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‘Umbrella Academy’ star Aidan Gallagher interviews Gerard Way in new series

This week, The Umbrella Academy star Aidan Gallagher launched a new series on his YouTube channel with Gerard Way. Together, the duo has teamed up to discuss all things music-related. In the first part of the interview, Way opened up about his recording studio and working with producer, engineer and longtime friend Doug McKean. Read […]

10 scene favorites who rocked their solo project debuts

Sometimes after a band break up, a band member will bounce back to save our broken hearts from drowning in sadness with an amazing solo project. Other times, musicians complete and record a tracklist on their own that doesn’t fit in with their main band.  Here are 10 solo project debuts that we just couldn’t […]

QUIZ: Which My Chemical Romance era are you?

Providing the world can behave itself for five minutes, My Chemical Romance’s reunion tour is right around the corner. With four iconic albums and a six-year hiatus under their belts, the name of these emo legends is once again on the tip of everybody’s tongues. So while you’re digging out your old merch and playing […]

Hear an unfinished song from Gerard Way's 'Hesitant Alien' sessions

Gerard Way surprised fans with some unreleased demo tracks a little while back and he’s doing so again with a new batch of unreleased demos. The My Chemical Romance frontman is offering up a brand new track as well as a missing part of “Crate Amp” that started off that jam session. Read More: Here’s how you can […]

10 Gerard Way collabs every My Chemical Romance fan needs to hear

Gerard Way, the ever-iconic face of My Chemical Romance, has participated in a number of musical collaborations. With the relentlessly rising popularity of his comic book series The Umbrella Academy and a successful solo career under his belt, he’s somehow found plenty of spare time to contribute to other artists’ works over the years. In […]

10 things My Chemical Romance members did during the hiatus

After breaking our cold, dark hearts in 2013 and then giving us a panic attack in 2016, My Chemical Romance have proved our patience to be worthwhile by announcing their long-awaited return.  While we retired our Black Parade flags, the MCR members stayed busy both in and out of the music industry. From writing comic […]

Gerard Way Reddit AMA Recap: My Chemical Romance, gender, art and ‘Hesitant Alien’

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 […]

Stream Gerard Way's debut solo album 'Hesitant Alien'

Gerard Way is streaming his debut solo album Hesitant Alien now via SoundCloud. The much-anticipated work is set for release next Tuesday, September 30 on Warner Bros. Records. Listen to it below and let us know what you think.  Do you agree with our 4/5-star review of the album?  Today has been a particularly exciting day for Way […]