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1* DyeingForYourArt: Gerard dyeing his hair to mimic the DiseaseBleach of the album's titular character.
2* MultiDiscWork: A notable example in that the album's 2-disc LP release only covers three sides across the two records, with the second one's back side merely featuring etching.
3* ProductionPosse: Several members of the production staff, including producer Rob Cavallo, engineer Doug [=McKean=], assistant engineer Jimmy Hoyson, mixer Chris Lord-Alge, mastering engineer Ted Jensen, and music video director Samuel Bayer had previously worked on Music/GreenDay's ''Music/AmericanIdiot''.
4* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
5** For a long time it was believed there would be a video for "Mama". There wasn't. Cut to some time later when an article surfaced describing that there had been discussion and even a concept for a "Mama" video, involving Creator/GrantMorrison as the Devil and Liza Minnelli dressed as the Virgin Mary.
6** Gerard said [[https://www.theaquarian.com/2005/02/23/my-chemical-romance-interview-with-gerard-way/ in an interview]] that the band had sent the album demos to [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] to see if he would be interested in producing the album, but that he never got back to them.
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