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Kontroversi dan "emo" label

Penyanyi-penulis lagu Gerard Way sebelumnya menyatakan bahwa ia sangat tidak setuju dengan klasifikasi sering band dari "emo", mengatakan:

"Pada dasarnya, itu tidak pernah akurat untuk menggambarkan kita Emo band sedang dipesan saat kami sedang tur dengan band-band metal Kristen karena tidak akan ada buku kami pada tur.. Saya pikir emo adalah F-ing sampah, itu lembu-. Saya pikir ada band yang sayangnya kita disamakan dengan yang dianggap emo dan secara default yang mulai membuat kita emo ".

 

Tabloid Inggris insiden

Pada tanggal 8 Mei 2008, Inggris, tabloid The Sun menerbitkan sebuah artikel berjudul " Bunuh Diri Hannah, emo Rahasia ", yang melaporkan kematian seorang gadis tiga belas tahun di Inggris bernama Hannah Bond, yang diduga gantung diri karena keterlibatan dengan yang dilaporkan "merugikan diri sendiri 'emo' sekte", yang surat kabar secara langsung terkait dengan My Chemical Romance, dan kemudian-saat album mereka The Black Parade , yang dikatakan terkait dengan bunuh diri. Dalam artikel itu, koroner Roger Sykes menyatakan keprihatinan bahwa Bond "emo" gaya hidup glamor bunuh diri, dan menyarankan bahwa obsesi dengan My Chemical Romance itu terkait dengan kematiannya.  Terlepas dari itu, The Sun ' s artikel, dan artikel di NME tentang The Sun ' s Artikel, telah dihubungkan My Chemical Romance untuk bunuh diri.  Pendukung musik emo dihubungi NME untuk membela genre terhadap tuduhan yang mempromosikan bunuh diri. 

Sekelompok fans Inggris akhirnya merencanakan pawai di London pada protes terhadap penggambaran dari band di media. Perjalanan diperkirakan akan diselenggarakan pada tanggal 31 Mei, mulai di Pond Barat Hyde Park dan berakhir di luar kantor tabloid tersebut Daily Mail , yang banyak dikritik My Chemical Romance dan telah menerbitkan potongan umum tentang bahaya "sekte bunuh diri". Perjalanan ini diharapkan untuk menarik 500-1000 pengunjuk rasa, menurut penyelenggara.  Setelah kekhawatiran oleh polisi, perjalanan dibatalkan dan sebagai gantinya sekitar 100 penggemar berkumpul di Marble Arch  dan band mengulangi pernyataan "fuck Daily Mail "selama pertunjukan mereka di Inggris .

Daily Mail mengatakan mempertahankan posisinya cakupan adalah "seimbang, dan terkendali" dan "kepentingan umum" dan mereka melaporkan perhatian yang tulus dibangkitkan oleh coroner pada pemeriksaan dan menyatakan bahwa mereka cakupan insiden telah salah mengartikan dan bingung dengan rumor. Mereka menyatakan bahwa mereka cakupan dari komentar pemeriksa kematian dan komentar orang tua 'itu sama dengan surat kabar lainnya, dan titik untuk penerbitan surat pembaca mereka membela band dan ulasan positif dari album band dan wisata. 

Tuduhan "propaganda"

Pada tanggal 28 April 2011, US penyiar Glenn Beck berlabel lagu My Chemical Romance " Nyanyikan"sebagai" propaganda "setelah itu ditampilkan dan dibahas pada drama musikal serial TV AS Gleepada bulan Februari 2011. Beck menyatakan "Ini adalah lagu mengatakan" Join us "Bagaimana Anda dan saya mungkin menang melawan itu?." Lirik yang menunjukkan Beck adalah: "Membersihkan kemajuan perusahaan, sekarat dalam proses / Anak-anak yang dapat berbicara tentang hal itu hidup pada kereta api / Orang-orang bergerak ke samping / Jual itu sampai hari terakhir Anda / Beli sendiri apa-apa motivasi / Generasi / Tidak tapi adegan mati / Produk dari mimpi putih ". Banyak menyatakan bahwa Beck telah mengambil lagu harfiah, ^{[ rujukan? ]} meskipun itu yang diatur dalam, fiksi futuristikCalifornia . Cara menanggapi tuduhan di situs resmi band, menulis, "saya pikir kata Glenn Beck cari adalah tidak 'subversi' 'propaganda', karena saya tidak tahu apa itu akan dianggap propaganda untuk-kebenaran Sentimen?? " Ia juga mengatakan bahwa ia "terkejut bahwa tidak ada fakta yang sebenarnya dilakukan pengecekan pada lirik".

