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40 facts about MCR, that you probably don't know
I got this from a documentary about MCR that was unathorized called "Things that make you go mmmm"
1.Gerard Way spent 2 months drawing Spiderman in his basement, got the job for Marvel, and turned it down.
2.Many of Gerard’s friends thought he was going insane.
3.At the first time they were recorded, Gerard was so freaked out that his voice was shot.
4.After many takes of Gerard’s voice, the manager from Eyeball went inand said “Sorry for what I’m about to do to you ” and punched Gerard in the face as hard as he could.
5.When doing the song after Gerard was punched, the sky turned purple, the sun was gone, and it was pouring down rain.
6.Gambling his money, Alex, one of the employees from Eyeball got two weeks’ worth of recording, and it was Hell.
7.The recording process was said to be hard because Gerard Way was having such pain in his head
8.The pain was so bad that Gerard was found, repeatedly screaming and crying, while banging his head into things like cars and walls.
9.The day after taking Gerard to the ER/AE he passes out in the recording studio for only a few seconds, but is so rattled he goes, again to the Emergency.
10.Alex, the man who worked at Eyeball with them at the time said that the pain was one of the main reasons the album sounded so raw and sincere.
11.When they got the diagnosis back it was just a tooth ache. When asked, the person recording them said “It was just a giant tooth ache! (chuckles)That concludes Gerard!”
12.Ray cried on one of the songs that Gerard sang because he was moved by the vocal performance.
13.Everyone was so amazed by how Gerard could sing and what he could make his vocals do.
14.Friction became magnified as they worked closer together on the record.
15.The drummer, Matt at that time was not very good and constantly sped songs up, causing them to have to constantly repeat songs.
16.Mikey Way, saved the session and was said to be ‘one of the best bass players I’ve ever recorded’
17.Before even having a stream date, there were hundreds of records out because they had been so promoted by the band and everyone involved.
18.A college radio station, Under The Stars, was the first radio to ever play a My Chemical Romance song.
19.Vampires Will Never Hurt You was the first song ever played on the radio.
20.My Chemical Romance was the most requested band on Under The Stars radio.
21.‘The Loop Lounge’ was the first club the I brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love and MCR, had ever played at.
22.People say that the main reason MCR was so big was because they were so easy to relate to and their music wasn’t always about themselves.
23.Everyone was going crazy over My Chemical Romance after the A and R who had signed Jimmy Eat World and ALI was after My Chemical Romance, before the album was ever officially out.
24.MCRwas extremely fast about growing up.
25.My Chemical Romance went from shows with 50 kids to a 7,000 kids at a Jimmy Eat World gig.
26.Ray Toro said that the main reason MCR signed with a major label was because kids couldn’t find their CD anywhere
27.MCR continued to be friends after leaving their Indie label
28.MCR toured constantly for almost two years.
29.MCR’S shows were thought of as life changing.
30.Gerard Way is known for being soft spoken and to be a completely different person live.
31.There was a joke about Mikey that he “Nailed his sneakers to the floor and then put them on” because he would never move.
32.Ray would yell “Jersey” in between songs.
33.Ray was an extremely confident guitar player and if he felt like he was playing well, he would turn his volume up.
34.Bob Bryar immediately replaced Matt
35.Alex, the man from the Indie label Eyeball Records hated ‘I’m Not Okay’ and told Gerard so, but later loved it.
36.Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was a huge surprise to everyone that had previously listened to My Chemical Romance.
37.The 9th song on TCFSR, Thank You for the Venom, was the song that held the roots from the previous album.
38.Gerard is described as someone ‘who lives his life on the edge of sanity’
39.P. Diddy called MCR his ‘boys’ on MTV
1.Gerard Way spent 2 months drawing Spiderman in his basement, got the job for Marvel, and turned it down.
2.Many of Gerard’s friends thought he was going insane.
3.At the first time they were recorded, Gerard was so freaked out that his voice was shot.
4.After many takes of Gerard’s voice, the manager from Eyeball went inand said “Sorry for what I’m about to do to you ” and punched Gerard in the face as hard as he could.
5.When doing the song after Gerard was punched, the sky turned purple, the sun was gone, and it was pouring down rain.
6.Gambling his money, Alex, one of the employees from Eyeball got two weeks’ worth of recording, and it was Hell.
7.The recording process was said to be hard because Gerard Way was having such pain in his head
8.The pain was so bad that Gerard was found, repeatedly screaming and crying, while banging his head into things like cars and walls.
9.The day after taking Gerard to the ER/AE he passes out in the recording studio for only a few seconds, but is so rattled he goes, again to the Emergency.
10.Alex, the man who worked at Eyeball with them at the time said that the pain was one of the main reasons the album sounded so raw and sincere.
11.When they got the diagnosis back it was just a tooth ache. When asked, the person recording them said “It was just a giant tooth ache! (chuckles)That concludes Gerard!”
12.Ray cried on one of the songs that Gerard sang because he was moved by the vocal performance.
13.Everyone was so amazed by how Gerard could sing and what he could make his vocals do.
14.Friction became magnified as they worked closer together on the record.
15.The drummer, Matt at that time was not very good and constantly sped songs up, causing them to have to constantly repeat songs.
16.Mikey Way, saved the session and was said to be ‘one of the best bass players I’ve ever recorded’
17.Before even having a stream date, there were hundreds of records out because they had been so promoted by the band and everyone involved.
18.A college radio station, Under The Stars, was the first radio to ever play a My Chemical Romance song.
19.Vampires Will Never Hurt You was the first song ever played on the radio.
20.My Chemical Romance was the most requested band on Under The Stars radio.
21.‘The Loop Lounge’ was the first club the I brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love and MCR, had ever played at.
22.People say that the main reason MCR was so big was because they were so easy to relate to and their music wasn’t always about themselves.
23.Everyone was going crazy over My Chemical Romance after the A and R who had signed Jimmy Eat World and ALI was after My Chemical Romance, before the album was ever officially out.
24.MCRwas extremely fast about growing up.
25.My Chemical Romance went from shows with 50 kids to a 7,000 kids at a Jimmy Eat World gig.
26.Ray Toro said that the main reason MCR signed with a major label was because kids couldn’t find their CD anywhere
27.MCR continued to be friends after leaving their Indie label
28.MCR toured constantly for almost two years.
29.MCR’S shows were thought of as life changing.
30.Gerard Way is known for being soft spoken and to be a completely different person live.
31.There was a joke about Mikey that he “Nailed his sneakers to the floor and then put them on” because he would never move.
32.Ray would yell “Jersey” in between songs.
33.Ray was an extremely confident guitar player and if he felt like he was playing well, he would turn his volume up.
34.Bob Bryar immediately replaced Matt
35.Alex, the man from the Indie label Eyeball Records hated ‘I’m Not Okay’ and told Gerard so, but later loved it.
36.Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was a huge surprise to everyone that had previously listened to My Chemical Romance.
37.The 9th song on TCFSR, Thank You for the Venom, was the song that held the roots from the previous album.
38.Gerard is described as someone ‘who lives his life on the edge of sanity’
39.P. Diddy called MCR his ‘boys’ on MTV
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8/26/13