{"id":27380,"date":"2019-11-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=27380"},"modified":"2023-03-15T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T19:54:33","slug":"my-chemical-romances-reunion-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2019\/11\/26\/my-chemical-romances-reunion-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"My Chemical Romance&#8217;s Reunion Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a person who still hasn\u2019t grown out of their emo phase, my perspective on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"My Chemical Romance\u2019s  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mychemicalromance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Chemical Romance\u2019s <\/a>(MCR to fans) reunion is one of relative rareness. I was eleven when my best friend really exposed me to the scene, before that I still loved Fall Out Boy (FOB) for \u201cThnks fr th mmrs\u201d and Panic at the Disco! for \u201cI Write Sins Not Tragedies,&#8221; off of their 2005 album.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But being a little kid, I hadn\u2019t experienced their albums or much of anything like that. If it wasn\u2019t on the radio, I didn\u2019t know it existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My BFF\u2019s emo band of choice? <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MCR. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mychemicalromance\/playlists\" target=\"_blank\">MCR.<\/a> She sent me links to MCR albums on YouTube and it became a great pastime of ours to discuss and debate them. Her favorite album was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"\u201cThree Cheers for Sweet Revenge,\u201d  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Three_Cheers_for_Sweet_Revenge\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThree Cheers for Sweet Revenge,\u201d <\/a>she practically lived in her t-shirt with the album logo in spite of it attracting taunts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite was (and still is) \u201cDanger Days\u201d for it\u2019s bright and colorful fun sound almost hiding it\u2019s anti-capitalist and anti-war themes. We would make fan fiction featuring ourselves as KillJoy characters. Exceptionally dorky, I know. But hey, we\u2019re both great writers and it was fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/art\/performing-arts\/2019\/11\/12\/my-chemical-romance-isnt-the-only-band-making-a-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"My Chemical Romance isn't the Only Band Making a Comeback\u2028 (opens in a new tab)\">My Chemical Romance isn&#8217;t the Only Band Making a Comeback<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2019\/10\/24\/a-harry-styles-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A Harry Styles Update (opens in a new tab)\">A Harry Styles Update<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27381\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2019\/11\/26\/my-chemical-romances-reunion-perspective\/attachment\/danger-days\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Danger-Days.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"Danger Days\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The band performing during the &amp;#8220;Danger Days&amp;#8221; album cycle. (Wikimedia Commons)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Danger-Days.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Danger-Days.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Danger-Days.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27381\" width=\"539\" height=\"303\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The band performing during the &#8220;Danger Days&#8221; album cycle. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In those early days of my participation in the MCR fandom life was great. She and I went from friends to best friends. We were having so much fun from this common interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Songs from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"\u201cConventional Weapons,\u201d (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conventional_Weapons\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cConventional Weapons,\u201d<\/a> a project that was scrapped with tracks that had never been heard were being released to the public! Everything looked like it was only going up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything changed on March 22, 2013. I remember her calling me, weeping. At first, I thought it was a joke. It obviously wasn\u2019t. To say we were a wreck was an understatement. Here was a band that had given us everything, eloquent ways for us to express our sadness, and identity, and poof, it was just gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A year later we got the greatest hits completion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MGZO_teDsIc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"\u201cMay Death Never Stop You.\u201d (opens in a new tab)\">\u201cMay Death Never Stop You.\u201d<\/a> It was a small spark that kept die-hard fans hopeful that a reunion could happen. Conspiracy theories floated around for the next six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: My Chemical Romance\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/6Lv56LjAgl6GkbF04C1CQo?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A compilation of the group&#8217;s biggest hits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Things like, \u201cDanger Days\u201d takes place in 2019, MCR might return then! Gerard said they wanted to be like Smashing Pumpkins, who took a six-year break. And the absolute best, the band could avoid becoming a teenager (song reference) by taking a break on their 12th year and returning on their 19th. The shocking thing is, that as laughed at as these theories were, they were true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fandom was burnt before. Back in 2016, Warner Music decided to post a teaser of MCRX, I lost my mind thinking it was a reunion. We all, us fans, went crazy. Once we found out that MCRX was nothing but a hits album, oh boy, Warner Music must\u2019ve had thousands of hate messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/egG7fiE89IU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Na Na Na,&#8221; one of the most popular and craziest songs from the band. Definitely watch this one for the visuals as well as the music. (YouTube\/My Chemical Romance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But I wouldn\u2019t trade this pain for anything else in the world. Some of my greatest internet friends came from the fandom. The lack of official content forced fans to become creative. If you need me, I\u2019ll be throwing on eyeliner and joining <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" The Black Parade  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/my-chemical-romance-black-parade-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Black Parade <\/a>once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LeAnne McPherson<br><\/strong>Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a person who still hasn\u2019t grown out of their emo phase, my perspective on My Chemical Romance\u2019s (MCR to fans) reunion is one of relative rareness. 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