tours

Tours

Mikey Way, bassist, mengenakan seragam Black Parade nya.

My Chemical Romance bermain di tur besar banyak pada tahun 2005. Band melakukan tur dengan Green Day pada tahun 2005 pada "Green Day American Idiot Tour Presents".Mereka juga bagian dari Warped Tour di tahun yang sama."Untuk banyak anak-anak, itu satu hal yang mereka berharap untuk tahun semua," kata Way Gerard dari Warped Tour."Mereka menabung untuk itu Mereka bisa melihat semua band yang mereka sukai dalam satu kesempatan.." daftar set mereka termasuk sebagian besar lagu dari Three Cheers For  Sweet Revenge .

My Chemical Romance co-judul panggung utama dengan The Digunakan pada Taste of Chaos tour, sebelum memulai tur pertama mereka headlining, hanya bernama "Chemical Romance Tour". Tur diluncurkan September 15 di Ohio, berhenti di 30 lokasi di Amerika Serikat, untuk mempromosikan album mereka, Three Cheers for  Sweet Revenge. Pendukung adalah Alkaline Trio dan Reggie & Pengaruh Kendali. Tur ini menandai awal dari sandiwara berat kemudian dipamerkan dalam banyak pertunjukan live mereka. Way menyatakan rencananya untuk tur dalam sebuah wawancara dengan MTV, mengatakan, "kita akan berbicara tentang membawa keluar penari untuk tur kami headlining di musim gugur, tapi itu usaha besar, Anda harus memiliki sebuah bis penuh penari Kami '. selalu ingin melakukan tur teater besar Tapi Anda harus melakukannya dalam langkah-langkah "..  Penggunaan aktingmu tampak jelas selama The Black Parade World Tour , yang didukung album mereka dengan nama yang sama. Tur ini menampilkan 133 pertunjukan di seluruh dunia, menampilkan tiga kaki di Amerika Utara, satu di Eropa, Asia, dan Amerika Selatan, dan satu internasional.

Band ini bergabung headliners Linkin Park di Projekt Revolution 2007, dimulai pada tanggal 25 Juli dan berakhir pada tanggal 3 September 2007.  Band ini memainkan set satu jam di tengah panggung, membuka dengan "This Is How I disappea", seperti api meledak di belakang band.Mengatur berakhir dengan "Cancer", kadang-kadang dengan confetti jatuh, dan kembang api. Sebuah aliran peristiwa kontroversial terjadi selama Jalan mencium dan Iero bersama selama pertunjukan "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison" di San Bernardino pada tanggal 28 Juli. Setelah tur Projekt Revolution, mereka dibuka untuk Bon Jovi pada bulan Oktober, dan kemudian berangkat untuk Tour Eropa dengan Mindless Self Indulgence .

Pada tanggal 19 September 2010, band ini mengumumkan "The World Contamination Tour", yang berlangsung di bagian-bagian Inggris, Perancis, Amsterdam dan Jerman

raymond toro

Raymond Toro (born July 15, 1977) is an American musician who has served as lead guitarist and co-founder of the band My Chemical Romance since its formation in 2001.
 

