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Vocals, Lyrics

Name: Gerard Arthur Way
Birthday: April 9th, 1977
Hometown: Newark, New Jersey
Sign: Aries
Height: 5'7" - 5'8"
Instrument: Mic
Fav. Bands: Iron Maiden, The Cure, Morrisey, and The Misfits

Fun Facts:
He originally played guitar for MCR.
He has been sober since August 2004.
He loves scarves.

Random Facts taken from Ultimate My Chemical Romance Site:
He used to be a little bit heavier weight wise.
Gerard founded MCR with original drummer Matt Pelisser.
He doesn't like physical work.(manual labor)
He was going to be a cartoon artist.
He went to Art School in New York.
He once worked as a a cart boy/bagger at a Grocery store.
He smokes.
His mothers name is Donna.
He thinks that Brody Dalle from the distillers is hot.
He claims he is not Goth but that MCR being labelled Goth is because of the song Vampires Will Never Hurt You.
His fathers name is Donald.
He is 1/2 Scottish (fathers side) and 1/2 Italian (mothers side).
He loves the issue of X-Men when Wolverine is being crucified to a wooden "X".
His favourite X-Men charector is Wolverine.
He loves theatre.
He also loves David Bowie.
His cartoon was named "The Breakfast Monkey".
He is very heavily infulenced by Iron Maiden.
He does take off the make up when he's not on stage.
He thinks of MCR as charectors or a "gang".
He actually sings during the making of their videos, he gives it 110%.
He says the reason for wearing so much black and red is because, to him those are the colors of a funeral.
Red and Black are also the MCR "gangs" colors, or so Gerard says.
He designed a shirt for for the band Thursday.
He is obsessed with death, and has been since he realized everyone has to die and everyone will die alone when, he realizes that at 8yrs old.
He is still in therapy and loves it.
His dream car is a Red Corvette liscenced plated "KNIVES".
He has had many "spooky" expiriences with Quijia boards.
He learned how to Draw, Sing, and Perform from his grandmother Elena.
He plays guitar.
He smokes Marlboro Red Cigarettes.
Nipple rings freak him out.
He Graduate from the School of Visual Arts which is one of the most prestigeous art schools in the North East.
Injuries:
Torn lip, spinal sprain, slipped disc, no reflex response (knee-R), liver damage.

Quotes:
"One by one, penguins are stealing my sanity..."
"If I got smart with you, how would you know?"
"Out of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
"Who wouldn't want to catch a guy in a bear suit?"
"Yeah, slippers. We're gonna bring back slippers from the dead."
"I liked Star Wars when I was ten."
"Um, hair crimping has to go. I don't see it very often but when I do it burns my ass."
"It's like the drag fairy comes by and says "what would you like to do?" Ahhmm yeah, karate."
"Yeah. I'm terrified of karaoke unless I'm wasted! That's the only way I can do karaoke."
"The only negative element I've noticed with the popularity are: (A) people thinking they understand your band and want to have great philosophical drunken debates with you, they think they understand you more than anybody else. (B) people think you're HOT and they want to fuck you and they have no idea what your talking about and (C) a lack of privacy. Those are the only negative elements."
"If you don't go to highschool you will definately go to jail."
"So many people treat you like you're a kid so you might as well act like one and throw your television out of the hotel window."
"When you are kissing a guy with a beard , it's different."
"Look at me, with my pretty bracelet and tiara...I'm a fuckin' princess!"
"This sun stuff kind of sucks."
"I went to school in drag, in art school and my day was completely different because everybody thought I was a chick. You should see me as a chick. So I went as a girl, as like an experiment and it worked really well and everyone was really nice to me but I couldn't talk obviously...you know train conductors were really cool to me on my commute...HA! I looked hot as a chick!"
"Um, lots of people grab my ass. I'm actually starting to get this thing now where people grab my package."
"If for one minute you think you're better than a sixteen year old girl in a Green Day t-shirt, you are sorely mistaken. Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about."

