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The 2004 alternative music community turned out to be a pivotal moment in time for scene bands. As the two previous years set the foundation for the genre, it quickly expanded. Musicians started to experiment more on albums with genres outside of emo, punk and pop. It was the year scene music established that it […]

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 […]

Many of us have spent more time than we would care to admit on TikTok, especially during this time of self-isolation due to coronavirus. However, it’s a great platform one can use to share and create some laughs. You even have the chance to use whatever music you want in the background of your videos. […]

It’s difficult to ignore the cultural effect that SpongeBob SquarePants has had on generations of viewers over the last 20 years. Unless you’ve been living in a pineapple under the sea of course. Whether you watch reruns of the series or still think Panic! At The Disco or My Chemical Romance recreated the “Band Geeks” […]

The current state of the world has left us with a lot of free time on our hands, and apparently the same goes for some of our favorite bands. Because they can’t go on tour or record live in a studio with other artists, they’ve gotten creative with different livestream performances to keep fans entertained.  One […]

Fall Out Boy’s From Under The Cork Tree is the gift that keeps on giving. The pop-punk icons’ unforgettable 2005 output is jam-packed with Easter eggs we either didn’t notice before or completely forgot in the years since. From movie quotes and emo cameos to its unusual artwork, there’s a detail hiding in every corner. […]

Pete Davidson is continuing to show just how big of an emo music fan he really is on Saturday Night Live. Last year, he starred alongside Kristen Stewart in a Paramore and Sum 41-inspired SNL sketch. Now, fans have discovered that Davidson may be a My Chemical Romance fan. A few Saturday Night Live viewers were […]

It feels like everyone is spending their time social distancing by playing the new Animal Crossing game on the Nintendo Switch. Animal Crossing: New Horizons dropped March 20, and people have been playing it addictively since.  Because the game is so customizable, people have discovered you can actually play several scene songs in the game, […]

While people are stuck at home over the next while, picking up new skills and hobbies has been at the top of their minds. If you’ve ever had a guitar just collecting dust in the corner of your closet and you never had the time to really learn, the world has presented us all with […]

From their hauntingly theatrical atmosphere in “Helena” to screaming “I’m not o-fucking-kay,” there’s no doubt that My Chemical Romance are one of the most influential bands of the scene. In our latest My Chemical Romance Holy Book issue, Palaye Royale frontman Remington Leith reflects on how the MCR shaped him as an artist and performed […]

With the country on virtual lockdown, many people have turned toward iconic bands such as twenty one pilots and emo royalty My Chemical Romance for entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic. Some have spent their time rewatching videos and noticing Easter eggs from the bands for the first time.  One twenty one pilots fan uncovered a […]

When the new millennium broke, the alternative music community was heavily saturated with popular genres such as punk, pop punk and emo. Lying dormant, a new alternative music sound and scene was awaiting its time to shine. In 2002, it absolutely exploded. It was virtually impossible to go a day without hearing Simple Plan’s latest […]

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 […]

Emo music is often relegated to the past. With bands such as the All-American Rejects and My Chemical Romance dominating the airwaves in the mid-aughts, it was certainly more popular then when compared to present day, but that doesn’t mean the genre is necessarily dead. There are numerous artists heralding a new era of emo, […]

My Chemical Romance stans know that AltPress was the first American music magazine to put the band on the cover. That was 16 years ago and we’re still stoked. If you’re like us and have been binging MCR’s output at varying degrees these past few weeks, we’ve got a list for you. We hope this […]

We all know Gerard Way is a fantastic storyteller from his work on The Umbrella Academy and the concepts behind My Chemical Romance‘s music but his latest Instagram post takes those skills in a weird direction. Way posted a lengthy rundown of a dream he had last night while closing off with some words about his thoughts on the […]

Beloved director Kevin Smith is a huge music fan and more specifically, he’s a fan of My Chemical Romance. The director and film writer hosts a podcast called Fatman Beyond and in a recent episode he reveals a My Chemical Romance song as the one he would be most likely to turn into a film. Read More: Watch Machine […]

Whether you’re publicly lamenting or quietly sulking about not being able to attend shows indefinitely, coronavirus is a massive blow to the music industry. With festivals and gigs getting either postponed or canceled all together, fans suddenly have a ton of time to kill at home because they can’t go to the bars or movie […]