Early Life

Ray Toro was born July 15, 1977 in Kearny, New Jersey. He is of Puerto Rican/Portuguese heritage. He grew up in a small house on the border between Kearny and Harrison, New Jersey, which he shared with his parents and two brothers. As a small child, he enjoyed playing with his pet dog "Boy", but tended to be very shy.
By the time he entered Kearny High School, he had inherited a passion for music from his older brother, who "always [had] a guitar lying around the house" and would be "jamming on it day and night". In addition to inspiring him to pick up a guitar, Toro's brother introduced him to several bands whose guitarists influenced him greatly. He enrolled in guitar lessons, as well as typing lessons to improve his manual dexterity.^[1]
Toro became involved with several local bands, the most successful of which were The Rodneys, who formed in 1994 and released their first and only album "Soccertown USA" in 1998. Future My Chemical Romance drummer Matt Pelissier also played for the band. However, after graduating from high school in 1995, Toro decided on film over music. He enrolled in an editing course at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, and his only musical pursuits involved playing drums in the short-lived band Dead Go West.^[2] In an interview with Rock Sound, Toro revealed that "being in a band wasn't really a dream of mine. I always wanted to write music. I enjoy recording more and the process of writing, I never thought that being in a touring band was a possibility. I enjoyed getting a bunch of scenes and cutting it together so it makes sense. I made one short film about a guy who was obsessed with eating eggs every day. He finally opens up this egg carton and there's one egg left, but he can't crack it open, so he gets driven insane".^[3]

Music Career

Rodney's frontman Shawn Dillon is credited with introducing Toro to Gerard Way in the late 1990's. Toro agreed to work with him and Pelissier in practice sessions, which were primarily held in Pelissier's attic.^[4] After Gerard's younger brother Mikey joined the trio as bassist, My Chemical Romance was formed.
In 2007, Toro appeared as himself in the slasher/horror/comedy movie Punk Rock Holocaust 2, with bandmate Frank Iero.^[5]
Especially since My Chemical Romance's third album The Black Parade, Toro has been compared to legendary Queen guitarist Brian May. He has long cited May as a key influence on his guitar style. As Toro revealed in an interview: "I appreciate [the comparisons]. He's one of my favourite guitarists. I just love his work. That guy is capable is everything. He can lay back when he needs to, then writes some of the best leads. He comes up with great harmonies, he's a great singer. To me it's an honour for anybody to say that I play like him or that parts remind them of Queen".^[6] My Chemical Romance performed a portion of their 2011 Reading and Leeds Festivals headline concert with May.^[7]
Toro has played a song with Iero's side project Leathermouth at a show.
Toro was the leading force behind My Chemical Romance's #SINGItForJapan project, which was dedicated to supporting those affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.^[8] He arranged much of the instrumentation of the band's original track "Sing" to create a sound that emulated traditional Japanese music. "SINGItForJapan" was released on April 13, 2011 with all proceeds going to the Red Cross.^[9][10]
My Chemical Romance has released four studio albums, two live albums, six extended plays, 19 singles, four video albums, 15 music videos, one demo, and have 11 original appearances on other albums. The band is currently working on a fifth studio album.^[11]

Influences

Toro has cited heavy metal guitarist Randy Rhoads and hard rock musician Brian May as his two biggest influences.^[12] As a teenager he was a big fan of Randy Rhoads because "he was one of the first players I can remember who mixed classical music with a metal and hard rock style of playing, and he did it very tastefully. It was really inspiring."^[12] Later he began to listen to classical guitarist Andrés Segovia and Christopher Parkening. He admitted to be obsessed with the way in which they would take classical pieces and arrange them for a single guitar resulting in a moving melody and bass lines that work together.^[13]
Despite declaring to be a "music snob" when it comes to new artists, he praised Muse's work.^[14] He said that he mainly listens to the same music that he did when younger and enjoys the process of discovering harmonies or nuances that he was unable to notice during his youth, gaining a different appreciation for the music.^[15]
Ray recognizes his older brother as a huge influence, being the person who bought him his first real guitar and showed him how to play it.^[16] Becoming Toro's gateway into guitar playing and introducing him to bands like Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and also Mötley Crüe and Metallica.
The first CD he bought was Cowboys From Hell by Pantera.^[17]

Personal life

Ray Toro married his long-time girlfriend Christa in November 2008, during My Chemical Romance's break between The Black Parade and Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.

gerard arthur way

Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American musician and comic book writer who has served as lead vocalist and co-founder of the band My Chemical Romance since its formation in 2001. He is the executive producer of the band LostAlone's second album I'm a UFO in This City, and the writer of the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy.

