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It’s been more than a year since my last entry, which I would say is inexcusable, but truthfully I have a plethora of reasons for the lack of updates. It would be impossible to maintain this blog with the fervor and time-commitment I had in 2010, and the sadness I feel admitting that is immeasurable. Sometimes the best way to describe a feeling is to give an instance of it, so I will start with this morning. Gerard Way announced that his debut solo album will be here in just a couple months! September 30! He released the tracklisting, with some of the songs we know and love, and a couple whose demos I have been cherishing for a while now. It’s all so exciting. Or it should be, and it would be normally…. But I have a new feeling when I post news about the guys’ continued art these days. It’s sadness. No, I’m not sad that it isn’t My Chemical Romance. I’m not sad to see the guys go their separate ways and pursue new things. I’m thrilled to see what they do, in fac...

Here's an outline of what's been going on in the My Chemical Romance world since my previous "MCR digest" post on September 23. Note: I'm going to try to start making these posts a bit closer together. Say, every 5 days? ---   September 28 GERARD WAY performed with GRANT MORRISON and JAMES DEWEES on the opening night of Morrisoncon in Las Vegas, then spoke on a music panel the next day. From fan accounts, I gather that the 'con was very intimate, Gerard was extremely friendly and it was an all-around awesome time. Check out videos below of the performance and part of Gerard's panel. Thanks to Paloma Perez, the lovely lady I interviewed for my review of MCR's Chicago show in December, 2010! See more at Paloma's Youtube channel ! October 1 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 's FRANK IERO describes new MCR album as "bleak" and "elaborate" -- He also talked about his Phant-o-matic guitar and the MCR songwriting...

UPDATE: deadmau5 will go on at 10:55 p.m. PT. That's 1:55 a.m. EST! THIS JUST IN: @ gerardway will be joining @ deadmau5 at #iHeartRadio Music Festival! You'll be able to watch live on Sat: iheartradio.com/vegas — iHeartRadio (@iHeartRadio) September 20, 2012 iHeartRadio has announced that Gerard Way will perform "Professional Griefers" with deadmau5 this Saturday, September 22, at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Good news for fans: You can stream the entire show through Yahoo! Music, XBox Live or iHeartRadio! The performances will start at 7 p.m. PT. deadmau5 is one of 10 artists performing. XoXo c. PS: I've been dying to tell you guys about this since I found out a month ago while transcribing the Gerard Way/deadmau5 interview that will be in the upcoming issue of Alternative Press . AAAHH!!! Get stoked!

Here's an outline of what's been going on in the My Chemical Romance world since my previous "MCR digest" post on September 2. ---- September 9 Mysterious Killjoys Twitter account, @GaryLevko , tweeted the following: Information leak. Valid sourceconfirming #Killjoys at #NYCC BLI to intercept and disarm before word gets out. Engage Scarecrow unit. — Gary Levko (@GaryLevko) September 9, 2012 Killjoy panel at this year's New York Comic Con? Sounds like it! I'll keep an eye open for more details as they come! September 7 Speaking of Killjoys, comic book artist Vasilis Lolos recently talked briefly about the MCR side of the Killjoys project with Comic Book Resources . Here's the excerpt where he discussed working with MCR on Killjoys : "...The only beacon of light was the My Chemical Romance Killjoys/Danger Days project, where they flew me over to Los Angeles to chat and develop art designs and storyboards. It was the best. I got a ne...

Originally posted August 29 at 10:13 a.m. on AltPress.com (sometimes I'm there when news breaks and can't blog about it here immediately.) deadmau5 has released his high-budget video for "Professional Griefers" featuring Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance . Watch Way and deadmau5 battle it out "UFC in the future" style the video below:

Earlier this week, Rolling Stone announced that in addition to the online "Professional Griefers" (featuring My Chemical Romance 's Gerard Way ) premiere tomorrow, the video will also be screened at a UFC match on September 1. Yesterday, just 2 days before the video release, deadmau5 put out another teaser for this video. Check out it and Gerard's "Professional Griefers" flier below: XoXo c.

