My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade [Clean]

Primary Artist
My Chemical Romance
Album Title
The Black Parade [Clean]
Release Date
December 19, 2006 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
At the heart of My Chemical Romance lore is the story of lead singer/songwriter/mouthpiece Gerard Way, an animator who decided to abandon illustrations and do "something with his life" in the wake of 9/11. Needless to say, that "important" thing was My Chemical Romance, which quickly rose to prominence among the emo and neo-punk bands that cluttered the rock landscape of the 2000s thanks in large part to "I'm Not OK (I Promise)," a surging piece of emo pop with a hook as ridiculously catchy as its title was ridiculous. Read More