Early life

Gerard Way was born April 9, 1977 in Summit, New Jersey^[1] to Donna Lee (née Rush) and Donald Way. He has Italian ancestry on his mother's side and Scottish ancestry on his father's.^{[citation needed]} He was raised in Belleville, New Jersey and first began singing publicly in the fourth grade, when he played the role of Peter Pan in a school musical production. His maternal grandmother, Elena Lee Rush, was a great creative influence who taught him to sing, paint, and perform from a young age; he has said that "she has taught me everything I know".^[2] Also, while in elementary school, the glam metal band Bon Jovi was instrumental in forming his love of music.^[3]
At the age of 15, Way was held at gunpoint, as he said in an April 2008 Rolling Stone interview: "I got held up with a .357 Magnum, had a gun pointed to my head and put on the floor, execution-style." He went on to say that "no matter how ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith."^[4] At age 16, Way appeared on an episode of Sally Jesse Raphael which discussed the controversy surrounding the publicizing of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's crimes in comic books.^[5]
Way attended Belleville High School until he graduated in 1995. Deciding to pursue a career in the comic-book industry,^[6] he attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1999.^[2][7]

Career

Music

Gerard Way in Montreal, Canada, during the tour Honda Civic Tour in August 2011

As teenagers Gerard and his brother Mikey Way, who later became the bassist of My Chemical Romance, were influenced by the bands Iron Maiden and The Misfits as well as British artists such as Pulp, Blur and Morrissey and The Smiths. Way originally wanted to be a guitarist. His grandmother bought him his first guitar at the age of eight and he played in short-lived bands such as Ray Gun Jones and Nancy Drew with future bandmate Ray Toro, but when he was not successful (one band kicking him out due to his lack of skill with the guitar), he chose to concentrate on his art career.^[8]
Way was working as an intern for Cartoon Network in New York City during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Seeing the effects of the attacks first-hand prompted Way to change his views on life in the following weeks. He told Spin magazine, "I literally said to myself, 'Fuck art. I’ve gotta get out of the basement. I’ve gotta see the world. I’ve gotta make a difference.'"^[9] To help deal with the emotional effects the attacks had on him, Way wrote the lyrics to the song "Skylines and Turnstiles", which has since been identified as the first song by My Chemical Romance.^[10] Soon after, My Chemical Romance began to assemble as a band.
Way has contributed vocally to bands such as Every Time I Die's 'Kill The Music', Head Automatica's 'Graduation Day', Say Anything's "In Defense Of The Genre", and The Oval Portrait's "From My Cold Dead Hands" and "Barnabus Collins Has More Skeletons In His Closet Than Vincent Price".
In many interviews Way has stated that music turned out to be an effective outlet to deal with his longtime battles against depression, alcoholism and prescription drug use. The use of music as a way to resolve personal battles has caused Way to create deeply personal songs such as "Helena,"^[11] which was written in memory of his late grandmother.
In 2008, Way and musical project Julien-K remixed a version of the song Sleep When I'm Dead by The Cure for their EP 'Hypnagogic States'. All profits gained from the sales of the EP go to funding the International Red Cross.
In early 2009, Way and Japanese singer Kyosuke Himuro co-produced the new theme song for Advent Children Complete, the Blu-ray director's cut of the movie sequel to the popular video game franchise, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. He is also credited with writing the lyrics, and singing alongside Himuro. The song is entitled "Safe and Sound" and was released on iTunes on April 29, 2009.^[12] "Safe and Sound" is only heard on the Japanese release of the film; the English release uses Himuro's "Calling" (the original ending theme for Advent Children) in place of it. He also contributed vocals for the vocal mix of the deadmau5 song "Professional Griefers".
A longtime supporter of the British rock band LostAlone, Way is the executive producer of their second studio album I'm a UFO in This City.^[13]

