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When trying to interact with your favorite bands on social media, do you ever feel like you’re just one tiny voice among thousands? Social media can often feel like a one-sided conversation, and Pinyata, a story-based app which now boasts tens of thousands of users, is aiming to even out the playing field. It’s allowing […]

The brothers Way (one-half of My Chemical Romance) reunited onstage at today's Gerard Way And The Hormones show in Tokyo. Mikey Way, who is nearly one-year sober now, took up bass for “Don't Try,” an unreleased song originally recorded for Hesitant Alien, which made its live debut last month in England.  Photo via Gerard Way on Twitter. “So proud of […]

So, there’s this sweet PBS Digital Studios web show for children called “Pancake Mountain” that we discovered today has featured awesome guests like Andrew W.K., LIGHTS, Fat Mike of NOFX, Katy Perry, Henry Rollins,  X, the White Stripes, Tegan And Sara and endless others. The show is described on its website as: If Fellini and […]

Sometimes the rock world can get noisy, and we don’t just mean in decibels or fuzz. Often the signal-to-noise ratio is more noise than signal. But no worries: We read, listen to and watch everything so we can sort it for you. Here are some of our favorite new songs and videos of January 2015. […]

Gerard Way has revealed a string of May, North American tour dates leading up to his recently announced appearance at Boston Calling Festival on May 23. Stops include the U.S. midwest, Canada and Boston, as shown below: May 15 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue May 16 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre May 17 – […]

Gerard Way kicked off his recent encore at O2 Academy Birmingham  with a brand new song titled “Cheap Lights.” Way teased the song's debut earlier this week, naming “Cheap Lights” as a companion to another brand new song he had performed earlier on the tour titled “Kid Nothing.” “When I write new albums I tend […]

“I’m excited about the unexpected,” says former My Chemical Romance guitarist Ray Toro about his debut solo album, as well as the artistic exploits of his former bandmates. “The band was great because we all came from different backgrounds and different personalities. The question then was ‘Okay, what can these guys make together?’ Now it’s […]

Gerard Way has been performing a previously unreleased song titled “Don’t Try” and a brand new song titled “Kid Nothing” during the encores of his European shows, which began last week.  Way commented on “Don't Try,” which didn’t make the cut for Hesitant Alien, saying it has has received such a positive response from fans […]

After reuniting in 2014, Sleater-Kinney are now gearing up for the release of their first album in nearly 10 years, No Cities To Love. In anticipation, the group enlisted a star-filled cast to be featured in a comical video for the record's title track. Check out the clip below and see if you can name everyone! […]

What makes for a great sing-along? Relatable content, easy-to-memorize lyrics, gang-vocal choruses and fun or challenging melodies certainly help. For their superb use of at least one of those elements, all of the following 2014 songs qualify volume-all-the-way-up-red-light-wailing where you’ll sacrifice your dignity with passionate yelping no matter how intently the people stare. ANTARCTIGO VESPUCCI […]

Gerard Way has launched a free photo and video-editing app that allows you to add Way’s “G” logo and captions to your photos. The app features five photo filters, three sizes and infinite colors of the “G” logo for editing and a community stream of creations from fans and Way. While there are many kinks […]

Gerard Way recently finished his first U.S. tour. Because the run was limited to a few dates, chances are you may not have gotten to see Way And The Hormones in action (cat), but fear not! Way has just posted the following live video capturing his performance of Hesitant Alien closing track “Maya The Psychic” from the […]

When Gerard Way announced that he would be taking his show on the road in the U.S., many of us had the same question: “Well, he only has one album? How will he fill out the set?”  When a couple members of AP's staff made the journey to see him in Philly last Friday, we […]

Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way made his late-night television debut on Conan last night. Watch Way frontman perform his single, “No Shows,” below, and let us know how you think he did. Way released his debut album, Hesitant Alien, September 30 via Warner Bros. Records. He recently released an extremely trippy, retro music video for “Millions.” In a recent reddit AMA, when […]

Gerard Way is continuing the promotional trail for his debut solo album, Hesitant Alien, by making his late night television debut tonight on Conan. Tune in to TBS tonight at 11:00/10:00c to watch the former My Chemical Romance frontman perform his song, “No Shows.”  Way released Hesitant Alien on September 30 via Warner Bros. Records. Most recently, he debuted an extremely trippy, […]

17th century English folk musician Gerard Way just released a new music video for the song “Millions.” The track is taken from Way’s debut album as a solo artist, Hesitant Alien, which is out now via Warner Bros. Records. Watch the trippy, retro video below, and let us know your thoughts. In a recent reddit […]

Last night, Gerard Way, who released his debut solo album Hesitant Alien this week, hosted a Reddit AMA in which he talked about comics, music, art, gender and My Chemical Romance. Here are a few of the highlights from his AMA edited for clarity.   ON MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE ROSESTAR130: Do you see yourself doing […]

Last spring, we informed you that Gerard Way would be reimagining a centuries-old folk song, “O Waly Waly” (or “The Water Is Wide”), for Kevin Smith’s new Walrus-themed horror film Tusk. “[T]he song…is very old and public domain, though I did re-arrange and re-write some lyrics,” Way had tweeted then to quell misguided excitement that […]

Sometimes the rock world can get noisy, and we don’t just mean in decibels or fuzz. Often the signal-to-noise ratio is more noise than signal. But no worries: We read, listen to and watch everything so we can sort it for you. Here are some of our favorite new songs and videos of September 2014. […]