Note: I originally posted this on AltPress.com . Gerard Way discussed My Chemical Romance's upcoming 5th album on today's episode of " Spoilers ," hosted by Kevin Smith. He said MCR 5 , as he is calling it while it is in-progress, is "going rather quickly" and that the album is "very dark so far." The album, Way hints, will also include  the band's wearing costumes. He told Kevin Smith he's meeting with Colleen Atwood, who has designed the band's costumes since The Black Parade , soon to work out the costumes to accompany the next album. Gerard also played "Small Petunia Of The Galaxy," a song he wrote for his daughter, from his iPhone during the interview. XoXo c. Other recent MCR news I've posted for AP: deadmau5 reveals album details; single ft. Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) to be released August 14 “Rock Band Blitz” to feature tracks from My Chemical Romance, Avenged Sevenfold, fun. and more Previ...

UPDATE: August 13 @ 11:10 p.m. EST "Professional Griefers" is now available to download through iTunes in the U.S.! UPDATE: August 10 @ 10:47 a.m. EST Ultra Records was a little less cryptic than deadmau5 about the video release date. The video IS set to premiere August 29. ORIGINAL POST: In a press release about his upcoming album, >album title goes here< , Deadmau5 announced today that "Professional Griefers," which features vocals from Gerard Way, will be released August 14 in North America. Additionally, the video for the song , which was recorded in May and produced by Weapons Of Mass Entertainment , is set for a still-unannounced date this month (possibly August 29.)* The full Deadmau5 album is set for release September 25. XoXo c. UPDATE: 7:57 p.m. EST Just noticed the below trailer, possibly for the video, via My Chemical Collective , a new webzine. The video description says August 29*. Possible video release date? We ...

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;A &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt; Deadmau5 has posted the BBC preview of "Professional Griefers" featuring Gerard Way. According to the video description, the song will be released September 2. A rough version of "Professional Griefers" started circulating in March, and a video for it was filmed on May 20, the day after MCR played Bamboozle . In additional Gerard Way news today, he is set to moderate "The Aquabats! Super Show!" on July 13 at San Diego Comic-Con! XoXo c.

I was informed earlier this week by the lovely MCRupdates that rumors were rampant online about a Deadmau5 collaboration with My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way. Though Deadmau5 first gave a preview of the song in December, it was following a recent livestream during which the popular electronic artist worked on the vocals for his track "Professional Griefers" that fans began to speculate. To any My Chemical Romance fan, the sound of that voice is unmistakable. However, details of the collaboration are sparse and nothing has been officially announced. Deadmau5, who all-but-confirmed that it is Gerard in this tweet says that he's not upset people found out about the collaboration, but is "pissed about the quality of a rip." If you don't mind bad quality and can't wait to hear this possible collaboration for yourself, listen to the video* of "Professional Griefers" with vocals below: Thanks, MCRupdates, for keeping me up-to-...

When photographer Allan Amato posted , "Just wrapped a lovely shoot experience with My Chemical Romance in old man pajamas..." MCR fans were--to say the least--intrigued. It has now been revealed that said shoot was for the benefit of the organization Illuminate Parkinsons , which aims to raise awareness about Parkinson's Disease and funds for charities. The photograph (above) of Gerard Way and Mikey Way is one of many by Amato that will be featured in a traveling Illuminate Parkinsons gallery show to raise awareness for Young Onset Parkinsons. Prints of the photo will also be sold to benefit the cause. Check out Illuminate Parkinson's Kickstarter page to contribute! XoXo c. Below are two other photographs of Gerard and Mikey by Allan Amato:

UPDATE: January 21 @ 12:39 p.m. EST Pictured left is Gerard Way's installation piece for the gallery. Thanks to themaskedman on Tumblr for sharing. Apparently, the individual landmines (60 in total) are being sold for $100 a piece. UPDATE: January 20, 2012 @ 12:39 p.m. EST Gerard Way told Alternative Press in a recent interview that the piece he is contributing to the show is an art installation based on Metallica's "One," in the form of a fabricated pile of "quiet"-looking "destroyed, fragmented landmines." Thank you to Brittany for bringing this to my attention! Exhibit A Gallery announced that Gerard Way will be among the nearly 40 artists contributing to their "Obey Your Master: A Visual Tribute to Metallica" exhibit. Of contributing to the exhibit, Gerard said , “Having been a fan of Metallica for years, their music has always inspired my artistic expression in various mediums.. So, when I was asked to be one of th...