Writing

Gerard Way's first attempt at writing a comic was at the age of 16, writing a short-lived comic series called 'On Raven's Wings', which was cancelled after Issue 2 due to losing the art team; he was credited as Garry Way.^[14]
In 2007, Way began writing the comic-book miniseries The Umbrella Academy. Way wrote the story and illustrated the original version, but cartoonist Gabriel Ba recreated all of Way's original drawings in the final version. A few of Way's first drawings of the characters can be seen in the last few pages of the first book in the series, Apocalypse Suite.
Apocalypse Suite was first released by Dark Horse Comics in their Free Comic Book Day issue on May 5, 2007.^[15] Since then, an eight-page story has been published on MySpace, entitled "Safe & Sound".^[16] The first official issue was released on September 19, 2007.^[17] The first issue to sell out and consequently there was a second printing released on October 17, 2007.^[18] Apocalypse Suite also won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series.^[19] The next installment of the series, Dallas, was released on November 26, 2008,^[20] and a third installment entitled Hotel Oblivion is currently in the works.

Way and fellow artists Shaun Simon and Becky Cloonan are currently in the process of developing and creating a new comic-book series entitled The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, which Way announced at Comic Con 2009. At the 2012 New York Comic Con, the team announced that the first look at the series will be released on 2013's Free Comic Book Day.^[21]
In 2011 My Chemical Romance stated that Mikey and Gerard are working on another comic book project which they have kept under wraps as of mid-2011.

Cartoons

In 2001 Way co-created a cartoon with Joe Boyle called The Breakfast Monkey. They pitched it to Cartoon Network, but the network declined to pick up the concept on the grounds that it was too similar to the existing property Aqua Teen Hunger Force.^[22]

Personal life

Way struggled with alcoholism and prescription drug addiction for many years and has now been sober since August 2004.^[23] In a November 2010 issue of Spin magazine, he said that having become a happier person and feeling more in control, he had been able to enjoy the occasional recreational drink.^[24]
On September 3, 2007 after a concert in Colorado, Way married Lyn-Z of Mindless Self Indulgence backstage on the final date of the Projekt Revolution tour. A member of Live Nation's touring staff that was also an ordained minister performed the low-key ceremony.^[25] He currently lives with his wife in Los Angeles, California.^[26] Their daughter, Bandit Lee Way, was born in California on May 27, 2009.^[27]

Michael James Way

 Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980) is the bass guitarist of the American rock band My Chemical Romance, and is the younger brother of the band's lead vocalist and frontman Gerard Way. He is also related Joe Rogan, host of the NBC game/stunt show Fear Factor and former cast member of the sitcom News Radio in that Joe is Way's mother's cousin's son. Way has also been a touring member of the American rock band From First to Last, and has written for DC Comics.

Early Life

Mikey Way was born in Newark, New Jersey to Donna Lee (née Rush) and Donald Way. He is half Italian from his mother's side and half Scottish from his father's side. He grew up in Belleville, New Jersey with his brother and parents. Way attended Belleville High School until he graduated in 1998.^[1]
Growing up, Way and his brother were influenced by such bands as Iron Maiden, The Misfits, Pulp, Blur, and Morrissey and The Smiths. The first concert Way attended was The Smashing Pumpkins at Madison Square Garden, but his desire to play music was inspired by a particular live record, Iron Maiden's Live After Death.^[2]