Bass Guitar

First Name: Michael James Way
Birthday:September 10th, 1980
Sign: Virgo
Home Town: Newark, New Jersey
Height: 5'9"-5'10"
Instrument: Bass
Fav. Bands: Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, The Misfits, Radiohead, Blur, and The Smiths.

Fun Facts:
Before being in MCR Mikey worked as an intern for Eyeball Records.
Mikey learned bass because the band realized it would be faster to teach him than find someone.
He learned how to play the entire MCR setlist on bass in less than a month.
Mikey tried out as a guitarist for the band Pency Prep, Frank's band, but didn't make it.
He loves sushi (and could eat his body weight in it).
His mother's name is Donna.
He is known as the band pimp.

Random Facts taken from Ultimate My Chemical Romance Site:
Mikey learned how to play Bass so he could help his brother out and be in the band.
He can't jump around on stage because of his asthma.
He is 1/2 Scottish (fathers side) and 1/2 Italian (mothers side).
He is nearsighted.
He grew up in Belleville.
He also has asthma.
He also smokes.
His first concert was a Smashing Pumpkins concert.
He loves the band Anthrax (and he loves his Anthrax shirt)
His fathers name is Donald.
His mothers name is Donna.
He NEEDS coffee.
He used to work at Barnes and Noble.
He loves sushi.
He used to be an intern at Eyeball Records. (Which was MCR's debut label).
He loves his IPOD.
He came up with the name "My Chemical Romance" and mentioned it to Gerard Way before there was a band.

Injuries:
liver damage, three broken toes (epic battle with a brick wall), multiple upper respiratory infections, nearsightedness

Quotes:
"There's less violence in the world when people are using Hula-Hoops."
"Yeah, I have a headache, really bad. I was in a gas station and there was a pot of coffee and I looked at it for about a minute and then my brother got a coffee and he taunted me."
"I like popsicles."

Rhythm Guitar, Back-up Vocalist(screamer)

Name: Frank Anthony Iero
Birthdate: October 31, 1981
Sign: Scorpio
Home town: Belleville, New Jersey
Heigth: 5'4"-5'6"
Instrument: Guitar
Fav. Bands: Black Flag, The Bouncing Souls, American Nightmare, and Beasite Boys

Fun Facts:
He was originally signed with the band Prencey Prep on Eyeball Records.
Frank's white Les Paul says "Pansy" on it.
He was the last member to join the band.
He has three dogs.
He went to Rutgers University.
His mother's name is Linda.
Frankie shaved Mikey's hair dresser's head.

Random Facts from Ultimate My Chemical Romance Site:
He is also a smoker.
He is extrmemley short.
Frankie loves his moms cooking/italian food. Loves eggpant parmesean especially.
He has a fetish with kissing Gerard. ((although hes not bi and has a girlfriend))
He was very much influenced by his father.
He loves books and the Harry Potter series.
He supposivley is full of himself.
His favorite colr is mauve.

Injuries:
two broken toes, 4 chipped teeth, lacerations to hands, knees, and head, various contusions and bruises, mono

Quotes:
"I can't imagine any other bands having better kids than ours, and if they do at least I know our kids can beat up their kids."

Lead Guitar, Back-up Vocals

First Name: Raymond Toro
Birthday:July 15th 1977
Sign: Cancer
Home Town: Kearny, New Jersey
Height: 6'1" ish
Instrument: Guitar
Fun Facts:
Ray is Puerto Rican.
He wears contacts.
He loves his Chuck Taylors.
Ray used to wear cover girl face makeup in high school because of his acne issues.

Random Facts from Ultimate My Chemical Romance site:
He was a key role in the founding of the band.
He knew Gerard and Mikey in high school. They were loose friends.
Obviously Ray's an amazing guitarist.
He has atleast one older brother.
In Junior High, to impress a girl, he stuck a piece of runts candy in his nose like a booger but it ended up getting stuck in his nose and he had to go to the nurse and have her get it out.

