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Featured in the August 2004 issue 193, My Chemical Romance made their major Alternative Press feature debut before appearing on the cover of issue 197 in December 2004. Following the release of their sophomore album in June 2004, ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge,’ the group were interviewed by Leslie Simon and shot by Anthony Saint James. To celebra...

When Frank Iero first got his start in the New Jersey hardcore and punk scene, the only thing he had on his mind was creating something loud and disruptive onstage. Adorned in dirty band T-shirts, at-home bleached hair and a zero-fucks-given attitude, Iero adamantly dedicated himself to creating a wave of sound up until he met the intersection of music and fashion...

UPDATE: April 27, 2021 11:41 AM ET After launching the My Chemical Romance "Welcome To The Black Parade" LEGO set idea, VNMBricks has reached the 10,000 supporters milestone. The design will officially be reviewed by a LEGO expert to see if the design will become a reality...

Joining the crew on season 2 of The Umbrella Academy wasn’t only a dream come true for Jen Malone—it was a no-brainer. Riding success as the music supervisor for television dramas such as Atlanta and Euphoria, Malone was essentially made to sonically document the Hargreeves siblings’ endless grocery list of shortcomings. Whether in te...

2020 held monumental plans for Frank Iero alongside My Chemical Romance on their return tour, but he spent the year much like the rest of us—discovering new music and reconnecting with some former loves. After more than a year spent at home, there’s only so much Netflix or Hulu to binge on, recipes to mimic from Pinterest or redecorating you can do around the house. But despit...

Undoubtedly, My Chemical Romance are sweet onstage, but cake artist Shannon Murphy took her love of music and turned it into Mikey Way-approved cakes and cookies. Based in Toronto, Murphy is an accomplished confectionary creator who even appeared on season 1 of Food Network Canada's The Big Bake for the 2019 holiday season and tackled her biggest cakes to date...

We interrupt this Alternative Press cover reveal for a very important message from Frank Iero. Hey, have you ever been reading an issue of AltPress magazine and thought to yourself, “Hmm, this is pretty good, but I wish this WHOLE GODDAMN THING was just about Frnk Lero!” Wel...

Throughout the tenure of My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way has both marveled at and admired the aesthetic trajectory of the Smashing Pumpkins. The singer credits Smashing Pumpkins founder Billy Corgan for schooling him on the transformative power of rock ’n’ roll. Obviously,...

One standout feature of the early 2000s emo music scene was song titles that could barely fit on the back covers of CDs. You probably have fond memories of typing the lyrics of your new jam into the Google search bar and discovering that the actual name of the song was nowhere within them...

2020 was supposed to be the year of My Chemical Romance. Unfortunately, coronavirus has forced the band to postpone their reunion tour shows. This is especially devastating because many fans waited seven years for MCR to return to the stage just to have to see those live show dates get rescheduled for next year...

The highly anticipated first issue of The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem will be released Oct. 14. Fans of Gerard Way and Shaun Simon’s hyperstylized tales of neon-covered vigilantism are in for an explosive laser-beam-blasting treat. But ...

YUNGBLUD doesn’t come across as someone who’d sweat superstition. Sure, he’s proven himself to be introspective, sensitive, even insecure. The new track from the Doncaster growler, “god save me, but don’t drown me out,” will be included on his forthcoming second album, Weird!. Sophomore efforts are inherently ...

Are you into astrology? If so, you probably know you can use it to learn all about who you are, down to your actions and interests. You can even apply it to discover exactly which My Chemical Romance song you are based on your sun sign.  While there are so many different planets and factors in your astrological roundup, your sun sign gives you a broad definition of who you are. By ...

In July 2020, Gerard Way made a promise to everyone who had ever ink-stained their hands with Killjoys comics. With The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem, Way and co-creator Shaun Simon guaranteed a Killjoys story unlike anything we’d seen before. And ...

With 35 years of rock ’n’ roll under our belts, you know we’ve got some stories to share. Through the wildest cover shoots with Slipknot, AFI, My Chemical Romance and more, we made it through the trenches and lived to tell the tales. After creatin...

It’s finally Virgo season! It’s time to celebrate some of the coolest Virgos, born from Aug. 23 to Sept. 22. Virgos are known for being organized, creative, efficient, independent and charitable. Virgos are earth signs, which means they are also grounded and well adjusted. In the mus...

By 2006, scene culture had grown roots in every mainstream area possible. Myspace took over as the primary mode of social media communication, and bands spread like wildfire once they uploaded music. It was a whirlwind year, as music became more accessible to a larger group of people, Hot Topic brightened its lights and studded belts were an essential accessory...

In a back catalog overflowing with radio-friendly hits and roof-raising singalongs, it’s easy for some monumental tracks to slip under the radar. Emo juggernauts My Chemical Romance are no exception, despite only having four albums’ worth of songs to define their career. Delving...

My Chemical Romance rang the alarm of authenticity and aggression in a way that was digestible for their maturing audience. Bishop Briggs may not have seen the group while they were dominating the world on their Black Parade tour, but that didn’t stop her from idolizing them and allowing their music to influence her as an artist. A...

Before being cast as Number Five on the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, Aidan Gallagher admired My Chemical Romance’s deeply conceptualized concepts that helped shape him as a singer-songwriter. Read more: Here's when we're finally getting 'The Umbrella Academy' season 2 Tell me about your experience hearing My Chemical Romance for the first time in your life. Wel...