YOU READ.
Korbin wrote:

I think this is the best CD i have heard in the last 2 years, maybe ever. I never head them before this CD, but I think its funny most of the people who are rating this CD low are going off of what the band members look like, not how they sound. If you dont give it a chance, how can you really know? Since when did music have anything to do with looks? To say it sounds polished, and too imply that is a bad thing? I guess I like music that is not just "thrown" together. You can see this CD has a lot of thought put into it, and the work has paid off. If you havent heard this CD, please do yourself the biggest favor you can.. give it a listen, with an open mind. A pure enjoyable experiance!
mcr-propergood wrote:

the most fantastic album...ever. if you think this is senseless crap, then i'm sorry, but you are just shallow. Not only does this band have amazing songs, a heapful of passion and talent, and a load of great songs, but they also happened to have an incredibly hot lead singer. what more could you ask for?if there was an 11 i'd give that to them, but it only goes up to ten, so...
vanquishthestalker wrote:

BEST BAND IN THE FUCKING WORLD!!
i can't go one day without listening to them!!
at least 3 times a day! all the albums once a day!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
*much loves*
hana
Take_My_Fuckn_Hand wrote:

Whoever said that this album lacks soul obviously didn't listen to it.
Not properly anyway.
It's fine for you to dislike it, I dislike rap/hip-hop/and RnB, and you don't have to love it, but I do.
I love this band, they have a lot to say and they say it well.

10 out of 10!
relish wrote:

turned emo? Probably the most ridiculous phrase i've heard all week. Music should not be about what 'scene' your in and should not be determined by what clothes you wear. Fuck any unintelligent, imature idiots who believe it so. Everyone can be fuckin emotional, whether you wear reebok classics, converse, criminal belts or green leggings! This album truely rocks and the band kick ass live last week! I love the story and 'cancer' truely touched me when my friend died recently. 'Disenchanted' shared feelings i had felt in the summer and the rest of the album just makes me want to jump up and fucking down every time it comes on when im out. Even my best friend, who in the eyes of u labelers would call her a chav, loves them. This album has something for everyone! Anyone who thinks differently needs a kick in the head! haha

Truely the best album of theirs so far, although im sure we have loads more fantastic tunes to come!


mcr4life wrote:

their new album is fucking awesome and if anyone takes the piss out of em, they are freaks. gerard way is awesome and people say that he cant sing live, but thats aload of bull, he can. i aint an emo but am really into mcr me bes m8 went to see them on the 26th of march the biatch.

so for all those people that think mcr rock are legends and those that they they are shit need to get their fucking heads kicked in but then again its each to their own.
emo tashio wrote:

i absolutley love mcr and their new album they are wot turned me emo and im lovin ever second of it saw them at the brighton center fuckin amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! : P
Halos wrote:

I love The Black Parade. THE BLACK PARADE KICKS ASS!!! For me it's already in my list of all time favorite records, right up there with Insomniac, Ten, American Idiot and Nevermind, eventhough each band is completely different. If you don't know which bands made those records then you should do some googling and listening before you talk about music again.

And only people who don't know what punk is would call MCR punk!!!! Punk is my favorite genre, but I LOVE MCR TOO!!!!!

F*** emo. WTF is emo anyway. I'm 34 so I guess I would not know but if you are talking about depressed people let me remind you that Ozzy was depressed and so was Alice Cooper. They were ferociously hated by ALOT of people once upon a time. I could name more but I would be gettng off the subject.

People with mediocre taste never like anything that is new and different. Also, MCR is making some people uncomfortable because they have something REAL to say!! That is a very good thing!!!!! That is why they caught my attention in the first place. What do you think punk did in the begining? And Hip hop? The way people react to them proves that the are significant and vital. If they did not shake people up then the people who do not like MCR would not hate them so strongly, they would just ignore MCR. You know like how every one does with Hinder and Lindsay Lohan.

The fact that MCR has such a huge and devoted following and also a group of people who truly hate them means that MCR is doing something right. If MCR made EVERYBODY happy then they would be indistinguishable and meaningless just like everyone else.
PlinyAssassin wrote:

This album rocks!
The band are inspirational, there is no other band like MCR so that is why I think it is disappointing and ignorant to label them "emo" as they are simply not. I would label them alternative as they are different from any other band.