Injuries:
1) Guitar burn - similar to rug burn, generally affects the forearm area, some specialists attribute it to sweat, friction, and intense rocking.
2) Large gash to the head caused by getting cracked in the head with Frankie's guitar, it wasn't the first time it happened...I'm sure it won't be the last.
3) Nasty hangnail.

Drummer

Name: Bob Bryar
Birthday: December 31, 1980
Sign: Capricorn
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Instrument: Drums

Fun Facts:
He was originally a sound guy for the Used.

Random Facts from Ultimate My Chemical Romance site:
He obviously plays drums.
He was stage crew for Eyeball record artists and thats how he met MCR.
He always wished he could play onstage and then MCR came and it happened.
He has been with MCR since the begining but joined the band in '04.
He replaced Matt Pelisser.
He is a fan of Black Sabbath.
He gives good hugs.
He thinks England is cold.

Injuries:
1) Broken foot - pushed out of a moving bus.
2) Busted nose from a bar fight with security tough guy.
3) Broken heart...long story.
4) Brain damage. No comment.

Quotes:
"I just rolled up the window, I couldn't think of anything else to do, phew I'm safe from the .375 gun now that I've rolled up the fucking window."

I'd like to meet:

Music:

"Hey girls, you're beautiful. Don't look at those stupid magazines with stick like models. Eat healthy and exercise. That's all. Don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough. You are good enough, you are too good. Love your family with all your heart and listen to it. You are gorgeous, whether you're a size 3 or a size 14. It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, as long as you're a good person, as long as you respect others. I know it's been told hundreds of times before, but it's true. Hey girls, you are beautiful." - Gerard Way

Bob: "Did you read the new Ellen DeGenres book?"
Frank: "Mhm."
Bob: "What'd you think, man?"
Frank: "Made me a lesbian."
Bob: "I never thought about that."
Frank: "You've gotta keep an open mind, my friend."

"To the fans - this record is for you. Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit and never let them take you alive! Thanks for catching me when I fall and thanks for being brave." - Gerard Way

"If you or someone you know are severely depressed, you need to fucking talk to somebody! Your best friend, your mum, someone in school.. I don't give a fuck. 'Cause pissing away your life on suicide is fucking BULLSHIT!" - Gerard Way

Q: Pimp My Ride or Monster House? Frank: I have no idea what that means. Sorry.

"And to the fans.. this is for you. Thank you from the bottom of our black little hearts for staying so pure, so passionate and so strong. Your belief in us is immeasurable and for that we love you eternally!" - MCR

"The band did start as a therapy for me. It was a way to vent, but helping people through stuff makes me feel better to. Surrounding myself with fans makes me feel like I'm not going through it alone" - Gerard Way

"You probably came with your best friend, or one of your best friends... I want you to turn to that mother fucker, grab him by the throat and say 'you're my best fucking friend, and I would die for you!'" - Gerard Way

We have the best fans in the world. They are creative, smart, independent, and well read. Most of us are outsiders that found a common bond, much like fans of comic books" - Gerard Way

"Girls, if you're ever hanging around dingy looking guys who are dressed like we are, they're probably rock stars. Now, I know a lot of times you'll ask if you can go backstage, and they will say, "Show us your titties and we'll let you backstage." If this ever happens to you, I want you to do something. I want you to spit in their face and say, "FUCK YOU!" - Gerard Way

"If you're racist, sexist, a homophobe, I want you to get the fuck outta here now! No one wants you here! Don't buy our merch, and if you have the CD, smash it! GET THE FUCK OUT!" - Gerard Way

"Suicide is a serious thing. And if you know anyone who is suicidal, you need to get them help. No one should be in pain. Everyone should love themselves. Like I love all our fans, old and new. All you guys officially rock and the band all love every single one of you" - Gerard Way

"Everyone here is here cause they're a little fucked up. And I don't mean doing drugs or pills or whatever it is you kids are shoving up your noses these days - but really FUCKED UP. But it's ok cause there's 5 guys on this stage who are just as fucked up as you. And what are we gonna do about it. cry? No. We're gonna dance." - Gerard Way

