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14232949 · 03-23-2013, 08:40 AM

My Chemical Romance | My Chemical Romance

So long and goodnight: My Chemical Romance call it a day - News - Music - The Independent

Now I know the majority of you will come in here to make jokes. That's the cool thing to do, right? That validates your existence on a music forum. Displaying your obviously superior musical tastes whilst thrashing bands like My Chemical Romance, but I actually like My Chemical Romance so you can say what you want.

I know this may seem a tad hypocritical considering how many times I've told others on here to take the nostalgia filters off whilst trying to objectively discuss music but the end of this band signals a coming of age for me.
MCR were one of the bands I listened to a lot during my younger days and I suppose since I played Welcome to the Black Parade so many times on my CD player they were one of the bands instrumental in making me the music fan I am today.

They helped me appreciate what an album meant. How I could develop a further understanding of an artist by listening to an album in its entirety instead of just sifting through for the tracks I had heard on Scuzz or MTV: Rock.
Welcome to the Black Parade resonated with me because it was odd; well odd when one considered what was mainstream at the time.
There was the bunch of guys travelling on a dark float wearing skeleton costumes in a post apocalyptic wasteland thrashing their guitars around and brimming with angst.
It was different from everything else I saw on music TV, heard on the radio. And since this was the scope of my musical world at the time, they clicked with me. They were MY band. None of my friends liked them. But I did, to me they said it was okay to be different. Other people might not understand you, but that's okay.

To this day I'll still listen to MCR (not their newer stuff when Gerard dyed his hair red and they all portrayed Power Rangers type alter egos, that was just a desperate attempt to try and stay relevant by reinvention) and not in a 'guilty pleasure' light. I genuinely enjoy them. I've always enjoyed Gerard's vocals, the frantic yet never technically masterful guitars and the whole vibe they give off of unhappy and misunderstood teenagers.

Their break up to me reinforces that this part of my life is over. I would now say I am a music enthusiast and MCR have helped me develop into the fan of music I am today. Yet, I know most of you will be celebrating the news of their demise, why I don't know, it doesn't impact your lives - I will be saluting the fallen. RIP MCR.

03-23-2013, 08:40 AM	#1225 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	My Chemical Romance \| My Chemical Romance So long and goodnight: My Chemical Romance call it a day - News - Music - The Independent Now I know the majority of you will come in here to make jokes. That's the cool thing to do, right? That validates your existence on a music forum. Displaying your obviously superior musical tastes whilst thrashing bands like My Chemical Romance, but I actually like My Chemical Romance so you can say what you want. I know this may seem a tad hypocritical considering how many times I've told others on here to take the nostalgia filters off whilst trying to objectively discuss music but the end of this band signals a coming of age for me. MCR were one of the bands I listened to a lot during my younger days and I suppose since I played Welcome to the Black Parade so many times on my CD player they were one of the bands instrumental in making me the music fan I am today. They helped me appreciate what an album meant. How I could develop a further understanding of an artist by listening to an album in its entirety instead of just sifting through for the tracks I had heard on Scuzz or MTV: Rock. Welcome to the Black Parade resonated with me because it was odd; well odd when one considered what was mainstream at the time. There was the bunch of guys travelling on a dark float wearing skeleton costumes in a post apocalyptic wasteland thrashing their guitars around and brimming with angst. It was different from everything else I saw on music TV, heard on the radio. And since this was the scope of my musical world at the time, they clicked with me. They were MY band. None of my friends liked them. But I did, to me they said it was okay to be different. Other people might not understand you, but that's okay. To this day I'll still listen to MCR (not their newer stuff when Gerard dyed his hair red and they all portrayed Power Rangers type alter egos, that was just a desperate attempt to try and stay relevant by reinvention) and not in a 'guilty pleasure' light. I genuinely enjoy them. I've always enjoyed Gerard's vocals, the frantic yet never technically masterful guitars and the whole vibe they give off of unhappy and misunderstood teenagers. Their break up to me reinforces that this part of my life is over. I would now say I am a music enthusiast and MCR have helped me develop into the fan of music I am today. Yet, I know most of you will be celebrating the news of their demise, why I don't know, it doesn't impact your lives - I will be saluting the fallen. RIP MCR.