As some of you know, I have been stuck in an abysmal state of Internet-less-ness since late November. As such, I have not been able to update as frequently as I would like. Those of you who follow me (@PoisonAndFire) on Twitter probably already saw these as they came out (thank goodness for my mobile Internet access, even if limited!), but here is a re-cap of what has happened in the MCR news realm while I have been on winter break. November 23 In an interview with X-Press Magazine , bassist Mikey Way talked about the Danger Days... recording experience, reaffirms that they will "never add another member to the band again" (for those still wondering if their touring drummers will become permanent) and that they do, indeed, plan "to get together and begin the process of putting together a follow-up album....sooner rather than later!" --- November 24 In an interview by Kill Your Stereo , guitarist Frank Iero hinted that MCR's upcoming Big Day Out pe...

My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way has designed a limited edition shirt for MASScanvas. $5 of every purchase of the "Party Poison" shirt, which is limited to only 774 prints, will go to My Chemical Romance's chosen charity, the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The shirt costs $30 and can be purchased here . Watch Way's design process in the video below. More shirts from MCR's Good Vs. Evil design contest. XoXo c. PS: Today marks one year since the release of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys ! What an amazing year it as been! Check out Frank's new blog post about it.

UPDATE: March 24, 2011 @ 4:37 P.M. EST ORIGINAL POST : As a part of American Express' "UNSTAGED" concert series, Duran Duran will be live-streaming a performance directed by David Lynch tonight on their Youtube/VEVO account. My Chemical Romance fans will be interested to know that earlier today Duran Duran announced via Twitter that Gerard Way, vocalist of My Chemical Romance will be joining them for the performance. Tune in tonight at 10 p.m. EST! XoXo c.

Last night, Gerard Way returned to Twitter to celebration in the form of MCR fans from all over the world coming together to crash the TweetPhoto page that displayed the accompanying image (left) for Way's tweet that read simply, "Look alive, sunshine..." Way, unsurprisingly, dropped off the cryptic picture with no further explanation. Fan theories are circulating about what the picture could mean in relation to MCR's upcoming album. This morning, Matt Galle, My Chemical Romance's long-time booking agent , brought further suspicion to the unexplained picture by retweeting it. This is not the first time MCR fans have gotten teasers from the band in the form of close-up shots of words. In June, 2009, Mikey Way posted "practice cam" shots of what appeared to be working titles for songs written on whiteboard. XoXo c.

My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way participated in a Dark Horse panel discussion today at San Diego Comic-Con. Sporting a new hairstyle that sent fans into a shocked frenzy, the singer revealed during panel that "there would be no new comics from him this year, but his band just finished its new album and he would return to comics immediately after," according to a live report from ComicBookResources.Com . Way added that the finished product was a "second attempt" at the album, which is not surprising; as, the band announced in March that they had created enough material for two-and-a-half albums . Last year, Way said that his newest comic project "The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys" would be out in 2010. It seems the album has made plans change since then. Just two weeks ago, fans were given a hint in the form of a picture that the album had been completed from MCR lead guitarist Ray Toro. XoXo c. If I find more information, it will be posted ...

Siren Studios has posted preview images of those that will run in the May issue of Nylon Guys Magazine . Be sure to check out the issue for a full interview! I'll post more information here as soon as I have it! ::EDIT Both Nylon and Nylon Guys have posted a few quotes from the article as well as a slideshow of more images. In the full article, Way describes elements of the upcoming album's artwork, explaining that the quality of photography is grainy, but mixed with it are clean typefaces. According to Way, the band has been able to put much more focus on the album artwork this time. According to Nylon , "Way plans to work on the cover art for his album." Way describes a new song titled "Detonator Baby" in which he claims there is a line about spitting on a celebrity, which Way claims he would love to do. The article is really dense with fact and paraphrasing and few quotes. It's an interesting take on a snapshot of MCR history that we have yet to se...

Spin cover scans have surfaced recently that display Gerard Way as the magazine's centerpiece. Spin 's Web site has yet to post details about the 3-cover special edition of the magazine, but my guess is that it is next month's issue. It appears that, in the issue, various musicians will be interviewing "their idols," Gerard's being Iggy Pop. I will post more details as they come. ::EDIT:: The issue is on newsstands now. In the article, Way reiterates that My Chemical Romance's upcoming release will be very anti-celebrity and describes it as "digital poison" with "More sex. More danger. More explosions. Right now." ::ADDITIONAL EDIT:: SPIN has posted the full article online as well as video interview with Gerard about his experience with the magazine. XoXo c.

"If for one minute you think you're better than a sixteen-year-old girl in a Green Day t-shirt, you are sorely mistaken. Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.” - Gerard Way That is all. XoXo c.