"If you're in this band, you're in it for the right reasons. You're not in it for money or fame. You're in it to do some good. Becoming more popular, it's like people are granting us superpowers and we have to use them to fight evil." - Gerard Way

"There are bands that are in for the wrong reasons, polluting the airwaves and filling their own pockets. Or just saying 'Oh, I wanna be a rockstar.' right. you've got a lot of kids following you. What are you saying to them? well, we're saying it's OK to be messed up. There's other people just like you and if we stick together, we get through this!" - Gerard Way

"I can't imagine any other bands having better kids than ours, and if they do at least I know our kids can beat up their kids." - Frank Iero

â€œI dont think having a My Chemical Romance action figure will make a kid start his own band, I like to think it will make him save children from a burning building.â€ - Gerard Way

â€œIt tastes like somebody stole my wallet. Ya know?â€ - Gerard Way

â€œAre You On Our Side And You Want To Be Diffrent Or Are You On That Side And You Want To Throw A Football At My Head?â€ - Gerard Way

â€œSo many people treat you like you're a kid so you might as well act like one and throw your television out of the hotel window.â€ - Gerard Way

"There was a moment in my life when I really wanted to kill myself. And there was one other moment when I was close to that... But even in my most jaded times, I had some hope.â€ - Gerard Way

â€œWe like to kidnap them in a van, and leave them somewhere dangerous. SURPRISE!â€ - Gerard Way

"When I was writing it, I was remembering how hard it was to be a 16-year-old in high school. I always wanted to be an artist, so I was this loner kid who just got drunk all the time. I only had one real friend. There was a girl I really liked, and she ended up taking really sleazy photographs with her boyfriend, and that really crushed me, I was just swimming in this pit of despair, jealousy and alcoholism.â€ - Gerard Way

"That's what happens when you're all borderline psychotic and therein lies the beauty of this band - our duality. There's a duality to each band member too. There's a desire to have this constant conflict. If we write a song and it turns out really poppy, we have to make the lyrics really fucked up. There's psychosis to everything we do for sure. One day we're probably gonna write this number one pop tune that will be about a massacre!â€ - Gerard Way

"When we first started out I had a really big issue and a lot of my loved ones had a really big issue with the fact that I was totally in pain up there and there was a time when I tried to hurt myself off stage, but I got over that. Like, you should never want to hurt yourself. You should love yourself. Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself and become a new person and I think that that is going to be a lot of what the next record is about, not to plug it or anything. Like, it's going to talk about dying and coming back to become what you totally want to become. We are all becoming what we want to become.â€ - Gerard Way

"Yeah, obviously we use vampires as a metaphor for something else, something deeper than just the supernatural. But there's just something about the bloodsucking walking dead, that can say so much to people. There are really so many people trying to get control over you on a daily basis and steal your soul in some way, take a part of you...â€ - Gerard Way

â€œRay- What is a large group of moose? Mooses? Mikey- No way! It's Meesi. Gerard- Fuck Off! It's Meese.â€

"So how was Christmas for you guys? Did you all get lots of nice black tee shirts?â€ - Gerard Way

â€œIt's about a girl and a guy and they both die...no wait...she doesn't die...he just THINKS she's dead...â€ - Frank Iero

â€œWe actually wanted to do this in OUR church...but uh... we don't GO there anymore...â€ - Frank Iero

â€œPopsicles should be the new black, that way everyone would have one!â€ - Frank Iero

"Homophobia is gay.â€ - Frank Iero

"We just have to watch Mikey and make sure he doesn't put anymore forks in the toaster.â€ - Frank Iero

"I wanna go to bed now!" - Frank Iero

"If you don't listen, you're never gonna learn" -Frankie Iero

"ARRRRGH!! The romance got tested fer the scurvey they did, and got drunk off Cap'n Morgan...arrrgh" - Frankie Iero