Career

My Chemical Romance

At the time guitarist Ray Toro joined Gerard and drummer Matt Pelissier in the group, the band was without both a name and a bassist. Encouraged by Eyeball Records founder Alex Saavedra, Way dropped out of college in order to learn bass guitar and join his brother. His only previous musical experience had been an unsuccessful audition to join Eyeball's Pencey Prep, future MCR guitarist Frank Iero's band.^[3] Despite his lack of experience and musical training, Way became important in the band's early development, not least of which was coming up with a name for the band. He had taken up a job stacking shelves at a branch of Barnes & Noble, and noticed Irvine Welsh's novel Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance lying on the ground. The words 'Chemical Romance' caught his eye, and he added 'My' to give the name a "personal touch".^[4]
Over the first years My Chemical Romance played, Way drank alcohol heavily to mask his extreme stage fright. During the writing and recording of The Black Parade at the allegedly haunted Paramour Mansion, Way suffered severely as a result of depression, alcoholism, and the atmosphere at the Mansion. As he revealed in an interview with Kerrang!: "that house had just excavated everything in my head and made everything a million times worse[...] I was really close [to suicide]. I know that I was going to leave the band or maybe just leave planet Earth altogether". He eventually left Paramour to get psychological help, and stayed with close friend and band lawyer Stacy Fass, who he said "saved my life".^[5]
During 2005, Way was a touring member of American rock band From First To Last for the "Christmassacre" tour, due to the fact that bassist Jon Weisberg had left the band.^[6] Way met his wife-to-be, bassist and fellow touring member Alicia Simmons, on this tour.^[7]
On April 19, 2007, Gerard announced via the band's official website that from May 5, Mikey Way would be temporarily replaced as bassist by guitar technician Matt Cortez to allow him to take a break with his newlywed wife. Way returned to the lineup later in the year.^[8]
In a 2010 interview with American Music Press, Way was asked about the "number one thing [My Chemical Romance] has done for [him]": "It’s changed me a great deal, it’s made me not be such a defeatist about things, to be more confident in myself, it taught me to constantly create, and constantly evolve. It gave me the power to be the best version of me, any day. I think for that I am eternally grateful".^[9]
My Chemical Romance has released four studio albums, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (2002), Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004), The Black Parade (2006), and Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010), with a fifth album currently in the works.^[10] Their discography also consists of two live albums, six extended plays, 19 singles, four video albums, 15 music videos, one demo, and 11 original appearances on other albums.

Writing

In 2008, during My Chemical Romance's break after touring The Black Parade, Way penned an eight-page story that appeared in DC Comics' special "Halloween '08" book, and featured art by Mateus Santoluoco. Based on Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", his story starred Batman and Scarecrow in a role reversal as the Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane respectively.^[11]
On August 25, 2011, Way revealed in an interview with AbsolutePunk that he and his brother are working on "something for DC [Comics]".^[12]

Interests

Way's favorite band is Anthrax, and can often be seen wearing his signature Anthrax shirt. Mikey is a recovering iPod junkie and an iPod battery hoarder. His favorite food is sushi (claims that he could eat his body weight in it), and he loves Schlock horror films. He has a pet cat named Bunny Marie Way, who even has his own myspace.
On the other hand, Way hates small spaces, large and open spaces, large bodies of water, and shopping for groceries.

Personal Life

On March 7, 2007, after My Chemical Romance's gig in Las Vegas, Way married guitar tech and merchandise seller Alicia Simmons, 23, backstage.^[13] They have matching tattoos on their wrists, consisting of a heart-shaped jar with flames emitting from it; across the jar read "FOREVER"/He currently lives with his wife in Los Angeles.
Way's trademark was his glasses, but all that changed in May of 2006. To correct his near-sightedness, Way got Lasik eye surgery; he no longer wears glasses. As quoted from Way's myspace page: "At the young age of 9 years, Michael James Way was struck with the affliction known as nearsightedness. Unable to see such things as the chalkboard, the movie screen (or anything more than 5 feet away) the lad was forced to get corrective lenses. Michael and his glasses spent many fruitful years together. They saw each other through the good times, as well as the bad. In May of 2006 this friendship came to a crashing halt. Michael's glasses met their end tragically, by way of Lasik eye surgery. The glasses leave behind two loving brothers, Ray Ban, Paul Frank, and their father Chanel. Viewing times and dates will be announced shortly."

