History Trivia / MyChemicalRomance

!Trope-based trivia

!Miscellaneous trivia
* MCR is the favorite band (some days) of [[FanFic/MyImmortal Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way]].

* NamesTheSame: "Helena" isn't a cover of the Misfits song.

** The band was supposed to embark on a long-awaited reunion tour in 2020 but it was postponed due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic until 2022. Gerard Way [[https://www.stereogum.com/2187846/gerard-way-riley-gale-tribute-my-chemical-romance-power-trip/news said]] he planned on asking the crossover thrash band Power Trip to open that tour when it eventually happened, but their frontman Riley Gale died in late 2020 and they went on an indefinite hiatus afterwards.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When the band first broke up, they left behind an in-development album named ''The Paper Kingdom'', which was promoted as a ConceptAlbum about a support group for parents suffering the loss of their children, which was also intended to be their final album. Around six songs from this album exist in bootleg form, with "Fake Your Death" being the only one to be completed and given an official release.

* NamesTheSame: No, "Helena" isn't a cover of the Misfits song.
* OneHitWonder: Despite being an extremely popular name in the punk-rock industry and having a ''massive'' following of {{emo teen}}s, most people outside of their fanbase would have trouble naming a song from them other than "[[SignatureSong Welcome to the Black Parade]]", their only single that reached the Top 10 of the ''Billboard Hot 100''. They had a previous Top 40 hit with "Helena", but that only peaked at #33 and doesn't hold a candle to WttBP's success. The same can be said about "Teenagers" and "Na Na Na", perhaps their only other well-known singles.

* ThePeteBest: Original drummer Matt Pelissier.

* CreatorBreakdown: Gerard's past battle with drug addiction and alcoholism are well-known among the fanbase. He's gotten a lot better, though.

*** This was definitely the case, at least for Mikey. He considered suicide or leaving the band as his only options for a while. Luckily, he got better.
* DyeingForYourArt: While Gerard tends to do this, most people seem to overlook the fact that Frank Iero has also had a habit of changing his hair.
** Bleached his hair white for ''The Black Parade'', mimicking the DiseaseBleach of The Patient's hair.
** Now for Danger Days, his hair is atomic red to portray his punk-outlaw character Party Poison

** He also says his affinity for red hair dates back to middle school and high school.

* HeAlsoDid: Gerard Way is also the writer of ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' and has done guest vocals for songs of other bands, such as "In Defense Of The Genre" by Music/SayAnything, "Jet black Sunday" by Thursday, and "The Devil In Mexico" by Murder By Death. He also founded the Creator/DCComics imprint Creator/YoungAnimal in 2016.

** Frank Iero was the former vocalist for Pencey Prep, which he left in order to join MCR, and he also does vocals for his side project Leathermouth

* WordOfGod: Gerard Way says a lot of the fanservice (such as the "Frerard" gimmick) is done to piss people off.
** He also says the red hair dates back to middle school and high school.

* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Their appearance on ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' performing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LAx8kNfFcc "Every Snowflake is Different"]] might be this.
** That performance also earned them SesameStreetCred

** Now for Danger Days, his hair is atomic red to portrait his punk-outlaw character Party Poison

* OneOfUs: It should only take about five minutes of listening to them talk before you realize these guys are total nerds masquerading as badass musicians. If even that.
** Gerard was quiet in high school and very much the outcast.
** Their album ''Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys'', a concept album in which the band plays a group of brightly-costumed freedom fighters wielding painted NES Zappers.

* HeAlsoDid: Gerard Way is also the writer of ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' and has done guest vocals for songs of other bands, such as "In Defense Of The Genre" by Music/SayAnything, "Jet black Sunday" by Thursday, and "The Devil In Mexico" by Murder By Death.

** Gerard was quiet in high school and very much the outcast. A comic book fan, he co-created the Creator/DarkHorseComics series ''Comicbook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' and founded the DC imprint Creator/YoungAnimal in 2016.

** Gerard was quiet in high school and very much the outcast. A comic book fan, he founded the DC imprint Creator/YoungAnimal in 2016.

** Gerard was quiet in high school and very much the outcast.

** Gerard also co-wrote and directed an episode of TheAquabatsSuperShow, which Mikey starred in as the episode's main villain.

* CreatorBreakdown: Gerard's past battle with drug addiction and alcoholism are well-known among the fanbase. [[ItGetsBetter He's gotten a lot better, though.]]

*** This was definitely the case, at least for Mikey. He considered suicide or leaving the band as his only options for a while. Luckily, he [[ItGetsBetter got better.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: The guy who plays The Patient in the video for "Welcome to the Black Parade" is Lukas Haas. Likely a ParentalBonus, since most people only know him as "that Amish kid from [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090329 that Harrison Ford movie]]."
** He was also in ''Film/MarsAttacks''
** And ''Series/TwentyFour''!
** And ''Film/{{Inception}}''.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63lyA42Y6ug Grant Morrison in the newest video...trailer...thing. Just watch it. It's awesome.]]
** Jimmy Urine and Steve, Righ? from Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence make an appearance in the trailer. Even if Jimmy is in a mask, you can tell by his mannerisms and his ridiculous height that it's him.
** Mikey himself played a villain in an episode of TheAquabatsSuperShow that was directed and co-written by Gerard.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The woman singing in "Mama"? That's Liza Minnelli.
** Dr Death Defying's voice? Steve, Righ? from MSI and the Left Rights.

** He was also in ''MarsAttacks''

* MCR is the favorite band (some days) of [[FanFic/MyImmortal Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way]].

** Now for Danger Days, his hair is atomic red.

* HeAlsoDid: Gerard Way is also the writer of ''TheUmbrellaAcademy'' and has done guest vocals for songs of other bands, such as "In Defense Of The Genre" by Music/SayAnything, "Jet black Sunday" by Thursday, and "The Devil In Mexico" by Murder By Death.

** Frank Iero was the former vocalist for Pencey Prep, which he left in order to join MCR, and he also does vocals for his side project Leathermouth.

** He also says the red hair dates back to middle school and high school.

* ExecutiveMeddling: When the "Teenagers" video originally aired on MTV, it suffered quite a bit of editing, since it came out right around the time of the Virginia Tech shootings. You can find the unedited version on their YouTube channel.
* HeAlsoDid: Gerard Way is also the writer of ''TheUmbrellaAcademy'' and has done guest vocals for songs of other bands, such as "In Defense Of The Genre" by Music/SayAnything, "Jet black Sunday" by Thursday, and "The Devil In Mexico" by Murder By Death.

** Their album ''[[Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys]]'', a concept album in which the band plays a group of brightly-costumed freedom fighters wielding painted NES Zappers.

* HeAlsoDid: Gerard Way is also the writer of ''TheUmbrellaAcademy'' and has done guest vocals for songs of other bands, such as "In Defense Of The Genre" by Music/SayAnything or "The Devil In Mexico" by Murder By Death.