I love all three MCR albums as they are all so different, the lyrics are so meaningful and carry a message to me and many others (the hugely devoted fanbase demonstrates this) - the music is simply AMAZING.

Not only do the band create great music on CD; I watched them live last week at Wembley arena on the 29th and words cannot describe how fantastic it was. It was the first time I had watched them live and I went mental, and the whole atmosphere was immense! The performence was perfection and sensational.

Keep going guys! MCR FOR LIFE.




xx_SadSongWithNothing2Say_xx wrote:

Alright, firstly i would like to offer my congratulations on a very well written review- the opener scared the living shit out of me. next i want to express concern for the obviously MENTALLY DISABLED people who have commented at some points above saying the album was crap. WAKE UP! You need help if u dont at least see that MCR's latest offer has made them shoe-ins for the title of LEGENDARY. This album's amazing range, versatility and creativity cements them a place next to the likes of Queen.
Gerard's lyrics and vocals bring so much to the album which already has a lot to offer. Even without words, the songs have the ability to speak to people. The guitarists get better every time an album comes out (especially frank who is far from the 5 chord wonder punk he once was- our little baby's playing solos now!!!) and the imagery and artistic involvement of the band in all aspects of their music just takes MCR to a whole new level.
It is true in a way that MCR have died, but only to rise as a better band. In conclusion i would like to quote this eerie premonition of Gerard himself from an interview whilst touring with "3 cheers..." (their second album):
"Sometimes you gotta die on the inside to rise from your own ashes and become a better person..."
spooky but true...
beth1 wrote:

Brilliant album. Best album of 2006 by far. 10/10
rocker_review_ wrote:

I used to hate MCR until I heard this album. This album is genius. Just because the lyrics do not sugarcoat the idea of death, it does not mean it's depressing. At points, 'the patient' seems quite optimistic about death, at the same time as regretful. And if it is depressing, so what? People don't necessarily listen to music to feel good, they listen to music to feel. If you listen to sad music you're supposed to feel sad, and if you do, they're successful. Before, in MCR, what was missing was, first of all, a clear tone where you can distinguish instruments from each other, which they have on this album. Second, perfect levels where you can hear the leading instrument well. Third, the band was not only emo, but they were trying so hard to be emo, the songs were not EMOTIONAL, they were WHINY, and made me feel nothing. Now, Gerrard's voice is full of intense feelings that really reflect the lyrics and it's so passionate it makes my head spin I could listen to this over and over again and not get sick of it. Fourth, the old drummer SUCKED. My god, they've finally kicked him out and got a jazz trained drummer who is much above average. For a mainstream drummer, he is amazing. And lastly, they have always had an AMAZING lead guitarist, and I've never understood why he didn't get solos. He finally gets what seems like more creative freedom, or it's just the band finally embracing his talent, he gets more solos and it's amazing. This is an incredible album and I hope the next one is just as awesome.
rocker_review_ wrote:

ANYONE WHO THINKS THIS IS EMO IS STUPID. Number one, the name of the band is the only emo thing about them and apparently they want to be called the Black Parade now. I fucking HATE that everything dark or morbid in any way whether positive or neggative is classified as emo. And I hate that just because of their first couple of albums, people call them emo. You know what? I hate their first couple of albums. Musically unprofficient, lazy crap. But, this, is genius work. It's brilliant, honest, beautiful, heartbreaking, amazing, incredible, and this is coming from the guy who was cursing their name and yelling at their fans the last time they were in his city. You don't know how wrong I feel I am for that because I had no idea they had become this amazing. They are an incredible band, and just because Gerrard doesn't yell the words it doesn't mean he lack charisma. It means he's learned to sing.
Muse26 wrote:

Really really good album. This is sending My Chemical Romance into a HUGE band and rightly so because this an excellent album. There are some bands that I believe will never be touched with the standard of some of their albums. This album came so close to being in that category.
missmurdered wrote:

not my favorite album but pretty damn good. anyone who disagrees, try writing an album anything close to that. i think you would fail. Gerard really out did himself. its amazing. i advice anyone to go out and buy it! i have seem mcr twice since march and i am still completly obsessed with them. they are undoubtly one of the best bands around. x
brennan420 wrote:

why do people keep calling my chemical romance emo?

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