Frank Anthony Iero Jr

Frank Anthony Iero Jr (born October 31, 1981) is the rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist of the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance as well as the vocalist of the post-hardcore band Leathermouth.

Early life

He was born in Belleville, New Jersey and grew up in Kearny, New Jersey.^[1] As a child he suffered numerous bouts of bronchitis and ear infections which meant he spent a lot of his childhood in hospital.^[2] Frank is also lactose intolerant and has other various food allergies.^[3] He went to Rutgers University on a scholarship, but dropped out to go on tour with My Chemical Romance.
Iero's parents split when he was young and he grew up living with his mother, who lent out her basement to her son's many band practices; his father and grandfather were musicians and both were big influences on Iero when he was young. His father urged him to play drums, but Iero later began playing the guitar.

Music career

Frank started playing in local bands on the New Jersey punk scene at age 11. Before joining My Chemical Romance he served as frontman for the punk band Pencey Prep. The band released an album, Heartbreak in Stereo, on the independent Eyeball Records before disbanding. Whilst playing with Pencey Prep, he became friends with Gerard Way and the other My Chemical Romance members, became a fan of their original demo and helped them get their first shows. After his band broke up, Frank played in several bands, including I Am A Graveyard, Hybrid, Sector 12, and American Nightmare before being offered the slot of rhythm guitar in My Chemical Romance. Iero is also the frontman of hardcore punk quintet Leathermouth, who released their debut album XO in January 2009, on Epitaph Records. He is involved in a tribute band to The Cure named The Love Cats, after the song of the same name, and played bass with Reggie And The Full Effect on their farewell tour.
He was a judge for the 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.^[4]
On 7 December 2010, Iero parted ways with the record company Skeleton Crew he and his wife co-founded years earlier in order to concentrate on his family and his music with My Chemical Romance stating that, although he would have loved to carry on, he could not juggle his career with the band, the new additions to his family (newborn daughters) and co-running a business at the same time.^[5]
His first solo song 'This Song Is A Curse' was be released as a bonus track on the official soundtrack to Tim Burton's latest movie Frankenweenie.

Equipment

In the earlier days of My Chemical Romance, Iero mainly used Gibson SG's & Epiphone Les Paul guitars (most notably his white Les Paul nicknamed 'Pansy' which proved popular amongst his fans but has since been broken while onstage) and Marshall amps. He has since switched to using Gibson Les Pauls (with the Neck Pick-up removed) and occasionally uses a Gibson SG. He also used a Fender Stratocaster in the Desolation Row video. He has recently collaborated with Epiphone to design the Wilshire Phant-O-Matic guitar which he used onstage for the My Chemical Romance 'World Contamination' Tour, the Honda Civic Tour and for the Reading and Leeds festivals.^[6] He also uses the Orange Rockerverb MKII 100 head and Orange 160 Watt Guitar 4x10 Vintage Cabinet.

Personal life and political views

On February 5, 2007 Iero married his long-term girlfriend Jamia Nestor after proposing on May 25, 2006 during the recording of The Black Parade.^[7]
Iero has many tattoos including logos for the bands Black Flag and The Misfits, symbols of his love for his home state, New Jersey, a matching 'revenge' tattoo with James Dewees and others by acclaimed tattoo artist Kat Von D: a Frankenstein's monster and portraits of his grandmothers and grandfather, all of which were featured in Von D's book High Voltage Tattoo and the latter of which was done on an episode of her reality show LA Ink in which Iero featured.^[2] In the aforementioned book, Von D states that she was present at Iero's wedding indicating that the two have remained close friends.
Iero has expressed his pro-gay rights stance on numerous occasions, including wearing a pro-gay marriage t-shirt on tour and his home-custom red 'Homophobia is gay' t-shirt which has become a fan favourite. He also revealed to Rock Sound magazine that he voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
He has been a vegetarian since childhood after discovering the mistreatment animals endure in slaughterhouses and rearing farms and in 2008 PETA dubbed Iero one of the World's Sexiest Vegetarians, alongside Alyssa Milano.^[8]
On September 7, 2010, Iero announced on the My Chemical Romance official website that he and his wife Jamia had become parents of twin girls named Cherry and Lily.^[9] On April 6, 2012, he announced via his official Twitter account that his wife had given birth to their son, Miles.^[10][11]