"There's less violence in the world when people are using Hula-Hoops." - Mikey Way

"We're also metal in the sense that we've a lot of metal on our instruments and I have quite a lot on my belt buckle as well" - Mikey Way

"Ashlee Simpson told me she had our CD." - Mikey Way

"I could eat my body weight in sushi." - Mikey Way

"I like popsicles." - Mikey Way

"Everybody goes through rough things in their lives, us included. The best advice we can give is to never give up, and always believe in yourself because when you do that, anything is possible." - Ray Toro

"I just stuck my hand in a cup!" - Ray Toro

"We are terrified to tour Japan because we are positive we'll lose Ray and he'll never come home. The boy has a passion for Asian women that is only rivaled by his love for He-man action figures." - Gerard Way about Ray

"It'd be cool to be a vampire. Vampires are the best beast you can ever be. Call me egotistical, but I love the whole idea of immortality." - Gerard Way

"I'm kinda upset that I'm gonna die tomorrow." - Mikey Way (in the making of GoY)

"I don't mean to be rude when I say this, but talking to you right now is crap." - Gerard Way

"I got sunburnt which is obviously a drag for me because in theory the sun is supposed to kill me." - Gerard Way

"I just rolled up the window, I couldn't think of anything else to do, phew I'm safe from the .375 gun now that I've rolled up the fucking window." - Bob Bryar

"When I was in junior high, I tried to impress a girl by sticking some Rumps candy in my nose and pretending it was booger, and it got stuck and I had to go to the nurse and get it out." - Ray Toro

"Are you showing your butt?!" - Ray Toro

"I have a lot of experience with making fake helmets out of foil." - Ray Toro

"We're very attractive to them because we dress like homeless people" - Mikey Way

"I've seen one. I'd run like a girl for sure.They're massive. If you run over one you're fucked. They come in through your windscreen kicking" - Mikey Way

"We were birth control." - Ray on his and Gerard's high school years

"There's such a lack of sex in music." - Gerard Way

"It erases everything I hate about myself. Nothing can hurt me. I feel completely invincible. I feel like everyone else on that stage is invincible and we're capable of anything. There's no stopping us." - Gerard Way

"It takes a while to tell stories, I think it's because I was drunk for three years." - Gerard Way

"I give you a penalty for roughage!" - Gerard Way

"Yeah, I have a headache, really bad. I was in a gas station and there was a pot of coffee and I looked at it for about a minute and then my brother got a coffee and he taunted me." - Mikey Way

"We can duct tape my knee, I don't care" - Gerard Way

"I'm the master of the wicket!" - Gerard Way

"Jacksonville.. you've been very bad! So we're gonna slap the shit out of you!" -Gerard Way

"I'M THE COW BOY OF AMERICA!" - Gerard Way

"It's like the drag fairy coming and saying 'What would you like to do?' Um, yeah karate." - Gerard Way

"Beach balls at festival shows are the work of the devil" - Gerard Way

Movies:

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Every My Chemical Romance Fan MUST follow the ELEVEN MCR Commandments!!

1. Thou shall not put a gun to thy lover's head.
2. Thou shall be willing to die for love.
3. Thou shall seek revenge on those who wrong you.
4. Thou shall be a demolition lover.
5. Thou shall unleash the bats.
6. Thou shall protect thy lover from everything, even vampires.
7. Thou shall respect thy lords, Gerard, Mikey, Ray, Bob and Frank.
8. Thou shall sing the holy hymns of the chemical romance.
9. Thou shall see beauty in bloody love.
10. Thou shall rock hard.
11. Thou shall join The Black Parade.
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Here's My Story :D

How can I possibly even begin to explain how much I love MCR?? I mean I really don't even know where to start. When I first discovered them, I had no idea who I was and I was confused. I couldn't remember who I was or who I wanted to be. It was just a really hard time for me. It was somewhere around the time one of my close friends committed suicide. And it was then that I realized we are all born to die. And that made me mad cause it was like, then why even live? I was really crushed and really hurt. I went to my friend's wake and I looked into his casket and it was then that I realized I didn't want to live anymore. This boy was so incredibly talented and there I was, still alive and nothing to show for it. I kept thinking "it should've been me." I was really planning on doing it when I heard 'Headfirst for Halos' [Headfirst for Halos is ironically about suicide, for all you non-fans] and was instantly saved. It was like they sensed that I was in need of help. It was like they wanted me to stay alive. It felt like they were rooting for me to win. It felt as if I wasn't going through it alone, like someone finally understood me. Like they wrote it for me, almost to say "it's cool that you're screwed up because we are too, but we're here to help you." I..m not even gonna lie; if My Chem didn..t exist, I wouldn..t either. I owe everything I am to them. They saved my life from anything ranging from depression to suicide. They helped me like myself more, and they helped me realize that if people don't like me for me, than I donâ€™t need those people. They made me see beyond labels and into peoples' hearts. They showed me that labels are stupid and that we shouldn't care if someone is "emo" or "punk" or "goth." They are the most amazing, most influential, most incredible band on the face of the earth. They are my heroes in every way, shape, and form. They all overcame soo much and still felt the need to save other people from those kinds of things. I love them all sooooo fxcking much. They are my life.
Seriously, when I look at them, I see angels. My Chemical Romance is living proof that God loves us
And, no. I do not like them because of their sex appeal. If you do, then you're sick. They deserve soo much better than that. So if you like them because "they're hott" then I really hope you get run over by an 18-wheeler. Seriously - I despise you.
I have been to a place in my head, I don't particularly want to go back to ever sgain. Their music is what "brought me back." Honestly, ever since I've been a fan of this band [since 2002] I have felt like I belonged somewhere. Like I was loved and wanted. Like I am a part of something that's bigger than I am, and that's a great feeling. To know that there are people out there listening to the same exact MCR song, thinking the same exact thoughts, wondering where the band is at that exact moment; hoping they're okay. It just feels right.
There are soo many things I learned from this band -
♥ you don't have to be cool to like their music
♥ its okay to be messed up
♥ you should be an individual
♥ you shouldn't hate yourself
♥ you shouldn't want to hurt yourself
♥ you shouldn't judge people
♥ never let anyone take advantage of you
♥ all you have to be is yourself.
Thank you, My Chemical Romance, for saving my life every day I breathe, and giving me something to live for. Thank you for helping me find the road to happiness. Thank you for encouraging me to be myself and letting me know its okay that I'm not perfect. Thank you for helping me look beyond appearance. Thank you for everything. I love you from the bottom of my heart!
"Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit,
and never let them take you alive.â€ Gerard Way

Teresa..s Story myspace.com/37199903

A Letter To The One And Only MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE: Bob,Mikey,Frank,Gerard,Ray...these are the names of my saviours.my reason of life.my friends.my loves.my heroes. U guys changed my life for good! and for that I will be eternaly greatful...i owe u guys my life! because without you guys...well...i wouldn't even have a pulse anymore...u guys saved my LIFE! I was going through a really stressful and depressing time in my life and thanks to you five beautiful boys...Gerard's words encouraged me and gave me the strength to get help and to keep on going with my life because I am not alone, there are other people who are just as messed up as me and it's okay because all the broken can be fixed. I got help and now I am doing WAY better than I was then. My life completely changed and I learned I have to value myself and be okay with who I am. I,nor anyone else, should let other people treat us like we are below them and that we are worthless...and we should especially not let ourselves think that way about us! We are all here for a reason. If we were worth nothing...we wouldn't be here in the first place! Whatever it is we are here for...whether it's to bring strength,courage,or even laughter...we all have something to give! I now know that itis okay that I am not nor ever will be perfect but as long as I have self respect, I will go through my life alright. So whenever someone tells us we are not "good enough" we turn right around and say (in the words of Gerard) "YOU CANNOT DESTROY ME!!" I am truly greatful and I will forever love MY CHEMICAL HEROES!

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