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My Chemical Romance adalah seorang Amerika rock alternatif band dari New Jersey , yang dibentuk pada tahun 2001. Band ini terdiri dari vokalis Gerard Way , gitaris Ray Toro dan Frank Iero , dan bassist Mikey Way dan memiliki suara beragam elemen menggabungkan daripunk , emo , glam metal , dan rock progresif . Tak lama setelah membentuk, band ini menandatangani kontrak dengan Eyeball Records dan merilis album debut mereka I Brought You My Bullets , You brought Me Your Love pada tahun 2002. Mereka menandatangani kontrak dengan Reprise Records tahun berikutnya dan merilis debut major label mereka Three Cheers for  Sweet Revenge pada tahun 2004, album ini sukses secara komersil, dan dianugerahi platinum sedikit lebih dari setahun kemudian. Band bayangi kesuksesan mereka sebelumnya dengan 2006 mereka konsep album, The Black Parade , yang umumnya diperoleh ulasan menguntungkan kalangan kritikus musik.  Album keempat studio mereka, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, dirilis pada 22 November 2010, untuk ulasan positif.

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Awal karir (2001-2002)

Band ini dibentuk oleh manusia depan Gerard Way dan drummer Matt Pelissier sekitar satu minggu setelah serangan 11 September . Menyaksikan kecelakaan pesawat ke World Trade Center kehidupan Way dipengaruhi untuk sejauh bahwa ia memutuskan untuk memulai sebuah band. Cara menulis lagu "Skylines and trutlines" untuk mengekspresikan perasaannya sekitar tanggal 11 dan tak lama kemudian, Ray Toro direkrut karena pada waktu Way tidak bisa menyanyi dan memainkan gitar pada saat yang sama. Nama band ini disarankan oleh gitaris bass Mikey Way, adik dari Gerard, yang bekerja di Barnes & Noble ketika ia dikejutkan oleh judul buku karya Irvine Welsh bernama Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance . Sesi rekaman pertama dilakukan di loteng Pelissier, di mana lagu " Our Lady of Sorrows "(sebelumnya disebut" Bawa Pisau Lebih ") dan" bilik "dicatat. Band ini mengacu pada sesi sebagai The Attic Demo. Setelah mendengar demo dan berhenti kuliah, Mikey Way memutuskan untuk bergabung dengan band. Sementara dengan Eyeball Records , band ini bertemu Frank Iero , vokalis dan gitaris untuk Pencey Prep .Setelah membagi Pencey Prep pada tahun 2002, Iero menjadi anggota My Chemical Romance, hanya beberapa hari sebelum merekam album debut band ini.  Mereka merekam debut album mereka,I Brought You My Bullets , You brought Me Your Love , hanya tiga bulan setelah pembentukan band dan dirilis pada tahun 2002 melalui Eyeball Records. Album ini diproduksi olehKamis vokalis Geoff Rickley setelah band ini menjadi berteman dengan dia saat bermain pertunjukkan di New Jersey. Iero bermain gitar di dua lagu, salah satunya adalah "Sunsets Awal Selama Monroeville." Selama waktu ini, band ini dipesan di tempat terkenal, Big Daddy, di mana mereka mulai mendapat perhatian lebih.

My Chemical Romance yang ditawarkan gratis download melalui purevolume  dan situs jaringan sosial MySpace , di mana mereka memperoleh basis penggemar awal.